Not Even In Your Dreams, Alpha (III)

Chapter 14

14

Emma

I sighed heavily as I tried hard to focus in class. It's been two days since I discovered that the Rogues are coming for us. Soran still isn't in school. Gaven is beginning to heal. Rorie, Joel, and I had a meeting yesterday. There have been a few signs of Rogue activity, but they were almost a week old. We don't have much to go off of, but it's enough for now.

I thought back on what the meeting was about. We mainly talked more about what had happened on their end with the war sixteen years ago and how they handled it. Rorie told us what to look for and how to avoid massive attacks. He also had me make sure everything was in order with how the patrols were done, making sure we kept them at random and to keep an even level of warriors out.

I also thought about how Gaven was doing. He's healing extremely slow. Even with Alpha blood and double Wolf genes, it's taking longer than usual for his wounds to heal. The doctors have to make sure his wounds are cleaned and dressed regularly, otherwise he could risk infection.

And to make matters worse, he still hasn't woken up from the attack. Emily is the only one we can rely on for any changes, but since they haven't fully mated, we don't know everything. But she's all we've got to make sure he's okay.

Our lunch table was very quiet today. Only Kester, Linda, and I sat at the table. We had no food in front of us; just the deafening silence. No one moved and no one dared to speak. We only stared at the table.

We could only sit and wait. Wait for something to happen.

"Emma?" I slowly looked up to see Jeremy standing at the edge of our table. "I, uh, hi."

I nodded to him. "Hi."

"You doing okay?" He carefully sat down beside me. "You skipped school for a couple days. I just wanted to make sure you had all the notes you needed for sixth hour. I don't want you falling behind."

"I'm fine." I sighed.

"You don't look okay." I closed my eyes and bowed my head a bit. "What's going on?"

"My best friend was injured yesterday by Ro- by wolves." I quickly corrected myself. "He and his girlfriend were attacked. She came away with a few cuts, but my friend may or may not live from this. He hasn't woken up once. I'm just really worried about him."

"I'm sorry." He looked up to Kester and Linda. "Oh, I'm sorry for intruding. I'm Jeremy."

"Linda." "Kester."

"Emma helped me around the school a couple days ago." He said to them. "I was just checking up on her."

"And I don't need you to." I said to him. "I can manage just fine. But thanks for the concern." The bell rang to end lunch and we all stood to head to class.

"Emma, wait." Jeremy stopped me in the hall. "I didn't come to your table to tell you about class notes."

"Then what did you come for?" I asked him.

He glanced around, then spoke in a low voice. "I saw something."

"Saw what?" Now he's confusing me.

"I'll tell you after school." What? "Meet me in the parking lot."

"Um, okay?" He's really confusing me now.

"Okay," He let out a small sigh, then looked me up and down. "Now, we should get to class." I nodded and rushed off to class with Jeremy at my side. We made it in to our classes just before the bell rang.

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I stood at the back of the parking lot, waiting for Jeremy. Almost everybody had left already. Only a few of the teacher's cars remained in the lot and a few of the students who had after school activities.