Life - Generation, K. Green [a court of thorns and roses ebook free TXT] 📗

God…

“The motorcycle competition, next month. You, me, Erik, Dad, Daniel.”

“Are you really into this?”

“Why not, it’s cool. I’ve been on these kind of competitions with my father. Our band will go.”

“God… okay. I might see, my cousin Ash there. He likes them too.”

“See, perfect!”

I smiled. Good, I bought 5 tickets already. So the last spot is filled up. I sat on the couch and looked the painting on the wall. So many new wolves, since I was little. Probably five or six? I don’t know. Right now… They are painting me and Daniel on the wall. The artist is on the ladder drawing with a pen. Well the only thing I want it… my sister to be on the painting too. It’s going to be awful if she goes in Stanley’s pack, leaving us. She did once, will she do it twice? That’s the big question in my mind.

Fiona sat on my leg and I wrapped my hand around her waist.

“What is it?”

“Will be awful if Jess, goes in Stanley’s pack, nothing personal but…”

“I know Alec. I don’t need excuses and apologizing.”

“She’s my sister, and I can’t get out the face of hers, when she said all those things, we did on her. Actually I did on her. She’s… She’s a wolf now Fiona.”

“From where you know?”

“I just do. We are twins after all. Maybe not identical twins, but still we are twins. I love her.” Fiona laid her head on my shoulder.

“Don’t think like that. You’ll see her. Everybody will. Can you tell me, how the voice sounded, again?” she asked me again. Why her curiosity is so …

“The man’s body is huge, literally. No single hair on his chest… well after all, wolves doesn’t have hair at all in human form… I could see his veins on his hands, which were pretty big. His muscles were huge enough too, like he uses drugs. His voice…. Deep and raucous.”

“Anything else?”

“From her body I could feel he’s really powerful and enduring? Probably fast too. His hug was strong too, around her body. Gentleness” I said looking at the painting. “Warmth and… love… she felt”

“Can you make the sound of his voice?” I raised my eyebrow and cough two times

“Some like… ‘Hun are you okay’, I can’t make his voice.” I said trying

“That’s Axel, Alec.”

“Who is he?” I said looking at her, while my father and mother came in the Hall with Grandpa.

“She’s with the Stanley’s.” she said again “Axel is the oldest wolf in our pack after my father… When my father died, Axel refused to be the Alpha, so Harry took the spot as third child.”

“For what are you talking about?” dad asked.

“Jessica is with my Family, Mr. White. Axel is the oldest and strongest in the pack. If he decide to battle Harry now, he will win easily. He is the second child of Stanley’s family, which means by laws, right now, should be the Alpha.”

“So what? I don’t understand what you mean.” Mother said and I sighed.

“Today I saw through Jessica’s eyes.” I explain and they looked me with raised eyebrows “She was with somebody in an apartment… and she had sex with him. The man spoke… and Fiona thinks that Axel Stanley.”

“How like that, she had sex with him Alec?” My mother said almost pissed.

“I don’t know mom. She just did.”

“We should bring her home” she said after

“Actually, it doesn’t really matter.” Fiona said “Harry is… not as tough as my father. He will let her live, and since she’s already feel free to do whatever she want, without injuries… You don’t have to worry”

“She’s a human” my mom said growling

“Not anymore, mom” I said “Her transformation was last night. I felt all the shivers… actually cold shivers, when I was sleeping. It was her.”

“If she’s still not here” Grandpa said. “Something is keeping her there, or maybe she just accepted to be in Harry’s pack” My back is itchy. I let Fiona to sit next to me and I touched my back.

“We have to take her here.” I said trying to reach my back. “Fiona scratch me here….” i pointed the place on my back

“No.” Grandpa said, while Fiona moved her hand under my shirt “You can’t. If you kidnap her from her pack… You’ll see the biggest war for centuries Alec. Do not joke with Stanley’s pack. I don’t want to threaten any member of my pack, but if you kidnap Jessica from there, I’ll throw out from the pack and let you fight alone against Stanley’s.”

I nodded. So in any case we cannot touch Jess.

“But she’s all alone there.”

“If she’s with Axel” Fiona stated “...this means she will be here too. Next month.” Everybody looked her and she sighed. “Axel’s hobby is motorcycles. Actually the speed. He loves it. He never miss a motorcycle competition. If everything is okay, you might see Jessica with him next month.”

Is this means… she can come back here with us?

 

Jessica’s P.O.V

 

Dear diary,

After all, after everything that happened, I am officially a member of Stanley’s pack. I decided to make the tattoo with flower, actually the female one.

Axel was right about his family. A lot women came to me, asking me to go for shopping. Emend, Axel and I decided to go out soon, to pick up our costumes for the competition. Actually I don’t want to waste any time around. I just want to train for the competition. Oh well, tomorrow we are going to do our main training as wolves, then we’ll train with the motorcycle.

Can’t wait!

10.04.2037

 

“Concentrate. Nothing else is needed.” Harry and Axel said in my mind. “Everything you need is a speed. We’ll try few times with battles, if it’s not your thing, you’ll start running for speed. Got it?”

I nodded and made a position for an attack.

Well my tattoo is ready and they didn’t let us do anything, but lay in bed to get rest. So on the next day to have powers, for the trainings.

The plan is simple. Ash and I will attack Axel and Harry, so they can see our speed. They counted to three and we attacked. Ash lasted more than me in the battle. He was dodging Harry’s attacks easily, with flexible moves, while I was… on the ground on after 10 seconds. I can’t last more than that.

“You both have the speed, but Jessica stop using your mind, use your flexible movements and body.” Harry explained

“Sorry!” I said snorting

“It’s really simple.” Axel said “You need the speed for everything, attack and defense. Jess, you love the speed like me. Use it. Let it be your motivation.” I nodded “Ash you are alright, but you need more strength. You have more skills than her, because you were watching the trainings most of the time, which is advantage. Strenght and less thinking. Let’s try again.”

We ran to the end of the field and I looked Ash. He was taller than me, but still way smaller than Harry and mostly Axel. His wolf fur was skin colored, but some dark brown spots on his back and legs. My fur, was kind of different than Stanley’s pack. They always have the gold, brown or red nuance in their fur… while my fur is completely black, just my muzzle is white and it looks like a mask on my face. Okay, maybe it’s not kind of different. It’s completely not the same as theirs.

They counted to three again, and we ran to each other. I decided to use the speed more, and I ran faster than Ash and by instincts I attacked Axel. My battle lasted more than Harry’s and Ash’s, but in end I was under Axel, again.

“Very good, very good” Harry said “Let’s keep going like this.”

 

We were training from 8 am until 2pm, and we kept doing the same things. I was getting bored, already. We are sitting outside of the garden, with people who were taking late lunch. Eating hamburgers and cola, some guys and beer, we talked about the competition. I am complaining that, we won’t have enough time to practice, but you know guys… kept saying there’s time for everything. Is it my fault, I like to have plans for the future? Ugh… Which reminds me… I have to go to high school too.

“Axel… I have to attend high school too, you know?”

“Why? You don’t need it.”

“Maybe you don’t need it, but I do… I want career.”

“We’ll record you in Stanley’s High School. There’s not much weeks left anyway, probably you have to study more than usual for the exams.”

“I know everything, dear”

He smiled and kept eating. Emend coughed few times.

“I know, you don’t want to go out, so I decided to invite the designer here into the house.”

“Sure, it’ll be faster” Axel said. She nodded and looked at me.

“Anyway, I’m ready to start” I said and drank from the juice.

“We’ll go in a minute”

“Jessica are you sure about that?” Harry said

“Yes, why?”

“I don’t know… you look so tiny and… innocent. I can’t see you staying up there, on his motorcycle.”

“I’ve always played safe, plus I like the speed Harry.”

“If your family…”

“It’s my own decision isn’t it, Harry?”

“Yes it is, but you know you are not an adult? You don’t have 18 yet. Which means, somebody has to take responsibility over you.”

“Don’t be stupid…”

“I’m not even trying Jessica. I want you to be safe until you see your family. Try few times, if you don’t like it, OR if I see it’s too dangerous, you both are not going to participate. Am I clear?” he’s talking with his Alpha tone, well I guess I don’t have any choice, but to nod.

That’s why I escaped from my parents, kind of, right? I don’t want to be commanded around, or to be protected by a lot people, but I like it. A lot. If Fiona doesn’t like this life here… she’s insane. Everybody take care of you, as you are part of their family. Plus everybody are here for you, if you need any help. It doesn’t matter of the topic or situation. Pathetic little girl.

I sighed and stood up.

“I’ll walk a bit”

I went into the backyard to Axel’s motorcycle, I leaned myself on it and sighed again. Is this sport so bad? I used to go with Daniel, Alec and dad on these competitions when they were at our town, oh well, few times and in other towns… But it’s not a big deal. I know most of the positions, which the girls are doing. Staying stands still behind the guy, or sitting on his shoulders. Sometimes even she’s lying front him, with her legs on his shoulders. It’s cool but in same time hard. This speed is awful and you have just a two kilometers… to do all of your cascades behind him.

I had some ideas since I first time went on a competitions. I even talked with my father and mother about this. That I want to find a partner and go them, but I was brutal rejected by the excuse I was too innocent, small, not being a wolf and weak for this. Well now ladies and gentlemen, I am still innocent, small, kind of weak, but a wolf. This should be enough. The smaller you are, the better you are going to move behind your partner.

I sat on the vehicle, and laid back on it. Sky… so calm without clouds. Who am I lying? I am sure my family will there to the competition. Isn’t this the time, when I can show them what I can do?  I am sure of it they’ll be amazed.

“That’s not a bed, hun” I heard a female voice, and I turned around

“Yeah I know Emend. Was just thinking”

“For what?”

“Here… Everything actually”

“What about it.”

“Well I guess, if Fiona didn’t do that, I would be still in Toulon. And I’ll never meet Axel.”

“I doubt. You used to go on these kind of competitions right?”

“How’d you know?”

“By your look and enthusiasm. You’ll be better than me, I am sure