Alphas Choice

S E V E N T E E N

As I entered the kitchen, I heard Felix's loud laugh as he spoke with Anna. It looks like he was chopping vegetables. Well, trying to, I chuckled to myself.

"Who let you in the kitchen?" I laughed, walking over to him. He looked up, grinning.

"I came down to see if I could help with anything and got put right to work. This isn't the job I had in mind, though..." He grinned at me.

"Oh, you are doing a fine job!" Anna said, slapping him on the shoulder as she looked at how he was doing. "Well...they are only vegetables they will taste the same regardless of how they look." He ducked his head, and I laughed. She turned to me. "Hello Grace, how are you today? Are you hungry?"

I walked around the counter to where Felix was to take over chopping for him.

"Hi Anna, I am good, thank you. I came down to help for a little while and was also asked to have lunch sent for the Alpha and Beta to his office." I said with a smile.

"We can certainly get that done and happy to have you in the kitchen! We are doing cold plates today as we are waiting on a part for the stove. So we have sandwiches, potato salad, fruit and vegetables with dip, some meats and cheeses and potato chips." She smiled warmly at me.

"That sounds great. It shouldn't take me long to get these veggies chopped and onto serving platters!" I said happily

She smiled and nodded and turned to get back to making sandwiches. Felix had grabbed a stool and placed it across from where I was working.

"Feel like talking? You seem to be in a better mood, and you also smell like the Alpha, so I'm sure that has something to do with it." He stuck out his tongue and winked.

I thought for a moment as I cut carrots into strips. What should I tell him? I tell Felix everything, I guess this should be no different.

"I'm scared. He has to make a choice between Cammy and the throne and me. I know what his wolf wants, and I feel like he wants me too but he is in love with the idea of being king and having the power. He says to change things and shape the next generation of our kind. What if he rejects us, I don't know if my wolf can handle that. He would always be around, that would be so painful, I would have to leave the castle... Then where would I go? I really don't know him well, but I've seen a softer side of him this morning, and I feel like he does care for me. The mate bond is certainly there for me. So I don't know what to do."

He grabbed my hand as he spoke, "He would be an idiot not to see what is right in front of him." He smiled warmly at me, then let me go so I could continue chopping. "Once he gets to know you a little more, he will not be able to resist. Remember back to before I met Amber and I was laid up in the hospital? You never left my side. You snuck down every meal and hand fed me so I wouldn't hurt my shoulder."

"You dislocated both shoulders and broke your collarbone. You are a like family to me, Felix. It was the least I could do. You got hurt because of me..." I interrupted

"Maybe for the first day but not every meal for almost a week straight. I began to look at you differently. I always saw you as an annoying little sister who followed me around like a pup wanting to know everything and asking a million questions. But after that week, I saw how caring and dedicated you were. You attended to my every need. Do you remember you snuck into my room in the middle of the night to make sure my pillows were fluffed and I had enough blankets?" He chuckled. "The amount of attention you showed me swayed my thoughts of you. If Amber hadn't come and stole my heart, I probably would have pursued you, Grace, when you got older." He said so matter-of-factly.

I was a little shocked. Yes, I did those things, but he was hurt protecting me from a rogue attack. I was just trying to thank him and make sure he was all right. I didn't know he felt that way, but I guess he was kinder to me after that during training, I got fewer bruises.