Chapter 10: Chp.10

I wake up to the smell of fresh bacon being cooked wafting through the pack house. I pull myself out of bed, and open the blinds to the sun shining brightly back at me. I stretch walk over to my vanity to see the damage that had been done due to hunting long into the night. Surprisingly just light dark circles, and messy ruffled hair. I pull off all my clothes on the way to bathroom to start and get ready for school. I turn the shower freezing to help with the wake up affect. After I washed the sweat and smell off of me I turn the shower off and pull a towel down. I look in the mirror and see my repaired reflection looking back at me. I dry off and head to my closet looking for some east clothes to wear. I pull on some black skinny jeans and a maroon shirt. I slip on my black sneakers and head off to the kitchen to grab some breakfast. I see my mom and dad sitting at the table reading the morning newspaper just like everyday. I grab a plateful and start to head for my car until my father stopped me."Son what did you find out about that missing girl last night?" I slowly respond with,"We didn't find much just the cabin that she was being held at, and found the area where she had escaped to and was captured at again." He looked up from his paper and said ,"Again!?" I look down and quickly explain how she was being held for awhile at the cabin, and how she had left freely but then was captured for real this time. He rubs his eyes with his hands roughly and sighs. He's disappointed with our finds, but we can't necessarily do anything else except look for her. I start to walk out the door, but my father stops me again."Jacob, after school you will go back out with the hunters and search for this girl. It is important to bring her back as soon as possible. If you can't do the job, then I don't really know if you can become an alpha because this right here is an alpha job." I sigh and say,"I understand", and head for the door. I'm fucking fuming. My father expects me just to suck it up, and not except help unless I want to give up my formal position of Alpha. I hop in my car, and close the door heavily behind me. Jesus Sage Smith you're really fucking up my world at the moment. I speed out of the drive way, and start on my way to school. I pull up to my usually spot. I spot my very small friend group by the large open front door of the school. I take one last bite of my breakfast before slamming the door behind me. I walk quickly up to my group and pass through the front doors first. It's a respect thing more than anything. My girl and bestfriend follow closely behind me taking up a good amount of the hall. I open my locker and grab my books for my first few periods. I close my locker scanning the croud for unfamiliar faces that might give me a slight clue to Sage's disappearance. I of course don't see anything and head into first period. I try to pay attention but my mind keeps drifting to more pressing matters. I think of all the area surrounding our territory. My mind comes up blank. Before long the teacher announced that he was done for the day and the rest of the time was for our needs. I try to think up a plan on what to do after school. I was drawn out of my thoughts when I felt a hard bite on my shoulder, before long its warm and tingling. I turn around to see canine bite marks way to close to my marking spot. I turn my head to see who was responsible. Nicole caught my eye, I give a deadly glare once I notice a thin strand of blood moving down her face. She almost just marked me. This bitch almost just marked me without my say. I'm a soon to be alpha, she is nothing, a bug under my shoe. I back hand her before thinking twice about it. Her hand slowly raised to her face in shock. Her shock quickly turns to rage the moment she lifts her eyes to mine. My eyes flash pure black momentarily in rage. I say under my voice," We're over." I stand up and walk out mindlinking Jacob to take my personal belongings to my locker, and bring my classes work home. I walk straight out of the front doors and up to my car. I rev up the engine before pulling out of the lot. I speed home to the pack doctor hoping he could clean up the wound, so I can get started back to the hunt. I will kill myself over working before giving up my alpha position. The doc tells me I was quite lucky she wasn't closer to the right, that would've led to a marking then and there. I grab the trackers and hunters before heading back to the water. We go back to the place with the cloth, but there wasn't any trail due to the cloth being left behind. We found small endless trails of broken twigs and destroyed leaves, but never anything good enough to help. I bring the members of the pack back home in disappointment. I head up to my bedroom to start on my load of work. I open my door to find the work on my desk along with what seemed to be a picture. I pick it up to see a natural beauty. I turn it over in my hand to see a name, age, grade, height, and some background information. So this is Sage. I never thought about. I set the picture aside while I sat down and started thumbing through a book. An hour later of frustrated sighs and mumbles I'm ready to give up. I throw myself onto my bed checking the time to see that it was officially past 10. I close my eyes for a moment before drifting into a peaceful sleep.