The Good Wolf Delilah

Chapter Ten

Delilah’s POV

“Wow just wow. I must say I’m pretty damn proud of myself. You look stunning Delilah!” Amliea told me in awe of expertise.

I couldn’t respond. I was in shock at the way she perfectly did my makeup. The cat eye surrounding my hazel eyes brought an array of colors. She mounted a thick layer of mascara on making it feel like I had weights hanging from them.

“Oh and by the way we are going out tonight,” Amelia said with a bright mischievous grin. “I just need to get ready first!” The sound of her giggle chorused through the room.

As I sat on the bed I heard the scraping of metal hangers along the bar in the closet, like nails down a chalkboard. Amelia is aimlessly trying to find an outfit with no direction in sight. Silence drifted across the room for a moment while I scrambled through all my birthday wishes in my text messages, just hoping for a text from Tobias. No luck. Ugh. Why is our Alpha flooding my every thought? After everything why do I enjoy having him in my thoughts?

I snapped back to reality at the sound of heels walking across Amelia's hardwood floor. “Dang girl! Look at you!!” Amelia walked out looking phenomenal in her short sparkly gray dress and matching shoes. She tied it together with hoop earrings and light makeup making her features pop. She tied her blond hair up in a bun with hair framing her heart-shaped face.

“Thank you, girl! Not as good as you do though!” She wagged her finger at me. “Let’s go! I have a lot of plans for tonight.” Her small hand warapped around my wrist pulling me from the bed. She loaned me a cute little black handbag that hung from my shoulder down to my waist, Amelia had a similar one just sparkly gray. She is very color-coordinated, a perfectionist if you would.

We drove for a while just chatting and taking turns singing. We were both overjoyed when our favorite son came on, “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun” we both sang at the top of our lungs.

“Hey isn’t this the way to Zander’s house?” I asked curiously looking out the window.

“Why yes it is, we are gonna pick him up too silly, did you think he wouldn’t want to celebrate you with us?”

“That's fair” She makes a good point, he has always been there for us.

We made our way up his concrete driveway parking in front of his house. His house is lined with various flowers ranging from deep red roses to bright gold sunflowers, and the slightest mix of lilacs danced gracefully in the wind.

“Ok, let’s go,” Amelia told me as she was turning off the car. We climbed out walked up the steps and rang the doorbell

Zander answered, I noticed that this time around he was shocked at the radiating glow coming off of Amelia. Honestly, she was the prettiest disco ball I have ever seen.

Zander invited us in.

“SURPRISE” Everyone jumped out of various hiding places scaring the crap out of me!

They all ran to me taking turns to hug me and wish me a happy birthday. I knew not to trust Amelia’s plans. The house looked gorgeous with all the decorations, you can tell a lot of work was put into it.

“Oh my goodness Luna this is way too much, but very deeply appreciated” I gave her the biggest hug I could.

I couldn’t help but scan the room looking for Tobias but I didn’t see him. Disappointment flooded me, drowning me for a second, but for some reason the smell of sandalwood and pine has been so strong since I walked in, stronger than it normally is. After spending time with everyone which honestly was starting to get overwhelming, I was very thankful that I got the urge to pee.

I’ve been here a few times so I know the bathroom is upstairs. In heels, the stairs are like climbing a mountain. There are so many of them. I finally got to the second floor. The smell was getting stronger and stronger. Instead of turning left to go to the bathroom, I decided to follow the scent that had been taunting me to follow.

The hallway was captivating. Framed pictures of Zander's family lined the walls. A floral red carpet lined the floor. I stopped for a moment to look at a family picture they had up, from the looks of it this was shortly before everything changed for them. They looked so happy. The picture was one from when their dad was still alive before Tobias became Alpha. He looked to be at peace. Pure innocence, not knowing his dad was gonna be killed by a rogue. Not knowing he would have to take over being Alpha so soon.

I ran my hand across the deep brown railing as I continued down the hallway. After a short distance, I found myself in a bedroom. In here the smell was strongest and so pleasing to the senses. Not knowing who this room belongs to, I walked around dragging my fingertips along the top of the desk and walking towards the bed. I moved my hand down to the sheets feeling the silk fabric under it. I instantly flashed back to my sexy dream. I could almost feel the burning desire I had felt at that moment. I knew I was leaving my scent all over everything for the stranger to find later but I didn't care. The smell was so good in here.

All of a sudden I was getting all hot and bothered. I could feel my heart start to race, and my pulse began to quicken, I almost felt like my soul was tugging away from me trying to get me to move, but I was in a trance. Between the smell invading my nose, the silk falling so freely between my fingertips, and the thoughts clouding my vision I couldn't force my legs to move.

Out of nowhere, someone grabbed my shoulder sending an electrical pulse down my body. Even though every part of my body tingled with confusion and desire, It was the first moment all day that I felt a sense of calm. I was swung around to met by am expression of pure urgency mixxed with desire, want, and need.

Demi emerged from the back of my mind to scream one word and one word only.

“MATE.” she roared! “HE’S HERE!”