“Yep. The same way it must suck for you that he tossed you aside after five years because he was only fucking you to pass the time, not because he actually wanted you,” I retorted, downing the rest of my cup and placing it in the sink.
“Is that all you wanted to speak about, Melana? Because I really haven’t got the time to listen to you whine about my mate,” I told her, opening the door. When I did, I saw her car wasn’t empty. I stared shocked as I looked at her, my blood boiling in my veins. Josie was sitting in the passenger seat of Melana’s car.
Chapter forty
Iwalkedout,andshe spotted me, a grin splitting on her face. She opened the car door and got out.
“Lucy!” She smiled like we were best friends, and she didn’t try to destroy my reputation by making me out to be some whore.
“How fucking dare you show your face here after what you did!” I told her, walking down the steps. She stopped in front of me, and I pulled my arm back and punched her. She squealed, clutching her nose before pulling her hands away that were drenched in blood just as my head was suddenly jerked back by my hair.
“That’s my sister!” Melana screamed, but I twisted in her grip before punching her in the stomach. She gasped before letting go, and I stood upright, only for Josie to punch the side of my head. I growled at her.
“You are a fucking bitch! A bloody whore, Lucy! It wasn’t bad enough you took him from me, Now you are taking Ace from Melana. Is no man safe around you?” Josie screamed at me before wiping her nose.
“What the fuck are you talking about?” I snapped at her.
“You know Avery and Aamon sent him off, And now he will spend the rest of his life burning and being tortured by her prick of a father! Just because he told you he didn’t want you and you were jealous of me!” she screamed at me.
I tried to piece what she was saying together before it finally registered. I snorted.This is fantastic! It now makes so much sense.
“Mr. Tanner? Are you fucking serious, Josie?”
“Don’t deny it, Lucy. I saw you running from his office, and then to say he tried to rape you,” she scoffed, shaking her head.
“You have no idea what you are talking about, Josie. I was not sleeping with Mr. Tanner. He was a predator. A fucking predator! And you and I were his prey. I can’t believe you were stupid enough to fall in love with a monster like that,” I told her.
“He loves me,” Josie said, shaking her finger in my face.
“Loves you? Is that what you think? Josie, he was grooming you. He didn’t love you. Did you sleep with him?”
“He does love me. You just had to go and ruin it, like you ruined everything. You destroy everything you touch, Lucy!” she screamed at me, tears streaking down her face. I could hear car tires in the distance, and Melana looked down the driveway before looking at me with a smirk on her face.
“Josie, you are wrong. Mr. Tanner was not a lover. You are supposed to be my friend. How could you say those things about me? What the fuck did I do to you?” I asked her. Like how could she not see Mr. Tanner was just using her? He didn’t love her. He was a sick, perverted freak.
“He is a sick bastard, is what he is.” I told her.
Her face twisted in anger before she lunged at me and tackled me. I hit the ground, landing on my elbow before I slapped her. Rolling her off, I climbed on top of her and tried restraining her arms beside her head.
“Josie, he doesn’t love you. Why can’t you see that?” I asked her when I suddenly choked on my breath. I felt something cold slide into my body between my ribs, making me gasp before I sputtered and choked on my words. I felt something warm soak my shirt, and I looked down to see a knife jammed in my ribs. I looked at it and pulled it out, wondering how it got there, when I looked up and saw Melana slicing herself to pieces with her claws.
I feel my lungs filling with blood, making me cough blood all over Josie’s face just as I heard a car stop, and suddenly Ace stepped into view. Melana was screaming frantically that I had attacked her and was trying to kill Josie. Josie was sobbing beneath me, and I actually wondered if I’d stepped into an alternate reality. Shit like this just didn’t happen.How could I be this unlucky in life?As if I didn’t have enough going on, I now had to defend myself against my own mate from his psycho ex.
Ace growled, and I looked up at him, his face twisted in rage. I gulped, yet I was finding it easier to breathe as I slowly healed. Melana was soaked in blood from her self-inflicted injuries, and Josie was thrashing beneath me, trying to get me off her.
Ace grabbed my arm, pulling me up and off Josie, and I saw Melana fight back from smiling out of the corner of my eye.
“Lucy, are you alright?” Ace asked. Melana’s face fell, and I looked at him, shocked.
“She just attacked us, And she was going to kill Josie! Just because Josie told her some home truths. She is a fucking psycho, Ace! A danger to the pack!”
“What truths are those?” Ace asked, looking down at Josie. Josie cowered away from his glare but didn’t answer. Instead, Melana did.
“That she is a homewrecking lying whore, that’s what. And then she attacked us.” Melana feigned innocence.
“This is un-fucking-believable,” I muttered, shaking my head.
“No, it is very believable,” Ace said, and my stomach dropped. Melana grinned triumphantly.