C8 Chapter Eight

CHAPTER EIGHT

Leonard and I both had members out looking for her, to no avail. His brother, Lorenzo, could now hide his scent.. and what ever he had done to Scar.. surpassed her abilities or just her scent.. so we were all staring blankly on The Beachfront, when Scar began stumbling in her underwear towards us.

She looked surprised to see Leonard and I working together.

I stepped forward and went to grab a hold of her but Leonard snarled at me.

She then began grimacing at us both.

He took in the state of her and whimpered; she was in her underwear, covered in cuts and bruises and she smelt like his brother..

She winced, avoiding the pity in our eyes.. to me, it looked as if Lorenzo had forced her into having sex with him.

Leonard held her for a while and I could even see that he is shaking.

I frowned, probably looking at her in the eyes just as mournfully.

Tears filled her eyes; Leonard shushed her and picked her up.

She held onto him tightly.

She regarded both of us before I turned my back, deciding to head back to The House, now that she is safe.

‘Wait.. Leo.. Alex.. this is important’. She muttered.

Leonard set her down; he took his shirt off and pulled her into it.

‘Lorenzo did not hurt me in the way you are both thinking. I have not been forced into anything’. She muttered awkwardly.

‘Then why do you smell like him?’. Leonard snapped, with a look of disgust on his face.

I raised my eyebrows in shock; damn.. now I felt jealous again..

‘Damn, you could have fucked me instead. How disappointing’. I grumbled, with an irritated look on my face.

Leonard scowled at me.

‘Fuck off’.

Leonard then grabbed me by the throat and I returned his grasp, digging my nails into his skin.

Scar sighed sadly at our exchange.

‘ENOUGH!’. She glared at us both.

‘Lorenzo told me why he was doing all of this. How could the both of you gang up on one person?’. She snapped.

We both glared at her in response and snapped at her, at the same time.

‘You do not even know that bastard!’.

She gasped in shock; tears fell down her face and she avoided our angry gazes.

She groaned in pain as she shifted into her Hybrid form in front of both of us, we both briefly saw her completely naked but we were both too surprised to look away.

I still could not believe that she slept with Lorenzo.. not Leonard.. not me.. Lorenzo.

Maybe I am truly losing my touch..

And with that Scarlett ran away from both of our piercing and angry gazes.

I looked at Leonard’s expression and sighed awkwardly.

‘What do you say we go and get some drinks and bond over our misery?’. I muttered, folding my arms around my chest uncomfortably.

I could not help but laugh about the fact that we were bonding over Scar’s betrayal.

‘I do not have any better offers’. He muttered honestly, frowning at our new found friendship.

And with that I walked into a Local Bar with Leonard; we both have feelings for Scarlett.. so knowing what she has just done.. it definitely felt shitty.

I gave the Waitress a small smile.

‘A bottle of..?’. I scoffed, realising I did not know Leonard’s go-to-drink.

‘Uh.. honestly I am down with anything right now’. He scoffed, at his obvious pain.

‘Four bottles of the strongest shit that you have, honey’. I laughed lightly.

‘I just.. cannot believe that she could do that, you know?’. Leonard winced and then downed another shot of whatever this spirit was.

‘I know that she got close to you, but this is just something so much worse’. He growled, scowling at me slightly.

I looked at him with a surprised yet awkward smile.

‘Trust me, we did not get far at all.. and she chose you in the end. I am as surprised as you are’. I sighed softly.

‘Besides, why would I even want anyone with zero loyalty to their partner?’. I frowned and ruffled his curly blonde hair.

‘This is ridiculous.. how could my brother do this to me.. AGAIN!?’. He scowled into his drink.

‘Yeah.. I told you he was not worth saving’. I frowned, throwing my shot into the back of my throat.

‘Thank you for being here for me, Alex’. He scoffed, with a small hiccup.

I looked up to see Allie frowning at her brother.

‘Allison’. I smiled slightly.

Allison, better known as Allie, wore black trousers and a pink shirt. Her blonde pixie-styled hair, slicked messily to the side.

‘Alexander’. She frowned, avoiding my gaze.

‘I am taking my brother home now, you should head home too’. She avoided my eyes.

I scoffed in response, brushing my fingertips on hers briefly; she recoiled instantly, glaring at me.

I laughed loudly in response; she hates me, she definitely hates me.

‘Alright, alright. I am going’. I chuckled.

‘It is fine, I have got you’. Trey spoke softly, as he pulled me up from my seat.

‘You!? What do you want?’. I growled, unhappily.

‘I am helping you get home’. Trey, sighed softy.

‘I cannot go there, not like this’. I glared at his fingertips that were still around my bicep, as he assisted me with standing up.

He scoffed at me.

‘Afraid that people will see that you actually have emotions?’.

‘Fuck you!’. I growled, narrowly missing the floor, as I tried to punch him in the face.

He held me up and laughed a loud, thundering laugh.

‘Are you done?’.

‘I guess so.. for now’. I whispered, unhappily.

‘Good, I will let you crash in my Apartment’. He let out another amused laugh.

And with that, I stayed over at my elder brother’s Apartment, in the hopes of getting some sleep away from all this drama.

‘Yes, mother.. Alex is fine. He is just a little.. drunk. I decided to let him sleep it off at my place’. Trey’s reassuring voice echoed around me.

So, my brother was only helping me under the orders of our rather controlling mother.

‘You are a pushover’. I slurred, in amusement.

‘Uh huh.. and you are not’. He scoffed, as my eyes got heavy and everything went dark.