Chapter 39
Chapter 39
I blushed a bit.
“Thanks.” I ordered a coffee and seated myself at the window counter.
Then I waited.
About an hour later, Jessica came walking down the sidewalk with a group of three other women. They were all beautiful, but none of them carried themselves with Jessica’s swagger.
They all went into the boutique.
I slid off the counter stool and left the shop. My eyes were glued on the door they had entered through. I crossed the street, barely looking for traffic, and quietly opened the door to the small dress shop.
I reached my hand up and silenced the welcome bell before it could ring and announce my presence.
Jessica’s friends were gathered at the far end of the store, gathered in front of one of the changing rooms. I ducked down one of the rows of mannequins and moved closer.
“I wish I could see her face when she finds out!” Jessica was laughing from inside the changing booth. “Tegan told me that the Old Luna had asked her to arrange the Gala instead of me. Good luck replacing me now, bitch p>
Her friends laughed with her, though with less fervor.
“She’ll just find a room full of trash p>
“Which is what she deserves.” Jessica emerged from the changing booth dressed in a skin-tight dress that showed off her curves. She was stunning but her cruel expression ruined her beautiful face with an ugly twist of her lips.
“Because the trash belongs with the other trash!” one of the girls tittered.
“She really is trash though.” Jessica’s eyes gleamed as climbed onto a pedestal and turned to admire her figure in the tri-fold mirror. “Have I told you about her mother, yet p>
“No!” the girls gasped, “Tell p>
I clenched my fists. It was one thing to face Jessica’s jealousy at being supplanted by my arrival, but she had no right to look into my background.
“Her father didn’t plan on having her with her mother I heard, but she seduced him anyways. He is the Gamma of Silvermoon but her mother is just a lowly Omega slave!” Jessica sneered, “And now Avery thinks she can come here and do the exact same thing to Gideon p>
“Disgusting.” One of the girls made a face.
“Can she really do that? Seduce Gideon, I mean?” Another of Jessica’s friends sounded stunned.
“No, of course not! Why would he want a pathetic little girl like her?” Jessica glared. “She’s barely a woman, and I heard she’s not even got a wolf! She’s just trash, just like her mother p>
I had heard enough.
I stepped forward, meeting Jessica’s eyes in the full length mirror. She gaped at me as I marched forward and stopped at the base of her pedestal.
“So it was you who tore up the guest list!” I accused. “I should have known when I smelled the presence of a rat p>
Recovering from her surprise, Jessica laughed behind her hand, “Look girls, I’ll show you how we treat Silvermoon Omega trash.” She slapped me hard across the face.
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Her friends gasped, looking between us.
I shook my head slowly to clear it.
“Let me bring you down to my level.” I snarled, and shoved her off the pedestal onto the floor.
Jessica shrieked as she fell, landing heavily on the ground. Her friends quickly helped her up, and she launched herself at me. This time she got a fistful of my hair and yanked me to the side painfully.
“You think you can attack me? Human. You’re just a pathetic stray.” she spat in my face.
“Stray I may be, but I can still kick your ass.” I hissed, twisting to look at her. I raised my hand and slashed at her.
I didn’t have true wolf claws I could manifest, but my nails left five bloody scratches across her cheek regardless.
“Ow! What did I do?” Jessica suddenly cowered away from me, whimpering. I stared at her in confusion. “Why did you suddenly attack me p>
She slapped her hand over her bleeding cheek.
“Help me, Alpha!” she cried. “She’s gone crazy p>
I turned to see Gideon standing in the open door, staring at me with Jessica’s blood on my nails.
Olivia Harris
Olivia Harris is an emerging author celebrated for her captivating romantic and steamy novels. With a talent for crafting deep emotional connections and fiery chemistry between her characters, Olivia’s stories offer readers an escape into worlds filled with passion, intrigue, and heart-stopping drama.