“We have to deal with his boorish ass for doing this to you.” Willow added.
“We can’t do anything to him.” He said and faced me. “He is from a powerful pack. If I decide to go head on with him, both packs will turn into chaos and a bloodbath. Unfortunately-” he panted a little. “I know who he is, but I don’t have any evidence that he is the one who did it to me.”
“Then we will search for the evidence. We can’t let this slide. I don’t care if he is from a powerful family. Let’s deal with him, James. Tell me, who is he?!”
“Tell us who he is.” I demanded an answer from him. “The bastard who is insane enough to put a wolfsbane in your drink. He could have killed you, James.” I yelled. “What is his name? Who is he? What pack is he from?”
“Yeah, tell us who he is and-”
“Willow.” James interrupted her. “Can you give me a second? I need to be alone with Violet.”
Willow nodded and looked at me for a second before excusing us. “I will leave you two for a while. Call me when you need me.”
“Okay.” I agreed and turned to James as soon as Violet left.
“What do you have to say to me? Is it about the jerk?!”
“Violet.” He called me and sighed after coughing, when I gave him some water to drink and dropped the glass on the table.
“What is it?”
“Be My girlfriend.” He blurted out.
I frowned. “What the hell! This isn’t funny. You are on your sickbed and you are asking me to be your girlfriend? I thought we talked about this.”
“Your brother thinks I’m disrespecting you. He wants me to do the right thing and honor your name.”
“I don’t understand what is going on here. What does my brother have to do with this? Does he know about us?!”
“Yes, he knows about us. Didn’t you tell him anything about us? Or did he figure it out himself?”
What is James talking about? Figure out what?
I didn’t tell Ash anything about me and James.
He only asked me that stupid question concerning my virginity on that day and I thought that was all he knew about James and I.
What does he know?
“Why should I tell him about what both of us did? It’s not his business. This is my private life. What did he tell you?!”
“He told me everything about us.”
“You mean ‘everything’ about us?”
“Yes.” James nodded.
I sighed shakily and moved away from him. “I need to head for class. I’m glad you are getting better.”
I need to get out of here.
“Don’t you want to know who poisoned me with wolfsbane?”
“That’s a rhetorical question, right?”
“Unfortunately, nope.”
“Get better first.” I took a step when he stopped me with a word.
“Violet. He’s an alpha.”
I turned to him with a confused expression. “James, once you get better, we will catch the culprit, but for now, let’s leave it at that.” I shifted my eyes to the door before I continued. “And please, don’t mention such words to me again. We had an agreement, and we are done, James.”
“I can’t forget about you, Violet-”
“James, you would have to-”
“I’ve been in love with you since I was a kid. I can’t hide it anymore. Even if you don’t love me, why don’t you give me a chance? Let me prove myself to you.”
“I’m not in the mood for this, James. Get well soon-”
“Ash.” He muttered, and I faced him like a flash with my heart pounding so fast when he mentioned his name.
“What happened to him?” I whispered.
What is he talking about? Does he know my secret?
No! There was no way he knew what was going on.
He climbed down the bed and took quiet steps as he walked barefooted to the door.
“What do you think you are doing, James?”
“Follow me.” He instructed. “I need to show you something.” He panted a little and walked out of the ward.
“James, come back.” I yelled and ran after him.
James kept walking so fast and sweating so much that I almost touched him when he stopped.
I looked forward and saw Ash, Anderson, Willow, and Jinx.
Jinx was back at school?
Before I could realize what was going on, James strolled forward and punched Ash so hard across his cheek with his incredible fist.
Ash fell to the floor with a splattered blood out of his mouth.
“You think you can get away with what you DID to me?” James roared and students in the school formed a gathering to know what was going on with James and Ash.
“What is happening around here?!” A female student spoke up.
The second female replied. “Beats me.”
My guts filled up with so much horror and rage; I pushed James out of the way and stepped in front of Ash.
“How DARE you do that to my brother?” I yelled and slapped him so hard across his cheek. “You have no right to slap him.”
“Did you know what he did to me?”
“What are you talking about?”
“HE POISONED ME.” He yelled at my face. “Are you still going to defend someone who almost killed me?!”
“What the hell is coming out of your mouth? Ash would never do such a thing. So, stop talking nonsense. We are talking about my brother here. Ash Stormclaw. Not some stupid alpha.”
“Have you gone nuts, Violet? I told you the culprit behind my predicament and you are saying to my face that I am lying?”
“It’s okay, Violet.” Ash grabbed my shoulders with both hands and questioned James with a straight face after wiping off the blood off his mouth.
“Ash.” I looked around and noticed the students were staring at us and if this issue gets to my parents, it wouldn’t be an issue anymore.
But a bomb.
He stepped forward and pushed me behind him.
“What evidence do you have that I poisoned you?”
Ash’s voice was gentle and alluring. Why was he being calm in front of James?
The Ash I know would snap and beat James up.
“Do you think I am stupid? That I don’t know what you are trying to do by making me the bad guy.” James laughed. “It’s what you are capable of. Because you hated me being around Violet, you had to use wolfsbane on me.”