Pack Adonis

Chapter 21

After one long week, Ryder finally agreed for me to pick up on my normal routine. Which meant training, which mean Beth. I hadn't missed that scum, not at all. But she would get me back in shape.

The thing I didn't expect at all, was Ryder observing my training. I though he was busy being an constant asshole.

"I don't need a babysitter." I snapped at him.

"Go easy on her Beth." He warned Beth.

"I'll try." Beth grinned.

She didn't even try, out of nowhere she came with her punches. I just recovered so my reflexes were too slow. Before I knew it I was laying on the floor with a super heavy Beth on top of me. I patted the ground, but she didn't bug.

"Fight back, pussy." She snapped.

I would've kicked her, if I wasn't still so weak. The air slowly left my lungs and I hit the mat rapidly.

"I told you to take it easy." Ryder threw Beth off me and stalked to her.

"She isn't going to get better if you treat her like a baby." Beth offered bravely. She probably didn't want to loose his touch or something dirty minded like she truly is.

One time I caught her sniffing his shoes. Let's just say she beat me up for it. I got away with it with a bleeding lip and a traumatic experience.

"You touch her one more time and I'll tear your limbs off and feed them to the rogues." He growled darkly.

I raised myself from the ground, rubbing my squib chest. I wanted to go to Ryder and reassure him everything was fine, but I was stuck by the fact everything had changed. He had grown to care for me and wasn't afraid to show it.
Could I do the same?

Ryder dragged me along and I stopped him when we were far away from hearing.

"I need to ask you-" I was cut of by Pauline.

"You two have been close for four weeks already. Now it's my turn." She snapped and dragged Ryder along.

He gave me one final look, following Pauline and leaving me with an unanswered question.

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School didn't distract me as usual, I had caught up with everything and now everything was back to too easy. I didn't challenge me enough, even in AP classes. My thoughts went to Ryder and what had happened this morning. Why couldn't I show like him that I cared for him? Even when he had treated me like shit the last couple of months. I did like him...

It felt nice to have someone comforting me when I woke up from a horrific nightmare, I could clench into him and would feel safe. Even back when we hated each others gut so hard, I still felt safe around him.

Maybe it's because he's technically the strongest and he's very dangerous or it's because he's my mate. The mate bond is strange, I'm more attracted to him then ever. And the naughty ideas I had why I was in his room, don't get me started about them...

I just had to talk to someone about this new found feelings, someone who had a mate and wasn't a spy of Pauline. I had to be extra careful, dig into their pasts and find my perfect mentor.

"Ms. Knight, the equation?", mr. Jacobs called, making me jump up.

My eyes hastily run to the board as a long equation was written over it, I scanned through it as fast as I could. My brain cracking and calculating, when I came to the result.

"-1/7, sir", I replied.

He huffed and muttered it was correct. He hates it that I was too good at math. But screw him, I want to get into Yale and I'll do whatever. But Yale meant leaving the pack and Ryder...

Fuck

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"Promise you won't tell Pauline or Ryder any of this?!", I demanded from Ella.

"I promise, Am", she smiled softly, grabbing my hands.

We were sitting in my room in my bed, legs crossed. I trusted Ella, she had become a good friend of mine. Not as good as Rosalie, but a good one. She was the first one in this pack to help me out, after all.

"You know when I got injured and Ryder wanted to keep me under his watch, I slept in his bed and all", I recalled.

She nodded, smiling brightly. She knew what direction I was going to. I took a deep breath, this was harder then I thought.

"Well what if I developed feelings for him. Not in love, but just liking. Liking much", I grinned a bit, feeling like an idiotic teenage girl.

"Omg, you're falling in love with him!", she cheered.

"N-n-nooo, i only care for him nothing more...gosh this is so stupid", I muttered struggling to form a decent sentence.

"Caring is only the start, Am! Don't be afraid for your feelings for him, even when they're not meant to be mutual", her innocence fell like a mask.

"W-what?", I stuttered.

"Do you really think he'll choose you over Pauline? They've known each other since they were ten. If she never had gone rogue, he would've never even acknowledged you. Immediate death", she grinned devilishly.

"Why are you doing this?", my eyes filling with tears.

"Pauline had been my best friend since diapers. So has Ryder, they're meant to be. You're just a burden for everyone!", she said simply.

"I-i-i don't get it", I muttered pulling my hands away.

"Nobody cares for you, only that whore of a Rosalie. But who am I to judge, maybe you two are just simple whores looking to ruin relationships. Mate bonds!", she snapped.

I stared at her in shock while she made her way to my door. She swung her blond hair over her shoulder and her innocent face stood playful.

"You may have laid in his bed, but Pauline was getting all of him. Once you were asleep, he sneaked to her room for something you'll never be ready to give. True love and pleasure", she laughed and walked out.

He was just sleeping with Pauline while I was in his bed! That asshole! That moron! I'll kill him! I was developing feelings for him! I was falling in love with him and I still am, even after this...

Maybe I was already in love with him.