The Alpha’s Fae

Chapter Three - A Warmth Within

Walking past Samuel through the doorway Ebony found herself in a beautifully adorned lounge room. The floor was a rich mahogany wood, there was a rustic stone fireplace built into the wall furthest from her that had a luxurious looking grey faux fur rug on the floor in front of it and a silver/white sofa that looked so soft and cozy she wanted nothing more than to curl up so sleep on it. Paintings of sceneries adorned the walls and the mantle above the fireplace had various nicknacks and wood carvings of wolves. The squelching of her shoes on the floor brought her out of her awe and she looked down seeing the puddle of water that was dripping off her onto the lovely wood. Not to mention the fact that her clothes were so soaked that they were clinging to her and showing off more than she intended. Embarrassed she turned to Samuel who was closing the door behind them and removing his boots.

"I'm so sorry about the mess all over your floor! Would you happen to have a towel?"she said to Samuel while copying his actions and removing her shoes too.

"Of course, wait here and I'll go grab you one" he said then walked off down a hallway. Ebony stood there taking in the lovely surroundings, the place just made her feel at ease for the first time in a long time. Samuel came back in with a towel and some clothes and handed them to her.

"I thought you could use these too seeing as your clothes got soaked"

Realisation shot through Ebony as she remembered that in the chaos of her broken down car and unexpected rescue she had left all of her clothes behind.

"I can't believe that I left all my clothes in the car!" she said as she slapped her hand against her head.

"Thank you for the loan of the clothes, where should I go to get changed?"

"You can change in here, I'll start the fire and you can hang your clothes up next to it so they can dry faster" Samuel said and walked over to the fireplace. He placed some logs and tinder into the fireplace then pulled out a lighter and used it to get the tinder going. It wasn't long before the tinder had started the logs burning and the room began to get warmer. He then grabbed a clothes hanger from the wall and set it up near the fireplace.

"Just hang your clothes up here and they'll be dry in no time" he turned to Ebony and said, giving her a smile.

"I'll go get changed myself, I'll knock on the wall to make sure you're done before I come back in"

Ebony smiled back at him and nodded. "Okay and again thank you, you've been a lifesaver!"

Ebony POV

I watched Samuel leave the room then headed over towards the sofa, placing the towel on the arm rest. Putting my bag on the ground I rummaged through it till I found my phone and checked it but there was still no signal. Hopefully nobody was looking for me, they had all promised to give me my space for the two weeks and I did not want it to be cut short. I'll have to find a way to let them know that I'm all good, maybe when I get my car to a mechanic there will be some mobile reception there. In any case it's not something I can do anything about till tomorrow so there's not much point in worrying about it now.

I checked out the clothes he'd given me, a soft cotton button up shirt that was going to be way too big on me and a pair of boxers. I placed them down on the sofa too then picked up the towel and headed over to the clothes hanger. I ran the towel over my hair trying to dry it off a bit then dropped it down on the floor to start getting changed. Removing my shirt and jeans I hung them up on the clothes hanger followed by my bra and underwear. I grabbed up the towel again and began drying myself off, enjoying the sensation of the warmth of the fire heating up my chilled body. Finally feeling dry and warm again I went over to the sofa and pulled on the boxers and shirt then used the towel to mop up any water puddles I'd left on the floor. I'd just finished hanging up the towel on the clothes hanger when a tap came from the hallway.

"Is it safe to come in?" I heard Samuel say from the hallway.

"Yep, I'm all decent in here" I replied even though I felt slightly awkward wearing his clothes.

He stepped into the room wearing only a pair of boxers and using a towel to roughly dry his hair. His eyes fell on me and there was a slight glint of desire in them which made my cheeks flush so I looked away embarrassed.