Chapter 32: Misgivings and the Moon
The three she-wolves blocked my path to the bathroom on the stairway’s landing. In the middle was Tonya, Felix’s most recent ex, clad in a red dress so tight it looked painted on. She had olive skin, deep brown eyes and long, bone-straight black hair. Flanking her were Calix’s ex, Avery, in a blue sequin mini dress with her shoulder-length light blonde hair, blue eyes and pale skin, and Alex’s ex, Sandra, with her long vibrant red hair, green eyes and light sprinkling of freckles across rosy skin. Sandra wore a micro-mini
dark green velvet dress. Currently all six eyes had turned black and were filled with envy and hatred. All three outfits were splattered with my vomit.
“I’m so so so sorry, girls,” I said feebly.
“For stealing our boyfriends or for ruining our clothes?” Bellowed Sandra.
“I didn’t steal them, they’re my mates and they chose to break up with you!” I retorted. “I’m sorry for the clothes!” I specified, my temper rising.
“You little b***h!” Cried Sandra trying to grab me by my wrist. I was furious now too. My wolf was snarling, jealous and threatened and outraged. I snatched my hand away from Sandra and literally growled at her, baring my canines. Something the old Chasity or perhaps, Charity, would have never done
Sandra recoiled a little. Tonya and Avery glared. “So you think you’re hot stuff now, huh, you think you’re actually worth something now?!” Spat Avery.
“Not a chance!” Added Sandra venomously.
I rolled my eyes.
“You should have heard the horrible things they used to say about you!” Said Tonya. That actually made me a little worried. My eyes widened a bit “Didn’t they tell you all the awful stuff they said about you to everyone including us?” Asked Sandra in
mock innocence.
“Especially us!” Corrected Avery.
That stung a little. Had the triplets insulted me behind my back? They used to do so to my face but this felt worse somehow like they must have truly disliked me. Tonya smirked.
“Felix would go on and on about how fat and pathetic you were! How your cooking sucks and you always gave attitude as a maid when you should just be grateful that their parents let your poor ass stay in the pack house,” snarled Tonya.
“Alex thought you were ungrateful too and that you didn’t deserve to live in the pack house because you had no respect for any of them and were entitled!” Growled Sandra.
“Calix said you broke his nose when you were little but still constantly played the victim as if you
were so innocent when you were just as vicious if not more!” Hissed Avery.
I took a deep breath, fighting back tears. The girls seemed satisfied,
“Alex, Baby!” Squealed Sandra suddenly, tossing her long flaming red hair. “Look at what this brat did to me!” She shrieked, gesturing towards her dress.
My heart plummeted. For one horrifying second, I thought Alex was rushing up the stairs to cormfort
Sandra. He would take her in his arms and say she was beautiful right in front of me and then my heart
would break. It would shatter. Alex bounded up the stairs and my wolf and I waited terrified. He came to us and snatched me up, enveloping me in his arms.
US
“Little Luna!” He murmured against my skin, his face buried in my neck. “Are you ok? What
happened? Where’d you run off to?”
“I had to use the bathroom,” I said softly.
“Did you?” He asked. I shook my head. Alex spotted the open door behind the three she-wolves on
the landing leading to a white-tiled bathroom.
“Excuse us, ladies,” he said politely but indifferently. “Alex!” Shrieked Sandra. “She vomited on us!” Cried Sandra, disgusted.
“She’s sick,” said Alex matter-of-factly, “and if you hadn’t blocked her way to the bathroom you wouldn’t have gotten vomited on.”
“You hated her! You called her a burden and…” screeched Sandra.
“ENOUGH !” Said Alex loudly in his Alpha voice. The three girls stiffened.“ Move, now!” They were compelled to obey and fled downstairs. Alex took me into the bathroom and locked the door. I made him face the wall while I used the bathroom. I washed my hands and then Alex made me wash my face and sip some water. He patted my head with a cool damp towel. My skin was flushed and my head ached. He carried me down the stairs. He got some ibuprofen for me. I took that.
“How’s she feeling?” Came a soft high-pitched voice. I was sitting on the kitchen counter and Alex was
holding me firmly by the waist so I would not fall over. The room still swam before my very eyes but it no
longer spun round and round haphazardly.
I looked in the direction that the voice had come from: Roxie, Felix’s ex girlfriend prior to Tonya. I
sighed.
“She’s doing ok,” said Alex, smiling.
“Could I talk to her for a minute?” Asked Roxie sheepishly. I tried to hide in Alex’s jacket.
“I’ll be right in the pantry looking for a snack for you. You need to eat something!” Said Alex.
“Help yourself! You know where everything is!” Encouraged Roxie.
Roxie sat on the counter next to me. I looked away from her, focused on siting up straight. Mina and Tina had been driven home after they both drunkenly fell off the porch and into the snow and they had
needed to get out of their cold wet things.
“I know Tanya, Sonia and… Avalon,” she began, somewhat unsure of herself.
“None of those names are right,” I said frankly.
She grinned. “Well you know who I mean, those girls, they were giving you a tough time. That was
how it always was when you were dating one of the triplets. Girls would be
so jealous. They’d be catty,
calling me names, messing with my clothes while I was in the gym shower and they even sabotaged my art piece for the fair. They slashed the painting up,” said Roxie.
I looked at her my mouth agape. “But, you’re popular! You’re outgoing! You’ve always had…friends, money!” I said waving my hands all over this colossal house. “You’re pretty,” I mumbled, feeling self-conscious.
“None of those things made any difference. Everyone hoped to be Luna and they acted crazily over it. Alex’s girlfriend at the time, my friend Clair dealt with the same thing. So did Rosie! She was Calix’s girlfriend,” Roxie explained. “But people who behave that way aren’t worth your time. Any self-respecting
girl would let go when a guy meets his mate.”
“Why did you and Felix break up?”I asked.
Moxie smiled. “I met my mate, Deacon,” she said, her eyes lighting up. “And Felix was so happy for me. He really was. He hoped to find his mate soon too! He was never quiet about how much he wanted to meet her.”
Thad never gotten the point of werewolf relationships where you know you’ll have to break up
because the person isn’t your mate but to each his own. I felt a little insecure that Moxie broke up with
Felix and not the other way around.
“Also, the relationship wasn’t perfect, we did fight, We’d argue a lot. He called me Charity by accident
Comments
The readers' comments on the novel: Her Triplet Alphas by Joanna J