Hidden lycan

28.

Sandra.
A female given name.

“I got to go now… Umm Maya. My mom is probably looking for me”

“Alright” I say to Zia’s retreating figure.

Using my eyes in search of Anna, I look left and then right before someone taps me lightly on my shoulders. I turn back to meet with Anna who’s probably cooking up some weird ideas in her head.

“Ohh… Hi Maya… Good to see you” She dramatises. I look at her quizzically, unsure of the right word to use. She just never seizes to amaze me.

“You ate some weird shit or what?”

“Jeez Maya, you know how to turn the tables around”

“And what’s that supposed to mean?”

“I think the mushy time you had with Roux had eaten most part of your brain that you forgot the deal we had”

“Deal?”

“I said it, your brain is definitely screwed…”

“Anna!”

“Okay… Okay. Remember when I told you that we’ll have some girl time, just the both of us after the training today?”

“When did we have this conversation?”

“A week ago… After that one time speech that… I can’t really remember his name though but it was after that speech he had with us…”

“Ohh… I finally get it now. The one where you held my shoulders and said
‘A girl time would totally kill’ and the next, you started running off to who knows where. You never mentioned it since then”

“I didn’t but I gave you a signal that it was going to be today”

“Today?”

“Yh… Don’t you watch those shows where they say… Girls night would be totally fun and another person says… Friday would totally rock”

“And… What does that have with reality?” I asked.

“Today is Friday Maya and we had that conversation on Sunday…  “

“How am I even supposed to know that? I’m not some sort of witch or psychic”

“I still signaled you the moment you went to… Well… Before the mushy experience… “

“That’s enough Anna, we’ll have the girls night or whatever you call it but on one condition… “

“Which is?”

“You won’t use the word mushy” I said while I shook her outstretched hands. She still had that evil grin on, she’s definitely cooking up something silly.

“One more thing…”

“Which is?”

“I did mention it to Zia that I wanted you to meet someone or you’re mus… brain erased that part too”

“You made a promise Anna… “

“Sorry sorry, but I didn’t even use the word…”

“Just forget it… Let’s get to meet this person, just want to go back to my room… “

“Or you just want to avoid Will for the rest of the day… “ She said stating the obvious.

I didn’t give Anna a reasonable reply. We walked in silence, going to meet the ‘no name person’ whose significance in my life that I’m not still sure of. I walk lazily down the training area, halting my footsteps on Anna’s demand.

My sense of smell and sight play perfectly, I look forward to see my brother Dylan. Unsure of why he was here, it didn’t help that all those girls were crawling around him.

“Isn’t he just the cutest” Anna’s remark filled my ears and I nodded subconsciously.

My attention was back on my brother and I listened in keenly on a certain question that got my attention.

“Do you still wish sometimes that your sister was alive?” She asked. My brother flinched, unsure of how to answer the question. “I believe she’s still alive even if everyone thinks she’s dead” he said, turning towards my direction. He didn’t give off any emotion or facial expression but I understood just right what he was trying to say.

He was taken aback by something and returned to the girl's curious gaze.

“Assuming she’s still alive and has come to meet you secretly, would you tell this to anyone… “

At this, I felt attacked and had some uneasy feeling towards the girl asking the questions but I didn’t let it bother me much. She’s just plain curious and doesn’t mean any harm.

My brother didn’t give off anything, he stared down at her and she was lost, unsure if she was going to continue and be drowned in my brother’s gaze.

“I wish to go to white moon one day, maybe my hair will naturally grow to be white” Anna joked, I looked down at her, a very genuine smile visible on my face.

“You wanted me to meet Alpha Dylan?”

“You know his name?” She asked surprised and I remember just immediately that I’ve never mentioned the part that I was from white moon pack.

“Of course, it would be a shame if I didn’t know the name of the alpha of my pack” I replied without giving out any other thing.

“What a friend I am. I didn’t even know where you came from… “

“It’s not your fault, I only mentioned that I was a lone wolf” I said, easing the tension.

“We should probably go and say hi… “

“I don’t think that’s necessary, is it?”

“If you don’t want to, I won’t force you. I thought you’ve never met him, I wanted you to. He’s a great friend to my brother and visits quite often” I gulp the little bit of information as I feel a little bit relieved but Dylan never told me he was close or a great friend to Roux.

This doesn’t sit well with me. What if he gives off my secret, no no Maya, you shouldn’t be thinking about all this, Dylan would never betray me.

“Maya!” Anna called, bringing me back to reality.

I looked up at Dylan who was suddenly in front of us. He brought forth his hands to Anna and she took hold of it.

“Good to see you again Anna”

“Good to see you too Dylan”

He turned to my direction and I did what every lesser wolf always did for the show of it. I lowered my gaze, greeting him. “Nice to meet you Alpha Dylan, I’m Maya Arlo…”

“Nice to meet you Miss Maya” he said formally before he left.

It hurt a lot that we acted like complete strangers when in reality, I wanted to shuffle my feet towards him like when I was a kid and he’ll tap my head softly, I wanted to catch up from where we’d left, I wanted the old times back.

~

I bade my goodbyes to Anna before I leave from her room, moving swiftly while my mind was in another dimension altogether, I bumped into someone I didn’t believe I was going to see again. The big busted lady from the other day, the one who Roux said was his cousin. “I’m sorry” I said even if the word didn’t come directly from my heart. “You better be” she said harshly, muttering unknown words to herself. I watch as she turn to the other end and I was slightly jealous that she had what I didn’t. I shake the image from my head and move in opposite direction.

My room door was slightly open and I went right in to find Roux going through my things. His scent was still clouding my sense of reasoning and then panic set in. What was he doing in my room and my stupid thought went back to the kiss we shared. He acknowledged my presence and muttered what felt like an apology.

“You want something?” I asked, unsure of what to say.

“Yes…” He said, was it a smile or a smirk plastered on his face but soon my gaze went to his and back on my feet.

“What do you want?” I asked bold enough.

“I want you… “

“You want me?” I asked confused, a visible blush on.

“Yes, there’s something we need to talk about in my office” I resisted the urge to face palm myself for reading stupid meaning into what he said.

I followed behind and once we entered, I couldn’t hide the emotion I was feeling with his supposedly cousin being there. My gaze went to Dylan who was seated beside her. I sat down beside my brother while Roux sat on his original seat. A form of distaste in his eyes at the proximity I shared with Dylan.

We were quiet for sometime before he cleared his throat. He did his introduction, stating why Dylan was there and the need to go to New Zealand. I was still seated calmly but the sound of her voice irritated me and I felt the urgent need to shut her down or prove a point to her.

“Umm… I get the thing and that Alpha Dylan is here to look after the pack while we leave to New Zealand but why is this bimbo here?” Forgetting the part that I’ve openly insulted her. She looked like she was going to explode while I held my composure.

“Look here Maya or whatever is your name, don’t open that your dirty mouth of yours or you’ll live to regret it. I wonder what an omega like you is doing here… “

Roux and Dylan looked on but they were clearly annoyed that she had insulted me, forgetting the part that I was the one who started it.

“Save your words to yourself, you just talk bullshit and what you know how to do best is to seduce men. You should learn how to dress properly and stop claiming you importance by revealing yourself.”

At this Roux cleared his throat about to say something.

“Sandra you should know that Maya is my mate and you should give her some respect too… “

My wolf was really happy at the mention of this while I smiled outwardly.

“And Maya, Sandra is my cousin, she’s here to help with pack business, she’ll stay here for a day while Dylan leaves with us and after two days, he’ll be back to take over from her. They’re some matters that need to be taken care of”

“Don’t you think I need to know?”

“I’ll explain this to you once we leave for New Zealand”

“Alright but if Sandra is staying here, she should learn to dress properly” I said stating the obvious while she gave no hearing to what I was saying.

With nothing left to say, I left to my room. I laid on my bed, envisioning what it would look like to be in New Zealand again.

The knock from door distracted me from my thoughts. While I try to get up from the bed, Anna has already entered the room smiling cheekily at me. I remained in my position while she joined me.

“Girls time” She said, her smile still on.

“So what are we going to start with?” Unsure of how this was going to work.

“Well… We’ll start with 21 questions, move over to dare or die before a fantastic pillow fight and binge watching. Sounds like fun… right?”

“Sure it does. I didn’t know you have everything all planned out”

She smiles at me, motioning for me to sit up and when I don’t budge, she drags me up.

“I’ll start first” she says

“Go ahead…”

“When you found out that Roux was your mate and he brought you to the pack house, why did you run away?” She asked and I was unsure of how I was going to answer her. I know she was already suspicious and I had to be very careful with what ever I was going to say.

“I wasn’t ready so I devised a means to run away… “

“Just that… “

“It’s my turn you know, one question at a time… “

“Alright… alright”

“Umm… Have you found your mate?” I had my reasons clear. The way she looked at my brother was not of mere adoration and I had to know.

“Umm… Well yh. I found out today. Lycans don’t get to find or know their mate, not until they’re 300. The last time that Dylan visited was like 35 years ago”

“That’s so nice, you’ll get to go to white moon, won’t you”

“Yh… That’ll be nice. I’ll be the first of the Luna in white to not be from white moon”

“Not the first though. Luna Nadiya wasn’t from white moon”

“You’re kinda right though… But no one actually knew where she came from. Most people believed that she was a gift from the moon goddess to alpha Dimian…”

“Maybe she was… “ I couldn’t hold back the excitement I was feeling. Anna and Dylan. They’re absolutely perfect together.

“How old are you?” Anna asked and I was forced to lie again. I was actually 320 but it wouldn’t hurt to say that I’m 30. It’s still somewhat close.

“I’m 30” I answered.

We continued with the game afterwards until we’ve completed the 21 questions. I excused myself to the toilet. When I came back, Anna was extremely happy that it was time for the dare.

“I’m going to start and my dare is… Well… Go to Wills room and do something silly”

“That’s a silly dare Anna”

“It’s a dare and you have to do it”

She smiled evilly at me while she literally dragged me to his room. She pushed me in and didn’t forget to put that I should tell her all about it once I’m back.

I stood in the middle of his room, breathing in on his scent and I just knew that he was nearby. I wanted to just go away but it was too late. He was already out of the bathroom room with only his boxers on. I was going to just turn into a puddle. I was meant to do something silly but this was already awkward and embarrassing than I expected it to be.

“Umm… He-y”
He looked at me unsure of what to say. I wanted to say something but the words got stuck. He came towards me, his chest bare. I was breathing heavily, so sure that he could hear it even without the wolf sense.

I didn’t know that I was going to say this but it’ll totally worth it and it was just a stupid game. My eyes went back to his chest that was as hard as rock, his finely toned skin and those abs.

Shit, I’ll just do it and run away.

“Umm… You look totally hot” I said and just immediately, his iris turned darker and before I could act on my words, I went out of the room, only to be met with one of those kitchen ladies. She didn’t say anything to me but her look alone told be that she doesn’t like me, not even a little bit.

She head straight to Roux room. She knocked and stood out for a while before he came to get the door. Even if he wasn’t fully dressed, he was now on a pair of jeans. The lady muttered something about food to him before she left while I went back to my room.