In Between The Alphas -
Chapter 27
Jake refused to speak about what happened that night. I tried talking to him about it the next day but he completely shut me out and changed the subject. I even tried again a few days after that and he actually yelled at me to never bring it up again. It has been weighing on my mind since then and I don't know who to talk to about it. Diana wouldn't understand and Logan and I- although he doesn't out rightly hate me- I still don't know how I feel about telling him something like that. Today I don't have work, in fact, they have a bi-annual pack gathering and that's what we're going for. I made a bunch of brownies and tea cakes to take because Diana asked me to and was in the middle of setting up when I felt a presence behind me. I turned and jumped slightly when I noticed Logan.
"I'm sorry if I scared you," he said and I nodded and waved him off, "Thank you for the brownies, Diana has told everyone she can about it so I'm assuming they would be the first to go."
"There are some more in the car just in case," I said with a small shrug.
"How about you don't tell anyone else about that," he said and my eyes widened. Is Logan actually being friendly with me? "I was a bit hard on you at first but I was just looking out for my pack; I hope you can understand that."
"Of course," I said with a small smile, "You were doing what you thought was best and I totally support that."
"Samantha also seems to like you and I trust her decision," when he saw the confusion on my face he clarified, "Samantha is Amelia's mother."
"Oh; well her daughter is an angel." I said with a small smile and decided this was as good a time to tell him about my concern with Jake, "I was wondering if I could talk to you about something."
"What is it?" he asked and I was about to reply when I suddenly caught Jake's eye from across the lawn. The look in his eyes was murderous and I immediately clamped my mouth shut. "Charlotte, are you okay?"
I took a nervous step back but tripped over my feet and would have landed on the floor if not for Logan's hand that shot out to grab me and pull me back to my feet.
Sparks flew across where his hand was encircled at my wrist and I got a lungful of his scent for the first time; it was pine mixed with something earthy and distinctly manly.
"Is everything okay?" he asked then he turned to where Jake was standing but he was nowhere to be seen, "Did you see something?"
"No, I'm fine."
"You wanted to tell me something before this."
I quickly shook my head remembering the look on Jake's face, "I forgot," I lied and Logan's eyes narrowed. He knew I was lying but didn't push it, instead he nodded and let go of my hand. My skin immediately felt cold at the loss of contact but I didn't dwell on it, instead I turned on my heels and ran.
I bumped into Diana who was thanking me for bringing the brownies and promised that they would be the only thing she would eat. I couldn't even concentrate on what she was saying; I just sent her small smile.
"Are you okay?" she asked stopping her rambling, "You look like you've seen a ghost."
"I'm fine," I lied, "I just don't do well in crowds."
"You should have said something since," she said with a small frown but then her face brightened, "Oh look there's Jake; I'll just call him over."
"No please," I had barely gotten the words out when she called out to Jake. He turned to her and when he saw me I saw anger flash across his face briefly but he broke out into a smile and walked over to us.
"Hey, do you think you can take Charlie somewhere more private," she began, "She doesn't do well with crowds. You should know that and you shouldn't have left her out here alone."
"I can assure you that I didn't leave her alone," he said then turned to me, "She was with Logan." His eyes darkened slightly but he smiled, "But I'll take care of her."
His hand wrapped around my wrist and pulled me away but it wasn't like when Logan did it. His grip was as tight as a vice to the extent that it hurt and I winced.
"You're hurting me," I said softly but he ignored me; in fact, he seemed to squeeze tighter, "Please let me go Jake."
He led me to and empty room and threw me inside and shut the door behind him, "Shut the f**k up." My eyes widened at his choice of words, "I leave you alone for one second and then you're all over Logan. Why? Is it because he's an Alpha?" "Why would you even say that?" I asked rubbing at my wrist that had already started to bruise. "We were just talking."
"We are talking but what you guys were doing was not talking," he spat, "Do you talk to everyone with their hand on your wrist and your bodies practically pressed into each other?"
"He was just helping me up after I tripped," I tried to explain but he ignored me.
"Maybe we should talk like that." He grabbed onto my already bruised wrist and pulled me close to him, "Is this how you talk to everyone Charlie?"
"Please let go of me," I sobbed and I felt tears escape my eyes.
"Now you're making it seem like I'm the bad guy when you're the one causing this." He pushed me away and I let out a loud sob. "You're the one flirting with my friend."
"I'm not flirting with him," I all but yelled, "We were talking; I thought you would be happy that I'm civil with your friend and he doesn't hate me anymore."
He let out a groan before speaking, "Clean up, we're leaving."
"What?"
"We're leaving," he said, "Dry your tears, I can't have you looking like you had a fight with a raccoon."
I was too shocked to speak but I obeyed and wiped off my eyes with a handkerchief and we exited the room only to come face to face with Logan. He took one look at both of us and frowned. "You were crying," he said and I opened my mouth to deny it but Jake beat me to it.
"Panic attack," he shrugged, "She doesn't do well with crowds so I'm taking her home."
Logan ignored him and turned to me, "Are you okay?" I couldn't form any words so I nodded and prayed the tears stayed at bay. "You can stay home tomorrow if you want."
"No I'll be fine." I assure him. Logan looked like he was about to protest but Jake grabbed my wrist and interrupted before he could say anything.
"We'll see you tomorrow." He said, "I really have to get Charlie calmed down."
Logan still looked skeptical but nodded anyways and Jake pulled me away not a second later.
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