Chapter 23
She has actually taken to searching for kids misbehaving, and letting me know what her punishment
for those deeds are. The punishments are always way over the top and far more sadistic than they
should be. But if I don’t step in and take the punishment, she will really perform it on these kids.
I found out at the end of last year her father appointed her and a few others to ‘monitor’ the school
for minor infractions that are beneath the administration’s interference, but need to be handled.
Then hand out and fulfill punishments accordingly. A few have gone to the principal about the
abusive tactics she uses, but our administrators either agree with what she is doing or something
else is allowing her to get away with it. It doesn’t matter, I won’t allow her to torture our pack
members and she knows it. So I am her personal punching bag.
I don’t talk about it and neither do the students I am taking the punishment for. We have all decided
that nothing will be done to her and I refuse to look weak and keep tattling when she comes up with
the best stories for her actions and every adult has been lead to not believe me or fears siding with
me. I do know the kids I take punishments for appreciate it, even if they can’t say anything directly
to me. It’s in their eyes, when we pass in the halls. I know they would approach me if they could,
and that is part of the reason I endure this, it doesn’t go unnoticed by everyone. I just wish the
people who could do something to stop it would open their eyes. Kids shouldn’t be afraid of going to
school.
But training, she rarely attends training and manages to get out of most of our ‘mandatory’ trainings
too. I will never complain about her not being at trainings, the peace is divine. The only reason I
don’t retaliate and fight back is my father. The one time I fought back and punched her in the nose
which also fractured the bone around her right eye. She went straight to her dad with some sob
story about me bullying her since I was a higher rank and therefore stronger than her. My father was
called in and the verbal lashing I received in front of Kaley, the principal, and her father is one I will
never forget. I was called worthless, a slacker, spoiled and so difficult that my mother’s body
couldn’t survive having me. I should be working with other ranked members to make the pack
better, not beating up on weaker members.
That was the day I stopped talking to my father. If he didn’t directly talk to me, I no longer made the
effort. My only problem was I thought if I just did better, became stronger, tried harder and was able
to hide the bullying, he would see that I am worthy. So like a crazy person I threw myself into
everything he made me believe was important like being the top student. I’m sure he knows, but he
will never say anything to me about it. I also have made myself the best warrior in the pack. Just
because I won’t be the Beta here, doesn’t mean I can’t be a warrior here or even in a different pack
if my mate happens to be from another. That would be my dream, to meet my mate and get to
leave. I would miss Luna Ava and Delta Kyle, maybe even my brother a little bit, but being free to
walk around and have friends, to not be looking over my shoulder all of the time or feel like a waste
of someone’s space. That would be heaven.
Mateo and I walk out the door together and I start to turn, out of habit, walking away from the
houses to my usual shortcut to get to the training grounds.
“Where are you going? The packhouse is this way.” He calls over to me.
“Training, where else? It’s faster to cut through the woods behind Oliver’s house.”
“We are not walking.” He scoffs at me. “Cam and Kota are going to drive us, remember?”
“Oh, I figured that was a you guys thing.” I mumbled out, looking down at my shoes. “I didn’t think I
was included in that, I never have been before.” When he doesn’t answer I look up at him and he
winces, just enough for me to notice before he schools his face.
It was mean of me, but I couldn’t help the little jab. Since the twins started driving all five of the guys
have been riding to school together, and I was left walking. I didn’t really mind, it’s not actually that
far, but there was never even an offer, like I was invisible to them. Which I guess I was until
yesterday. That thought was the little reality check I needed to remember, things will not change
once we are back at school Monday. They will go back to being the popular guys at school that
everyone fights to talk to and I will go back to being invisible, unless Kaley says otherwise.