The Transfer novel Chapter 59

Liam’s POV ———

I watched Alison walk away. My eyes narrowed down on her swaying hips and how curvy her butt looked in the tight fitted dress she was wearing. Her long hair went down her back, neat and tidy. It looked so soft. I wanted to run my hands through her hair and hold her close.

My beast licked his lips as he thought about how our female had broken Anthony's hand and given him a blood nose. We both liked how quick she was to tell him no and get rid of him.

I couldn't stand Anthony. He'd had his eyes on my girl ever since she arrived in Takiani, according to Lila. I didn't like that at all. I couldn't stand the thought of another male thinking of her the same way I did. She was mine and that was all anyone had to know.

Alison disappeared from my sight and I smiled and looked back to my sister, Alison's cousins, Lauri and Alison's father. They were all looking at me already.

Did I do something?

"You're good for her. Your whole family is. She's changing so much," Lauri said, a warm smile on her lips. She looked genuinely happy, and I noticed the glossiness in her eyes. Was she crying?

"I've never seen her so strong and... happy before. It looks good on her," Blake said with a small smile. I knew where Alison got her intimidating blue eyes from. Her father had the same ones, whereas all her brothers had caramel brown eyes. They must've inherited that from their mother.

"Trust me, we've noticed the change. Compared to when she first arrived, she's so much better," Lila said, smiling at them. Everyone nodded in agreement and I looked around briefly for Leon, Lucas sand Cass.

Lucas was making his way in my direction and Leon and Cass were grabbing drinks from the table.

"Come on, girl. We've got a party to get ready for too!" Monique said as she grabbed Lila's hand and tugged her away. I smiled and watched my little sister go. She was growing up so fast.

"Blake, this is Lucas. My younger brother," I introduced Lucas to Alison's father. Lucas smiled at him and shook his hand firmly.

"I guess you're like my step-dad now, huh?" Lucas said with a wide grin. He'd missed Dad so much since he died, and Ezra, as well as our uncles had been the only other father figures in both our lives.

"I guess so, boy. Look forward to it," Blake replied with a smile. Lucas chuckled and pulled his hand away. I cleared my throat and Blake motioned for me to leave with his hand.

"Go get ready for that party. I'm sure Ali will be waiting for you," Blake told me. I nodded my head and turned. I nodded respectfully at Ezra and Jenny who stepped forwards and started a conversation with Blake.

"Henry was wrong in that meeting, Liam. You shouldn't have let him get away with that," Lucas told me as we walked. I snapped my eyes to him. He head his eyes focused on where he was walking, but I could see his beast itching beneath the surface.

I knew Henry was wrong. He was strange, acting different. There was something off about him. Maybe he knew that Veronica and Anthony were both being a pain in the ass. Maybe he just didn't want to deal with it.

"I wasn't going to start a scene in the middle of a meeting, Lucas," I told my brother truthfully. Lucas stopped and faced me. I stopped also and let him look at me.

Lucas was just as tall as me. Him and Leon were the same height, and they were both only a few inches shorter than me.

Lucas was barely serious, so when he was serious, everyone knew it was actually an important matter. He wasn't making a stupid joke or being an idiot for once.

"You don't know the half of how he treats her. You don't know how bad it upsets her either. You gotta pull your head out your ass and start protecting your mate, Liam," Lucas told me. I stared at him for a moment.

What was he talking about? I didn't know how Henry treated her? What else was going on behind my back? My chest rumbled at Lucas' words.

"What's he doing that I don't know about, Lucas?" I asked him. Lucas shook his head at me.

"She knows that Henry hates her, Liam. She overheard him talking with someone in his office about how weak she was because she couldn't protect herself from being assaulted by Brennon," Lucas shrugged at me. I frowned at him and felt my beast claw at my mind.

He had never wanted to claw Henry's throat out more.

Why would Henry say that? Why would he make fun of Alison for that?

My beast wanted blood, and I pushed him back, an uncomfortably feeling in my chest because of it.

"She's over it now. But you best be aware that he's not going to make things easy for her. Protect her or you'll lose her," Lucas told me. We both continued walking and I suddenly didn't want to go to the party anymore.

The party was loud when we arrived. I leaned again the wall with my arms crossed as Lucas and Leon spoke with some of Alison's brothers and cousins. They all seemed really cool and I already felt the connection with them. My beast thought of them as family.

I sighed out and shook my head. I was bothered by what Lucas had told me. What was Henry's issue with Alison?

I felt Alison's presence in the room and I felt better immediately. All negative thoughts pushed their way to the back of my mind as Alison came into my sight. She bounded towards me and the others with a grin on her face.

I watched her intensely. She looked happy and content with herself which made my blood hot with desire. She wore a pair of tight blue jeans and a black shirt with a jacket over the top. She was simple but she somehow made it look so good.

How was this girl so perfect?

"I walked past Anthony on the way here. He looks twice as ugly as he did before I messed up his face," Alison announced to everyone. She grinned happily as Samaya reached out and patted her on the back.

"I taught you well. Your temper definitely came from me," Samaya admitted smugly. Alison rolled her eyes and shook her head.

"Whatever you say," she chanted back to him as he slipped his arm around her shoulders. She looked at me and smiled her pearly white teeth.

I licked my lips. My beast was edging me to do things to her, but I knew it wasn't the time nor the place to do it. Plus, her house would be full of males in the night.

We'd be busted again. At least it wouldn't be buy Lucas. Although, I know her brothers would kill me if they caught me doing anything more than holding her hand.

Literally.

"Where are all your friends, loser?" Lucas poked at Alison's shoulder. She scoffed at him and motioned to the dance floor where the girls were all dancing loosely. They weren't very good.

"I can't dance. And don't call me a loser, loser," Alison bit back. Lucas rolled his eyes playfully at her and she nudged him with her elbow.

I was happy that Alison was so close with my brothers and sister. I wasn't sure what to do if she hadn't liked them or if they hadn't liked her.

"Come on, man. We're playing beer pong in the dining room."

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I rolled over and felt for Alison. My hand only touched the sheets. I frowned and my ears shot up. Through the blurry daze, I could make out that Alison wasn't there.

Where was she?

I sat up in a hurry and looked around the room. She wasn't there either. I sucked in a deep breath when I saw her sock drawer pulled open. Had she already gone to spar with her brother?

I glanced at the alarm clock on her night stand and noticed it was eleven in the morning. She was long gone. Alison was an early bird by all means.

I smiled to myself and got up. I dressed in shorts and a plain shirt before I pulled on shoes and left the room. In the kitchen was a very grumpy looking Beckett.