APUI: Volume 1 - My Life as a Werewolf

Chapter 21: I Can't Stay Away

I'm sorry I haven't updated in ages I had school exams and dancing cause my dance exams are in two weeks and I am literally so stressed but I'm on school holidays now so I can write more but I have had slight writers block and I have to take heaps of medication cause I have impetigo and my face feels itchy.....
I said that a few chapters ago.. it's true...
< 🔥 J POV 🔥 >
It was difficult to keep my wolf at bay. It was hard for me to keep in him away from Grace when it had been a week but it had been 2 1/2 weeks since we had first met Grace and Lucas was dying for his mate. Literally.
I needed a strong wolf for the pack because a leader has to set a good example and so I needed a bigger distraction than just kissing and fucking Amili once. I needed a 'mate', at least until I found my second chance mate. And Amili was as good as any.
I casually leaned up against Amili's locker on Wednesday when she walked up to collect her books... or make up. She was wearing a skirt that barely covered her butt and her 'shirt' was so low cut that her double d boobs were practically spilling out. Her face was entirely painted on with make up and her heels where actually too high for bodily movement. Need I mention her bleached blond hair? she was literally the definition of a fake sexy barbie. But she had nothing on Bella, who was actually normal and effortlessly beautiful.
"Will you be my girlfriend?" I forced out of my mouth, fighting Luke for control. Amili launched herself at me squealing yes and peppering my face with kisses. Ugh.
News spreads fast and by lunchtime everyone knew our ship, Jamili, had sailed once again. So it was no surprise that Bella glared at me like I killed her unicorn... which I didn't.
And so life went on. The school days passed slowly and Luke refused to forget about Grace and Bella. He kept telling me "I want my mate - not some fake" which I've got to admit is a good rhyme.
By Saturday, Lucas was constantly barging at my barrier and managing to take control for a few seconds at a time before I blocked him out again. I was making my way slowly towards Amili's room (Lucas kept forcing me backwards) when I overheard something interesting.
Ollie, a werewolf in grade twelve, and Simon, a were in grade 10, were talking in the games room while playing COD BO II. "-and I was like 'I'd so tap her but she's taken by the alpha', you know, cause they're mates and all that shit. Well, her and her sister are twins aren't they? so he is her mate too, right?" Ollie said. Simon replied with a confirming "Mmmn". "And then he was like 'didn't you hear? the alpha rejected her sister so she's totally fair game!' and I was like 'shit what am I waiting for?' so I asked her and she totally said yes so I'm going out for 'dinner' tonight" Ollie said smugly. What was this? If I had understood right, Bella was going on a date with Ollie. But she's MY mate!!! She can only date me!!!
"Yo bruh, you gonna get laid tonight" Simon exclaimed and they both laughed. And then Lucas lost it. I charged into the room and pushed Ollie up against the wall. "What are you doing tonight?" I questioned in a deadly calm voice. Ollie quietly replied "Going on a date with Bella". I was right. My grip tightened around his neck as my anger increased. "What did you say?" I growled out. More confident now, Ollie stated "I'm going on a date with Bella" and I punched him in the face.
"No you are not" I insisted, taking a step back. Ollie climbed off the floor, whispering "yes I am". By now, Simon had ran out of the room and disappeared. I kicked Ollie in the side and he fell down again.
"I am going to say this once and once only." I said out loud and mind-linked to every guy in the pack aged 12-24, excluding Bella's brother, Chris. "You will not date Bella Stanley. You will avoid contact, conversation and communication with her. If you try and make one move towards her, you will die, not literally, but I can make you do so many border patrol shifts that you will wish you were dead. Do I make myself very clear? I demand minimum interaction unless I tell you personally otherwise." I then stormed out of the house, leaving Ollie on the floor; stripped; shifted and ran into forest for as long as I could run.
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"Carter!" I called. "I'm it now!" There was no reply.
"Carter!!!"
I couldn't hear Carter anywhere. Where the fuck was he? "Carter!?!"
Still no answer.
And so I called his name over and over. And I looked for him all through the forest. Why was I such a stuff up? On the one day that my parents trust me to look after my little brother on, I lose him.
I began to lose hope. He had been gone for an hour and we deep in the forest.
And then he appeared.
"Jack!!!" He screamed. I could tell it wasn't a scream of joy or terror, it was simply a scream of urgency. "Run"
Carter ran straight past me, not bothering to stop, and looking into the shadows, I began to run too.
We sprinted through the trees, Carter on my left hand side. We were going to make it to the clearing. To the path. To the road. To the house. To safety.
And then Carter tripped.
And they were upon us.
"Carter!" I screamed while shifting. I could see him fighting one off... and losing. Red tinged my vision. I was VERY angry.
"Noo-
I struggled out of the nightmare that had haunted me for years. The forest surrounding me was dark and moist, the pine needles reminding me of her scent. I wondered how and when I had got here but then I remembered Ollie and my anger, the thing that had caused the bad memories to emerge in my sleep like they had for so many previous nights.
Although my anger had renewed the strength of the bond between Bella and me, it had reminded of Carter and the reason why Bella and me, my mate and me, could never get to close. It wasn't safe - I wasn't safe - When people are around me, they aren't safe.
My phone rang.
I reached into the pocket of my shorts, having already reshifted before I fell asleep. The screen flashed with Lora's name and I wondered why on earth my best fighters mate was calling me at 8 o'clock or something at night.
I turned out that maybe I shouldn't have answered the phone due to the terror Lora's words inflicted in me. "Jackson, I know you still care about Bella and I need your help. There has been an accident involving Bella"
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A/N
Please comment if you think this chapter should be chapter 17 before the one about Bella waiting for her date. I reckon it should.
- Grace xoxo