CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE

I went home feeling very accomplished with myself, it was clear that my wolf was strong and that made me strong too. We carried out the mission with no hiccups and that said a lot about how hurt she was if she was willing to do that against all odds. I was happy too that I wasn't weak and it got a rise out of him. It was obvious he cared, I just didn't know why he was fighting it. I wanted to tell him that I was a werewolf but his actions proved to me that I couldn't trust him enough to tell him my secret. It would make him take back the rejection but it won't take back the fact that he hurt me because he wasn't willing to fight for us. I may not know much about all of this right now but I know he just threw away the mate ship like it was nothing to him. Not caring about my feelings or anyone he was hurting. He couldn't be with me because of the law and I get that but he didn't even take out time to get to know me enough to know that I wasn't human like I started out as. I already told Camilla not to say anything to him and she agreed. I went back home after school reveling in my victory. Avilla 1- Rohan 0 I checked my mental scoreboard, I parked my car just to see another car beside my aunt's parked in front of the house. I unlocked the door with my key. "Avilla, come here for a second honey." My aunt called out from the sitting room. I went to the sitting room just to find Mr. and Mrs. Knight sitting and having tea with my aunt. "Hello Mr. and Mrs. Knight" I greeted them "Oh hello Avilla, it's nice to see you again" Penelope greeted back. Mr. Knight just smiled at me. "You called?" I directed the question to my aunt "Oh yes!" She clapped her hands together. "What is it?" I asked her curious as to why they were in my house. 'They wanted to come see you, they had a concern about something" my aunt said. My brows furrowed and I turned to them curiously to find out what they wanted. "What can I help you with?" I asked them both. "Nothing much, you see my son came home a couple nights ago to read up on our history about human mates, we found it strange at the time but there was only one human that just celebrated her eighteenth birthday and she is new. We traced it back to you. Are you my son's mate? Penelope asked me. I opened my mouth and closed it again, I didn't know what to say to them. I could always throw Rohan under the bus and let his parents deal with him or I could lie my way out of this. I looked at their faces filled with so much hope and I just couldn't lie to them. 'Yes I am his mate" I told them Penelope jumped with glee and clapped her hands together, she even did a happy dance till her husband held her. "That is great news!!! Oh I am so happy!" She continued, it was obvious that she didn't care I was human so why should he. Her face was filled with so much joy that my wolf bathed in it. She was glad that she approved of us. "Mrs. Knight, your son rejected me because I am human" I told her. "He did what?!!" Mr. Knight roared. I felt the ground shake a bit. This was the most he has said since I have met him. The smile on his face was long gone by now and in its place was a scowl so big, it covered his mouth. Penelope took her husband's hands in hers to calm him down, his chest was heaving up and down. He was really angry and I would hate to be Rohan right now. I cowered in fear from the dominance his wolf was emitting. "What was he thinking doing something like this?" He questioned "Honey, it is against the law" his wife reminded him "Then he should have come to us instead of rejecting her" he said angrily. I looked at my aunt who looked back at me before shaking her head. Clearly she was mad at me for not telling her that the son of her best friend rejected me point blank. I didn't want a strain on their friendship and that was why I didn't tell Camilla in the first place either. "I apologize on his behalf" Penelope told me. I nodded at her, there was no need to apologize, and it is not their fault that their son is a jackass. It was clear that they were going to have serious words with him when they get a hold of him. "Can I go upstairs now?" I asked them. "Yes, thank you for telling us" Penelope said giving me a hug. The father still didn't say anything, just stared at me with anger but I knew it wasn't directed at me in the first place. They left a while later because I heard the sound of their car door, my aunt knocked on my door to check on me. "Hey, I am sorry I didn't tell you. I just didn't want to ruin your friendship with them" I told her "Honey, we are adults. There is no way it could ruin our friendship but I don't want you to keep things like this to yourself because you are trying to protect my interests. I should be the one doing that" she told me sternly. I nodded at her and she gave me a hug before going back to her room. It was a while later when I got a call from Camilla and she was ranting that I didn't hear anything she was saying. 'Camilla, slow down. I can't hear a thing" I told her She was talking too fast and I could hear shouts from where she was. 'I said you devious bitch, you told my parents about you and Rohan!" she said I didn't know the tone I was sensing from her, I didn't know is she was mad or happy so I decided to play dumb. 'What?" I asked 'Oh come on! Don't pretend you don't know. My father is here beating the crap out of Rohan while I am waiting for my turn for tongue lashing" she said in one breath. I was about to say something when she cut me off. 'So I was at home watching a movie, Rohan was in his room doing God know what. I heard my parent's car in the driveway. The door slammed shut and I overheard my mom telling my father to calm down. I assumed he was just hungry because my dad was always that way whenever he was hungry. But I heard the door to Rohan's room make a loud bang, my dad had kicked in and before Rohan could say 'jack Robinson" my father had him by the neck and throwing him out of the room. As confused as he was, Rohan knew not to challenge my father because he would end up with a broken jaw and other body parts. When I came out, my dad had beaten Rohan to a pulp, my mom had to pull him off an already limp Rohan." Camilla narrated So she wasn't angry, she was just excited to tell me the story. I shook my head at her even though she couldn't see me over the phone. 'Well, I didn't mean to tell your parents." I told her. 'Oh you don't have to be sorry, he totally deserves it. He knew how mad my father could get" she said. 'Yeah I guess" I told her unsure 'Did you at least tell my dad that you got your wolf?" she asked me 'That part never came up?" I replied her She just laughed and laughed, she said she guessed that from the way the father had fumes coming out of his ears. I was relieved that she wasn't mad at me for what I did but hearing that Rohan was hurt badly made me sad, I wanted to nurse him back to health but I knew he wouldn't appreciate that right now. 'Is he okay?" I asked her 'He would be fine, he would heal quickly" she said dismissively I decided to mess with her a bit, she was nonchalant about all of this because she wasn't at the receiving end of the beating, if she knew that her turn was immediately after Rohan, her mood will definitely change. 'Don't be so relaxed, I told your parents about Mitchell" I said casually 'YOU DID WHAT?!" she shouted I burst into laughter immediately, she realized I was joking and cursed at me. 'Oh you think you are so funny, huh? I will get back at you somehow" she said I kept laughing till it entered a coughing fit, she told me she would call me back and hung up. Her reaction was so funny, it was clear she was really scared of her parents and if I was her, I would be. Witnessing Mr. Knight in all shades of anger struck a side of me I didn't know I had. Fear. I was so scared of him at that point. I felt pity for Rohan at the moment, he deserved the beating he was getting but I didn't want to be the reason his relationship with his parents got strained. I hated being the reason why bad things occurred, I will always feel guilty seeing that person unhappy at the time. I would call him but I don't have his number and I doubt he would appreciate my call right now seeing as I am the reason he is in the state in the first place. I felt terrible and I doubt he would want to talk to me after this whole drama. Not telling Mr. Knight that I got my wolf never crossed my mind, it is not like I wanted him to punish his son but a sick part of me was glad he got beat up badly. That sick part is my wolf. 'Sure, blame the animal" my wolf said flicking her tail in a huff I laughed a little in my head at her attitude, the part that was a little glad was me. I was happy he felt pain even though I wasn't the one to inflict it on him but this can do anyway. I undressed and wore my painting outfit so I could enter my studio, I had something in mind I wanted to paint. I entered and admired some of the paintings I have done so far. Once they dry, I hang them on the wall just for fun. I picked up an empty easel and set it up, this time I was going to paint with oil. I closed my eyes and imagined what I wanted to paint, the image so vivid in my mind. I memorized the lines and shapes of it and got started. I started with light strokes to highlight the outer lines, then I started painting the real picture I wanted to create. My fingers moved delicately across the easel because I didn't want to make a mistake or have a smidge. My fingers were beginning to cramp but I didn't care because I needed to get the painting right, I was done with the sketch and it looked just right, I used the oil to fill it in and bring out the details of what I wanted. I focused more on the eyes because it told a lot of stories, I got the structure from the first memory of him being the first day I saw him at the coffee shop.