04 - Chapter Four - Leno's Point Of View.
The day after the moon had been pure bliss. Diego was loving and
accepting, but I should have known it was still the after-effects of the
moon because the next day he was back to being as rude and distant
as possible for him. Typical Diego.
The worst of it had started as soon as we woke up moments apart. I
had run into him in the hall and our bodies touched making sparks
ignite. He growled and made sure to shove me away and walk faster
into the kitchen. I made my way into the kitchen and did the very thing
he hated most. I took the last cup of coffee in the pot. I could sense his
anger running under his skin. He just wanted to lose it and say
something but he didn't. Goodness, I was thankful for that.
I decided I needed a run.
I left the house with no words to Diego and ran out into the snow, sure
it was cold but it wasn't too bad if you kept your heart rate up but
didn't make yourself sweat. With it being the time it was I surely knew
that the daycare would still be open. Pepper was everyone's favourite
little omega. Knowing he would need help with the daycare I went and
helped. I got the building and shifted, dressing quickly before going in.
"Oh thank goodness, Leno could you do me a huge favour?â
"Of course Pepper, what do you need?"
"Could you watch all the pups till they all get picked up by their
parents?"
"Of course, but why if you don't mind me asking?"
"My mate and I are having a huge family dinner and I have a few pups
that need to stay longer and I couldn't miss dinner.â
"I understand, I'll cover for you Pepper. Enjoy your dinner.â
Pepper left in a flash. Surely he had plenty of things he needed to get
done. With Diego in the mood, he was in. I was pretty happy to be
away from him. Honestly, I loved helping out with the pups. Books,
toys, crafts, snack time, nap time, I loved it all, right down to screaming
pups.
Slowly one by one the pups were leaving. Their parent's did training or
working at the clinic or whatever other jobs they had been assigned.
Vampire children began to fill the night-care for them as their parents
woke up to do their jobs. I stayed long enough for the night care
teacher to show up then I darted. As much as I loved children I didn't
want to be a baby vampires pin cushion. The temperature had dropped
quite a bit that I found myself shivering as I walked home in the cold.
The walk was a good ten minutes from the daycare, and with all the
vampires in the streets now it was too dangerous to be in wolf form in
case they would get hurt. Not all the wolves would be asleep now, and
that was better reinforced when a few of the warrior wolves came over
to me. You could smell the booze on their skin. They pushed and
shoved me, causing me to fall and bite my lip. The smell of my blood
had a few of the vampires watching and somehow a fight got started
between a vampire and the drunk wolves.
I attempted to stop the fight but one of the wolves punched me square
in the face. Talk about ringing my bell. My world was spinning and the
pain in my face was enough to make me want to puke. After a sober
warrior broke the fight up he comes towards me who was holding my
face trying to piece together what the fuck had happened. He drew in a
breath and swore under his breath.
Slowly against his protest to be taken to the medical centre, I made my
way home. I walked up the packed down snow towards the door nearly
falling a few times. I turned the doorknob to find it didn't open the
door. I turned the knob once more, twice, three times more before I
realized the door was locked. I hip-checked the door and let out a
squeal of curses as I hurt myself even more. I took a breath before
banging on the door.
I could hear jogging down the stairs and the door opened. I waved as
Diego's eyes locked on my face. He roughly grabbed my wrist and
hauled me inside the door slamming behind him and he turned and
spoke deeply. His voice was deadly scary.
"What in the ever-loving fuck happened to you? Huh?"