"Samuel!! Get down here! You're going to be late for school, little bitch!!" I groaned and made my way downstairs to see a plate of food piled a mile high on the kitchen table. The woman standing in front of me had an evil smirk on her face. She looked between me and the plate of food. I knew what was about to come out of her mother's mouth.
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"Don't you just want to sit down and devour this?" She taunted. I ignored the grumbling my stomach made as I could feel my wolf whine at the thought of food. I put my hands on my hips, gaining confidence from somewhere I wished it didn't exist. But I knew all too well no matter how good the food smelled, not about to put food my pack mother has made specifically for me in my mouth. I can't and won't put it past Anna to poison me, so she doesn't have to worry about seeing my face again.
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"I'm not about to eat something you have the opportunity to poison me with," I replied sassily. Anna looked taken aback for a moment before her eyes flashed with anger; I knew she was in for it, I should not have said anything. In a split second decision, I grabbed an apple and took a bite before I turned and dashed for the door. I was out faster than you could blink.
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"Samuel Margret, get back here, bitch!!!" Anna yelled, but it was to no avail. I ran all the way to school. I didn't stop until I could see the herds of cliques and hear the annoying, headache giving sound of the cheerleaders flirting with the jocks. Wheezing my way through the crowd of people, I searched desperately for my friend and sighed when I found her. I took a quick look at my arms to make sure the makeup I caked on was both still non-noticeable and still hiding the scars on my arms. Satisfied with what I saw, I hiked her book bag higher on my shoulder and began to walk over there. Rebecca saw me and waved her over. I set my stuff down and took a seat next to Becca.
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She looked at me and was about to say something— ask me something— when he slid casually beside me, throwing his arm over my shoulder, placing a kiss on my cheek.
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"Darling, mother told me you left this morning in quite the rush. Was something the matter?" Jaden asked caringly, while keeping a firm hold of my arm. He was holding hard enough I think it might bruise...
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"No, Jay, nothing is wrong. I was just running late." I tell him through gritted teeth of pain and annoyance. Annoyance that of all placed he chooses here to show domincace. I already know I'm his.
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"OOH, Sam! Did you hear?!" Becca nearly screamed. I shook my head left to right to signal I had not and she continued, lower this time since not everyone at school is in our pack, "There's a new kid starting today. From the way people are talking, they say he's really hot." She giggled. "And he's not mated yet." Jaden pulled me to him, growling lowly. I tentatively placed a hand on his knee; that seemed to calm him.
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The bell to start class rang; Jaden and I have two completely schedules, so he kissed my cheek and we went about our business. Rebecca locked arms with me as we walked to English together. When Rebecca was sure that it was safe, she stopped us both in an empty part of the hallway.
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What did his parents do this time?" Rebecca asked me quietly. I self-consciously brought my hand to my neck where Alpha James had pinned me to the wall by just my neck last night. I'm not sure why he let me live when he could've just held on for a minute longer and killed me. Espicielly if he hates me so much.
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Rebecca noticed my hand and moved it. Some of the make-up I had used to cover it had brushed off and Rebecca gasped. There was a faint bruise the shape of a handprint there!
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"I'm fine, Becca. Seriously." I said as I fixed my necklace and hid the bruise on my neck. If there's anything I can thank Rebecca for, it's teaching me how to apply make-up and use jewelry to my advantage.
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Rebecca gave me a strange look before she and I walked into English and took our seats. I knew that Rebecca didn't believe me when I said I was fine, but as long as Rebecca didn't step in, I really was fine. I'd never forgive myself if something happened to Rebecca while trying to defend me.
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I began pulling her notebook and pencils out as the teacher began to teach. Halfway through the lesson, my phone buzzed in my pocket. I pulled it out and checked the text message from Rebecca.
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{Don't look now, but that new kid we were talking about earlier, is sitting in the left back corner and is totally staring at you.}
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I shyly, or so I thought it was shyly, looked back and sure enough he was staring at me. When he caught me staring at him, he smirked at me and waved. My face heated and he rolled his eyes at me. My phone buzzed again.
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{Do you know him or something, Sam?}
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I was quick to type my reply.
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He's sooo cute. So much cuter than Jaden. My wolf howled inside. I only chuckled.
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[No, he just caught me staring. My wolf likes him more than Jaden]
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{I can't blame her.}
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I quickly turned back around to face the teacher when I realized I had been staring for a little too long. My face stayed red all class period, though. Rebecca texted me again, but the bell rang before I could answer it. I packed my things up, said goodbye to Becca, and headed to my next class. Rebecca made sure I knew that she had her phone and would use it if she needed me. I rolled her eyes at Becca's overprotectiveness, but I assured her nonetheless.
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Emerald Green Eyes was in my next class too; the teacher put him right beside me. Mr. Elp gave the whole class a worksheet. I started on it immediately and was finished in no time. I smiled at my neat work before putting it away and pulling out my work for another class. Before I started, I stole a glance at Emerald Green Eyes and noticed not only was he done as well, but he was in the middle of reading a book. From the angle he had the book laid, I could make out what I thought was Paper Towns by John Green. I could tell he had brown hair and is a very annoying reader. Instead of keeping his feet on the floor like a normal person would he tapped them on the ground to a steady beat. I concluded that all in all he seemed pretty dog on hot.
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Whoever is his soulmate is one lucky duck.
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"You done checking me out?" He asked without looking up. When I didn't answer, he finally looked at me. I gasped as I saw a faint outline of a handprint on his neck.
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Just like ours... My wolf whined slightly, but I ignored it.
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"What happened?" I blurted. I mentally scolded herself for not thinking before I pointed to his neck. He looked back down. Right when I was about to apologize, he spoke.
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"I'm not sure. It happened last night. Mate stuff." He muttered as he turned the page. My mind wandered to last night when Alpha James had my neck in a death grip, and how he looked at me with so much hatred. I remembered clear as day the things he'd whispered in my ear right before she lost consciousness about- The lunch bell ringing brought me back to reality and out of my thoughts. I glanced at Emerald Green Eyes, and I thought about how I just feel drawn to him. I thought about Jaden and his reaction to me speaking to another male wolf; he wouldn't like it.
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"Would you like to sit with my friends and me at lunch?" I heard myself asking. Why I asked, I didn't know.
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"Uh, sure." He said hesitantly. "What's your name, by the way?"
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"Samuel, but call me Sam," I responded. He nodded and we walked to the cafeteria. "What's yours?"
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"Rye," He said. "My name is Rye."
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