The Pet🐾 (Completed)

Chapter 55

Roman

I couldn't control myself, but I sure as hellcan aas towhat I'm doing. I watched as Jared lost his cconfidence;he tried to do a quick jab at my sside,but I pinned him down. I started nipping and biting at his fface;his knee suddenly met my ccrotch,and I hunched over off of him. He stood up straddling mme;he held the dagger just under my neck, jJared'sconfidence finding him again. "Well , well,I've seen this before,. Youknow who you remind me of? Your father, he made the exact same face just before I poisoned hhim,"he told mme.

II reachedout my claws and hgrabbedhis hhand,forcing his hand with the dagger away from my nneck.I gripped his hand tighter until I heard a snap and his hand went llimp,the dagger falling on top of my skin with a sizzle as it burned my skin. I grabbed the dagger and brought it to his cchest;he started ddodging,so it went into his shoulder.

He rolled ooffand knelt next to mme,hiding his right shoulder with his good hhandwhile giving me the death glare. I sat back up but stood on all fours, rthebeast showing wwithin, andI started walking circles around him. "I bet you think this is ffunny,"Jared said before ripping out the dagger from his sshoulder.

He took a deep breath standing uup."nNow let'sstop playing aaround;iit'seither you or me. I prefer the first option," he ssaid,following me with his gaze, "but you still are not fit to llead;no one is. Everyone here is weak, ttooweak. Only I have been able to overcome my wweakness;your little mates are what hold you back!" He yyelled,pointing the dagger at me, ""Ifyour mate gets taken, you fall apart and can't go on. Sophia was a prime eexample;she couldn't handle it,. Shekept herself inside of her room for god knows how long. But then she just jumped onto another person to fill the hole. Y"Youssee,once you lose it , you're devastated,"he ssaid.

I suddenly heard Ashly from over where Jasper llay, "Andwhat about bBridget? You lost her, so that means you were weak!" She yyelled,holding her hheadhigh and her arm over her cchest.

Jared pointed the dagger at her, "bBut remember,my dear Ashley, she's dead!" He then yelled at the top of his lungs, "AND I KILLED HER!" he screamed with a wwickedllaugh.

"You monster, that ddoesn'tmake you sstrong;that just makes you a monster!" I heard aAshleyyyell.

"Oh, I'm the monster,. Atleast I didn't sleep with you naked like that lump of flesh next to yyou," Jared said.

I sstopped andlooked at AAshley;I could tell it was true. She never ddeniediit.iI lookedback over to Jared and jumped onto hhim,clawing his bback andripping his tthroatout. A large pool of blood started to spread beneath hhim.I looked back up at JJasper,blood dripping down my mouth. I sauntered my way over to my bbrother;Ashley stood in the wway."We didn't do aanything,Roman! I woke up in the morning after I bought him from the shelter, and he was lying on top of the sheets naked. Nothing more!" She told me

I stood on my two legs and took a deep breath, pulling the beast back inside. My claws turning to fingers and my hair turning into skin. I didn't fully cchange,so my clothes were slightly ripped. She looked up at me,. "Wasthat it?" I asked hher.

She nodded her head, ""yes."

I took another deep breath and pinched the bridge between my eyes. I didn't bother opening them; I knew Javiare and Christine, so his and Dr. Philip were there. "And one more question," I said

Ashley wrapped hersaid. arms around me. "Anything," she breathed.

I opened my mouth to respond but I quickly wrapped my arms around Ashley andrespond, dropped my head to her neck. I needed her smell to calm my nerves. "What was the question?" She said smelling my scent was calming down.

I held her tighter to me, squeezing my eyes shut as best as I could. "Is he..." I whispered.

"What?" She asked, "Is what?"

"Is my brother alive?" I said, holding it in and bracing myself for the answer but still holding the hope.

I could feel her tears and hear her sniffles and knew my answer. "I should have known," I said. "I should have been faster." I said,

"No, there was nothing more you could have done," she said, wiping her nose. "So don't tell yourself that," she demanded.

I nodded. "I know, I won't." I just held her tighter to me.

It felt as if I let anything go now ill lose it, I need to keep everything with me. Close, so I can watch it. "Promise me you'll never leave," I said to Ashley.

She was about to ask why I could tell but didn't. "I promise I'll never leave you," she said.

"Good," I told her, leaning back to see her face, "because if I ever did, I would lose it."

She gave me a tight lipped smile, and turned back to Sophia. She was crouched into a ball, sobbing her eyes out; Ashley and Javiare were both next to her. Javiare had his arm around her shoulder, and Ashley put hers around too. Dr. Philip put Jasper's ripped jacket over him after closing his eyes. Christine was just looking around; she looked at Jasper and then at Javiare, then Sophia. Christine stepped over to her and crouched down. She set her hand on one of her knees. "Sophia, it's what the cards said," she told her, "remember?"

Sophia nodded yes, "And do you remember what else they said?"

Sophia shook her head no. "They said that you're strong enough to get over this, that you'll find love again," she explained, "and I'm guessing a lot closer than you think." Christine stood back up. "Come on, I know how to make an awesome hot chocolate; it will help," she said, holding out her hand.

Sophia looked up, wiped her face off, and took her hand. Christine started walking away but looked back at Javiare. "How about you come too?" she told him.

He nodded and quickly got up, catching up with them. Ashley stood back up but stumbled, and I caught her. "Need another patch job?" I asked her.

She blushed. "Uh, I think," she said.

I couldn't help myself; I leaned down. "Then why don't we go fix you up?" I asked.

She nodded, and I brought my lips to hers; she wrapped her arms around my neck while I wrapped mine around her. I could hear Dr. Philip cough. I quickly looked up at him. "Get a room, you two," he said...