Alpha - Forever #1 (Sample of Published Book)

Chapter 4 - Part 2

Scarlett

In my first class of the morning, my annoyance grew when Blake breezed into the room and dropped into the seat at the desk next to me.

I glared at him and he smiled back. He was deliberately trying to annoy me and I could feel my temper spring to life. Not wanting him to get the reaction he was working for, I turned to look out of the window and ignored him as best I could.

"Not talking to me this morning?" he asked in a teasing tone. Ignoring him wasn't helping, so I swung my gaze back to him as I gripped my pen in my hand tightly to try and keep my temper under control.

He leaned back lazily in the seat, smiling at me when he noticed I was trying to keep my temper under control. I so wanted to wipe that smile off his face.

"Leave me alone," I hissed at him in a whisper, not wanting to cause a scene. The class was starting to fill up.

"I wish I could, but I can't," he said cryptically as he leaned forward. His smile began to wane. I could see the joking was over and he was very serious.

"We can't leave you alone," he added.

I was about to ask him who was the 'we' he was referring to and why they couldn't leave me alone when the teacher walked in the classroom. Blake's gaze held mine until I turned to face the teacher.

I wasn't going to let him say things like that to me without explaining further, so when the class ended I made sure I grabbed his arm just as we exited the classroom.

"You need to explain what you meant earlier," I told him as he turned to face me. His usual light-hearted and teasing look was gone as he looked at me.

"I can't tell you," he explained and then added, "Just know that Cade and I are the good guys."

With no further explanation, he turned and walked away from me and I was tempted to throw a book at him.

If I was confused before, I was even more confused now. They kept spinning one riddle on top of another. I had no idea what they were talking about and they wouldn't explain.

Frustrated, I stalked to my next class. Like the day before, I kept getting strange looks from most of the students.

By lunchtime, I was tired of going around in circles in my mind. On my way to the cafeteria, I made up my mind. I wanted answers and I was going to get them.

I walked into the cafeteria and spotted the person who was going to give me the answers I wanted.

Cade was sitting at the large table on the one side of the cafeteria where the strange smell of fresh rain was the strongest. I still needed to figure out why most of the students smelled so distinctive.

I walked determinedly to the table. This morning he'd wanted to talk to me and now I was ready to talk. His eyes fastened onto me as I reached the table. The conversation died down when the other students sitting with him noticed me.

I recognized that the blond guy who had stood beside Cade yesterday was sitting across from him. He looked to Cade and arched an eyebrow.

"I want to talk to you," I informed Cade. He glanced to the blond guy and it was like they were having a conversation without words.

"I thought you didn't want to talk," Cade said as his eyes locked with mine. A shiver of awareness ran through me; I hated the way I reacted to him.

"And now I do," I said, feeling my temper beginning to grow. I crossed my arms over my chest to keep myself from slapping him.

I'd never met such an infuriating man and I seemed to lose my temper around him more easily than usual.