Girl Gone Rogue (The Shadow Hunters #2)

8. Blue Cave

     "Nothing that concerns you."

     "It does if she was the reason I woke up this morning with her screaming like a fucking banshee. She could easily become an opera singer with a pair of those lungs."

     She was here since the morning?

     Hmm.

     "She isn't important. Let's drop this line of conversation." Alexei's jaw tightened in warning. 

     I bit my tongue to avoid speaking. In fact, I wanted to usher Alexei to the Alpha's office so I could do a full-on interrogation, demanding why there was a woman screaming her head off at him. The only reason I didn't pull him by the ear was because I had some pride. I didn't want to look like I cared. There wasn't anything between Alexei and I. He could do whatever he wanted. I had no say in his life as much as he did on mine.

     "What are you doing here?" Alexei asked.

     "I'm going to train with Aella for a little bit."

     He nodded, "Good. You could use a bit of refinement in combat."

     That was it. I was going to murder this man in his sleep. If he wanted to see 'refinement', I would gladly show him how much help Aella was giving me.

     "Woah kids, let me just excuse myself from this tension." Tatum slipped by, holding his cup of coffee close to his wide chest as if he thought we'd spill it.

      "We'll train on Friday." Alexei informed me as the other man left, leaving us on the porch. Alone. "Have you practised trying to let your wolf out?"

     "You know I haven't been successful."

     "Keep trying."

     "Aye aye Captain."

     "That mouth of yours will get you into trouble one day." His gaze dropped to the said mouth in question. I stifled an eye-roll.

     "Alright Sensei, if we're done here-"

     "Sensei?" He stopped me by holding onto my wrist. There was a hint of laughter dancing in his eyes. I ignored the warmth of his touch as he examined my hand, "How long have you been wanting to say that to me?"

     "For that question to be further inspected, one would assume that I think about you a lot."

     His fingers slowly stroked along the sensitive skin of my wrist, "So I don't occupy your thoughts?"

     "Not in the slightest." I retracted my hand before he began to get other ideas. I wasn't going to risk his face hovering too close to my hand.

     "I'll see you on Friday Penelope."

     "Stop calling me Penelope. It's Pen." I corrected to his retreating back as he disappeared inside the Pack House.

     When he was out of sight, Aella came through the front door with a big, wide grin. Her lips were noticeably red, taking on a bee-stung effect. "You ready to go?"

     "Looks like you got some something something this morning." I raised an amused brow.

     "Don't even start Pen." Aella flushed, "It's too early in the morning."

     "Just kidding. Let's go kick some ass."

     By the time our training session ended, I had already forgotten about the chip in my pocket until I fished it out at home when I prepared for a shower. I groaned in frustration, squeezing it in my palm. "You had one job Pen. One job." I palmed my forehead with a helpless groan.