The Big Badass Alpha Is My Mate?

Chapter Twenty-One: Ever's Past Comes To Haunt Her

(Okay I know it's past christmas hell it's January but you're getting a Christmas scene wether you like it or not.)

Ever's P.O.V.

It was Christmas time, and our house was in full swing. Luke was finishing up the gift wrapping up in the loft, and the pack and I were sitting around the fireplace talking while Amber slept.

"Hey Ever, do you have that jumper I let you borrow yesterday?"

"Yeah it's upstairs in the loft. I'll go grab it."

I ran up the stairs, and passed a closed door. It was black, and I had never seen it before. I grabbed the knob, and images flashed through my mind. Of finding my mom cheating, of my dad throwing her out, of her coming back in to the house and throwing stuff at him. I yanked my hand away from the knob and went running down the hallway toward the loft, tears flying from my eyes. I grabbed the door knob and fell to my knees in the doorway, letting out a cry at the hard tile against my bare knees.

"Oh my god Ever!"

Two voices rang out into the empty room, and I wished there was only one. Because my enemy, Luke's absolute best friend Griffin, had seen me take a fall.

"Ow..."

Luke helped me up off the floor, and I grabbed the jumper off the chair and limped back down the stairs.

"Ever, what happened to your knees?"

Poppy was staring at my bruised knees, and I just shook my head and limped to my room, laying down in bed and turning on the t.v., trying to ignore the aching in my knees. Luke came in and sat next to me, worry flashing in his eyes.

"Hey, you alright?"

I sighed and leaned against his body. My knees ached and I just wanted him to hold me.

"Hey Luke we have to finish.... Am I interupting something?"

Griffin's voice gave me the chills. He was Norwegian, so he had a slight accent. It always made me uncomfortable to hear his voice because he would interrupt everytime Luke and I were doing something together. Even on our honeymoon he followed us and wouldn't leave us alone.

"No. Luke go finish that thing."

He looked over at me and nodded. I looked at Griffin and glared at him slightly. He backed up as Luke lifted himself off the bed and took his arm, dragging him out of our bedroom. I grabbed a pillow and my laptop and set the pillow on my lap, setting the laptop on top of it.

"Ever baby, you alright?"

My dad looked at me silently as I browsed the internet silently. I looked up and just stared silently past him to where Luke and Griffin were laughing at something. I watched in anger as Griffin leaned forward and captured Luke's lips in a kiss. I threw my laptop down and walked out, pulling Griffin away and dropping to my knees silently. My sobs echoed around the room as my bruised knees made contact with the wooden floor.
"Ever!"
It was then I remembered something. I saw myself asleep, and Luke laying next to me. I saw Griffin creeping toward us and kissing Luke and whispering that he would always love him. It was then that I screamed. Not in pain, but in anger. I screamed for my mother, who left us. I screamed for my father who's heart was broken in half. I screamed for myself, for my sisters, for everyone I could think of. I just sat there screaming. Luke tried to comfort me but couldn't get close enough to my screaming form because of the force field I had created. So I sat and screamed. Until the neighbours called the cops. Not even they could help at that point. So they just left me alone. Screaming. Silently. Alone.