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Well here is chapter six! Woo for another update I think? Well I hope you guys enjoy it!
6
"What happened to you?"
Alex cringes. He had hoped that he could get to his room without anyone noticing him. He stops and gives a sheepish grin to his dad, "I fell?"
"You fell on your eye?" he asks, raising a brow.
Alex shrugs and rubs the back of his head, "Yeah I mean it's not like the eye is a very protected place on the body. It's all vulnerable and stuff just sitting there on the face. And when someone falls unexpectantly they don't automatically think, 'Oh no! Not my eye!' it's more of a 'oh shit this will hurt'."
Gabriel crosses his arms and stares. Alex contains his nerves, that stare could freeze the ocean. Alex walks farther into the room, giving his farther a wide berth. He heads towards the kitchen. But he doesn't get there unscathed.
He stops his fall by throwing out his hands. He pushes himself over and glares at his dad, "What was that for?"
"Just to illustrate my point, you threw your hands out to protect your face. So, how did you manage the black eye?" At about that time is when Kole walks into the room, smugly he answers for Alex, "I think it had something to do with my fist."
Gabriel glares at both of his sons before he grabs Alex by the collar of his shirt. He hauls him up and shoves him towards the couch. Alex tumbles into it. He settles himself for what he knows is going to be another lecture, one of many he would most likely receive in the months to come.
"Kole, sit," Gabriel snarls. Kole sits as far from Alex as the couch allows. Gabriel takes a breath before launching into a tirade.
Alex keeps his eyes on the coffee table as his father yells about responsibility to the pack, how our behavior reflects onto him and our mother.
"And you," Gabriel growls, pointing to Alex. Alex meets his father's eyes. "You are going to be a father, you forfeited the rest of your childhood to raise a child. If you don't start acting like the adult you claim to be I won't have a choice in your discipline."
Alex's blood turns cold, "What?"
"You know exactly what I'm talking about Alexander."
Alex's eyes go wide and he jumps to his feet, "You're threatening me with expulsion when I didn't even do anything? What kind of sick twisted idea is that? I'm your son and you'd kick me out of the pack because I got punched by my brother?"
Gabriel folds his arms and stares Alex down, "You know the Law, better than most Alexander. I have more than one reason to expel you from the pack. You're on thin ice, don't think that being my son saves you from a judgment I would pass easily on Marc or even Bucky, Willem and Ulf. Everyone follows the same rules."
"Except you of course," Alex growls. He regrets it immediately as he watches his father's hair bristle, his teeth sharpen.
"Is that a challenge Alexander?"
Alex can hear Kole suck in a breath. Alex bows his head and sits down as fast as he can, "No sir."
"Get out of my sight, both of you. If I hear so much as a peep about you two misbehaving again you'll be stuck in your skin for a week."
Alex and Kole both rush to their room, neither of them speaking to each other, Kole out of sheer confusion as to why Gabriel had been so angry and Alex out of fury.
Novalee sits on the porch, waiting for Alex. He was supposed to meet her before the pack meeting but he still hadn't shown up.
Brigitte and Austin join her, letting the screen door slap closed, the hinges crying in protest. "Are you coming or what?" Brigitte asks, tapping Novalee on the head.
Novalee brushes Brigitte's hand away, "I guess, Alex never showed up," she says, looking around for maybe a glimpse of him coming up to the cabin.
"Oh, you didn't hear?" Austin asks, biting his lip.
Novalee stands up and jumps off the stairs, her feet calling up a cloud of dust, "Hear what?"
"Alex and Kole, yeah let's just say we probably won't be seeing them much anymore."
"They're okay, not buried under the rose bushes or anything?" Nova asks, twisting her shirt in her hands.
"They're alive but they got in some deep shit with Gabriel. I don't know the details, just what I overheard when mom was talking to Vivian."
The trio head off towards the woods. There was a new meeting place. The pack was getting too big to squeeze into Gabriel's cabin anymore. So deep in the woods, where no humans would accidentally stumble upon in the middle of the night, was a new pavilion. There were picnic tables in rows and then at the end on a makeshift stage were chairs for Gabriel's family.
Novalee's eyes immediately went to Alex. His arms were crossed and he was scrunched down in his chair, his eyes on the floor. She could barely make out the shadow of a black eye on him. She immediately wondered if it was from Gabriel but Austin quickly told her different.
"Man his eye is black, Kole packs a punch."
Brigitte squeaks, "Kole punched him?"
Austin rushes off into a story about Kole and Alex but Novalee doesn't listen. She takes her seat at one of the tables closest to the stage, sitting next to Esme. Austin has to leave Brigitte since the new arrangement is by family, he sits next to Novalee, elbowing her in the process.
Novalee glances over the Sylvain's. Gabriel and Vivian are sitting in the middle, chatting over something. Alex, Kole and Juliee are sitting off to the site, angled so they can see everyone. Alex is closest to Gabriel and he refuses to look in his father's direction.
She couldn't help but stare at him, he wasn't like his siblings. Kole looked exactly like Gabriel, though he wasn't as tall as his brother or father. He was built like a mini Gabriel, muscles and all. His hair was pitch black but his eyes were green like Vivian's. Juliee didn't look anything like Gabriel, but she had his attitude. Juliee was the spitting image of Vivian when she was younger. Growing up with Esme had allowed her to see all of the pictures of Vivian from when she was a teenager. Juliee with her blond hair, bright green eyes, and mischievous attitude was going to eat hearts for breakfast.
But Alex, oh Alex, he was like the perfect combination. He had shaggy tawny hair and ice blue eyes. He was just an inch shy of his father in height but he made up for it with his strength. He didn't look overly ripped like some of the guys at school. He was perfect in a way only a loup garoux could be. Just as that thought flitted through her mind Alex looked up, their eyes met and she couldn't help but smile. His smile looked pinched but she could read his thoughts in his eyes. He was sorry for not meeting her. She nodded at him and his smile relaxed.
Then the meeting began.
Well, well, what did you think of Gabriel and Alex's little fight? Might make things interesting, don't you think? And wonder what's up with Kole? Interesting things to come, and I'll even let you in on a secret, drama as in mate drama will be starting soon. But I guess you'll never imagine who it's between.
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Kaiai
