Just A Taste Of Heaven

Chapter 18 - I Ain't Worried

Mila's trick had put even more distance between her and Levi. He still hadn't forgiven her for her hit on Faith and even if he didn't say anything she knew he doubted that Faith was really to be blamed. Faith... In all honesty, she missed seeing her and it hadn't calmed Mila's obsession... All for nothing. It must be said that Mila's popularity had dropped since Faith's dismissal. Many knew she was responsible.

For Faith, everything was fine. There had been an incident at the Club a few weeks before. Some rogues had come to cause trouble in the Pleasure Den but under Faith's impulse, the girls had captured them while waiting for Dominic and Blake to come back. Impressed by Faith's coolness and reactivity and then by the rest of the dancers, they had offered them a bonus. Once again, Faith had proved to them that she was full of surprises.

She, Avery, Aaron and Caleb were closer than ever and there were now about thirty of them living at the mansion, including the entire cheerleading squad. The atmosphere was friendly and everyone lived in harmony, no matter their species. There were sometimes arguments of course but nothing serious. It was more like: Who finished the milk and put it back in the fridge? Who took the shampoo from so-and-so? Who finished the toilet paper and didn't put any extra? In the end the mansion was called From Heaven to Inferno but their community was called Sekhmet*.

During one of their evening's heated discussions to remake the world, they had wondered why the ancient Greek alphabet was used so much in the titles of high ranking wolves as well as in the fraternities and sororities! What about other ancient and great civilizations? Caleb had come to tell them when he was 5 years old and obsessed with ancient Egypt and its gods and goddesses. Faith and Avery had loved the lioness-headed goddess and her representation. In the end, all three of them had gotten a tattoo of the lioness head with the sun base on it, a representation of Sekhmet.

Nova loved spending time at the mansion and had decided to come here to train. She had finally dared to ask the girls to teach her how to do a sexy striptease and had offered in exchange to give defensive classes to all the dancers and waiters who wanted to. Result she had a group of 30 students, much more than she imagined. Lucas didn't like her there but he could clearly see that the more time she spent with Faith and Avery the more she blossomed and grew in confidence.

Nova had also stood up to her bullies and had even used the lie hidden in a truth technique that Faith had advised her the previous year. While James was taunting her about her messages from the gods, Nova had retorted that the goddess of the moon told her that she couldn't do anything about her micro-penis because it wasn't her responsibility. When the tone had risen, Faith, Avery, Caleb, Aaron and Scarlett (who was a witch) had interposed themselves. With knowing smiles, Faith had pulled down James' pants while Scarlet, thanks to her magic, had sent a freezing breeze. Avery had just enough time to take a picture of James' tiny penis due to the cold.

Since that day, James and his gang had not dared to attack Nova for fear that she would ridicule them too. Which she was ready to do. Faith was right now that she wasn't afraid of them anymore, they had lost the hold they had on her. It seemed so futile now. Yet it had freed her! Faith, Avery, Scarlett, Caleb and Aaron had cheered her like a superstar. She had laughed out loud. The atmosphere was always light with them as opposed to the Alpha Beta Theta fraternity house where they were all so serious, too serious!

Since their anniversary had already passed, Nova had planned to strip for Lucas for his birthday on April 20. When Avery and Faith found out, they decided a shopping trip was in order to find the perfect outfit and sexy lingerie for the occasion. Even though there were still 3 weeks to go, they were excited and planned to go shopping the next day. When Lucas found out, he offered to meet Nova there so he could go to the movies afterwards, which she accepted with trepidation before realizing that she didn't want him to see what she was buying. The problem was that if she said no he would question it, or even be offended.

Luckily Avery and Faith had an answer for everything and offered to keep her bags and give them to her the next time she came to the mansion. Nova never really liked shopping but that's because she never had any with Avery and Faith. Those girls were wild, they had made her try on so many things that she would never have dared. She felt so beautiful and hot. In addition to her outfit for Lucas' surprise, she had bought two dresses, shorts and two tops. When it was time to leave her, Avery and Faith had decided to get something to eat before going to work.

When they arrived in the food corner, they had crossed the glance of James and his gang. Not liking the way they were looking at them, Faith decided to intervene. These assholes were not done paying for what they had done to Nora anyway.

"Hey, you small dicks! Is there a problem?" Faith taunted him.

Before he could answer, Avery and Faith heard a nasal voice protesting behind their back. An unpleasant voice that would make the hairs on the back of your neck stand up. Mila... Actually Mila had a crisis when she knew that Lucas and Nova were going out tonight and that Levi hadn't thought to ask her. That's why they were here getting something to eat before their movie session.

"How dare you disrespect members of my pack like that?" Levi snarled.

"All because they had the courage to report you!" Mila continued.

"Ooh, we need our big bad wolf, we can't defend ourselves alone!" Faith mocked and Avery laughed.

"You shouldn't laugh like that if you hope to become our female Beta one day!" Mila scolded her.

"With you as Luna, no thanks!" Avery shot back.

Faith looked Levi straight in the eyes, which was definitely a sign of defiance. Such behavior in front of an Alpha was a clear sign of disrespect of his authority.

"I don't like Alphas who let bullies do as they please!" Faith stated.

"Don't go near any member of my pack again!" He ordered her. To which she burst out laughing.

"This isn't your territory, Alpha. There's nothing you can do here. Besides, I can't promise you anything I have too many of your pack members, my clients, addicted to my charms who come to me every day to keep me at bay." She says the word Alpha as if it were an insult.

Before he could retort anything, she had already turned her back on him and was leisurely walking away with Avery, heads held high and proud. Levi was turned on by the way she had stood up to him, but also annoyed by her behavior. The whole thing was so confusing.

Soon rumors about her and James, sarted to run.Caleb and Aaron were outraged then, but Faith just laughed about it. When someone had confronted her, she had simply answered in the affirmative, explaining that he was the worst lover she ever had. He couldn't go deep enough both literally and figuratively. James will think twice before starting any more rumors! She explained to Caleb and Aaron that she could deny all she wanted some people would never believe her so better use it against James. That was way more fun! If she's going to look like a slut, he might as well fall in with her.

*Sekhmet is the Lion Goddess in ancient Egypt. She has a double face: Motherhood and protection on the one hand, but also the warrior who unleashes her wrath in case of betrayal on the other hand.