Chapter 73: Chapter 73
"Don’t" she whispered, turning around and running away. I just stood there, not believing. I had hurt her , the one thing I promised myself not to ever do again. God damn it what had I done?
"You Bastard" I heard Adrian say before I found myself pressed against a wall with Adrian snarling at me. I growled as my eyes turned black, my wolf did not like being challenged "We fucking told you to not to even think about hurting her you son of a bitch"
"Know your place beta" I said using my alpha tone "Now let go before I make you"
"please do so maybe we’d have an excuse as to why we killed the alpha."
Suddenly Adrian was thrown off me as Peter, Alan and Keith flanked me. Keith threw me a glare but turned back to the guys. I knew he was only protecting me because I was his alpha.
I looked at Xavier and his pack, they were all glaring menacingly at me, even the twins who usually joked about everything.
"We fucking told you not to hurt her you worthless piece of shit" Xavier yelled standing in front of me. Keith was in front of Adrian, just as Jacob was facing Alan and the twins were facing Peter, all in defensive positions. But there were humans in the school we knew we couldn’t shift but that didn’t stop the multiple growls coming from both packs
"I have a reason" I said knowing it wasn’t good enough, Lily wasn’t supposed to hear me say that, she wasn’t supposed to hear me denying her for that reason. "I’ll explain later. I had to" I remembered Melissa telling me not to tell anyone "i have to find someone" and with that I turned around and left back to the school. I could hear Xavier about to follow me but Jacob stopping him
"not now, let’s go find Lily"
I sighed, I needed to talk to Lily but I had to find Melissa first, I had to let her explain before I put anyone in danger
Lily’s P.O.V.
I lay still in my bed, the pain I felt when Ethan first rejected me wasn’t as sharp because I got used to it. I just curled up in my bed crying silently. I heard my door open and pretended to be asleep, I just couldn’t see anyone.
"Lily?" I heard Jacob say in a hesitant voice "You awake?"
I didn’t answer and tried to look like I was sleeping, I always had a hard time acting around my boys. I heard footsteps coming closer to my bed
"She’s asleep?" I heard Dave ask "Or is she acting?"
"No" Jacob answered "She’s asleep guys" I was surprised they believed my act.
"She okay?" I heard Adrian ask and seconds later I felt fingers brush my tear-stained cheeks and a sigh
"No she’s not" Jacob said
"Come on we’ll talk to her in the morning" Xavier said "Let her rest for now, she’s had a shitty night"
I felt Jacob cover me up to make sure I was comfortable before he kissed me on the forehead "Sweet dreams L. Sorry we couldn’t stop this"
After the guys left I forced myself to stop crying,I couldn’t go back to being the old Lily, I just couldn’t.
*****
punch punch, kick thought to myself trying to take my mind off of the only thing I’ve been thinking about since morning: Ethan.
I woke up early, like 5 AM early and headed to the gym, I’ve been there ever since just venting all my anger on the punching bag
Punch after punch, My body was tense, my jaw clenched as I delivered blow after blow to the punching bag. My blows stronger as I remembered, as the pain increased
I heard the door open and close and almost froze, but the scent wasn’t Ethan’s it was my boys so I just kept on punching
"Lily?" I heard Dave say "You okay?"
"I’m fine" I said without turning around "You don’t have to worry" I did a spin kick and hit the punching bag with so much force it almost tore off, thank god they customized it to handle wolf strength.
"Your not fine" Adrian said "Talk to us"
"About what?" I asked "Nothing to talk about" I punched the bag hard "I gave him a chance" Punch "He screwed it up"
"Lily we know you’re hurt but--"
"Oh I’m not just hurt" I said my punches getting stronger "I’m seething" I landed a punch so strong I felt something break in my hand, making a noise any wolf in the room would hear but I ignored it and kept on punching.
"Your hurting yourself" Jacob said "Using your energy in your...condition is dangerous" I knew he was referring to my wolfs weakness by the rejection but I couldn’t care less.
"I don’t give a fuck" I said and turned around once to look at them with determination "I’ll be damned if I let this thing" I pointed to my mark "Stop me from being and doing what I usually do" I turned back and started punching the bag, grunting and groaning in frustration and anger in each hit. "I’m not" I said feeling the tears welling up in my eyes, trying to keep them away "Going to" I punched the bag as some tears escape "let him change me again"
I was punching blindly venting my anger and letting my tears fall until finally I heard Xavier mutter "that’s it"and wrap his arms around me trying to pull me away.
I struggled, arms flailing, legs kicking trying to get out of his grasp as I cried until I finally surrendered to his embrace and fell to my knees