Hidden Wolf

30 Bitches

Once I changed we made our way back to our house. Chris sent me up to shower and get ready while he caught up with the others. Something about a long hot shower just makes everything better.

Back downstairs everything was breaking up. Chris had to get ready for a meeting with Jace. Jude and Xavier were heading to a different one on training and defense. Claire, Kate and Laura were all heading to a prenatal class, knowing that me and Sara weren't keen.

Chris suggested we head up to the main house to grab lunch and mingle. He did ask that we try extra hard to keep a low profile. We had basically four hours to kill before I'd have to get ready for my first meeting.

The pack house was open concept and grand in design like every other pack house I'd seen. We headed to the dining area in the hopes to find something to eat. There were several long tables with mostly women milling about.

There were a selection of sandwiches to the side for us. Not sure what the sauce was but as soon as I smelled it my stomach promised to evict it if I so much as tried it. I spotted some fruits and veggies and made a small plate before sitting down.

"That's all?" Sara asked, scrutinizing my plate.

"Never very hungry after migraines," I admitted, leaving out the part where none of the food appealed to me. She frowned skeptically at me but didn't push.

No sooner than we sat down gossip started to waft over. "-Yeah she already had a run in with the council guards," a woman said.

"Yup, poor Alpha Chris had to run down and smooth things over, almost came to blows with Alpha Kane over it." The gossip corner was in full swing I'm guessing.

"They must really be out of favour with the goddess," a third woman adds. My cheeks burn a bit hearing myself as the center of gossip.

"Can you imagine? To be one of the principal five and end up with one of those two as your mate?" The second one snickers. "I'd have rejected them on the spot." My heart hurt at that one.

Sara flinched at that last comment and went to make a move but I stopped her. "What!?" She snapped.

"Low profile remember?" I asked and she grumbled but simmered down.

"Honestly I don't know what's worse, a rogue luna who refuses to shift or a human that can't?" The first asks in disgust. 

A moment later I see Willow walk in followed by her guard, a rather surly looking woman. I watched as the women nattered on at Willow's expense and it pissed me off.

"Low profile, remember?" Sara reminded me with a frown. Clearly she wasn't impressed either.

Another group of women were gossiping about us as well, this was going to be a long week. All people seem to be able to talk about is Kane's rogue Luna and Chris's human one. 

What little appetite I had died about two seconds in so I grabbed my plate and Saras and made for the kitchen. Halfway there one of the women dumped her plates on me.

"Don't look at me like that!" She snapped as I gaped at her. "Hurry off before I teach you your place," she sneered as her table mates giggled. Yup this is highschool, I had to wave Sara off again, she was turning purple.

I dropped the dishes on the counter with the others as an older woman eyed me. "Hurry up, take this out for table three," she snapped, handing me a tray.

"Oh, I don't work here-"

"We're short staffed, you'll go where the work is girl," she snaps. 

I take the tray and head out, Sara gives me a strange look as I head to the third table and drop it off. There were two older ladies sitting there with their guards.