Marrying Her Alpha

Ch. 23: A tense travel

Suitcases were packed, food for the trip was already made, and the cars were waiting at the entrance of the pack. Everything was ready to start the trip, I just had to say goodbye to Faustina.

I imagined that the news of my departure would be hard for my sister to accept but she surprised me by taking it more than well. Instead of wanting to prevent my trip she almost kicked me out of the mansion so she could go on her girls' trip with Geldra and Khalia.

Her excitement was so much that she started packing her bags at the same time as me.

"You know you're not leaving until tomorrow, right?" I asked her, watching her choose what dress to pack.

"Why can you leave today and I have to wait?" She complained, pouting.

"Because we don't want anyone to know you're leaving the mansion," I explained for the fifth time. "It's like your own secret mission."

"It's not fair, I wanted to tell Octavia about my trip. Can I tell her when I get back?"

"When you get back you can tell her all the details." I helped her fold the dress. "If you want you can take pictures to show us all what you did."

"Can I send them to you when you're away?" She closed the suitcase.

"Unfortunately not," I replied, fixing her hair. "It's safer this way."

"So I can't call you either? I thought we would be able to talk at night. Almec told me that you could contact me sometime."

"Did he say that?"

I sat on the bed, biting my tongue to avoid insulting Almec in front of my sister.

Why did he say that when he knew we couldn't have any communication with her? The only thing he managed to do was give her false hopes that would lead to Faustina ending up heartbroken.

Maybe he was trying to help, my wolf told me.

He should know that it's better to be clear from the start than to have Faustina sit there every day waiting for a call that will never come.

"Come here," I told Faustina, holding out my arms.

She came closer and I hugged her, making her sit on my lap.

"Do you remember what we talked about about the bad men?" I asked her.

Faustina nodded. "The bad men want to take our pack."

"Exactly. Almec and I are going to look for a solution but we have to be careful just in case. If they listen to our calls they might know where your secret location is."

"And I won't be able to stay there anymore?"

"Your secret mission is going to be ruined." I smiled at her. "That's why we can't call you when we're away."

"But Almec—

"Almec has a lot of things to do, sometimes he gets confused." I couldn't think of any other way to tell her that her favorite person was wrong.

"What did I get wrong?"

I looked up, finding Almec leaning against the door frame. He had his arms crossed and was looking at me confused.

"Almec!" Faustina screamed, running towards him.

"Hey, princess." Almec lifted her into his arms. "How's the preparation going for your trip?"

"I've got everything ready, I'm just waiting for tomorrow." She pointed to her suitcase. "Are you going to bring me a gift from your trip?"

"Do you want something special?" Almec asked her, putting her back on the floor.