Chapter Eight

“So, do we walk to talk about it?” I looked over at Cassie, but she was

staring straight ahead. “Cas?”

“Can we pretend like it never happened?” Her voice was small when I pulled her

over to the side of the mall and leaned in.

“Talk to me.”

“What do you want me to say?” She threw up her hands. “It’s miserable being

this weak. Every she wolf with more power out of the ranking demands we do

their work, or their chores, or if we get nice stuff, they take it.” Cas

looked at me and I could feel her pain. “We have no alpha female that protects

us here. The beta and gamma try, but they have their own duties.” Cas wiped

her face. “We have learned to deal with it, and when it really gets bad, then

your dad gets involved.”

“Cas…”

“You aren’t here, and neither is your mom. If you get too involved, then we

just suffer when you leave.” She looked at me and then shook herself. “C’mon,

let’s go pick out jewelry for your dress. Which one are you going to wear?”

“Don’t worry about it. You are going to come over and get ready with me,

right? So I can do your makeup and hair?”

“I don’t have anything to wear.” Cassie looked to the side.

“Nonsense, you will just borrow something of mine. Let’s go pick out some

jewelry.” I wrap my arm in hers and pull her to the store.

“I can wear something of yours?” Cas smiled up at me as we walked into the

store.

“Of course you can. You are my best friend.” I bumped her hip and walked up to

the counter. A set with onyx stones caught my eye. It was stunning. And then a

soft golden number with diamonds. “Excuse me?”

“Yes?” The sales woman walked over and I pointed to the two sets. “You have a

good eye.” She pulled out the sets, and I was amazed.

“I’ll take them.” I smiled.

“I’ll just wrap them up.”

“Hold on a moment.” A new she wolf I had never seen before walked in with

Amanda in tow. “I want that golden number for my niece.”

I turned and smiled at the group of women. “Sorry. I already decided to buy

it.”

The new she wolf puffed out her chest and raised her eyebrow. “Are you the one

that bought the dress before my niece?”

“There must be a misunderstanding. You see, we had the dress first.” I smiled

over at the new wolf, but she just lifted her lip and pushed out her aura. She

was strong for sure, but she didn’t even reach the gamma level.

“You don’t speak to me that way, little girl.”

“Auntie…” Amanda started, but I cut my eyes to her.

“If I were you, I would be very particular about who you speak to like that.”

I smiled at her and cut my eyes to Amanda.

Nix, speak to Amanda’s wolf and forbid them from speaking who I am to her

aunt.

Smart.

Nix pulled away and I watched as Amanda jolted and I smirked.

“Who do you think you are?” She snarled before she looked at the human sales

woman. “I want that necklace for my niece. This little girl can’t afford it.”

“Who says that?” I raise my eyebrow, surprised at the audacity of this wolf.

“I do! Do you know who I am?” She stomped her foot like a child and I just

turned away. I didn’t need nor want to deal with her anymore. “Don’t you turn

your back on me.”

“I don’t care, nor do I want to know who you are.”

“I’m the future…wife of the man in charge here.” She looked smug, and Cassie

and I burst out laughing.

“Please wrap these up for me.” I smiled at the poor sales woman and handed her

my black card. The card was my father’s, but this time around I would make my

own money. My mind drifted back to my previous life, where my father’s pack

went bankrupt due to Brandon and Nix snarled in my mind.

This time, he won’t be able to force us to watch as he wipes out this pack

using our mate bond.

No, he won’t. I promised, this time around, he would regret everything he did

to us.

“I said no.” The woman grabbed for me but I moved out of the way.

“Do not touch me.” Nix growled in my mind. But I held my power in check.

“Here you are, miss.” The sales woman handed me the bag with both sets and my

card back.

“Thank you.” I smiled and wrapped my arm around Cassie’s again. Then I turned

to face the group of women.

I forbade all of them from speaking of us.

Good.

“I will see you all tonight.” I smirked and turned to leave, but the aunt, the

stupid woman, grabbed me again and I let out a low growl. “I already told you

once not to touch me. Soon to be wife or not, I know the man in charge and he

would not want you touching young girls.” I flashed my eyes at her.

“You would do well to give me that necklace.” She growled out.

“And you would do well to remember this interaction tonight.” I ripped my arm

out of her grasp and pulled Cassie out of the store. Once we were a ways away,

I turned to her. “Who was that?”

“Aurora. A she wolf who moved to the pack last year. She has the hots for your

dad and he did seem interested last time I saw them.”

“There is no way.” I shook my head as we headed to my favourite sushi place.

“My dad would never.”

“Well, some of us think he will. And she would be the worst choice for all of

us. She is the one pushing the unranked wolves to push us around. The gamma

and beta won’t step on her toes because the attention your father is giving

her.”

“I will handle him.” We sat down at the booth that the server sat us at and I

clapped my hands. “Now I won’t let her ruin our day. I haven’t had conveyor

belt sushi in so long.” I squealed and Cassie laughed.

“I don’t know why you like this place so much.”

“Because it’s amazing.” Then I grabbed for my plates. “Let’s eat, then we can

go back to the house.” So that’s what we did.