Chapter 3: Affliction

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It's day four and I think the moon goddess is tormenting me.

Graham is behind me, positioning me, showing me the correct movements for this defensive maneuver to work. His crotch is pressed tight against my ass. I think I might die right here.

Can he hear the hitch in my breathing? Can he feel the way my heart is beating out of control, stuttering in my chest?

"No, not like that. Turn your foot to face your opponent." Which for now is a tree.

I switch my foot to face the right direction, but I purposefully turn my body to angle the wrong way.

He grabs my hips, encompassing them with his heated touch and turns me, pressing against me even harder now. "You seriously need to pay attention. Your the alpha, remember?" His voices is teasing, but my brain is tricking me. My brain can only think of the way his lips are so close to my ear right now, like he's whispering to me, telling secrets to the lover in his arms.

I take a breath. "I think I've got it now." My voice is shaky, but I try to ignore it. I try to ignore the way he seems to distance himself all to quickly.

"Good. I have some stuff to do today. You got this on your own?" I just nod and I don't ask him to explain to me because I can feel the awkward tension in the air between us now and I already know what kind of 'stuff' he's got to do.

"Have fun with Gem."

He looks at me with a devils smirk. "Oh, I will. That female is very flexible, if you know what I mean." Cue eyebrow wiggles and he's sauntering off with that hypnotizing swagger he has mastered.

I really need to teach that wolf a lesson some time.

"Where's he going?" Posy has walked up. She looks like a carbon copy of her mother. Her twin siblings are with her always following around their big sis.

"To get some free pussy." I say without thinking. My voice is disgusted, showing how I really feel.

Zinnia hugs herself to my side, comforting me in my jealous state. This side of my family seems to know all my secrets while my closest family seems clueless. "It's okay."

The twins smile to each other, always having this secret language that I know all too well.  "We can have much more fun without him anyway." Violet chimes in.

They are both 13 now and almost as full of energy as Nix.

Posy pushes Zin out of the way so she can whisper in my ear, away from children's ears. "Club hopping tonight. You in?" She has an evil gleam to her eyes. I'm not sure I like where this is going.

"...possibly. What do you have planned?"

"We're just going to have some good ol' fun." Her eyes say differently, but who am I to give this opportunity up? This could help me get my mind off of the afflictions that have hindered me the last few days.

The main one being Graham Owen.

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I pull out my bright red doc martens for this special occasion as I stare at myself in the mirror, running my hands through my messy dark curls.

Tight black jeans hug my thighs and ass and a plain grey t-shirt is covered by my black leather jacket.

I pat my thigh to make sure my cigs are stored away. I made sure to get a brand new pack from aunt Bee's supply since I know Posy has some tricks up her sleeve, or should I say up her ass, since she doesn't seem to have any sleeves tonight.

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