Chapter 7
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“Yes”, I answered, remembering that he preferred that.
“You may address me as Alpha and stay out of my way until I need you”, he said.
“Yes, Alpha”, I readily agreed.
He turned to Luke and spoke. “Get her out of my sight and settle in”.
At Luke’s nod, I scrambled to my feet.
“Thank you, Alpha”, I bowed and immediately followed Luke as he made his way out of the study.
As I walked away, I could feel the heat of his eyes burning into my back
As soon as the door to the study slammed shut behind me, I breathed a sigh of relief. I could feel my aching shoulders relax and felt such ease being away from the scorching gaze of the Alpha.
Looking forward to where Luke now stood with a teasing glint in his hazel eyes, no doubt seeing my relief, I felt my shoulders tense once again.
The fact that the Alpha was more scary didn’t mean I wasn’t still scared of Luke.
“Believe me when I say you have less to fear from me”, he said as if reading my mind.
“I will not hurt you if you do not give me a reason to”, he added, turning away from me to start walking down a hallway.
Since he was the only one I could somewhat trust to not harm me as long as I behaved, I hurried after him, making sure to walk behind him with my eyes downcast to avoid the stares from any werewolves we came across.
He led me out the way we had come and into the gaze of the fully risen Sun. He took the opposite path from the woods and led me down a quiet path. I knew this because I could no longer hear the sounds of werewolves from the distance and could no longer feel eyes on me.
Since it was somewhat safe to do so, I looked up to see that we were approaching a big cabin. While this was obviously not the pack house and not as big, there was something intimidating about this house that was away from the rest of the pack houses.
Luke led me to the big door and pushed it, holding it open for me to nervously walk in before doing the same. The inside of the house was stunning.
From the high ceilings and big fireplace to the dark wood and several animal furs used to make furniture, It had to be the most impressive cabin I had ever been in.
Luke let me look at my fill before leading me down a hallway and past several shut doors before finally coming to a door at the end of the hallway and pushing it open.
Rather than go in, he stepped aside to let me through and I did so hesitantly.
It revealed a room that was small but cozy, with a small fireplace and an actual bed made of furs. There was a window on the right side of the room that had a view of a very large field where I could see werewolves interacting from a distance.
I turned to notice a door to the left and carefully walked to it. I pushed it open to reveal a small wash room with a wooden bowl and some other things I did not try to inspect with Luke watching me from the hallway.
I turned back to him and took a step forward.
“M-may I ask a question?” I requested, eyes on a tear in my dress.
“You may”, I heard him say.
I swallowed, hoping my words would not anger him.
“What am I to do here?” I asked and went on.
“I do not mean to sound ungrateful since I know you are the reason the Alpha allowed me to stay but I would like to know what is expected of me”, I said, keeping my voice low to not offend him.
I don’t know what I expected him to say. But it certainly was not what I heard next.
“What is your name?” He asked, causing my eyes to snap up to his in surprise.
A corner of his mouth kicked up in a half smile at the look on my face.
I immediately looked away.
“F-forgive me”, I said head bowed.
“I did not realize I had forgotten to tell you”.
“In all honesty”, he said leaning against the doorframe, causing me to look up at him.
“With being kidnapped and scared witless I would be surprised if you even remembered your name”, he said with a not-so-scary smile.
“And your name is?” He repeated as I continued to stare at him without answering.
I quickly looked away.
“Gwen”, I said. “My name is Gwen”.
“Gwen”, I heard him say, as if trying out the name for himself.
“I have never met anyone by that name before”, he mused.
“Now you have, Sir”, I said, feeling confused about the whole interaction.
“My name is Luke”, he said.
“As I am sure you already know. So call me Luke”.
Rather than respond, I nodded.
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