THE ALPHA KING'S MATE ( BOOK)

CHAPTER 23

The next day at school, Kimberly walked up to Jillian as she was headed to class.

"Hey, Ruben and I were thinking of going to the park just down the street for lunch, want to join us?"

"Sure, what are we going to take for lunch, and whose car? Emerson drops me off and picks me up.”

"I have a car, so we can go in that, and we already packed a lunch."

"So, what's the occasion?"

Kimberly grinned, "Nothing, it's just a nice change from school."

"Sounds good to me," Jillian said, and after hugging each other, the girls headed to class.

Jillian was sitting in her class, daydreaming. Last night had been incredible. Edric knew she was still healing, so he had been gentle with her, but he was very talented in the lovemaking department.

She tried not to be jealous as she thought of the other girls he had had in his palace before he had met her. She was glad that they weren’t around anymore. She wondered then where the hussy Jessy was. She had been so determined to get her claws into Edric.

Jillian hoped that she had found her mate so she wouldn't have to worry about her anymore. She trusted Edric now and didn’t want someone like Jessy barging into their lives now.

Class ended, and she headed to her next class, nodding at the students who nodded their heads at her. Classes were boring as usual. Her teachers treated her just like the other students, which was good. She didn’t need to be treated differently because of who she was.

Soon, lunch rolled around and Jillian headed outside to see Kimberly and Ruben already waiting for her. Kimberly led her to a nice Dodge Charger, and Jillian was about to climb in when Orson and Wes walked up to her.

“And where are we going to sit?” Orson asked her.

“You know you can’t go anywhere without us, Luna.”

“Tight fit in the back seat then?” Jillian said, a grin on her face.

The men chuckled. Orson climbed into the front by Ruben, then Wes climbed into the back, Jillian in the middle, and Kim on the other side of her.

“Well, this is cozy,” Wes chuckled as Ruben drove to the park.

“At least you and Orson aren’t back here,” Jillian laughed.

“I would be a pancake.”

Wes nodded. “Yes, and I am sure the Alpha would love that when you went home, to see you flat.”

“Wes,” Jillian gasped, smacking his arm, and making everyone laugh.

“What? I wasn’t being a pervert, I promise,” he laughed.

“Sure you weren’t,” Jillian laughed with him.

Jillian was smiling as they got out of the car a few minutes later. It was a large park. There were several large trees for shade, a pond in the middle for fishing and feeding the ducks, there were even a large playground and picnic tables under a large roof. That is where Ruben headed to take their picnic.

Jillian started to follow them when she felt lightheaded again. She cussed as a vision flashed across her sight. A dark car came barreling through the park, across the grass, aimed for them.

It was going to hit Ruben head on, and he would not survive. What the hell would a car be doing in the middle of the park, unless it wanted to kill Ruben on purpose?

"Ruben!" Jillian screamed, running to catch up to him and Kimberly who were both several steps ahead of her.

Ruben turned to see what Jillian was yelling about, just as a dark car came barreling through the park. People jumped out of the way, yelling at the driver, some pulling out their phones to call the cops.