Moonlight In Chains

CHAPTER 4

I stood there frozen in place, Asher was staring back at me. I could see the fire burning in his eyes. And ignoring him this morning wouldn’t have made anything easier.

I glance over at Spencer and he is glaring at me while Gage and Arlo are looking between Asher and myself really strangely, trying to figure out what the hell is going on.

“You know what? I’ve been at school all day today and I’ve got a tonne of homework and studying to do. I’ll see you guys later.” I said to Gage and Arlo before I turned around and I started practically power walking out of there.

I got back to where I had parked my car and I drove away from town and I pulled up at a car park next to the forest where I knew no one ever visited. It was like a little rest stop and it had a good view of the pack, but I never saw anyone else up here. I never even saw patrols around this area of town. It was far enough inside of the border that the patrols stayed away, but no one else ever seemed to be interested in the rest area. Not even teenagers that were looking to get up to no good.

I got out of the car and I started walking around the area for a bit before I sat at the table and chairs that gave a perfect view of the town from there, trying to figure out what I was going to do. I felt confused and scared and I really didn’t want to stay here. I wanted to leave this pack and get the hell away from these people. I can’t stand being here anymore.

I stayed at the rest area until well after dark and then I drove back to my house and I went inside and straight up to my bedroom where I closed the door.

I soon realized that no one else was at home so I went down to the kitchen to get something to eat and once I was finished I cleaned the kitchen and everything I used so spotlessly that it looked like I had never been in there.

I assumed that my family were having dinner at the packhouse. I think I heard something about that earlier. But there was no way I was going to go there. Besides, no one actually invited me. Which I was fine with.

I went back upstairs where I had a shower and I washed my hair and I got dressed into my pajamas and I sat at the desk in my bedroom where I started doing homework and studying for my classes.

I had a lot of work to do now since I had all three classes and I wasn’t going to allow myself to fall behind on any of my classes.

My only hope was that when I graduated college, I might be able to get out of this pack. So I was actually trying to finish sooner than possible. But it was still going to take me a while.

That was just inevitable.

As I was sitting at the desk working, I suddenly saw Asher’s face in my mind again. The look that he gave me earlier. He looked like he wanted to kill me where I stood.

I hated that he looked at me like that. We used to get along really well. I hated that he hates me now.

I wish things could go back to the way they were. But I don’t see how that could ever happen.

He was also a good friend of mine because I was always at the packhouse. I’ve been best friends with his brothers for years. And I hated that things changed between us. But it was my fault. I knew that it was.

I never did seem to do anything right.

My phone started going off with messages and they were from both Gage and Arlo asking me why I wasn’t at the dinner.

I told them that I didn’t know anything about the dinner and I wasn’t really interested. I had a lot of work to do.

Gage kept pressing, though. He wanted to know why the hell I wouldn’t want to go and hang out with them.

I just had to keep explaining that I had way too much work to do. Plus I had to prepare for my next lot of tutoring tomorrow.

I just simply had way too much crap on right now.

They finally accepted it but that didn’t stop them from messaging me.

The messages weren’t as serious after that. They were more funny. Sending me funny emoji’s about how boring the dinner was and how everyone was talking about business.

It was driving them crazy.

They want me to promise them that I will kill them if a dinner like this ever comes up again, but I say that I like them too much to kill them.

I knew that Asher was back to start his Alpha training. I think everyone knew that without actually being told that. But what I wasn’t expecting was the bombshell that the twins dropped on me.

He’s appointed his future Beta for when he takes over. He’s going to have Spencer, my abusive son of a b***h brother, as his Beta.

What the f**k?

Everyone was celebrating at the packhouse. They all thought that it was a good choice.

The twins didn’t like it because they just didn’t like my brother. But none of them actually know what he’s really like. Except for my parents. But they would have been so excited that he was the future Beta.

How the hell could this be happening? He’s going to have so much power in this pack.

He’s going to do whatever he wants and I can guarantee that Asher will lose this pack because of him.

Asher might think of him as a great friend, but he doesn’t know what Spencer is really like.

This is really bad. Not only for Asher, but for me as well.

I felt my heart starting to race where I actually began having palpitations and my breathing was getting really heavy and I was going into a full on panic attack.

I sat off my chair and onto the floor, leaning against the wall with my knees up against my chest as I was trying to take deep breaths. But I felt the tears starting to prick the side of my eyes.

I was terrified right now because Spencer, being the future Beta, already had more power than he should. And he loved making a victim out of me.

Even if I didn’t call myself a damn victim. But that didn’t mean s**t around here.

He could do what he wanted and he knew it now. He would get away with it even more than he already did.

If I ever wanted to come clean, no one would believe me. Asher hates me and Spencer will have too much control and power.

Fuck my life!