Maxima POV
It’s finally night time, and this long day is coming to an end.
We spent most of what’s left in the day in our rooms, mainly Zander’s room, with me and Alex trying to calm him down and convincing him that the best solution is to wait.
Then there was that part when he swore to rip Gabriel’s head off to solve the problem, but thankfully, we helped him see how this would only make matters way worse.
So right now, I’m grateful for the peace and quiet, laying on the bed in my tank top and pyjama shorts ready to go to sleep, except it’s a little cold for my comfort.
I get up to adjust the thermostat which is near the door, and that’s when I hear what sounds like a little tipsy Gabriel and Jake arguing about something.
“You f*****g i***t, you couldn’t find her another room other than the one next to mine?” Gabriel tries to whisper yell but it’s loud enough for me to hear it.
I’m a hunter and an alpha after all.
“It’s the nicest room we have, she is the f*****g princess. Where should I’ve put her?” Jake, in an equally failed attempt to whisper yell, answers beta f*****g Gabriel.
“I don’t know, but not the room connected to mine”.
So that’s where that door leads to.
Yes, Jake is an i***t.
“I can smell her scent even before I enter the f*****g room” beta f*****g Gabriel says.
“And what’s the problem with that? Is she smelly” Jake genuinely asks, like he is not a werewolf himself who by now should know my scent.
Yes, a drunken i***t alright.
“I Wish”, huh?
“I can move if you want” I say swinging the door open.
“Oh s**t, see you tomorrow Gab” Jake says, and practically runs out of here.
“Real brave that one” I mock and he only response with a low growl, glaring at the back of his fleeing friend.
“You really should stop creeping up on me” he says, turning to me before he whips his head the other way like he has seen a ghost.
“f**k” he says under his breath.
“First, you are yelling on my doorsteps, second, you do the same”.
“Yeah, Mhm, Mhm ” he answers, still not looking at me and awkwardly adjusting his cloth.
“What’s wrong with you?” I honestly wonder.
“Maxima, you should go back to your room now” Zander says irritated, appearing from around the corner.
“I don’t know if it’s my room, I might be moving” I say looking at Beta f*****g Gabriel, who looks like he is constipated or something.
“No, it’s yours, you can go inside now” Gabriel blurts out, still not looking at me with a very weird posture.
“Yes, Max, go to your room… please” Zander insists.
“I’m not going anywhere? What’s wrong with you two?” I ask annoyed with their weirdness.
“ If you are not going anywhere, at least take my jacket because your n*****s are practically piercing your basically see through tank top, little cous” he says through gritted teeth.
FUCK! I forgot I was in my pyjamas.
“My room was cold” is all I have to say. Blushing furiously.
“Okay, goodnight now” Beta Gabriel says, scuttering to his room and for his luck the door won’t open fast enough, so he just bumps into it, falling on his ass, and now I see it… the big bulge in his pants.
This is getting worse by the second.
He shoots off the floor and goes inside his room in the speed of light and I do the same.
Well, that was f*****g embarrassing.
And this room is damn cold!
Gabriel POV
I took four cold showers last night just so I could sleep.
I don’t know what’s wrong with me? It was just a couple of n*****s.
“On a very rounded and lush breasts”.
“Yes, it’s perfect, I wish I could put them in- f**k, I’m hard again asshole”.
Sarah, yes, think about Sarah with her blond hair and brown eyes… that’s nothing compared to the princess’s ocean blue eyes or her silky dark hair.
Shit, it’s not working.
“Gab, are you okay?” Jake the betrayer asks me while we are having our breakfast in the dining hall.
“Why are you asking Jake?” I say stuffing my face with whatever is on my plate.
“I don’t know, you look… stressed?”.
“You don’t say mother fucker, you put her in the room next to me, then you bailed”. Maybe I should choke him… I will choke him.
But before I do that the whole room erupts in whispers.
I look around to see what’s the fuss is about and of course, it’s the royals entering the dining hall with Zander in the front and Alex and blue eyes just behind him.
“Who is that hot guy?” one of the girls on the table next to us asks.
“No, who is that hot piece of ass behind him?” one of the guys with them replies.
Which f*****g ass is he talking about?
“SHUT UP” me and Jake yell at him at the same time. Yes, we are losing it.
The poor guy immediately shuts up, taken aback, not knowing what he did wrong.
The three of them go to pick up their trays to fill it with food, which is for some reason, surprising to me.
I thought royals were used to being served left and right.
They start looking around for an empty table to sit on and for their luck there isn’t one.
“We have to invite them to sit with us, right?” I ask Jake, already knowing the answer.
“It’s only the right thing to do” he replies.
“Okay, tell them to come over” I tell him.
“Why should I? they are your guests alpha beta” What? Is this my new title now?
“Fine” I say annoyed.
“Over here” I gesture to them and they look at each other before the princess gives them a subtle nod.
This is going to be awkward.
I can’t stand Zander, and Zander can’t stand Jake since they first met, and Jake recently for some reason can’t stand Alex, and the Princess can’t stand me, and none of us can stand the other.
We exchange nods as greetings and we all start eating in this uncomfortable silence with me and the princess avoiding eye contact at all costs.
We both reach for the napkins and our hands touch and that’s when our eyes meet.
The events of last night come crashing and we both retract our hands like we had been electrocuted .
and just like that, I’m turned on again.
“n*****s”, shut up phoenix.
The mother fucker loves to mess with me.
I start fidgeting on my chair as my pants gets tighter.
“Are you okay?” Zander asks, curiously.
“Yeah fine, can you pass me the n*****s? PICKLEs… I mean Pickles”, f**k!
Zander let’s out a low growl and the princess starts choking on her food.
“Oh, My goddess Max, are you okay?” Alex says tapping her alpha’s back.
“Yeah, fine, food went down the wrong pipe” she says clearing her throat.
“So, I think you should announce to the pack who we are and what we are here for as soon as possible” the princess says trying to change the weird as f**k atmosphere.
“Yes, I believe that would be breast, BEST… I mean best”, What the hell is wrong with me?
“I think I’m full” She says standing up abruptly … Zander and Alex follow.
“Yes understandable” is all I have to say after the s**t I’ve said.
“What the f**k was that man?” Jake asks totally clueless to the events of last night.
Oh dear goddess of the moon, whats wrong with me?
“Hey Gab, Ready for our date tonight?” Sarah, the distraction, right on time.
“Yes, see you then” I say a little too excited, believing she will be the solution.
“See you” she says giving me a sexy smile and a wink. Yes, a wink.
“Yeah, she is a good distraction, that one” Phoenix mocks.
Asshole.
Now, I need to arrange with Patrick the announcement, which is something I’m not looking forward to.
And I need to set up the date with Sarah and I have no idea what to do with that, because I totally forgot she existed.
And I need to fix things with Leah.
And the s**t I just pulled with the royals.
Fuck my life!
I feel overwhelmed and I need a release.
“Let’s go for a run”.
“Finally, a good thing came out of your mouth”.
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We’ve been running for an hour now and I think that did the trick.
Maybe I should fix things with Leah first, check one off the list.
I go to my family's house and make my way into my old room to shift and wear some clothes I left behind.
On my way to Leah’s room, I run into Elijah in the hallway.
“What the f**k happened to your face Eli?” I ask about the big dark bruise under his eye.
For a werewolf that means it only happened few hours ago, maybe last night?
“I walked into a door?” he very unconvincingly says.
“Elijah” I warn him.
“Gab, what are you doing here?” Leah says, stepping out of her room.
“I came to check on you. Now who is going to tell me what happened?”.
“I’ll tell you … but remember that you beta commanded me and forbade me from my mate, so you owe me big time”, that only means one thing.
“Zander” I growl and turn, ready to go rip the mother fuckers head off.
“GAB, YOU OWE ME” Leah shouts from behind my back.
“So what? He is allowed to beat your brother? And what the hell was he doing here anyway?” I say facing her.
“No, but your brother wasn’t really innocent in this, and … and”.
“And what?” I growl.
“And you are not to touch him, I already told him that I will reject him and that is that, so leave it alone Gab”.
“You did?” I ask surprised and to be honest guilty.
“Yes, now promise you’ll leave it alone” she says.
“I promise”.
“Good” she says entering her room before slamming the door.
I make my way out of the house only to find Zander trying to make his way to it.
What did I promise Leah again? Yeah …I forgot.
I just Punch the fucker in the face.
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Okay guys, tell me what do you think about Phoenix? and that awkward situation? lol