Alexia Eden

by Sophie Summers

  “Stay away from her brother. What are you doing on our land?” Greg says.

  Roger says, “Billie and I are just passing through like he said, now… hand over the girl or we will take her from you.” he growls.

  “I guess you are just going to have to take her from me then.” Greg says as he charges for them punching Roger in the face knocking him to the floor, he goes for Billie but Billie has turned into this raggedy dirty brown wolf and jumps Greg, He bites his leg and Greg yells in pain as he tries kicking the wolf, the wolf goes for Greg’s neck and I scream out. “NO!”

  I feel my body burning again and my eyes are probably flaming silver, the anger is flowing through me and all I can picture is ripping the rogues to shreds. The still night now has sudden rough winds that start to blow wildly, I can feel my long hair whipping at my face. The three boys are looking at me with scared looks on their faces; the rogues can feel my anger.

  I stare at Roger who is now standing up and staring at me in awe. I focus all this built up energy pulsing through me directly on him and what I would like to do to him. Soon he is writhing in pain on the floor and I can hear his bones breaking but he’s not changing. He clutches his chest over his heart and suddenly he goes quiet and falls down limply. The wolf starts growling at me and starts backtracking but I'm not letting him go that easily, I focus all my hate and anger on him and soon he too is howling in pain on the floor before passing out. I'm not sure how but my body knew what to do and how to focus the energy on the two rouges. The wind immediately dies down and I can feel my heart beating fast with the adrenaline of what I just did pumping throughout my body.

  “Y…you k..killed them!” I hear Greg stutter, I run over to him and I see the blood on his leg and a scratch on his neck.

  “I couldn’t let them hurt you! I had to do something, I don’t know how I did it but it…it just happened…” I look at the scratch on his neck and raise my hand to touch it. My fingers start shining and the little silver orbs appear and start healing his wounds. I move to his leg and he sits up to watch, I do the same and the orbs heal him too. Soon he is wound free and staring at me in astonishment.

  “How..d..did you d..do that?” He stutters.

  “I don’t know. I haven’t figured it out yet but you can’t tell anyone, promise me!” I panic.

  “I won’t say a word, thank you Alexia…for everything. I don’t know why you saved me after everything I’ve done to you.”

  “I did it because we are alike…we are both lost souls looking for a purpose….” I tell him and he gives me a sad nod.

  “We need to get back.” I say as he gets up. He says he will get rid of the rogues bodies after he takes me home.

  We start walking through the bushes when the pain starts to make itself known, the pain I took away from Greg. I fall to the ground grabbing my neck then grabbing my leg. It feels as if my flesh is being ripped apart but there are no scratches on my leg or neck. Greg looks down at me and he immediately realizes what’s happening to me.

  “God No Alexia, why did you heal me if you knew you were going to take the pain?” he picks me up bridal style and walks with me back to his apartment.

  “It’s fine, it hurts only for a few seconds then it disappears, it’ll be gone in no time…” I say through gritted teeth.

  He holds me tight against his chest as the pain subsides. I hear car doors slamming and I see Ronny climb out of her car as Drake and Jax climb out of Jax’s car, they all look angry. I tell Greg to put me down and he listens. The boys come storming up to us and I stand in front of Greg.

  “What the fuck did you do to her?” Drake yells.

  “Didn’t we have this conversation already? I told you to stay away from her!” Jax roars making both Greg and myself flinch.

  They storm up towards him. “No stop! Don’t hurt him! He helped me, rogues attacked us…he killed them.” I say as I push against Jax and Drakes chest, I can see shock in their eyes and I see their anger fade.

  “When was this? Your mom told Amber he took you? What’s going on?” Ronny declares.

  “She’s not my mother…and no he didn’t… he saved me from her.” I say looking back at Greg and his face turns from shock to gratitude.

  I look back at my friends and they look confused.

  “You’re coming home with me while they sort the bodies out, let’s go.” Ronny says as she tugs at my hands.

  I turn and give Greg a tight hug and he whispers thanks. I hear the boys growl from behind me but I don’t really care at this moment, my body is so weak and void of emotion that I just want to sleep and not wake up for a while. Drake and Jax attempt to step closer to me but I push past them and walk to Ronny’s car without so much as another glance in their direction.

  We climb in her car and leave. I look out the side of my window as she drives away. I lean my head against the glass of the window and close my eyes as the tears fall.

  “You okay?” Ronny says as she pats my leg.

  I avoid answering by replying with a question, “Can we stop at my place to fetch some of my things?”

  “Sure babe.” She says quietly.

  We arrive at the trailer park; I notice some lights on in the house. I get out the car and walk up to the front door; opening it I hear many voices. I see Frankie, Scarlet and Amber sitting around facing a crying Georgina on the couch. Her face has black mascara running down from the tears; Frankie has an angry look on his face but looks relieved when he sees me.

  Georgina gets up and starts running towards me but I back away lifting my hand to halt her.

  “I’m so sorry my baby, I don’t know what I was thinking! Did he hurt you? I can’t believe I did that.” she starts crying harder and usually my heart would break and I would hug her to ease her pain but I don’t think I have any heart left to give to her.

  “Don’t touch me. You don’t know what you were thinking? That’s because you weren’t thinking! You were too busy getting high! You were so quick to give me away for drugs, to get your next fix! And no he didn’t hurt me…he saved me!” I shout out.

  “S…saved you?” she asks softly looking up from her hands clearly confused.

  Yes! From YOU!” I start to walk away to my room but I don’t get far she pulls me in for a hug but I just stand there stiffly not hugging her back.

  “Please don’t leave me…” she cries.

  “You already lost me Georgina…you don’t want me around and I don’t want to be around while you continue down this path. I’m not you daughter so I’m not really your problem anymore am I?” I ask as she moves away to look at me with her trembling hand over her mouth trying to stop the sobs from escaping.

  “You will always be my baby girl Lex, don’t say that you aren’t…” she whimpers.

  “No. You made it clear I’m not yours and that …James… wasn’t my father. So Georgina ….if you aren’t my mother and James wasn’t my father…who is?” I shout as the tears escape.

  “I don’t know…I met James and he already had you, you were only two days old. He told me that you weren’t his biological daughter and that he was protecting you. His previous pack, the Fort Hills Pack, told him to take you and protect you. He was to father you and that’s what he did…we raised you together. He didn’t tell me anything about it because he said it was dangerous if anyone knew.” She says dejectedly wiping the tears away.

  I leave her standing there and walk to my room. I pick up a duffel bag and pack some stuff, then head to my car with Ronny running behind me. Georgina is back on the couch sobbing with her face in her hands, I stop and look at her and shake my head.

  “Goodbye Georgina.” I say as I walk out the door, before I make it outside I see her get up and start calling my name, calling me back but Frankie stops her from following me. I walk to my car as the tears start falling. Ronny runs after me and jumps into the passenger seat.

  “I’m coming with you, Amber will fetch my car. You can stay with us Lex.” She says as I drive around to
the pack house. She takes my bags up to the room I stayed in when I was injured.

  “There’s clean towels in your bathroom, go shower Lex it’ll make you feel better.” She says as she leaves and closes the door behind her. I have a warm shower and change into a pair of warm pajamas then head for my bed. The shower didn’t help much but at least my body is clean. I find my phone sitting on the bedside table when I switch the lamp off, I left it in Ronny’s car when we went to the beach so she obviously put it there for me.

  I text the twins, I tell them goodnight and that I miss them. I don’t text Johnny or Alex , I just can’t deal with them or the fact that they have been lying to me all this time. It’s past midnight so I’ll probably get replies in the morning. I climb on top of the covers not having the energy to even pull the thick blankets over me.

  I hear my phone ring and it’s a message.

  TALON at 12:37am: Angel! Haven’t heard from u since yesterday! We miss you! Tyler wants to know when u coming home?

  LEXI at 12:39am: Hey guys, I miss you so much! I was thinking bout staying here for the rest of next week but I dono anymore. I will let you guys know when I know. I love you guy’s xxx Goodnight.

  TALON at 12:40 am: Love you too Angel. Goodnight xx Chat to you tomorrow.

  TYLER at 12:40am: I love you too. I miss you…sweet dreams

  I smile at Tyler and Talon’s reply. Talon is the hard one, he’s the one that doesn’t express his feelings with words and like me , he doesn’t like to show emotion but every now and then with small gestures I can see how much he cares for me.

  Tyler on the other hand is the most sweet, gentle, kind and loving person you will ever meet. He is a big cuddly bear and he tells you exactly how he feels and he loves to show you too.

  I put my phone back on the night stand and cuddle the pillow close to me as I feel the sadness and loneliness take over me. The room is dark and quiet apart from the light coming through the window and the sounds of my sobs. I hear my door open and close then hear heavy footsteps walking towards me. My bed moves then I’m being pulled into warm arms surrounded by that smell I love so much.

  “Shhh Lexi… it’s okay I’m here for you. Nothing happened between Chelsea and I, I promise. I was showering and when I got out she was in my room, she tried but I just pushed her away. She lied about me saying I was single, I told her I was with you and I only wanted you…please believe me Lex.” He begs through a hoarse voice.

  He’s telling me the truth I can feel it and I guess even if he’s lying I would still want his affection right now to take my mind off of everything that’s happened tonight. I pull him closer to me, snuggle into him and when he feels me hold him tighter he pulls me onto his lap so I’m straddling him and he holds me close, his hand rubbing my back while my face is snuggled in the crook of his neck.

  “I love you Lex, I would never cheat on you babe.” He says as he turns and kisses under my ear.

  “Love you too Drake.” I say through snuffles. I lift my head, kiss his cheek and climb off his lap; he looks at me with so much love as he wipes away the tears from my eyes. He puts the bedside light on when there is a knock on the door; Jax pops his head in and smiles when he sees me.

  “I’ve got ice-cream!” He announces with a big smile.

  “Come join us bro.” Drake says from beside me.

  Jax comes in wearing a hoody with his flannel pajama pants, I can see he has no shirt on underneath as he climbs in the other side of me holding three tubs of ice cream with three spoons.He climbs under the covers and sits close to me.

  He hands me the caramel and I smile at him, Drake gets the minty one and Jax the dark chocolate.

  “You okay Lexi?” Jax asks me.

  “No…I’m not okay, but I feel a little better than I was before now that you two are here.” I smile looking back and forth between the two of them.

  We eat our ice cream and I tell them about what happened with Georgina and how Greg took me because she was shouting at me and I told him I wanted to get away. They seem to believe me. We finish our ice creams and Jax collects them and takes them to the kitchen.

  “He was really worried when he found out Greg had you, I’ve never seen him so angry.” Drake says to me when we are alone.

  “Yeah he doesn’t like Greg that much.”

  “Nah he was worried about you Lex, I know how he feels about you and I don’t mind…it just means that at least when I’m not around, there will be someone else to look after you babe. I trust you guys but I just wanted you to know that you’re not alone. You have all of us and we love you so much.” He says as he gives me a gentle kiss.

  “Thank you Drake, I love you more than you know…” I whisper against his lips.

  “What about me?” Jax says dramatically.

  “Love you too Jax.” I say rolling my eyes and smiling at him.

  “Yeah man, we love you too.” Drake says smacking his back. “Let’s get to bed.”

  I look over to where Jax is taking his hoody off and getting in bed beside me. Drake is on the other side of me, not fazed that they both will be sharing a bed.

  “Wait, What? You’re both sleeping here?” I ask surprised.

  “Yep.” Drake says shortly.

  “We don’t want you running away from us again.” Jax says as he gets comfortable.

  Drake puts the lamp off and pulls me against his chest so he’s spooning me. Jax is facing me, he looks at Drakes hand that holds me near my breast and his eyebrows crease. I mouth the words “Sorry.” He shakes his head gently then mouths back, “it’s okay.” Then he smiles at me.

  Five minutes later and I start to hear Drake behind me snore gently. I look at Jax and he’s still awake just staring at Drakes hand. Jax’s hand is near his chest clenched in a fist, I gently pick it up and it relaxes under my touch, I pull it under my neck so I can cuddle it, and a smile spreads across his face.

  I mouth the words, “I love you…” and he grins wider showing me teeth and dimples. He mouths back, “I love you more…”

  I lift my fingers and kiss the tips of them then place the tips of my fingers against his soft luscious lips. He kisses my fingers gently then the hand that is near my neck moves and he brings his fingers to my lips. I hold his hand and kiss the palm of it then use my other hand to lace my fingers with his and cuddle my face against his hand. I lift the arm that was leaning against Drakes arm that’s holding me and place my hand gently on Jax’s peck and move it till I can feel his heart beating. His heart beat fastens and I feel him shiver under my cold touch. I smile at him then close my eyes happier that I can feel his beating heart soothe me.

  CHAPTER 28:

  I wake up in the morning and the boys are gone. I use the bathroom and take a quick shower. I walk over to the bed and make it. Looking out the window to see what day it is and see it’s another rainy day. Fits the mood I guess…

  I hear my door open and Ronny is standing there. “Come! I’m taking you out for breakfast hun!” she says gleefully, I know she is trying to cheer me up and I appreciate the effort, so I agree.

  I walk up to her and give her a tight hug, she doesn’t expect it because I feel her freeze but she hugs me tightly back after a few seconds.

  “Thanks for everything Ron, I love you.” I mutter against her shoulder.

  “Love you too babes. I’ll always be here for you, you’re my sister.” She lets me go and winks at me.

  She leads me down a staircase before she stops and says. “Alpha wants to speak to you before we go, he’s in his office. This way…” she leads me to another staircase which leads to the other side of the house that I haven’t seen yet.

  We stop at two large doors and then the doors open revealing a smiling Jax.

  “Come in Lex.” He pulls me in and hugs me. The room looks like a large library with two levels and a staircase leading to the upper levels on either side of me. Bookshelves cover the walls of the room. I see Frankie sitting behind a large desk; he sees me come in and then stands
up. Jax leads me to a large brown leather lounge area and he sits next to me taking my hand in his and placing it on his lap.

  Frankie says as he sits opposite us on the large single leather chair, “Morning my dear, how are you?”

  “I’m okay, thanks for letting me stay.” I tell him and he smiles at my reply.

  “It’s no problem love, you have had a rough few months and you’ve been through hell. I called for you because I wanted to tell you that we have sent Georgina into a rehabilitation facility, if we had known sooner that she was taking drugs we would have gone out of our way to help her...and you.” he says full of kindness.

  “Thank you, I appreciate all your help. I wanted her to go to rehab for a while now but I couldn’t afford it on my own and I didn’t think I would ever be able to get her to agree.” I mutter.

  “A while? What do you mean? Has she been using for long?” he asks me and I realize that I let slip.

  I look down at my hands embarrassed to answer.

  “Lexi, how long?” Jax says from beside me squeezing my hand.

  “Since da… since James died. So it’s about two and a half years now…” I whisper to him.

  “Oh Lexi my dear, why didn’t you tell us?” Frankie says as he leans over and rubs my arm.

  “I didn’t want anyone to think she was a bad mother, I swear she never used to be like this…she was the best.” I say trying to convince him and Jax.

  Frankie looks at Drake then me and smiles as he says, “Look after her my son.” Then he walks out the office.

  Jax pulls me into his chest and I hold him tight crying for the mother I thought I had.

  “Shhh baby…it’s okay…everything is going to be okay. I’m not going to let anyone hurt you anymore. I love you Lex.”

  “I love you too Jax. I need to tell you something but I don’t want the others to hear like this and I know wolf hearing is pretty darn good so... will they hear me if I whisper?” I ask him.