Paradise Loners

Chapter Seven

Rock Bottom Hailee Steinfeld ft DNCE

Powerful Major Lazer ft Ellie Goulding, Tarrus Riley

Bad Things Camilla Cabello, Machine Gun Kelly

The sun streamed through the window of the small cabin exposing its secrets, chasing away any and all shadows that got in its way.

I stirred in my sleep the something disturbing my subconscious. My eyelids opened slowly as my eyes adjusted to the light. I stretched and looked over at Reece.

The frown he always wore was replaced by a soft smile and all his devilish features became what they actually were, angelic.

Remembering the reason I was awake I pulled my gaze from him and scanned the room. My heart stopped when I saw the worst person on the planet to see me like this.

My Alpha.

He stood in the corner of the room and the second I saw him my feelings went into a hazy.

How did he find me?

He tossed my clothes to me his eyes cold. "Get dressed," he said and left the room.

I sat up and pulled the shirt over my head before putting on my underwear. I blushed furiously knowing that 'he' held it. I swung my legs off the bed before pulling on my jeans.

I speared Reece one more glance before kissing him on the cheek and leaving.

I never wanted to hurt him but I didn't want him awake to face Alta either.

I promised him I'd never leave him and here I go again. Just like I did months ago under a less dire situation but he'd never know that. He'd never know that I would spend the rest of my days with him if I could. He'd think that I left him... again.

"Conversing with the enemy I see," he said his voice melting gold the second I stepped off the porch.

"How'd you know where I was?"

"I'd tell you you're secret's safe with me...but it doesn't quite work like that in my position," he avoided my question and walked into the forest.

I followed him not really sure what he was going to do.

We arrived at the Pac mansion roughly an hour later. The entire walk Alta avoided me and I knew he had reason. He stopped suddenly and I almost bumped into him. He turned around and looked down at me.

"Pray you're not pregnant," his voice was low and deadly and I thought I heard a plea in it but I could've been wrong.

He growled and went inside slamming the door behind him. I blinked back the tears that were forming and turned the other direction. Here is the last place on the planet I wanted to be.

I walked slowly towards the garden. It's the only peaceful place here. I sat on one of the stone benches staring at the fountain with cupid as I recalled everything that happened in the past day.

I don't know how long I'd been sitting there just staring but the sun was going down when someone disturbed me.

"What's wrong?" a soft voice asked sliding into the empty space beside me.

"Nothing," I said my voice hoarse.

"It's not anything if you're crying," Jezmyn said.

I touched my cheeks feeling the moisture on them for the first time and for some reason feeling the tears made me want to cry more.

So there I was rivers flowing from my eyes with my sisters arms around me as comfort.

"Do you remember when mom left?" she asked after I had calmed down and I shook my head.

She rarely spoke of our mothers absence and to me she was the only mother I knew. Our mother left when Jezmyn was eight and I was four. My memory of her is next to nothing but her absence is just another reason on a growing pile why my life sucked.

"You cried for days, we had to bring you to the doctor. You know how I got you to calm down?" she asked and I shook my head again.

"Me neither," she said and I laughed.

She rubbed my shoulder and there was silence and I knew she was waiting on me to talk.

The silence stretched on until the last of the day turned into night.

"He'll think I left him," I finally said.

She didn't show any external emotion but I knew her mind must have gone hay wired. She knew I was referring to Reece and I knew she didn't know the entire story.

"Alta saw me...with him...naked?" I told her my cheeks burning with embarrassment.

"Holy fuck," she said her features lighting up with shock, "No pun intended."

I sat up looking at her grimly.

"I can't see him again...I told him that I wouldn't leave again."

"It was stupid to fall in love with him in the first place."

"I couldn't. I couldn't not fall for him. It felt...right. It felt perfect, and now ..." I began crying again.

"Hush," Jezmyn pulled me towards her in a hug.