C4 Chapter Four

CHAPTER FOUR

It is five o’clock in the morning and I still have not slept a wink of sleep; I glared at the very feint wounds on the palm of each of my hands.

I sat up on my bed in yesterdays clothes.. not that it even mattered.

I slowly and quietly walked down the stairwell and then left The Pack House, I thought I would go and clear my head.. but I ended up walking to The Hospital.

The sooner that I saw Dante and sorted this mess out, the better. And it would also distract me from the guilt that I feel for the way that I have treated Scarlett.

I raised my eyebrows as my gaze followed one of my female members, Lacey, texting frantically on her mobile. She was sat on a bench near Leonard Storm’s Territory.

She has long bright pink, dyed hair. It was a mess, hanging loosely, blowing in the breeze.

Which was very strange for her, it was normally neatly braided, usually in a fishtail style or in space-buns.

Her large breasts and thick full lips were a very attractive feature of hers. Even her eyes were an attractive light blue.

Lacey has been with My Pack ever since I first took it over, she was one of the very few members that has not been with Trey physically. And I also recently discovered that she is a lesbian.. after making an unsuccessful pass at her.

We actually laughed about it and had a few drinks together.

I shook my head, what did it matter that a member of my Pack was sat near Leonard Storm’s Territory? She was not on his Territory.

I walked into The Hospital, pushing myself through the back entrance stairwell.

Running up the stairs and then entering the second-floor passageway, near the ward, I ran straight into my brother, almost knocking him onto his ass.

I gripped his arm, stopping his fall; Dante gave me a shocked and surprised expression. He also looked very tired, hell, maybe as tired as me.

My little brother’s boring and thinly shaven white hair had about four weeks growth and his thin build often made me frown.

He would one day be an Alpha and yet he is the weakest member of The Bayou Bloodline.

Being an Omega Werewolf, was often seen as a gift. But he had also been born very frail.. the only one of The Bayou Bloodline that had almost died at birth.

Omega wolves have special abilities which meant that they could ease or even occasionally take away a person’s pain completely just by touching their skin.

In a way Dante has always been destined to be a Doctor; despite also being a human Doctor, as well as being our Pack Doctor.

I shook my head and glared at him.

‘We need to have a little chat, little brother’. I growled.

He took a step back and then cocked his head to the side slightly.

‘Alex.. are you uhm.. drunk?’. He frowned at me.

‘And are you still a fucking idiot?’. I scoffed, scowling at him slightly.

He narrowed his eyes at me.

‘You are unusually cruel today, is this about the new girl?’.

‘WHO TOLD YOU ABOUT WHAT I DID!?’. I shouted, snarling angrily.

I grabbed him by the front of his shirt and glared at him.

‘Maybe you should speak to our little brother when you are sober’. Trey’s cold and calculating voice snapped angrily from behind me.

Trey then grabbed a hold of the back of my shirt and threw me in the direction of the other side of the wall.

This caused me to grunt and growl on impact, as I hit my back into the wall.

My eyes went wide and I snarled in anger, about to leap at him.

Trey has short messy, unstyled white hair. His blue eyes met mine, in a challenge.

He wore a white vest and ripped black skinny jeans, all of which clung tightly to his muscles; the scars that I inflicted upon him were visible on his shoulders.

‘THIS IS A HOSPITAL, YOU TWO!’. Dante’s surprisingly angry voice echoed in my ears.

I crossed my arms and glared at Trey.

‘I do not get it, why are you here?’.

‘A friend told me that you were heading here and that you seemed angry, I figured father had you on an errand involving our little brother’. Trey shrugged, disinterested.

‘And which ‘friend’ would that be?’. I frowned.

‘That is for me to know and you to never find out, dear brother’. Trey scoffed, taunting me.

I wrinkled my nose and frowned deeply.

‘Fine, I do not care if you are here for this. Dante has been a foolish little shit and broke a few of The Council’s rules’. I crossed my arms again, but glared at Dante.

He looked panicked and began scratching the side of his head.

‘You do not even need the money, so why?’. I frowned.

Trey cocked his head to the side, confused.

‘Wait.. Alex.. what exactly has our brother done?’.

‘I thought you were going to start about.. something else’. He added, frowning.

This made me frown and cock my head to the side.

‘What exactly are you talking about?’.

Dante frowned at both of us, with a hint of pink in his cheeks.

‘Trey, Alex knows’.

That made me scoff; so he has finally told Trey about his sexuality.

‘You are brave, telling the golden boy’. I taunted Trey, as I spoke to Dante.

Trey tightened his fists and glared at me.

‘I am not’.

‘Anyway, Dante has been selling blood to Vampires’. I sighed, unhappily.

‘YOU WHAT!?’. Trey gasped in shock.

‘That was actually my same reaction’. I scoffed.

‘Look I just.. I figured I could help, we get a lot of donations.. too many to be honest’. Dante frowned.

He was looking a little upset that Trey and I were technically both against him right now.

‘I bet father is pissed’. Trey scoffed.

‘Oh he is’. I sighed.

‘Look, I am sorry.. I guess it was naive of me to think that people would not mind’. Dante frowned.

‘You are going to stop this little deal of yours’. I growled.

Trey smiled, nodding in agreement.

‘You definitely should cut ties with those Vampires, little brother’.

‘Wait.. but they will be like.. super pissed off’. Dante gulped.

‘I do not care, deal with it. And you will not be getting assistance in doing so either’. I glared at him.

‘Oh come on, that is a little harsh, brother’. Trey gasped.

‘I do not give a shit, you help him if you are so inclined’. I sighed deeply, as I turned around and walked to the stairwell.

‘ALEX!? I AM SORRY!’. Dante screeched, as I kept distancing myself from them, walking back towards The Pack House.

When I finally made it to the House, I frowned at the empty table; Bailey was sat with Freya and Drew on the sofa.

Bailey wore a white flowy dress that hugged her pregnancy bump.

Freya wore a tiny red dress, that hugged her curves in all the best places.

Drew sat shirtless only wearing navy shorts, he did not handle heat very well.

Drew was reading the newspaper but looked up at me and smiled slightly.

‘If you are hungry, I can whip something up’.

I laughed lightly.

‘I am good, be at ease’.

He let out the breath that he had been holding.

Freya stood up and hugged my waist.

‘I missed you’.

She then gave me a small peck on my cheek; Maddie then came down the stairs and wolf-whistled at us.

Maddie has shoulder lengthed brown hair and has a white braid to the side.

She wore a peach-orange dress that hung off her shoulders and ended at her knees.

Nobody knew that I had actually slept with her of course.. or they chose not to talk about it.

Freya was not usually this clingy with me though.. was this because of Scarlett’s arrival in The Pack?

‘Freya, has Scarlett had breakfast yet?’. I frowned, slightly.

‘No, she has not even left her Bedroom yet’. She pouted unhappily.

‘Alright, thank you’. I smiled slightly.

I then peeled her off of my waist and walked over to the Kitchen; maybe a start to an apology would be to make her breakfast.

I opened the fridge and rolled my eyes; they had eaten all the eggs and only meat was left.

‘I can go and get some bits from Town, if you like?’. Maddie spoke politely from behind me.

‘No, no, later is fine.. it is her own fault for ignoring my instructions’. I scoffed.

I threw sausages and bacon into the frying pan and began to cook; I could not help but yawn slightly, feeling a little on the sleepy side.

When I finally finished cooking the breakfast for Scarlett I began to walk up the stairwell, her voice made me frown slightly.

Scarlett was talking with Kane..

‘You are an idiot and you still smell like that cat’. He snickered at her.

‘At least he does not hurt his Clan Members!’. She snapped angrily.

Kane manoeuvred past her, scoffing at her slightly as he noticed me; I was now behind her and feeling very annoyed.

‘Breakfast’. I snapped, I felt both angry, embarrassed and guilty.

‘Alexander… I.. apologise’. She muttered, as I walked straight into her room with the plate that I held and beckoned her to follow me.

Kane began laughing to himself, as he continued on his way.

I sat on her bed and lazily looked at her as I passed her the plate; she did not move.

‘Do not tell me you do not eat meat’. I scowled.

She let out a little sigh and shook my head quickly.

‘No I do.. I just had not expected any food after what happened yesterday, thank you’. She smiled politely, a little forced.

I sighed, as she timidly took the plate and set it down onto the bed.

‘I.. overreacted and I apologise for hurting you, Scarlett. I.. have felt guilty all night’. I muttered, carelessly.

She started to pick at her nails awkwardly, as she met my gaze.

‘It must be difficult to be around a member you have no control over.. I mean as a Alpha. Maybe you should not have accepted my admission’. She sighed.

I scowled at her slightly, staying still to avoid scaring her.

‘I have never had a woman here that I could not control or use to my advantage.. you are a strange one’. I smiled slightly.

She then took a deep breath and sighed.

‘Why did you order a hit on.. the Leopards?’. She asked not meeting my gaze.

I growled, feeling a little odd at being questioned.

‘I suppose it would be better coming from me than coming from your lover’.

She rolled her eyes in response to my words.

Ah so she likely has not had sex with him yet then?

‘Leonard.. or as you refer to him as Leo, attacked my little brother after his night shift at the Hospital. You see the hospital area is neutral ground as we all need help from time to time.. he claimed that it was because of the Red Moons affect and that he regretted it. Of course he would say that, but he scarred my brother.’ I muttered matter of factly, with a clenched jaw.

Her expression went from neutral to shocked and then to a very sad expression; my chest felt tight just seeing her so sad, so I patted her gently on the top of her head.

She sighed in response and I then pulled her to the side of me for a reassuring yet awkward hug.

She froze but to my surprise she did not push me away.

‘Now that you know the truth about your precious Leo, what will you do?’. I smiled politely at her, as I pulled away from her and patted her head again.

‘I am sorry I.. had no idea that Leo could possibly lose control and hurt somebody like that. You are the only one I have seen to be aggressive’. She muttered sadly.

‘You should eat your food before it gets inedible from the coldness’. I smiled.

‘I like cold meat’. She laughed.

That made me laugh; this woman is definitely something else.

‘Ah, I bet you do you little minx’. I chuckled and ruffled her hair, as I got up from her bed.

When I went back downstairs, I decided to make myself a black coffee.

A good old fashioned liquid diet.

I wrinkled my nose slightly, at the smell of grease that my skin gave off.

This is the downside of cooking greasy food, I now smelt like that food.

I took a large mouthful of my coffee and could not help but feel amused at the fact that Freya was attempting to flirt with Drew; she winked over at me, clearly trying to make me jealous.

Scarlett bounded down the stairs wearing grey denim shorts with a loose blue vest; she had tied her wild curls into a simple bun and she was smiling.

The sunshine definitely suited her.. bloody hell.. she is utterly gorgeous.

When she got to the front door I walked behind her and laughed at her.

‘Where are you off to in a hurry?’.

She smiled wide.

‘I figured I would go for a run at the beach’.

I frowned slightly at her.

‘That is his Territory hun, not ours’.

She let out a sharp sigh in response.

‘Oh. I did not realise’. She muttered.

‘We usually have to ask for consent, but as we are at war.. it is not going to happen anytime soon. But if he truly is your friend or lover or whatever I do not care.. do what you want but at your own risk. We cannot afford to come saving you for your own decision’. I smiled awkwardly.

‘He is not my lover, Alexander’. She groaned.

‘That was a quick denial’. I raised my eyebrows questioningly and laughed softly.

She picked at her nails, in awkwardness.

‘I do not care if you are with him, just do not get the Pack involved’. I patted the top of her head awkwardly.

Her facial expressions were oddly cute, one moment she was smiling, then the next, she was frowning.

‘Thank you Alexander, I am glad that I am not being forced to stay at the house’. She grinned.

‘Like any male could control you, hun’. I grinned back at her and with that I pulled her in for a hug.

She began blushing slightly; Drew, Kane and Bailey let out little wolf whistles to her.

Freya was simply staring at her fingernails sadly.

Hmm so she could flirt with a male, but I could not hug a woman? Interesting.