The Female Warrior And The Alpha Episode 6 by Yasminne
Theme : The Dinner
We sat in awkward silence for a while, only the sound of us eating filling the silence. Looking around, I noticed everyone looking down at their plates. I sighed inwardly, wondering if we were going get pass this.
“Elisia, you are legendary among the werewolf community. How did you get into fighting?” Leona asked, breaking the heavy silence.
Thank God for Leona. I wouldn’t have been able to take another minute of suffocating silence.
“Elisia had always been strong, for whatever reason. It was only when she was 12 when she showed interest in fighting.” Jay answered for me. He glanced my way, wearing a proud smile.
I didn’t miss how at that moment, Theo’s stormy blue eyes flicked between us before he resumed eating.
“I love fighting and everything that comes with it.” I said, finding it hard to explain my passion.
Leona grimced and said, “Including all the injuries that come with it?”
I chuckled at that and shook my head, “Excluding that, but I usually don’t let my opponent get a few blows on me anyway.”
“Wow, you sound confident.” Julian retorted, smirking at me. “Irene is pretty good, one of the best warriors in this pack.”
I nodded at this, ignoring the uneasy feeling increasing within me. Jayden sent me a reassuring look, making me reply with a grateful smile. Again, not missing how Theo’s eyes narrowed at me.
Julian must’ve sensed my uneasyness as he quickly said, “I didn’t say that to intimidate you in any way. I was just stating the truth so you don’t go easy on her or anything. The way she looks…well, it’s easy to underestimate her.”
“People underestimate Elisia on a regular basis. She resembles a doll, one you wouldn’t want to break but in fact, she’s the one who can break you.” One of my pack members laughed.
“Irene is one of the best fighters I have had the honor of training.”
Everyone stilled as they focused their attention on him. The first thing he says since he sat down, is to praise my opponent?
“She is an extraordinary warrior and deserves to win the upcoming fight.” Theo carried on, making my jaw drop in disbelief.
How can he say that? I’m literally sitting next to him. His mate; the same person going up against Irene! I would’ve thought he felt a little worried that his mate will be fighting ‘one of his best warriors’.
Jay slowly put his utensils down as he glared at Theo. “Elisia deserves to win this fight, she has never lost.”
“Irene has never lost too.” Theo replied cooly, not bothering to spare a glance at Jay.
I closed my eyes briefly, to calm my emotions. I, annoyingly, felt betrayed and hurt. I hate feeling this helpless and weak; it’s a foreign feeling. Is there an off switch for these emotions or something? Does he really not have any feelings towards me?
“Well, she hasn’t met me yet.” I cut in, interrupting Jay’s attempt to pick a fight.
Theo looked up slowly to meet my cold gaze. I steadied my gaze, making my dislike for him very clear. No one can make me weak, not even you.
One of my pack member laughed awkwardly before saying, “You speak highly of Irene, even a little lovingly if I may say. Is she your mate?”
I choked on my meat, making Jay stand up in concern. I noticed a slight smirk developing on Theo’s face when I quickly glanced at him. Ugh. After promising Jay that I was fine, I carried on eating.
“Irene is very special to me.” Theo replied, smiling to himself. I glared at my plate, hating how jealous I felt. Why? I don’t even know this Theo guy to feel jealous! Fate must’ve made a mistake when it decided to make us mates.
Wait…he didn’t even try to deny that Irene is his mate.
No one spoke for a while until Leona broke the silence again. Bless her.
“Alpha, I have something to confess. It concerns when you arrived here.”
Theo made a gesture to say ‘go on’.
“Well, you said you smelt strawberry and vanilla when you came. I hadn’t burnt any candles that has those scents. I’ll have buy some, I guess.” She explained, her brows furrowing in confusion.
Theo’s expressionless face faltered for a split second, before he composed himself. “There is no need; forget about it.”
A smug smile spread across my face as he confirmed my suspicions. So the strawberries and vanilla scent definately must’ve been me. Interesting, so that’s how I smell to him? At least he doesn’t know how he smells like to me, that would be embarrassing.
A wicked smile replaced my previous expression as an idea crossed my mind.
“You must’ve loved that scent, to have wanted it in your own room.” I spoke, smirking and liking my plan already.
Unfortunately, Theo completely ignored my comment and said, “You were eavesdropping.”
He didn’t ask, he stated it.
I shrugged like it was no big deal. “I do that sometimes, I can’t help myself.”
“You know, I should buy you a strawberry and vanilla candle or something. You sounded like you really loved the scent.” I pushed, enjoying his stone cold face flush a little. He looked a little flustered that no one else would’ve noticed, except me. He knew that I knew what I smell like to him.
Julian spoke up and said, “You should buy him vanilla and strawberry ice cream. He’s obessed with that combination of flavours.”
Did I hear right? He loves vanilla and strawberry ice cream mixed together? How cute!
I shook my head, surprised at my train of thoughts. Did I just call him cute? Lord, help me.
Although I heard what Julian said, I asked him to repeat what he said. Just to rub it in Theo’s face. Just as Julian was about to repeat himself, Theo interupts him.
“Was there anyone who smelt something that didn’t belong here?”
I widened my eyes, realising what he was doing.
“Damn, weirdly enough Elisia smelt chocolate and cinnamon the entire time we were here. I couldn’t pick up anything close to those scents.” One of my pack members answered, oblivious to my outrage at him. I tried to avoid any eye contact with Theo.
It was too late, as I caught a smug smirk plastered on his face.
“Chocolate and cinnamon?” He confirmed, letting out a deep chuckle. I acted as though I didn’t really care as I began to chow down on my food. I couldn’t shake off the feeling of someone watching me, making me look up to see who it was.
My gaze met two pairs of eyes staring at me with amusement. I cocked my head to the side in confusion. Julian and Leona broke eye contact with me, shifting their gaze to Theo and then me again.
Oh shit. I looked around the table again, realising they are the only ones, excluding Theo and I, who found their mate.
Judging by the way they were looking at me, they must’ve put two and two together. Firstly, I kept smelling particular scent that no one else smelt and the same thing happened with their Alpha. The same experience all mates go through, including them of course. Secondly, it wasn’t hard to notice the heavy tension between Theo and I.
Leona caught my gaze and wiggled her eyebrows in a teasing way before she glanced a Theo. She giggled to herself, making half the table glance her way in surprise. Yup, she definately knew.
Theo paused his eating session, to run his hand through his silky jet black hair. Something I noticed he’s done that more than a few times since we started eating.
“So since the period of time that we’re staying is up to you, could you tell us when we’ll be able to leave?” Jay asked, clearly uncomfortable at the power hierachy.
“Thinking of leaving already?” Julian joked, putting an arm around Jay.
“I haven’t decided yet. Honestly, I haven’t given it much thought.” Theo said, slightly shrugging.
I let out a sigh of frustration, all the Alpha’s I’ve met are very organised an ensure that the guests do not stay too long. Every wolf edventually feels homesick and needs to return home, back to their pack.
“You’ll be meeting Irene tomorrow. You’ll be given a tour of our fighting grounds where you’ll have the opportunity to train even more, if you wish.” Kobi spoke up, reminding me that he was still here. He’s just so quiet.
“That sounds good!” I exclaimed, putting my hands together in anticipation. While everyone were finishing their last bites of their meal, I made my way to the kitchen to clean my dishes.
“Wait for me!” Jay called out though the mind link.
“Hurry then!” I replied.
Just when I started to started to use the dish soap, I hear someone walking in.
“Jay, you better help me. I always find myself cleaning your dishes too.” I complained, scrubbing a plate.
Jay stayed quiet, which made me chuckle softly. He better feel guilty! I moved on to scrub another plate, half expecting Jay to hug me from behind like he usually does or when he dances like crazy when cleaning up.
“What? No hugs today?” I laughed, rolling my eyes. “No dancing?” Closing my eyes, I twirled on the spot gracefully holding my arms above my head.
“No. No hugs and no dancing for you.” A deep voice vibrated across the kichen, making me freeze. I turned around to see Theo tall figure leaning on the fridge with his expressionless face. He had his hands crossed over over each other as he observed me coldy.
Oh shit. Wasn’t Jay on his way? I glanced towards the door for any sign of him, but saw no one. What’s taking him so long?
Sighing softly, I turned back to finish washing the dishes. Why wasn’t paying attention to the change in scent in the air?
“My bad, I thought you were Jay.”
Why did I say that? I don’t need to explain myself.
“Jay?”
Ah, that’s right. I always forget everyone calls him Jayden.
“So I’m assuming hugging and dancing is a regular activity in your pack.” He said, raising an eyebrow.
“Not really, it’s just our thing.” Jay corrected him, as he strolled in. They faced each other, silently judging each other. I looked between them, feeling the cold electricty crackling between them.
Theo was the first to break the staring contest and faced me.
“Don’t you know how to use a dishwasher?” He asked condescendingly.
“What?” I shot back, narrowing my eyes at his tone.
“Don’t tell me you don’t know what it is.” He retorted, a side of his mouth curling up slightly. Damn, he looks so…
I stopped myself from finishing that sentence.
“I know what a dishwasher is and how to use it.” I said, gritting my teeth. “What are you implying? That there is one in this kitchen?”
“If you looked hard enough, you would’ve saved yourself from scrubbing all those plates.”
Does he enjoy making people feel like an idiot? I looked around to find the dishwasher, feeling a blush forming from embarrassment. I scrunched my nose in confusion when I couldn’t find it yet again.
“Then where the hell is it?” Jay questions, raising his voice at Theo.
Theo looked unfazed by Jay as he lazily moved from his spot and stopped right in front of me.
He looked down, holding my gaze so intensely. His eyes seemed to analyse every inch of my face as though he’s seeing it for the first time. His hair shifted, making a lock of his hair fall down near his eyes. I suddenly had the urge to reach out and put it back to place. How would his hair feel between my fingers?
Theo’s jaw suddenly clenched as his eyes hardened.
“Move.”
I snapped out of my dream-like state, finding myself staring into the eyes of a rude and annoyingly, good-looking Alpha. I crossed my arms over each other, showing no effort to move. He may be an Alpha, but he needs to learn some manners. Was so hard to say a single word?
“What’s the magic word?” I asked patronisingly, as though he was a child.
He stared at me, looking very unamused. Jay looked like he had enough of our interaction as he put himself in between us, distancing the space between Theo and I.
“The dishwasher must be behind you, under the kitchen sink. That’s why he asked you to move.” Jay explained.
I immediately moved, wondering how I could’ve missed that. Then I saw a cupboard door under the kichen sink. Don’t tell me it’s been behind this cupboard door the entire time.
Jay opened the door to reveal a dishwasher sitting there. I huffed in annoyance as I started to explain myself.
“It looks like an ordinary cupboard! Of course, I wouldn’t have guessed that there was a dishwasher hiding behind a cupboard door.”
“All cupboards look the same here, she wouldn’t have known where it was. This is your place and she is a guest. The least you could do is help her, especially since you were the first to come in after her.” Jay said, backing me up.
Theo rolled his eyes and shrugged, enraging Jay even more. I could tell Jay was trying his best to hold back from lashing out. Any wrong move could mean anything, especially in this pack.
“You two don’t have to clean, we have a cleaner for that.” He said, leaving the kicthen.
I watched him walk out in disbelief. Why hadn’t he told me that before I started? Although, I would’ve probably still washed the dishes even if I knew there was a cleaner. But still!
“D*ckhead.” Jay muttered in the mind link.
Sighing loudly, I began to rinse all the plates and dry them. I reassured Jay I’d be fine washing up and told him to go to bed. As soon as I was done, I dried my hands and leaned against the kitchen counter.
What a weird day…
“Lily?”
I looked up, startled by the sudden voice. The voice came from a middle-aged women wearing an apron with a mop in one hand. Her eyes glossed over as though sad emotions came over her all at once.
I looked behind me to see if she was talking to someone else, but found no one in sight. I turned back around and faced the lady.
“Sorry, I’m not lily.” I corrected her politely. I suddenly had a strange desire to protect her, as though she is my own. But my own what?
The women’s expression went from sad, to confused and then to defeat.
“I know, I’m sorry. You just look like someone I know. I knew. She’s definately gone, for sure.” She said, shaking her head in despair. I watched her helplessly, not knowing what to do. She seemed to be mourning for someone. Someone who disappeared or even died?
Just then, I noticed something weird. Her scent. There was something weird and different about it. I took in a deeper breath, this time really analysing what is wrong.
Her scent doesn’t match the pack’s scent. Every member of a pack share similar scents to let others know you’re apart of a pack. Everyone here smells collectively like a pack. Except her.
“What pack are you from?” I asked, intrigued to know why a non-pack member was working here.
Her pupils quivered as she looked from side to side. She looked terrified for a split second before she decided to answer.
“I’m from this pack, The BlackShadowed Pack.”
Surprised at her answer, I take a step forward to look at her closer. I felt like I knew her and that she is someone I want to protect. She, hesitantly, took a step back.
“No, you’re not.”
“Yes, I am.”
“Please, don’t lie to me. I know you belong to another pack, so can you tell me why you’re here. I can help you.”
Different scenarios raced through my head as I tried to make sense of the situation. A non-pack member is working here and refuses to admit she is from another. She is clearly terrified to say anything, making me assume that she is here against her will.
And what terrified me even more is the instinctual urge to protect this women.
“What is your name?”
Silence.
“Are there others like you?”
Silence. However, I did not miss her head nodding slightly.
“Will I see you tomorrow?”
She nodded very quickly, letting me know that is all she’ll be answering.
I wonder who lily is?
The Female Warrior And The Alpha Episode 6
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