39 - To Experience Victory

It was one of those days when the ladies at the study, chattered endlessly and made jokes. They gossiped about the men that they admired greatly with blushes on their faces.

Suddenly, a man came in and motioned for me to come. The ladies all looked at each other, and then back at me in awed faces.

"That is you he wants, honey,"

The oldest lady said, beaming at me.

"What do you want, gentleman?“

I asked him, looking suspiciously at him.

"Santina has asked me to fetch you. Alpha Kai is with her and they await you,"

He said. He rendered his lines with precision. Like he had spent his entire life learning the act of good speech and effective delivery of messages.

I stood up and set my embroidery aside before following him out the door.

I wondered aimlessly what it could be that must have caused Alpha Kai and Santina to await me at a certain point. The messenger walked briskly in front of me, stopping occasionally to see that I was behind him.

"I am sorry if the distance is a bi