Chapter 12
Ollie’s POV
He doesn’t seem to notice, too concentrated on his work.
When he’s finished, he steps back, admiring what he’s done.
I glance down and read what he wrote.
I’m Wolfless.
I want to be angry, but my breath remains rapid, my body still reacting to the touch.
I’m embarrassed by my body’s own reaction, yet I’m unable to stop myself from feeling it. The way that marker pressed over my nipple as a lover’s caress might have still sent pleasant tingling shivers down my spine.
I’ve never had anyone else touch me there, and though it had been through the marker, it was still Wes controlling it. Caressing me, if only for a single sweeping moment and
motion.
Wesley. One of my mates.
“We desire him,” Scarlet says, echoing my own thoughts.
We do, but at the same time, “We can’t. You’ve seen how he treats us. How they all do. We cannot live our lives tied to them or we will be miserable forever.”
My wolf falls silent.
Gathering every drop of my willpower, I press down hard on the growing feelings inside of myself. I will not succumb to these bodily desires, not if the result will leave me attached to the quadruplets – and to Sylvia – forever.
Swallowing down my pride, I try to rally what’s left of my dignity. Standing still where Wes placed me, where I’m to carry out my punishment, I lift my head up high.
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The brothers, Sylvia, and her minions watch me in amusement for a while, as the rest of the high school arrives for the day. When people see my shirt, they snicker. Some scoff. One spits in my direction, their saliva landing beside my shoe. A couple laugh.
“Wolfless are bad luck,” one student says to his friend. “Honestly, they should all be exiled from the pack. They do nothing but bring the rest of us down.”
Oddly, Hugh starts to growl. In a flash, he stops himself, frowning in confusion.
“What was that for?” Kimber asks him.
“I don’t know…” he admits.
“Ollie can’t leave,” Conrad says instead. “Not until she repays our pack for the kindness they showed in raising her.”
“Which she’ll never be able to do,” Declan says. “So she will never leave.”
Never?
I try to imagine a life much like mine now, but consistent and far into the future. How much will I be torn down by then? Will I even feel alive anymore?
The thought makes me shudder.
Clamping down on this feeling too, I attempt to right myself and stand tall once more, but I feel sick again and a little dizzy. Something is definitely off with me today, but I’m still having trouble pining down what it is.
“Scarlet?” I ask in my mind, turning to my wolf for guidance.
“I don’t know. I feel strange too…”
My wolf should be more in tune with our instincts than I am. If even she doesn’t know
what’s wrong…
“We have to get to class,” Ella says. She’s inching closer to me, despite the warning glances the brothers keep giving her. When they seem unconvinced she points out, “Sylvia could
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get in trouble if she’s late.”
That manages to rouse them, and they turn to her at once.
“You can’t be late,” Wes tells her.
“We won’t be the reason you get in trouble,” Hugh adds.
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None of them notice as I start to sway on my feet. Ella does, fortunately, and steps closer to
- me.
“You’re pale,” she says.·•
“I’ve been feeling a little sick this morning,” I admit.
“Come on,” Ella says. “I’m taking you to the school doctor.”
“The quadruplets won’t like that,” I say. “Wes told me to stay here all day.”
“You stood up to Sylvia but you can’t stand up to them?” Ella asks. “Why? You are sick and you need checked out.”
I know Ella’s right, but she doesn’t understand how difficult it is. Before, I wanted to please
the brothers to try to get them to care about me again. Now, it feels like a base instinct – something I need to do.
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