Chapter 27 027
Danica's POV
"I'm not giving you an option, Danica. This is an order... From father. We all know you came here to get close to the Alpha. Why don't you quit that overambitious dream of yours and know your place?" Joey continued, and honestly? Her mentioning that Father wanted me back instead of the encouragement and pride I had imagined hurts. It hurts bad but I didn't let her see how much it affected me.
"I don't need an option, Joey. I'd also suggest you leave quietly right now before someone notices you. Trust me you don't want to meet a certain Scarface who wouldn't hesitate to drop your head right to the ground and I doubt you'd want the Alpha himself to see you here without an invitation" I said calmly. Of course I knew she was here without an invitation, how? Because the Joey I knew would never make her comeback very quiet and sneaky.
She would humiliate me at every chance she got. That much I knew.
"Father isn't going to sit still, Danica. Come back home while we're all being nice to you!" She half yelled, frustrated that I wasn't being the easy sister she was used to.
"Oh, Joey. Did you hear? I passed my trial for today. Just six more trials and I'll be a certified doctor at the royal palace. No one in the entire Grayson lineage had been able to acquire that honor, but I'll be the first. Shouldn't you be happy for me? Why does it feel like you're waiting desperately for me to fail? Why does it feel like you know in your gut that I'm bound to pass and all that delusions you created about this talent being fake would backfire on you, so you just had to do anything to stop me from achieving something this big?" I asked all at once, not giving her a chance to give excuses and she gaped at me like I'd suddenly grown horns over my head.
"Stop being so dramatic and listen to me, Danica. I know you more than you do yourself" She started and of course that is where I interrupted her bottomless speech.
"I beg to differ, Joey. You! Don't. Know. Me. At. All. Not you, not your mother and not even my own father. No one knows me more than I do myself. But, make no mistake, Joey. For I will begin to show you just who I really am right from this day, and going forward." I told her with a proud smile that held no malice because that is exactly what I'm going to do. Not even Doctor Renee's hatred stands a chance to deter me. How much more, a braceless talk from my 'sweet' little concerned sister?
"If you'd excuse me, then... My bed is practicing sobbing to welcome me, right now" I added when she said nothing.
I walked away without so much as a glance backwards. Not even when I heard her muttering how much she was going to make me pay for not listening to her.
I didn't even have the strength to be scared at this point. I just wanted to sleep and talk to my mom about how good I felt while saving lives today but she had to come in and damp my mood drastically.
When I got to the room, Bianca was there, plopped onto my bed with her gaze fixed on something that wasn't in the room before I left this morning.
"A TV???" I exclaimed, flinging off my shoes before rushing towards the bed, eyes glued to the wide screen right across my bed.
"Yeah? You'd be so bored with me gone, I might have indirectly made your mate get it for you" She teased and I immediately glanced around, eyes and senses twice sharpened.
"Hey, be careful how you blab that word here. It's a top secret in my life!" I warned, a death glare taking over my surprised expression.
"Babe! I totally think you should just tell him still. That guy is smitten with you, trust me. No one does this just because a pack member is a talented doctor or just because he is physically attracted to you. He likes you more than you think he does, Danica" she tried again, to convince me but No. I can't do that myself.
I can't get humiliated and rejected brutally again.
I bear three fourths of the pain my wolf is supposed to endure whenever I go through those rejections because I've never even met her officially. I've always been forced to bear all that excruciating pain by myself.
It always felt like my heart was punctured countless times, endlessly till I passed out. And then the aftermath of that ache remains even till now.
"What if he does reject me for the good of the pack? What if he just had to do it, not because he doesn't like me but because it would put the pack at risk? If... If I go through the pain of a rejection one more time, Bianca. I won't survive it. I can't... It would be too much for me and you'll lose me— forever" I told her seriously, my gaze holding no former playfulness whenever I dismissed her opinions about Alexander's feelings for me.
"Fine. Let's just play it safe then, bestie. By the way, your bracelet keeps glowing. It's been a while since it flowed that brightly" Bianca noted and we both stared at the piece for a while until it stopped glowing again.
"I have no idea why it does that..." I trailed off and she sighed.
"What if it isn't just some fashionable piece of bracelet? What if there's some mystery behind it for your mom to ask you never to take it off? What if it's related to you and Alexander being mates?" She said at once and I was beginning to consider it until she said that last sentence.
She giggled at my reaction after she said that.
"You're so persistent, little witch. It would be nice if you could make use of that talent outside this friendship dorm" I told her with a sarcastic smile which she immediately mirrored.
"I know right? But I doubt this stubbornness of yours would do you any good outside this friendship dorm" she retorted in the same tone and we burst out laughing at each other's silliness.
It does feel nice to have a friend like
Bianca after a mind screwing meeting with an enemy.