Call me Alpha

Chapter 39: Will it stop?

Ashira's POV

"So you are saying that you're..." She paused. "I'm not following." Lucy looked at me with confusion and her eyes are squinted as she purse her lips.

I just told her I'm a stealer and that was the first sentence she uttered after a minute of jaw dropped silence.

I nodded to her. I'm not repeating what I just said because I knew she will comprehend the news in a few-

"Oh my God!" She gasps and closed her mouth with her hands. Told ya, she'll get it.

We're inside our room and I chose to be in it so Harley, Jacob's Gamma, won't hear any words I'll say.

After Aiden and Nick went off, I called Lucy and asked her to visit which she instantly said yes. A few minutes later, Jacob delivered her into the ancestral, together with her protector.

Seth's outside right now, too. And I bet Harley was just behind this door room and Seth must be drinking beer... somewhere.

"Are you kidding right now? Because if-Oh my God! I thought that's a myth!"

"Come on, you know its not." I chuckled. "Yeah, I'm a stealer but please don't judge me. I'm not-"

"Judge you? Pft! Never! But I can't believe it. I cannot believe it, Ashi!" She even muttered a silent wow. "Does Aiden know? I mean, he must have, right?"

"He knew." I said, nodding and diverting my eyes somewhere but her eyes.

"That explains his overprotective attitude, huh? How did he react when he found out? Did you tell it to him or-"

"It's tragic..."

I started telling her about what happened and she kept gasping and hissing as I go on about our story.

"That's awful. But he take it easy, huh." She commented.

"That's easy?" I looked at her like she's being funny right now.

"Girl, you haven't heard? My mate is still punishing me up to this day." She laughed. I got curious again about her case and their 'situation' but she finished the topic about herself before I could speak a word. "Enough of mine," she laughed. "Damn it! You're so lucky with your mate! Don't tell me you can't see that!"

Even though I'd like to hear more of her life, I can sense how hard she tries and conceal her truth.

I didn't pushed her from saying anything about herself and her situation, whatever it was.

"I do but... though I'm scared."

"Scared? Of what?"

I sighed and stood up from sitting. I brushed my hands on my hair and stop right next the glass window.

I looked down and the darkness gave me a calm essence. Something that touched my heart to peace.

"I'm scared that I'll lose him because of what I am, Luce." I turned to meet her eyes. "I'm a stealer. And history repeats itself. What if something bad occurred and he'll throw me away? Or hate me?"

The worries that kept living behind my head was uttered, at last. And though I thought it would make me feel any better, it just made my chest heavy. Or even more.

A sigh from my friend held back my tears. I cleared my throat and turned my back on her again before I sense her walking ever slowly behind me.

"Ash," she hugged me, placing her chin on my shoulder. "Past was called past for a reason. You can't let it taunt your present and mess up your future. It was all behind you, and all you could do was to look back to it but never live in it. You get me?"