Hey guys! I want to give you all a little heads up for this chapter.
There are sentences in the chapter that are italicized . They represent thoughts when Ambrose and his pack converse with their minds in their wolf form.
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A cyclone here, A tornado there
To chose a path of less destruction ,
Will it be unfair ??
Ambrose
She was blatantly checking me out .
So I did the same . She always wore jeans ,even in summer and seeing her legs in those gym shorts was a nice change. A really nice change .
There were few scars on her right leg old and pale . I found those scars fascinating ,they made me wonder about the story behind them.
And damn ! If she did not fill the t- Shirt nicely .
What ? A guy can appreciate the scenery .
The grey boring gym uniform in my entire school life never looked go on anyone and it beats me how she manages to look cute even in it.
When her eyes after lingering on my chest make their way to my face I shoot her a smirk , " See something you like princess?"
She blushed so furiously , her cheeks flamed red and though she tried to attempt a haughty reply her face betrayed her. Her blush was so intense it spread from her face to her delicate neck and disappeared beneath the collar of her t-shirt ,I wondered how further down her body the blush must have spread.
My own thought catches me off-guard and the next thing I do is what only a jerk face like me could do, I scoop her up and throw her into the swimming pool.
Spattering, shocked and thoroughly pissed off she started yelling at me.
I chuckle ,given the way she is radiating pure fury you would think the swimming pool would start boiling any second now and evaporate.
But I know I shouldn't enjoy her anger display for long ,as much as I always love to get a raise out of her .But because the totally unexpected reaction she invoked from me by just dressing up in the boring gym uniform , I don't even want to think what territory my mind would get kicked into when she climbs out of the pool in a very wet gym uniform.I better not stick around.
So I walk away , giving her some lame reason over my shoulder though the murderous expression on her face was worth it .
Man ! That expression still makes me grin.
My grin vanishes when I catch a familiar smell in the air during our night patrol.
' Dude , it's Calestine ' Brandon projects his thought in my mind ,it had a hint of humour lurking beneath
I shake my head wearily as she had made it clear in her thoughts that she wants to meet me .
' I have an idea about what it is going to be about ' Thinks the sandy brown wolf jovially
I glare at Shiki ' Why do I even consider you both my friends ?'
' Because we are awesome '
Brandon bobs his giant furry black head in agreement.
The red wolf remains silent during the banter but then Raze is always silent , in human form or wolf he hardly ever speaks but when he does he is always intense and means his words.
Calestine is very impatient as she bombards her thoughts ruthlessly towards me ' Ambrose , We need to talk '
' It is urgent... '
'It's important..'
'Itis really serious...'
Her rant continues and I know it will until she doesn't meet me
Now , The meaning of the the word : Important , had always varied greatly in her dictionary and mine and I know whatever it might be this time it will not change my definition.
Weary of meeting her, my pace is lazy and slow but I finally emerge in front of her.
Calestine is a white wolf ,so white her fur makes her blend perfectly well with the snow at the top of the mountains if not for her stunning blue eyes she would have been all but invisible .
' You are giving me a headache , Calestine '
She shakes her head ' It wasn't my intention but what you did seriously surprises me ' She intently fixes her eyes on me ' You went on a date with a human' Her disgusted snarl in the end makes it clear how much of a big fan she was of humans.
Like most of the weres ,Calestine believes that our kind is above the human race. Though I do not share her view on this , they seem to forget our other half is human too but I can understand her disgust for them. After all me and Raze in my pack have our own reasons ,personal and dark reasons.
' How could you do that to me ? ' She whines
I grunt wearily ,this was exactly what I did not want to put up with .' Calestine , you seem to forget we are not dating anymore . It was long time back , We are finished now . We can be friends but not more than that ' I chide ' Besides what I do is none of your business'
' It is ' She objects ' You might not agree with me now Ambrose but you are mine. Everybody knows that. In school , this town , everywhere ,everyone does! You are going with me to the Halloween dance at school '
I blink at her startled by her latest bold confession and also that she expects me to go to a lame high school dance .
I do not go to such events and she knows that very well
' I'm not going anywhere with you ' I project my thought towards her and try a considerably calmer approach despite my raising annoyance and God knows I've never been the calming down type I I'm more of a unleash your anger and let whatever the hell happen happen type but now I try, because though she can be very annoying I consider her a friend. ' Trust me Calestine , We are not meant for each other. You will find someone else for yourself and I will find someone else for myself '
'Yeah ! ' She snots derisively 'Like The last time you were with someone else but me and everybody knows how well that ended ,that Inna..."
' Enough ! ' I growl at her in warning baring my teeth. She whimpers shutting her mouth immediately.
Calestine might be a powerful lone wolf , who hasn't sworn herself to any of the packs but she knows to dare not cross me.
' You can go now ' I say dark anger twisting in my belly ' Do not come near me until I have calmed down '
Not needing to be told twice she darts away ,a blur in the snow but not before thinking loud and clear in my direction ' You are going with me to the dance , Ambrose '
' Dance ! that wretched dance ! '
'My ! The girl is persistent . isn't she ?' Zuri says as she thumps her brown paws against the ground
' I'm not going to some silly dance '
Brandon's black form barks out laughter ' She marked you as her territory in school '
I growl , I'm no one's territory and being submissive isn't in my nature.
My pack knows that all too well.
I make a half hearted swipe at Shiki whose wolfish face shines with humour at my expense ' ' Hey! Dude be careful with the face ' he yelps ducking away
The sunny blonde wolf , Reema looks at me ' We will have to think of something '
I agree wholeheartedly ' Anything to get her off my back! '
All the while Brandon barks out laughter ' Look at how Mr. High and Macho is loosing his head !'
I narrow my eyes as I consider murdering him ' One big furry i***t less on earth '
He remains unaffected by my threat and his laughter continues as Tess shakes her head hopelessly at her mate's antic's ' There is only one way to get rid of her and her claim on you'
I look at the wise greyish brown wolf in front of me ' What ?'
' Go to the dance with some other girl '
Her oh-so -wise image shatters immediately in my eyes ' No Thanks ! That's one of the top five stupidest things I have heard today and trust me I have had quite a day '
'No ! Actually it makes sense ' Zuri says looking up from the ground apparently done with playing garden-garden with the soil ' It kills two birds with one stone'
'One : It will renounce her fake claim on you and ,Two : it will send a clear message to her mind once and for all that you are not interested in getting back with her in the least bit '
I look at them sceptically ' You mean get someone to play my fake girlfriend ?'
' Not Exactly ' Reema says ' Just get some girl to the dance that evening and Calestine will feel rejected and might...'
'Stop her nonsense ' I add enthusiastically .
The plan has simple steps : Go with a girl you are not even interested in to the lame dance to get rid of Calestine's crazy obsession once and for all.
Even if it is clear I have zero interest in the girl Calestine will feel the sting of rejection and leave me the hell alone.
The plan sounds totally absurd ,I smirk because I have a feeling it would work.
Me and absurd are best buddies these days.
' But who will the girl be ? '
'Some one Pretty ' Reema says enthusiastically
We ignore her. .
Tess ponders over my question for a minute before she thinks to me 'Half of the girls in our school are scared of Calestine and he other half worship the ground the fashion diva walks on but we need a girl who does neither of those things ,she should be neither intimidated nor scared of her '
' A gutsy chick ! ' Brandon adds
At those very words I don't even have to think for a second as my lips curl up over my jaw .
I know exactly the girl we are talking about . _______________________________________________________________________________________________