The Alpha's saved Queen

Chapter Twelve.

Nila leads me into a big kitchen. Be still my heart, I think to myself. If I could design a kitchen for myself, this would be it.

There are wooden floorboards, wooden sash windows painted white, a big porcelain double sink. In the middle of the kitchen is a large marble-topped island with chairs around it. There are two stoves, one is a modern six burner with twin ovens and one is an old farmhouse log burning aga. The whole room is a mix of old and modern with a cosy farmhouse vibe. I loved it and hoped I would get to cook a meal here one day soon.

"Hey Linda, whatcha got cooking?" Nila asked a small woman who looked to be in her fifties who was busy stirring something on the stove. The delicious smells coming from whatever she was cooking were making my mouth water." It is so cold out today I thought I would make a French onion soup to warm everyone up for a starter, followed by roast beef and Yorkshire puddings with steamed vegetables, roast potatoes, gravy and my homemade horseradish sauce. Finally, for dessert, there is a toffee apple pie with custard." My tummy growled when hearing about the delicious food. "Linda. This is Emille Kane's mate." I smile at Linda as Nila introduces me. "It is a pleasure to meet you Luna." Linda smiles warmly back at me and bows her head. "Please call me Emille." She nods and turns back to her cooking.

A cold blast of air comes through the room as the door leading outside opens. A handsome tall blond man walks in brushing the snow off his coat, he has shaved hair at the back and sides and a man bun on the top of his head. "Wow, the snow is coming down thick and fast out there...." his voice trails off when he notices me and as he bows his head saying "Luna" I notice he has blue eyes and a tattoo of a howling wolf on his neck. He looks like a Danish Viking.

"I am just Emille" I say laughing. He shook my hand. "I am Josiah, Kane's Beta. It is good to meet you Emille."

"Yes, the beta also known as our annoying brother-in-law." Nila laughed, playfully punching his arm.

"Ouch, you are as bad as Sami. Where is my beautiful wife anyway?" "She was busy in her libery with her nose in several books. She should be here soon though."

Josiah walks over to where Linda is cooking and starts looking in the oven. She smacks him "No touching Josiah, it isn't ready!"

He pouts "You women are bullies." He then quickly grabs a piece of freshly baked bread and ducks before she can hit him again. I can't help but laugh when he pokes his tongue out at her.

I am helping Nila lay the table in the dining room that is connected to the kitchen when I feel Kane is close. Don't ask me how, I just sense he is near. I spun around to see him stood in the doorway with his arms folded smiling at me. Our eyes lock and my heart goes wild in my chest, I feel my face flush with the intense stare he is giving me.

"Kane stop standing there leering like a weirdo and get a bottle of wine to go with lunch!" Our magical moment is broken as Nila shouts, Kane rolls his eyes and leaves the room.

The back door opens and a man who looks to be about thirty walks in, rubbing his hands together. He has shaved black hair and brown eyes, he is handsome and muscly just like Kane and Josiah. "You must be our new Luna. I am Marcos Kane's Gamma." He puts his hand out to shake my hand, his hand is freezing, making me gasp "Please call me Emille and your hand is freezing!" He laughs and takes a seat at the table next to Nila, making her shriek and hit him as he puts his cold hands on her face.

Josiah took a seat on the other side of Marcos.

A few minutes later, Kane comes back in with two bottles of champagne. "It is Emille's birthday, so I thought we would celebrate", he says as he pops the cork on one of the bottles and starts pouring it into the glasses that Nila is passing him.

"I hope you saved me some." A beautiful woman says as she enters the room. She has the same eyes as Kane and midnight black her that reaches down past her hips. She is wearing a long sleeved white lace dress that is covered in small flowers and flows to the floor. She looks like an angel, ethereal. "Baby there you are, I missed you." Josiah says as he runs over to kiss her. "You saw me a few hours ago," she laughs. "I know, it has been way too long!" he whines giving her puppy dog eyes.

She turns to me "I am Sami, Kane and Nila's sister". She then pulls me into a hug and then holds my hands as she steps back to look at me. "You are finally here, I am so glad." She has tears in her eyes as she says this to me. I wonder what she means, but I don't get a chance to ask because she leaves to go and sit next to Josiah.

Nila stands with her glass in her hand "I would like to propose a toast to Emille. Our Luna, our new sister, our new friend. The woman who is making our brother smile again. Happy birthday darling." Everyone raises their glasses "To Emille". They all shouted. I go bright red and take a big sip of champagne to hide my face. I am sitting next to Kane, and he grabs my hand, rubbing circles on the back of it with his thumb.

I felt full of emotion and had to swallow a few times before quietly thanking them all. I look around at them all, these people are all so lovely I already feel like I am part of their fanily.

After a delicious lunch that was full of laughter and stories about their family, we went through to a big lounge that had a log fire burning. Kane sat on one of the big armchairs pulling me onto his lap. It was cosy and comfortable, Kane was laughing at something Josiah had said, and I felt myself dropping off to sleep with my head on Kane's chest.