Chapter 74 The End
“You look gorgeous.” He hugs me into him from behind. Looking at myself in the mirror while I fix the hat to my head.
“Don’t mess up my makeup, please.” I warn him as he kisses my cheek all the way down my neck. “I really don’t need a hickey on the day of our graduation, Alec.”
He pouts but stops his kisses. His hands around my waist tighten slightly when I stop messing with the graduation cap.
“You really do look beautiful, Anneliese. I love you so much.”
He looks very handsome himself. The fancy grey pants looked nice with the dark green dress shirt I forced him to wear.
This year has been heavenly. Well, except for the normal high school shit, it’s been nothing short of perfect. I moved in with Alec shortly after camp ended. It was much easier considering most of my stuff wasn’t unpacked yet from our move to this town. It was quite fun going to school with Alec and his friends. Unfortunately, Beth was in the town over from us, so I couldn’t experience all the high school fun with her. Well, not to the full extent at least.
We still hung out every chance we could. We went to every party that was thrown. I definitely have to build my alcohol tolerance. We pulled pranks on everyone in the little pack. We didn’t spare even Alec. Beth made my year wonderful. She single handedly made my world brighter again.
Although she still doesn’t know about werewolves. I’ve tried to convince Alec to tell her. For my sake, and Kyson’s, but neither would ever give in. Since she’s not someones mate, they can’t tell her. Kinda crapy in my opinion. But it’s not my place to say.
It’s been fun with her and the boys. Even though I’m forever taken, she’s made me feel like I’ve had my own relationships and has definitely made up for all of my relationship drama I was missing out on.
She and Kyson are like fire and water. They are so hot for each other, and then randomly they’ll fight and break up again. It’s been like this for most of their relationship. At this point, I just know if they break up, they always get back together. Even when she went out on several dates just to get at him. Even when he did the same thing. They always got back together.
Even now they’re together, and honestly, as long as one or both of them find some chill in themselves, I wouldn’t be shocked if they married. It would be even better if they were mates, but Kyson shoots me down every time I bring it up or ask. He still swears they aren’t mates even though Alec agrees with me that they love each other like they are. Well, despite the fighting, I guess even mates sometimes fight.
As I learned from one of the pack members and her mate. They fought like cats and dogs. One time at Alec’s parents' house, they came over to drop something off, and we could hear them fighting the second they left the house. They even broke up and cursed each other. But they’re still mates, and they still are madly in love.
I’ve spoken to my parents more frequently throughout the year. It’s still awkward and uncomfortable with them, but it’s getting better. As long as I don’t remember all the people they killed, then I’m fine to be with them. Alec hasn’t seen or spoken to them, I should say, since finding out everything. He’s seen them plenty of times and heard them, though.
He won’t let me go over to their house or see them, even if in public, without him or another pack member nearby to listen. It’s a little uncomfortable knowing most of our conversations are never truly private. But I really don’t mind. It’s nice to know he just wants to protect me. And I don’t ever expect him to trust my parents again. I don’t expect him and will never ask him to move on from what they did or who they were.
Sometimes it causes conflict between us, though. When he doesn’t understand why I still want to see them. But he always comes around for me. I’m lucky to have him. I’m lucky that he loves me more than anything else in this world. That’s what makes him give me more power over dangerous things like my parents.
Cassie has also made it better. She’s been a great therapist in ways. She’s always been there for me to listen to things I can’t and shouldn’t complain to Alec about. She’s helped me with my parents, she’s helped me to trust them again, to love them again. She’s helped me with being used to the secretive life of being a werewolf’s mate. She always jokes I might as well be a werewolf at this point with all the secrets I now have to keep. She’ll always be my right-hand man. In ways that Beth can’t be.
It’s not because of her own doing but because she can’t know.
Noah has also helped fill that void. He’s become someone I will forever consider a friend and confidant.
Living with him has bene quiet interesting, though to say the least. I now see why Alec always complained about his messes. It never fails, Noah almost always leaves a mess somewhere in the house. Somehow, even Alec and my room.
Graduating today with all these people around me is weird. Just a year ago, I was about to start camp. I was new, fresh, and didn’t know anything about myself or the world. I had no friends, and I was nervous as hell, even though I tried to look brave.
I thought my summer's biggest issue would be my lack of friends or my lack of a phone. But somehow it ended up being the world of werewolves, finding my mate, learning about my parents, dealing with mean girls, dealing with saving Alec’s pack amoung others.
But somehow it all worked out. I ended camp alive, happy, and healthy. With a group of friends and people I consider my family. I found my place in the world. I can graduate today happy knowing I’m set.
My future is bright as long as I have Alec and his little pack by my side. And of course Beth. Can never forget Beth.