Aprils POV
Fuck! Fuck! Fuck!
After so many days had passed, I thought that they would just let me rot in here and the plan of stripping my wolf away was over, but that’s the problem; I thought wrong.
I think Snow’s instincts were warning her about this. If Jake was genuinely sorry for what he did to my parents, why would he let this happen?
“Oh! So, now you have decided to talk nicely, huh? “I say, my anger slowly rising towards Dylan for his cold demeanor earlier.
“Look, April, I’m sorry for being in pain earlier. It was all an act so that the Alpha and his son don’t notice we are on friendly terms because they might get suspicious,” he says sincerely.
Should I believe him?
“You called Jake Alpha; what was that about?” I asked, unable to suppress my curiosity.
“I wish I could tell you, but you will find out soon enough,” He says while looking down.
“Come on, Dylan,” I plead.
“Please don’t make me,” he said, sounding low. I just nodded. I had only known him for several weeks, and I was a prisoner. He was a guard, so of course, he would not divulge every pack secret to me.
“Great, wear these,” he said, throwing me some clothes. But first, let me get you some water to freshen up because, Goddess, you stink worse than sewage,” he said, and I can’t help but look and smell myself.
Goddess, I really did stink, But really worse than sewage?
“Heeyy! It’s not that bad,” I protest.
“Whatever helps you sleep at night,” he replies.
Dylan leaves, and after a while, he returns with a bucket of water, soap, and a hairbrush.
After I was done, I put on the clothes that he had thrown at me.
I now wore a black and white checked shirt, black jeans, and white ankle boots. I then put my hair in a ponytail. Lastly, I applied some Vaseline strawberry lip balm and was ready to go.
If I am to be made an omega anyway, I might as well go down with a bang. This is me consoling myself that I’m losing my wolf.
“Snow?” I call out to my wolf. She had blocked me earlier; I didn’t even know if she could hear me.
“Yes, April,” She answers almost immediately; thank Goddess, she had unblocked me.
“The bad feeling you had earlier was a foreboding of the ceremony and ritual that will strip you away from me, “I say sadly.
“I know, April, I was here listening,” She says.
“I am so sorry, Snow,” I say because if she had not been paired with me, she probably would not be about to be annihilated.
“Don’t be April; we will not let them do this to us,” She says fiercely.
“But what can we do, Snow? Cherish the little remaining time we have left?”
“No, April. You give up too easily. We will do whatever it takes to ensure that they don’t take me away from you,” she says, and she is right. Why was I not putting up a fight? Snow was my source of strength, and the least I could do was fight for us the same way she fought for us and got her strength back after the rejection and the death of our parents. I really needed to do better for my wolf.
“You are absolutely right, Snow,” I tell her.
“When am I not?” she says jokingly. “Seriously, though, I got you, April. I’m not going anywhere.” She added, and I felt her love and comfort radiating through me, giving me some peace.
“Thank you, Snow; I am the luckiest werewolf alive to have you as my wolf,” I say, feeling more confident that I may not lose my wolf today. Scratch that “may not”; I will not lose my wolf today.
“I am the lucky one,” Aaawww, she was going to make me cry.
After a couple of minutes of taking deep breaths I call out to Dylan.
“Dylan, I’m ready,”
He comes instantly and opens the cell door for me.
“My, Oh my. Don’t you look delicious? If I was into girls, I would totally do you.” he says, laughing. Then, as if realizing what he just said, he stops and looks at me seriously.
Did he just tell me he is gay?
“Are you gay? “I ask bluntly.
“Ssshhh wanna tell the whole pack? Yeah, I am,” he says, blushing.
“That’s awesome; I have always wanted a gay best friend,” I say, smiling.
When I glanced at him, I saw his expression tighten, his gaze shifting to the stone floor.
“What?” I asked, my smile fading.
He sighed, his tone suddenly serious. “April… I don’t know what you think being gay means, but I’m not here to be some kind of accessory to anyone.”
“Oh,” I stammered, caught completely off guard. “I didn’t mean… I was just-”
“That’s so insensitive, April; it’s not like picking a doll up from the supermarket,” he says seriously.
He shook his head, not angry but definitely disappointed. I felt the heat rise in my cheeks, the embarrassment washing over me in waves. I’d been so wrapped up in my excitement that I hadn’t even thought about what he was actually sharing with me.
Fuck! I did not mean it like that. How can I be so insensitive and dumb?
“I’m sorry,” I said, my voice softer. “I didn’t mean to make you feel like that. I was just… excited you trusted me, I guess. And I got carried away.”
He watched me for a moment, letting the words sink in. Then he gave a slight nod. “Alright. Just… it’s a part of me. Not all of me.”
“I get it. I do,” I said, more earnestly this time. “And I promise I’ll respect that. Thank you for telling me, Dylan.”
We sat in silence for a moment, the distant sound of water dripping somewhere in the dungeon the only thing filling the space between us. Finally, he smiled, a real one this time, and I felt the tension slip away. I knew things might be different now but in a good way.
“Also, did you just call me your best friend?” he asks, shocked, after several minutes of silence.
“Um…. well…. um… Don’t we have a ceremony to get to? “I asked, ignoring his question.
He notices what I did, but he lets it slide.
“Yes, we do. I hate to do this, but I must let the Alpha know you are ready.” He said, not meeting my eyes.
“It’s alright, I get it. I am still a prisoner after all,” I say.
“If everything goes well, not for long,”