Chapter 4 - Mate's Brother

Natashian Rynne Elboser’s Point of View

“Nathan, make sure to fix the master’s bed properly,” Kimur nagged at me again – this buff guy turned out to be pretty soft inside. However, if you mess with his master – he’ll go berserk… quite literally.

I hummed as I carried the new mattresses – it’s been quite fun here. Not only did I not see a single glimpse of the youngest Alpha, but Zonner was also extremely kind.

He gave me an allowance, I have a hunch he knew I wasn’t getting a single penny from this job. He’s the nicest wolf I know, I just wish he was my mate…

“Agh!” I slapped myself as these thoughts have been recurring to me lately. I shouldn’t even dream of it.

“Nathan, you alright?” Mama Enah looked at me with concern in her eyes. Mama Enah is Kimur’s wife – they most often act lovey-dovey in front of me, they also serve the master alongside their daughter, Yannah Melgor.

“I’m alright, mama,” I reassured her as I quickly finished my work.

I’ve been here for a few months, I just hope everything stays peaceful.

“The youngest Alpha will be hunting with our master,” I froze up in my spot – my eyes nervously shifted to Yannah. “Pa-pardon?” I stuttered as I almost fell over.

She looked at me nonchalantly before smiling and hugging me tightly – her way of greeting, she insists. Kimur still nags at her not to do it, “You can’t just inappropriately touch a person without their consent!” He insists every time.

“Why are you so shocked? Our master is quite close with the youngest Alpha, naturally – the youngest Alpha comes here occasionally,” she said as she snuggled me.

I looked at Mama Enah, she shrugged it off as if it was nothing.

“W-wait, I’m just going to go to the bathroom!” I exclaimed as I ran off to my room. I’m not due to get out of the castle until next week – I barely have any pheromone inhibitors left.

I meticulously counted my stock, it was going to run out soon. “Fuck, what do I do?” I contemplated, my fingernails my victim as I started gnawing at them.

“Well, if I’m going to die – I might as well die trying,” I mutter as I stuffed them all back into my bag.

I need to budget them from now on, for now – I need to minimize consumption. Anyway, I was born as a beta – if they happen to find out, they’ll just think nothing of it.

I quickly returned to the master’s room where Yannah was left all on her own. “Yannah, where’s Mama Enah and Kimur?” I asked as I took the sheets away from her.

She shrugged, “I don’t know – slacking off together again?”

I chuckle, no matter how long they’ve been together – they’ve just been thoroughly in love with each other. It must be nice… being mated with a normal man.

We started getting busy as the master’s room was far too big to finish cleaning in just an hour – everything needs to be spotless… by Kimur’s standards.

I looked at Yannah to see she was thoroughly focused on her job – however, it wouldn’t be bad to ask her a few questions about the hunt, right?

“Yannah?” I called out to her.

She hummed in response, not looking at me, “Well, about the hunt… what happens during that time?”

She momentarily stops, probably thinking before answering, “Well, lots of people come here during that time.”

I looked at her in curiosity – fuck, this might not work in my favor after all.

“The youngest Alpha’s entourage will probably come – mind you, he’ll probably bring more than fifty of them,” she said.

“Fifty?!” My eyes widened – how can a person bring so many people just for a hunt? Our master barely has any servants around, not to mention fifty servants…

I can clearly see the favoritism the current Alpha of the pack is showing between his sons. Zonner may be a middle child, however, he’s still very capable!

She nodded, “And that’s the reason we’ll be busy for the whole week next week-.”

Before she could even say anything, I was already screeching – “What?! How about our days off?!”

“Calm down, tiger – maybe it’ll be moved earlier or for later… probably later,” she shrugged it off – I’m not even a feline! But besides that point, I really needed that day off!

I felt like I was going to get a panic attack, I’ll die in a week’s time at this point. Should I plead with the master to let me get the day off earlier this time?

“Well, we should still be thankful we get day-offs – most of the servants in the castle work their whole lives off without any leisure time,” she said.

I mean, yeah – she’s right. However, my life depends on this!

“I’ll let you guys choose,” I almost flinched as I heard the master’s deep and crisp voice. He’s so stunning whatever he does…

“Ugh! Brain stop!” I thought as I bowed to the master.

I looked over to Yannah, she looked back at me. I smiled, I’m sure she’ll choose to get the vacation earlie-

“I think we’d prefer to have the vacation later,” I froze… who in their right mind wants a vacation after being mentally and physically tormented.

Master Zonner suddenly chuckled – I looked at him and immediately bowed. “Well, Yannah will get her day off later… how about you, Nathan?”

I perked up and smiled, “C-could I possibly have it earlier, master?”

He chuckled and looked down as if he already knew I was going to choose that option – I looked at him with hopeful eyes. Please, Luna, help me out this one time.

“Sure, anyway we-,” I unconsciously yelled out in happiness, interrupting Master Zonner – “Yes!”

Master Zonner started laughing loudly – Yannah also followed suit. I could only purse my lips in embarrassment – I was way too enthusiastic – they’ll get suspicious if I keep this up.

“Are you that happy, kiddo?” Master Zonner asked as he lightly caressed my head. I nodded and smiled at him – well, it wouldn’t hurt to admit – I mean, it is a day of relief after all.

Master Zonner suddenly froze in his spot – I looked at him in confusion – however, he reluctantly withdrew his hands and smiled before continuing on what he was going to say before I yelled out like a fool.

“We’re going to get help from the castle’s workforce – this way, you guys won’t be too busy,” he informed us.

I internally celebrated, holding back the urge to scream out the happiness I was feeling. Yannah was biting her lips – however, the smile was clearly seeping through as her face started to relax.

“Nathan, you’ll be my attendant for that day – you’ll be by my side… only at my side.”