I don't know what I'm the most uncomfortable about. The beta smacking his lips against the other or the fact that it seems like he is about to flirt with me.
I should be used to situations like this now, I know. But the feeling that came with this one felt kind of different. Has me wanting to cringe or whatever I should call it.
“Hi,” I say, in return to the beta’s greeting. I couple it with a brief once-over before accepting his handshake. But there was no warmth to it.
The fact that my inner mind is telling me that I'm exaggerating the situation was another bother. Maybe I shouldn’t think too much about it. Knowing myself, it was something that wouldn’t happen yet until something completely different fills my mind.
I try to take my hand out of the beta’s hand but it seems he wasn’t ready to let go yet. It prompted me to look from his face to his slight grip on my hand then back to his face. The creepy smile was still there and it still was a bother.
Eventually, he lets go, slowly and stylishly. Don’t know what he was trying to do by pulling that off but I felt nothing to hold on to after.
“So, you two should come in to rest for a while. We have your rooms ready for you,” Alpha Tyrone suddenly says, grabbing my attention.
“Well, thank you,” I respond when I shift my gaze to him, “But I’ll be taking a walk around the premises for a while. Hope you don’t mind?”
“Of course, I don’t. Feel free to do whatever you want,”
“Thank you... again,” I dish him a sly smile and then tell Mark, “Shall we?”
Mark seems confused when he asks, “Now?”
“Yeah... now.”
Then I turn around to walk down the stairs that lead up to the balcony of the building. The group of warriors that came with me felt like a hindrance the moment I face them, and I’m sure it would be like that if I allowed them to go with me on my brief walk around.
“Don’t worry about us,” I start to say when I walk through the space provided between them, “we’ll be back in no time.”
I round the corner of the premises with Mark by my side, all the while staying silent. I won’t necessarily say Mark was by my side. It was more of him leading the way because he knows his way around here, unlike me who is coming here for the first time.
We were now in something like a balcony, except this seemed like an extension to another part of the building. Probably the backyard or something.
“You seem rather uncomfortable,” was the starter Mark uses once we were far away from the front of the building we just left.
“Am I?”
“The Soma I know never stays quiet except she’s going through something. So what is it?”
I sigh inwardly because, apparently, I wasn’t being myself. “To be honest, Mark, I have this feeling of not wanting to be here. But at the same time, I feel I have no choice. There’s no odd feeling to it at the end of the day, except the stress that comes with being on a fence,”
“Being an Alpha was never meant to be an easy job. If it was, you wouldn’t be in the position. No offense,”
“None taken. I see nothing wrong with what you said,” I tell him. And after tugging strands of hair off my face, I proceed to say, “Did you see what his brother was trying to do?”
“Who? Alpha Tyrone’s brother?” Mark asks, and I nod in affirmation. “Well, maybe I did. Other than him trying to flirt with you or something, I don’t think I saw anything else.”
“You make it sound like it’s an ordinary thing to do,” I sound annoyed when I speak, and it’s because I am. I almost touch my hair again but at the last second decided not to. “His intentions were clearly written on his face, and I find that mostly irritating because I never like my man that way. Or is that how he always is?”
“Asides from always having a smug expression on himself every time, I can’t necessarily say that is how he is. But when an obviously unmated wolf sees something blessed, what do you expect him to do? Look away?”
I don’t know why, but I suddenly reflect on his words. Mark never utters a statement without attaching something to it. It wasn’t making much sense, until...
“Are you indirectly trying to say I’m busty?” I ask him, ensuring I was looking at him straight in the face when I do so.
“Whatever you term my words to be is fine by me.” was his straight-up response.
A smile finds its way to my lips. “Awwwn. My best friend just admitted to the fact that I’ve got the right proportions for a woman. I would have loved to give you if you weren’t this close to me,”
“Pfft,” he scoffs. “You know fully well that I would reject without hesitation,”
“Trust me, you can’t resist my charm if it goes down to that,” I say almost flirtatiously, but then recall something we were initially talking about. “And back to Alpha Tyrone’s brother, he was actually one of the reasons I was eager to leave there. The major reason was what I said already. Y’know, about the odd feeling,”
“You might just have to get used to him because it’s going to take more than two days before we find out way out of here. I’m sure you can take of yourself,”
“Of course, I can. But Cassie doesn’t think the same. She believes I’m too wild for a lady. One of the more reasons I think she needs a brain reset to understand that this is how I am and will ever be.”
Something suddenly grabs my attention. Or should I say the sound of someone? And when I look in the direction of where the sound came from, I realized it was a kid that has just fallen to the ground. A boy to be precise whole judging from the hair. I could be wrong, though.
Mark gives me a brief stare and then starts to stroll up to where the kid fell. Apparently, there was no one around here except us so it was obligatory he did something to assist. Not that I couldn’t do the same, but I would rather not try due to how ‘kid unfriendly’ I am.
“Hey, kid. You okay?” I hear Mark’s concerned voice from the little distance away and it makes me wonder how he can switch personalities when he needs to.
I was right about the kid being a boy as when Mark helped him up, I could see him clearly. The kid’s face has this little familiarity, but I cannot dwell on it too long because someone is approaching us already. And this time around, it is a lady with long curly hair.
She starts to say something but I immediately get uninterested in what is going on that I turn around and start to walk away. But I haven’t taken more than two steps when I halt. It’s not because of the event going on not far away from me, but because of something else.
The pull. The same pull I felt when I was in the clubhouse some nights ago. It has been ignited again.
But I’m confused as to what is going on because there was no absolute reason for it at the moment. The last time had been as a result of the strange man I saw in the club, however, there was no one here.
I was about to try to shrug off the feeling when I suddenly feel the urge to let the pull take over me. It felt kind of strange to consider at first but before I knew it, I was finding my way through the premises of the territory I was completely unaware of.
‘Are you sure about what you’re doing? We literally have no idea why you suddenly felt that way,’ Rainia’s — my wolf — voice gets into my head, reminding me of the fact that I was acting out of instincts which shouldn’t be the case in this situation.
‘I know what I’m doing. And I need you to trust me.’
‘You don’t expect me to trust you when you do not know your way around here. You should stay put, let Mark guide you through.’
‘Not in this situation, Rainia. I have to figure this out myself. There should be a reason why such a pull would occur like it did the other night,’ I round a corner when I tell her that.
‘This seems a bit crazy, you know,’
‘Does it still?’ I produce a sly smirk when I utter that, and at the same time, I stop walking to observe my finding.
“It’s you again...” I whisper.
The reason for the pull... there it was. A man, right there in flesh and blood.Memories of two nights ago flood back to me instantly and I can’t help it. Especially knowing that the one who ignited such feeling that night was the same person I have set my eyes on.Crazy how I could tell it was him despite not having a very good look at him the night. I just know it is none other than him, and this time I have to get to him. We probably need to talk about why I was being affected by a strange feeling while he seems not to care.I walk over to where he is which is right on the edge of the part of the balcony. And from there I could tell it was facing a huge part downhill. The woods, obviously as nothing more than the greenery could be seen beyond. He was alone, so it was apparently going to b
Yesterday, I got ignored by the man that I assumed would be a thing close to my heart. Now, today, I was in the mood to watch a similar bunch of the supposed man working out so early in the morning without even considering the time. Sounds kind of weird what I was doing, but what else could I do in a rival pack anyways other than this?Seems to me that the warriors of this pack were built differently, from the way they carry themselves to the highlight of the physical features. They were bodies of muscles and mass, which was in contrast to my pack. If I was no alpha, I would be swooning over their bodies. Could even have one of them in my bed tonight.Since I arrived here to watch them from the pavement, they have been on different routines of exercise. Basically, they were all now reeking of sweat which seemed to be at a massive level. Including the one who
The moment I start to walk into the warriors in training, they willingly pave a path for me until they have all formed a circle around me. The stares I received from them were apparent to them being confused about what I was trying to do by walking into them. And, to be honest, I kind of liked the attention. Reminds me of a reverse harem setting.“Alpha Soma...”I seek out the one who called my name and find him standing directly in front of me with a few of the other men behind him. He is a head shorter than most of them, though, but everything about him screamed experience.“You’re the head warrior, right?” I inquire from him and he nods in the affirmative.“Yes, I am,” he says.
“You over there!” I call out to someone from the opposite side of the crowd of warriors. As I was not being specific, I had to say, “You behind the one without a shirt. Yes, you with the full hair.” And all eyes turn toward the one I was trying to call out.My eyes were fixated on him as well for recognition, and with the way he is staring right back at me, I could not tell what he is thinking. Even with all the attention focused on him, he remained passive as he walked out to the front.It was strange that I called out a specific wolfling from the crowd of warriors. The only reason I have for that has something to do with me alone. Why? Because it is him. The same stranger from nights ago that has my feeling all messed up.As he draws nearer to me, the odd feeling in me be
“After so many trials, I have finally found someone that can stand his ground against me. Mark, can you believe it?” I was elated from the happening outside that I could not help but mention it to Mark once I step into the room assigned to me. I probably was not aware that I have already dropped the jacket to the floor.As I was drowning in my happiness despite how drenched I am, I put my hand to my hair, aiming for the band I used in holding my hair together. And as I loosen it, I realize I have not heard anything yet from Mark which prompts me to turn around with my hand still trying to get rid of the band.“Why are you not saying anything?” I have to ask him. And at long last, my hair was free. With a little flip, I get it to the right coordinate.“Haven’t fo
To say I was interested in what was going down right now would be ridiculous. An irony, to be precise. Why? Because I presently lack every form of enthusiasm one should have for something. Not even the tiniest bit.The situation would be one of the numerous reasons I wish I did not take up the mantle of Alpha. Who would want to sit in one boring place listening to someone talk about how to go about handling pack affairs? Not me, though. But I guess I’m stuck with Alpha Tyrone’s lengthy talk at the moment.‘Soma...’ Mark mind-links me even though he is standing right beside me like a loyal guard while I comfortably sit. ‘Are you even listening to what he is saying?’ he asks me via the link.What he says makes me look at Alpha Tyrone, allowing me to observe that h
This is crazy, I tell myself. What am I even trying to do? Okay, I know I said I will try to get the guy out of my mind so I could focus on other things but it seems I’m already failing before even starting. And the crazy part now is that I’m on the way to look for him.I struggled to sleep throughout the night because all I had were the thoughts of him. It was starting to get out of my control because I tried as much as possible to not think about him. Maybe, just maybe I had not had the chance to get into a spar with him then I probably would have not had him in my mind in any way.Now that I was seeking him out at this time when everywhere was still dark was crazy. Literally, I have no idea where he would be, talk more of knowing if he would even be on duty, but I was trying to use the pull to get me to him. Should I be reliant on it? Who knows?The number of guards I have evaded since the minute I walked
“Where are you coming from, Soma?”Startled, I move back, almost tripping as a result. I was never expecting what just happened. Why would I be expecting to find out that there’s someone in my room in the first place?The only reason I have not freaked out or anything yet is because I have recognized the voice already. And yeah, I could see who it is as well now but that does not change the fact that I’m annoyed as hell now.“How did you get into my room?” I ask in the least suppressed tone I could muster in order not to find myself yelling at him — Mark — as I enter into the room. And as for the door, I shut it close the moment I was in it.“Wherever you went to must have been so important that you actually forgot to lock your room,”“Oh,” Now that was a realization about what I’ve done. And yeah, I ne