The Prophecy Series: The Black Wolf

ADDISON

When I finally stopped crying, the sun had started to set. My mind was still all over the place. I couldn’t believe it, and I had no one to talk to about it. Hayden and I were close, but we weren’t that close, and Jaxon was her brother. I didn’t have anyone.

I got out of bed and did my best to look presentable before walking downstairs. I heard Braxton watching a football game with another warrior—Carver—in the living room, but I avoided them and walked into the kitchen. I wasn’t sure that I was quite ready to face anyone just yet.

I made myself a sandwich and sat down at the kitchen table to eat it in silence. Why had I agreed to go to prom in the first place? Why had I let Jaxon take me? A part of me wanted to go talk to Jaxon, but I wasn’t even sure that he would want to talk to me. He had left me naked in the barn. No goodbye…no nothing. I sighed and cleaned up my mess before throwing a pair of shoes on and walking out the front door.

I needed to walk. Walking always seemed to help. Before I knew what I was doing, I was walking toward the pack house. I needed to see him for myself. I needed to know what had happened after I fell asleep. What had suddenly changed in only eight hours.

My walk to the pack house was faster than normal, or at least it had felt that way. Probably because I was so upset, and I was thinking the whole way. I had passed a few pack members along the way, but no one said anything to me…like always. My thoughts drifted back to Jaxon’s words last night. He said he didn’t think I was different, and I couldn’t help but wonder what he thought of me.

Was I just an easy fuck? Was that it…he just wanted to fuck me? Why had he laid with me in his wolf form? Why had he been so sweet to me? Again, I didn’t know what had happened within the sleeping hours.

I walked inside the pack house. I walked into the living room and saw a few of the younger wolves playing a video game. Some of the warriors were in the kitchen eating food with Gamma Jonas. Jaxon was nowhere in sight.

Where is he? I searched the rest of the first floor before walking up the stairs to the third floor. He slept here. Once he was mated, he would move into his own house, which was most likely a mile from the pack house. I walked up the stairs and toward his room. No one was around, and no one had ever really paid attention to me before, so I wasn’t worried about being caught.

I knocked on his bedroom door and waited a few moments. I heard no one on the other side, so I opened the door. The room was empty, and the bed was made.

I walked inside and sat down on the bed. I thought about waiting, but I still wasn’t even sure what I was going to say to him. I saw a hoodie lying on the ground and I picked it up and put it on. I doubted he would even notice that it was gone, and if he had, I really didn’t fucking care.

After a few moments, I got up off the bed and left, leaving the door open in my departure. I wanted him to know I had been here. I made my way downstairs and out of the pack house, again no one seemed to notice my presence.

After walking out the front door, I felt hot tears start to roll down my face. Was it something that I did? Was it me? Was I not good enough? The thoughts ran impulsively through my mind as I cried. I couldn’t stop the thoughts.

I started running through the woods. I ran and ran. I ran until I couldn’t run any longer, my body giving out from beneath me. I collapsed by an old oak tree. I curled into the fetal position and cried, and soon, darkness took over. When I finally awoke, I was back at my house, laying on the couch in the living room.

“Goddess, you scared me,” Braxton said, standing from the chair and rushing toward my side. I looked down and noticed that I was still wearing Jaxon’s hoodie. I prayed to the Goddess that he wouldn’t notice, or if he did, he wouldn’t say anything.

“Sorry, I went on a walk last night and must have fallen asleep,” I said, trying to sit up. He helped me up and looked at me for a few moments.

I could sense his unease. Like he was having a hard time believing me. I had never lied to him before, but before, I never really had anything to lie about. This was a first for me, and I was surprised at how easy it was for me to lie.

“Are you okay?” he asked as he studied me.

“Yes,” I nodded. “Just tired,” I said with a soft smile.

“Well, your last day of school is tomorrow, and graduation is on Wednesday,” Braxton said with a soft smile.

He knew that I wasn’t okay, but he didn’t push it.

“And then I leave for New York,” I said.

“Did you want to wait and spend summer here?” he asked.

We had talked about it briefly, and before the other night, I would have stayed for summer…but now I just wanted to leave.

“No, I think it will be best to go to New York early and settle in. I need to find a job and meet Alpha Dale,” I said confidently. Or in my best attempt to remain confident.

“Okay, I will go with you and stay for a week so you can get settled in.”

He smiled before placing a kiss on my forehead and standing up.

“I am going to miss you,” Braxton said before walking out of the room.

He was never good with emotions, so I didn’t say anything. I walked upstairs after a few moments. I knew I was going to cry again, and I certainly didn’t want to do it in front of him.

There was no way that I could tell him what had happened on prom night. He would lose it, and I didn’t want that. He was one of Jaxon’s friends and he was preparing to take the gamma position once Jaxon took over as alpha. I could only hope that he believed me and wouldn’t question it further.