All I could hear was the sound of the omegas cleaning out the house. It appeared Austin had brought some things over here so the load they had to move was more than I had expected. But Austin obviously didn't want the house stripped bare, neither did he need to do that. The alpha's house had more than we both needed.I finally pushed away the encounter to the back of my mind knowing fully well it will definitely surface later, and made my way to the bathroom. That was perhaps the safest place for me right now.I still wasn't comfortable with Simon and Austin appeared to think I ridn't want Simon to think of us like that, I mean the way he had seen us.But now that I think of it...what could that even be? There was definitely a little more to us now, I can't lie. But how much more was it? What did it mean to Austin? I sighed and turned on the shower. The warm water hit my skin, flattening my rather unruly hair down to my back, as I stared at the large mirror on the other side.Hazel.

I didn't realize I had drifted off to sleep, but I woke up a little earlier than normal. The sun was barely up, and the sky was a little dark. It was the time that most of the wolves in this pack enjoyed being wolves.I woke up, instinctively reaching out to Austin. My hand, however landed on an empty bed. My eyes shot open immediately, alarm bells going off in my head. "Austin?" I called. There was no answer. I flipped off the covers and went to the shower. There was no sound. I knocked, and there was no reply.I ran to the walk In closet, still nothing. I then went out of the room to the sitting room. He still wasn't there. I felt my body go cold as I stood in the middle of the sitting room, my brain going over the list of places where he could be, but they all seemed very unlikely.I slowly walked to the kitchen, remembering the punching bag from yesterday. Sure enough, when I got close enough to the door, I could hear the deep breaths he was taking at intervals, and the sound of

"Look at you blushing." She laughed then stood up, her face all serious. "We need to get to work."I tilted my head to the side. "To work?""Yes. I was brought here to dress you up, was I not?"I laughed. "Calm down, Eve. That is when the ceremony's close. Not now.""I learnt it is less than a week away." She said with an expression that showed she wasn't giving any leeway."But...""I will go shop for your dresses. I brought a tape handy, so I can take your measurements."I sighed and stood as she pulled me up. I stood with my hands outstretched, as she measured my proportions."Can I sit now?"She nodded. "I will go and get some for you. I am going to use the alpha card!"I laughed. "Alpha card?"She nodded. "Everything is free for the alphas, don't you know?"I blinked. Such privileges didn't make Austin the happiest person in this pack, still. It was really weird.I smiled at her as she excitedly walked out. I stood up to finally check out my room. It was very similar to Austin's

I stared into his eyes as he slowly let it drop to my lips, then slowly brought his intense gaze back to mine again. His lips, his face were just inches away from mine, his breath caressing the skin on my face, his hand drawing small delirious circles on my back."And...who is the other person?"I asked, not willing to talk about any other person apart from us. We were all that mattered to me.His lips almost parted, but not quite. "You're looking at him."My breath hitched at the subtle confirmation and he looked down at my lips again, before moving away from me. He didn't put enough distance between us, but it was enough to tell me we should be having wine now, or he would do something he wasn't so sure of.I swallowed, trying to regain composure, but he just stayed there, watching me. I reached for the wine and held it in my hand firmly, then turned again.I could hear him follow me to the couch and his eyes on me all through as I got two glasses and set it for both of us.He helped

I felt a light touch graze sweetly against my arm, and my eyes fluttered open. There was a dull pain in my abdomen and I immediately felt myself being pinned back down when I tried to stand up. I struggled to focus, and Austin leaned over me, his hands on my shoulders carefully massaging."How do you feel? You took a hit to your right shoulder before I could come up the stairs."I looked up at him. He was still beautiful with the worry lines, and his eyes traced across my body. "Does it hurt somehwere?" his voice was soft, like cotton balls falling off his lips.I swallowed. "What happened?"He shook his head. "I am not sure. The healer went back to get a few things. She said it was pretty bad, so you would need more antidotes than she brought along."I blinked. "Did she say anything else?"He let go of me and sat beside me, his eyes searching mine. "Did someone come here while I was not around?"I thought about it. No one came except Eve. And she had been weird and all, and had left