Chapter 144

I was still clutching my apple, I really wanted to take a bite but I would wait till the girl would leave and I could get out of the door.
“I can smell you, you know” the girl said, her eyes darting around the kitchen “Very faint but rogue, definitely. Now, you’re in a pack house and I want to know why. Unless you want me to wake the whole house, come out. And trust me, no on here is too fond of rogues, especially my mate”
I didn’t understand a lot of things she said, like rogue and mate. I didn’t know how she smelled me but I wasn’t exactly clean. With the hunters I used to have a bath every two days, but it’s been five days since I’ve showered and I’ve been sleeping in the dirt, so maybe I was stinky.
“I’m waiting” the girl said and I gulped and cracked the cupboard open, the girl’s eyes immediately came to where I was and she watched silently as I looked up at her “come out” I felt my lip tremble and stepped out of the cupboard, standing up but keeping a distance from her, still cradling the apple to me. “Why are you here?”
Talking was always wrong, everytime I talked with the hunters would hit me or give me bad medicine so I knew better. With shaking hands I brought my apple forward, feeling so sad that I wouldn’t be able to eat it.
“An apple” The girl said, looking confused as she looked at me “You snuck into a pack house, risking prison for an apple” I didn’t say anything and she opened her mouth to say something else when someone’s voice called out.
“Lily?” It was a boy’s voice, I was sure and I cowered away from where it was coming from. A big scary looking man came into the room and looked at the girl “Woke up and you weren’t–” he stopped and looked at me, his nostrils flared and he growled and suddenly he was infront of me, grabbing me by the shirt and pulling me up, the apple fell from my hand as he hissed at me “rogue”
“Ethan wait” the girl said “Just wait a second I know she’s a rogue but something is wrong here”
“A rogue tresspassing pack territory and actually breaking into the pack house what do you think she wants, Lily?”
“Look at her she looks scared out of her mind”
“Wouldn’t be the first time a rogue has played tricks” During this conversation he didn’t take his eyes off of me
“Okay, just calm down we’ll interrogate her okay?” she laid a hand on his shoulder and he looked back for a second, unconsciously losining his hold on me. I took this as my chance and ran out of his grasp, heading for the door as fast as I could. I barely made it before I was caught again. Follow current novels on.net
“What is it with all this noise down here?” Another male voice said, I looked over from where the guy, Ethan, had caught me. He had my hands behind my back and I was on my knees on the floor.
“Rogue was going to attack Lily in the kitchen” Ethan spat and tightened his hold on my had, I whimpered at the pain.
“She wasn’t going to attack me Ethan.”
“Then what the fuck was she doing in the kitchen in the middle of the night, Lily? If she was a peaceful rogue why would she break in pack territory?”
“I think she was hungry” The girl, Lily, said. She motioned to the apple “When I asked her why she came she just pointed at the apple she was holding”
“Any wolf can manage to get food in the woods, Lily. You know that. She doesn’t have to break in to steal food, it’s an excuse. I’m not risking you and Aurora”
I wanted to speak, tell them I’m not a rogue because it sounded like a bad thing, but speaking always lead to hitting and I didn’t want Ethan to hit me.I looked up at the guy who came in earlier and he was looking at me with narrowed angry eyes and I knew he would hurt me too. “Xavier you know I’m right” Ethan said and Xavier looked away from me to him with a nod.
“I think we should put her in one of the cells, leave her there and interrogate her in the morning with the others. We don’t want Aurora or any of the other kids waking up and stumbling down here.”
Ethan was silent for a while before he forced me to stand. He didn’t say a word and I could tell he was mad from the way his grip was so tight. I was led down a set of stairs that reached a lot of cells. That’s when I started to struggle. No, no not this again. I didn’t want to be put in a cell again, in the dark with only the moon as a light. I was scared, I wanted Brett.
Brett, I had to wait for Brett. What was I going to do? Ethan growled and pushed me in the cell as soon as Xavier opened it. “We’ll keep her there till morning. Jacob and the others will be back by then at least, if we need back up.”
Ethan nodded, sent me one last glare and left. Xavier turned around and looked at me with angry eyes “You’re chose the worst pack to break into. Everyone knows what happened to the last rogues who messed with us.” and with that he turned around and left. I sat in the dark again, so much like before. And my only thought was: Brett will think I didn’t wait.

Lily