Aleena’s POV
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I frowned and glared at him, but he just chuckled before walking inside the washroom.
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“The silver moon pack needs a new alpha as soon as possible otherwise, that day is not far when other packs attack them to claim the Silver Moon pack as their own.”, Daniel said when we joined the meeting for which we were called saying it was urgent. Well, it was! It had been seven days since there was no Alpha or Luna in that pack.
“Now the question is who will become the new Alpha? Evangeline or Aleena.”, Daniel said, looking at both Eva and me. “The reason to have this discussion is to decide what you both sisters want? Because if we go by pack members voting, then all the 90% of pack members want Eva as their new Alpha, the rest 10% want some random pack members, which we can ignore for a while, and 0% of pack members want you as their Alpha. The main reason behind everyone’s decision to choose Eva as their Alpha is that both packs will merge with one another, forming a big and strong pack. Because her mate, that’s me, is also the Alpha, but then things would be different if you chose to become an Alpha.”, he said, explaining everything in detail, even though I had a slight idea of it.
“So, the main question is, what do you two want? To be honest, I know what my mate wants; that specific question is for you! If you are taking control over the pack as a new alpha, then the first thing that you will have to face is that you won’t be anyone’s favorite choice, second, there is a way to be become everyone’s favorite choice by winning the dual between you two, but there won’t be any dual between you two to prove that you’re better than my mate because there is no way I would risk my pup’s life for some Alpha’s position. Third, I don’t want you to act sweet and let Eva be an Alpha for now and then plan and plot to kill her or our up to become my Luna.”, he said, spilling venom through his words. But could I complain about that part?
Nope! I had done everything to listen to those things from him.
“So, whatever you want, be clear about that part because if I figure out that you are planning you do something nasty with my mate, then I will don’t give a damn to the fact that you are my brother’s mate and rip your heart with my own claws.”, he threatened using his Alpha tone.
“Oops! I’m so scared.” I mocked him.
“Aleena! Lina!” I heard two voices overlapping each other in my ear.
I sighed and kept my tone in check, trying not to mess with Daniel. Not that I was scared of him, but I was scared that I would be left alone if the remaining two people in my life stopped talking to me.
“I will let everyone know my decision by tonight.”, Saying this, I left from there. Now that everyone knew everything about me, then I didn’t have to act nice all the time.
‘I prefer staying alone when I’m pissed.’
“Are you sure that you’re not going to reject her?” Chloe asked.
“Nope. You guys might have assumed her as a saint when I chose her, but I was clear in my mind whom I was choosing. I had chosen her that night, and I would keep choosing her each and every day of my life.”, he replied. My heart fluttered when I heard him saying that. Immediately my anger evaporated into thin air as if it was never there.
“Awww! That’s so sweet.”, It was Nora who spoke.
“By the way, Eva!! I’m planning to prepare dinner for your sister; what’s her favorite dish?” he asked.
“I’m going to order pizza.”, Nora commented.
“Me too. I’m not planning to die by eating the poison that he will prepare.”, Paige added.
“I have to attend my friend’s birthday party.”, Ryan said.
“I will be taking my mate on the date.”, Daniel said.
“Me too.”, Uncle James and Aunt Emma said.
“Me too.”
One by one, everyone removed their name from the dinner. I wondered why!
Were they giving us some privacy or something?
Or was Paige right about his cooking?
‘Nah! I think I’m overthinking; the relationship between siblings is like this only. They never appreciate each other’s things, even if they are best in it.’
By that time, I had entered Stephen’s room, so I didn’t get a chance to hear what else they discussed. All I knew was that my stomach was full with the breakfast, and I wanted nothing but to sleep on the bed.
I missed it so much!
Who would have thought that I would sleep on the floor for six nights straight in my life? I would think about what I had to do next after sleeping peacefully on the bed.
*****
I didn’t realize how sleepy and tired I was until my eyes opened directly in the evening when the sun was about to set. Even after sleeping for this long, I was still feeling sleepy. I thought to close my eyes for five more minutes before leaving the bed, and then when I opened my eyes again, I realized it was already eight-thirty.
‘Great. Just Great. Tonight I’m going to count stars instead of sleeping.’, I scolded myself. ‘Where’s Stephen? He should have waked me up, at least.’, I complained.
‘Don’t say a word to my mate. He let you sleep knowing that your body needed it, and you are getting angry with him.’
And there came his lawyer to fight his case.
He was a senior lawyer.
And she was his assistant, a junior lawyer.
‘I heard that.’
‘I wanted you to hear that.’, I muttered, walking out of the room in search of him. And immediately, a strong and amazing scent of meatballs hit my nose. I realized when my mate could be. Without wasting a single moment, I walked toward the kitchen and found him working alone there. He was preparing meatballs with a lot of concentration and watching the recipe over the internet.
“Hey!” he smiled, looking at me. “Slept well?”
“Yeah! Overslept, in fact.”
“Just give me five minutes; dinner is ready.”, he said, keeping his phone aside and carefully mixing spaghetti with the meatballs. He frowned when he realized that the spaghetti had been not flowing individually like noodles; instead, they all got attached to one another badly. He tried then separate them, but he was too late for that procedure. He kept trying and trying until it finally looked presentable in front of his eyes, but to me, it was one of the worst meatballs and spaghetti that I had ever seen. But I couldn’t gather my voice to say that.
“I know it doesn’t look great, but I hope you will like the taste.”, he muttered with a satisfied smile on his face.
This feeling!
I had seen someone else having the same feeling recently. I recalled the incident when Eva had prepared Daniel’s favorite cake with so much effort for the first time.
Stephen arranged the table for two and even pulled the table for two; he arranged everything like a perfect gentleman, also served the dinner, and impatiently waited for my review.
I tasted my favorite food and felt the amount of salt in the food was a little more than required. It looked like history was repeating itself. The only difference was that Eva’s cake was something which no one could it because the amount of salt was too much.
“How’s it?” Stephen asked hopefully.
Tonight I realized why Daniel had not said mean words to Eva that night. Because by eating that salty taste, his tastebud didn’t damage, but his mean and rude words would have caused a lot of damage to Eva’s feelings.
I gulped the food and smiled at him.
“For a beginner. It’s amazing.”
“Thank god!” his smile widened, but unlike Daniel, I couldn’t stop him from tasting the food. He took the first bite, and after chewing for a while, the expression on his face changed. He gulped the food in his mouth before speaking, “It’s nowhere near amazing, Lina. The amount of salt is a little more than required. Though it’s bearable, but it is definitely not amazing at all.”
“It’s amazing because you have poured a lot of effort into preparing it. So, stop complaining about the food prepared by my mate.”, I sneered, pointing my fork at him.
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#TBC
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