Chapter 48
Ariel woke up to a rather lonely bed—no surprise there; Kane was probably the busiest person she knew; hence, it was justified—the sun shining brightly on her face, the birds chirping sweetly in their trees, or maybe it was just her imagination.
She shook her limb in a full stretch, a wide smile on her face. His bed was the most comfortable she had ever slept on, and she never wanted to leave it again.
She reluctantly left the bed, her eyes catching the bright neon stick note on the nightstand. As usual, her curiosity won over, and she picked it up.
‘Hey baby, I believe you had a good rest. You look so beautiful in your sleep that I was afraid to wake you up. I figured out you might be hungry, so I made breakfast for you. Be careful; I may have added a bit of a love portion. Kane.’
A soft blush crept up her neck, painting her face with a gentle warmth as she stared at the beautiful penmanship. She read the letter again and again until she could recite it offhand.
Who knew Kane could be so romantic?
She hopped all the way to his kitchen, and she returned back, balancing the tray of breakfast made with love in her hands.
And just for show, she took a picture of the tray and sent it to Kane with the caption, ‘I will eat it in love.’
I guess this relationship thing isn’t so bad. Ariel mused as she took a bite of the pancake.
Maybe it was because it was Kane, but that was the best breakfast she had ever had.
Ariel made her way to the training room, her feet light on the ground as she walked.
Today was going to be a good day; she could feel it in her bones. Or maybe not…
“I hate her so much; she is such a whore, a fucking whore. She is so pathetic that she seduced my alpha, and now she is acting all high and mighty…”
Ariel didn’t need a soothsayer to tell her that they were talking about her. She was grateful for the fact that the training room had a transparent door, and she could see the lady that was yapping her mouth.
Ariel opened the door gently, white with rage, but she held on, letting it fuel her as she marched towards the person.
Thwack!
Her palm connected to the lady’s cheeks squarely, the sound echoing through the room and driving fear in the hearts of everyone that stood there.
The lady held her face in disbelief, unable to fathom what had just happened, but Ariel’s didn’t give her any breathing space.
“What did you call me?”
The yapper was tempted to say something in retaliation, but she was well aware of what Kane would do, and she swallowed her words. “Nothing,”
Thwack!
“Say it to my face!”
There was no response from the lady, and Ariel struck the reddened cheek with a resounding slap, not caring for the pain it caused her.
“I thought you were a werewolf. You should have a good sense of smell, and you should know when he did fuck me.”
Thwack!
This time, she put all her strength into it, and it landed with a sickening smack. So hard that the lady’s head was snapping back with the force.
“I know you don’t like me, but I can assure you that Kane will never like you.” Ariel said each word to her face slowly, taunting her. “You can do whatever you like, but you will NEVER GET HIM!”
And that was the straw that broke the camel’s back.
Ariel didn’t see the open fist coming; if she had, she would have done everything to avoid it. But it was too late.
The woman's hand connected to her face with the force of a lightning bolt striking her cheeks without warning, and Ariel’s head jerked back from the impact, her ears ringing from the force.
A gasp echoed throughout the crowd; their mouths hung open and their eyes wide open as they watched the event unfold. No one had expected it, not even Ariel.
If Ariel had thought that her hands hurt from slapping a werewolf, it was nothing compared to the sting of the slap from a fully grown wolf.
“Fuck! She cried out from the pain.
The pain was a burning sensation, like a fire igniting on her skin and sending a red signal through all her nerve cells. Ariel pressed her palm to her cheeks, trying to provide a cooling sensation to wash over the pain, but it was almost fruitless.
She felt a surge of shock and disbelief coursing through her blood, but the slap had awakened a deep well of emotions within her, with one very prominent.
Revenge.
A tiny part of her brain already knew that this was what was going to happen if she continued taunting the lady, and now that it had, she wasn’t going to let it slide.
It was time to teach them who they were actually messing with. Werewolf or not, no one was going to disrespect her in this pack again.
The lady, whose name Ariel didn’t know or even cared to know, could sense the change in the atmosphere, and she snarled, her teeth bloody from the slaps, but she wore them proudly.
“Are you sure you want to do that, human?” The woman scoffed, spitting out the human like a sour word, but Ariel wasn’t fazed.
She had encountered bullies before, and the first thing they would always do was demean you and bring you down with their words.
It was all a waste of time, no matter what she said, Ariel wasn’t going to back down.
“Bertha!” The lady in charge of the training walked towards them, trying to disperse the tension. “Don’t try what I think you want to do. She is the Alpha’s girl, and you don’t want to incur the wrath of the Alpha.”
Ariel would have laughed if her cheeks weren’t so hurt. Of course, it was only someone with such a nasty character that would be called Bertha.
“I don’t give a fuck!” Bertha refuted, shaking off the hands that were trying to lead her away. “The alpha hasn’t announced her as his mate, and until he does, she means nothing. Nothing but a filthy human.”
“Bertha!” The women echoed their shock, although more than a few of them nodded their heads in agreement with what she was saying, but they weren’t brave enough to talk.
“It is fine.” Ariel said to the woman who was trying to diffuse the fight.
“But..” She looked at Ariel and briefly glanced at the door, and Ariel nodded, getting her message. It wasn’t like they wanted to help her; they were just afraid of what Kane would do.
“It is fine; I will speak to Kane about it and ensure that no one here is punished for whatever happens in this room.”
A loud hiss interrupted her before she could continue her statement. “There she goes, getting all cocky because she is the alpha’s whore.”
Ariel had no words, because there was a little truth in it, but that was the one thing she wanted to stop. She knew that they were always going to associate her with Kane, and while that was good, she wanted to earn their respect in her own way.
That was why she had to do this.