ALPHA ✔️

Chapter Eleven: Genesis

Diana's POV

I picked at the food in front of me with my fork. Xavier stopped chewing, putting his fork and knife down.

"Diana, you need to eat."

I put my fork down, making a clicking sound and rested my chin on my hand. Xavier stood from his chair, scratching the wood and grabbed the plates in front of us.

Xavier put them in the sink, making his way back to me. He cleared his throat and clapped his hands loudly.

"We should do something! What do you want to do?"

I shrugged my shoulders, playing with the hems of the tablecloth.

"Why don't we take a walk? I know a pretty good place to relax."

I stood up from my chair as Xavier grasped my hand, pulling me out of the kitchen. I jogged a tiny bit so I could catch up to him, it didn't help too much.

"Slow down Xavier," I said between my heavy breathing.

I crashed into his back as he came to a complete stop, I groaned from the painful impact.

"Not what I meant."

I rubbed my forehead, making a pouting face. He chuckled and pulled me into a side hug. What the heck? I tried to pull away from him, but that only made him pull me more into his side.

We continued to walk in very awkward silence until we made it to a very beautiful place in the middle of the forest.

It was very green, the smell of wet trees took over my senses.

There was a small pond to our right, with birds taking baths. I squealed excitedly and ran to the birds. I LOVED birds.

"Diana, hold on! Wait for me!" Xavier yelled behind me.

Ignoring him I knelt down on the damp wood chips, gushing at the birds. They were finches. I folded my hands together and started whistling a tune hoping they would respond.

Xavier bent down and sat next to me, resting his arms on his knees.

"You need to wait for me. I can't have anything happen to you."

"Sorry."

He shook his head before asking me,

"You like birds?"

I only nodded my head before giving him a smile.

"I love them."

He gave me a smile back before giving his attention to the birds, as did I.

"I have two birds of my own. They are, well were my everything."

He licked his lips, scooting closer to me. I continued to whistle and heard the finches sing back making me laugh happily. I clapped my hands letting out another cheerful giggle. I put my finger out slowly, wanting to hold one.

"That's really cute," Xavier said under his breath.

I saw his eyes turn dark and cloud over with lust. I stuttered, grinding my teeth.

"W-what?"

He closed his eyes quickly, covering his face with his veiny hands.

Once he opened his eyes, they were back to normal, the icy blue color that I could stare into all day.

A rustling in the woods interrupted our time together, making me slightly annoyed. Xavier's head jolted up as he moved closer to me.

The rustling continued and out came Matt, breathless. He put his hands on his knees, trying to get in as much air as possible.