"What the fuck?"
She said, pulling at the white knee length floral dress. It was beautiful for a bimbo, not a delta. Fuck it. She wore the buckle white sandals that was brought with the bag. What is this? No boots? She hissed, looking at herself in the mirror.
"I swear, if this goes on, I’ll kill myself."
She said to her own reflection, and tied her hair into a high ponytail. She doesn’t need makeup. She never did. She was beautiful, stunning, graceful and those things and more were the things that Evander saw when she walked out of the door. He was leaning, by the nearest wall, one leg bent and balanced on the wall, the other tapping slowly on the glass floor.
"Hey."
He said, breathless, his chest heaving with emotions he couldn't name. "Hi"
she kept trying to adjust the sleeve and he walked up to her and helped her adjust it.
"Sorry about that, I’m just not very good with dresses."
She wasn't lying. She didn't really like dresses. They were for bimbos, not warriors, certainly not warrior deltas like herself. "No. Its okay. You look beautiful."
He said, a faraway look in his eyes. He looked at her as if he was looking past her. Well, not exactly past her, but through her. Like he was boring into her soul, like he was looking at her for who she was. Would he see the powerful delta and not the helpless rogue? She wondered, but snapped out of it when he said.
"Let's go. I'll show you around the pack."
She took his outstretched hand and came down slowly, towards him. He smiled down at her and helped her out, closing the doors. It was around noon and the sun was behind the clouds, but shone just as bright nonetheless. The sun's rays cast the pack, one that was mainly white, in a shadow. The pack was big, bigger than she had expected. She looked back and saw the house she had come out of. It wasn't a pack house as she thought, but looked more like a personal home, like an alpha's home.
"Is that your home?"
She said, her curiosity getting the best of her. He nodded, studying her expression. Did she not like it? He wondered.
"Its nice,"
she kept her head, trained on her feet. He couldn't resist the smile that spread across his face as he turned, walking backwards, in front of her.
"So, tell me more about yourself."
He tilted his head, to have a better look at her face. She shrugged and looked into his eyes, stopping, as he stopped too.
"My name is Bella. I'm a grey wolf."
"Is that all?"
"Pretty much."
He frowned.
"Family? Friends?"
He watched her scrunch up her face as he mentioned.
"Sorry, if that was a sensitive spot. I didn’t mean to."
She looked at him. Yeah, that was a sensitive spot. Both parents, the former alpha and Luna of the split moon pack had died in a wildfire, one that the present alpha, her alpha, her fiancé, was the sole reason of. That's why she became delta, since her dad didn’t have any sons, while the beta's son became alpha.
"No, its okay. I don’t have any."
She said, calmly, as if she didn’t want to punch a face right now. "You are alright."
It wasn’t really a question. Something like a reminder, like a comforter, like an affirmation. She shook her head and continued to walk, and he continued too, not leaving her front. "Bella?" "Wh...yeah?"
She said, catching her unfeeling mouth.
"You..you're home now. I promise."
She actually softened a bit at that, but caught herself somewhere in between.
"Okay."
He laughed at that, but before he could say anything, he bumped into someone and turned over his shoulder, coming face to face with beta Alec.
"Hey, what's up?"
He said and they exchanged a friendly hand shake before turning to give a proper introduction. Alec raised a brow at her and while Evander wasn’t looking, she returned the gesture. Alec decided he didn’t like her.
"I don’t like her."
He said, eyeing her. I don't like you too, bitch. She thought but just pouted a little bit and began to back out from their little trio. Evander held her hand and she looked bat bit, tingles erupting in her skin.
"Alec, that was rude."
Alec spared him a glance before turning back to her, staring her down.
"Well, I don’t care. I don't like her one bit. She looks like trouble, too innocent to be good, i mean, seriously? Do you believe this little..."
She cut him off with a slap on his right cheek, before she could stop herself. She had never felt so disrespected before. Alec raised his hand to slap her back, but Evander's voice stopped him
"Alec!"
He looked at him.
"What?"
"Don't"
he raised his two brows.
"Why? She slapped me, she fucking slapped me."
He said, vibrating and pointing to his cheek, just incase Evander had missed it.. She stayed quiet, her eyes on the ground. Way, to go, lady. Blow up your cover.
"But, she's a girl."
“ Oh, yeah?"
He replied, looking hurt.
"You are not supposed to hit a lady.”
"Well, is she supposed to hit a man?"
He retorted again, one hand holding his cheek, the other demonstrating crazily.
"Alec..."
Alec looked towards her, then Evander.
"I can't stand her."
He said and walked out, fuming.
"I didn’t mean to."
She said and broke down in fake tears and Evander hugged her tight, letting her cry on his shoulder.
"They all hate me. Everybody does."
She said again and he shushed her.
"Heyy...you are adorable. No One hates you. Alec just needs some time, okay? Calm down. Let's take you shopping."
He said and released her to look at her face. She looked up at him too.
"You are alright."
He said again, and she was seriously beginning to like that reminder. She was okay. Just.....sometimes, she wasn’t.
Evander stayed outside as he gave her his credit card to shop with it. She had declined at first, but he wasn’t one to hear a no. Full moon pack and their alpha amused her. The peace, floral designs and all, would make you think of a sophisticated 1800s, but just wait till you get inside. They allowed nature and sophistication rule their outside surroundings and technology and the feeling of the 21st century in their clothing’s, devices and internal structures. She walked to the woman, already eyeing a set of leather pants she had seen on her way in. She told her what she wanted and the woman calmly led her to the clothing rack. From the way the woman kept looking from her to the door, she knew that the woman was well aware that she was with the Alpha. Well, where did a delta belong? She huffed and continued checking the trousers.&
Why are you up?""Why are you up?"She replied, stressing the you."I was working."He shrugged."You?"She contemplated telling him. It was something she always did, back in split moon. She looked at him. its just Evander. Even if its a taboo, he'll let her get away with it."I was hungry."He laughed a little."Well, I am too. That's what brought me out."She released a breath she didn’t realize she was holding and smiled at him,meeting his eyes. She was standing a bit higher, since his office was downstairs and he saw her coming down the stairs. Their eyes met, and he held her gaze. They stayed like that for sometime, before she broke the gaze and looked away. He cleared his throat, trying to clear the tension in the room."What do you want? There should be pizza, maybe some...I don’t know, waffles, ice cream? Do you take fruit juice? Or do you stick to meat only diet?"
Its been a month, since Evander picked Bella, and has since then, shown her a world, one that wasn't even in her dreams. All she knew was violence, and he gave her peace. All she knew was pain, and he gave her healing, all she saw was blood and gore, he showed her nature and arts and flowers, she was used to the sound of helpless screams and metal, he gave her music, laughter and kind words. And amidst all of this, he gave her trust, both his and hers, he gave her companionship, love, and even though all of these were great, she knew that this was not her life. This can never be her life. She had to get back, no matter what."Penny for your thoughts?"She looked up."I wasn’t thinking about anything."" you were,"he said assertively."You do that thing where you rub your lower lip with your tongue real fast, and your eyes become smaller and darker, a
She went to the wardrobe, making sure to close the door so she would hear if someone was coming in. Evander always knocks, even if the door was open, but still. She had to make sure. She had left him sleeping on the log in the garden, brought him a blanket and had come here alone. She would need maximum privacy foe what she was about to do. She ransacked, then found it behind thewardrobe, just where she had put it, after the first shopping spree with Evander. She closed it and went to stand by the window. The view was beautiful and it was her favorite place. She saw the gamma, Jake. He didn’t talk much and when Evander introduced her to him, he just smiled, said a "nice to meet you." and excused himself. He was one to fuss, to be honest. He made sure Evander, and since she was Evander's guest, that both of them had their meals, weren’t feeling sick. He was one caring person, very silent, but caring. She looked down a
"You look beautiful."Evander tucked a strand of hair behind her ear and stepped back to look at her again. She smiled."I can't believe you're going out like this. Someone may kidnap you or...or..you know."She laughed, humorlessly. The only one who's dangerous here is me."Stop, its okay. I will be back really soon."She had received a text earlier and the men she had asked for were already at their rendezvous point."Are you sure you don't want me to comealong?"His hands were on both her shoulders. As usual, he was wearing white from head to toe, with his silver ring and blonde hair."I will be okay."He nodded, not quite letting her go. She moved away, putting some distance between them, then turned to the bed to get her phone. She stood straight as he hugged her from behind."I don't know why, but I have a bad feeling about this."Her heart was beating wildly in her chest, as she knew he
"Alec! Alec!!! Hey!"Evander was running towards Alec, who was standing at the front of the gate, just where he and Jake had left him."Alec! I know you are angry, but come in. Someone is coming for us."He could only see him, and was running to him, his mind too clouded to make sense of the chaos around him. He was just in time to see three bullets penetrate Alec. Alec fell to his knees, not quite dead, and he saw his head severe from his body. Evander almost passedout.He saw more people running towards him, and away from where he stood, he saw about five men pouring what seemed to be petroleum on the houses, setting them on fire. It all happened so fast, it seemed to him like he was in a 3D film."Evander, get out of here. Even if we all die, we still need you."Jake was holding his hand, running, before they both tripped, hitting the ground, tears filling Evander's eyes. His hands were wrapped around J
"Jake, Alec. Take her to the punishment room. Just leave when you are done. I want to be alone."Evander's voice was so low, they could hardly hear. Jake and Alec looked at each other. They didn’t have a punishment room. Only a correction room, and that was where they left her. Alec glared as he kept her on the available seat, pointing at her with a flashlight. The room was entirely dark, except for his light. She glared back."You have the guts to glare at me, You..""Alec, lets leave."Jake said, holding his hand. Alec fought it out of his grip."She killed all of us, Jake. She killed us, burnt down our houses, she betrayed our Alpha. You just want to let her be? You know Evander. He wont ever do anything to her. He's hurting, all because of her, and he wont ever retaliate."Jake sighed."We are full moon. We are peaceful, we are serenity. We are unity, we are harmony. We are love and trust and virtue. We are forgi
"Jake, where is he?"He looked solemn."Alpha Evander needs his time alone."He kept the food on the bedside table and turned."And the chocolate? Ice cream? Every night, you drop them here."He shook his head and turned to face her."I don't. What? Do you care now?""What are you saying?"He chuckled darkly and sat on the floor, close to the bed."Have you ever, throughout your two weeks here, thought about howthings would be, if Evander didn't possess the gift he had? We would all be dead. You would go back to your pack as the powerful delta who conquered the one pack no one has ever attacked. Evander would be dead too. He would rather commit suicide than watch his pack members die. Do you know what brought us back? The love he has for us. You betrayed that love. You took his transparent glass heart,"he took out a glass figurine from the bedside."And you smashed it on the w