“You. Why are you here?” The guard asked me, scanning around. “Where are you coming from?” He wondered. “Do you realize how they’re searching for you so much?” “Can you please escort me to the pack house? I’m scared to walk alone.” I begged him , expecting him to frown and spit at me to get out and find my way. “Sure, why not? I’ll inform someone else to guard my spot.” He scurried to another guard a few feet away from me and returned. “Let’s go.” The fact that he wasn’t being grumpy was strange. I followed quietly behind him, ignoring how my legs ached from the long walk when we arrived at the pack house. “Please don’t inform anyone about my presence yet. I just need to go to bed.” I requested, remembering that they could mind link one another. “Okay…” he trailed off like he wasn’t certain. “Thank you for the escort.” I bowed my head. “It’s fine. Go inside. I have to get going now.” He waved at me and scuttled out of my presence. I got into the house and shambled all the way
My phone began to chime from the nightstand. I dried my hand with a towel and tossed the towel aside before walking over to it and answered the video call from Chloe, sitting on the bed. “Hey girl!” She chimed, wiggling her fingers at me. “How are you?”“I’m really good. It’s nice to speak with you again. How are you as well?” “Yes. I’ve just been a bit busy lately and it’s been affecting my schedule so I’ve been unable to talk to you.”“Me too,” I lied, not wanting to let her know that I had been missing to avoid drawing suspicions. “So how’s everything at your pack?” I leaned back in one of Alpha’s Keegan’s pillows and the way his forest and lavender mixed scent filled my nostrils was both discomforting and satisfying. “I’ve been really fine and great. I’m currently working really hard and with excessive training with masters in the journey, I’m really improving. Remember last time you were here and I had spoken about me practicing so I can be promoted to a higher level?” she as
‘It’s alright. I’m by the door already.’ I mind linked Mason who kept bugging me that Mom wanted a meeting with us. “Okay, great.” He ended the link. I twisted the door knob and opened the door. When I realized that the only people in the meeting room were Shane, Mom, Mrs. Bea, Scarlett, and Mason, it dawned on me what the discussion of the meeting was going to be about and that made me feel a heavy weight in my chest. With slow steps, I walked up to the meeting table and had a seat. “Good evening everyone.” I greeted and turned to Luna, “what’s the point of the meeting?”“You should already know that it’s because of the Ardolfs. They aren’t such easy people that we’ll just keep quiet about when we know that they could probably hop on us anytime soon.” Mom said, though her tone was a bit cold and she was trying to hide her worry, the fear still rang in her voice. ‘The Ardolfs are stronger than we think, you all know that, right?”“I’ve also been thinking about them. I’ve been havi
~ JANE ~I wanted to learn something new today because I was extremely bored and the perfect app for learning something new turned out to be YouTube. I wanted to learn about more modern ways of making some dishes or unique baking styles but it made my life feel very caged to being an omega and working in the kitchen, so I fought the urge to not learn anything related to working for these people. I was pondering so hard, trying to think of the perfect new thing to learn but nothing was coming forth. The room door suddenly opened and a down-looking Alpha Keegan walked on. The way his eyebrows were twisted and curved made it obvious that he was worried and that kicked a strange type of nervousness in me, like I could feel the sadness from his worry. “What’s wrong?” I asked, genuinely concerned. Alpha Keegan had never seemed worried about anything, so it was definitely strange now. He didn’t say a word but walked up to me, got rid of his shoes then laid on the bed beside me, placing hi
~ JANE ~I was extremely bored and remembering that Mae was around, I decided to look for her. I checked everywhere for her and even checked the secretary's office, but she wasn’t there.When she was nowhere to be found, I decided to check Crystal and Mason's room, assuming she'd be there since there were sisters. I knocked on the door to Crystal's room and realized that it wasn’t really making any sense, so I stopped and when I decided to turn back, the door was opened and Crystal walked out of the room with a smile on her face. “Oh, hey, Jane. How are you? What brings you here?”“I’m so sorry for disturbing you. I was just searching for Mae everywhere and I couldn’t find her, so I assumed she would be with you.” I said with a grin.“Oh, Mae. I think she had gone out with a guard. I don’t remember his name… uhm.. I don’t know. Oh yeah, it was Casper; she had gone out with Casper and I can’t believe I forgot that. Am I getting old and stupid?” She chuckled and I chuckled as well. I
Alpha Keegan and I returned to the pack house, our fingers were intertwined, neither of us was ready to let go of the other yet. At least no one was going to notice, I thought to myself. My thoughts were still reeling around what his surprise could be. There was no point in asking him again, because he was certainly going to ignore the question like he had been doing since we walked here. When we opened the door, I was startled to see Kate and a few other people around so I quickly pulled my hand from his. My eyes loomed over Kate's side and I only noticed Vladimir and Chloe’s presence. I screamed and hurried to them, pulling Chloe into a really tight hug, grinning from ear to ear. “I didn’t know you were coming as well. Oh my gosh, it’s so good to see you in person again!” I glanced at Alpha Keegan and he flashed a millisecond smile at me. This was definitely a surprise I loved. Chloe was chuckling as I still hugged her really tight and gently pushed me back, holding my shoulders.
~ MAE ~I’ve been trying to speak to Casper again but have been unable to. I had no idea about where he lived or how to reach out to him, a very frustrating feeling. Plus, due to lack of proper experience and practice, my mind linking abilities was really poor. I could only properly mind-link the Alpha — not like I was ever going to— my sister, Mason, and Ava, and I could also be mind linked by someone else, but for others, it was terrible.I heaved a sigh and turned the door knob to Crystal's room open, forgetting to knock again. “Seriously, Mae? You don’t know what knocking means?” Crystal scoffed. “Sorry,” I sheepishly apologized and sauntered to her on the bed. “Where’s Mason?” I wondered, taking a seat beside her. “He’s in the bathroom.” She said and added, “washing his hands.” “Oh, okay.” “I bet you’re bored again?” she asked and pointed at a box. “Pass it to me.”“Yes, I’m very bored.” “You’re always bored.” Mason said as he walked out of the bathroom, drying his hands wi
~ KEEGAN ~Vladimir was still here and had surprisingly not performed any action yet. What did he want? Was he going to head over to the party from here? Or did he have any other motive for being here? I wondered to myself as I dug into my files, searching for anything at all that I hadn’t worked on. ‘Scarlett,' I mind linked her. It took a while till she responded, ‘yes, Alpha?’‘Head over to my office. I’d like to discuss something with you.’‘Okay, I’ll be there as soon as possible.’ After a while, Scarlett walked in. “I noticed a few guards are no longer on duty. Do you have any idea why?" “I fired a few of them for inappropriate behavior, but assigned new guards.” “Though we need more guards at this point in the pack, I believe your decision should be right.” “Yes, thank you.” She grinned and it seemed like her eyelashes fluttered at me coquettishly. ‘What the heck is wrong with this beta? Does she always have to hit on us at every chance she gets?' Drex rolled his eyes.