Filed to story: Sorry Alpha I Am Wolfless Novel
When I left school that day, it was Mom who picked me up, along with the quads. They were all talking excitedly about what they had done that day, so I just stayed silent and listened. I think that my face was a little too happy at the moment though, because when we got home, while Zachary, Zander, Zayden and Zaley all walked away from the SUV, Mom called out to me and made me stay behind.
“So, Tally, what makes you so happy?” She was giving me a knowing mom look. Could she tell what it was already?
“Well.” I tried not to squirm under her intense look. “I was talking to Arthur earlier.”
“Yes, I remember that you two have a little bit of history.” She really was giving me a knowing look.
“And he, uhm, he asked me out for this weekend. And he asked if I would be his girlfriend.” I finally said it as I looked into her eyes.
“And what did you say?”
“I told him that I had to ask to see if I could go out this weekend.” I told her honestly.
“And about being his girlfriend?” She asked me with a smile.
“I..I..I told him yes.” I prepared for her to get mad at me, but it didn’t come.
“Oh, your dad is going to love that.” She laughed at me. “I give you permission though. And I will deal with your father. Tell Alexio that I said you can go, and he can stay close to you, but not right with you. I want your first date to go well. And that won’t happen if you have him there looming over your shoulder.”
“Mom?” I was so shocked right now. “Y..you’re really OK with it?”
“Of course I am, sweetheart. I am learning more and more from your sister that I need to loosen the reins a little. I need to let you have a life or you won’t be prepared for the future. And because of that, I am letting you go on your first date. Not only that, but I missed your sister’s first date, and I don’t want to miss yours.” She looked almost as excited as I felt when I threw my arms around her.
“Thank you, Mom. Thank you so much. I will let Arthur know right away.” I was glad that I had his number. This way I didn’t have to mind call him. That was always an odd invasion sort of thing. Calling was so much easier.
I went from the garage to my room. I knew that Lex was likely to be in his room, waiting for me to let him know that I was home and that he could get to work. He hated that he wasn’t allowed in school with me, he thought that it was wrong for me not to be protected when I wasn’t at home.
“Hello Lex.” I said as I knocked on his door. It opened almost immediately since he had heard me coming.
“Welcome home, Talia.” He nodded at me. “You look happy today.”
“Oh, I am happy. Mom just told me that I can go on my first date.”
“Date?” he looked confused.
“Yes. Arthur, you remember him. He goes to school here now, and he asked me out.”
“Oh.” I explained to him what happened in school today and what my mom had said. How he was to guard me from a distance on the date. He listened and he even smiled happily at me when the explanation was done. “Well, Talia, I am happy for you.” He didn’t look angry at me, but he didn’t look all that happy either. I knew why though, he just didn’t want to let me out of the house without him right at my side. “Just tell that boy he better be good to you. As your guard, I will protect you from him if I have to.”
“I know, Lex. You are so good to me and I know that you would never let me get hurt.”
“Of course, Talia. I am your top guard after all. I plan to lead your troops in the underworld as well. If that should become necessary. I am at your disposal.” He put his left hand on his chest and bowed to me. He was giving me more than just a promise, this was him making an oath to me. And I knew that he was completely serious. He was going to make sure that he was there to protect me not just now, but always. He was the best guard that I could ever ask for. And to help him out a little more, I should look into finding him his mate. Or at least someone to date. He had been alone for far too long. He deserved to be happy as well.
For now though, I just went to my room to tell Arthur about the date. I knew that he would be happy about it.
Different Than the Others
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Zaley
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Things had been different at home for a little bit. Mom and Dad had left, and so did Tally. I missed her a lot while she was gone. I missed Mom and Dad too, but Tally was one of the few that talked to me about what happens to me all the time. She was someone that was there for me when I needed her. But then all of a sudden she wasn’t there.
I get picked on a lot. That is just something that I had started to consider as normal. And I knew why it happened. There was no mystery behind it. It was the way that I looked. I was different from most of the others. And not just different, but I was reborn. Sort of.
I had the soul of my grandfather, Edmond, inside of me. He was a bad man when he was alive, but my mom tells me that he saved us all from a very bad lady after he died. It happened while she was pregnant with me, Zachary, Zander and Zayden. Grandfather Edmond was already dead at that point, but she was in the underworld. And while she was there, she came across his prison cell in the worst part of the torturous place. He had endured his punishments though. And he had changed quite a bit.
It wasn’t Grandfather Edmond’s soul that was bad. It was how he had been raised. Mom told me a little about that as well. I knew more than my brothers did, since I was his second chance at life, but she didn’t tell me everything. I knew that his parents weren’t nice to him. He had a bad lady whispering bad things in his head all the time. And other people that he met did bad things. The way that I see it, he never had a chance to be good. Not one.
I am not a bad person. And I would never hurt anyone. But I get told that I am evil all the time. I get told that I should just kill myself now before I can kill anyone else. The boys who had family members die at the hands of my Grandfather tell me all the time that they will be the ones to kill me the minute that I go bad.
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My life isn’t that happy. At least it isn’t when I am away from home. School is miserable and I hate going, but I don’t tell my parents this. I don’t tell them what happens to me. They wouldn’t understand. And they would just get mad at the people that hurt me. They are scared people. I know that. And they don’t need to be scared even more. They need to be helped, I just don’t know how to help them.
When I am at home it means that I am not being bullied. I don’t have to worry about anything at all, and I am happy there. I smile. I laugh. I play. I am me. When I am at school, I close myself off. I don’t have friends. I don’t talk to anyone at all. And that is fine with me. At least most of the time it is.
I had gotten my brothers in trouble recently, and that made it to where my grandparents, M贸ra铆, Nona, Lola and Papa, all knew what was going on with me. And I knew that they were going to tell my parents. I knew that I wouldn’t be able to hide it for much longer.
I had been back in school for two days now, not that many people noticed that I was gone from there, and I was just waiting for things to settle down since the battle. That would be when my parents yelled at me for not telling them the truth about school. About not having any friends.
“Hi, there.” I heard a soft and friendly voice next to me. “You’re back. I was scared that something happened while you were out.” I looked next to me and saw the new girl, Breanna.