050 A Bad Joke

Willa's POV

Al and Alpha Kirsch sat at the two ends of the dining table, and I sat on the first seat on Al's right-hand side.

I never paid too much attention to food, but Al's cooking really blew my mind. I couldn't stop myself from getting more pancakes and making different combinations under Al's suggestion. Though it was such a waste to Kirsch because he just put everything together and piled a pancake mountain on his plate.

"It's Sunday, where are you gonna work on a Sunday?" I turned to Kirsch after I bit the tip of a huge strawberry.

"To the whorehouse, maybe?" Al teased as he leaned toward me. I pressed my lips to hold back the laugh, glancing at the cold Alpha in a sneaky way in case I met his eyes. Al took that chance and bit on the other half of the strawberry in my hand!

Sneaky!

"I'm not the one drowning in alcohol and women." Kirsch narrowed his eyes at Al, who grinned with mischief.

"Really?!" I exclaimed, eyes fixed on Al with hope spilled over in my voice. If Al didn't mind visiting the whorehouse, then he definitely wouldn't mind me staying around him before my crush for him was over!

"Not anymore." Al shrugged, his lips pulling up in a taunting smile, "I belong only to my mate now."

"Ohh..." I lowered my eyes, trying to hide the disappointment. It was evil of me to try to get close to him. Al wanted to say something, but in the end, he just started with his breakfast.

"I don't have weekends." Kirsch averted the topic, stuffing his mouth with the pancake mountain piled in front of him, "Ever since I was 12, I think."

He glared at Al when he said that, and Al grinned at him brightly as an answer.

"So...you just sit in the school all by yourself?" I frowned, picturing him sitting in a dark office with a grumpy face. No wonder he was sullen all the time.

He must be lonely.

The Alpha sighed at me with a defeated look, and Al burst into laughter.

"What?" I blinked in confusion. Who else would be there with him...I gasped in shock after a second, "You are NOT taking me to school on a Sunday!"

Alpha Kirsch rolled his eyes.

"I'm hurt...I'm sick...I need to rest in bed..." I started whining as I dropped dead on the table before he could give his command, "School is horrible! It's evil's nest!"

I wanted to stay home with Al.

Al's body suddenly stiffed. He sat back straight and closed his eyes as if in pain.

"Al? Are you alright? Does your arm still hurt?" I muttered nervously.

"Still hurts!" Al opened his eyes and rose his arm to me, furrowing his eyebrows like a kid. I supported his elbow as I stroked his forearm as soft as I could. His arm shivered at my touch, and I lifted my hand right away as I glanced at him nervously.

I wish granny was here so we can cure him.

"I feel better now!" Al smiled to ease my tension, he patted me on the head with his wounded arm to prove his words, "It will heal soon enough."

"Maybe you should feed him some blood." Alpha Kirsch leaned back on his chair with one arm on the back of the chair, smirking at me.

"No!" I shouted in horror before I lowered my eyes. I couldn't of course, drinking my blood would only hurt Al. I got nervous not just because I would expose my secret, but also...

It made me blush.

I pulled my hands back by instinct when I flinched at Kirsch's tease, and Al's arm dropped on the table.

"Ahh..." Al whined, but it was in such a lazy way that I doubted whether it really hurt. I lowered my head, hiding my eyes from them but he just let his arm lay there in front of me.

"I'm sorry!" I took his arm into my hand again, but I dodged his eyes, "I shouldn't do it though, you have a mate..."

Why did I say that?! I couldn't heal! My blood couldn't heal others, with or without a mate. But my mind was just on it so much that it slipt out.

"I don't think that would be a problem." Alpha Kirsch supported his face in his hand with his elbow on the table. He was looking at Al instead of me.

"Why?" I blinked in confusion. But instead of answering, Al just took his arm back. Now he was dodging MY eyes. The smile disappeared from his face.

It got me nervous.

"Because," Alpha Kirsch said one word and Al shot up his head, staring at Alpha Kirsch with a frown. I suddenly felt fear rose in me. It was like Al used Alpha Aura, which was impossible because he was a rogue, and I couldn't even feel Alpha Aura!

Was Al angry? But for what? I froze in his domination vibe.

Alpha Kirsch turned to me with a smile: "Because your Al gave you his blood to save you, it wasn't me."

"Really?!" I shouted in a happy surprise before I turned into a murmur, "I didn't see Al there..."

I was genuinely shocked, but that didn't stop the sweetness oozing out of my heart. I felt like my whole body was going to float up in happiness.

Alpha Kirsch lowered his eyes and turned his attention back to his food mountain.

I didn't dare to look at Al because I could feel my face and ears heating up. I blushed again. Al reached over to my hand with his, and stroked the back of my hand softly with his thumb.

I looked up at Al, and he was smiling at me like he always was. It almost feel like the short moment where he dominated the room in anger was just an illusion.

"Are you angry that he told me?" I asked Al in a small voice. He didn't want me to know he did it. I had seen Al angry but only for once, and that was at James, not me. The moment he got angry over Alpha Kirsch's words really scared me.

"No, of course not! I just didn't want him to joke about it." Al shook his head. He rose my hand to his lips and pressed a light kiss on the back of my hand, "I'm sorry I scared you."

Right, he had a wolf. He could hear my heart was scared into a fast pounding.

I was even feeling bad about someone not my mate doing that for me when I thought it was Alpha Kirsch who saved me, of course, Al would mind talking about it when he had a mate!

"I'm sorry you have to do that for me, again." I pulled my hand out of his softly, "You...you should take me to a hospital next time."

Al seemed shocked to hear me say that. He frowned slightly, staring at me with pain in his eyes but he didn't say anything.

Alpha Kirsch stared at us with a frown, but he didn't say anything either.

The happiness of seeing Al again faded a little now, and the fact that he had a mate kicked in. I dodged his eyes as I stared at my food in guilt. I should keep a distance from him before our friendship hurt either of us.

"I can go to the school with you." I turned to Alpha Kirsch as I dodged Al's eyes. Staying home with Al suddenly seemed such a stupid and awkward idea.

Alpha Kirsch rose his eyebrows in surprise. His eyes darted toward Al. Al smiled bitterly before he lowered his eyes and started with his breakfast in silence. He was using his wounded arm, and his arm was shivering.

I wanted to offer to help, but I stopped myself.

"Why did you suddenly grow love to the evil's nest?" Alpha Kirsch forced a smile as he asked me, trying to joke around.

"It's such a pitiful scene, to picture you working alone in an empty school. I'm just feeling generous." I curved my lips, joking with him.

"That's so nice of you." Alpha Kirsch let out a laugh, "But I'm not working at the school. I have an Alpha's meeting to attend to."