The Exiled Alpha

Chapter fourty

It's been almost a week since the war has started between the two packs. But nothing else has happened besides the outbreak on Friday. There is no sign at all of Frederick and his pack members, besides the kids that go to school with us. They're a dull reminder of what's been happening in my life, besides the part where I'm having the best time of my life with my friends.

I feel more light knowing that they'll find out about the heavy burdened secret I've been carrying around.

Elliot has gotten accustomed to my weird flock of friends that never stop teasing or starting up trouble with each other. Tyler has been surprisingly switching seats, sometimes sitting with us in the cafeteria, other times he's sitting with the jocks. Thomas has settled with us as well and the conversation between him and Nat has been running more frequently.

At home I have been trying to figure Ryker's situation. He's been so absent minded that even his parents had started to notice. Jason, his little brother, is keeping to himself like we'd be a plague or something. It's starting to make me worry.

"But why do I have to be with the others when I want to be with you?" I glance back to Elliot, seeing how he's following me like a lost puppy. Today is the day of the full moon and the whole underground den is going to be cramped up with not only our werewolves, but the Blood moon's as well.

"Because you are going to shift tonight and I'm not." I answer, walking down the stairs and heading into the kitchen. "But I can be up here with you." He pleads, his hand circling around my own to turn me around to face him.

I see how Thomas is in the kitchen, his forehead lying down against the dining table. When he hears us, he looks up to see what's the situation.

"Because I have to take care of the pups that haven't shifted yet." I answer him, as the male walks behind me to the fridge. "He won't even notice that I'm gone." Elliot argues and that's when my brother chuckles.

"Oh, believe me, he'll notice." Thomas says, before a groan slips past his lips and he drops his head back down on the table. I stop in my tracks, turning around to look back at my brother with a confused look on my face. Elliot seems to be uncomfortable with the fact that Thomas is leaned over the table like that.

"What was that?" I ask, looking over to Tommy. He senses that I'm talking to him, so he turns his head to the side to look at me. "What was what?" He questions me, trying to play off that nothing is wrong with him. I watch him again, noticing how his body curls more into himself than before. My mind starts to panic and I think that this could be the same thing that happened to me and Elliot before we accepted each other, that Thomas waited too long.

Elliot seems to become even more uncomfortable now and I can see how he's actually inching to the door to escape the kitchen.

"Okay, what the hell is up here?" I lean my hands on my hips, glancing from one to the other. Elliot actually tenses at my words, glancing over to Thomas. My brother turns his head over to my mate.

"Are you going to tell her?" He asks El, which makes my mate press his lips tightly. I turn completely to my mate, crossing my arms over my chest.

"Well..." Elliot's nose scrunches, as he looks over to me. "Your brother is in a rut. And because you're his sister, you can't smell it. I... sadly can." My mate explains, his lips turning down in a bitter expression. I furrow my eyebrows together, before glancing over to my older brother.

"You want to have sex?" I mockingly ask, looking at him in disbelief. Thomas's figure shoots up from the seat and he stomps over to me, almost pressing me against the fridge. "You think this is funny? You did this because you told Natalie to talk to me more. Now it's hard to control myself." Thomas's words are growled out and he seethes with anger.