The Lycan king-Chapter 63

*Leonora*

"You have to tell me what happened last night." Bethany said as we took a walk around the compound. We opted not to go to our spot in the woods because I didn’t want to get anywhere close to anywhere that would remind me of Luke and Jax. I just wanted to be free from the both of them for a while and I wouldn’t be able to do that when I was constantly reminded of them.

Toxic brothers.

"Jax and I had a fight and I left his room at night. As I was getting back to the house, Rachel and her group were waiting for me." I said and Bethany gasped. "Like this girl wanted to slap me and she called me a whore."

"Did she slap you?" She asked, her tone laced with excitement at the story. When it was happening, she was fast asleep and I didn’t want to wake her up.

"Oh no. Apparently Jax was following me. He told them to kiss my feet and I refused. I told them to leave and we got into this huge argument." I said as we took a turn leading us to the school. I remembered when I was so little and we used to just care about school and playing in the school yard. Now we had to constantly work and had little to less time building friendships and communities.

"In front of the quarters?" She asked and I shook my head. Immediately Rachel and her group ran away, I pulled Jax to the forest where we would have a lot of privacy.

"No. We went to the forest and it turned into a screaming match. I don’t know what his problem is but I rejected him and he wants me to take it back." I heard her gasp beside me and we both turned to look at each other, bursting out in laughter. I could still remember all the times she advised me to reject Jax and I refused. I was a different person then. Too much hurt and anger for everything that had happened to me. My head wasn’t as clear as it was now and it was very obvious. There was no way I would let anyone ruin the kind of peace I felt now.

"I can’t believe you did that. I am so proud of you. I know it wasn’t easy." She commented and I nodded. It definitely wasn’t easy to say it but the way he treated me when Claire came to the room was clear indications that I needed to leave. I couldn’t put up with this toxic relationship anymore. He was going to ruin my life and I didn’t want to stick around and find out. "Can you smell that?" She asked me as she pulled away from me. She sniffed the air and began walking towards the school. I followed after her wondering why my friend was suddenly acting strange.

She quickly entered into one of the classrooms while I was trying to catch up with her.

"Where have you been?" I heard her loudly ask and as I peeped through the window, I saw her and a guy staring at each other. They leaned into each other and kissed. I stopped in my tracks and smiled. Did she just find her mate? I felt so happy for her. I remembered how many times we’ve spoken about finding our mates and how things would change for us.

"That can definitely be us." I heard in my ear and I gasped in shock. I turned around to face Jax who was staring at me cheekily. Did he suddenly have amnesia? "I’m sorry about last night."

"What part? The part where you lied to me or the part where you made me a target for more bullying or the part where you kissed me?" I questioned. Last night after our fight, Jax pushed me up against a tree and we kissed for what felt like hours. At some point he had his hand underneath my shirt while I was trying to unbutton his shirt but I got back to my senses and pushed him off.

"I can never be sorry for kissing you. I’m sorry about the issue before. How I wasn’t listening to you and lying to you." He admitted and I sighed. "I swear that I have ended things with Claire and you never have to worry about her. I promise."

I searched his eyes and it held so much truth to it. "Okay I’ll give you another chance and if Claire ever steps out of line, I’m walking away. I honestly do not have the time for games."

"I promise. You won’t ever regret changing your mind. If you even let me, we would get married today." He joked and I rolled my eyes. "I think we should give them some sort of privacy." Jax said as he looked behind me and I followed his eyes. I was met with the sight of Bethany and whoever that stranger was, making out heavily. I turned around quickly, not wanting to keep that image in my mind.

"Okay let’s go." I said as I took his hand in mine and pulled him away. He laced his fingers in mine and squeezed my hands gently.

"So what do you want to do? You want to lounge around in the living room? Or watch movies in the movie room?" He asked and I shrugged. It felt nice that he asked me instead of just picking whatever he felt like. I didn’t really have an idea of what I wanted to do because we hardly ever did any thing other than hangout in his room. "Okay, we’ll watch some movies in the movie room. There’s one movie you might like."

"I don’t like anything action or-"

"I know." He said and I frowned at him. How would he know what I liked watching or not? "I don’t know if I told you before but it throughout your time in the human world, I was watching you."