The Wolf's Prey (3 page)

Tomorrow school
shouldn't be too bad. At least, I won't be the girl to avoid. Maybe
I will meet a friend, just one would be nice. I lay in bed falling
asleep instantly.

*****************

"You didn't eat
last night." I hear Alpha's voice and shoot up in bed.

I blink.
"Huh?"

"You didn't eat
your dinner." He repeats pointing to the plate of food on my
desk.

"I fell
asleep."

"Get dressed and
get to the kitchen. You need to eat."

"Alpha Hall." I
hear Marta say from her door. He doesn't even turn to acknowledge
her. I stand up and walk to my closet, shutting the door. I put on
dark skinny jeans, a white V-neck and black flip flops.

I open the door
and see he hasn't moved and is waiting for me. Grabbing my mascara
and lip gloss, I stand in front of him and all he does is look at
me. "Um, can I use the bathroom?" I ask pointing behind him. He
moves to the side to let me pass, I barely fit without brushing
against him. I open the bathroom door and shut it quickly. I put on
my mascara, which I never go without. Having such light hair, my
eyelashes match making it impossible to look normal without it. I
brush my teeth and put my hair in a high ponytail and shove my lip
gloss in my pocket.

Leaving the
bathroom, I keep my eyes down and see that he is still standing in
my doorway. I walk down the stairs and go to the kitchen. I hear
and smell my mom cooking eggs and bacon. My mom never cooks us
breakfast. Must be for Alph- Lennox. I have to remember to call him
that.

"Good morning.
How do you want your eggs?" Mom asks me.

"Don't worry
about me, I'll just have cereal. Marta wants to leave early
today."

"You'll eat the
eggs. I'll drive you to school." I hear behind me.

"I guess
scrambled." I answer my mom and she turns back to the
stove.

I sit at the
table and Lennox joins me just as dad walks into the room. "Good
morning."

"Good morning." I
reply cautiously. What the hell is going on around here? This is
all for show obviously, mom cooking at the stove and dad welcoming
me in the morning. I almost want to laugh. Marta comes bouncing
into the room happily and sits on the other side of Lennox. I can't
help but giggle when she bites her lip, sticks out her chest and
winks at me letting me know what she's doing. She is determined to
get on his good side and hates being ignored.

"How are you,
Alpha Hall?" Marta asks.

"Fine." He bites
out.

Mom sets a plate
of eggs, bacon and toast in front of him. He picks it up and puts
in front of me. "Eat." He orders handing me a fork.

I'm starting to
get irritated. I might be a small wolf and weak in his eyes but I
don't need him to watch me this closely. I eat quietly listening to
Marta tell mom and dad about the kids at school and the clubs she's
going to join. I know Lennox is watching me the entire time so I
make sure to clear my plate.

"Are you ready to
leave?" I ask Marta.

"I'm taking you.
Go get your bag." He orders.

I stand up and
climb the stairs to my room. I feel like screaming. I take a deep
breath, grab my bag from the floor and walk back down the stairs.
Lennox is waiting at the front door holding it open with his body.
Does he have to do that? I can barely fit past him!

I walk to his
truck with him following behind me, knowing he'll open the door and
lift me up like all the times before. He places me in the seat and
I sit back wondering how I can assure him I don't need this kind of
treatment.

************

Who'd Want a
Freak

I can't think of
a way to ease Lennox's mind about my apparent weakness. When he
pulls up to the school I wait to be dismissed. "You will contact me
immediately if you’re harassed in any way. If any males act or say
anything to you that I would deem inappropriate, remember their
name and what they look like."

He doesn't wait
for a reply. He opens the door and comes to my side to lift me out.
When I'm standing in front of him he doesn't say anything just
walks back to his side of the truck and leaves. I start to walk up
the steps of the school. I see people looking at me today and I
wish it was yesterday. I keep my head down and walk to my first
class. I'm the only person here so I pick a desk in the back corner
and look out the window.

"Hello,
beautiful." I hear from beside me and look at guy my age with wide
shoulders and three of his smirking friends.

"Hi." I
reply.

"You’re
Jocelyn?"

"Yeah."

"I'm Adam. This
is Geo, Luke and Jeremy." He points to each of his friends in
turn.

"Nice to meet
you." I reply.

He sits down next
to me. "There are lot of rumors going around about you and Alpha
Hall."

I look at him
interested. "Rumors?"

"Yeah, your
sister said you disrespected him and he ordered everyone to stay
away from you as punishment. And he won't let you run with anyone,
that you’re viewed as too weak."

"Yeah. That's
true but I apologized."

"Why did he bring
you to school?"

I shrug. "Marta
was still eating breakfast when I wanted to leave, so he dropped me
off." I answer, getting attention from all the girls. For some
reason they’re all glaring at me.

"Don't worry, I
got your back. Some of the girls in this school will be out for
your blood." He whispers.

Shocked, I look
at him. "Why?"

"Well, because
you got extra attention from the Alpha." He scoffs.

I roll my eyes.
"Like I can help the fact he views me as the weak link in his pack.
He treats me like I'm going to break."

He chuckles and a
girl in the front of the class turns towards me. "You make the
whole pack look bad. I don't know why he's letting you stay. I
heard he wants to keep the males away from you because he doesn't
want someone like you

reproducing such
weak pups in his pack."

I flinch from the
brutal truth. Is that what he was saying this morning? To tell him
if I interest any guys so he could put a stop to it. Making sure no
one chooses to mate with me.

"Yeah, that rumor
is true, too." I whisper sadly. "He said that this
morning."

"Well, I think
he's being a dick." Adam says, giving me a small one arm
hug.

I smile and the
teacher comes in to start class. After class I walk down the halls.
Some people whisper behind their hands and others openly laugh at
me. I'm the joke, the pathetic weakling who the Alpha doesn't want
contaminating his or anyone else's gene pool.

"Hey there." I
hear someone say and put their arm around me. "If you need a
shoulder to cry on, I'm your man."

"Jason!" I see a
pissed off girl yell.

"What? I'm done
with you! I want to know what a girl this small feels like. You
in?" He asks seriously. He looks me up and down making me feel
uncomfortable.

"No, thanks." I
mutter.

"Come on, baby."
He replies pulling me closer and whispering in my ear. "I promise
you'll like it."

"Get off her."
Adam orders coming closer to us. Surprisingly, the guy listens and
takes his arm off of me.

"Hey, man. Didn't
know she was spoken for."

"Well, she is so
fuck off, Atkinson." Adam says shoving him back.

"Why would you
fight over this freak?" A girl with a short skimpy skirt and
too

much makeup asks
disgusted.

"She's not yours,
Adam." A guys walks over with his arms crossed, entering our
circle.

"You wanna bet,
Brody?" Adam argues stranding toe to toe with the guy named
Brody.

"I do, fuck face.
She's mine." He growls. Both boys are the same height and weight.
Brody has dark blonde hair with brown eyes and Adam has black hair
and grey eyes.

I see that both
guys are shaking and about to fight. I walk up to them and try to
wedge myself between them. "I don't think this is something to
fight about." I state, successfully getting in between them and
pushing them away from each other.

"Don't touch
him." Adam orders picking me up and putting me behind him. I hear
the punches and step back just as Adam takes Brody to the
floor.

The girl from
earlier with the short skirt growls at me and her fist makes
contact with the side of my face, knocking me down. I cup my cheek
and she leans down.

"Stay away from
Adam, bitch." She warns standing back up.

I turn to see
teachers breaking up the fight. Both boys are shaking and their
faces are bloody. Arms wrap around me and lift me up. I look and
see one of Adam’s friends, Geo, helping me. "You should have hit
her back."

"I think I was
too stunned. I've never been hit before."

He smiles. "How'd
it feel?"

"It fucking
hurt." I mutter stroking my jaw.

He laughs. "Come
on. Let's go to class before they start handing out detentions." I
nod and start walking. I notice him still walking beside
me.

"Do we have
English together?" I ask.

"Yep. We have all
the same classes."

"Oh." I reply
walking into class. Everyone stops talking and looks at us. I
follow Geo to two open seats in the middle of the classroom. I try
my best to keep my head down but I can still hear the
whispers.

"She's such a
slut. She tried to steal Adam from Lydia."

"I don't see why
Brody would even want her, she's not even pretty."

Finally, the
teacher comes in and people stop talking. "Jocelyn, you need to go
to the principal’s office." Mrs. Scott says. I stand up hearing the
giggles and seeing smug faces.

I walk out of the
classroom with my head down. Walking in the front office I see Adam
and Brody sitting in the chairs against the wall. Adam is icing an
eye and Brody is holding toilet paper under his bleeding
nose.

A man in a suit
comes out of the office, seeing me he nods. "All three of you, come
in." The boys stand up and wait for me to walk in. As soon as I
pass though, I hear them pushing each other, fighting to come in
after me. "Enough! Get in here now." The man in the suit
yells.

I sit in the
middle seat so they don't fight. Both boys plop down on either side
of me. Just as the principal turns to walk to his seat, Brody grabs
my chair and pulls me closer to him earning another growl from Adam
who tries to pull me closer to his side. I read the name plate on
the desk, ignoring them. Principal Jeffrey Evans.

"Unless, you want
to be expelled, I'd quit this ridiculousness." Principal Evans
warns. Both boys stop and he continues. "All three of you are
suspended for three days."

I look at him
shocked. "But I didn't do anything."

"That's not what
Lydia said. She said you hit her." He says angrily.

"I didn't. She
hit me."

"Lydia has never
hit anyone. You’re new here; she would never start trouble with
you. You've pinned these two friends against each other and hit
another student. You’re lucky you’re only getting three
days."

"Geo saw her
hit-" I start to say, when the door slams open. I smell Alpha Hall
enter the room.

Principal Evans
stands immediately bowing his head. "Alpha."

"What is this?"
He asks his deep voice echoing off the walls.

"These boys were
fighting over Ms. Robinson. I suspended all of them for three
days."

"Why would you
have to punish her?"

"She hit another
student."

"No, I didn't." I
refute.

"Lydia lied.
Jocelyn didn't hit her. Lydia hit Jocelyn." Adam states, glaring at
the principal.

"My daughter
wouldn't lie."

Alpha steps in
front of me. "Where did she hit you?"

"My right jaw." I
answer hating the fact that I have to talk to him.

Standing over me
he cups the bottom of my chin and forces my head back to look at
him. He inspects my jaw and looks up to the principal. "Get your
daughter in here." He orders.

Principal Evans
gets on the PA system and calls Lydia to his office.

"I told you to
call me if you had any issues." He says looking down at
me.

"I don't have
your number." I shrug. Not that I thought about calling him
anyway.

"I programmed it
in your phone."

"Oh." I
reply.

He finally
releases my chin and addresses the boys. "Why were you fighting
over her?"

"We disagreed on
who would get her." Brody responds.

"She's neither of
yours. Stay away from her." He demands and I feel my heart
ping.