THE ALPHA’S ADDICTION

Jack, Ava’s father opened his mouth then shut it, still processing what he had just heard. It seemed too much to take in. So, the mate whom he had advised that the young lad should pray to the goddess for, had already been staying with them in the pack, and was a human? What does this mean for the pack? Would a human be Luna?

Personally, he didn’t have a problem with it, since she alone had the capacity to drive away the beast with time, but what about the others? They didn’t know about the lad’s current state. Neither did they know about his battle with an Alferic beast. So would they accept the human as their Luna? And about the beast, he doubted that they would know about it. He himself hadn’t seen any of that before; had just known it from stories told time without number by his parents. And now, the evil being had possessed their soon to be Alpha and no one knew except from his family and the Alpha’s.

Did the human know about that? Is her ‘chi’ strong enough to drive away the beast? Where had she been all these while that they, including his daughter had been looking for her? Did she know exactly what they were, or did she see them all as humans?

But before he could start to interrogate Ava about her history with the human, Emma walked inside the room.

And the first thing that came to his mind at the sight of her was that if beauty was the only criteria for being a Luna, she would rank the first, no matter the pack involved. How could a human be this beautiful, her features well formed?

He could also read the same thoughts from his mate’s mind. Ava’s mouth which was agape was already enough show to tell him what was going on in her head. And the squirrel…well, he wasn’t sure, since a squirrel was just an animal, but in his eyes, it was as if the squirrel was looking up to the human with doleful eyes, like a shocked human.

But the human was nervous. He could tell by the way she wriggled her fingers on each other.

Oh shoot, where was his manners? He thought. Of course, she would be discomforted by their presence and stares. Time to break the ice and get out of here. He thought, now understanding the reason for his daughter’s excitement.Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org exclusive © material.

“Hello dear…” he greeted, moving ahead with his mission of putting at ease a nervous Emma.

“Hello sir, good evening.” Emma greeted in return, checking out the middle aged man subtly. From her scrutiny, she concluded that Ava had gotten her hair from her father; same texture and color, her skin color too.

“Okay, I’m Ava’s father, Jack. What’s your name?” he asked.

“Emma.” Emma replied, casting short glances at Ava who gave her a thumbs up, showing she was doing great.

But how? She was just answering questions. And although she was pleased that the man was trying to ease off the tension on her shoulders, supported by that warming smile of his, she didn’t like the look that his wife or rather mate was giving her.

Wasn’t she happy that she was here, or had something crawled up her butt? Because she was sure that she hadn’t done anything to warrant such hateful stares.

“Okay Emma, nice meeting you then. My daughter told me that you would be following us to the party tonight. That’s interesting. And by the way, you are looking very beautiful. I think you would steal the attention of everyone at the party.” Jack was saying, when his wife cut in with a sly remark.

“Of course, a nice try I must commend, stealing everyone’s attention-I mean.” she had said, scaling up the tension which her mate had been trying to stifle away.

Jack , a bit startled at the disgust dripping off his mate’s tone, couldn’t help but wonder what was wrong with her, and why she had spoken that way. Had the human acted rudely to her some time ago? Had they met prior to this?

He looked at his daughter, and he could see the same questions written all over her face. They were in the dark. He would have to ask her later, but for now, the party first.

And so, with that in mind, he threw out a short dry laugh and stood up to his feet, requesting a still shocked Emma to take her time with his daughter, and that he and his wife would be leaving that moment.

**

“Clarissa, what was that for?” Jack asked his mate immediately they stepped out of the house.

“I should be asking you that? Why were you fawning over the human that way?” Clarissa replied with a question of hers, her nostrils flaring as she remembered and then mimicked thereafter her mate’s words ‘And by the way, you are looking very beautiful. I think you would steal the attention of everyone at the party’.

Jack laughed, not knowing what other reaction would be best suited to his mate’s raking now.

But that seemed to be a wrong action, as in the next minute, his mate stopped walking, and gave him a hard part at the base of his head.

“Don’t you laugh at me because of a human.” She stated, before picking up her steps, leaving his amazed self behind.

“But Clarissa, what is the deal between you and the human? Had she wronged you some time in the past?” he asked, wanting to know the reason behind his mate’s anger, sure that it couldn’t be jealousy.

“No, she hasn’t. But she can’t be Derek’s mate. She can’t be a Luna. She is a human.” she replied, increasing her pace, she had to report this recent development to her best friend.

**

Curtis fixed his cuff links and turned, shutting his eyes tightly the next second when he beheld Penny standing right behind him staring at him with a sheepish smile.

What was wrong with her? Was she planning to startle him or not? He was tired already. Even whilst they had run in their wolf form, she had clung to him still, not minding that his wolf was repulsed by her presence. What did she want now?

He didn’t ask her that aloud; he just stepped around her, not bothering to turn back and see the look on her face, rather he kept his eyes straight ahead, moving towards the direction of the other wolves who had come for his cousin’s birthday. Leo and his pack warriors were there, and then a few of his whom he had chosen to accompany them, and then Zoe.