Alexia Eden (FairyTales Don't Exist) (28 page)

“Oh sweet thing please don’t cry.” He says with such sincerity and he wipes my tears away. “Let’s get you outta here and away from this horrible woman.”

I try pull away but he gives me an irritated look and then he growls, “Alexia, you ARE coming with me, we can do this the easy way and I won’t hurt you or I will let my wolf out and see what he can do. He wants to mark you desperately, I’m keeping him at bay but if you make it difficult for me I will let him do as he pleases with you!”

I tremble in his hold as he pulls me to his bike, he takes his leather jacket off , puts it on me then climbs on the bike pulling me behind him, he pulls my hand to wrap it around his waist. He starts his bike and speeds off up the hill, I close my eyes and think about what Georgina just said, through my eye lids I can see the light from the street lamps blinking past and I can feel the tears falling but the wind dries them up before they even make it to my cheeks.

I feel the bike stopping and I look up to see we are at an apartment complex. I get off the bike and before he can get off I sprint out of the parking area to the side of the building to where I see bushes, I continue to run and I can hear his heavy foot steps behind me. I look behind me just as he tackles me to the floor  knocking the wind out of me. I turn around and try push him off but he’s too strong and heavy he won’t budge. I try remember everything I’ve learnt as I kick him, he moves slightly giving me a gap to run but just as quick as I get up, I’m already back on the ground with him on top of me.

“Please just let me go Greg…Please.” I start crying out of breath.

“Tsk…tsk…tsk, don’t cry baby girl. You’re starting to make me really angry and if you don’t keep quiet and follow my orders I’ll make sure you have something to cry about when we get into my house.” He whispers in a gruff angry voice.

He picks my body up over his shoulder and walks with me back to his apartment. I’m kicking and thrashing in his arms. And then I start screaming when the thought of what he’s going to do to me when we get inside comes to my head. I need someone to hear me…to help me. He starts running and we get to his door he opens the door and when we get inside he puts me down and locks the door behind him.

He turns to looks at me and I shiver at the rage in his face that is glaring back at me. I turn to run and find an escape but he grabs his leather jacket, I unzip it and run free up a staircase tripping a few times. I reach the end of the hallway and dash into the only room that has a door open. I try to close the door behind me but he’s already got his leather boot in the way, I stumble backwards. Looking around I realize I’m in a room, a manly messy room. I look back to where Greg is standing and he has a smile on his face.

I’m in his room…

He starts walking toward me then he takes his shirt off revealing his hard defined stomach and muscular form. If I wasn’t in this situation right now I would admire the view and appreciate how good looking he  is but all I can think about when I see all that muscle is how easy it would be for him to hold me down. How easy for him it has been so far.  I keep backing away till I can feel the back of my legs against his bed, I quickly turn to jump over his bed but he catches me. He falls on top of me, with his chest against my back and his crotch against my ass. I’m struggling, trying to push him away and yell at him but he’s just holding me down firmly until he turns me over roughly and straddles me. He pulls my body so that it’s lying in the middle of the bed.

“Cupcake if you don’t stop wiggling I’m going to tie you up.” he says as he moves the hair from my face gently.

“Please Greg…Don’t do this please…why are you doing this to me?” I cry out loud again and I can see pain flash across his face.

“I want you Alexia...Why don’t you want me? Am I not good enough for you? Is that it?” he says as he leans down to me and nuzzles my neck and I stiffen underneath him.

Why do wolves do that?

The agony in his voice makes me feel his pain and I feel sorry for him even though I know I shouldn’t. I know what it feels like to not be wanted and to not feel good enough for anyone and I just needed someone to give me a hug and tell me everything will be okay. I know what it feels like when you don’t have anyone that loves you or even wants you, you stick to whatever you can get even if it is unhealthy. You will do whatever you can to get some sort of affection and sense of love. Even after the way Drake treated me and hurt me that one night, I was quick to forgive him because I needed the affection he would offer me afterward and I needed to feel loved by someone, even if the person I wanted to love me didn’t. I shudder as I think about Georgina.

 I don’t know where my braveness comes from and even though I’m shaking and frightened right now I get the courage to do what I wanted someone to do to me all these years I felt unwanted, I gently put my trembling hands on the sides of his head and he slowly rises looking down at me with such sorrow. 

"It’s not that you are not good enough for me, you scare me. Look at how you acted the first time I met you and how you treated me today? You take what you want without thinking. You will find the perfect person for you Greg, but she’s not me. I’m sorry…” I say softly as a tear falls down my face and I notice his wet cheeks too. I lean up and kiss his cheek softly, I feel him tense underneath me not expecting it.

He bends down and holds me tight and I wrap my arms around his back as this beast, which I thought was a monster, cries like a delicate baby in my arms.

“I’m so sorry Alexia, I swear I didn’t mean to hurt you or shout at you. I just thought that I could make you like me. I’m so sorry. I will take you home now I promise.” He says through a rough voice wiping the tears away and getting off me.

“It’s okay Greg, I don’t really have anywhere to go, if you just wana hang out for a bit? I don’t think … Georgina really wants me around.” I say as I wipe a tear away.

“I’m sorry cupcake, I heard what she said. I had shitty parents too. You deserve much better.” he says taking my hand in his.

“Greg you’re a good guy too you know, you just need to stop with the drugs and stealing young girls.” I tease earning me a chuckle from him.

“You’re the only girl I stole and I don’t do drugs I just deal them.” He says. “I’m going to stop but it’s the only way I can make a living. I was fine when I had my mate but she died and my parents went rogue, the pack instantly took a disliking to me and it kinda made me an outcast. I have my teaching degree but the school here won’t take me. I don’t know how much longer I can stay in this pack Alexia, to be honest…I’ve been thinking of leaving.” He says sadly.

“Do you really want to leave?” I ask him and he nods.

“I know people from the Fort Hills Pack, if I can get them to accept you do you promise me you will stop dealing with drugs. There’s a school and a college there so you might even find work, I can ask if you like?” I tell him.

He looks up to me in surprise and a huge smile comes across his face. “Really? You would do that for me?”

“I can try? But you just can’t tell Frankie that I had anything to do with you leaving if they accept you, okay?”
 

“Thank you so much.” he says as he grabs me in for a hug, he releases me and takes my hand.

“Come with me, I want to show you something that I know will cheer you up.” he pulls me with him and we head out the door toward the woods.

We walk a little while and he’s still holding my hand, we come to a clearing and we end up on a cliff face looking down at the entire town with the full moon right above. The view is spectacular.

“Wow…this is amazing!” I whisper to myself.

“It’s beautiful isn’t it?” he says as he sits on an old tree stump. I sit on the floor next to his legs and enjoy the view.

I reflect on all the things that have happened since I arrived at this town and the recent events including Georgina telling me I’m not her daughter. I don’t understand how she can say that? It doesn’t tie up with what Alex and Johnny have been telling me, have they been lying to me also?
Is everyone in on this?
And what’s with the whole Drake and Chelsea thing? I knew he was lying when I asked him why he wasn’t wearing underwear and he stumbled with words. I feel so dirty and used by everyone…I feel so betrayed.

I wipe away the tears that fall and lean my head against Greg’s leg. He places his hand on my head and rubs it gently.

I guess we are in the same boat.

He suddenly stiffens beneath me and I watch him as he smells the air, “Rogues!” he says as he jumps up.

Can’t I get a damn break?

“We need to get you out of here NOW.” He says but it’s too late, two large guys fully clothed come out of the bush. Greg pushes me behind him.

“Well Roger look at this pretty thing, do you mind sharing brother? We are just passing through and looking for someone to keep us warm tonight …if you know what I mean.” The one guys chuckles.

“Stay away from her
brother
. What are you doing on our land?” Greg says.

Roger says, “Billie and I are just passing through like he said, now… hand over the girl or we will take her from you.” he growls.

“I guess you are just going to have to take her from me then.” Greg says as he charges for them punching Roger in the face knocking him to the floor, he goes for Billie but Billie has turned into this raggedy dirty brown wolf and jumps Greg, He bites his leg and Greg yells in pain as he tries kicking the wolf, the wolf goes for Greg’s neck and I scream out. “NO!”

I feel my body burning again and my eyes are probably flaming silver, the anger is flowing through me and all I can picture is ripping the rogues to shreds. The still night now has sudden rough winds that start to blow wildly, I can feel my long hair whipping at my face. The three boys are looking at me with scared looks on their faces; the rogues can feel my anger.

I stare at Roger who is now standing up and staring at me in awe. I focus all this built up energy pulsing through me directly on him and what I would like to do to him. Soon he is writhing in pain on the floor and I can hear his bones breaking but he’s not changing. He clutches his chest over his heart and suddenly he goes quiet and falls down limply. The wolf starts growling at me and starts backtracking but I'm not letting him go that easily, I focus all my hate and anger on him and soon he too is howling in pain on the floor before passing out. I'm not sure how but my body knew what to do and how to focus the energy on the two rouges. The wind immediately dies down and I can feel my heart beating fast with the adrenaline of what I just did pumping throughout my body.

“Y…you k..killed them!” I hear Greg stutter, I run over to him and I see the blood on his leg and a scratch on his neck.

“I couldn’t let them hurt you! I had to do something, I don’t know how I did it but it…it just happened…” I look at the scratch on his neck and raise my hand to touch it. My fingers start shining and the little silver orbs appear and start healing his wounds. I move to his leg and he sits up to watch, I do the same and the orbs heal him too. Soon he is wound free and staring at me in astonishment.

“How..d..did you d..do that?” He stutters.

“I don’t know. I haven’t figured it out yet but you can’t tell anyone, promise me!” I panic.

“I won’t say a word, thank you Alexia…for everything. I don’t know why you saved me after everything I’ve done to you.”

“I did it because we are alike…we are both lost souls looking for a purpose….” I tell him and he gives me a sad nod.

“We need to get back.” I say as he gets up. He says he will get rid of the rogues bodies after he takes me home.

We start walking through the bushes when the pain starts to make itself known, the pain I took away from Greg. I fall to the ground grabbing my neck then grabbing my leg. It feels as if my flesh is being ripped apart but there are no scratches on my leg or neck. Greg looks down at me and he immediately realizes what’s happening to me.

“God No Alexia, why did you heal me if you knew you were going to take the pain?” he picks me up bridal style and walks with me back to his apartment.

“It’s fine, it hurts only for a few seconds then it disappears, it’ll be gone in no time…” I say through gritted teeth.

He holds me tight against his chest as the pain subsides. I hear car doors slamming and I see Ronny climb out of her car as Drake and Jax climb out of Jax’s car, they all look angry. I tell Greg to put me down and he listens. The boys come storming up to us and I stand in front of Greg.

“What the fuck did you do to her?” Drake yells.

“Didn’t we have this conversation already? I told you to stay away from her!” Jax roars making both Greg and myself flinch.

They storm up towards him. “No stop! Don’t hurt him! He helped me, rogues attacked us…he killed them.” I say as I push against Jax and Drakes chest, I can see shock in their eyes and I see their anger fade.

“When was this? Your mom told Amber he took you? What’s going on?” Ronny declares.

“She’s not my mother…and no he didn’t… he saved me from
her
.” I say looking back at Greg and his face turns from shock to gratitude.

I look back at my friends and they look confused.

“You’re coming home with me while they sort the bodies out, let’s go.” Ronny says as she tugs at my hands.