Battle of the Roses [Book 2]

Chapter 10

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Chapter Quote:
"We'll figure this out. They won't hurt you. I won't let them."
~Ren, Nightshade
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Chapter 10

Elsa 

The next dance class I had, I planned on Spencer being my partner, at least for hip hop.  That didn't happen.  Riley told me he was going to be with me today.  I saw Thea go for Spencer and immediately knew my brother had put them up to something.  Thea and Riley were fine with Spencer last time so someone had convinced them to act this way, and considering my parents didn't know about him, the only person I could think of was Hunter.  It ticked me off to put it nicely.  However, I put on blank expression and went through with the lesson.  Riley kept me talking the entire time, seeming genuinely interested in what was going on in my life.  I mean, he kind of knew already simply because of the sheer fact he lived next door to me.  I tried to listen in on whatever Thea was saying to Spencer but due to the loudness of the music, that turned out to be impossible.

At the end of the lesson, I grabbed my water bottle and bag and headed over to Spencer.  He gave me his beautiful, million-dollar smile. "Hey Elsa."

"Hey, how are you?" I asked.

"I'm doing well.  And you?  Ready to tango?"

"I'm pretty good, and yes, I'm always ready.  Especially now that I have a dance partner who can keep up," I laughed.

"Hey Elsa," Thea said, butting into the conversation. "Ready for lunch?"

"I didn't know we were going to lunch," I said.

"I told you about it while we were dancing," Riley remarked, coming to stand next to Spencer who was starting to appear confused at the suddenness of my pack mates entrance into the conversation.

"I don't remember you telling me that."

"You were probably too focused on dancing.  Hunter and Josilyn are meeting us at Poppy's and you know he'll question why you're not there," Thea pointed out.

"Then tell him I have another dance class in an hour and I can't possibly get to Poppy's and eat lunch in that amount of time.  I'll grab something quick from Subway or something but I'm not having a sit-down meal.  Tell him I'm sorry, okay?" I said, trying to hide the annoyance in my tone.

"He's not going to like that Elsa.  You know he doesn't like anyone in the pack being alone."

"Pack?" Spencer queried.

"Oh, sorry, that's what we refer to ourselves as.  See, we're a pretty big family, but not necessarily blood-related.  Our family runs this town though.  Our hotel brings in most of the tourists because it's so famous," Riley explained.

"I'm going to assume you're a powerful family then?"

"Oh yeah.  Most powerful in town which I mean, isn't hard, but we're also one of the most powerful families in Colorado, which is saying something.  You really don't want to mess with our family," my pack mate said with a grin.  He may have been smiling, but no one could miss the threatening undertone.

"All right, I think he gets the picture Riles.  You two should get going.  You know Hunter is impatient.  He's better with Josilyn around but he's still Hunter," I said.

"You sure you'll be okay?" Thea questioned.

"It's me.  I'm a kickass black-belt.  I'll be fine," I insisted.  My two pack members hesitantly left me.  I breathed a sigh of relief.  The mission my brother had given them was pretty clear: scare Spencer.  Whether it was to actually scare him off for good or to just make sure he knows he's below us, I was still working out.  But it was still obvious.