Chasing the rejected Luna

23: He is crazed

Ava smirked at me with her hands on her hips. She looked at me like she knew exactly what was going on in her mind. Her smirk blossomed into a full-fledged smile and she hugged Steven, keeping me waiting which made me mad.

"I asked a question, Ava," I said to her trying to stop my feet from tapping on the ground.

She stopped. Looked at me and shrugged. "And I choose to ignore it. If you have a problem with it, please leave."

I bit my lips hard and glared at her. From my peripherals, I could see Stephen trying to hold her lips together to prevent her from saying more words. But the damage was done already. I was madder than I intended to be.

"Yes. I do have a problem with it. You can't disrespect your Alpha. And if I have to force it out from you, then I will," I told her and she laughed. Her head was thrown back by how much she laughed.

For a moment, I felt like a fool. Since we were little, Ava had always been the star child who was good at everything. And it didn't help that she was more academically intelligent than me, making her the apple of my father's eyes.

I loved my father. And did everything he asked me to do without questions. But that didn't seem to satisfy him. Everything I did, he saw flaws in it. And soon enough, I was tired because everything I found difficult, Ava could do it with so much ease. And there came the day he wanted to make her Alpha.

I closed my eyes, with my fists tightened, and tried to stifle the anger that burned inside of me. Opening my eyes, it was laser focused on her but she seemed unfazed by it which irked me.

"Then, make me." She suddenly stopped laughing and looked at me with all seriousness.

"No, I don't think that's what she means. Ava stop. Are you even thinking about our child?" Stephen said, looking at her. He was tired of her constant unruly behavior. I smiled when I saw the look on Ava's face. She was getting a piece of her cake.

"What does our baby have to do with this? He came here unannounced and wanted to force some respect out of me. I'd like to see him try," she said to him before looking at me.

My wolf began to push to the forefront of my mind, angered by the challenge. He didn't care that it was my sister. He wanted the threat severely punished.

I growled in pain as I tried to rein him in. If he eventually comes out, there is surely going to be a bloodbath. And I feared that would be the end of the little companionship between Ava and I.

"I'm so sorry Alpha. I'll get her inside now," Stephen said with a voice that shook with fear. I could not focus on him or Ava as I hunched over with my hands on my knees, a huge fight going on between my wolf and me in my head.

"What are you so afraid of? He's not doing shit to me!" She snapped at Stephen. And for a moment, I slipped and my wolf took over.

I grunted and heard Stephen suck in a breath. I fought my wolf when he reached Ava. She was ready with her fangs out of her and I swallowed. Stephen walked away from Ava to the back of the room. I could hear his beating heart while I fought my wolf for control.

I would never forgive him if he did anything to harm Stephen's unborn child. I honestly didn't care what happened to Ava. It was high time she learned her lesson never to talk back at an Alpha.

I heard a loud crash at the back of the room just when my wolf got to Ava. And for that split second, I took over control from him, pushing him to the back of my mind and creating a wall of barrier.

I hunched over and breathed hard at the amount of effort I used to push back my wolf. Stephen came close to us, took Ava, and dragged her inside the room, closing the door behind him.

She was yelling at him to stop but I couldn't concentrate on that but on getting more air into my lungs.

After what felt like forever, I was calm once more, stood up, and walked out of the apartment, thankful for Stephen's timely intervention.

With one purpose in mind, I walked over to my room, with the sole purpose of seeing Sophia sitting in my room doing something. And then, I remembered she had something to ask me when I got to her.

Pushing the door open, I walked in to see her lying on the bed. I was angry at that. What does she think? I could not think straight. Maybe it was because of what I had with Ava. I closed the door with a bang and she stood up with a start.

SOPHIA'S POV

It was supposed to be a normal conversation between Alpha Ryven and me. But then, he got angry and left. I should have felt relieved and happy about it but I wasn't. I knew he was hiding something from me.

My instincts never failed me and they told me to go back to Alexander. I could not go with it this time, Because, to me, it sounded stupid and would make me look like I was begging for his attention

Plus, I belonged here even if I didn't like it from the moment I found out I would be training nonstop until I got my wolf.

Watching Alpha Ryven walk out with rage all over his face, the trembling of my heart subsided and I was able to breathe properly again.

"Come with me," I turned around and saw his Beta looking at me. He came like a ghost and I didn't hear him sneak up behind me. I nodded my head and followed him.

We walked for quite some time until we came to a stop in front of a door that smelled of Alpha Ryven. I watched as his back flexed while he inputted a code into the door.

I noticed it was the only room in the house that had an automatic door. The ones I have seen. I couldn't say that to all the rooms in the house.

He turned around. "Enter, Alpha Ryven will be with you shortly. He just needs to sort out some things first," he said and walked off, leaving the door ajar.

With uncertainty, I walked into the room and closed the door with a click. I didn't know what to do. Standing was such a difficult task for me so I walked over to the couch and sat down, not touching anything.

The room was huge with a king-sized bed in the middle. The room was painted with black colors only which matched the sheets on the bed. There was nothing spectacular about the room. It was eerily neat. Not a single book is out of place. The top of the table that was seated at the side of the room was bare, except for a single book that was neatly arranged to one side.

I was impressed. I stood up, trying to distract myself from the pains in my body. But it only grew worse. I went to the window and looked out. His view was so much better with the forest just directly behind the room. From where I stood, I could see the pond in the middle of the forest. Published by Nôv'elD/rama.Org.

I watched with envy at some wolves who were running through the woods freely. I wondered what it would be like to get into wolf form, down on four paws and looking at the world through the eyes of

a wolf.

Not wanting to get so emotional about all of it, I moved away from the window and sat back down on the couch. I reeked of sweat and bodily fluids.

After waiting for more than fifteen minutes, I felt drowsy and decided to take a short nap. But as soon as my head hit the armrest of the couch, a cry of pain crossed my lips. I couldn't sleep on the couch except I wanted to die from the pain that rocked my body.

Taking a bold leap of courage, I went over to the bed and sat. Alpha Ryven wouldn't mind that I sat on it. It wasn't like I planned on sleeping on it anyway.

A few minutes passed and I heard a loud bang which woke me up from the bed with a start. My heart hammered in my chest at what I did; I slept on Alpha Ryven's bed without his permission.

Looking up, I found him coming at me with a dark face. Whatever he had to take care of must have ruffled him up a bit. My best guess was his sister. But I couldn't be more sure.

"What the hell do you think you're doing?!" He ragged and I stiffened from the tone of his voice. I involuntarily clutched the comforter in my hands.

"I'm sorry. I mistakenly slept off," I said and stood up from the bed with shaky legs. His eyes followed my every move which made me clumsy and fall on my butt.

He chuckled, which was devoid of myth, "Sorry? What were you doing on my bed to begin with?" He asked me and I dared to look up at him.

I opened my mouth to explain but I knew no matter what I said, he wouldn't believe it. Not with the way he looked at me. It was the first time I saw him look at me that way. It reminded me of my time in my former pack. With Dianne, to be precise.

"This should be the first and last time this ever happened. You should've been more concerned about awakening your wolf and not lazing around," he hissed in anger and sat on the bed, running a hand through his hair.

"I don't understand. Why do I need to awaken my wolf in the shortest time possible?" I dared to ask him and he smirked, his eyes on me. They were like pools that wanted to suck me in. He looked like a maniac, crazed with something I could point out. He was nothing like the man I met weeks ago at Alpha Alexander's party.

"You like the way you are? The way people talk about you about how worthless you are without your wolf?"

I stood up from the floor, gritting my teeth to the pain in my body and heart that engulfed me. My eyes were cast down. "No, but it doesn't have to be every day. And if I had a wolf, she would have awakened already I just don't…"

He interrupted me, "She has no choice but to come out. If she doesn't, I'll have no choice but to force you to shift."

His words made me take a step back in shock. Why do I feel like this was way deeper than I could ever imagine? The way his eyes gleamed when he said it. And then I concluded that the person sitting opposite me was the person I ought to meet weeks ago. The other person I saw was just a facade.