The Refugee's Mate (Werewolf Story)

Chapter 7: Heroes

Liam

"Hi, Trash-syte. Did you really think I'd forget about you?" - Jeb smiles mischievously at me, stretching out his muscles to gear up for a beat down.

"Please Jeb, you've almost killed me last time. Leave me alone!" - I pleaded with a trembling voice, as terror of the upcoming attack sinks in.

"I'll leave you alone, sure. When you're dead!" - He smirked, then threw me to the ground with a hard punch. He stares at me lying down in deep pain and moves to kick me...

I wake up in the middle of the night, panting. My shirt is wet with sweat and a chill runs cold in my spine at the thought of what just happened. Am I really to never be rid of this feeling?

Or worse, of him? Will Jeb try to follow me here and finish what he started some 50 miles away from this town? Could he try again here? I mean, I don't think is worth the hassle to travel all this way just to kill me. I'm not that important. And it's not like I forced them or whatever.

Goddess forbids! I didn't even know they were mated at the time. For goodness' sake, I think I payed for my sins already, in spades.

I get up from the bed, take a sip of the water bottle on my night stand and go to the bathroom.

The accommodations here are very nice. The bedroom itself is simply decorated, but spacious enough to fit a large bed, a small wardrobe and even a desk and a chair for school work or using the computer. Not that I have any at the moment. My mom bought me one some time ago, but it was already old and it broke down, unfortunately. I need to find myself a job here.

Being broke is no fun. I don't even know if my mom has enough money to pay for our rooms here. But I'm confident she'll find a job in no time, especially since Beta Gutierrez already set up job interviews for her. That was nice of him. I can tell he's a good guy.

I take a quick shower, get dressed and walk downstairs to the guest dining hall.

Now let me tell you: the food here is freaking amazing!

After my mom and I arrived yesterday, we took a shower and got downstairs to eat something. It was past the hour for lunch - there's a schedule for everything here and if you don't show up at the designated time for meals, you'll be left without it. And the staff isn't gonna cook something just for you. They're not your private chef, not even to the Beta.

But even the leftovers from lunch were delicious. But when we arrived on time for dinner, then we enjoyed a gourmet meal like I've never been treated to before. I mean, the lamb chop was simply divine. I can tell I'm gonna have to watch my figure here with all this amazing food.

It's not because I'm mateless that I'm gonna let myself get carried away.😅

There's a separate dining hall where the Beta family eats and where they host important guests when they're visiting, like allied Alphas. The rest of the boarders eat at the guest one, but they were all nice enough to us yesterday during dinner.

This house is room to over 30 people, between warriors and other pack members. It's been a while since I don't stay among so many unmated people (some are mated without children). But still, none of them is mine. Not that I expected any of them to be. I know my mate got killed by this very pack a long time ago.

My mom enters the dining hall shortly after me. We greet the other guests as we take our seats for breakfast. On the designated time, the food is served and we dig in. There are a few options on the table, from pancakes to eggs and bacon. But these are the first one to go, so I need to act quick. Warriors are a hungry bunch.