7-Nightmare in New Orleans

Emerson POV,

"What is she doing here?" Alpha Loworth narrows his eyes asking his beta, Monaco.

He clicked his tongue, whatever his expression was, it showed clearly he was not pleased seeing me. I did not expect him to be pleased. That doesn't mean I did not appreciate his concern.

Deep down I scanned myself. I was oddly dressed since other maid entered, with their hair tied into a low ponytail, and their suit was thick enough to cover their whole body halfway, I wore a floral gown that stopped at my knee.

"Well, I should go," I say his eyes were all over me, he didn't complement, and his expression was seamless. "See, don't act like a maniac because I wouldn't be standing here out of the blue." If I had known my way out.

"Where do you think you're going to?" His voice halted me to my feet.

"I know I shouldn't be here," I say scanning my eyes around every corner. Then settles on the small wall decoration. "I don't want to be a burden to whatever you have going on here, Alpha."

He chuckles like I was a toy before him, my words were so light to him. He took a long slug of his drink and hoped it would give him an edge. Frown covered my face, questioning his cold gaze peering through the glass. 

"What do you think? That you haven't ruined it already?" His brow furrows.

I don't know what I expect to happen but it's not him grabbing me. 

I flinch and mentally return to the moment snatched my hand from his grasp.

"Don't you!..." I find Monaco's gaze telling me to go easy. 

Monaco moved forward with some manuscript and asked if he needed anything else then scooted towards the table explaining the core of the meeting to him.

He says nothing or acts slowly unlike I'd expected I tilt my head to Alpha Loworth, unfortunately, the ice cube has his eyes on the paper, he squeezes his eyebrow and rolls around as he's trying to make a point. He makes the point but that doesn't mean I take it.

His jaw clenched and I grinned ear to ear staring at Alpha Loworth, I don't know what it is about him that makes him so ridiculously attractive.

"What about the fund for the maintenance of the two cities, it is possible a lot have been reacting lately, like silver is already melting and causing allergy from the suburban. Something must be done before it gets to the urban."

"It's not silver." He said pointing to the picture of an impaired person on the iPad screen.

"Silver poisoning won't cause allergy this deep in a whole population."

 His wild amber eyes with thick lashes are fixed on the iPad. Worst of all thinking he'd take anything seriously takes shield and sword but here he's prioritising things on his scale. It doesn't matter what I think.

No more clubbing losers! I whispered to myself as he clicked the bottle with the tip of his finger for me to pour another.

I lean forward and raise my eyes to meet two pairs staring down at me. He's like a mayor of the disturbed town judging from the logo on his right pocket shoulder. 

"Monaco." He whispered something into his ear in the middle of his meeting. "Fine the repair should be considered too." 

"A new fruity pepples." His eyes widened with a wild and slow smile spreading across his face.

Alpha Loworth aggravated by the sound of this word hit his hand on the table.

I move out of the way as Monaco covers me with his broad stature so that I am so thin behind. 

"It's time." He muttered to the Alpha. "if you want to keep your eyes, Smith, lower it before I plunge it out." he said in a condescending voice.

"What do we do, I want this one too." His face flushed and he sat back. "My brain just blew off." 

It's strange how these men well, were tauten over me, and I was drooling over Alpha Loworth. His muscles rippled behind his sleeves. I'm undoubtedly blessed with more than two visuals of Alpha Loworth, that is a blessing im bestowed.

Easy tiger, I say to my wolf, don't attack me.

I had no idea what was at play right now but I smelled the air tenses and my heart pounding in my chest out of concern I might be given out as a tribute yet again.

Alpha Loworth lifts his brow. "Really Alpha?"

"I know Monaco has decided to cover her up and hide her. And that makes me desire her the more. Imagine what my brain did and my body."

Alpha Loworth growls and shakes his head. "What is wrong with you?"

More like an advocate, Monaco seeing the tense auas between the two Alpha that would lead to a fight rushed in between them. 

To me it was okay to be lured here, Alpha Loworth looked at me, he was not angry but concerned, I was not sure where to look but I was really lucky to see that look on his face for the second time if not the first, the other night I was drunk and could barely know what he looked like. I looked him in the eye then wrapped the coat Monaco borough around my shoulder. The concern added to that light, gave me butterflies, that would be the most foolish thing I was doing.

"It's snowing outside, you might want to wear that properly."

The drive home was more eerie than normal, Alpha Loworth didn't talk to me or say anything to Monaco, I leaned against the back of the seat staring out the window.

Lafayette smelled of earth and forest an ideal place for wolves, everything felt out of place here, the streetlight was too bright and the road was swimming with cars I rolled my head when the bright light turned to flickers, eyes meeting with Monaco in the rearview.

Monaco drives into the garage, he steps out of the car leaving me with the ice cube Alpha. He was sitting there, like the ice cream was for fifteen minutes straight. If you ask me how I  calculated this using my breath and thumb.

"I can't believe you're so dumb." 

What! I laugh. "What was that place, functioning me already?" I try to sound confident, but my heart clenches at the thought of my mate using me as some tribute.

Loworth lifts a hand. "You have blood on your lips." He points his hand. I brush at it but he shakes his head. "Right here." He slid his thumb across my bottom lips.

I swallow the metallic taste in my mouth.

His thumb doesn't leave my lips it lingers there, fuck! I can't breathe.

I’m aching everywhere because he’s so close, but I don’t know what I’m allowed to do about it, I want to move forward I want him to step closer, I want him to kiss me but I'm not anything, I don't want to make the first move he shouldn't make the first move but I'm desperate here, my wolf is desperate for her mate, our mate.

I close my eyes and he snaps his hand backwards. "The show was not necessary, after all, you told Wren to bring me."

I followed him out of the car, angry for leading me on making my heart beat in anticipation and I can't deny the fact that I'm idiotic to think that anything will transpire between us. "I just saved you, you stupidly followed Wren out there."

I lowered my head. It was stupid.

They are all the same, I bet that is what would be running through his head right at the moment.

I lie down on my bed. I don't what kind of a person this Alpha is but I'm worried I prayed to my late parent, and I talked to them in my heart I shook my head. 

Not long after I heard a strange sound. I quickly got down from the bed feeling my knees wanting to buckle, this couldn't be happening I somehow made it to the stairs but I was halfway down before I could sit I couldn't move I could barely draw a breath, my heart had never beat this fast.

"I saw him."

I want to tell him how terrible it was remembering Nicholas, the pain he inflicted on me, that night that he killed Father. I paused not saying anything, all I wanted was to fall into his arms. But can I do that? I'm being delusional right?

"Who did you see?"

Panic was the last thing I wanted to enter, I climbed into the bed and faced the window.  He climbs in behind me and then wraps himself around me. I can feel his heartbeat, and it’s almost as fast as mine. He shares the pillow with me, finds my hand, and slides his fingers through mine. I try to mimic his pattern of breathing so that mine will slow down. I’m breathing through my nose because my jaw is clamped too tight to take in normal breaths. Alpha Loworth presses a kiss to the side of my head. “Relax,” he whispers. “You’re okay.”

I'm shocked by his gesture but that is not what matters right now. I try to relax. And maybe I do, but it’s only because we both lie here for so long, it’s hard for muscles to retain that much tension after a while. “Alpha Loworth?” I whisper, he runs a thumb across my hand to let me know he hears me.

"Can you please not leave me tonight?" He doesn't answer right away, I feel stupid to ask that of him, he stares away looking towards the wall or maybe at the painting on the wall. He pulls back and I feel another emotion sweep me away. He walks towards the door.

I shake my head, I don't want him to leave, I don't want to be alone. "Please don't leave me alone tonight," I beg. His expression doesn't reveal what he's thinking at all.