Chapter 15

I quickly looked at the ground, boring my eyes into the dirt as if it was the most interesting thing in the world. The chuckle that came from him only fuelled my anger. "Like what you see?" His words dripped confidence. He knew exactly what he was doing to my wolf. Stupid jerk. After a few minutes of silence, a blue shirt was dropped in front of me. I didn't bother looking up; the last thing I wanted to see was Adan in all his glory again. My wolf growled at me in disagreement. "Relax," He said and I knew he was smirking. "I'm dressed so you can take the shirt and shift behind the tree over there." I didn't move. I refused to. Why the hell should I do anything he says? Because I'm an Alpha, that's why. He linked through to my mind. Not yet you're not, dog. Okay, so it wasn't the most original insult, but I never claimed to be any good at it. A low growl escaped his throat. One thing you don't do is piss off a wolf and I wouldn't have if the stupid thing wasn't my mate. You will not disrespect me like that, Carlie. The shivers I got from my name rolling off his tongue so perfectly only sent my anger into full throttle. I will disrespect who I want, you're not my Alpha. You're nothing to me. I could feel my wolf fighting against me and I felt bad for shutting her away and ignoring the pain in her chest, but I wouldn't let him do that to us again, to think he could turn on the charm when he wanted. We deserved better than that. As your mate, you will shift. His voice was strained and I knew my disregard for his orders were causing his ego to take a beating. I could see his eyes flicking from electric blue to black and back again. He wasn't only angry, he was furious. All the better. I scoffed. You're no mate of mine. You gave up that right when you rejected me, then ignored me and then to top it all off you insulted me. If you honestly think I would do anything you say, you're a bigger idiot then I thought you were. His body was shaking with anger, his fists were clenched at his sides and his jaw was clenched. I had pissed off an Alpha. He opened his mouth to speak, but I'd had enough. My wolf was yelling at me for not only disrespecting an Alpha, but also our mate and the jerk in front of me was losing control to his wolf. God dammit, Carlie. His words were mostly growls. You have to understand why I rejected you. It's not that I wanted to hurt you,I had no intention of hurting you at first, but you needed to know that I just don't want you. How could an Alpha be with someone like you? You're not part of a strong pack, you have no Alpha blood, it just wouldn't be right. Surely you can see that, you can see that we would be better with different people. My wolf whimpered at his words, being told she was not good enough to lead a pack would hurt the pride of any wolf and the thought of him being with someone else brought her new heartache. Now it my turn to growl. Wouldn't be right? Are you kidding me? The only thing that stops you from having a mate is the fact that you're a selfish jerk. This has nothing to do with me not having Alpha blood, or the size of my pack. You don't want a mate because you want to carry on sleeping with whoever you want and not having a care in the world. I padded a few steps away from him. You don't want a mate? That's fine by me because we deserve better than you. We'll find someone who loves us and isn't bothered about what people think because being with us will be the most important thing to him. And with that I turned and ran, leaving him standing with nothing but a look of shock on his face. The painful howl that ripped through the woods caused a cold, sharp pain to tear my heart and a tear to fall from my eyes.  Standing in the school parking lot, I let my bag drop to the floor as I lifted myself up on the hood of Dera's car. Dangling my legs over the side I waited for someone to speak. Emma stood there with her mouth open and her eyes wide. "You actually did that?" She asked in disbelief. I told the guys what happened between Adan and me. It's not like I could blame them for doubting me. Hell, I was there and I still had to replay it over in my head to actually believe I did it. I nodded as I unscrewed the cap of my water. "Yup." I swallowed, trying to ignore the dull pang in my chest. Dera snorted. "Good, that stupid jerk. I would have punched him in the face and then sat on him until he couldn't breathe. Then I'd shift and claw his eyes out before-" "Dera being as friendly as always, I see." Jaxson laughed as he walked over to us. Pushing his cell into his pocket, he stood next to me and leaned against the car. "What poor soul deserves such brutality?" "He-who-must-not-be-named." Ray smirked. "Carlie handed him his ass on a plate." He leaned over and ruffled my hair. Jaxson wrapped his arm around my shoulder and pulled me into him. "That's my girl." He smiled his beautiful breath taking smile.