Chapter 105
Elena’s POV
“That was fun! I will miss this!” Saige exclaimed as soon as she flopped herself down on the couch of the living room after putting down a couple of bags on the coffee table.
Maise, on the other hand, was busy admiring her newly bought set of daggers and other weapon–related accessories with a huge smile on her face. “Shut up. Do you hear that?”
“Hear what?” I asked after I handed the things I bought from the mall to Zara.
I went near to Maise to listen more carefully as did Saige, but we heard nothing.
Maise looked up with a grin on her face and showed us one of her daggers. “The sound of this beautiful baby as my fingertips glided on its sharp edge.”
Siage and I looked at each other before shaking our heads and sitting back down in our own seats. What did we even expect?
I settled on my seat, drinking a glass of juice Zara served as soon as we arrived. I watched both of my friends as they enjoyed the fruit of our shopping spree, both joy and sadness rushing through my veins knowing they soon needed to leave to get back to Custodes.
“Okay, enough of that. Why don’t we-” My words were cut off when Jayden camé rushing in from the main door, breathing heavily.
“Princess…” he called out, urgency vivid in his voice.
Alerted, the three of us stood.
“What happened?” I asked.
Taking a few deep breaths, Jayden finally calmed down and stood up properly before pointing outside. “Princess, there’s trouble at the gate. Alpha Bryson’s mother is cursing a scene.”
My face scrunched up as did Maise’s and Saige’s.
Maise scoffed. “What do they want now?”
“Looks like those leeches haven’t had enough humiliation, Saige replied.
I shook my head. Both of my friends were really not holding back on their words.
Unlike them, who were completely triggered, I turned my attention to Jayden and raised my brows, calmly asking, “Courtney? Why? What happened? What’s she doing here?”
Jayden aggressively shook his head, completely in distress. ‘She’s outside yelling and making total chaos!”
“What’s she on about?” I asked indifferently. I’ve lived with Courtney for a year. Her tongue was as sharp as a sword and her attitude was just so much worse than one could tolerate. However, I’ve faced her ridiculous wrath for so long that I had been partly immune to it by now.
“She’s accusing you of all sorts of things in front of the pack. She’s making so much scene that most of the members are all by the gate right now, and she’s saying that you’ve wronged her family, especially Alpha Bryson.” Looking seriously at me, he cautiously added, “She’s insisting that you betrayed them.”
My face turned stoic… I nodded my head. “All right, I got it.
With that, Jayden bowed his head and went back first to handle the issue while I remained inside and calmed my
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nerves which were starting to boil with rage.
“That woman has no shame. How dare she come here after everything that happened,” Maise infuriated exclaimed, ready to run to the door and teach her a lesson but I held her back.
“I’ll go. I’ll handle it. No need to escalate it further,” I replied as I grabbed my glass and gulped the rest of its contents, suddenly feeling a hint of regret that I didn’t let Zara serve us wine instead.
Taking a step ahead of them, I stopped at the door and looked back at Saige and Maise, softly reminding them, ” Let’s go, but keep your distance. Just be ready in case things get out of hand.”
Not that it would be…
As soon as I opened the door, my steps instantly came to a halt as I heard the commotion.
“Where’s your Luna, huh? Where is Elena?” Courtney shouted from the top of her lungs without holding anything back.
“What happened to her?” Saige asked with disgust, nodding to Courtney’s arm.
My eyes narrowed as I put my focus on Courtney. Indeed, her arm was wrapped with gauze and I was positive that there’s a small hint of blood in the middle of it. She was clutching it and grimacing in pain every now and then, but she still had the energy to cause drama.
Making sure everyone was hearing her, she looked at the front door of the pack house and shouted, “i’ve always treated you well, Elena!”
With the door only slightly a jar, I was sure she couldn’t see us. But that didn’t matter because I’m positive that she’s not really here to talk to me. Rather, she came here to push me into the corner by poisoning my members‘ minds and turning them against me.
Dramatically cruising without tears, she continued, “I took you in after your pack was destroyed! We gave you a place to stay and even helped you settle in after you asked for a divorce! And this is how you repay me?”
I heard the gasp of the bystander, and a small smirk of satisfaction played on her lips that she tried to hide. Pointing a finger in the pack house’s direction, she shouted, “I get that you want to be on your own and stand on your own fame, but how can you refuse to acknowledge the kindness I’ve shown you and even brought things back with your when you left?”
“Is she on some kind of drugs?”
“She’s delusional! We should really get in there and knock her head. That might fix her.‘
Saige and Maise uttered one after another, disdain overflowing in their tone.
My hand on the knob of the door tightened, ready to open it and rush out with my friends, but I was halted when Zara and Jayden pushed through the crowds and faced Courtney without a glint of fear on their faces.
