The Alpha's Rejected Silent Mate

Chapter 22

I feel bad. I had to leave Winter at home this morning, because I had football practice, well okay, I was staring at the cheerleaders and maybe some of the other girls that cheer for them.

A crappy reason to leave my sister behind right? I should have stayed but surely dad was way too drunk to do anything.

He’d been completely out of it when I left so I thought it was safe. I shake my head. I’ll check later to make sure that she’s made it to school safely. I promised her I’d change and I meant every single word of it.

Theres a niggle feeling in my gut and I don’t even dare wait until lunch like my original plan to find her. Instead I

go to the administration office and get glared at by the secretary. Clearly she doesn’t like me. Like I care, heck the feeling was mutual. I drum my fingers across the desk just to piss her off some more.

“Can I help you” she says snidely and I so badly want to give her the finger but making sure Winter is ok is my first priority. I could always give her the finger when I left.

“I’m wondering what class my sister Winter is in right now. I need to speak to her” | mumble. There’s no need to tell her my last name. I’ve been in this office so many times to see the headmaster that the secretary knows my full name off by heart.

She scowls at me and then slowly, pulls up something from her computer. At least she’s not arguing with me but then maybe she just wants me the hell out of her office.

“Why are you looking for your sister when she called in sick today” the woman snaps, as though I’ve wasted her precious time. I swear she rolled her eyes at me.

“Winter called in sick” | double check. I don’t believe her, Winter has never missed a day of school. Even when she was being bullied relentlessly or sick with a cold, she came to school. Her grades were too important to her.

“Yes she called in sick” the secretary says irritably and I still.

“Did she call or did her father?” I ask in a whisper, my gut churning.

looks even more

“it matters a lot” and she sighs, pushing away

ask the headmaster” she drawls sarcastically and I glare as

back in her chair before she looks up

“Well” I growl.

father called in sick for Winter, she was too sick to do it

when we’d been hanging out. I frown. Something feels dangerously

Johnathon. How ironic that he has the same name as one of my friends I think to myself absently as I stop and stare at him wondering what it is he wants. Clearly he feels it’s disrespectful cause his eyes flash and

a dangerous tone and I give a

he adds and I

for her” I tell him and his eyes

me and

say grimly “Winter’s never missed a day of school in her life, if

looking just as grim and I give him a nod of thanks, sensing he was coming with

I could yell at

when I found myself praying for my life while he drove. I almost vomited the contents of my stomach up as I got out. It must be nice to be Alpha and not worried about being pulled over, I think sourly as I make my way up the driveway. I don’t bother to knock, let alone unlock the door, father’s always too drunk to care about stuff like that and we have

his usual drunk self, sitting on the couch, a beer bottle dangling from his chubby hand, snores permeating the room. I walk in quietly and motion for Johnathon to follow me, he does but I

say and Johnathon nods, looking over at father. “Keep him in your sight” | whisper and slowly tread upstairs, walking straight to Winter’s room. She’s not in there. I

even the bathroom and toilet but theres no

her, I know it in my bones and I storm downstairs, Johnathon pointing

of a struggle and I’m in no mood to wait for father to wake up. I stomp over to him and smack

and I feel no sympathy for him. One eye and then the second one cracks open and he sits bolting upright, his eyes full of scorn as he glares at me. He makes no move to retaliate