ISOBEL
I couldn't brush off the feeling that something wasn't right. Quinn's sudden behavior, and the way she looked at me when she thought I wasn't looking made me feel uneasy. I wanted to believe it was nothing, and that I was just overthinking, but deep down, I knew it wasn't.
She was hiding something, and for some reason, I felt it had to do with Mason.
I sighed and walked down the hallway. I was already exhausted from thinking about what had happened at the gazebo, and the last thing I needed was aomething else bothering on me.
I had powers and I had controlled the water and made it move. Even now, I could still feel the energy from it running through my veins like it was waiting for me to use it but I didn't want to think about it, not now because Quinn's behavior was bothering me so much.
I turned the corner and saw her again, standing with the same group of pack members and she knew so well that they hated me. They were laughing and talking like everything was normal.
She stopped laughing the moment she looked towards my direction and our eyes made contact, but she was quick to force a smile to her face, pretending like everything was good and nothing had changed.
Nothing was good and everything had changed between us. She wasn't the best friend I used to know and love so much. Now, she only made me doubtful.
I clenched my fists, took a deep breathe and walked past them, because I didn't want to have another awkward conversation with her in front of them. I needed her to explain things to me, but I didn't know how to do it since she was so hell bent on ignoring my attempts to make things right.
I just had to be patient for now.
Later that night, I found myself back at the gazebo. I didn't want to go there again, but my legs carried me before I could stop them. It felt like something was drawing me out. I looked at the water and the moonlight reflected on it and for some reason, it made me feel peace.
I knelt on the stone again, and stared at my hands. The last time I stretched them out, something had happened. Would it happen again?
Deep down, I knew it would because I had slowly accepted that it was part of me even though I didn't understand it but I still felt like giving it a try so I slowly raised my hands.
The water didn't move right away, but I could feel something. I closed my eyes and focused on it and then, the water splashed.
I opened my eyes to see that the fishes had stopped moving again, and just like before, they were watching me and waiting.
I swallowed hard and then whispered, "move."
The water made a small wave, but it was enough to make me excited. It was real. I had powers.
Although I was happy, I couldn't help but feel scared and I had to clench my fists to stop my hands from shaking. What did this mean for me? I didn't have a wolf so I couldn't exactly say that I was a wolf, then what was I?
I played with the water a little longer because it made me feel at peace and then I went back to my room.
The next morning after a restless night, I headed to meet Quinn. No matter how hard I tried to ignore her behavior, it still bothered me because to be honest, she was the only friend I had and I was tired of pretending like I didn't care.
I found her alone, she was standing by the window at the end of the hall, staring outside with a blank expression on her face. She crossed her arms over her chest like she wanted to shut everyone out.
This wasn't the same Quinn I left knew. I hesitated a bit because I didn't want to bother her if she wasn't in the mood but on a second thought, she's my friend and as a good friend, I had to be there for her.
I walked towards her. "Quinn." I called her
She slowly turned to face me, and she had a frown on her face like she was already annoyed by my presence "Isobel," she said flatly. "What do you want?"
The anger in her tone caught me off guard that I had to take a few seconds to gather myself. "I just…wanted to talk."
Quinn sighed like she didn't have the patience to speak with me. "About what?"
I frowned, suddenly getting the courage to speak. "Ever since I got back, you've been acting strange. You don't spend time with me, you always change the subject whenever I ask anything important, and now you're talking to me like I'm bothering you."
She give me an answer, she just kept staring at me.
I took another step closer to her and asked in a low voice. "Did I do something wrong?"
Quinn frowned and rolled her eyes. "Not everything is about you, Isobel."
The way she said my name made me flinch, it felt like she was tired of hearing it.
"I never said it was."
"Then why are you making this a big deal?" Her eyes were dark and she lookedirritated. "People change and situations change, maybe you should accept that people are not always in the mood for small talks."
I looked at her, unable to form words. Her words surprised me, I didn't know this Quinn. The Quinn I knew would never talk to me like this. She turned back toward the window and dismissed me entirely.
I stared at her, hoping she'd turn around. "So that's it? You won't even tell me what's wrong?"
Her clenched her fists. "There's nothing to say."
"Then why won't you look at me?"
She finally turned, and she opened her mouth to speak but before she could say a word, a voice echoed in the hallway. "Alpha Mason is back!"