Their eyes met and he didn’t look away. He didn’t want to.
“Why did you bring her out?” he asked while looking at her.
“She was on her way out already when I met her.”
“And where did you meet her?” his eyes moved to Jericho’s.
“Your lobby.”
“And what took you to his quarters?” Jake asked from the bar. Jericho scratched the back of his head.
“I was going to check up on her,” he answered.
Wayne looked enraged.
“You left here to go check up on her without my permission? Who even asked you to check up on her?!”
Olive’s two arms wrapped around Jericho’s arm in fear and she closed her eyes tight. Dolly frowned and stood in between them and Wayne who had surprisingly walked closer.
“Hey, young man! Lower your tone or I’ll cut that tongue of yours. You’re scaring your mate. No wonder she tried to escape. You’re finally given a perfect gift from the moon goddess and here you are acting all bossy.”
Olive was surprised at the way the lady was speaking to him. And he actually stopped talking and lowered his shoulders. Who was she?
Dolly turned to Olive and gave her the sweetest smile. She placed her hand on her shoulder.
“Hi, I’m Dolly Knight. Your future sister-in-law.”
Wayne scoffed and walked past them to the bar.
“It’s nice to meet you, Dolly. I’m Olive Roger.”
“Come here. Sit down with me,” she pulled Olive and they sat on the couch.
“Are you hungry? Should I get something for us to eat?”
“I…”
“I’ll get us a box of pizza, hurriedly,” Dolly cut in and mentally communicated to Terry to go get pizza from the kitchen for them.
“Why am I the one who always gets food?” Terry nagged aloud. But with one glare from Dolly, he moved his butt out of the room reluctantly to go get it. Olive marveled at the authority Dolly had.
“Boys. Always so provocative.”
Olive chuckled and naively packed her hair to one side of her shoulder, exposing her neck. Dolly gasped when she saw the red finger marks on her white skin. Her eyes flung to Wayne.
“Did you… did you do that to her?”
Everyone’s eyes looked at them.
“Wayne you hurt your mate! You almost killed her!”
Jericho ran to Olive, knelt down and looked at her neck.
“Shit,” he mumbled. She immediately covered her neck with her hair again.
“It was an accident,” Wayne’s unemotional voice spoke up. He looked not bothered. But he was. Yes, he almost killed his mate. Again.
“We have to do something or the poison would spread,” Dolly looked worried.
“Poison?” Olive asked while holding her neck.
“When he was choking you, his claws dripped poison and infected you. That’s why these marks are not healing. If we don’t get them out, you might die in your sleep in a few weeks,” Dolly explained and Olive’s surprised eyes met with Wayne’s dark ones. He saw the look of sadness mixed with anxiety and fear in her eyes. He looked away and his eyes met with Jake’s.
‘Mates, huh,’ Jake mocked telepathically and Wayne’s wolf growled into his ears. He looked away and dropped his glass on the bar.
He began to walk out and Jake who had been standing silently, with Crusoe followed him.
“And where do you boys think you’re going?” Dolly asked but none answered her as they left the room. Olive looked down at the floor. She knew none of them liked her at all. But she was feeling more dejected that her mate would be a part of those people who didn’t like her.
“Hey, don’t feel bad. Come with me to my room. I’ll help you treat that. I’m a doctor you see,” Dolly smiled at her. Olive took her outstretched arm and got up. She followed her out after giving Jericho an appreciative smile.
Meanwhile, in Alpha Knight’s quarters, someone was really angry with himself and the temperature had dropped.
“Wayne, calm down,” Jake pleaded while he himself was two metres away from him.
“Alpha,” Crusoe called. Wayne’s hands were grabbing his hair tightly that it looked really painful. His skin had turned red, and he could shift and turn feral any moment from now. His men were scared that he would hurt them and destroy things so they maintained their distance.
“What is going on with you?!” Jake yelled at him.
“Shut up!” Wayne yelled back and the men took two steps backward. Crusoe looked at Jake helplessly. Jake sighed and took a step forward.
“Olive is fine now. Dolly says she wants to see you,” Jake lied and immediately Wayne dropped his hands from his hair.