0007: Dreams Of Opulence

CHAPTER 7

MERIDA

I watched him as he walked out of the room with an air of a nonchalant attitude around him. 

He was the Alpha so what was I even expecting from him. 

Rosita felt hurt by his words but I guess she was already used to it. I felt so small that I wanted to sink. I never expected him to speak that way. 

Well he was funny actually for me to get along with him I have to do my very best not to get him angry. 

I was still staring at the door when Rosita called my attention. 

"Do you want me to escort you to the dinning?"she asked and I blinked several times to understand what she was saying. 

Back home at Frostclaw pack, no one escorted me anywhere except when I was about to be given some lashes. 

I could count how many times I ate in a week.she must have seen how surprised and flushed my cheeks were and she smiled at me. 

"I can show you to the dining room if you don't want me to go with you." Rosita said again in a very small voice.

I struggled to my feet and managed a smile which was shaky at the edges.

I followed Rose down the stairs and we took a bend and there was the magnificent dining hall .

I can remember now that Alpha Lukan pointed it out to me when he brought me in.

The dining hall was so big that it could contain 20 more people. It felt so insignificant to sit here .

 I stood staring at the hall for a few seconds.

The dining table was laden with so much food that I wondered if a feast was going on.

There was oyster Rockefeller, truffle mac and cheese , cheesecakes with berry compoté.

It felt more like a dream to me and suddenly I lost my appetite. 

Are all these foods just for me ?

I blinked and turned to Rosita. 

"Alpha Lukan will join me soon, right?" I asked just to clarify some issues bothering me because even the moon goddess knows that back home all this food will last me for a year. 

Rosita was standing beside me, her hands clasped before her and she smiled again.

"The Alpha had given special instructions for us to treat you in such a queenly manner."

"Oh—"it was the only thing I could manage to say as I picked a fork and wondered where I could begin to eat from.

"And Doctor Julietta and the other two men I saw , they would be present for dinner , right?" I asked again in between mouthfuls. 

"I don't think so, if they aren't busy they might come down for dinner." Rosita explained in a very small voice the smile still on her lips.

Doesn't she get tired of smiling? I said to myself.

"I can't possibly finish all this." I said again and I realized that I was becoming more chatty with Rosita and I looked down at my plate. 

"I think I can't eat anymore."I announced, trying to get to my feet. 

" Hold your horses young lady."Rosita said to me looking so surprised."The alpha gave strict instructions that you should have enough to eat."

I swallowed hard and slowly sat back on my chair and my cheeks blushed with embarrassment. 

I should have known that he would go this far in instructing the maids to prepare this for me.

Everything on the table will definitely feed 20 to 30 people, if this was the life of the rich then I was scared.

Today was the first time in my entire life I was having a dining hall all to myself. 

I could imagine what Aunt Ophelia could have done if she had seen me here. 

Probably starve me for two more weeks and I will also be accused of stealing. 

I have to get used to a life like this, a life living with the most powerful and richest Alpha in all of the Western Wolf Kingdom.

For the rest of my life. 

I glanced at Rosita and picked up my fork.

"The Alpha said you need to add some flesh."Rosita said to me, her voice more like a whispered leaning closer.

My eyes snapped open and I immediately felt so ashamed it was then I realized how thin and fragile I looked , all thanks to Aunt Ophelia.

I don't know if Rosita was saying the truth or not but I knew Alpha Lukan would say something like that. 

"Did he mention that you both will attend a gala next week." Rosita chipped in again.

She was talkative or maybe she was trying to make me feel at home just in the way Alpha Lukan did minutes ago. 

But I just couldn't bring myself to continue speaking with her.

 I had been living in solitude for a very long time , and speaking with other people felt so strange, something out of the ordinary. 

I wanted to ask her what a gala looks like and why he will be taking me there. 

But bubbles in my throat couldn't allow the words spring forth, it felt as if my throat was tied with a very strong rope .

Rosita was watching me closely expecting me to say something but the fork in my hand shook and fell to the ground.

I glanced up at her before I picked it up. 

"I'm sorry.." and that was when I began to choke. I had swallowed my saliva involuntarily.

I quickly reached for a glass of water which I knocked over mistakenly when I tried to grab it

Rosita , so efficient, quickly got me another glass of water which she pushed into my hand.

"I'm so sorry —"I said quickly thinking I was going to be lashed at. 

But my apologies surprised her and she took the glass from my grasp after I had drank a good amount 

"Are you all right?"she asked me with kindness and concern in her eyes.

I could only manage to nod wiping my mouth with the back of my hand. 

"Seems you aren't so familiar with these dishes."she said again, cleaning up the water on the dining table. "I will get you some chicken and chips."

My eyes opened wide in surprise. 

Here I was trying to get out of this dream of opulence,of having someone wait upon me when I finished my meal and I was being pushed into acting like the rich, trying to fit in. 

It was so funny how my life had changed in just hours.

"I would like to go upstairs."I said, my voice so small that I wondered if she had heard me.

" I will lead you up to your room." Rosita said again.

"No!"I said almost immediately, half shouting." Uhmmm—you don't have to go with me, I can find my way ."

This was looking so strange , I felt so uncomfortable, not because I wasn't used to a life like this but because it feels like I was being monitored, that being a mate to the strongest Alpha meant I had no privacy and my life wasn't mine.

Alpha Lukan had said he will join me shortly but I haven't seen him

I jumped to my feet and with short , hurried steps I made my way to the room.Our bedroom.

It sounded so silly though,I could feel Rosita's gaze at my back and I couldn't wait to be in the safety of the room.