She’d always been conservative and she likely didn’t have to worry about thatartalvir go and pick up Slade, but would she really be allowed to? In all likelihood, it was going to be Hayden who did that now.
She was not going to hold her breath, it was weeks away and likely by then, Hayden would have everything he wanted, and she would be nothing at all, just a regular pack member. Couldn’t even be moved to the second heir, because she was a girl.
Ori received a phone call at lunchtime from Palmer to ask where she was. She’d smile to herself, someone had finally realised she wasn’t there, had left the pack. “I’m having lunch.” she stated simply, and she was, sitting in a nice caf? doing just that.
“Where are you having lunch, Ori?” he asked.
“In Phoenix,” she stated simply, as she sipped her coffee.
When she heard him, and another exclaim “What?” she figured it was Yuri. “When did you go. there? And by yourself?”
“This morning and why wouldn’t I?” She answered, she could actually take care of herself, she didn’t see a problem with it.
“You shouldn’t go on your own, you know this,” Palmer stated.
“Why not?” she asked “the boss himself told me I should take some time off, and go do whatever 18-year-old girls do. So, I’m doing just that, shopping.”
“Where in Phoenix are you?” he asked.
“I’ll come back when I’m good and ready.” Ori stated simply “I travelled on my own six long hours from Sandia Heights, New Mexico to our home in Arizona. So, what’s two hours away? I don’t honestly see the problem here.”
“Alright, what’s gotten into you?” she heard Yuri, huff. So, yes they were both there on the other end of the call.
“Nothing, I just wanted out of the company for the day.” she kept her word usage to human terms, being out in the human world. And no one had bothered her, she’d walked about for hours now without problems.
“Ori!”
“Palmer!”
She heard him sigh and mutter “you better get your ass back here in one piece or Yuri and I will cop it.”
“No, you won’t. You were doing company training with Hayden, I believe.” She bit out his name. “And like I said, the boss told me to, so it’s on his head, I believe if something happens to me. Go speak to him if you’re unhappy.” and she clicked the line closed.
She didn’t know if they actually would go and talk to Alpha Roman, but technically it would be Alpha Roman’s head, not theirs. She as the future Beta, understood how the rules of the pack actually worked, right down to the nitty-gritty fine print of it all. Had, had to study that as the future Beta, so that she could help Slade with punishments.
She drove into the pack just after 6pm and was carrying all her stuff with her, a large multitude of bags in each hand. She really worked that pack card of hers today. When she saw her father walking towards her, “Yes father?” she asked.
“You left without telling anyone.”
“Alpha Roman gave me the day off, told me to go do what 18-year-old girls do. So, I did. I went shopping.” she held those bags up for him to see. “All I did was do what every 18-year-old girl does, to fill my suite walk-in, or am I not allowed to do that?”
“Yes, of course you are, but telling someone where you’re going would be the responsible thing to do.”
“I had permission,” she stated flatly.
“Oriana, I know you’re upset.”
“No, I’m not.” she murmured “I was ticked off, but now…” she shrugged “I’m all shopped out and over it. Oh, I’m going clubbing tonight.” she told him with a smile, “in case I need to tell you my every move.”
“Oriana,” he grated out, “you’re acting like a child.”
She turned and looked at him, “Well, father, as you, and everyone around here, keep telling me, I’m a girl.” She dripped sarcasm. “I believe father, teenage girls are just that, all hormonal and get that teenage angst, become bitchy and argumentative. I guess you were lucky to not see that in the past five years. I’m overdue, to do all of that am I not,” she stated flatly, and walked off up the stairs away from him to her room.
‘We’re not drinking.’ China growled at her.
‘No but I can go dancing and drink water or juice, I want to just let my hair down and act my age for once, instead of always being proper and all Beta responsible. Always in control all the time. Constantly doing those things, I’ve been told all my life to do to be the future Beta. That, I see, is now not necessary, because they’re never actually going to let me be that person they’ve held me to, all these years. Just a freaking waste of my time is all it was China.’
‘Fine, go dancing, no alcohol, or I’ll be stopping you.’
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