Mine - The Alpha's Possession
Chapter 3

Chapter 3

CHAPTER 3

I was kept in the hospital for a while until they got me the right pain killers and plastered my armproperly before I left the hospital and then I headed downtown and it was too late to even attempt goingto school today so I went to the diner and started work early.

It was only 1pm which meant an extra 3 hours of work coming my way and that meant more tips sinceit was the lunch rush at the moment. And the whole time I had the prospect of having the thought ofpossibly going home on my mind. But I wasn't going to say anything to anyone until I knew for sure. Ihadn't been told anything directly. Only a conversation that my mother had with the Alpha. That washardly conclusive. So, I decided that I would call her tonight when I finished work. I knew that shewould still be awake and I would skip training.

And when my shift was over at closing time, I walked towards the gym but I stopped outside and I saton a chair out there and I pulled out a smoke and lit it while I called my mother.

" Hello." She answered quickly.

" Mom." I say.

" Taylor. I'm so happy to hear from you." She says beaming. I could hear the excitement in her voicejust from me calling her. Even though we do talk every week.

" It's good to talk to you too." I say.

" Well, this is weird. You don't usually call during the week. It's only weekends." She says.

" Yeah, usually. Except I was talking to Alpha Richmond today. He said something about you callinghim today." I say. And there was a bit of a pause before she started talking again. Like she was trying tofigure out what to say to me.

" Yeah. I'm sorry about having to do all of this." She says.

" Does the new Alpha think that I have something to do with Lucas?" I asked.

" He's asking questions. And I think he thinks you left a lot later than you did." She says. And I shookmy head and rolled my eyes. If he did his research at all about me then he would know that I left a lotearlier. All he had to do was check the school records. That would have told him.

" A lot of people will vouch for me. They'll all say that I've been gone a lot longer than that." I defendedmyself.

" I know. That's what I told him and Alpha Richmond said that he would call Alpha Jackson and tell himthe same thing." She says.

" Alright. Thank you." I say.

" Of course. I will make sure that you had nothing to do with Lucas." She says. And then I stoppedsuddenly and practically froze for a moment when what she said registered to me.

" Wait a minute. Did you say Alpha Jackson? As in Jackson Cooper?" I asked practically shouting thename in shock.

" Yeah. He's the one that killed Lucas and took over our pack." She says.

" Holy shit. That guy has killed about 12 Alpha's and absorbed their packs." I say.

" That's right. We're now under his command. That's why I don't want you to come home. He's strict.This whole place has changed. The guards have changed. He has his own warriors." Mom says.

" Are you in danger staying there?" I asked.

" No. I'm alright. I'm one of the school teachers. So, he actually likes me and doesn't bother me. Hethinks education is important for the kids. So, I'm safe." She insisted.

" Alright. Well, wouldn't I be safe there too? I mean, I'm a student." I say.

" No. You wouldn't be safe here. Especially with your smart ass-mouth. Isaac is still a warrior here andhe will do everything that he can to make sure that Alpha Jackson sees that." She says. Isaac is mymother's new mate.

" Okay. I'll talk to you later." I say.

" Bye." She says. And I hung up the phone.

I wasn't sure if I was in real danger now or not. I know that if I ran away right now then I would lookguilty. But I was scared that I was going to be accused of something that I didn't do. I looked up to thesky and the moon was out so I started praying to the moon goddess that everything was going to bealright. That Alpha Jackson would see reason and he wouldn't get the wrong impression and have mekilled for treason. A crime punishable by death.

I stayed outside until that training session was over and then I saw the warriors coming outside andEthan came to close the door and saw me sitting out there. So he came and sat next to me. He didn'tsay anything for a bit because he knew that something was bothering me. But he looked around tomake sure that there was no one lingering around before he took my hand in his.

" What's going on? Why didn't you come in?" He asked.

" Because I needed time to think." I say.

" About what?" He asked. About my new Alpha at my pack. About my mother possibly being in danger.About how he might force me go back to that pack. About how I was terrified that he might link me to

Lucas.

" My pack has been taken over my Alpha Jackson Cooper." I announce.

" Holy shit. Are you serious?" He asked.

" Yeah. Unfortunately. Apparently, the Alpha thinks that it's suspicious that I'm here instead of at myown pack. He thinks that I might have been involved with Alpha Lucas in one way or another." I say.

" Were you involved with Lucas?" He asked.

" We knew each other. That's about it. Our mothers were friends. When Lucas took over as Alpha ayear ago, that's when my mother sent me away. Because Lucas was picking fights with every packwithin a close proximity. And he obviously started a fight with Alpha Jackson that he couldn't finish." Isay.

" Shit. And Jackson thinks that you're hiding?" Ethan asked.

I explained the whole situation to Ethan and he sat there listening to everything. I never even really likeLucas growing up. I was the first one who ever called him on his bullshit when he was acting like a spoilbrat. Which was most of the time. But that was as far as it went. When I was old enough to stay homealone, then I would. And he hated me for that.

" Alright. Then you've got nothing to worry about." He says.

" If Jackson orders me back to the pack then you know that I'm gonna have to go back. I can't disobeyan order. Technically, I am still a member of that pack.." I say.

" I know. We'll cross that bridge when we get to it. Do you want to come in and talk?" He asked.

" Not really. I want to go for a run. I'll see you tomorrow." I say standing up.

" Bye." He says. He looks around the street to make sure that no one is around when he kisses megoodbye and then he went back inside and I headed towards the woods.

As soon as I got beyond the tree line I undressed and left my clothes there neatly and I shifted into mylarge black wolf with white paws and a white diamond pattern between my eyes.

" Good evening Ava." I say in my mind.

" You haven't been on a run in a while." My wolf Ava says.

" That's because you stopped talking to me." I say.

" I only stopped talking to you when you put that snake in the teacher's office." She says.

" The bitch accused me of cheating. You know I didn't cheat." I say.

" Fine. I'll stop giving you the silent treatment." She says.

" Cool. Let's do this then." I say. So, I stretched out my paws on the ground and felt the dirt under myclaws and shook out my fur. I stood tall and let the breeze run through my fur making me feel free. It'sthe only time I felt truly free. I looked around in the woods and my werewolf vision was 10 times betternow. I could see the guards on patrol but I tried to stay out of their way.

I was considered to be a large wolf, even by werewolf standards. And I know that sometimes putpeople off, which is why I only ran at night time and I avoided the patrols in case they thought I was athreat. I can't mind link with them because I'm not a member of this pack. But when we were stressedor worried about something, a simple run in the woods would make everything feel so much better. Itcould make our problems seem less important.

I was out for two hours before I finally went back to the tree line. I shifted back to my human self andgot dressed again and I grabbed my things and started walking back to the house.

When I got there, I realized that Victoria was true to her word. The front door was locked. So I wentaround the side to where my bedroom was and I tried my window and luckily it wasn't locked. I openedit up and I put my bag inside and just as I was about to jump up into the window myself someonegrabbed my shoulder.

I fell back to the ground and shouted when I did because it scared the hell out of me and I turnedaround to see a very haggard looking 6-foot 3 20-year-old man standing there with greasy blonde hairand torn clothes.

" Lucas." I say shocked.