At The Beta's Command

Chapter 8

Running to my room and grabbing a pair of grey sweatshirt and a tank top I made a dash to my connecting bathroom to change. I ran a quick scan to my face and tie my hair in a high ponytail running back to my room to put on a black buttons up long sleeve. See, I made it in five minutes top without the werewolf speed that they all had. I put on my sneakers and practically ran downstairs to meet Ashton at the garage. The moment he saw me coming he started the ignition so I made it double speed to get into the car.

“Seven minutes top sir!” I shrieked excitedly fist pumping the air once I get in the car. I saw Ashton’s smirk and it stops my heart from beating, god he is beautiful. But before I can make a comment and tease him he changed his smirk into a serious deadly frown. That fast, bipolar much?

“I don’t want any trouble from happening you understand me Amber?” he asked his tone laced with seriousness. “We are going to the Skylight Building to meet with my business partners but you are not allowed to get out of the car.” He added.

“Your business partners? So you have a business?" I asked curiously.

“Where do you think we, the pack get our money?” he asked glancing at me for a sec.

“Well, I really don’t have an idea. Maybe by kidnapping or killing?” he snapped his eyes at me glaring murderously. “Haha! I got you! Be cool man, be cool. Just kidding here ya know?” I said smiling widely at him. Sigh, the man can’t really take some jokes for dear life!

“We kill if its rogues, we kidnap if it’s some annoying little brat who knows about our existence and who didn’t know where to stop her big of a mouth.” At this I made a gesture of my hand zipping my lips shut and that made his smile crack a little, but then again he covered it by coughing too fake-ly. God, when will he stop holding in his smiles? Smiling is really good sight of him.

“But if you are meeting for business stuff and all why are you dressed just like that?” I asked eyeing his fit white V-neck shirt that made his muscles pop temptatiously, if there is a word like that and washed blue ripped jeans that gave him a drool worthy hot bad boy aura.

“I prefer clothed not dressed you know, I’m not wearing a dress.” He said, well at least he can crack a little joke if it is his joke or whatsoever. “I don’t have to wear suits for this meeting is all.” And with that he returned his focus on the road. I watched as the surrounding shift from forestry to few houses and now the town.

Skylight building is at the center of the town, I happen to see it multiple times when Moniq, Blake and I went to the town to hangout. The first floor is a mall with grocery and department store and some cafes while the second floor has the restaurants and arcades. From third to fifth floor are business offices while sixth to tenth floor are residential flats. The owner of the building sure made money at maximum possibilities available.

“Stay here.” Ashton’s voice demanded and he hopped out from the car without paying a single glance at me. “Sure Mr. Grumpy” I whispered to myself. I heard him scoffed and I forgot he can hear me with his werewolf hearing ability. Nice one Amber, I thought to myself.

I followed him with my eyes and saw that we were on the parking lot at the underground level of the building. I was expecting him to use the elevator and go in but not a minute later three men met him and shook hands with him. One was bald with muscled body like those bouncers at the club you see on the movies, the other guy was long haired, skinny but also muscled and has too many piercings on his face and tattoos on his arms and the last was tall, dark skinned and has a military haircut. The bald man handed a brown envelop to Ashton, he tear it open and peak inside then nod. The two others are scanning the area skeptically all the time, now I know I should not judge but I really have a bad feeling about this. Maybe their business is all illegal? Time to shut my mouth and decide not to ask Ashton anything or I’ll be signing my death wish. Okay, I won’t ask. Not even when I was dying of curiousity.