Forbidden

Chapter 26

26

Tegan picked me up in the morning and I was kind of grateful to be going to school, however weird that sounded.

Hayden rushed out behind me, calling shotgun, but I couldn’t really ponder on that, I just needed to get as far away from the house as was physically possible.

It was official.

Mom knew.

And she wasn’t that happy.

She seemed to burst into flames once I’d said those horrible five words, asking me what was wrong with me, and going on and on in what seemed like an endless tirade about the many pros about Randel King. Pros that I didn’t find very pro-ish about him, maybe a little con-ish. Like, I hated how he was so polite all the time, and I hated how he had such a close tie with my mother.

And then she splurged into details about all the wedding plans that had been ruined because of me and what seemed more like blah, blah, blah. In actual fact, I wasn’t really listening to her. I’d stopped arguing when she’d insisted that Randel was in fact, “perfect” for me and so on. And when I told her what had gone on in the hallway, between him and Liam, she then went on to say that “boys will be boys,” “people make mistakes,” completely oblivious to the fact that Randel had almost ruined every relation we’d built between the Shadows.

No, to mom, Randel was perfect.

I didn’t hear the end of it when I got up this morning either. She kept saying that it was a bad idea and I was going to regret it. And had the indecency to tell me I might still be getting married to him!

That was when Tegan had pulled up and man was I glad she was here.

I stormed toward the Jeep, yanking open the door and sliding into the backseat.

“What’s up angry-puss?” Tegan asked me, tossing my bag that I’d left behind yesterday. “You didn’t call me last night.”

I folded my arms and scowled at our house.

Hayden snorted. “She had an earful last night.”

And this morning, I added silently.

“What did you do?” Tegan asked, narrowing her eyes at me.

I looked out of the window, refusing to answer her.

“She told mom that she and Randel were over.” Hayden said sounding amused. I wanted to choke him. “Right on for that sis.”

“Shit!” Tegan exclaimed, looking back at me. “Seriously?”

I nodded.

“Go girl.” Tegan grinned, giving me a toothy smile. “What did she do?”

“Talked my freaking ear off. I swear, she was ready to do a whole slideshow lecture about why Randel is so good for me.” I replied bitterly.

“Seriously?” she asked, looking between Hayden and I. “Epic.”

I didn’t think so, but I kept my mouth shut. The truth was, I was really starting to despise everyone telling me what to do. I was sick and tired of being pushed around or having to lie to keep my emotions in because of what the people in my Pack might think.

I hadn’t said anything about the blue gray wolf to anyone, but I was going to deal with him today.

First of all, I wanted to know how he crossed over. He shouldn’t have been able to, because he was Shadow. Was some kind of magic on his side or was the Line broken again. I didn’t doubt Mamma Rowan’s magical ability, what with being able to tell that my life was screwed up through voodoo dolls and reading tea leaves. But something had to be… wrong for the Line to fail like that… right?