Chapter Seven

His compliment induced a disturbing  reaction she felt inside.

She flushed scarlet

"Really?" She certainly couldn't understand him. One minute he was icy then the other minute, he was complimenting her. She knew better than to get her hopes up. After all, it could be a one off from him.

"I'll tell you what you need to know about Alexis now" he said, ignoring her question. That was exactly what she thought about just now.  He was so fickle.

"My sister's hair doesn't have golden strands on it, so I'll get someone to do your hair, so Calvin notices nothing" he said sternly. She thought as much.

"You guys have wolf hairdressers?" It sounded funny as she said it

"If you put it like that, no we don't. It's just a couple of omega wolves who are skilled at doing my sister's hair"

"Okay.... What else should I know about Alexis?"

"She's funny, troublesome like I told you... she loves food"

"There isn't much to change about myself " she smiled. "I love food too"

"Um not food, actually " he looked uncomfortable. "she loves meat, I mean flesh, from our hunts"

The thought of eating raw flesh nauseated her. She almost barfed. And here she thought she was making headway.

"She doesn't eat normal food?" Davina asked

"She does. We all do, but she loves being carnivorous"

"That'll be a problem because I can't eat ---"

"We'll figure out something when the time comes" he said

"She leaves the alpha's domain every now and then. She spends most of her time with Calvin and Gigi"

"Who's Gigi?"

"She's a guardian wolf. She guards the omegas" he replied "she's my sister's best friend"

Guardian wolf and omegas? How many things did she have to know about this place?

"I don't know how to be friendly with Gigi" she said. She barely had any friends when she lived with Maxine. Her life was pretty dictated. She figured if she was going to play the role of Alexis, then she had to be friends with Gigi too which was going to be difficult.

"It won't be that hard. Gigi has been told about your fake memory loss. So you don't have to worry about what to say to her" he said as she winced at the choice of words he used. 'fake memory loss?' well it was fake because she hadn't actually lost her memory, it was just something everyone had to believe, to cover the fact that she wasn't Alexis.

"Alexis likes wearing her hair in a ponytail. So you'll work on that too" he said

"She's tolerant, hardly ever gets offended, she doesn't hold grudges, and she's a cheerful person" he explained further

She gulped. Alexis was a total opposite of her. She held grudges like crazy, she wasn't tolerant and she's was  quick tempered. How was she going to change herself now?

Dante noticed her discomfort

"It's a gradual process, Davina. I know you're a totally different person from my sister but we'll get through this together " he said

She suddenly felt comforted. How did he do that? How did just a single speech from him change how she felt?

"Thanks" she smiled shyly

He didn't reply for a bit, then he said

"Today's Monday, and it's the day that Calvin usually attends to wolves around the various packs" he began. "Betas of different packs bring the problems of the wolves under them to the alpha. They bring problems that they cannot solve so Calvin can solve it for them "

"Okay....?" She prompted

"Midway through the session, Alexis usually goes to Calvin to give him some sort of comfort "

"What type of comfort?" She asked

"I don't know, she just stays with him, somehow, her presence alone, comforts him and eases some of the burden of being an alpha" he replied

Wow! She thought, so Alexis did that much? She wondered how strong her love for Calvin was. Was she going to love Calvin the way Alexis did?

"So you're saying I'll go and meet Calvin now?" She asked

"Bingo!" He exclaimed  "the time is now, the session has gone midway so here's your cue"

"Now?" She reiterated because she began to panic. Of course why wouldn't she? This was the first time she was going to meet Calvin and be in the same space as him. Was she going to pull it off?

"Davina." He called in a soft tone as he noticed her agitation. He placed his hand on hers. His touch instantly calmed her down.

"All you have to do is stay beside him. You don't have to say anything that will give you away. They all think you have memory loss. It's only you and I that know the truth. You got this!"

She inhaled and exhaled like twice. She had to pull this off. Her life and her stay here depended on it.

"I'm ready " she smiled

"That's great" he removed his hand. How did he manage to calm her down always.

"Thanks again"

Ignoring her gratitude, he stood up and went to a drawer in the room. In it, contained clothes, some were made with animal skin whilst some were the normal clothes she knew. He picked a blue floral gown and brought it to her.

"Those are Alexis clothes which you'll now be wearing. I'll call the omegas to attend to you" he said as she took the dress.

"Okay..." She said slowly

"I'll be back" he strode off.

Seconds later, four women entered the room. One was elderly, while the rest looked her age. They all bowed to her, simultaneously.

"We are here to get you ready" the elderly lady said

"Right" as nervous as she was, she sat through the whole preparation. She was thankful that she was allowed to take her bath by herself. She could only handle this much.

Minutes later, she was ready. The golden strands on her hair were dyed to blend with the brown colour the rest of her hair and maybe, Alexis hair had. She had worn the blue dress and it fitted her. She doubted if they had makeup here because they'd only applied powder on her face.

"We're done, Alexis. Do you need anything else?" The elderly omega lady spoke

"Nope, thanks" she replied.

They bowed again and they left.

Seconds later, Dante came in. He did a double take when he saw her

"You're way more beautiful than my sis" he said as he stared at her

She knew that he'd said that to her before but she felt some type of way when he said it again. She looked down, she didn't want him to see her flushing deeply.

He approached her now. He came closer than he already was to her and it made her move back a little, but he kept on coming closer to her.

She didn't understand the look he gave her. It seemed dark and made her shudder. He kept coming as she moved back but stopped when she tripped on something behind her, she didn't fall because he shot out his arms and grabbed her.

Davina hoped he didn't hear her heart thumping because she now stood so close to him, her hands were balled into fists and they rested on him. She'd watched this scene in movies, where the guy breaks the girl's fall and they indulge in gaze locking. She didn't know it'll happen to her.

He leaned in and for a moment, she thought he was going to kiss her, instead, he brought out a flower and inserted it into her hair. Then he removed his hand from her waist as he steadied her.

"Alexis usually put flowers in her hair" he said.

It was crazy how her thoughts escalated. How could she think he was going to kiss her? She certainly wasn't his sister but she looked like his sister. It'll be foolish to assume things now, but what was that look he gave her?

"Go now, Calvin is waiting"