CHAPTER SIX

Lucas couldn’t get his eyes off her, he had somewhere to be later in the day, that was to check the effects of the raid that had happened the previous night and finally merge it into his pack. A guard walked in at that moment and bowed stiffly to him.

“Alpha Lucas.” He said politely.

“What is it?” Lucas harshly didn’t want to be interrupted by anyone whenever he was the damsel in front of him.

 “Some of the pack members from the pack we raided yesterday survived, you said women and children were not to be killed. So what do we do with them?” The guard asked.

At the mention of the pack, Riley’s senses sharpened and she kept her face straight so he wouldn’t realize that she was eager to hear what was being said.

 “Take them in,” Lucas replied and the guard looked at him in surprise.

“You mean…into our pack, Alpha Lucas?” He asked, which attracted a stern stare from Lucas.

 “What did I tell you about asking me dumb questions, Bob? I said fucking bring them in, all of them. We’ve got space at the orphanage, there’s a building behind it, keep them there. I’ll know what to do with all of them later. By 6 pm, gather them all in the courthouse, by then I would have decided their fate.” Lucas said.

Recreantly, the guard bowed and left the room.

 “Dumbass.” Lucas cursed under his breath.

Riley was quite stunned by his attitude towards the guard’s inquisitive nature. He was probably one that was quick to anger when his orders were not followed immediately. She stared at the side of his face as a husky silence hung above them, then when he turned she looked down immediately.

 “You were in a very dangerous place last night, you could have been taken for one of those peasants from that despicable werewolf pack. You shouldn’t roam about freely in the woods if you do not have protection or, if you cannot protect yourself.” Lucas said, staring at her with interest in his eyes.

 “I had no idea about what was going on there, I’m just a commoner. I didn’t know there was an establishment such as that so deep in the woods.” She lied again, praying silently that these lies wouldn’t catch up with her as time went on.

She wanted a new chapter, away from her past life. She wanted to forget everything, if she could forget the fact that she was a werewolf, she didn’t mind. As long as she never went back to the wicked hands of Shawn, as long as she never went through all that torture again, she was fine.

   Damn the mate bond for leading her into the wrong hands, Shawn might be her mate but he’s also a complete bastard. He had nothing now, his pack was gone and so was his illustrious father. At least he couldn’t harm her here, but could she trust this stranger? It wasn’t just about what her eyes saw, she didn’t know him well enough to trust him. She couldn’t trust anyone, she had to leave, go away from here, and start all over again.

 He frowned, “A commoner? Does that mean you’re human? Purely human?” He asked.

She hesitated because she knew that whatever she was going to say now was going to go a long way in determining her relationship with this man. Yet she couldn’t tell him about who she truly was, she couldn’t tell him what she was too.

 She nodded and said, “Yes, I’m a human.”

 “So, what about your parents? You have parents right?” He asked, he had other things to attend to but she captivated his interest so much.

He wondered how a commoner, a human with no supernatural powers could hook him so deeply, he took a liking for her already. And it wasn’t just that, she did something to his body that made him want her. Although he had only known her for a few hours, the sight of her alone sent a sizzling feeling up his spine. When his eyes regarded her, they did with rapt curiosity and interest, he wanted to know everything about this lady.

  “I do not have parents, they died a long time ago.” She replied in a low voice, at least that bit was true. She realized that that was the only truth she had told him since they started talking, what if he discovered everything?

 “Really? That’s a shame for them to leave a girl like you all alone.” He said and picked out a cigarette from his cigarette pack and lit it. He wasn’t usually like this, but he felt sympathy towards her.

 “It’s not their fault, my mom died while she was having me. My dad was involved in an accident when I was nine. They were just unlucky, especially my mother.” She said, staring at nothing in particular as a rare flood of sadness swept through her body.

 “I know what it feels like to lose your parents, you get used to being alone over time. At the end of it all, you’re always alone.” He said, puffing out smoke into the air. “Do you smoke?” He asked, offering her a cigarette.

She shook her head, “I don’t.” Do ladies smoke? She wondered. She thought about what he said, she had foster parents after all, and even though they were a constant pain in the ass, at least she wasn’t entirely alone.

 “So who was l collecting those herbs for?” He asked.

 “What herbs?” She blurted out, forgetting the lie she had told earlier.

He raised an eyebrow at her and that was when she remembered, oh shit! She thought with a growing feeling of panic, she needed to remember her lies.

 “Oh…those herbs…I wasn’t feeling too well and I have a little knowledge about herbs…so…” Her voice cracked under the intensity of his inquisitive stare. “Since I had no money to…to get actual drugs, I decided to go looking for herbs.” She replied

For a long, very uncomfortable moment, he stared at her in silence and it sent her heart racing. There was only one thought on her mind, 

  “Has he figured out that I’m lying?”