Haunted

Chapter XVIIII "Just like him"

Recap:

Then suddenly I heard a loud growl and then the screams of a man and a woman mixed together in fear and pain.

Chapter 18 "Just like him" Lilly's POV

"JACK!" I screamed as I tried to wake him. "Jack! Jack! Jack wake up! Don't you dare lose consiusness on me! Don't you dare Jack!" Jack's eyeslids started to drop and I felt like my attempts to wake him were useless.

It wasn't untill I hear the deap growl behind me that I remembered James. My head wipped around and my eyes met with the huge form of James' wolf. My eyes grew wide as he neared me and Jack. The fur was standing on it's end and his teeth were bared but it was the waves of anger that came off of him that scared me.

"What is going on here?!" Phillipe asked and both mine and James' heads turned towards him. Phillipe seamed on edge and in alpha mode. Which is not good, not good at all.

I simply bowed my head but James put up more of a fight. He looked at our Alpha in difiance and I was just waiting for Phillipe to lose his temper.

"That's enough! Step down and turn back! Now!" Phillipe growled angrily. James' body shook in spasms as he tried to fight Phillipe's command. But all in vain and his bones started to snap back into the places of his human form. James was on his knees, head bowed. He had submitted to his Alpha. "I do not want to deal with you right now. You will go into my office and stay there until I come to talk to you. Understand?" James nodded and backed away into the house.

"Go to the infirmary and tell Sister Joss that we have an incoming." he told me and I stod up on my shaky legs. "Is...is he going to be okay?" I asked

"I hope so, I really do"

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Phillipe's POV

After Jack had been carried to the infirmary and left into the care of Sister Joss, I left for my office. There James was awaiting me, probebly pissed about the whole stuation.

I sighed deeply before opening the dark dubbledoors and stepping into the office. I took no note of James who stod up as I entered, I simply walked past him.

When I reached my desk I moved around it and sat down into the leather chair. I looked up at him once, before lifting my gaze to stare down at the papers lieing in front of me. This was something my Richard used to do, as a way to intimidate the person on the other side of the desk. I took my time looking through the last file with the scouting reports. My gaze scanned the first five of them, nothing unusual, placed them down and left the other three for later.

I lased my hands together infront of me and starred at him, leaning forward. "It seems that you have caused a lot of trouble lately. Would you be so kind and tell me why your here?" I said sternly.

I could see James gulp. 'That's right James remember who is the Alpha'. When he didn't answer right away I raised an eyebrow like I had seen Richard do many times. I think James, in that moment, saw the resemblance.

He swallowed one more time before he said "Because I attacked Jack"

"And..." I said urging him to continue.

"Because I upset Lilly"

"And..." I cocked my head to the side as he didn't reply.

"And nothing" I nodded and he relaxed just a tiny bit.

After a moment I spoke once again " I had a little chat with Lilly once Jack had been taken to Sister Joss. She told me some quite interesting things, things you apparently said to my mate. Do you know what I'm speaking of?"

"How should I know what you chat with flowergirl about!" He growled. My jaw clenched and I had to hold the animalistic part of me inside, or James would be missing a limb or two.

"You should be very careful James. Very careful about what words you choose. You stepped over the line this time and I will not accept any excuses."

He swallowed once again and looked at me, his eyes slightly widened. "She needed to hear it. You migh be to scared to tell her but she needs to get over herself and accept her place as this packs Luna."

"I have no doubt that she needs to move on, but we don't know all about her past. It would be wrong to force her to forget."

"And you think it's right to let her die?! To not even try to change her mind? It's like to say it's okay to comitt suicide!"

"Watch your mouth! I was the one to take away her choice. I was all too sure that she would want me as any other werewolf wants it's mate! I didn't even consider that she might not want this life. That is why I'm letting her choose now." I said as I glared at him.

"So you're prepared to spend the rest of you're life unhappy?! Besides, who'll take over the pack when you're gone?! Hmmm?!"

"Get out of this office James. You'll be well aware of the consequences of your actions in the morrow." I growled.

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"Where's James?" Erica asked as she placed a plate of homemade pancakes onto the table. Nobody answered her which caused her to look at me for an answer. Great.

"He's serving his punishment" I said still reading my paper.

"What? For whatever reason?" she asked with wide eyes.

"It would seem like James doesn't have the curage to confess his actions to his mate. But I'll make it clear to you Erica. Your mate insulted and disrespected his Luna in the most disgraceful way, this is the cause of his punishment." I foulded the newspaper calmly and placed it on the table.

"You're lieing" she stated under her breath. I just stared back at her expressionlessly, her eyes were watering but i didn't beak the contact. After a moment a cry ripped through her and she fled the room.

It was regretable, but I sounded more like Richard than I did myself. Out of the corner of my eye I could see Aunt Angela and Abe (one of the elders) glancing at me worriedly. I knew what they were afraid of, nobody wanted another Richard.

"What are you looking at?!" I growled to those who had been starring.

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Victoria's POV

When my hears picked up the sound of the kitchen door slaming shut, my eyes fluttered open. I turned my head towards the house. Through the branshes of leaves I got a clear view of what happened next. Leaving the slamed door was a male, who I recognised as Phillipe. But the door soon flew open and out of the house came not only Tyler but Will and to elderly who I didn't reconise. One was female, the other a man.

They seamed to argue with Phillipe about something. By the looks of it, it was serious. The angry and irritated voices soon turned in to shouting, at least from the older woman.

"You are acting more and more like Richard every day! This poisonous behaviour needs to sees right now!" She hollered, waiving her arms in the air.

"Leave me be! I'm sick and tired of people telling me what to do! Isn't it enough that I'm..." Phillipe shouted, he was cut off. Judging by his body language, the fisted hands and the slight tremble now and then, he was on the verge to turn.

"Never did I ever think you would turn out like my brother. But now I see that we didn't get to you quickly enough, he just had his claws to deep. Maybe the Mother moon did us a favour when you got a mate who didn't want you!"

I couldn't exactly see his face but the fact that his body definitely tensed was proof that it got to him.

The male, who had been standing next to the female, rested his hand on her shoulder and mumbled something. She seemed to nod. The man tried to slowly close the gap between himself and his alpha. He spoke quietly and as he stalked forwards he slightly limbed against his cain. I do not know what he said but it seemed to calm the Alpha just a bit.

The calmness didn't last for long as Phillipe soon growled a warning, and the old man was forced to stay put or back away. He stayed put.

The growl which I at first thought was directed at him got louder, but it was in fact directed elsewhere...