Rouge or Riches

Chapter One

Zander's p.o.v

I wake up to my alarm clock beeping, warning me I have an hour to make breakfast for a hundred hungry wolves. With that though now in mind I get out of bed and change before heading down into the kitchen where I unsurprisingly find Phoenix waiting for me. "hey babe what are we cooking?" "no idea Honey what do you think would be a nice breaky?" you see me and Phoe' have this weird thing where we call each other babe and honey. We've done it since we were kids and have no intent on stopping.

"hmmm, how about pancakes, bacon and eggs and toast. Sound good to you babe?" "perfect" "okay then I'll do the pancakes and toast you do the bacon and eggs "sound cool?" "easy, thanks honey" "anytime". We work well together, cooking quickly to ensure no punishments are given. Once the food is cooked and served on the table we know it won't be long till the other wolves make their way to the dining room to feast.

"wanna grab some grub and sit under the tree?" "would I" Phoenix gives a smile before grabbing a couple pancakes and some eggs as I get bacon eggs and toast before heading out the back door through the kitchen to the outside world, where we walk to the beautiful cherry blossom tree just a short walk from the pack house.

We sit down with our backs against the trunk of the tree. "you got training this morning?" "no, not today I have the day off. You?" "just some house cleaning nothing too bad today thankfully" we smile to each other knowing that we can hang once my chores are done. "ohh did you hear that a pack is coming to stay for a week to write a peace treaty and our pack will have more friends and allies?" "well now I have" we laugh and I feel safe and relaxed something I don't usually get the luxury of feeling. "which pack do you know" "uh not yet, Alpha Xander won't tell us anything more other than they will be arriving in two weeks" "that's so soon, when will he tell the rest of the pack?" "no idea, and apparently, he's known about this for months and just didn't tell anyone, it's gonna be hell fire for you cooking all that extra food, so when I'm not on duty I'll be in the kitchen helping you okay, and no objections thank you very much" Phoenix gives me one of her death glares making it impossible to argue with her.

Phoenix being one of the pack warriors is great since the younger pack members are terrified of her, but the older pack members well she has no control over them so they are usually the ones who beat me. And that includes the Alpha. The Luna of our pack is kind and compassionate and its sad she was mated to a monster like Xander.

"by the way has anyone been, you know, beating you recently?" Phoenix gives me a look of concern. "yes but not as much as usual which worries me, especially if another pack is coming to stay it means the Alpha will get stresses and whenever he's stressed he punches harder" I say with a sigh. Phoenix gives me a look of sympathy and sorrow, I know it kills her that she can't protect me from everyone in this pack, you see we were rouges together since out pack was killed and we ran away from the onslaught, when we entered the Crystal Moon packs territory unknowingly the kidnapped us and forced us into their pack, but Phoenix fought back against the guards and this is why she is one of the warriors, because they saw her potential for strength, me on the other hand I'm not a fighter I'm more a thinker, hence why I'm the maid.

"we'll get out of here one day Zander I promise, well find a way" I look at Phoenix and she loos happy like she's dreaming of a place that truly accepts the both of us, see just because she's a warrior doesn't mean it's easy for her. When she was younger and in training not knowing how to defend herself a lot of the male wolves raped her, and still to this day some try to but now she's much stronger and beats the shit out of them. living here is a constant reminder for her of what they did.

I'm lucky enough that no one's ever touched me that way and I would like it to stay like that. So, I take her hand in mine and she looks at me "I know we will, and it will be amazing" I smile a true smile at her and she relaxes and I do a mental victory dance knowing I made her feel better. "we should get back to the house, by now all the wolves will be done and we need to clean up, I don't want you getting in trouble" I nod my head because it's true I really don't want to get in trouble it's not fun. And so, we stand up and start walking towards the pack house, leaving our cherry blossom tree behind.