One Last Chance

Chapter Ten

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Chapter 10

 

Ashton

I knew it was way past visit time. I knew that she was hurt and didn’t want to see me, not in the least. But I couldn’t resist the urge to see her as I rounded the building, looking for the window I knew was still open.

Somehow, thanks to some lucky star that bothered to look down upon me that night, I had managed to sneak past the guards that were too busy discussing the girls’ performance for the night. One of them happened to be the wolf that bit Belle, so he was, naturally, the centre of attention.

I looked up, finally seeing the window of her room. She always slept with her window open, ever since we were children. I smiled, remembering all of the fond memories, before the most recent addition to our memories together flashed through my mind and I winced.

She kissed him. Just like that, she gave him her very first kiss. I knew that would happen eventually, but I never figured... What’s wrong with me?! I groaned, closing my eyes and easing against the wall. Even if I did get inside and actually got her to talk to me, what would I say?

I had nothing. I didn’t know what I wanted. I looked at her as a sister, but the way I would feel around her those last couple of days... if that’s what a brother feels for a sister than I’ve had the whole brother-sister thing very wrong for a lot of time now.

Still, I had to face her. Maybe when I finally got to see her, to talk to her, maybe then everything would become clear. Still, I doubted it. And what did I have going on with Lilly? I took her first kiss. Just like that, knowing what I would be doing, I claimed it.

I groaned in frustration and rammed my fist into the wall. I flinched at the pain, but knew my healing would take care of it soon enough. As I watched, my ripped skin slowly seemed to stretch and glue itself together. Being an Alpha, my healing was even stronger than that of a regular werewolf. Just like my strength, my speed, and supposedly, my fucked up ability to sense the feelings of other werewolves.

But that specific gift seemed to have been lost to me, because if what Maddie said was true, I have been making a fool out of Belle for quite some time now. But did she really have feelings for me? It would explain a lot of things, but I still couldn’t comprehend the full scale of the consequences.

Does she really love me? Or was it only liking? Will she forgive me then? Could we still be friends if she can’t? Do I feel anything for her? Or is all I feel for her sisterly love, and, well, sizeable amount of lust? I didn’t have an answer to the single one of those questions. And somehow, somehow, I felt I might at least understand them a bit better if I got to see her.

I took a deep breath and turned back to the house. It would be tough, but taking that I didn’t have another choice I was going to have to scale that wall. There was ivy winding its way to the window and higher, probably planted there on purpose for the effect it would have on the exterior of the building.

I grinned, hoping it would help me climbing up. I slowly began my ascent. I wasn’t even two or three meters off the ground, and it was becoming clear that it would definitely be tricky to climb the whole thing. I could easily fall in case the plant ripped off the wall under my weight.

I was about to change the support of my right leg when I felt a heavy pull on it. I tried keeping my balance, but I easily came falling down. I hissed when all of the air was forced out of my lungs and gasped, desperately trying to inhale.