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2024-10-29 19:42:56The second she turned around and saw us her eyes went wide. She looked nervous, her eyes darted around the castle grounds almost like she was looking for an escape route. She doesn’t take her eyes off Jan while she gets some clothes on. And like the arse Jan is THAT is when he decides to give me back control and shifts back into our human form.
“Any particular reason you followed me ALPHA?!”
“Um, well, I was really... just... kinda hoping that I might be able to persuade you to let me take you out for dinner?”
I almost screamed at her. What the hell is wrong with me? I have NEVER had that much issue trying to talk to a woman before!
“Not too sure what you don’t get about ‘there’s no future for us’, do I need to use smaller words?”
'Ooof our mate is feisty! I LOVE IT!'
'You are NOT helping Jan, and thanks for dropping the ball on her NOT catching us being a creeper!'
Alaina starts to walk away, further into the forest. At least she's still in her human form, I can talk to her like this
'and fack it all up more.'
'Janus, come on man you’re supposed to be on MY side! Stop being a douchecanoe!'
'Don’t fack this up and we can talk about the canoeing.'
'Janus... it’s not... never mind.'
Somedays I wonder if he pays attention to anything that’s going on when I’m in control.
SHAT I basically need to run to catch up to Alaina. She can’t be more than 5’5” and, yet, at 6’5” I am having to run to catch up to her little legs!
“Alaina, PLEASE, wait, or at least slow down, so we can talk.” I plead as I catch up with her.
“What is your major malfunction? Stop being a git and shut up, just bugger off and leave me alone!”
“Please, I am begging, one dinner, or a walk, or sitting on the river bank, SOMETHING! Just give me a couple of hours to get to know you. I am not going to try and whisk you away without you accepting the bond, don’t get me wrong Janus and I want to but, I won't do anything you don’t want me to.”
“Funny, I don’t want you following me, or bothering me, and yet here you are doing both. So, you were saying?” She bellowed, as she breaks into a sprint.
“Alaina, I am trying. I am not sure what I did but I just want a chance...” I call after her, as I slow down, “please” I almost whisper
As I shove my hands in my pockets, kick the dirt, and turn around to walk away, head hung VERY low. How had this gone so wrong so fast?
'I don’t know what to do now Jan. We’ve got 11 more days here, and I have a feeling that if we keep trying this way it may end up with her actually rejecting us.'
'Ash, I don’t have anything man. I don’t think that there is an answer for Alaina! When Callum said strong willed, he wasn’t kidding, I don’t think we have ever met anyone quite like her! And what Callum said about Tyche being reasonable?! If THAT’S reasonable... shat I don’t want to know what unreasonable is!'
'What do you mean? Did you two talk? What happened?'
'Basically, the same thing as you, only I was told that, in no uncertain terms, if we continued, she would eat something that we hold very dear...'
I could feel him tucking his tail between his legs in the back of my mind, and he let out a not so quiet whimper! I come to a very abrupt stop, and I know there’s a look of shock and disbelief on my face. I am sure that if anyone else was around they would be concerned that something horrible happened. Really, what’s worse than your mate threatening to eat parts of you that you kinda need?!
'Wait, did she threaten to... no... she didn’t... did she really threaten to eat our dingle berries?!?!?!?!'
'See what I mean? If THAT is reasonable, I don’t want to see what unreasonable is!'
'I don’t blame you man, that’s some crazy shat right there!'
I continue to walk back to the castle when I get a feeling as though I’m not alone, and I’m not talking about Janus. Looking around I don’t see anyone, I can’t smell anyone –or anything out of the ordinary-, but I am extremely unsettled with the feeling of being watched. As I round the corner of the castle towards the driveway, I get bombarded by the last person I want to see.
“Ooooooo ASHY!!!!!!”
'Oh, for fack off! Why Ash, I’ve always told you ‘keep your dingle out of crazy’ and what did you go do? You didn’t stick it into crazy... YOU WENT AND STUCK IT INTO PSYCHOTIC! WHY?!'
'I don’t know, I honestly don’t! She is most definitely my biggest mistake AND biggest regret, I don’t think anything could top the mistake that is Gray!'
“Gray, it is Alpha... Alpha Ashton... h3ll I’d settle for and Alpha Ash for fack sakes! I am, however, NOT Ashy, or any other annoying nickname you have unilaterally decided to give me!”
“Oh, come on, is that really how you are going to greet me? I flew all the way out here just for...”
“No one asked you to come here, no one even hinted that you were wanted on this trip, so if you try and say it was for me you can shove it! You didn’t come here for me, you came here in hopes I wouldn’t find my mate and, you might be able to wear me down enough that you might have the chance get the status and title of Queen. Sorry to burst your bubble Gray, I‘ve met my mate, I would NEVER have had you as my Queen anyways, and I really don’t want you here, so you can go home now!”
I stopped and turned to her.
“I have always been upfront with you about our ‘relationship’,” I do those air quote things “if that is what you want to call what happened, and the fact I would NEVER go past that. So why do you insist to annoy, and piss me off, doing this shat? If anything, it makes me want you even less! You should probably stop while you are a head, and before I ban you from my territory. You may not be part of my pack but that just makes it easier for me to boot you!”
I turn back to the castle door, make my way up the stairs, and do my best to slam the, very old, solid, and VERY heavy door. It didn’t have the desired effect, and it shut so slowly there was barely an audible click when it finally did shut. At least I was safe in here from her!
'If she kept her mouth open any longer, she would have ended up with a hornets nest in there! I wonder if she’s still standing there, mouth agape?'
'I really don’t give a shat Jan, seriously, not one fack given when it comes to Gray!'
I walk, as quickly as possible, up to my room. It would have been so much nicer, and possibly easier, if Alpha Rodrigo had just held the meeting here and not in the convention hall, there would have been more time to spend getting to know the other Alphas, and possibly Alaina. At the risk of sounding like a bigger creeper than I already am, thanks Jan, I could have potentially planned out ‘accidentally’ bumping into her between meetings now we are in one big hall and just bounce around. Alaina doesn’t move from her table, ever. Oh well, ce la vie! Time to think of things to at least pique her interest enough to want to go to dinner with me.
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