Chapter 9: Chapter 9

The rest of the day goes on, as usual, the boring classes, the zombie teachers, and the stupid stares from the people who were still holding on to the past except for Isaac who did not show up for Biotech. I am now wondering if what Alex said holds some truth and if I should give him a chance to explain. My eyes kept on searching the hallways and food court for him or just a whiff of his scent but I end up with nothing. I almost ran to the boy’s locker room to search for him but I decided against that and on numerous occasions, I wanted to ask Alex about his whereabouts but I am not brave enough. I am supposed to dislike the guy but everything within me yearned for him and only him.

I am more than glad when the bell rings, signaling that it is time to leave this hell. To be honest, I was not in full concentration during Chemistry, I mean my mind somehow kept on drifting to what Alex said. I thought the class was torture with Isaac around but it was absolutely worse with his chair empty and cold. I could not even concentrate on the words that were coming out of the teacher’s mouth, I really needed to clear my mind, and all that came across my mind as a relaxation was to go for a run. I have not gone for a run in so long and the idea itself makes my wolf excited.

A run it is.

I slowly stand up from my desk and thrust my books in my backpack, I huff and grunt under my breath when a girl bumps into my shoulders but continues to walk. I walk out of class still confused and yearning for a long run. The halls are still filled with students standing by their lockers and some making conversation. I hear some of them talk about a party, I have never been to any of the parties and I know that most of them usual trouble and a way to find a partner in bed. I slowly walk through the hallway with the straps of my backpack hanging loosely over my shoulders, sliding down my arm. I spot Allan and Lydia by the car, I start making my way to them. The sooner I get away from this place the longer my run will be.

As I make my way to them I feel a horrible, excruciating pain shoot through my head then suddenly everything around me goes to a halt making me concentrate on the pain shooting through my body. My knees go weakly and I fall down to the cemented ground while holding my head. My body hurts and burns so much, all I want to do is lie in ice. My eyes open and the only thing I am met with is the concerned looks from a few students and the look of lust on some of the males.

Oh no!

I knew that I could not ignore this and stop it from happening but I had never thought that the pain would be so much. Male humans can only feel a fraction of arousal but male werewolves tend to feel it way much more. I cannot go back to the packhouse in this state but lustful thoughts are the only things encircling my mind and the need to touch my mate.

I look up and see Allan and Lydia running over to me with concerned looks. Allan runs a hand through his hair and groans, sensing the change in my scent. I look up at him with a pleading look and he shakes his head, trying to fight with his wolf. He has a strong wolf and iron-clad self-control but that is not the same situation for me. I try to stand up with the help of Lydia’s hold but the pain surging through my veins makes it impossible. I need my mate but he is not here. Black dots fill my vision as I try to plead to Allan to relieve me of the pain but he does not budge. I welcome the darkness and let it engulf me into oblivion.

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ISAAC'S POV

I sit in silence on my bed in my room trying to figure out a solution to all my problems. I have gotten myself in this shit and I have to find a way of solving it and earning Aleisa's trust which I never had since day one. I was so stupid in the beginning and I could not take back what I had said the day that I saw her.

It hurts seeing her every day in the hallways, by her locker, the food court. The fact that I hurt her and caused this shit hurts me a lot. I have always thought that I don't need a mate but whenever I see her smile, laugh or just walk by I regret all I have done up until now. It hurts every day, knowing that I get to see a glimpse of her from afar but not hold her in my arms. I try to conjure up the best solutions to my mistake but nothing comes to mind.

I sit down with my head in my hands trying to relax my headache. I did not go to school today, I know that if I went I would not control myself. I have been trying to control myself every time I'm near her but I don't think it's working anymore, so I decided against the school, and anyways it is already the weekend. There is only so much control I can have over my wolf. Her presence is torture to my soul and every time I breathe in her scent, I feel like taking her right in the hallways or on the desk behind me. She is mine and I really do not have to keep myself from holding her but my fucked up actions had brought this upon me. Every emotion of anger only hits a climax when all the prying eyes of other males are always staring at her.

I had almost punched one of the guys on the football team when he started talking about having her in his bed, he was only lucky that Alex was there to stop me from losing my shit. They could not look at her like she was a piece of meat when she is mine. My fists clench when the thought of not seeing her for the whole day crosses my mind and her having another male and not me. Heck, the thought of her being around the Beta infuriated me nonstop but they seem close and I could not do anything about it. I was the jerk in her eyes and her mind anyways.

I sit up straight when I suddenly feel a sharp pain in my head and then the pain just disappears like it was not even there. I stand up to get some headache pills just in case the pain comes back, I walk into my bathroom and open the cabinets near the sink to grab a few pills but the sound of my phone goes off, the familiar sound of the ringtone fills my room. I walk out of the bathroom and pick it up, shocked by the unfamiliar caller's number flashing on my screen. I answer the phone call with uncertainty and put it against my ear.

"Hello. Who am I speaking to?" I ask through the phone call.

"Hello, Isaac. It's Allan....." The voice on the other side sounds familiar but not too familiar.

"Allan?" Whose Allan, I doubt if I know any Allan.

"Yes, Allan. I'm Aleisa's best friend." He replies.

"Oh." Now I remember, I do not hide the surprise in my voice by receiving his phone call.

He does not strike out like the type that would scold the other over a phone call and it bothers me as to how he got my number. The urgency in his voice does not point this out as a confrontation call but I prepare myself just in case he does.

"I called to ask for your help. Please Aleisa really needs your help. S......"

"What's wrong with her? Is she okay?" I ask, nervousness and anger clear in my voice. I really hope she's okay. Fuck....if she is not I blame myself, I'm supposed to fucking protect her. I run a hand through my already messed up hair.

"I don't have time to explain, so please come to the address I will text you. Please." He says a bit too slow for the way my heart is beating at the mention of my mate being in some sort of danger.

"Then fucking text the address," I say a little bit too harsh.

I hang up, quickly shove the phone in my pockets, pick up the keys to my car and run to my car. I quickly bolt out of the house, ignoring the video gaming noises in the living room, and get into my car and turn it on waiting for the text from Allan. After a few seconds, the message notification rings, and I grab the phone from my pockets. The message appears on my screen and I open it, reading the address, and quickly throw the phone to the passenger’s seat, hurriedly driving off to where my mate needs me.

The cars and busy highway are a blur to me as I drive carelessly through the angry hoots and voices. I drive almost out of town and get a little bit worried before I remember that a new pack had taken the territory on this side of town. Finally pulling up in the driveway of a large house, I'm guessing this is the packhouse. I quickly get out of my car. I run to the huge doors leading to the inside.

Scents of different wolves fill the house but one scent overthrows all the others, my mate. Her scent is so strong on these walls. I hungrily take in her scent and go on a hunt with her scent as the only lead. As I go up the stairs the scent grows stronger and get a few weird looks from some of the pack members that bump into me but they all do not interfere, knowing that I am an Alpha by first glance. I walk through the house looking for her. Finally, I stand in front of a big wooden door.

I think of whether to knock or not but my wolf and hands beat me to it when the door flies open and two sets of eyes fall on me. My eyes zoom in on the brunette lying on the bed. Aleisa.

But the scent filling up the room sends my wolf into a craze, She is unconscious and in Heat. Everyone in the room looks at me as I walk towards the bed where my beautiful mate is lying unconscious but I don't really care if they stare or not, I bet they'll soon establish the fact that I'm her mate and she's my mate.

I take in her features as I sit beside her on the bed. Fuck. She is so pretty what the hell is wrong with me, why would I cause her so much pain. I do not even notice the Alpha in the room until he grabs a hold of his mate and ushers her out of the room with a few whispers.

I slowly take her small hands into my big ones. This feels so right. But the heat radiating from her body does not seem to agree. I cringe at the fact that she is only going through so much pain because I am a jerk and I was stupid enough to reject the only good thing that has happened to me after so long.

It makes it so hard to control my wolf with the enticing scent emanating off of her in waves.

What the fxck have I done?