I stood up dusted myself and ran over to my car and then called a tow truck.
Now not only did I have to explain to my mum how my white shirt got ruined, I would also have to tell her why and who spray painted my car and why they thought I was a w***e. I didn’t want her to know anything that had been happening at school and have her panic.
So Instead of having the tow truck driver drop my car at home I asked him to just take it to the mechanic and Anna offered to take me there in her car. We followed the tow truck closely while we shared our mutual hatred for Ashley and Anna kept saying how disappointed she was that Liam would attack me like that with no remorse. It seemed to me that Ashley and I were angry about two different things, she was mad at Liam and blamed him for everything and I was angry at Ashley and blamed Liam for almost breaking my arm.
“He was just protecting his girlfriend” I said
“No but you are important to him too” she snapped and that confused me, did she know Liam and I were mated and If she did, did she also know that he rejected me?
“What do you mean? I am not important to him” I corrected
“Yes you are, you are his...” she stopped midsentence
“You are his subject and every wolf is important in this pack, that’s what our F...Alpha taught us” she said, she was acting very odd.
“Yeah well he didn’t act like he had any home training, he is probably from a very violent family that doesn’t respect women” I said and she seemed offended by my statement but I ignored her.
We got to the garage and I paid for my car and then we were on our way home, she dropped me off and then went to her home. For some reason after our conversation she had been acting very sour and angry with me. I didn’t understand why because I was the one who had been attacked and I was the one who almost lost my car and now I would have to drive my mother’s old car to school.
So I had every right to be angry and lash out....
Liam’s POV
“What the hell was that Liam?” Anna asked as she stormed into my room without even knocking
“Can I get some privacy” I snapped I wasn’t in the mood for this
“You listen to me, you better behave. Why would you want me to be friends with her if you knew you were going to mistreat her and that you don’t want her?” she demanded pushing me
“Jeez Anna I am not in the mood” I said
“You let Ashley do that to her car, you let Ashley pour orange juice on her top. What kind of a sick game are you playing? She is your mate for crying out loud” she said shocking me
“How did you know she is my mate?” I asked as far as I remembered I never told her
“it’s not hard to see that with the way you guys look at each other but what I don’t understand is why you lied to dad and why you hate her so much. Oh and why I have to spy on her, look Lizzy is a very nice girl and she would make a great Luna but I am not sure about you being an Alpha” she said
“Well she can’t be a Luna without an Alpha” I stated
“That’s very sexist and now she thinks our family is a family of hooligans she thinks we are very uncouth, we have all been judged as hooligans because of you” she snapped and then sat down
“Is she really that angry?” I asked
“She is fuming Liam that was her car, if you ever wanted her in your life I am sure you just blew your chances with her” she said throwing her hands up and then walking out.
Had I really lost all my chances with her, did I really blow my chances of a future with her? All I wanted was to make everyone think I hated her so that they never found out that she was my mate. I knew that if Ashley even got her suspicions of Lizzy being my mate confirmed she would never stop digging, in fact I knew she would find out Lizzy was a hybrid and get her killed.
I couldn’t stand the thought of losing her especially because of trying to please Ashley. But at the same time everything I was doing was a necessary evil.
But I had a plan...
ELIZABETH’S POV
Thank goodness when I got home my mother wasn’t there, I didn’t want to explain anything to her and as for my car, I was simply going to tell her it was giving me problems and I took it to the mechanic. She probably knew by now that I had spent a hefty amount of money today because whenever I used the card, it reported on her phone.
I made dinner and waited for her to arrive with her million questions.
“Honey I’m home” she said as she entered the door
“Hey mum I am in the kitchen” I said as I finished cooking the Spaghetti and bolognaise
“Oh thank goodness you cooked, but is this about the money you spent today and the fact that your car is not parked outside?” she asked as she took her seat on the dinner table.
“Firstly I took my car for servicing and secondly I used the card to pay for that service” I said and she nodded, my mother wasn’t strict on money especially if it was being spent wisely.
After dinner I went to my room to prepare for bed and realised that I had a message from Ashley asking me if I was ok and apologising for everything that had happened at school. She didn’t have to apologise she wasn’t friends with Liam or Ashley and therefore I knew she didn’t participate in anything that happened.
I woke up the next morning with a new hope, today was the day I could legally get back at Ashley during the wolf training classes. I decided to dress for the occasion and I wanted her to see that I was going to rip her apart. I put on my leather black leggings and a tank top, I put on my black leather boot and leather jacket and if I had a motorbike today would’ve been the perfect day for me to ride it to school. I made sure I put my white turtle neck and my receipt for the car service in my bag as evidence in case I got called to the principal’s office.
When I got to school in my mother’s Jeep wrangler, other school kids watched in wonder probably wondering how I managed to get another car so quick. I found Anna waiting for me by her car, after the way she was acting yesterday I actually thought she would never want to speak to me again but I was relieved that she had decided to let the past go and we could move forward. I really liked being friends with her.
“Nice ride” she said and I smile
“Not my favourite, I still prepare mine to this huge one” I said looking back at my car as we walked to class
“I am really sorry about everything that happened” she apologised again and at this point I was getting very annoyed
“Stop apologising, it was not your fault ok” I said
“I can’t help it, I just feel bad that it happened to you” she said
“Well it had to happen to somebody right” I said making it sound like it wasn’t a big deal
When we got to class, Ashley was sitting g in her usual spot with Liam her nose with a band aid. I couldn’t help it but wink at her with pride, I could see the anger and annoyance in Liam’s face but that just made me laugh. When the teacher came in, she told Ashley and I that we were wanted in the principal’s office and I already knew what it was about.
I left first and Ashley was following me close behind, when we got to the principal’s office we were told to go straight inside
“So what is this am hearing about a fist fight in my school premises?” asked Mrs strong the principal
“She started it” Ashley said before I could say anything, and I realised that this was going to be one of those ‘she said...she said’ situations. So I decided to let her speak and defend herself the way she thought she needed to.
“She attacked me out of nowhere, she just punched me and if it wasn’t for Liam she would’ve killed me” Ashley said tears now streaming down her face and I rolled my eyes at the drama.
“she is crazy and you have to expel her, she did it because she is jealous of me and Liam she wants Liam and she doesn’t understand that Liam already has a mate which is me” she said claiming my title and for some reason that angered me, the anger was probably because I knew she wasn’t Liam’s mate and that it was my rightful place, but I had been rejected.
“Elizabeth what do you have to say for yourself?” the principal asked
“Not much” I said and she raised her eyebrow, she probably expected me to throw the same tantrum as Ashley did but I was too immature to do that.
“Nothing at all, do you realise how serious this is?” she asked
“I do Mrs Strong but I was provoked and for the record I am not jealous of this skunk, first she splashed me with water secondly she poured a glass of orange juice of my white shirt which I have in my bag as proof by the way and on the same day, she spray painted my car” I said pulling out my evidence.
“Ok I hear the splashing and the pouring of drinks on each other but how do you know she spray painted your car?” she asked and Ashley smirked
“First of all there was no pouring of drinks on each other, she did that to me and I know it was her because the smirks on her face right now. I know she damaged my car because of the stained clothes she was wearing and she and her friends were in on it” I said and the principal sighed as she looked at Ashley who now looked like she had been caught with her hand in the cookie Jar
“OK Ashley you will stop provoking Elizabeth and Elizabeth this school has a zero tolerance for fist fights except in our wolf training classes do you understand?” she asked and we both nodded
“now both of you will take your anger out in the fields today during training, I normally don’t do this but I can see there is a lot of tension here so I think its best that the two of you partner up and fight each other during training. Now I will speak to your couch and let him know, whoever loses will be forced to respect the other one and this fight will be between your wolves” she said in finality and I smiled
We nodded one last time and then walked out of the office
“I am going to break your jaw” I said as I passed Ashley and she laughed at me
“You have no idea how things work around here, I run this show and you are about to find out the hard way” she said smugly
I couldn’t help but wonder what she meant by that, was I setting myself up for failure? Come to think of it I had never been in a wolf fight and I had never witnessed one. How was this going to work for me? Sure I knew I had a wolf and had turned a couple of times but my wolf had no training whatsoever.
And it was too late to practise anything because the training class was next.