Chapter 150 - PEACOCK

Clem's presence outside her door reminded Emma of the string of unwelcomed acts she had undergone by the hands of his mother and twin sister. She also remembered that she hadn't seen him ever since that day. Did he travel? She queried herself, holding the knob of her door, and was about to turn it and open the door when she remembered that she had just been discussing with someone in her room, a witch whom she deduced wouldn't find Clem's company favourable. She had to hide her, or proffer a way of escape.

But as she swivelled with that determined thought, she found her room empty of any individual, apart from herself.

"Margo..." She whispered, thinking that perhaps the woman had taken cognizance of the impending doom, and had hidden herself.

But everywhere was silent. Everything remained the same, except for her window. It was open. It hadn't been so before. It had been shut.

She was about taking steps to the window, to check if Margo was perhaps hanging around there, when the knock came again.

"I'm coming!" She voiced out in a higher tone, getting a bit irritated at being disturbed, soughing along, as she turned around to walk towards the door. She wondered why he was here. An apology? 

Well, it was high time. Although, she would have loved to hear the apology from his evil sister and his psychoish mother.

"Hey Clem! Long time..." She breezed out, when she finally opened the door, her signature charm giving smile placed firmly on her lips.

"Hey Emma..." Clem greeted back, before walking into the room, through the space she had created by opening the door wider as a sign of welcome.

She followed him step by step, after closing the door, stopping when he sat down on her bed.

"How are you doing?" He asked, lifting up his eyes to meet her gaze.

"I'm okay." She replied monotonely, before walking steadily towards the window.

When she got to the window, she stylishly looked outside from it, to the left and to the right, but there was no sign of Margo. She looked up, and saw a multi colored bird sitting on the branch of a huge tree, near a garden, staring at her, unmovingly.

She wondered if it was Margo. She had read from stories that the gifted beings could transform to anything they liked. She wondered if it would be so in reality.

"That's a relief." Clem said, meaning it. He wondered what would have happened if he had arrived latter than he had that fateful day when his mother and sister bullied the human, or what would have happened if a lasting damage had been inflicted on her. He was grateful the matter had passed like it did. He didn't want to lose his betaship for anything.

"Yeah. Where have you been though? I haven't seen since two days now. You couldn't visit the girl who your family had put on a sick bed?" Emma asked, whilst whirling around in slight anger. The fact that Clem and his family members hadn't visted to offer their apologies for mistreating her was wicked and unremorseful on their part.

"I'm sorry that you saw it that way. I was out on an assignment." He replied, his eyes conveying the sincerity of his apology.

" What assignment? You've been to school?" She asked, folding her arms across her chest.

" Not really. The assignment was given weeks back. I just had to do mine before the deadline elapses." He replied.

" Oh,I see…"Emma mumbled, remembering her own school dilemma. She wondered how many assignments or quizzes she must have missed already.

She thought it not good; she wanted to graduate with a very good result, at least she wanted to be in the first 5% in her department.

"Yeah." Clem stated, hoping that she was really seeing and buying his lie. In reality, he had only being resting from his shift, and test running again. The stress and pain of the shift had made him ponder on how Derek had been able to shift and unshift in the forest when he had tried protecting the redhead, without fainting, until they had gotten back to the main pack house. The pack doctor had said that his shift had been premature, and he had stayed out of the conscious for just a day.

"Then you're done with the assignment then...for you to remember to come and see me." Emma said.

" Yeah." He replied, sighing as he heard the hint of sarcasm in the human's voice.

" I apologize again for my sister and…." He was saying, when she cut him off.

"Yeah yeah...I heard it the first time." She sing sung, causing him to take a deep breath in to calm himself. This one was really a smart mouth. He thought. And worse, she would be their Luna soonest. He didn't think so though, for he was sure that Derek's father won't allow it. The old man wouldn't allow a weakling with only a smart mouth to rule the pack.

" Okay." He stated in fake humility.

" Uhuh…"Emma hummed. "...well before you came, I was about heading out….soooo…" She drawled while looking at him, hoping he would get the message that she wanted him to leave. Although she was grateful that he had saved her life from his crazy mother and psycho sister, she still found it uneasy staying around him. He reminded her of his evil sister, whom she was sure wasn't an ordinary human. She wondered if it was the same for him too.

Sadly she knew she couldn't get any answers from him, she couldn't get any answers from anyone around here, execpt her witch friends whom she didn't know when she would see them again.

"Oh, okay. Where are you going to? I can show you around." Clem stated, causing her to sigh and rub her forehead tiredly. The guy just didn't know when to give up. She might as well indulge his services for her own benefit.

"To search for my phone." She said, walking out gallantly out the room, without a backward glance, her head totally up high.

Peacock. Clem mused, as he stood up from the bed and walked after her. He couldn't wait for his alpha to denounce her away, so that he could have a taste of her, since he hadn't located his mate yet. Since his shift, he hadn't seen anyone with whom he shared the mate bond with. It had made him wonder if she was even in his pack.

"You know it is high time you stop thinking about your soon to be Alpha's mate like that. It's fruitless." His wolf, Cassius, whined, obviously unhappy with his thoughts.

"She is a human." He linked back. "A weak human."

"Now you're sounding like your sister and mother. It doesn't matter what she is. She is your Luna. You should accord her the respect." Cassius opined.

"We will see about that." He muttered, refusing to acknowledge that his wolf was right. Time will tell. He thought, as he walked past the door. Emma was waiting outside for him.

He fastened his eyes on her backside as she locked the room, and quickly averted his eyes as she turned to face him.

"Let's go then." She stated, walking before him through the hallway.

"Where are we going first?" He asked, falling into steps with her.

"To the forest." She replied, aware that he has stopped in his movement at her statement.

"The forest…?" Clem stuttered. Of all the places to search for a phone, the forest? Hello it wasn't safe for any of them. And he sure that Derek would have his head if he ever found out that he had taken the redhead into the forest to search for a mere phone. He would just have to get her another one from the store.

"Yes. Any problem with that?" She asked, halting in her movement too.

"Well, the forest is not safe. It is filled with lions and snakes, and all those creepy stuff that you wouldn't want to see." He answered.

"You didn't mention the Phanthoms." She said, giving off a smug smile, thoroughly satisfied with the look of shock on his face. He hadn't been expecting the reply. He hadn't known that she had recovered her memories.

"How did you….? You have remembered…?" He managed to voice out, already proclaiming doom upon him, Derek and Maya.

"Yes, since the burgulary period. Don't fret much. I think you're the only one that doesn't know. And Shane too. I think. The others have taken their dose of punishment." She stated, with a smirk.

Clem ran his fingers along his long blond hair, as he processed what Emma had said. She had known all these while they had been lying to her. What a cunning tortoise. He thought.

"Then you know that the forest is not safe." He finally said, ignoring her punishment clause. What possible punishment could the human melt out to him that he couldn't be able to take?

"Yes. But I need my phone." Emma replied.

"Don't worry about it. I will get you a new one." He said.

"Nah, not possible. The new one won't have the numbers in my phone.." She mentioned, before turning around to continue her walk down the hallway, ignoring his grumbles as he followed her up.