Alfredo’s POV “I came here to discuss the wedding date as I wasn’t present during the engagement,” Alpha Brian said, his eyes darting from my mother and back to me. “I understand the engagement to unite both our families and pack, but we can’t keep it hanging out for long.”If this was what responsibilities were, I was going to ace it; I thought after hearing what Alpha Brian said.“You speak the truth, Alpha Brian. This is a matter of increasing our strength while fostering a good relationship with other people,” Mother answered him. I could see her drum her fingers on the table, although subtly. If you had spent as much time with her as I had. You would know her fiddling finger was her trying to think. It was only setting a date for a wedding. What more could it imply? “More reason we have to set a date early,” Alpha Brian said. “What date would you prefer it would be, Alfredo?”I froze in my thoughts as I had not expected to be placed in the equation as soon as this. “Anything my
Melissa (Gabriella’s Pov) I walked into the room as Aiden opened the door. It differed from the one I stayed in at Silver Rose's pack. A big change from the room of a worker to what looked like the room of an alpha. “Ms Gabrielle, if you would let me call you that,” Aiden said as he stood at the door, watching me look around the room in amazement. “You can call me that,” I said as I twirled around to look at him. He had a carefree look on his face like he never bothered why I was there or what reasons brought me. He wanted to do his job and leave as soon as he could. “This would be your room for the main time and if you don’t like this room, you can tell me and I’ll take you to another room that can match your preference,” he said in the most formal tone I’ve ever heard. Like he didn’t want to step on my toes with his word.“This is enough, Aiden, right?” He nodded his head to my question about his name. “I’ll be okay here.”“That is alright, Ms Gabriella. For any other thing you
Melissa (Gabriella’s Pov) “Dad, Mom. I found a stranger in our territory yesterday and you would not believe what I did.”Those were the words I heard as I followed the rabbit hole or stairs rather, ending at the top of the room where I saw him on his knees. He didn’t seem to notice that I was standing at that spot. “Especially you, father. I know you believe in eradicating anyone you found in our territory who didn’t enter without our permission, but this is my time now. Done with the era of bloodshed; I think I am done with that now, considering the amount of blood these hands have spilled, sending multiple to their deaths because I did not trust them.”His words continued to flow unhinged. They made me feel like he tried to talk to him should his parents have long gone from this world.“At least one soul is safe from both my hands and those you’ve trained to kill on sight. I know you're disappointed in me, Father, but this is my decision,” he said as he stood up. With his hands i
Melissa (Gabriella’s Pov)“Spaghetti,” I said as they dropped the food with some chunks of assorted meat placed between us.“You remember it?” Alpha Farrell asked because of the intonation I used. “You remember anything?” He pressed on, dragging his seat forward as he placed his hand over mine.“No,” I said, shaking my head. This was the second time I almost gave myself out. He let out a sigh as he pulled away, picking up a fork. He held it up like he meant to show me how it was done, dipping it into the pasta. The spaghetti rolled around the fork as he spun it around, letting it reach his desired size before pulling it up. “You can try it.”I nodded as I took the fork in the same way he did, wrapping around some of the spaghetti. He nodded his head as we all ate, almost in silence except for the clanking of metal to ceramic and slurping from the pasta.“What do you think I can do here, Mr. Aiden?” I asked as I dropped my fork to the plate, satisfied from eating.He looked at me with
Sheila’s POV I woke up in the morning to find the house almost quiet as I roamed its interior. I realized I had slept the entire morning away, and it was way past high noon.“Anyone in particular that you are looking for?” I turned to find Mother standing at the door. A smile on her face and her black, silky hair that I inherited from her tied to a high bun behind her head.“It wouldn’t matter if I said it,” I said as I flopped into the chair closest to me. She held her smile as she walked closer to me, dropping to the chair gracefully. “Mock me.” I hummed to myself as I turned my head away from her.“Anything you say matters to me,” she answered. I could feel her hand as she placed them on my shoulder. They felt warm and mushy, like they were made only of flesh.“I want someone to take this responsibility from me,” I said as I pulled my legs to the chair, wrapping my arms around them in a fetal position. She chuckled at my words and I could feel them vibrate from her body and throu
Melissa (Gabriella’s POV)I yawned as stretched my hands on the bed. My alarm had done a pleasant job of waking me up early that morning. It felt like Alpha Farrell had told Aiden not to give me any job and instructed his helpers to do the same, as none of them had wanted me to help them.The best I could do was wake up early and try to work in any place before the person assigned to that job would take their work from me.“I heard you’ve been going around doing odd jobs,” I stopped in my tracks to see Alpha Farrell holding a cup in his hand with steam phasing past his face from it. He stood there in a white shirt and black trousers to match. His hair dropped across his face as he took a sip from the cup in his hand.“I feel you’ve sabotaged every one of my plans to do something,” I answered as I walked closer to him. The smell of coffee grew stronger with every step I took closer to him.“Care for a cup of coffee?” He said as he blew air into the cup he held.“I don’t think I do,” I
Sheila’s POV It’s been three months since Dad came home with the news about my wedding. I agreed three months from that day and I’ve lived my life as a wife-to-be since. I waited, counting each day before this day would arrive.“You are still in bed,” Mother said as she pulled the door open, but to her dismay. I sat on the edge of my bed, staring out of the window at the horizon.A marriage between two top packs was a subject of intensity, as attacks could also happen on the same day. The saying of killing two birds with one stone could very well apply in these circumstances.“I’m not asleep, Mum,” I said as I turned to face her fully. She walked in with a pink dress that gave an orange feel over the rising sun.“I see that now,” she said as she sat next to me, feeling the bed shift to her weight. “It feels like the world has finally turned on its head now that D-day has arrived, doesn’t it?”I returned my gaze to the window, seeing as the orange glow of the sun peeked above the grou
Alfredo’s Pov “Fuck!” I cursed as the sting of sunlight passed through my eyelids, jolting me up. I opened my eyes to see my mother standing by the window side with a smile on her face and her hands behind her.“It’s a good morning to you, and you should learn how to get rid of those swear words from your lips. Your marriage to Sheila is sealing your position as alpha of both packs,” she said as she walked closer to the bed.I let out a frustrated sigh as I turned over, placing my face on the bed while I covered my ears with my pillow.“Come on now, Alfredo,” I heard her say as I felt her weight press down on the edge of the bed. “I do not want to leave,” I said as my voice got muffled by the bed I laid on top. I felt her creep upwards, dragging the blanket away from my body.“Thought you said you wanted some responsibilities. This is one of them if you want to continue keeping heirs for our lineage,” she said when she was down. Her weight was removed from the bed to let me know she