Alexa’s Point Of View
“Where is your alpha being punished?” I asked Riaz as we made our way outside.
“He’s in the underground torture room.” His face lit up. “Do you want me to take you there?”
I scrunched up my nose in displeasure. “No.”
I only asked so I could avoid treading wherever he is.
“Why?” He asked and I shrugged.
“Alpha brought you here from Raven Pack. That means you must be very important to him.”
I scoffed. “Not really.”
“Seriously. I’ve never seen him with any woman since I met him. He’s never warm towards anyone. Not even his mother.”
I hummed uninterestedly.
“You’ve not eaten anything since you arrived,” Riaz said and I shook my head.
“I’m fine. I’m not hungry. You can leave me here.”
“But can you find your way? The palace is very vast.”
I patted his shoulder. “Don’t worry, I’m fine,” I told him smilingly and he blushed.
“O.. okay.”
He waved me goodbye and jogged off. The moment he was out of sight, I took the opposite direction out. While that creature was bringing me here, I noticed some people coming out from the palace from the back of the palace. I reached the back but there was no door. There were just walls. Then how did they exit? I began touching the walls to feel for any secret opening but I felt nothing.
In frustration, I left the back and took the main entrance at the front. I climbed down the stairs and proceeded forward. There was no way I could escape without being seen. I was in the open. Guards were passing everywhere. I took a right turn and kept walking until I appeared in a huge garden.
As I walked forward, my eyes caught two figures ahead. I recognized the female to be Xena but I had no idea who the male was. They appeared to be talking secretly. I hid behind a tree to avoid being seen by them. The expression on Xena’s face told me that they weren’t having a nice conversation. What could they be talking about?
Their conversation ended and Xena was the first to leave. I kept my eyes on the man for a while before I got distracted by a lizard at my feet. When I raised my head back up, he was no longer there.
“Where is he?” I asked myself, my eyes searching for him.
“Who?” I jumped at the sound of that voice. I turned abruptly only to meet that creature standing behind me.
“What the… what are you doing here?” I snapped, pushing him away from me. He folded his arms, making his arm muscles flex. I tore my eyes away from him, trying not to be distracted by his biceps.
“I should be asking you that question. You’re the one acting suspicious,” he retorted. I looked behind me to see if the man was back but he wasn’t. That was pretty suspicious, should I tell him?
No.
It’s not my business.
I’m leaving here soon anyway.
I cleared my throat and scooted backward. “Nothing, I will be going now,” I said with finality and turned to leave but he pulled me back.
I felt my skin crawl as I felt his cold touch on my arm. “Don’t touch me,” I spat and snapped my hands off his.
“Does my touch irritate you that much?”
“It does more than you think,” I told him, rubbing his touch off my skin.
He hummed and I glared at him. His silver eyes flickered in amusement as they took me in.
“You’ve changed your dress.”
“Should I thank you for noticing?” I asked with a sarcastic smile.
“Have you eaten? If you haven’t, let me take you to eat,”
“No, thank you. I’m fine. I’m not hungry.”
As if mocking me, my stomach chose to let out an embarrassing rumble at this moment. The corner of his lips twitched and my face grew red. I prayed inwardly for him not to laugh.
“Th… that was thunder,” I tried defending myself but it was too late. His cocked eyebrows were enough to tell me he wasn’t buying it.
“Ah,” he drawled, “I see.”
“S… Seriously!”
“Okay, okay. You don’t need to get so embarrassed.”
“Embarrassed? Why would I be? I’m not embarrassed at all,”
“Alright, alright,”
This guy. He’s mocking me!
I hissed at him and stumped away in embarrassment.
“Wait up!” He yelled after me and I increased my steps. Gosh, I can’t believe I embarrassed myself in front of a vampire.
It wasn’t long before he caught up with me. He took my hand and I snapped at him.
“I told you to stop touching me!” I fired, breathing heavily in anger. He paused and gazed upon my face for a while before letting go of my hand slowly.
I turned away and walked away. I thought he was gone until I felt his pull on my hand again.
“I told you not to-”
“Don’t snap at me. You told me not to touch you.” He said. “I’m not touching you.”
I looked down at my hand and found that he was holding the hem of my sleeve. I looked up at his face and he pulled me closer.
“Can we go and eat now?”
Without hearing my reply, he pulled me along with him to heaven knows where.
We left the palace and mixed with the people. Children were running around with kites, giggling happily under the afternoon sun. They looked so happy that it reenacted a memory from my childhood.
Lyell and I. Running around the pack market with kites. He would always wear a mask so he wouldn’t be recognized. He was always locked up in the palace so he would always sneak out to play with me.
“Alexa.”
“Hm?” I replied as I got pulled out of my thoughts.
“I’ve been calling your name for a while. Are you okay?” He asked worriedly and I nodded.
“You said we were going to eat. I don’t see any food in front of me.”
He shook his head. “I thought you said you weren’t hungry.”
I rolled my eyes and he chuckled. I looked away from him and gazed forward. My legs almost failed me when I saw someone unexpected.
It was Master Raga.
What was he doing here?