Filed To Story: Secret with Betas Daughter: Skylar Story Series
Wyatt says as I join him in the foyer. “Audrina’s group is usually first in and first out and she was saying something about certain people not being able to handle being here.’ She is making a point of separating you from the rest of the floor mates.
“perfect. Well, let’s get this show on the road, tour guide. Am I late to school? My schedule didn’t have times on it. “Really? It should have. Well, that doesn’t shock me, your floor leader was responsible for getting you everything you needed for today.”
He rolls his eyes and leads me out the door to some kind of two person four wheeler I have never seen before, but really want to learn how to drive. “And if she screwed with my daily schedule, Pm screwed. Who can I go to to confirm that it’s right? I’ll double check with the office at school, that will be easy enough to do, but if she sets my training schedule she’s going to mess with me until I get kicked out, isn’t she?” “Maybe. I’ve never had a problem with her so this is all new to me. I can’t understand acting this childish over a new recruit though. He shrugs and steps on the gas and I almost fly off the four- wheeler. I laugh all the way to the school building, Audrina forgotten for now. We pulled up to a building about ten minutes later. I use the word ‘building’ loosely. Like every other structure I have seen in the Royal pack this building is old and weathered, but impeccably well kept. It might have been inspired by cathedrals with its ornate design, dark wood and stained glass. “This is the high school?” I can’t help the squeak in my volce. “Yes…correction, this is the high school for the ranked members of the King and the Elders and their families.”
“Ugh, seriously? I know Sierra is amazing, but are the rest of them stuck up elitists? I had enough of that in my own pack and all ranks went to school together, so it really sucked.”
“Aren’t you a Beta? I’m sure everything was just fine for you being the second’s kid. He snaps back at me a little. “Yeah, I am the Beta’s second child and his daughter, but no it wasn’t all that great. Being the spare Beta and a female made me no better than an Omega to some people in my pack. I turned around and walked to the door. I need to walk away from this conversation, now, before I say something I will regret to a person who has actually been kind to me. “Wait up Midge. I didn’t mean to pigs you off. I just meant that as Beta kids we don’t really have it all that rough, you know. “You may not have, as the first born male, like my brother, but it was not that same experience for me. Maybe someday I will tell you about it, but right now I need to figure out what I am doing here and how badly Audrina messed with me, so I need my head on straight, okay? He just nods at me and we walk into the building.
Wyatt walks me to the office. At least we aren’t late here. We approach a big ornate desk with a little woman sitting behind it. When I say little, I mean little, compared to me which is saying something. She has graying hair cut short and styled like a punk rock pixie. She has a form fitting navy blue top and chunky gold jewelry hanging from her ears, neck and wrists. “Excuse me.”
I say sweetly. I figure I will start with soft and sweet and go from there. She looks up at us giving me a full body appraisal, then lifts an eyebrow in question. “My name is Skylar and Pm new. I was going over my schedule this morning at breakfast and in my rush to get here on time I left it behind. Could I get another copy, please. I want to make sure I don’t inconvenience the teachers, by having to guess my next lesson. I smile hoping this is a simple transaction. Of course, it wasn ‘t going to be that easy. “Skylar, is it? The way the Alpha King spoke of you, I figured you would be intelligent enough to remember your schedule. What makes you think I would give you a duplicate schedule?” I am so tired of the attitudes from everyone. No one here knows me and yet I keep getting treated like I am the scum of the earth not worthy to be here. I let my temper get the better of me and respond. “Honestly?” She raises an eyebrow again. “I don’t fully trust the person who gave it to me and I want to check I don’t like getting my information secondhand. If you really don’t want to print another schedule for me, can I at least look to confirm what I was given?” I look her in the eye, not wavering. “That’s better. Start with the truth next time, you aren’t great at getting out the cute and innocent story. I huffed and smiled at her. Wyatt let out a quiet laugh behind me. “My name is Theresa, and if you need anything else while you’re here, just let me know. I got a look at your transcripts and set your schedule myself.
You are a rare one.”
She winks at me and jumps up to pull a paper off the printer behind her. “This is your correct schedule, you must be someone to look out for if Drina is trying to hold you back after being on site for less than a day.”
She reminds me of Martha and I have a feeling we are going to be great friends. I thanked her and Wyatt and I set out for my first class. The day was like any other high school day. Wyatt kept me entertained by trying to see if he could distract me during every single lesson. Everything from flicking my ponytail like he’s the one who’s 15 not me, to knocking my pencils and notebooks on the floor while Pm taking notes. I was ready to punch him. He only stopped when the science teacher called him out about not paying attention the first time around and maybe the second time he would be able to comprehend the information and pass all the tests.
All of the girls seemed to like having an ‘older’ hot guy to stare at though, but thankfully no one approached us. They were either too intimidated by him or maybe thought we were together. That didn’t stop him from basking in the attention. I had to remind him that they were minors and he physically couldn ‘t do anything about any attraction they felt for him anyway. Only when I told him that he would embarrass himself by not even being able to please them with his warrior brand in place and that he would be the height of all the worst rumors did he stop trying to flirt back.
I didn’t find Sierra until lunch, when she ran up and almost tackled me. “Oh, man! I have been trying to find you all day, but you aren’t in any of my classes since they have you on a fast track and you get to skip all the unnecessary stuff.”
It’s just like the first day met her all over again. She is a force and I love it. She grabs my arm and drags me along to her table of friends, Wyatt following, a little bewildered, in her wake. We eat lunch and she asks me a thousand questions about living at the training compound. Her friends keep sneaking glances at Wyatt and he is eating up the attention. The rest of my day is the same. Nothing exciting. I get everything need to get caught up with the rest of the kids in my classes, which thankfully is only a month’s worth of work and I don’t have to do any of the projects. It should take me a week. Wyatt and arrive back to the bunk house around 6. I made sure I had everything needed to get started on all my assignments and checked in with Theresa to get any books she thought might not be here at the bunkhouse, since high school students don’t normally participate in warrior training. Unfortunately that’s where my good day ended. AS soon as we walked in the front door Audrina was in my face and livid. “Where the hell do you get off, not showing up for your mandatory training? If you can’t handle being here, fetus, maybe you should take your sorry ass back to whatever pathetic pack you came from.”
For a moment just stood there. What was she talking about? I don’t have training today. Before I could say anything, Wyatt spoke up for me. “Back off, it’s her first day, she barely has her schedule read, let alone memorized.”
‘That is no excuse, she is in warrior training now and should act like a responsible warrior, not the spoiled little child she is.”
She doesn’t even look at him when she is speaking, she only has daggered eyes for me. I can actually feel the hate radiating off of her. Wyatt goes to speak again, but I put my hand up to stop him. She can be angry and petty with whatever issue she has with me, call me names, I could care less, but she questioned my loyalty and responsibility and that I won’t stand for. “Enough! Whatever problem you have with me is exactly that, your problem. Get over yourself. I have direct orders, that come from above you, and I won’t allow you or anyone else to fick with that do you hear me? You don’t have to like me or even be nice to me, but you try and f*ck with my schedule again and we will have real problems.”
hissed. I take a step forward and get into her space. She doesn’t back down, but I see the hesitation cross her green eyes. ” You want me at a training? Inform me, and not after the fact or at the last minute. You want me to be responsible for my own wake up call, just let me know. Act like the leader you are instead of the petulant child you seem to think I am.
Now, unless you have a reasonable request for me, I have homework to get through before dinner.”
I cross my arms and stand there staring at her. I will not let another ‘Kaley’ run my life. I’m here with a fresh start, and I plan to live my life to the best of my ability. “l don’t care what your orders are, you are to report to training every morning at 5 am and evening training at 5 pm. No exceptions. Is that understood?” She lowers her voice, trying to sound intimidating, but just coming of bratty. I decide to end this stupid power trip conversation. We can have a pissing match later. I have things to do. “Yes, ma’am. May I go? I have to get started on my homework and Wyatt needs to report in.”
“Go. Be on time for dinner and you are to sit with me tonight.”
I just nod. She thinks separating me from the couple of people I have managed to make friends with is a punishment. I will let her keep thinking that. I walk off towards the hallway with the study rooms and library, Wyatt hot on my heels.
“Okay, so not what you want to hear right now, but that was hot!” He chuckles behind me. “You are an idiot, you know that right? “Hey, not everyone can be a child genius. Some of us get by on our phenomenal looks.”
I just shake my head at him. ” What the hell are you studying anyway? I don’t think I had this many books in the whole time I was in high school, let alone one semester.”
“l am a freshman taking junior and senior classes and I missed a month of them. I have to make up for the time I missed. I wish I would have been able to get started while I was sitting on my ass recovering in the hospital for a month.”
“What the hell took a month to recover from?! My eyes go wide, I don’t even know why I said that. I am usually so careful with my word choices, We walk into the library and I literally am at a loss for words. I don’t want to talk about Kaley or what she did to me, but I cant seem to shake her either, not even this far away. “It’s not important, it was just really boring and I could have gotten all of this done in that time.”
I roll my eyes trying to move past his question.
“You don’t have to say now, but you really should talk about what happened to you. If it was that bad, you need to make sure your head is on straight. They make all the warriors who come back from missions go through a mental evaluation, every time. It’s mandatory. We seethe worst of the worst and sometimes that messes with your mind. I know how good you are, you kicked my ass without breaking a sweat, but I also know that you wouldn’t be here yet unless you needed to be. If you need to talk, we’re all here.”
I look at him skeptically. “Okay, maybe not all of us, but you get the idea.”
I just nodded my head, Sierra said the same thing, so did her parents and even the guys before I really got hurt. I’m just not ready yet. hate how weak I feel just thinking about what happened to me, talking about it makes it that much more real and not just a nightmare. “l really do have to study, but thank you Wyatt, for everything today.”
He took the dismissal and turned to go. “I’ll come get you for dinner okay? At least you can stand in line with us since you have to sit next to the hardass.”
I nod again. “Sounds good. I’ll take all the relief I can get.”
He stepped out and closed the door. I got everything that is currently due mostly done and made a schedule for getting all the back work done. I’m hoping can get caught up in a week, but adding in early morning and after school training with Audrina is going to cut into my time. I also decide to ask Lillian, Wyatt and Nathaniel about getting an alarm clock so I don’t have to rely on Audrina to get me up until my body clock gets used to being here, Once get a feel for the training schedule and how tired I will be after I can make a better study schedule. It feels like only minutes have gone by, but Wyatt knocks on the door and sticks his head in before I can even reply. “Alright bookworm, enough of that. Pack up your sh*t and get your ass out here and you are not allowed to ditch us after dinner either. You need a break.”
I just laugh as Nathaniel and Lillian both walk in behind him. They helped me gather everything up and I was going to store my school books here, but after a very short discussion, he convinced me it was probably a better idea to keep everything in my room so it can’t be sabotaged by Audrina, since this is a common space.
We dump all of my stuff on my desk and head down to the canteen for dinner. As requested I am early enough to be close to the front of the line, and here before Audrina. That wasn’t good enough of course. “You were asked to be with me for dinner tonight, that includes standing in line. Can’t you follow a simple instruction? How did you even convince Warrior Brogen to allow you to come here? Move. Now!” Audrina snarls from about ten people behind us. Lillian moves to do or say something, but just like Wyatt, I stop her. This has to be my fight. She is clearly trying to find a weakness to exploit and she won’t use my new friends as one. “Actually what you said was to be early to the line and that I have to sit with you during dinner, which I am more than happy to comply with. You did not mention in your instructions where in the line I needed to stand, so I will remain here and wait for you to show us to our seats.”
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