Chapter 23
Serenity’s POV
I watched her cry, the she–wolf who had shown such amazing power just a short time ago. The glowing happiness I had seen in her at getting praised by the Alpha’s was gone. I felt almost like the sun had suddenly disappeared, leaving nothing but darkness and despair in its wake. Darien had told us it was her parents calling when she had first stopped smiling when they all had stopped smiling.
Then she answered the phone, and that horrible shrieking began. The things that voice threw at her, those vile words. How could they? How could a parent say those things to a she–wolf like Alora? She was such an amazing she–wolf. I had never believed any of the rumors about her. I had always secretly wanted to be her friend. I had never approached her because I was too shy.
She had always been dressed in hoodies and baggy track pants. Hiding her true self away from everyone. Now I’m begining to wonder if they were to hide, not her true self, but something worse. I’d always admired how smart she was. She was brilliant. I don’t know how many people knew she was going to be a Doctor after finals. She had been taking college courses.
I knew because my mom was a computer technology professor at Pack University, and I was often there to visit with her. I had always disbelieved the rumors, thinking they were fake because Sarah and her cohorts were always the first ones to start them. But the conversation I had with my mother the day I spotted her on campus after school hours confirmed that all those rumors had to be complete bullshit.
“Hey Mom, why is that girl still here?” I’d asked her. “Huh? What girl dear?“” so I pointed at her. A mother seeing who I was talking about had smiled “Aw now I know who you’re talking about. Alora is special. She is in a doctoral program and is advancing faster than any student we’ve ever had. She takes two after–school courses every day of the week to accelerate her education. She’s been interning at the pack lab three days a week for a year now. She’s been taking summer classes here at the University since starting junior year, And has been approved to keep her internship at the lab through the summer as part of her accelerated learning program.“” I was amazed.
Then another thought had hit me. “But, doesn’t she work at the burger place too? I know I’ve seen her there.” I say.
Mom nods “Yes she does, she’s part–time there.”
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All I could think at the time was, that there was no way the rumors could be true, she didn’t have time for them to be true. I was glad I never believed them,
but for Alora too. It had it had only made me want to befriend her more. And that day Sarah came at me, I decided to put her in her place, not just for me, felt great to punch Sarah.
She has been avoiding me ever since then. After the glow of first meeting my mate died down enough for me to stop being brainless, and fully realize who my mate was, I was ecstatic. Darien is Alora’s best friend. I would finally have a real reason to talk to her and become her friend. That made me happy.
When I did finally get an introduction, it was only to watch in horror as she was rejected. Her mate Rejects her for that horrible she–wolf, and then her sister goes and attacks her, shrieking that Alora was stealing her male. But Alora didn’t just accept being rejected, rejecting him back. When she did he collapsed with the pain of the shredded mate bond.
Good, he should be in pain for rejecting such an amazing she–wolf for the psycho he chose over her. While everyone stood stunned for a moment we all quickly had shaken it off. I turned around and stood in front of Sarah’s posse and growled at the she–wolves to keep them from Alora. Darien hovered around me but didn’t get in my way,
My brother Galen was in front of Matthew making sure he didn’t get involved, although he was still on the ground pale with pain. Kian grabbed Sarah’s hand to keep her from slapping Alora any more than she already had. Sarah was then shrieking, falsely accusing her of trying to steal Matt from her, then spewing more bile. My brother fired back and put her in her place.
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Werewolf’s Heartsong
Chapter 24
Sara Lili is a daring romance writer who turns icy landscapes into scenes of fiery passion. She loves crafting hot love stories while embracing the chill of Iceland’s breathtaking cold.
