With that Ann turned sharply to the sound of her father’s protests and Narcissa’s shrill admonishments to her daughter, and made her way to her car.
As soon as the car door closed behind her, her fierce exterior and anger dissolved. Ann’s face crumpled as the grief she felt at the loss of her future and her family crashed over her in a wave of sadness and the team flowed freely.
Ann drove around aimlessly for a few hours, following the roads on a whim and driving out of the city outskirts and through rolling countryside, the meandering hills and fields almost like a soothing medicine for her soul.
She had cried all that she had wanted to and the further she got from the place she called home, the better she felt. She glanced to her side at the phone that lay on the passenger seat of her car.
In her fury, she had managed to crack the screen when she had thrown it at the wall. She rolled her eyes at herself and felt her wolf snigger.
‘Oh, now you make an appearance. Where were you when it was all kicking off?’ Ann muttered angrily. ‘I was sleepy, so I went to sleep.’ Maeve answered nonchalantly. ‘Awesome timing for you to do that.’ Ann replied sarcastically. ‘Well, there was no face ripping or limb removing for me to help with, and the Bellevue Witches clearly know how to knock a wolf out with that concoction of theirs…’ ‘That’s the last time I listen to you bout drinking Maeve, clearly, neither of us can handle it.’ ‘Pfftl Speak for yourself you lightweight! I was pleasantly warm…’ ‘Mmhmm, and where did that get us? Contract marriage with Alpha Nocturne, the main rival of my father’s business interests and a strong contender for next in line to be King if the Veritas heirs don’t prove themselves worthy.” Ann snorted.
‘I suppose it’s a good job that the rival for the King’s position is marrying one of his daughters then…’ Maeve said slowly with a sarcastic edge to her words.
Ann gripped the steering wheel in horror.
“Oh f*uc*k… Dad’s going to k*il*l me when he finds out…” Ann whispered into the silence of the car.
‘If he finds out…’ Maeve smirked with a chuckle.
Her father absolutely hated Alpha Nocturne with a passion. She had a strong feeling it was because he reminded her father of himself in his younger years.?
Ruthless, uncompromising, and ambitious, Alpha Nocturne had rapidly made a name for himself both in pack politics and the business circles. With his strong leadership and his pack’s rise in power and territory, he was a f0rce to be reckoned with.
‘I don’t know why you’re so bothered about your father’s reaction. He abandoned you in favor of his new family. You don’t turn on your own blood, it’s disgusting.’ Maeve snarled.
Ann was quiet for a little while, contemplating her wolf’s words. She knew she was right, but it still stung.
‘He might have turned his back on me, Maeve, but I’ll never give up hope that one day, hopefully, he’ll see the light.’
Maeve snorted.
‘Don’t you miss your father? Does he speak with you at all?’ Ann asked hesitantly.
She felt a pang of pain and a soft whine, swiftly followed by a snarl of anger.
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‘He is worse than your father. Constantly silent and never responds my to attempts to link with him. It’s as if he’s dead.” She snapped. ‘If that’s what he wants, then so be it. A sh*tty excuse for a father for both of us.’
Ann’s mouth set in a grim line as she focused on the road ahead. Just then her phone rang and the call transferred to the cars in the built infotainment system, linked with the onboard diagnostics HUD screen.
She touched the screen to accept and answered the call. “Hello?”
“Ann, where are you?” the worried voice of her best friend came through loudly. Ann flinched and quickly tumed the volume down as she answered. “I’m driving at the minute, is everything okay?” “I was going to ask you the same thing! Listen, I’m at work at the minute, but I finish in about an hour, do you want to go eat somewhere for lunch?” She asked quietly.
“Sure. It’ll take me about an hour to get back anyway. You’re only on half days today?” Levi usually worked like a demon, which was fitting because she was indeed part daemon.
An unlikely tryst between a mid-level daemon and a human had resulted in her birth.
Her mother died not long after she was born and the daemon was not able to raise her in his realm as it was simply too dangerous, so she had been taken in by a children’s home that specialized in raising hybrids well in order for them to live well alongside the wider population of other supernatural races and the humans that were mostly oblivious to their existence.
A half day was practically unheard of for her and it made Ann start to wonder what exactly had happened that made her so eager to leave work.
She had quite a comfortable job at a small company that dealt with accounting and she had a natural flair for the work.
“Yeah, only because that a”s”shole of a supervisor I have can’t get the formulas for the spreadsheets right. I swear if he rucks up one more…” Lexi sighed heavily, “Sorry, Ann, work is boring. I’ll see you for lunch and you can fill me in on the details that I am so obviously lacking. Love you! See you soon.” Lexi finished and hung up abruptly.
Ann chuckled to herself and found a spot to tum around and head back toward the city.
Lunch dates with Lexi were always an opportunity to let off some steam and she could almost predict exactly the words of comfort that her friend would have for her. ‘More like plans for murder…’ Maeve sniggered.
Ann grinned to herself. Maeve wasn’t wrong in the slightest.
Ann arrived at the cafe they had decided on well before Lexi did. She found a table by the window no that she could people-watch and ordered a chai while she waited. Even though the weather hadn’t quite changed to the autumnal vibe that she loved so much, the rich smell of the milky chai tea had a homey, almost Christma”s”sy feel to it.
Secretly, Ann was panicking. She had left home, to move in with a man she knew only by reputation and was going to be married to him for the next 5 years.
Right now, she wanted the security that the feeling of home gave, and the memories that the smell of chai tea evoked within her were the closest that she would ever come to being wrapped in her mother’s rea’s’suring embrace again.
Ann was acutely aware of the gaze of the cafe’s visitors on her. It was starting to make her feel a little uncomfortable when she saw Levi jump out of a taxi through the window and hurry inside.
She stood squinting in the doorway, her beautiful golden eyes scouring every face quickly before landing on Ann, and her face split into a huge grin.
She lifted her arm and waved, shouting across to her loudly, uncaring of the disapproving glances she was receiving from the other customers.
“Hey! Did you order yet?!” Lexi yelled.
Ann stifled a laugh and grinned back, shaking her head as she lifted her festive-looking glassand pointed to it. “Chai already?!” She yelled wrinkling her nose in disgust. “Fine, I’ll order a drink for pansies and we’ll decide on food in a sec, okay?” Lexi finished rolling her eyes as she made her way to the counter.
Ann sniggered as an older woman attempted to berate Lexi for being obnoxiously loud and watched with a serene expression as Lexi quickly put her in her place.
She had missed this. Life had been eventful with Lexi at her side through school..they had been inseparable. It was a bonus that she had been as averse to Ada as Ann was, but she had never been sure if it was out of loyalty to Ann or not.
The reasoning didn’t really matter, but she was pleased that even though they were spreading their wings in the world of adulthood, some things never changed.
“Oh my god, what is wrong with some people?” She exclaimed in disbelief as she sat down shaking her head and throwing her bag onto the chair next to them. “Too human for your liking?” Ann answered dryly. “She accused me of being obnoxiously loud which she found rude and offensive. When I asked why she was here being offended and not dying in a retirement home somewhere she seemed surprised, and offended again, that I would dream of saying such a thing. She just labeled me as obnoxiously loud, rude, and offensive…. what the f*uc*k did she expect me to say?” She snorted.
Ann resisted the urge to cackle loudly as she shook her head despairingly and sipped on her espresso.
“I don’t know how you can drink those, they’re so bitter,” Ann commented as she gestured to the tiny cup that Lexi held gracefully in her hands.
“Because it’s as black as my soul.” She whispered conspiratorially with a sweet smile.
This time, Ann did laugh. She had missed Lexi’s dry humor and wit terribly.
“Listen, tiger, what’s going on with you and Brad, hmm?” She asked, placing her cup down and staring intently into Anne’s eyes. Anne sighed and glanced out the window.
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“News travels fast then huh?”
“I’m surprised you haven’t seen it if I’m honest,” Lexi answered as she leaned to the side and began rummaging through her bag.
“Seen what?” Anne frowned.
Lexi scrolled through her phone until she found what she was looking for and handed it to Ann.
“What the f*uc*k is that cretin doing marrying your man?” She hissed angrily.
Ann glanced down at the News bulletin that had flashed up on the screen in the entertainment news.
‘Heir to Crystal Pack no longer in running for Next Alpha King: Ditches fiance and plans to marry her sister. Click here for the full story!’
Directly underneath was a picture of Ada and Brad staring adoringly at each other at some function or other. Ann snorted and passed the phone back as Lexi folded her arms angrily.
“Spill. I want details, I want everything.” She instructed firmly through narrowed eyes.
With a sigh, Ann told her how she had discovered her step-sister and Brad together. By the time she had finished explaining, the look on Lexi’s face was murderous and her golden eyes were blazing furiously.
Suddenly she slammed the table with her fist and exploded.
“What the actual f*uc*k?! Has he lost his mind?! He chose to bury himself balls deep in that sloppy little wh*re over a life with you?!” She shrieked loudly.
Ann made frantic shushing noises and smiled apologetically at the other customers and staff as they were rapidly becoming the main focus of attention all over again.
“Lexi, it’s fine. It’s better that I know now rather than after we were married today.”
“It is not fine! I bet Maeve wanted to rip his d*ic*k off and shove it down his throat. How the f*uc*k do you even go against the mate bond?!”
‘Oo! I did not think of that but told her I’ll bear that in mind for possible options if I get a chance to go one on one with him. I have a few choice words for his coward of a wolf as well.’ Maeve interrupted excitedly.
‘Maeve appreciated your suggestion.” I sniggered. “I thought she might.” Lexi sniffed as she sat down again and stared at Ann with her mouth slightly open in shock. “I hope you f*uc*king rejected the twat.”
“I tried. He called this morning and hung up on me before I could finish.” Ann replied miserably.
“c*oc*ky little…” Lexi muttered before her face lit up and she leaned in closely, whispering excitedly.
“Ann, let me go burn the wedding stuff. Just a little, I won’t destroy the place… if we’re lucky the cowardly bastard will be inside somewhere and I can accidentally
on purpose roast him alive. How about it? Can I?”
Ann looked at the almost childlike excitement on Lexi’s face and did her best not to laugh.
“No. Let them be miserable together, she can take my sloppy seconds. Besides, I have bigger things to worry about.”
“I can make it look like an accident Ann, no one would ever know.” she tried again hopefully.
Ann shook her head and fixed her with a firm glare. Lexi’s face fell and she muttered angrily under her breath.
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