Alphas Choice

N I N E T E E N

I made it into the kitchen to see a handful of omegas, Anna and her assistant cooks finishing up their dinner. I wonder why they are in here tonight, but it certainly is quieter and easier to talk than the noisy dining hall.

"Thank you all for dinner. It was delicious and cooked to perfection!" They seemed to light up at the compliment.

"You helped as well, Grace, so thank you too. Are you here to make the cake? We will help bring it out to everyone." Anna said as she brought her plate to the sink.

"Yes, I am, but please enjoy your meal, I'll be a few minutes anyway!" They nodded and continued eating.

I pulled the strawberries and whipped cream out of the fridge and brought it over to where the cakes were laid out already taken from their pans. I carefully lifted the top half of each cake and started piling on dollops of whipped cream, then smoothed it out to make a nice layer. After all three had an acceptable amount, I started spooning the strawberries on, then placed the top half of each cake back on.

"Anna, would you happen to have any piping bags?"

"Of course! is there a certain tip you'd like?" She asked, and I thought about it.

"Just a small French tip would be perfect if you have it."

"I believe I do. Let me check!" She walked off to the pantry.

While she looked for that I spread another smaller layer of whipped cream on top of the cakes and went to grab a large knife to cut them into squares I need to get about 40 pieces out of each cake so it won't be an issue, each pan was 27"×36". As soon as I started to cut them, a stack of small plates was brought over. The other wolves jumped in and started putting the cake onto plates after I cut it. I went around with the bowl of strawberries and started placing generous scoops on each one. Anna brought me the piping bag, and I filled it with whipped cream and piped a swirl on each piece, then the girls started placing them on trays to deliver.

"I'll serve my table, I appreciate your help, I hope you all enjoy a piece." They bowed their head and started heading out with the trays, I could hear the happy remarks floating in from the dining hall.

I finished up the last few and set six on a plate. I selected the largest piece and had put extra strawberries and made sure the piping was perfect. I'll give this one to the Alpha, I smiled to myself, then lifted the tray and went out the swinging doors. I held the tray up in my left hand so I could see where I was going and could see my table watching in anticipation for their dessert.

I served the girls first since they helped with most of it, and then Eli and Felix then placed Gabriel's in front of him and set my smaller piece down as well. I walked and set the empty tray on the end of the table. He waited to start eating until I came and sat down. He took a bite, and his eyes flicked up to mine, and he smiled. I smiled back and took a bite of mine. Oh, it turned out so good, the vanilla bean was the perfect addition to the sweet berries.

We all ended up finishing our dessert before a single word was spoken.

"Well, Grace, your cheesecake still holds a place in my heart, but ladies, this was delish. Thank you for this!" Felix said to us.

"Wait, there is cheesecake too?" Eli asked, sounding like a child at Christmas, I laughed at his expression.

"No cheesecakes, maybe another night, there are so many wolves here I would need to make at least 10...gosh that would be a lot of cream cheese!"

"Who said you had to make it for everyone?" he said, shrugging. "You know where Myra and my room are." Myra and I laughed.

"So what did you want to do tonight?" Hannah asked, looking at me.