Rhea made sure no one saw her as she added the drug to Adrian’s food. The security of this pack was so loose that they could allow a stranger into their kitchen to cook meals for their Alpha and the entire pack.
Never mind the fact that she was Calvin’s mate, how well did they really know her? Not that it mattered. Their stupidity had given her an opportunity she didn’t plan on wasting.
Ava would be gone for a few days as she had planned when she asked for Felicity’s help. At this time, she had to get into Adrian’s bed.
She had thought and puzzled on how she could destroy the couple that had ruined her life and at the same time get back her pack when it had occurred to her that if she had Adrian’s child she would be able to inherit everything and break up their relationship at the same time.
It was an easy plan. She loved it.
The only problem was the rush because every day she could feel Calvin slipping away from her grasp. The pheromone she had used on him to make him think she was his mate was already wearing out like Felicity had warned her that it would.
His constant interaction with Cynthia had probably not helped matters as well. She needed to have this business with Adrian sorted out as soon as possible before he could find out that she had been duping him.
She assisted with the serving as well making sure that the plate was served to Adrian. She couldn’t take any chances of a food swap. This might be her only feasible chance.
Calvin beckoned for her to come and take a seat but she shook her head slightly as though she had something to do back in the kitchen.
When she saw Adrian take a bite of his food, she left. There was much work to do before he finished his dinner and went up to his room. She dropped the tray she had carried into the dining room and took off the apron she had on.
She was on her way to Adrian’s room when someone pulled her into a room. It was so unexpected that she didn’t pull away in time.
It was Cynthia.
“What do you want?” She asked impatiently.
“That’s what I would like to ask you. Rhea, heir to the Silverwolf pack and daughter of traitors Alpha Gilbert and Luna Rita.”
Rhea was in shock and she could barely stop her jaw from dropping. Today of all day was the day that this fat cow would find out the truth about her identity?
Her goal was already within reach. She couldn’t let this woman undermine all her efforts.
Cynthia laughed. “What happened? Cat got your tongue? You seemed a lot more bolder the other day or did I get to you today?”
“Go straight to the point. If you wanted to expose me you would have done it already. The fact that you are here means you want something else from me. What is it?”
Cynthia sighed. “I was having so much fun already, you just had to ruin it. You want to go after Adrian and Ava because they ratted your parents out. That’s cool. I can help you out with that but you have to let go of Calvin first.”
Rhea relaxed. So she wanted to betray this pack and she didn’t have the balls to do it on her own, that was why she was recruiting her. Nice. She could almost admire the effort. Almost.
“Help? No thank you, I’ll pass.” Rhea smirked. “Besides, who said I needed your help? You couldn’t even keep Calvin, what then could you possibly help me with? I have something else to get doing now.”
Cynthia blocked her way, her eyes flashing with anger.
“You are making a big mistake by not taking my offer while it stands. I will destroy you.”
Rhea laughed. “Good luck with that. It’s already too late.”
By the following morning, she would have slept with Adrian. To ensure that there was no chance of her not taking in, she had timed Ava being called away to coincide with her ovulation time and had ordered some fertility medications through Felicity.
She brushed aside a fuming Cynthia and walked away to Adrian’s room.
*****
Ivy watched Cynthia leave the room as well. Things had just gotten interesting. So Cynthia was also against Adrian and Ava. She filed the information away for later and watched Rhea climb up the staircase, her mind racing.
The bitch was planning something. Ivy had intercepted the fertility medications before they reached her and helped herself to some. Whatever she was planning was coming to a head this night. The only thing she hadn’t accounted for was Ivy of course.
Ivy went up the staircase leading to Adrian’s room.
The door to Adrian’s room opened as Rhea was taking off her clothes in the shower.
She had not expected him to come up so soon. It was because Cynthia had delayed her. She had wanted to take a shower before but there was no time now. She stepped out of his bathroom naked.
She looked around the room. Adrian was nowhere to be seen. Had she misheard?
“Adrian?” She stepped further into the room before she detected the scent of someone behind her. Swirling to face the person, she saw Ivy, a vase in her hand.
“Nap time.”
The heavy metal vase came down before she could escape and she fell, a ringing sound in her ears as her vision blurred.
“Thank you so much for your help.”
Ivy’s voice sounded like it came from underwater and although she wanted to speak up, her tongue didn’t remember how to and she fell unconscious.
Ivy found her clothes in the bathroom and dressed her up. The only one getting lucky tonight would be her. She took out the liquor she had brought in for this moment and sprinkled it on Rhea’s clothes.
Then she wiped at the blood in Rhea’s hair. The cut was already healing. She would wake up with a hell of a headache from a hit that would have killed a human but it wasn’t anything she didn’t deserve.
She lifted her and carried her outside the room and down the first flight of stairs and handed her over to a pack warrior to take her to her room.
“She’s had too much to drink.”
******
Adrian didn’t feel good. After his dinner, he had intended to put in some hours at his office but he felt like he was going to be sick.
Closing his file, he went up to his room. He needed to sleep. Then he would feel so much better. He was having Ava withdrawal syndrome.
He knew she hadn’t even been gone up to a full day but he missed her regardless. Maybe after he reached his room he would call her. He knew if he spoke to her he would feel a lot much better.
He opened the door of his room, the place smelt… different but he could have just been imagining it. He pulled off his shirt feeling suffocated.
He needed to enter the shower, needed to–
“Adrian?”
He turned to see her.
“Ava? What are you doing here? I thought you were at the Silverwolf pack.”
“I couldn’t stay so long away from you.”
She pulled off the dress she was wearing before moving closer to him.
“I need you, Adrian. Desperately.”
There was something he was forgetting, something elusive, the dress…her scent…
Then Ava was kissing him with fevered ardour and all other thoughts emptied from his head apart from on her.
They kissed and he picked her up and carried her to his bed.
“I love you, Ava. So damn much.”
She smiled underneath him.
“Me too, Adrian. You have no idea how long I have been waiting for this.”
Long? What was she talking about? Then she kissed him and once more he stopped thinking so much.