“Come inside,” Tyson said, and I huffed, annoyed, but got out anyway. Looking down the driveway toward the front of the house, I could hear Ace and Melana arguing. She was angry about something.
Walking down the driveway, they were arguing on the front lawn. Melana’s face turned red as she screamed at him.
“What do you mean, Ace? What? I am suddenly not good enough for you? I have been for the past five years!” she screamed at him.
“You knew this, Melana. This was only fooling around. I made that crystal clear. You have a mate out there somewhere. We agreed this was nothing more than sex. Now leave, please,” Ace argued with her.
“Come,” Tyson said, tugging on my arm when Melana’s eyes snapped to me.
“You! This is all your fault! If you had just stayed at school, this would never have happened!” she said, turning to me.
“What are you talking about?” I asked her, stopping on the bottom step of the porch.
“Melana, time to go. Now!” Ace said, becoming angry. His body started to tremble, and Tyson tried to pull me inside.
“No! Fuck you, Ace! Everything is always about her! I am fucking over it. Five years and you toss me away like fucking garbage!”
“I told you so many times already, Melana. This was nothing serious. Now, time to go. Don’t make me command you,” Ace told her, walking toward the house. Melana grabbed his arm, and he tried to push her away when her hand suddenly connected with his face. His cheek turned red from her slap, the noise loud as her palm connected with his cheek. The sight of her touching him was one thing, but seeing her hit him made my blood boil. I didn’t understand my actions, yet I still couldn’t control the burning hatred that swept over me before I attacked her.
We both hit the ground in a heap as I landed on top of her before punching her in the face. She growled as her head whipped to the side before punching me in the boob. I grunted before she kicked me off, and I fell to my side.Low blow, I thought to myself before getting to my feet just as she shifted. Her patchy brown wolf lunged at me, and I stumbled back out of her way. Ace and Tyson rushed toward us, trying to break it up, when she lunged again. I was faster, being more vampire than wolf, and I kicked her in the ribs. Her body hurtled into Ace’s car parked on the grass, an outline of her body crinkling the door. Melana shook out her fur before turning toward me, about to attack when Atticus jumped in her path. His teeth bared as he snapped her, and she whimpered, baring her neck to him and lying on her stomach.
Tyson gripped my arm, ripping me toward the house and up the steps when I saw Atticus walk over to her, sniffing her, making me growl at him. I couldn’t understand my sudden surge of jealousy at him being so close to her. Atticus growled at her, and she darted off up the side of the house just as Tyson pulled me through the front door.
“Lucy, enough! Let Ace deal with her.”
“I don’t want him fucking near the whore!” I yelled at him, struggling against his grip.
“Enough, Lucy. We have had enough drama today,” Tyson said, pushing me onto the couch in the living room.
I heard car tires screeching outside before hearing the sound of metal on metal, making me jump.
I could hear Ace had shifted back and was yelling at Melana. Tyson walked off quickly to the front door before I heard him use his Alpha voice. The screen door banged as he threw it open.
“Enough, Melana! Leave, or I will banish you!” Tyson snapped at her. I shivered, feeling his aura even inside. The revving of her car stopped before I heard her leave.
“Was that fucking necessary, Tyson?” I heard Ace yell at Tyson.
“Well, you weren’t going to do it,” Tyson told him, walking back inside.
“I said I would handle her. You had no right meddling in my relationships!” Ace snapped at him.
“She isn’t yours. But, hey, you want her? Go right ahead Ace, and mark her,” Tyson told him. My chest lurched at the thought of Ace making her, nausea filling my stomach at Tyson’s words. I didn’t understand why it bothered me so much.
“I wanted things to end on good terms, Tyson. Not cause more conflict.”
“I warned you about this, Ace. Now get inside so we can speak to Lucy,” Tyson told him. I heard Ace growl before hearing footsteps of him leaving.
“What about Lucy?” I heard Tyson call after him.
“We can deal with it tomorrow. I need to fix this shit because you just made things fucking worse!” Ace snapped at him.
“Fuck her, Ace. She doesn’t mean shit. Get inside. Melana can drop off the face of the earth for all I care,” Tyson told him. I got up, not wanting to hear anymore, and knowing Ace was leaving to see Melana ticked me off.
Chapter fifteen
Walkingdownthehallway,I heard Tyson walk back inside but I quickly rushed to the bathroom. I locked the door before turning on the shower. Getting undressed, I heard Tyson knock on the bathroom door.
“Lucy, are you okay?”