A DATE

Xendith

After breakfast, I walked into Pliar’s room—of course, to cause trouble. Pliar was laid across his bed going through a book our father left us when he died. It contained rules and our duties as the next alphas of the pack. 

I was pretty certain Pliar already knew the content of the rule book like the back of his hands but a day hardly went by without him reading it. 

“Are you going to stand there all day, Xendith?” he asked without looking up from the book.

“You act like you hate her and the sheer sight of her disgust you yet you sneak into her room and heal her ankle. Who do you think you’re trying to deceive, Pliar?”

Then, he looks up at me. Bingo. “Weren’t you asleep?”

Of course, I wasn’t. I’d spent all night wondering what sort of person Kaia was. “You first”  

Pliar shut the book in his hand. That was new. “The ointment Cali used was going to take forever before her ankle heals. We can’t have mother thinking we maltreat our mate, can we?”

I nod in agreement. “I oddly see your point”

“Now, your turn; What were you doing out late by that time? Especially by Kaia’s door”

I shrugged. “I just wanted to check up on her”

“Bullshit, Xendith. You suspect her of something, don’t you?” Pliar narrowed his eyes. “Where did you even find a girl like her? From the state she was in yesterday, I could tell that she’s trouble”

A smile splayed across my face. It was unlike Pliar to be the smart one. That was Cali’s forte. “Is that why you don’t want to get close to her?”

“I see no reason to”

I clicked my tongue, shaking my head in disappointment. “And here I was thinking that you knew the rule book like the back of your hand’

Pliar furrowed his brow, confused. “Am I missing something here?”

“Of course, you are. The key point that one must qualify after becoming an alpha; having an heir” I replied. “Even Cali, the bookworm is making slow, calculated, unnecessary moves like applying an ointment to her wounded ankle. Aklan is bound to have his way just as he always does and you...” My voice trails off with evident disappointment. “You’ll be the only one lagging behind”

Pliar tightened his fist in anger. The exact reaction I was expecting out of him. “What about yourself?”

I scoffed. “Me?” Raising up my index finger, I add. “I have Kaia wrapped around this finger right here. I found her, saved her. Her life is literally mine so she has no choice but to do whatever I desire. So, a little advice, Pliar; drop the whole ‘I hate and want to kill you’ act. Just a word of advice. You can go back to reading your rule book. Ciao”

Strolling out of Pliar’s room, I find Beta Rowan by the bottom of the third-floor staircase. “Do you have something for me, Rowan?”

“I believe so, Alpha Xendith”

I groaned inwardly. “If you’re not sure of what you have for me then get out of my face”

“I’m not certain what this news might mean to you but I think it’s something you should know”

I rolled my eyes. What a confused Beta. “Let’s go to the garden then”

When we’d gotten to the garden, I plunged down onto the empty arm chair. “Hit me with what you have”

“I went to the marketplace around Buckmoon pack and as expected people were gossiping about the incident surrounding lady Kaia” Rowan begins. “Lady Kaia is an omega from Duncheon household of buckmoon pack. Lord Matteo, Alpha Beckett’s son had taken a strong liking to Kaia and decided to take her as his mate. Lady Kaia’s parents instantly agreed to it as a means to better their life and raise their status but Alpha Matteo wouldn’t have his lineage take in a slave for a mate. The night before their mating ceremony, Lord Matteo was found dead”

“Rowan” I interrupt. “Get to the good part; I don’t have all day”

“My apologies, Alpha” He apologized. “Alpha Beckett ordered lady Kaia death by hanging but she fled and that’s where I believe you found her”

“Where are Kaia’s parents now?”

“No one knows. Some says they fled the pack after lord Matteo’s death as they knew they would be targeted as well to be killed. Others say, they are already dead”

Wait. Why the fuck was I asking about Kaia’s parents? My priorities were my pack and no one else. Stupid Rowan and his story going nowhere.

I groaned. “Where exactly is this going, Rowan? My patience is running thin”

“People believe that lady Kaia couldn’t have killed lord Matteo a night to their mating ceremony. Not only did they love each other but it’s every omega dream to be mated to an alpha to raise their rank. Plus, lord Matteo could easily overpower lady Kaia if she had tried given their differences in size and strength. However, a trusted source says she was already planning to kill Matteo from the very start immediately after their mating ceremony”

Now this was some tea. “What trusted source?”

Rowan hands me a piece of paper. “Her name is Adalyn and this is her contact information”

Taking the piece of paper from Rowan’s hands, I looked down at the paper then back at Rowan. “How exactly is this source trusted?”

“She’s lady Kaia’s bestfriend”

I stilled. Kaia’s bestfriend. Why would Kaia’s bestfriend lie against her? Or else she wasn’t lying and there was actually something more to Kaia than meets the eye.

I let out a hearty laugh. “Interesting. You’ve actually outdone yourself by getting this information, Rowan. I’ll see to it that you get a raise”

“Thank you, alp—”

I’d speed out of the garden, bursting into Kaia’s room. She yelps but I don’t mind it. “Great. thank goodness, you’re still dressed and not naked” Extending my hands out to her, I say. “I just realized that I knew nothing about you. So, what d

o you say about a date, Miss Duncheon?”