𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐁𝐲 𝐇𝐢𝐦

𝐶𝐻𝐴𝑃𝑇𝐸𝑅 𝐹𝑂𝑈𝑅

𝐊𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐚

"I can't believe Mom is making me clean my own room when we have maids!" my best friend Amber complained as she dumped the last of the crumpled pieces of paper into her wastebasket to be disposed of. "What's worst is it's on a Saturday!"

I shook my head at her dramatics and finished vacuuming her rug, finding amusement at her quarrelsome behavior. The room wasn't too messy, just pieces of paper and dirty clothes littering the floor and a rug in need of vacuuming.

"Now that the beast has been tamed wanna go do something fun?" Amber asked gleefully as she dusted her hands on her skin tight jeans that clung to her hips and accentuated her slim figure.
"Sure, we can watch a movie if you want," I suggested as I coiled up the vacuum cord and stored it away.

Uncle Trevor went to run a few errands today so he dropped me off at Amber's house. I came with the intent on spending the day with her, doing something we both enjoyed. Much to her dismay, she had to clean her room before we did anything. Not having the heart to let her clean it by herself, I pitched in and helped.

With curly titian hair reaching her shoulders, eyes the color of lavenders and skin as tanned as a born and raised southern californian, Amber was the closest thing I had to a sister. We shared everything and never hid anything from each other.

I spent a great deal of time at her house and we had lots of fun whenever we got together, either for a shopping spree at the mall or a study session at the library. I had her back and she had mine. Honestly there wasn't anything I wouldn't do for this girl. Except condone her rambunctious behavior and reckless personality that is.

"So how's your aunt and cousins treating you?" Amber asked turning around to look at me. "I heard that Bradley came home from Devon's training center last night. Wasn't he supposed to stay for nine months?"

With a sigh I laid on Amber's fluffy pink duvet and stretched my aching arms above my head. "Aunt Vanessa brought him home earlier than expected, claiming that the training center was too 'undignified' for her son and he was better off home."

"But his father must've known what he was doing when he sent Bradley there. Devon's training center is a very prestigious organization, designed to mold young men into powerful, strong, independent Alphas," Amber explained.

As usual her naturally intuitive nature was proven correct. She was a very straightforward she wolf, bold, highly intelligent and instinctual. Something I admired about her. Just at that moment I felt my phone vibrate and picked it up. Checking the caller's ID I saw that it was... Bailey?

"Don't answer it! Don't answer it! Don't answer it!" Keira shouted. "Let it go to voicemail, just don't answer it."

"It could be important, I have to answer," I reasoned as I slid my finger across the screen.

"Hello Bailey, is something wro-"

"Drag your ass back here this instant! It's an emergency and you're needed at the mansion!"
"Oh okay. What's the emergency?" I asked, sending a silent apology to Amber who heard Bailey's shrill voice over the phone and had sat up to see who it was.

"Never mind that. Just drop whatever it is you're doing and get over here," she said dismissing my previous question.
"Fine. I'll be there in fifteen minutes," I said with a sigh.
She hung up the phone when I gave my consent and the room grew quiet once more.

"What did mommy's little princess want?" Amber snorted.
"She wants me to come home. Said there was an emergency," I replied as I scooted off the bed.
"I'm sure whatever is she's calling you for is not so severe to be deemed an emergency."