Finding herself

Chapter 9: Shopping spree

I followed Maya down the stairs and outside, where a taxi was waiting. She opened the door and climbed in and I followed behind her. I closed the door and the taxi driver drove off.

"You're not mad are you?" I asked her, afraid to get the answer.

"Mad? Hell no. I want to know everything." She turned to me with the biggest grin she could manage to do and was almost jumping up and down the seat of the car.

Her reaction made me smile and I hugged her. "Oh, thank you, I was worried I ruined our friendship. And it was ok if you must know." I sat back in my seat and looked out the front window.

"Just ok? With how your hair is a mess and how happy he looked, I would say it was more than ok," I looked back at her with an open mouth. Did she really just say that?

"Ok, fine. It was more than ok, but I'm not saying anything else."

"Are you going to see him again?" She asked with a c****d eyebrow.

"I don't know. Maybe. But not a date or anything. If we meet again at the club, maybe something will happen. Actually, I hope it will." I looked back out the window with a smile on my face.

I heard Maya open her bag and I looked at her. She pulled out a bottle that said perfume.

"What are you doing with that? Would it be more useful to use it before we went out?" I looked at her and she just shook her head.

"Trust me, you need it. You smell just like Sebastian and the Alpha doesn't need to know what you've been doing, trust me. He looks at you like a daughter and no father would want to know what his child is doing with other men." She started spraying me with perfume and when she was done, she pulled a hairbrush from her purse and started combing my hair.

"Do you have everything in that small bag?" I asked while laughing and she answered with a serious look on her face.

"Yes."

That made me laugh even more and before we knew it, we were at the Alpha's house. Or should I say our house? It feels weird saying that.

I said goodbye to Maya and stepped out of the car. I went up the stairs and before I reached the door, they opened and the Alpha came out.

"Looks like you had a fun night. You remind me of my son, he used to come home at this hour too." He crossed his arms in front of his chest and smiled.

"You have a son? I didn't know that. Where is he?" I was puzzled because I haven't heard about him from anyone. I just hope he's not dead, or this is going to be a very uncomfortable conversation. He walked inside the house and I followed upstairs.

"He's studying abroad. In Spain. It was his dream to study veterinary medicine. And they have the best school there. He's coming home in a few months since he will finish his education. He has been away for two years now and we all miss him so much. I can't wait for you to meet him." He stopped in front of a wooden door. He turned to me and smiled, then opened the door.

Behind it was a big room, with not a lot of furniture so it looked even bigger.

A king-size bed was in the middle, covered in a red satin duvet cover. In front of it was a circular rug, with white and brown colors. On each side of the bed was a nightstand with a lamp on it. There was a table on the right side, in front of a window. There wasn't much on it, just some frames for pictures and a stand with pencils and pens.

On the left were two wooden doors. Every piece of furniture was made of walnut wood. Even the floor. It was a very nice shade of color, it fits in with the whole nature thing this house has going on.

"This will be your room for the time being. Make yourself comfortable. You can change it however you like. This was just a quick set-up so that you wouldn't have to sleep on a child's bed or the floor the first day you came here. Now please, get some sleep, the ceremony will start in just a couple of hours."

Damn, I forgot about the ceremony.

"What about work? I can't just miss my second day."

"The whole town is closed. So, no work today. Here, take my credit card and go with Maya later to the next town's shopping center." He handed me his card. "Buy whatever you need and don't worry about money, it's no problem. But I would prefer you go furniture shopping some other day, since we don't have much time to prepare everything. And you still need to go to sleep."

Being awake now for 24 hours or more has started to show on my body. And there is what happened earlier that is the reason I'm exhausted the most.

"Thank you so much. And I think I'm too sleepy to think, so I'll see you in a couple of hours. Can you tell someone to wake me at noon? I don't want to sleep too long and miss everything." My eyes started to feel heavy and my body was about to give up on me. And I still had to get in the shower.

Alpha Jeremy chuckled and patted me softly on the back.

"Sure thing. Now go to sleep, everything will be arranged, don't worry."

"Thanks." I need that shower. I think the perfume is starting to wear off and I don't want the Alpha to know what I did. Even tho it was spectacular.

Alpha Jeremy walked out of the room and closed the door behind him. I quickly walked to the first door on the left, and it was a walk-in closet. An empty walk-in closet. There was just my duffle bag sitting on a chair beside a floor-length mirror. I opened it, took out my panties, and shoved them into a dresser.

I took my shoes off and put them next to the mirror and walked out.

The second door was a bathroom. I turned on the water in the shower, took off my dress and my underwear, then hopped in. I quickly washed, trying to be careful with my bikini area. It didn't hurt, but it was still sensitive, although the water calmed the sensitivity down.

When I was done, I took a towel from a hanger and dried myself with it. I didn't have the energy to wash my hair, but I took a mental note to wash it later. I put my panties on and hopped into bed. When my head touched the pillow, I was out as a light.

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I woke up to someone lightly shaking me.

"Miss Anya, wake up. It's noon." I heard a woman say. As I opened my eyes, I saw that she was older, with slightly gray hair, tied back into a bun and brown eyes. She was dressed in a long green skirt and a green and white apron.

I rubbed my eyes, which were still sleepy and I thanked her. "Thank you. Is there anything to eat? I'm starving." I stood up from the bed and stretched my arms and back.

"Of course. We made you breakfast. Come downstairs and I'll get everything ready." She turned and was about to leave when I stopped her.

"Actually, would you mind waiting? I don't know this place and I don't want to get lost. I'll change quickly, I promise." I didn't wait for her to answer when I bolted into the walk-in closet and put on a black bra, shirt, and leggings. Black is kind of my thing.

When I was done I returned to the room and the lady was waiting for me. "We can go now," I said and she smiled and walked out first.

I followed her down the stairs and when we got to the ground floor, we turned left. Before we entered the room, I could smell the delicious food. Eggs and toast. My mouth started watering and my stomach growled.

"Just take a seat and I will get everything ready." The lady said and started opening cupboards. I felt weird making someone do something for me and I helped her get the food on the table. It was warm and fresh and I couldn't wait to sink my teeth in it.

"What's your name? I never asked you and I don't know what to call you." I spoke with my mouth full.

"It's Lydia, dear. And don't talk with your mouth full." She was slicing a bucket of onions.

I finished my food and cleaned up after myself. Then miss Lydia spoke again. "I washed your dress for tonight. It's drying now and will be ready by tonight."

We heard the doorbell ring and miss Lydia put her knife down and went open it. She walked back a couple of seconds later and Maya was following her.

"Hey girl, how did you sleep? Ready to go?" She asked me and I could see she was just as exhausted as I was. I greeted her back and nodded.

"Wait here, I have to get my things," I told her and rushed upstairs to grab the card Alpha Jeremy gave me.

As I was coming back downstairs I saw Maya was wearing similar clothes to mine, just in pink. I smiled to myself and locked my arm with hers, pulling her outside with me.

"Come on, we don't have much time. We still have to get ready when we come back." She agreed and we sat into the car, which was parked out front, with her in the driver's seat and me in the passenger.

She started it and we drove off. As we were driving to the mall, I became curious and had to ask her.

"Why is it important I join your pack? I never had one as a wolf and no one told me."

"Well, there comes strength with numbers. Literally. When you join a pack, you get stronger. Not just you, but everyone in the pack too. Stronger, faster, you heal quicker. The pack takes care of its members. Financially, mentally, you name it. And there's the mind-linking." With the last two words, she had me confused and I looked at her.

"Mind-linking? What's that?"

"Oh, you don't know? It means you can talk to someone in your pack just with your mind. It's great. You just have to learn to focus on one person, otherwise, everyone will hear you. But it's not hard I promise. How did you think we were talking?" She chuckled to herself and I felt like the great mystery was solved.

"That answers so many questions. I was wondering how you were calling each other but I never saw a phone. Do you even have one?" I turned back to the road.

"Of course, we're not neanderthals. We just don't need it as much."

"Ok, that clears that up. But didn't you say yesterday that you would be the one drinking? How come you were the only one left standing?"

"Well, change of plans. Lola met her mates and wanted to have fun. The other two were drunk already and I didn't want to spoil your first night of fun. Besides, I had some things I needed to discuss with the guy I was with. I guess I could call him my boyfriend. Although he's not my mate." I was confused again by what she had said.

"Wait, mates? As in plural? Can that even happen?" I thought only two people were destined for each other.

"Yeah, sometimes it happens. If the guys are identical twins, they have the same mate. I don't even want to think about how that works." She started laughing and I joined her.

Maya turned left from the main street and I saw a gigantic building, that had a bunch of store names written on it.

She parked the car and we stepped out. Maya locked the car and we walked inside the building.

We entered the first store, that sold dresses. Maya picked some out and told me to go try them out. As I was changing from dress to dress, she kept bringing me more and more. We were there probably for an hour, but at last, we picked some cocktail stile dresses, some floor length and some really short, I'm guessing for clubbing.

I paid for everything and we walked out with 5 bags each. Thank goddess we're wolves, or I don't know how we would carry it all.

Next Maya walked into the underwear store. Before I walked in I said to her: "I have enough panties and bras."

She turned to me with a c****d eyebrow. "Girl, those are not panties. I saw you changing, those are old lady underwear. Now come on, we have to hurry. Don't make me drag you in here."

I rolled my eyes at her and walked in. "Fine. But you pick. I have no idea what are panties then."

She walked to the wall full of underwear, all different colors. Some were lacy, some were cotton, and some were just strings. How does that even cover anything?

Maya saw me looking at the strings and started laughing. "Come on, you're not experienced enough for those. Come here and hold these." She had a bunch already in her hands.

While she was looking for more, I inspected the ones she chose. None were normal underwear. Mostly just thongs, g-strings, some bikini type, but with a slit in the crotch part. And they were see-through, so what even is the point of underwear at that point? It doesn't cover anything.

"What is this for?" I asked Maya and held up the ones with the slit.

"Ask Sebastian," she answered and winked. So it must be something dirty. I guess I'll be wearing them the next time we go out.

She piled more and more lacy panties in my hands and at that point, they were starting to fall on the ground. This is ridiculous.

"Are we done yet? I almost can't see through the mountain in my hands." I complained and she quickly shushed me down. "Stop complaining, we still have to get the bras. You're not walking around like an old lady on my watch." She walked to the other side of the store and I had to put the panties on the register. The lady behind the counter gave me a giant bag and I thanked her. Maya already had a pile on the floor beneath her and I scooped them up and put them in the bag.

And there were again, many types of bras. All lacey, some see-through, some padded, some not, with straps, without. She will have to tell me when to wear what. This is just simply too much.

"Half of this is for you, right?" I chuckled lightly.

"Nope, all for you. And trust me, you'll need it." She picked out a couple more and threw them to me. "I think this is it for now. Pants and shoes will have to wait. Now come on, let's pay and get going. We still have to get ready."

The lady at the counter seemed like she was used to big purchases like these and she didn't say anything. When she rang it all up, I paid and we had two more bags to carry.

We walked out of the store and out of the building to the car. We tried to put all the bags in the back of the car, but they didn't fit, so we had to place them on the back seats. We sat in the front and drove back to the house to hurry and get ready as we didn't have much time to spare.