The Sweetest Honey

Tour

(Clara’s point of view)

After hearing that Goliath says how much he cares for me and that he isn’t upset with how things are going, my heart feels full. I want to kiss him, but I feel nervous making the first move. We stand there just staring at each other. What the heck! I grab his face and kiss him deeply. I will never get over the pleasurable waves I feel when we touch. I pull away to see him unable to react, and I think I will leave him like that. I can’t help the laughter as I run out the door thinking about how stunned he must feel. I look over, and the door next to mine is open, so I walk in. Jack is sitting in a chair watching Wendy go through every single item in the closet I’m sure. I walk up to him. “I didn’t get a real introduction, so hi, I am Clara Wendy’s chosen sister.” I hold my hand out, and he stands up and shakes it.

“I am Beta Jack, Goliath and I grew up together.”

“It is nice to meet you, Jack. I have to ask what a beta is?”

“Well I know Goliath wanted to take the time to explain this to you. The best way I can without stepping on his toes would be to give you the short answer.”

“Ok give me the short answer.”

“There is a ranking system in a pack, and I am second in command.”

“Wow that must be a hard job. I have one more question if that’s ok?”

“Go ahead. I will answer the best I can.”

“Being second in command, will you still be able to tell me all of Goliath’s embarrassing childhood stories?” He cracked a huge smirk on his face.

“Depends on how much time you have.” I smile and start to feel giddy when I hear Goliath storm in.

“No, no, , o this will not be happening!” I can’t help b o start laughing really hard. Jack is holding it ,in but he looks like he could explode, too. Goliath puts his hand on the back of his own neck and slightly shakes his head side to side.

“You are going to be a handful aren’t you?”

“Maybe!” I say, shrugging my shoulders innocently. He walks up to me and gently lifts my chin with his fingers. I feel paralyzed as he towers over me, not knowing what he is going to do. He gets close to my face really slow but doesn’t kiss me. Instead, he gets right next to my ear. His hot breath blowing on my neck made me shiver under his touch.

“I can be a handful, too.” He whispers in my ear, then let’s go like nothing happened. Only the smirk on his face says that he knows what he did to me. Oh, I will get him back for that one, but first, I need to collect myself.

I give him a little squint with my eyes so he knows that he will pay for that later. I take a moment to walk around the room to see how it looks. Everything is white from the wallpaper down to the bed spread. There are expensive looking crystal sculptures and a giant crystal chandelier. I always imagined Wendy having a wild hippy room or at least some what artsy.

“Goliath did you pick her room out too?”

“No not exactly. I asked her what kind of room she would like if I could get her one. She said something new and white with very little clutter.” I sit on her bed and think for a moment. I should have been more considerate of my friends' feelings. Goliath walks up to me and sits next to me. We are both facing Jack as he sits back in the chair, watching Wendy, who I believe found sunglasses and is trying each one on.

“When Wendy was little and her mom was near death, her dad started drinking heavily. For the first time, he hurt her. He promised to give her a room just like this so she would forgive him.” All of a sudden, I heard a loud crack. I look up, and Jack broke the arm of the chair. “I will f***ing kill him!” he says under his breath.

“We need to show her she is safe from him.” I say real fast. Wendy walks out of the closet.

“What happened Jack are you okay?” She touches his arm, and he softens up.

“Everything is fine. Love, that chair just had a small crack in the arm, and I accidentally broke it. We will get you a better one to replace it.” He stands up and hugs her, nuzzling her neck, trying to calm down further.

“It’s just a chair. I am not worried about it as long as you are ok, Jack.” He kisses her and holds her. I am so happy she found love so fast.

I let out a fake cough, and everyone looks at me. “How about we finish up this house tour so we can go grab our stuff from the old house.”

Goliath’s grabs my hand and interlocks our fingers. They fit perfectly together.

“OK how about we do a shorter tour of the last two communities' floors?”

“Sounds good to me!” I say. I look back, and I know Wendy is reluctant to leave her precious closet behind, but Jack holds her tight, and she is fine again. We step on the elevator and go down lots of floors before we stop.

“This floor is mainly used by pack members who live in the castle, but it is open to everyone. We walk down the hall, and there are many, and I mean many doors.

“We have a spa, library, dance studio, art studio, and a few different recreational rooms.” My head is spinning with how many things there are to do around here.

“We have a daycare up here and a building on the pack grounds as well. Everything you see is free to all pack members and you two as well, of course.” We get on the elevator and go down a floor and walk out.

“This floor has an indoor gym and pool. There is also an outside gym and pool along with the training grounds. He walks us through massive doors, and we are in a cafeteria type of place.

“This is where all pack members can come to eat if they want. The food is free, so we can help anyone who is struggling. He walks us through another set of doors but smaller ones.

“Here is the kitchen. Feel free to grab a snack or ring for room service anytime, day or night.” I don’t let him just walk through this one. There are 6 huge fridges and even more large freezers. I open the first fridge and it is full of fresh produce. I open the second one, and it has milk and so many different kinds of cheese. I close the door and look around more. There are like 6 stoves and 6 sinks. I see a few doors that look different from the ones we entered. They are wood with slits in them. I open one up and find that they are all pantries. “Wow!” Goliath puts his hand on my lower back.

“Why don’t you and Wendy grab a snack to eat for the rest of the tour?”

“Are you sure that would be ok?”

“This is open for everyone, especially you two. Do grab whatever your heart desires. I will even grab a bag for you if you want.” I actually didn’t fight him on this. I run over to the fridge with the produce and look around. I see a nectarine my favorite, and I grab one. I looked back, and of course, Wendy went right for the blueberry muffins.

“Would you like anything else, sweetheart?”

“No this is my favorite, and I am still a little full from breakfast.” Goliath’s hands me a couple of cloth napkins.

“They are very juicy. You might want to take these.” “Thank you.”

I took a bite, and he was right. Never in my life have I had such flavorful fruit. It must be specially home grown or something. I let out a light moan and smacked my lips. I look at Goliath, who seems to be doing a breathing exercise while Jack and Wendy poke fun at him.

“Sorry, I just have never tasted a fruit this fresh and delicious before.”

“It’s fine” he says in a squeaky voice. He coughs and tries again. “Don’t worry about it let’s go.”

“Walk it off, Alpha!” Jack says, and we all laugh but Goliath.

We walk through a huge party room. It is like a ballroom or something. It is massive and beautiful.

“Wow this is gorgeous.” I say, taking the last bite of my fruit. Goliath takes the fruit pit and napkins away and setting them in a bin.

“This is where we hold ceremonies and celebrations.” I hear people walk in and instinctively get close to Goliath.