EUDORA. The reason I was brought back to the Angels and Banes pack wasn’t officially announced until after a few days when Lillian came into my room, bearing shopping bags in her hands. I ran over to help her with the heavy bags, now just realizing that the Alpha had no maid around the house to handle things like this. I only just realized how much work Lillian did here. “Do you get paid for this?” I asked, more worried about her than I was curious about the loads of bags dumped on my bed.Lillian smiled tenderly, tired lines causing her forehead to crease. I had heard the Alpha talk about her leaving this week and I already knew why. Lillian was retiring. She has until her birthday to be this strong and able to move heavy things around the house.At eighty, she will have no wolf to give her the strength anymore. I was just like that. Give me a few wrinkles and tired eyes and there you have it, a wolf fit for the retirement pack. “The Alpha does send me money but I have had no use
EUDORA.Lillian waited for me outside my room while I changed into one of my newest dresses. I already picked out a favorite, a red one with white floral patterns and soft cotton, tied in the front to keep my boobs from spilling out. I tried to keep the revealing of my cleavage minimal because I just couldn’t hide it no matter how hard I tried. I could only just hope that the Alpha wouldn’t get mad at me. I was also relieved knowing that he wasn’t attracted to me in a way that will make me feel uncomfortable. The dress stopped right above my knee and I looked at myself in the mirror one last time, without my wig. I had the full black wig set on the dressing table, the only thing I had left with that was from the Bluecoven pack. I stared at my mass of black and white hair, as if looking at it for so long will make it look normal. It wasn’t going to change and it will remain a secret till I am old and graying like Lillian. By then, everything would have turned gray anyway. I put my
EUDORA.Lillian left early the next morning. She was transported to the retirement pack by Logan and we were allowed to see her off just outside the house and nothing farther than that. As I watched the car leave, I thought back to break of dawn when she had stealthily walked into my room. My bed dipping with added weight was what woke me and I had been startled at first. “Did I ruin a pleasant dream?” She whispered as I slowly sat up. I shook my head, eyes heavy with sleep but even though my vision was still slightly blurry, I saw the way the smile on her face slowly froze. It was then I realised something a little late. Lillian’s eyes were already on it and I couldn’t hide it anymore.“Eudora, your hair.” She whispered. On instinct, my hands went to my hair. I knew I looked like I was a deer caught in the headlights with how startled I was. Her eyes then lurked around till they found what they were looking for sitted on my bedside table. My wig. I exhaled, my heart beating fast,
ALPHA REX.♣️♣️♣️PAST “Rex, say hi to the mister.” This mister in question was peering down at me with a tight smile on his lip. Oh, I remembered this moment clearly. It was the first time I met the damned scientist and even as young as I was, I knew I wasn’t going to like him. Call it the petulance that came with being a child but I didn’t want to be around him even though was dressed just like every other doctor I have met since I spent half of my little life going in and out of the pack doctors’ office. I’d learned to be calm around them and their prickly needles but I could already sense this man meant trouble more than his prickly needles. He tried at being friendly, bending over to be on the same eye level with me, he supported himself with his palms flat on his knees while my eyes caught the inscription of his name on his breast pocket. Doctor Ambrose. I knew the names of every doctor that I have visited. I memorized them as part of childhood innocence and curiosity.
EUDORA. As Zena would say, “I fucked up.” I messed up so bad on my first time even when I thought I had it all under control. I was wrong, I had nothing under control and as the Alpha chased me out of this room in the wee hours of that morning, I contemplated running out the front door of the house and not return to the room I was still having sleepless nights in.I couldn’t tell why I couldn’t sleep but my mind zeroed continuously around being able to hear Alpha Rex breathe through the thin layer of the wall and also being so close to him than ever before and no, the walls did nothing to make it feel better. I was nervous…could he hear me breathe too? Did I breathe too heavily? Was my scent too much for him to handle? The thoughts kept me up all night and I tried to keep my nerves in check by reading a book from Zena’s shelf. Somehow, his steady breathing assured me that he was asleep and I would admit that regularity of it was in a way…calming. I was wide awake when I noticed th
EUDORA.I blinked rapidly, slowly setting my cutlery down at the same time every other person did. Alpha Rex was still as cool and composed as ever, like he didn’t just ruffle more than a few feathers with his words. “I…I do not understand you.” I said in a voice that was slightly above a whisper. Somehow, hearing Leticia talk made me so conscious about how my voice sounded to the Alpha's ears. No doubt like rough gravel. Just like that, I unlocked another insecurity. But that was the least of my worries, how the Alpha concluded we had to spend more time than we already were forced to was a bigger concern.What is this about going somewhere with him from tomorrow? And not just tomorrow alone, everyday? Just us? Alone? Before Alpha Rex could answer, Leticia already jumped in. “You’re taking trips? But…you don’t take trips whenever I’m here.” She sounded utterly displeased, it would be too hard to hide the displeasure from such a smooth sultry voice. “Our trips won’t affect your w
ALPHA REX. The last time I had the need to claim something as mine was years ago and it was that tiny little weird Omega who was another fragment of my past and memories that didn’t hurt so much until it actually did and I would rather not think about it anymore. Not anymore. I didn’t have the need to claim something as mine, especially not Eudora, which means I meant every word I said when I told her she didn’t belong to anyone anymore. I had sensed her confusion as a girl who was probably used to being a “property” that everyone tried to own. Taking care of me didn’t make her belong to me. It didn’t make her belong to anyone.She was just there because I needed her and I haven’t even decided what I would do with her after I have gotten what I wanted. “Rex…you need to loosen up your facial muscles, you don’t want it to come out like you’re having trouble breathing.” I didn’t realize how my face had been scrunched up thinking about my last discussion with the Omega. I was seated
EUDORA.I had averted my eyes as fast as I could but it still didn’t make the scene stop replaying in my head over and over again. It still didn’t make me any less stupid for deciding to waltz into the Alpha's room without knocking on his door. It still didn’t stop the flip in my stomach each time the scene replayed and I saw Leticia so close to the Alpha’s face they were…Kissing?I shook my head for the—oh dear, I already lost count of how many times I did that as I stood by the door waiting for the Alpha’s next command. I hadn’t been the one so close to him yet I felt red and hot all over. My neck burned, my cheeks burned, my ears burned. I literally felt the sizzling chemistry between them both and for a second, it felt like I had walked into an electrically charged room. My entrance had interrupted them and it had been unexpected for us, me because I expected to find Leticia painting and them because…well, I had no idea. All I knew was that it angered them. I had seen the anger