onrad POV
I was very proud of my pack as Alpha Marcus was escorted to pack and then out of the territory. After how they reacted to Lewana moving in six weeks ago, they are now very protective of her. One soldier tripped him and he fell down a flight of stairs. When he was dragging his feet and protesting about staying a few days to organize things, another threw the suitcase at his head breaking his nose. Then the medics refused to treat him. One maid also put thumbtacks in his shoes.
They’re really taken with her. Liam tells me the soldiers and guards are loving training with her and the medics are amazed at what care and support she is providing. Some maids have started submitting requests directly to Beta Arthur to be assigned as her handmaids and complained that she doesn’t have any. Even Nightstalker. He has been following her story since he read her foster file. He actually came to the pack house in person this time to install the spy software and
do network upgrades to meet her.
Nightstalker is typing away on my keyboard before he gets my attention. “You’re all set up Alpha King“.
“Great. So I can now use this software on my laptop to check everything that wolves in my house are sending and organizing and if it finds anything suspicious it will flag it”
He seems suddenly nervous. “Most of them. Yeah“.
I glare at him. “What do you mean most“.
“Someone has a very secure private network in the house. I don’t want to freak you out as it’s probably just a security- conscious Alpha protecting his e–mails but for this level of security they are likely hiding or protecting something“.
Why can’t I get a break? It’s just one thing after another. “Can’t you just hack in and find out who it is“.
“I’ve tried but the network is on a personal device they must be carrying on them. Most likely a smartphone. As soon as I am detected, they just turn it off and I can’t try again until they turn on their network. I will keep trying though“.
I know when we got that message from the Moon Goddess through Lewana’s mother about it being a tough month she wasn’t kidding. It’s at the point now where I don’t know if I am too exhausted to continue at this pace or glad as it will likely be over in two weeks.
At some point during the day, Michelle finds me and smacks me over the head. She angrily whisper shouts that I scared my Moonlight by getting too excited yesterday morning. I instantly panic. I thought I was being careful but her scent was so strong it must have got into my head. I have to fix it. After Michelle tells me everything I call Lewana to my office.
“Michelle just smacked me over the back of the head saying I scared you yesterday“.
She makes this cute scrunched–up face when she is embarrassed and she goes bright red. She turns to leave but I race to the door and pin her against it. She doesn’t fight me.
“You honestly think I would hurt you“. I start kissing the back of her neck and running my free hand up her side.
Her breath hitches “No. I know you wouldn’t. I just don’t know what to expect. That’s all“.
I let out a low laugh as I watched the goosebumps start rising on her skin from my touch. “Well, you can start by reducing that number of hundreds of she–wolves to six. You’re the first serious relationship I’ve had so I’m having fun exploring you. I would never pressure you into anything. You will always be in control and can say stop at any time. I’m not going to
lie to you and say I don’t want more but I will wait til you are ready. Forever if that is what it takes”
She slowly turns around and starts gently kissing me. One of safety and acknowledgment rather than passion.
We are cuddling in my office chair when there is a very timid knock on the door. I call them to come in and a maid enters.
“Apologies for the interruption Alpha King. But did you order flowers“.
“No. Why“.
Another maid comes in holding a very strange bouquet of roses. There are multiple colors in what appears to be a random order. Even a black one. Lewana’s eyes go wide and she walks over and takes them.
“They are your test results from the Faes“.
I brace myself for the news. “How did I do“.
She starts to smile. “You did good. It’s a good start“.
I stare at her amazed. “How did you get that from these“.
“The three pink ones are from Rose and her parents. They show gratitude for the dinner. There are more yellow ones than anything else which means friendship. This means they likely will want to continue working on an alliance with the wolves. The single red, burgundy, and lavender ones together mean admiration, devotion, and special love. This means they approved of you my mate and us as a couple. The black one is a warning. This means this is all fragile and could change if you make the wrong choices. Also probably related to Cordelia“.
I forgot the maids were in the room until one of them spoke. “What does the bracelet mean“.
We look at how they are bound together and Lewana’s face drops. There is a very intricate bracelet of gold with four pearls in the middle.
“It means in four days we are having more visitors. The sirens are coming to visit“.
“You know the Sirens as well as the Faes“.
“Yeah. I actually met them first. The Sirens and Faes are very close as plants need water to survive and the water needs plants as food. They have had an alliance for millennia“.
“You are going to have to explain one of these days how you know all this stuff”
She just smiles at me. I don’t know if I will ever learn all her secrets but I know I will try.
The maids look excited by this. “What should we do with the flowers Lady Lewana“.
Lewana thinks for a moment. “Get the nicest vase we have and place them in that as they are. Put them near a window on the east side as Rose will likely be watching from there to see if we accept the gift.
Chapter 87
