Lucas wasn’t the type that lied or twisted his words, he had a nature of being veracious and direct. Although it was difficult when it came to Brenda, he didn’t make any exceptions, he already knew what she wanted to ask and he wasn’t planning on lying. “Who’s she?” She asked, her death stare probing into his eyes. “Riley,” He said. “Do you want another drink?” He asked. “Who’s she?” Brenda asked again, her face deadpan. “A girl I met and rescued in the forest during yesterday’s attack.” He said and got up to fix a drink for himself. “What attack?” She asked. “We took down another pack yesterday.” He replied. This conversation only had one way, she was the one asking the questions while he only provided the answers. Her eyes flashed with admiration, Lucas never lost a fight and she took pride in the fact that he was her fiancé, but then she remembered the angry role she was playing. “So this girl, playing” “Riley.” He corrected me. Her eyes flashed at him, “I don’t ca
Riley woke up with a languid feeling and a bitter taste in her mouth. She felt so weak and could hardly move her limbs. She remembered what had happened before she passed out, the shack the beta had left her in was so dirty and disarrayed. When she managed to sit down on the cold floor, a rat ran past her more than once and that frightened Riley to her bones. She hated rodents, she hated her fate and who she was born into. She wondered if this was how she was going to keep living, with rats and the husky, intoxicating fetid smell of the air. The first signs of weakness came when she tried to stand up, but she couldn’t. An ache raged through her head and her vision became blurry instantly, that was when she fell unconscious. She sat up on the comfortable bed and groaned, at least she could move now, she thought. The door suddenly swung open and a maid walked in, the moment she saw Riley awake, she turned and left the room. “What was that all about?” She wondered and got off the be
“How’s she coping?” Lucas asked the moment Dolph walked into his study later that day.“I can say better, she ate a lot on my command and took the drugs the doctor left behind. She should be lively and ready to serve the king tomorrow.” Dolph replied and sat down.“Great news,” Lucas said without looking up.He was busy going through some documents concerning a few contracts they had made with neighboring packs and he didn’t like what he was seeing. “Lucas, I have one question,” Dolph said.“Does it involve Riley? If it does, I don’t know the answer.” He said and pushed a document toward Dolph. “There, look at those documents, what do you think?”When it came to business, Dolph was way smarter than Lucas, so most times Lucas relied on him to take care of the pack’s businesses. Dolph knew he had the upper hand here and an imperious smile crossed his lips. “I’m not looking at it until you hear my question and then see if you can answer it or not.” He said and pushed the documents back
The next day was Riley’s first day as Lucas’s maid and before she left Dolph’s house, she thanked the maids for their services to her. When she turned around, Dolph was standing by the wall, his arms folded while one leg crossed over the other, his face was impassive as he stared at her. She bowed to him stiffly.“You didn’t have to say anything to them, they were acting on my orders after all.” He said.“I just felt like I had to.” She replied, although he had acted harshly towards her the previous day, Riley thought that he wasn’t such a bad person. “Didn’t you see the way they looked at you? Their faces read, is this bitch crazy?” He remarked. “Lucas is waiting for you, you have a very busy day ahead. Get your stuff.” He squinted at her and then saw that she was carrying nothing. “Oh, you don’t have any stuff, let’s go then.”Lucas was in the living room, luckily Brenda wasn’t around so Riley didn’t have to meet her immediately. He was sure Dolph had already given her the warnings
“Are they similar?” He asked, watching her expression keenly.She nodded silently, her mind was racing and bracing itself for the question she knew he was about to ask. “Most of those scars you have can only be made by a beast of some kind, especially a werewolf.” He said, staring intently at her. “So I want you to tell me something, Riley. Apart from the night, I saved you, have you ever been attacked by a werewolf?”She had certainly been raped, beaten, and bullied by one, Riley thought. She hoped that Lucas hadn’t bothered to ask around or carry out any sort of research. But could he? He couldn’t, the only place he could have gotten information from was the pack he just destroyed. Nonetheless, he was onto her and she knew she couldn’t lie this time. “Yes, I’ve encountered one or two.” She replied, again that stare of his made her very uneasy.He squinted at her, “So how are you not dead? Werewolves aren’t that merciful to weaker beings.” He said. This was getting trickier with e
They drove for a very short time, it couldn’t have been longer than ten minutes and the car was parked in front of a huge building that seemed to be made of glass only. While Riley got out of the car, Lucas offered her his hand. She was surprised and didn’t take it initially, Lucas just seemed to be making her break the first rule Dolph gave to her over and over again. “What? Take my hand.” He said after their eyes met for a while and she left him hanging.“I’m alright, King Lucas, I can handle myself.” She replied politely.“I see.” He shrugged and thrust his hands into his pocket. “Let us go then.”Regretfully, she stepped down from the beautiful car with his briefcase and trailed after him at a safe distance. Immediately Lucas stepped into the building, and the boisterous air about the lobby suddenly turned calm. Everyone fell silent and turned to look at the revolving doors as Lucas and Riley walked in. Riley was surprised by how much attention he could draw, she felt shy immedia
Lucas’s large, beautiful office was connected to Dolph’s by a single glass door and Dolph stood up from his desk when he saw him walk in. With a smile, he walked through the glass door connecting their offices and Riley gasped at the sight of him. “Sorry, forest girl, didn’t mean to startle you.” He said to her and she nodded. “Lucas, you finally showed up, thought you would take another hour or so.”“Will you keep calling her that when you know her name?” Lucas asked as he sat down on his comfortable seat behind his desk.“Of course, it’s about my preference and I’m sure she likes it too,” He turned to look at Riley with a smile. “Right?”She nodded, could she do otherwise? She had a feeling that even if she told the truth and said the name made her uncomfortable, he wouldn’t give a fuck.“Riley, drop the briefcase on the desk and take a seat on one of those chairs there,” Lucas instructed.She walked over and carefully placed the briefcase on his desk, she did it gently but still,
Dolph was surely not one of the nicest people Riley had ever and would ever meet, even on their way to the elevator, he kept on taunting her. “It’s a damn elevator, everyone knows how to use an elevator. And you’re a fucking human.” He said. She remained silent, wondering how she would tell him that she never had the luxury he had her entire life. He was smiling as he mocked her so it gave her the insight that he didn’t mean all what he was saying, she didn’t take any of what he said to heart. They got into the elevator and he left her after setting her down for the ground floor. “It’s advisable if you do not speak to anyone else on the way, just for your safety.” He said and she smiled and nodded. “Thank you, beta Dolph.” She said, Why was she smiling even after I had mocked her? He wondered and squinted at her as the doors closed. “Well, she’s strange as hell.” He concluded and walked back into the office. The rest of Riley’s day ran pretty smoothly, Lucas didn’t bother her mu