Avani-
Tonight was my first date with Trace. We had been here two days and already I wanted to go home. Everybody who came with us including both Trace and Koda was rubbing me the wrong way.
The only ones who didn't seem to be bothering me was Tyree (no big surprise there) and Blaze. They were the only ones who didn't have something smart to say nor did they have a macho male wolf pissing contest going on like everyone else.
When daddy told me who he picked to come with us I wanted to be mauled by a bear or even ask one of the omegas's to bash my skull in.
I should have known better than to think the fates would have been nice to me after the situation I was in now but I figured our precious Luna would intervene. Nope instead I got stuck with four of my worse tormentors.
Sara, Nessa, Duke, and Johnny have made it their life mission to torment me every chance they got from the time I was 4. They were the ring leaders, starting up nicknames like half-breed and midget. My favorite was half-breed midget (they were so creative. Not).
At least my dad had picked other people from the other two visiting packs to come along as well, although I wasn't too happy about Rachel being one of the people that he picked. There's just something about knowing she used to fuck my potential mate up until 3 days ago that makes me uncomfortable.
A soft knock on my door drew me away from the unhappy thoughts I was having, reminding me that I have a date to get ready for.
"Come in." I called out not bothering to stand up from the crossed legged position I was in on the floor on the other side of the bed.
"Girl don't you have a date to be getting ready for? Why are you sitting there instead of getting ready?" Tyree asked closing the door behind her.
"I'm sitting here because I don't want to do this. Why couldn't the fates have found someone else to mess with like this? Then everything could have gone on as planned and I wouldn't be forced to be here, having to date two men at the same time and I wouldn't be stuck here with one of the men's ex-girlfriend as well as a group of people that hate me- present company excluded. I wish this whole thing never happened." I pout, leaning forward to rest my head on my crossed legs.
I hear a sharp sigh before Tyree wrenched me back into an upright position.
"Hey..." I start to say but the look on my best friends face caused me to shut my mouth.
"Listen up Avani because I'm going to do something that should have been done a while ago: pull your head out your ass. You want to know the real reason the others pick on you despite the fact that you're the Alpha's daughter? Because you're an easy mark, that's why. You're naturally kind and sensitive and still broken up over the disappearance of your mom and those blood thirsty wolves prey on that and you allow them to. I'm not saying that being sensitive and kind and nurturing is a bad thing by no means am I saying that you need to forget your mom either but it's going to continue to make you an easy mark until you learn to put your alpha bitch on and not let them see it hurts you. You need to grow up and stop letting them run your life!" She snaps at me causing my eyes to widen.
Hearing those things from anyone would have hurt but hearing them from someone who is supposed to be my sister was killing me. I tried my best to keep a straight face and not cry but it was hard.
A single tear ran down my face and I guess it broke Tyree down because she sighed again before plopping down next to me on the floor with her face in her hands.
"Shit Ava I didn't mean for it to come out like that, I..."
I never even gave her a chance to finish before I darted up off the floor and practically ran to the door.
"Ava! Avani wait I'm sorry!" Tyree called out trying to grab my arm but I let the door slam behind me before she could catch up.
I started to run again before crashing into someone's chest in the midst of wiping tears that now at this point were pouring down my face.
Strong arms wrapped around me keeping me from hitting the ground from the impact. I knew from his scent alone that it was Trace before my teary hazel met his questioning stormy blue-grey ones.
Before he could even open his mouth I whimpered out, "Please just get me out of here."
He took my hand and we ran through the hallway of the five star hotel that we were staying in making it around the corner before we heard Tyree calling for me to come back.
"Come on hurry up before she catches up to us" I say in a panic. Trace looks around before noticing the stair way door to our right and pulls me in that direction.
"Come on we can take the stairs and hide on another floor." he said throwing the door open and shutting it quickly behind us.
Since our room arrangements were on the 25th VIP floor there was no place to go but down.
"Come on I hear somebody coming and if Tyree hasn't already it won't be long before my brother gets involved in our search. Plus since we're on the top floor we need to go down before were caught and from the panicked look on your face I'd say you don't want that yet." Trace said pulling me in the direction of the stairs. Trace said pulling me in the direction of the stairs.
I finally got my feet to move and I followed him as we jogged down the concrete stairs. I was semi-worried because of the amount of noise the echoes of our footfalls were making but I tried to stay focused on my sexy savior instead.
We stopped once we got down to the 12th floor stair cases and he turned around to look at me.
"I know there's another elevator bank on the other side of the hotel. There's a chance we can make it out before they can catch us. That may be the best option because it won't be long before they think to check the stairs." he said guiding me out the stairwell and into the hallway.
It was quite for the most part but with our enhanced ears we could hear people moving around in their rooms and the faint sounds of TV's.
Our feet soundlessly shuffled across the carpeted floor until we made it to the eastern side of the hotel where the other set of elevators were.
