I'd been walking for about fifteen minutes and I was already wishing that I waited for the guys. Don't get me wrong, I love the outdoors and everything but it was just too hot and the school wasn't exactly close. Normally I'd grab a lift with the others but I didn't really want to stick around today in case my dad started up on me again. It was the same old story every day. I'd come down wearing what I wanted to wear and it would be wrong, that I should be proud of my beauty and let the world see it. I just wished he'd realise that that's just not important to me. I know deep down he just wishes I was more like my mother but he needs to get it in his head that I'm not her and I never will be. I hitched my bag onto my shoulder again and wished the heat would let up. Just as I was about to give up, I heard the rumble of an all too familiar car engine coming up the road behind me. As I suspected the car slowed and crawled along the curb beside me.
"Come on Ray get in the car." I heard Chris say.
"Nah I'm good." I replied, not wanting the guys to know I was struggling. "Besides I wouldn't have thought I was your favourite person right now." I said turning to look at him.
"You're always my favourite person. Now get that skinny arse in the car before I get one of the rabble to carry you in." he said smirking.
Looking into his blue eyes that matched my own, I knew he was bluffing. Deciding to surrender, I slowly made my way over to the car. Opening the back passenger door, I climbed into the already overcrowded vehicle and sat on Alec's lap. Most girls would be blushing and excited to be sitting on his lap but it was just an everyday occurrence for me. To be honest most girls would be a mumbling mess around these guys but I was just used to it now, they were my family. Don't get me wrong, they were really attractive. Not that I would ever admit that to them, they didn't need their heads getting any bigger. Alec was the smallest of the bunch, around 6ft tall. He was well built, just like all male wolves, with piercing chocolate brown eyes and messy dirty blonde hair. The twins, Markus and Jared, were like day and night. Markus had pale blue eyes and dark Brown hair whereas Jared, he had hazel eyes and pale blonde hair. The only similarity between them, apart from their sense of humour, was their height they were both about 6ft2. Chris, well he was pretty much the male version of me. A lot of people assumed we were twins. Which to be honest I don't blame them, after all there was only ten months between us. It would be more but I was two months premature. It's still not a huge gap but what can I say. He had the same reddish brown hair colour as me but he shaved it close to his head. He was about the same height as the twins but was a lot bulkier; if it wasn't for the whole wolf thing I'd swear he was on steroids. Finally there was Jai, he stood out from the rest but he was born to stand out. He was around 6ft4 and well-toned, his skin had a tanned golden glow to it. His short dark auburn hair contrasted beautifully with his deep emerald green eyes. He was definitely a sight to behold but being a female wolf and him being an Alpha, I'm bound to be drawn to him. The power he projected called to any female wolf or female in general. A fact that he used to his advantage time and time again. It's enough to make you sick.
"So guys, what were you talking about?" I asked.
"Not a lot but we could talk about the first thing that pops up." Alec said winking at me.
"Alec not cool man, not cool." I replied jumping off him quickly and sitting on the twins. "Hey guys." I said smiling up at them.
"Hey Ray." They chuckled back.
"Ray sit still back there, if you're not careful we'll get pulled over again." Chris said, looking at me through the rear-view mirror.
"Well then you had better tell Alec to behave himself. I swear one more pervy look or comment and I'm punching him." I said glaring at Alec.
"Those threats won't work on me Ray, I like it rough." Alec replied smirking. "I can't help it if you're little show this morning got me all worked up."
We all went silent as a loud, fierce growl filled the car. I looked over at Chris but he was still like the rest of us. Instantly I knew it was Jai. It was strange, I'd seen him get like this a couple of times but it wasn't usually over me. I knew eventually we're supposed to be mated but until he can stop sleeping with anything with legs, that won't be happening. It wasn't our choice, so I don't know why he was getting hostile now. Our fathers decided the day I was born that I would one day be mated with Jai. Which in my mind is a load of bollocks, I should get to choose who I give my heart to not them. This unfortunately has caused me many problems over the years. For instance every female in our pack hates me and every male, won't approach me. I'm like a marked woman, it's ridiculous. Even if I did find someone that I wanted to be with, I couldn't. I'd fight for it with all my might but I wouldn't win.
Eventually after a silent drive we arrived at school. I jumped out of the car as it slowed down, not waiting for it to stop. I was just about to make my way inside when someone grabbed my arm; I quickly turned around to find myself looking at my brother.
"How many times have I told you about waiting for the car to stop? You could hurt yourself just jumping out of It." he said, giving me his over protective brother speech.
"I could get hurt just as bad sitting on guys laps in the back but you don't have a problem with that." I replied, knowing I had him stumped.
"Whatever." He answered.
He was about to let go of my arm when he looked down at it strangely.
"Ray are you feeling ok?" he asked, concern written all over his face.
"Yeah, why?" I asked back.
"You feel really warm." He answered.
"Chris we're always warm." I said. "We're wolves." I whispered laughing at him.
"No shit Sherlock." He replied. "No seriously Ray you feel hot, are you sure you're not coming down with something?"
"Chris I'm fine, a little irritated with you pestering me but fine." I said rolling my eyes at him and hitching my bag on my shoulder.
I turned away from him and walked towards the rest of the guys. I knew what was wrong but I wasn't going to tell him, he'd only smoother me. I was going into heat, I had my seventeenth birthday a couple of weeks back so I was due to start going into heat sooner or later. I knew I should really be at home, locked away in my bedroom away from all the unmated males. Although to be honest, since I live in the pack house with all the males I wouldn't be much safer at home. I still had a little bit of time before my scent changed, so until then I was going to go about my life as usual.
By the time lunch had come around, I wanted nothing more than to get out of this hell hole. I only had a couple of lessons with the guys and the ones where I didn't were spent in silence. No one really took too much notice of me, that or they were too scared to talk to me. Not that I was overly worried, I quite liked having time to myself. But it sure as hell did make it god damn boring. I made my way to the cafeteria after I grabbed my gym bag from my locker. When I got there I noticed the guys were nowhere in sight, it annoyed me a little we usually meet up before we got our food. Instead of dwelling on it, I joined the queue and got myself some lunch. Two slices of pizza, a portion of curly fries and an apple. Unlike most of the girls here, who just had a salad, I had an appetite. In fact I loved to eat. As the weather outside was nice, I took my food and headed for the field. Once I found a good spot I chilled out and devoured my lunch in record time. Food gone I took off my hoodie and rolled my top up just under my bra; I took my hair out from the bun and laid down on my back soaking in the sun. If I could I would spend the rest of the day like this. The sun's warmth on my bare skin was so soothing, so much so I could feel myself starting to fall asleep. Just as I started to doze off, I was aware of noises coming from the bushes behind me. I couldn't quite figure out what it was so I shut it out and continued to doze. As the noises got louder it became harder to ignore, so much so it was starting to piss me off. After another couple of minutes I sat up and considered going to find out what it was. Luckily I didn't have to do that as seconds later a tall beautiful wolf, who I knew to be named Carrie, came walking out. Her face was flushed as she tried to straighten up her clothes; she looked over at me smirking before making her way back to the school. I knew exactly what had happened in those bushes and who it was with; I could smell him on her. I knew I shouldn't care but for some reason it pained me to know what he had just done a couple of feet away from me. I wasn't a fool, I knew he slept around and it wasn't as though we were exactly a couple, we were being forced together. Moments later Jai came walking out, a smug smile on his face. I tried to stay quiet hoping that he wouldn't spot me. Unfortunately I wasn't that lucky, his head whipped towards me and his smug smile was gone. If anything he looked annoyed.
"What are you looking at?" he snapped.
"Nothing." I replied looking down at the ground.
For some reason in that moment I couldn't bring myself to look at him. After I sensed him walking away I grabbed my bag and ran as fast as I could. I had to get out of there, I may not be able to shift but I still had a fierce temper. Going into heat wasn't helping either. All I knew was if I saw him again right now, I'd rip his throat out.