Chapter 8

One second Cody was laughing at a joke his friend cracked the next second he was roughly pushed to a locker. He was completely taken off guard and switched to his fighting stance. He paused when he saw a girl staring at him angrily.

“What the hell.” He growled menacing stepping towards her but she didn’t budge.

“Who the hell are you?” he asked.

“lily.” She said staring up at him with her purple eyes. Cody has never seen anyone with purple eyes as bright as hers. It caught him off guard for a moment.

He looked at the group that came with him and nodded at them to go. He would deal with Lily alone.

“I don’t think I like your flirting style but its unique.” He said giving her a lazy smirk. A chocked smile made him break eye contact with her. He saw Hannah staring at him in shock.

Cody bit back a groan, he didn’t want Hannah as his mate because she seemed weak. It meant that the girl in front of him was probably her friend.

“Who do you think you are?” lily said very calmly in contrast to the storm brewing in her eyes. Cody frowned in confusion and anger.

‘Who did she think she was to question him?’ he thought.

“Who do you think you are?” he countered. Fortunately for him no one was around to him being confronted by two girls without any rank.

“Why did you reject Hannah?” lily asked. It was taking her a lot of effort to control her temper and wipe of the cocky smirk from Cody’s lips.

“Stay out of our business.” Cody growled leaking out toxic scent that screamed submit.

The scent didn’t affect her surprisingly, Cody tried not to taken aback but failed woefully.

“She’s my best friend. Her business is my business. Why did you reject her?” lily didn’t even notice that Cody expelled his toxic scent that ranked people use to gain submission from pack members.

“Lily it’s okay. Let’s just go.” Hannah said softly as she took her hand to pull her away. Yet lily didn’t budge.

Cody watch his mate try to convince lily to walk away. His pride would let him accept her despite wanting to be with her. Just like the way his pride won’t let Lily just walk away after disrespecting him.

“Submit!!!” he partly yelled and growled out. He was standing toe to toe with her now.

The scent started to get to lily but she willed herself not to submit. Hannah was panting for air as she barred her throat in submission to Cody.

Cody wasn’t satisfied with Hannah’s submission he wanted lily to submit too. He wanted her on her knees for her disrespect.

“Submit and kneel!” he said. As soon as the words left his lips so did his air. His eyes bulged as he struggled to breathe clearing away the repulsive submission scent away. He grabbed his throat in effort to find a way to breathe again.

Lily stared at his her eyes glowing more purple as Cody begged for his life with his eyes.

“Lily? Lily what are you doing!” Hannah screamed when she saw what was happening to Cody. He feel to his knees as he gasped for the air he couldn’t have.

“Lily stop please.” Hannah begged as streams of tears pooled from her eyes. She didn’t want to be the cause of death of another person and most importantly she didn’t want her mate to die even though he rejected her. She tried grabbing lily but a force stopped her. There was nothing she could do but scream.

Cody stared into lily’s eyes as he stared to lose consciousness. Her lips lifted to a smirk as she stared at him back lifting him up in the air, his back against the lockers.

Inside her, lily was terrified. She felt that she was trapped in her own body and her eyes were just windows for her to see what was happening. She screamed in her head for her body to stop what it was doing but it didn’t. She could hear Hannah screams of pain. She knew that what was happening to Cody was probably affecting her because of their mate status. Lily knew no one would believe her if Cody died. She would be arrested and most possibly killed. Lily screamed in her head again but her body didn’t cooperate.

Cody lost consciousness and his head hung limp, a hand reached out and shook her causing her to release Cody from her spell. Lily turned in anger to the person that interrupted her spells and met Jackson green eyes.

She wasn’t in control of her body so she sneered at him ready to attack. She got distracted but a loud coughing below her.

Cody was gasping and coughing for air as Hannah hovered around with her tear streaked face waiting with a bottle of water for him.

“Did you do this?” Jackson asked, his face was full of complete shock. She smirked and ran a hand over his chest.

“What if I did? He deserved it.” Lily said with sultry smile. He grabbed her hands to keep them from distracting him.

“you aren’t responsible for giving out punishments.” He growled lowly. He couldn’t understand why she was acting the way she did. He didn’t want to know what would have happened if he came just a second late. Cody would have been dead.

It was also baffling that she was a witch and didn’t think to tell him.

“What are you going to do about it then?” lily asked with a small giggle.

Jackson had enough, he reached behind her neck pressing her pressure points. Her eyes turned hazy and back to their hazel colour. She looked somewhat relieved as she fell into his arms dead to the world.

Jackson didn’t want to knock her out but he had to. He stared at her angelic face refusing to believe that she almost killed Cody the next beta of the pack

When she awakes he would get his answers.