Filed To Story: Secret with Betas Daughter: Skylar Story Series
“Any heads up on when this jackass is going to lay his so-called claim? Because he will figure out the same way you did, that I don’t do well with being told what I am going to do or who I can and cannot talk to.”
Now it’s my turn to get all broody and dark. Just because I am a female does not mean I am weak and I will not hesitate to put these guys in their places tonight.
We head to class and nothing new really happens. I thought for sure that our teacher was maybe in on the werewolf thing, but maybe not, or maybe he is just better at hiding it. I mean the Dean is a werewolf and many of the professors are or have a basic knowledge of our existence which helps us to integrate into normal life around here. But I thought for sure the way that Professor Chance acts that he would be all in for the werewolf liberation from the Alpha King. He just talks like a tree hugging hippy. Don’t get me wrong. I am all for preserving the lands that we need to run and stay safe from the humans who don’t know of our existence, but I am not about to jump on the bandwagon that all people who live in and love modern society need to be exiled away from us and the more he talks the more he sounds like the werewolf version of Hitler. It leaves me a little concerned.
Tyler walks me home and this time Mike and Robbie join us, which is also odd, out of character and clearly not what Tyler had planned based on his current demeanor. I left them all on the porch, blaming Nickolas for not letting them in. I can still play the innocent nice girl even if no one believes that I really am.
I change into some sturdy pants and layer a tank top with a long sleeved shirt on top. I finish off my outfit with thick socks and my warrior boots that are really broken in. I don’t get cold like most wolves, but I have no idea what is going to happen tonight and I have to assume that I might not get back to the house tonight.
“You look ready for a fight.”
Robbie says, smiling.
“Not a fight, but the woods for sure. You guys have been out there. The ground is all muddy and sloppy. I’d rather trash my hiking shoes than my tennis shoes any day.
“You could always just go naked like the rest of us.”
Robbie is being unusually playful with me tonight.
Low growls come from both Mike and Tyler. I wonder what that is all about? THe rest of the girls strip like it’s nothing. Why would me being naked be a problem? I laugh it off like the joke I think it’s supposed to be.
“You know I don’t have to, so why would I be uncomfortable if I don’t have to be?”
I shrug it off and push past him as I walk down my porch steps. “We going or not? I’m interested to see what you guys do for set up.”
I keep walking even though I have no idea where Mike’s truck is parked.
It doesn’t take them more than a second to follow me and lead me in the right direction. Mike has his truck parked at one of the public lots nearby, like he planned on being here to pick me up. Hmm.
Mike climbs into the driver’s seat, Robbie climbs into the center and Tyler follows, just like I smelled their scents the first time we ran with them. I stand and have a sense of deja vu. There is no back seat for me to climb into, no place for me and clearly they didn’t plan on the extra body.
“So am I riding in the back?”
I question playfully. It’s the same line Sierra and I used on the guys the first time we rode with them.
“Of course not!”
Tyler yelps. “Come here, you can sit on my lap. The drive isn’t that far and you’re pretty tiny.”
He winks at me. I roll my eyes and climb up, but Tyler is a little over eager and unlike Dakota, he doesn’t have a good grasp on me so I end up flying across him and I catch myself on Robbie’s lap, one hand on each of his thighs and dangerously close to his junk.
Robbie is laughing. “All you had to do was ask Sky, no need to throw yourself at me.”
I am laughing too, but another growl sounds out in the cab, stopping all noise. It didn’t come from Tyler though. It came from Mike who looks even more irritated than earlier. What the hell is up with him?
I right myself and end up sitting half on Robbie and half on Tyler. Although neither make any effort to touch or hold me in place. I keep my hands on the dash since Mike seems to be on a mission to make me bounce as hard as possible and bruise my ass on their knees.
We make it to the bonfire sight in no time. My ass is numb and we have only been driving for twenty or so minutes.
“Well, that was eventful. You okay Mike?”
I ask sarcastically, but I’m not about to let whatever bad mood he’s in affect me.
“Fine.”
It’s clipped, but he doesn’t look at me. “Let’s just get this done so we can get back and start the run. Janice will be pissed if we make her late.
This is what confuses me most. What does Janice have to do with anything? I never know who is in charge of this group, but clearly all of them have some type of control, they are just good at keeping the actual leader hidden.
We unload all of the coolers from the back of the truck and set up the firewood. Robbie, for whatever reason, has decided that I am okay to talk to all of a sudden, but that also seems to piss off both Tyler and Mike. But if Tyler is right and someone has laid claim to me, maybe that’s why they are mad. But that doesn’t explain Robbie. Maybe he’s the leader that has laid claim, so he’s just gloating. But his actions don’t feel like gloating, just like he’s trying to be friendly. Who knows. This is the part I truly suck at. Emotions are complicated and kind of ridiculous. There is way too much to keep track of.
We finish the set up and move to get into the truck to leave, but Mike has other ideas.
“I’m going to run back, you guys take the truck, I’ll meet you at the rec center at six.”
Then he just turns around and takes off, but not in the direction of the campus. In fact he’s running away from it.
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