Chapter Fifteen

~Xavier~

We left my dad’s this morning and on our way back home. Ivan is still trying to get his powers back. He is still hunting bad wolfs. But he didn’t want my training so obviously it’s going to be harder for him to catch one. I have so much strength and I can go so fast now. Ever since I got Ivan’s powers. I mean at first it was like I wanted them. Now, I wish I was just a regular teenager back before anything ever happened. Jace decided to take me home because Callum and Ryder are helping Ivan to get his powers back. Logan is in the back seat and Shay left with Jeremy awhile back. Logan didn’t get at the house until after the ritual already happened. He ran a two hour drive all the way here because his bike is in the shop. Really? Two hours? Was he exhausted after that? I keep looking out the window but I can see Jace keep glancing over at me. He keeps looking at me in the strangest way and to be honest, it’s getting really creepy. Like how Ryder used to stare at me. Wait….. No, he can’t be in love with me. Am I crazy? Jace is straight and I am engaged. But Ryder was acting really strange like he didn’t want to kiss me, hug me, nothing like he usually does in the morning. I asked him what was wrong and he stared at me. I could see tears in his eyes. But he told me it was nothing. I knew he was lying but I just gave him a smile and nodded. Could have something happened? Like back home or something? Or it was unless when he was at a party last night with Callum, Holly, Ivan, and Riaan. But I doubt anything happened there. Shay, Jeremy, Jace and I stayed at the house last night watching movies with my dad and Chanel. Oh and I think my grandma is banging the butler because they kept looking at each other this morning at breakfast. We pull into a rest stop and stopped to use the restroom. I look back at Logan and he is asleep. “LOGAN!” I shouted and he jumped. Jace and I started laughing hysterically. Logan started to growl and his eyes turned. “Down wolf boy. Do you have to use the restroom?” I asked. He shook his head no and went back to sleep. “Do you have to use the restroom?” Jace asked me. “No…. But I will go get something a drink.” I smiled at him and walked over to the vending machines. I look at the drinks and wondered what to get to drink. Water? Coke? Gatorade? I put in my dollar bill and got a water. Then I walked over to the snacks.  Oh my god the decisions. I can’t make decisions this fast. I put in a dollar and pushed A9 for a KitKat. But the machine ate my dollar and got my KitKat stuck. “Oh how dare you mock me?” I shouted at the machine and kicked it. A guy besides me starts laughing. “Sorry.” He giggle some more. I turned to him and smiled. “You know if you give it that special touch, the machine will do what you want. You know what to do Xavier.” He informed me. How does he know my name? I turn back to him and he was smiling at me. “How do you know my name?” I asked. “Excuse me?” He asked confused. “You just said “You know what to do Xavier.” I pointed out. “No. I said “You know if you give it that special touch, the machine will do what you want.” He responded. I listened to his hear beat to see if he was lying. He was telling the truth. “Um… I am so sorry.” I apologized. “Trust me it’s fine. When I don’t get sleep, I hear stuff that aren’t actually there.” He smiled at me and punched the vending machine. The KitKat fell out. “Thanks.” I said and he walked off. I grabbed the KitKat and walked back to the car. “Who was that?” Jace asked. “Um, I am not sure. But hey, he did help me get this stuck candy bar out of the machine.” I smiled at Jace. He giggled and drove off. My phone vibrates and I grab it out of my back pocket.

Hey I think you might want to see this. – Shay

I called her number right away. I wonder what she means. “Hey what’s going on?” I asked when she picked up. “We were driving on our way back home, and we seen something run across the road. Carrying a dead body.” Shay responds. “Ok, where are you at Shay?” “Just track my phone.” She demands and hangs up. “What’s wrong?” Jace asked while I was tracking for Shay’s phone. “Follow this.” I demand and put my phone up in the stand on the dash. “Why? What’s going on?” He asked again. “Shay and Jeremy seen something run across the road and that thing was carrying a dead body.” I inform. His eyes widen and he steps on the gas making me fall back into my seat.

We drove for about twenty more minutes until spotting Shay’s car. I jumped out of the car and ran over to Shay. “The dead body is right there. And, there is big footprints over in the dirt.” Shay points out. “Did you call the police?” Jace asked. “Yeah, they are on their way.” Jeremy responds. “Where’s Logan?” Shay asked. “Oh he is asleep.” I smile at her. She rolls her eyes and sits back into her car. I walk over to the dead body and one finger is ripped off, cuts all over her body. Like wolf scratches. There is also her throat slit and some teeth pulled. I opened her mouth and it’s the spot where fangs go. I take pictures of the wounds on the body and walk over to the footprints and take a picture. Whatever this thing was, it is huge. I hear the sirens getting closer so I step back. The cops and ambulance arrived and asked us a few questions. Questions like they think we did this. Until they seen the wounds they knew it was an animal that did this. They took the body off and the cops left. And so did we.

I, Logan and Jace arrived back at the house and I introduced my mom to Jace. Mom said she was staying for a while to see if I would be ok. I insisted for her to leave and go back to Alena but she wouldn’t listen to me. No one does. And that sucks balls. I mean I liked it when Ryder and I had the whole house to our self’s. “You know what we need?” Logan asked smiling at Jace and I. I raised my eyebrow letting him know too go on. “We need to go out and party.” Logan gestured. I look over at Jace, seeing what he thinks. He nods and says, “Let’s go.” We got up and went out to Jace’s car. “Whose party are we going to?” I asked. “Rene’s” He mumbled looking down at his phone. Rene is like the best party thrower in Heavens Woods. Her parents are always working on business trips and so forth so she throws parties. Her parents aren’t that rich. I mean I would like to have their money. But Rene’s parents are too worried about work than their actual daughter. “I am not the best at Rene’s parties Logan.” I informed. “I know.” He giggled. “Why aren’t you the best at her parties?” Jace asked. He is a nosy person. “Well on this one night of her big party of the year…..” I started to say and my mind went back into the past. “I was going through so much pain from transitioning into a coyote. I needed some air because my anger was really terrible. When I went to the beach this cater was coming after me and she brought two other guys with her. My dad… I mean douche bag who I killed hired them to get me to go work for him. They didn’t want to mess with me at that time because I was getting vicious. My eyes started to turn an orange color and I grew claws and fangs. I killed all three of them.” I added. Jace turns and looks at me. Logan starts laughing. “You are one crazy coyote.” Jace shakes his head and turns back to the road. “And banshee.” Logan pointed out. “Thanks for stating the obvious Logan!” I shouted at him and he laughed harder. We pull into her driveway and there is a lot of cars and the music blasting. We walked up to the door and Rene answered. “XAVIER!” She shouts and hugs me tightly. “Rene! You are drunk!” I hug her back. “And you are a shit on my parade.” She laughs. She grabs Logan’s hand and walks him inside. Jace and I look at each other and walk inside. I am not much a party type. I mean I have been to a couple in my life but, parties are not my thing. I like them somewhat when Ryder is here but without him, I am like meh. Unless I am drinking, then I am a wild beast. “Do you want a drink?” Jace shouted. I nodded and we walked over to the bar. He gave me some a shot. I began to think back when I got rapped. It started with one shot. Then so many I was wasted. “You ok?” He asked. I smiled and nodded. I grabbed the shot and tilted my head back. “Another!” I shot. The bartender nods. “You are not drinking more than two of these shots. You will go crazy.” Jace demanded. Who is he telling me what to do? He is not my father. Nor my fiancé. I gave him the death look and took the shot. I nodded towards the bartender and he poured another. Rene and Logan comes walking up. “Let’s all take shots!” Rene shots and people gather by. Oh come on. Really people? We all took a shot and people shouted. We kept taking them and taking them. By the fifth one Jace grabs my hand and walks be outside. “What the hell?!” I shout at him. “You are not taking any more of those! You are going to get drunk and out of control.” He demanded. “You are not the one who can tell me what and what not to drink!” I shouted at him and walked back inside. My phone starts ringing and the caller ID showed Ryder’s name. “HEYYYYYY!” I shouted into the phone. “Where are you?” Ryder asked. “I am at a party with Logan and Jace.” I started laughing. “We need to talk.” He said and went quiet. “What?! I can’t hear you. Hold on.” I shouted into the phone and walked outside away from the music. “Ok, now what?” I asked. “I said we need to talk.” He said once again. “Come talk at Rene’s party! You can get drunk with me and dance with me!” I giggled. “Xavier are you drunk?” He asked. “Baby.. Baby, I only had five shots. I am good.” I laughed really loud. “Xavier you know after two of those shots you get drunk right?” “Ryder you are crazy… I am partying right now so I am going to go. Loves you.” I said and hung up. I walked back inside and seen Logan dancing with Rene. I wonder where Jace is. I looked in the kitchen, at the bar, the living room, dining room, bathrooms, and still nothing. Oh god he is in one of the bedrooms. I walk up stairs and knock on the doors. He is not in the bedrooms either. I walked back outside to see if I can find Jace. What if something bad has happened to him? I walk into the driveway and see his car is still here. I turn back around and Ryder is standing in front of me. I jump. “WHAT THE HELL!” I punched his arm. “I told you we needed to talk…” He said. I can see pain in his eyes. I can see the fear. I can see the tears starting to build up. “What’s wrong?” I asked worried. He grabs my hand and walks me down the path to the beach. This is starting to worry me way too much. He turns me around and stares at me. “What’s wrong?” I asked again. He sighed. “I am so sorry Xavier.” He gulped. “When I was at the party last night…. I got drunk and I slept with someone. I wasn’t thinking what so ever. I am just so sorry. It didn’t mean anything what so ever. I love you Xavier and I did not mean to sleep with anyone else. I just….” He started to say but I interrupted. “You what Ryder? You was drunk, you didn’t mean too? You wasn’t thinking?” I shouted and he flinched. My pulse started beating faster. “You know what, save it. Go back home to your mom.” I shouted and threw the ring at him. I turned around and walked away. I held back my tears. So I wouldn’t cry. I walked back up to the party trying to find Jace so he can take me home. I walk out back and went to the pool to see if he was there. There he is. I walked up to him and turned him around. “Can you take me home now?” I asked. “Sure.” He responded. We walked inside and went through the party to head out into the driveway. We got into the car and he drove off. “What about Logan?” Jace asked. He will find his way back. I shrugged my shoulder and looked out the window. “What’s wrong?” Jace asked. “Nothing.” I responded still looking out the window. We pulled in front of my house. “Are you going to be ok?” Jace asked. “Don’t worry about me. Just go home. I’ll be fine. I will see you at school tomorrow.” I responded and got out. I walked inside and locked the door. “Hey sweetie.” Mom smiled at me. She kept looking at me and her smile went away. “What’s wrong?” She asked with a worried look. I walked up to her and hugged her. I started crying into her arms. “Ryder cheated.” I cried harder. She starts patting my back. “Shh. It’s ok.” She whispered into my ear. I started to cry even harder. I pushed away and walked upstairs. I sat in my window seat and plugged in my head phones. I blasted my music and put my head into my knees. God suck it up Xavier. It’s his loss. My mind kept telling me. I couldn’t stand this though. I felt so betrayed and hurt its unreal. Someone poked my shoulder. I looked up and seen Logan. What is he doing here? “I could sense that you was an emotional roller coaster when Ryder showed up. Want to talk about it?” He asked. “He slept with someone last night at the party.” I informed him. He shook his head and sat next to me. He wrapped his arm around me and pulled me closer. “It’s his loss. I never really liked him anyways. Even though he is part of the pack…. I still don’t like him that well.” He giggled. I started to laugh. “What happened to this? Us being close like we used to be?” I asked. “You started dating Ryder and spent more time with him than anyone.” He pointed out. Did I really? I can’t believe I pushed everyone else away. “I’m sorry.” I apologized. “Don’t be sorry. I get it. You’re an ass.” He laughed. I started laughing. “See there’s that nice smile of yours!” Logan smiled at me. “I’m glad we are best friends. You know that?” I smiled at him. “I know, I know.” He hugged me tighter. “I mean it, you’re like a brother to me.” I pointed out. He smiled at me. We leaned back against the window and listened to music. I leaned against his shoulder. And soon enough I fell asleep.

Author’s message: PLEASE DON’T HATE ME! It is not my fault Ryder Cheated! I am not Ryder! But looks like Jace is getting a little strange by being protective over Xavier. Could there be a potential between them? Find out next chapter! Give a vote and comment!