Alpha Male

Karl:

When I got mind linked by Mathias that we had to go to the pack house I knew it wasn’t an emergency, it probably had something to do with the wedding, I got up and told Avery we had to leave and thankfully she didn't protest. We made our way back to the pack house. When we arrived there the entire council was seated at the pack living room, when Avery noticed the stares they were giving her she told me she would just go to her room and went upstairs. 

“What’s going on?” I asked Mathias and studied everyones reaction trying to read what they were thinking. 

“The council wants to push the wedding further” Mathias stated. 

“What?why?” 

“It’ll be better if you and Avery get married sooner, so you can resume duties as Alpha and luna”Counselor Armand explained. 

“Aren’t I doing enough already?the pack is running perfectly fine thanks to none of you but all my hard work and here you are demanding I hasten my wedding” I spat.

“ we aren’t asking you to do anything, we are telling you what needs to be done as Alpha” another counselor spoke, as much as I didn’t want to make this an argument these people were really getting on my nerves. 

“Did you just listen to yourself speak? You’re telling an Alpha how to run his own pack?” I chuckled, this was also very amusing “listen it is bad enough I’m being forced to marry someone who isn’t even my mate and here you are demanding that I hasten it up, I am your Alpha and I will not be over ruled by my own council. If any of you have a problem with my decision feel free to speak up and kindly escort yourself out because you might as well nor be part of this council again” everyone became quiet after my little speech, no one would dare speak up anyway I was on edge and anyone who wanted a piece of it would have uttered a word and it was over. “Good” I said before continuing in my steps towards the stairs, I went to my room and decided to take a shower to cool my nerves, I needed to relax of Jacob was going to take control and come out. Jacob was my wolf’s name and he wasn’t buying the idea of us marrying someone who wasn’t our mate either and the little disagreement down stairs may have gotten to him. I took of my clothes and dived in the shower letting the cool water beat on my skin felt so relaxing, I could swear I felt dome steam come off my body. After a while of letting the water beat rhythms on my back I got satisfied and turned the shower off, I grabbed the towel on the rack and dried myself with it. Walking into my walk in closet I grabbed a pair seat pants and a t-shirt and put on, my mind suddenly went back to Avery and our little conversation in the Woods today I couldn’t help but smile at the memory. Jacob easily calmed down at the thought of Avery too, he really liked when we were close to her. I wasn’t in the mood to see anyone nor talk to anyone do I decided it’ll be a better idea to go downstairs and get something to eat before I’m forced to have dinner with the rest of the pack, I went for the door unlocking it and stepped outside, and to my luck you wouldn’t imagine who I bumped into in the hallway, Avery. 

“Hey, I suspected you were in your room” I said moving towards her,

“ oh, uh I got hungry and decided to go down stairs and get something to eat before dinner time” she explained. 

“ okay! But why before dinner? You don’t like sitting at the table?” 

“ No not that, um I kinda know that the people here don’t adore me even just a bit so, why eat at it?” 

“Avery it’s not like they don’t like you, it’s just-”

“ just what?” She retorted urging me off and  tilting her head to the side which made her a little more adorable , silly I know. I sucked in a breath knowing I  couldn’t give her a straight answer and decided it was better to stay quiet and dwell in defeat. “ there you see! I don’t mind though I actually understand” she said trying to act strong but I  could see the frown that made its way to her lips.

“So How about that dinner?” I cheered trying to relax the tension between us. 

“ yeah sure, I’m starving” which worked cause she chuckled while we started walking down the stairs “ oh and thanks for the juice” 

“ Juice? What Juice?” I asked surprised at her sudden effort to appreciate me.

“You didn’t ask Flavin to bring a glass of juice up to my room for me?” I stated in a different term so he would properly understand. 

“Umm I can’t remember telling her to do so, and if I wanted to have juice sent to your room I think I have more than enough people for that, why is there a problem Avery?” I asked turning around and noticing Avery had stopped moving .

“Oh yeah I mean, sorry” she stuttered  “ I mean,” and hesitated for a moment and decided it was better not to bother Karl about it, which bothered me cause it was obvious she was protecting Flavin, what did she do to Avery? “ never mind its alright” 

“ Are you sure? You seemed to have been serious a few seconds ago”

“ yeah yeah I am, c’mon” we made our way to the kitchen and I saw her placing a  glass in the dish washer and walked over to the fridge to get her ingredients for the meal she was going to make. 

“What are you making?” 

“ oh uh macaroni salad” 

“Sounds tasty, where did you learn to make it?”I asked knowing very well she couldn’t answer my question because she has amnesia. She gave me a look that said are you kidding me?

“ of course I do my great great grandmother taught me” She said in a sing song voice sarcastically making me laugh very hard “ ssshhh keep it down, you might attract someone here,and you know very well that I have amnesia and I can’t remember a single thing from before” 

“ I know I know, was just messing with you”

“ yeah sure” She got the things she needed and closed the fridge. “ do you want some?”

“ why else would I be sitting here?” I said meeting her eyes, we didn’t break eye contact for a moment but She probably got uncomfortable because she ended up looking away awkwardly and carried on with her cooking tossing and turning, shifting the weight of  her body from one foot to the other. She was finally done he placed the plate in front if me and I  stared at it in awe like I hadn’t eaten in year’s and this was the first meal set before him. 

“ stop staring at it and taste it” 

“Sorry it’s just, watching you cook was like watch God create the most beautiful thing ever, the way you handled the appliances, you moved as if you were so familiar with the kitchen” I  paused taking in my reaction before continuing “ you would make a great wife Avery”I know I wasn’t supposed to be flattering her like that but I didn’t know how to respond to this, I felt things for Avery I couldn’t explain. 

“ let’s eat then” She didn’t say anything wala but offered me a smile and sat down on the stool next to me and I stole a glance at her before taking a bite out of the meal. I let out a soft moan with my eyes shut.

“ Damn Avery, if I met you before and you cooked like this I would have married you careless of what the council said” I didn’t realize what I said got to her cause I  continued taking spoonfuls off the salad,. “ Aren’t you eating?”I asked snapping her out of her thoughts. 

“ huh? Oh yeah” she chuckled “ I just got carried away I guess, you’re enjoying the food, a lot!” 

“ yeah we should appreciate things that need to be appreciated” I said “ and I think you should stop staring and eat” Karl suggested earning a slight punch from me on his shoulder and took a bite out of my food before someone came into the kitchen, speak of the devil. 

“Hi, I didn’t know you guys were already having dinner” Flavin exclaimed, Avery didn’t say anything and continued to chew on her salad, I didn’t want to say anything either but I  was the alpha and I  had to be the bigger person always.

“ yes, Avery was making herself a salad so I just benefited and tagged along” 

“ oh, that’s nice” she said offering a fake smile. 

“Thank you, Avery, at least now I have less food to make for dinner” 

“Don’t mention it” She said standing up with her half finished meal and my empty plate to put them away. She put the dishes into the dish washer and excused herself going back up stairs to her  room and I was left here with my biggest problem on the planet, Flavin.