4-GOSSIP
1284 Words
He knew something was wrong, the way he immediately looked at us, —me. I could see suspicion written all over that perfectly sculpted face.
What alerted him ?
Had I looked at him a bit too long? I was just studying my prey.
It couldn’t be my scent?.
My heart skipped a beat at that thought.
No, It couldn’t be.
We had spent a week masking our pack scent in preparation, Brandon always made sure we did. It was routine, we were highly trained for infiltration.
I was confident that no alpha could sniff us out. They never did , and he was going to be no different.
We smelt of abandonment and suffering. Oozed of mediocrity, not people he should waste another glance on, but yet he did .
That look on his face, It was not of one fascinated by my beauty either which was truly surprising, or maybe even humbling if I was being honest.
Where was the lust that ought to be in his eyes?
The lust that I saw in the eyes of men when they looked at me? He was an alpha yes, but he was a man afterall.
I had to warn the others as soon as possible. This alpha was intuitive. Young but had the discernment of an older wolf. Brandon must have underestimated him, heck I would have underestimated him too.
An alpha with only two year’s experience ? What was there to be scared of?
But having looked at him today, I had to admit, he was not going to be easy but I loved the challenge though.
I always loved a good challenge,it’s been a while since I had fun.
The last time was with beta Raphael, he acted all tough but on the fourth day he was ready to tell me the secrets of his pack just to be in my bed.
What a fool.
“And this one is for you” Lady Rose opened the door to my room, it was the last room in that corridor.
“Thank you”, I bowed to her with a smile as she took her exit.
It was a small wooden cubicle, funny enough it was more spacious than the one I had at home because it could house another person.
A roommate.
“Hello, my name is Nyx”, she smiled at me while introducing herself as I walked in. I returned the smile briefly, “L- sera”
For goddess sake, I had to get used to this pitiful name.
“Nice to meet you Sera.”she brought out her hands to shake mine, I accepted.
Her hands were cold, I looked at her face she looked pale. Was she anaemic?
She walked back to her bed and sat on it,
“Here is so lovely, I wish I could stay here forever”, she dropped her back on her bed exhaling.
When I didn’t say anything as she had expected, She lifted her head up a little, “Don’t you?”, she asked, her eyebrows raised in quizzical fashion.
I hated small talk.
“It’s a beautiful pack”, I said calmly. I didn’t know about staying here forever, was it that great to make one wish to stay here forever?
“It truly is!”, she squealed in excitement. She then proceeded to talk about her journey to this pack, and how she narrowly escaped a rogue attack.
Great!
I had a chatterbox for a roommate and I hated talking unnecessarily. This was going to be a long stay.
“Do you know the full moon cycle is in forty- days?”, she casually asked while unpacking her little bag.
I wondered why she didn’t do it since, she came an hour earlier than me according to her, so she had all the time.Maybe she just wanted to talk my ears off while at it.
““It is?”, that meant we had thirty nine days to execute our plan. Brandon had gotten the timing wrong, he thought it was in thirty days.
“Yeah.” She answered, “ We’d have a lot of work on our hands, it’s a big thing here but they always pay well.”
On a second thought, she could actually come in handy. I needed more intel on this Alpha Darius, I had not done my assignment properly before getting here and from the looks of it, Brandon hadn’t done his properly as well.
“How did you hear they were hiring?”
She needed to stop asking me more questions. I couldn’t keep thinking of lies on the spot right now, I was tired.
“A friend”,I answered,mentally laughing at the irony, I had no friends.
She doesn’t reply me immediately, instead she said something that left me surprised, “Alpha Darius has been doing well since his parents death”, her tone was flat.
What?
His parents were dead? I didn’t know that.
“What killed them?” , I tried to ask without seeming suspicious, now I was intrigued, she was talking about the man I needed to know everything about.
The look she gave me made it seem like I’ve been living under a rock.
In my defense, I had not heard of this man or his pack until three months ago when Brandon started looking for omegas for his dirty work.
I wasn’t a gossip either, I just did my work and kept it pushing.
I looked at her waiting for a reply, she looked away,“Perhaps I have said too much”.
No, no!.
She had to keep talking, I had to get her to keep talking.
After I noticed she wouldn’t talk again without being prompted, I said; “It must have been difficult for him , I wonder how he’s coping”.
she was still silent, but I could see her fight not wanting to say anything but she was losing.
She gasped and shut her mouth softly.
Come on, I know you want to talk.
“Well—”
Yes!, her love for gossip preceded discipline.
“It was. Rumours say he still struggles with sleep. His parents were killed in an attack two years ago. They wanted to take this pack, but he fought tirelessly, they ended up killing the opposing pack’s leader.”
Was this why Brandon thought he could attack and conquer this pack?
“That is a lot ”, I breathed out, not entirely what I was expecting to hear.
She shot me a concerned look.
Fck, Empathy.
“It's sad what people can do”, I shook my head. She seemed to have bought it.
“It is”, she concurred, sighing.
She was about to speak again before a knock on our door interrupted her;
“Come in”
It was an older cook from this pack.
“Alpha Darius would like to see every new cook at the new kitchen tomorrow at 8:00am sharp.”
“Okay ma”
As she was about leaving, she added “Just a little advice, he doesn’t tolerate lateness”, she closed the door behind her.
“The alpha wants to talk to us” Nyx gushed about the news.
I wish I could share in that excitement but I couldn’t.
Why did he want to see us? Was that not strange?. Alphas barely addressed omegas, they sent their beta or gamma.
He suspected,didn’t he?
That was the only thing that i could think of right now.
Oh Darius. I wouldn’t let you ruin this fun before it even began.
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