Not your normal wolf

What was that?

~Cathy POV~

I scampered up the stairs to my room ready to rip off my amulet as soon as I reached my room. Damn. I forgot to ask to change rooms. I needed a lock badly. Alaric was bad about staying away from my room and he was sneaky. Luckily I still had some of Deidras hearing abilities which let me know he was in the garage with Jackson.

It didn’t pang my heart to hear that Alaric would kill me if I left- it was practically drilled into me. Hunters weren’t quitters and wolves were dangerous. Somehow it bothered me a little when I realized Jackson didn’t respond to the threat.

I got to work barricading my door again and then went to get into the shower. My amulet left safely on the counter I pulled my blonde waves up into a bun and let my muscles relax.

‘Why’s your room all boarded up? Seems like you’re trying to keep someone out.’ I froze when I heard Alarics voice. I momentarily considered screaming but that would attract far too much attention with my amulet out of reach.

‘Alaric why are you in my bathroom. I’m n***d and so not in the mood.’ I did my best to keep my voice even as my actual voice was slightly higher than Anna’s.

‘Anna- these people are dangerous. I already warned you what would happen if you left the hunters. You shouldn’t be spending time with these dogs and especially not alone with the alpha’ Alaric damn near spat out ‘alpha’. He ignored me completely and started going on about how Jackson was just weak and we needed to be leaving here. His pack would be annihilated by rogues soon at this rate anyways. A fact I was all too aware of and knew I needed to fix. Even if Jackson was an insufferable asshole- the pack didn’t deserve to be wiped out.

‘It’s a moot point, Alaric. Your father sent us here to help and we’re powerless to ignore him. Unless you’d like to give him a call and tell him we’re leaving and possibly losing supe support I suggest you drop it.’ I was doing my best to keep the venom out of my voice. Having Alaric in my bathroom was sending me on edge. Not only was I not in Anna’s body- I was n***d.

‘I just don’t trust them, Anna. They’re bad news. But… you’re right. My father won’t let us leave.’ He sounded exhausted and pissed off but he knew I was right. ‘Did you need some help in there? I could wash your back’ I could almost hear his hunger in his voice and it made me sick.

‘No. If you try to even approach this shower. I’ll snap your neck’ unfortunately it was true- I’d have to kill him if he saw my true form. Which would mean war with the hunters. They’d think the wolves coerced me into it.

‘Fine- fine, Anna. Mark my words though- one day you will be begging for me’ he was utterly repulsive and I fought the urge to kill him regardless.

‘Unlikely now if you don’t mind- get out’ I tried to say with a sweet voice but it just came out flat. I heard a scoff but then the door close and footsteps retreating.

I sat down on the tub- my mind a jumbled mess and at a loss for what to do. Sometimes i really missed Deidra. She was almost my only companion for most of my life. When she left I was almost completely alone til the hunters took me in. It seemed like fate- sometimes though I wonder if someone sold me out to them.

I got out of the shower and went to dry off when I heard a knock at the door. Alaric must’ve thought of something else to lecture me on. I groaned but threw on my necklace and strode over in my towel. Alaric had honestly seen me in much more revealing clothes as we were trained to fight with bare minimum clothing a lot.

However, I was definitely not expecting Jackson to be on the other side of the door. He looked momentarily shocked at my attire but tried to hide behind a blank face. Nudity was pretty normal in the wolf community. He must just be shocked that a human is so comfortable.

‘Can I help you with something, Jackson?’ I was genuinely curious as to what he could want.

‘Uh yeah Anna, sorry for interrupting your shower. I just heard some noise and wanted to check on you’ I realized he was trying to discreetly eye me for injuries. It felt nice?

‘Ah yeah. Alaric… he can be overbearing sometimes. Actually I was meaning to ask you for a room with a lock’ I asked eyeing the dresser and chair that Alaric so casually knocked to the side.

‘Oh yeah that could be arranged however…’ he looked off to the side trying to find the correct words. ‘The only options for bedrooms with locks are on the alpha level. Down here we don’t have them for safety reasons’ he ended casually scratching the back of his head.

I was momentarily horrified. I’d have to either risk my secret being exposed or sleep on the same floor with him and any floozies who wandered up there?

‘Before you concern yourself- the only people who sleep on that floor is myself, my delta, his wife and the former alpha and Luna. Albeit they have since moved to their own home on the outskirts of the property. You’re more the welcome to stay in their old room’ he finished looking a little hopeful?

‘And any woman who catches your fancy I imagine.’ I couldn’t help but use a snarky tone. I momentarily caught my breath when I saw onyx shine through. I felt Deidra stir in my head for a split second.

‘We would never betray our mate.’ Onyx’s alpha voice snuck out a little and no longer having Deidra to help stop it from affecting me nearly send me to my knees.

‘What a beautiful lie’ I whispered before I thought better of it. I saw Jackson’s eyes start to turn black and instantly cursed myself.

‘Why would you say that? You don’t even know me’ Jackson or onyx? Said through clenched teeth.

‘I heard some other she-wolves gossiping about it.’ I quickly lied and heard him suck on a breath to calm himself down.

‘It doesn’t matter. I won’t betray her. Everyone besides those closest to me in banned from coming to the top floor. Move or don’t. Just let me know by tomorrow.’ He hissed out and then promptly turned on his heel

I felt bad for a moment. But then I remembered all the times Deidra felt agony and then the last time that was definitely after he met me. Whatever- who cares if he sleeps with other people. I need to protect my identity. I certainly don’t need him.