ARAIA's P.O.V
"This would be good."
I nodded my head.
"How about this?" He asks.
I stare at the model that he's pertaining to and say, "I like it."
"Alright, we'll get this and this."
"Yes Alpha."
The female servant went out carrying her things.
"..."
Uhm…
You might be wondering what happened so…
**
"Miss Araia?"
Hmm?
"Yes?" I'm currently doing my hair.
"Alpha Alejandro wants to see you right now."
I almost choked when I heard his name.
"R-really? Where is he?"
"He's outside, he ordered me to help you get ready for today's event."
Today's event? What is that event? Do I have an appointment that I forgot?
"Come in!"
A female servant came, oh, she's the one who brought the food yesterday.
"Would you allow me to help you?"
I nodded my head. There's nothing wrong in getting help from her…
She helped me tie my hair beautifully, while she's doing it, I asked her about Alpha's order.
"Do you have any idea about the event that he is talking about?"
"None, miss."
She's now helping me to clean the table before we go.
"Okay…" It's strange, what is that event that he is talking about?
He didn't say anything about it before- wait…
Don't tell me this is one of Giselle's plans?
It can be!
I slowly move back and observe her from here. I can't trust her yet because it's not too long since I have known her and this is like what happened before.
I need to be cautious!
I don't want to repeat that nightmare again…
I just observed her while she was cleaning the table. When she was almost done I told her that I needed to go to the bathroom because I suddenly felt like peeing.
She told me that she'll wait outside So I ran towards the bathroom and locked the door.
I will not leave this place until someone comes or she reveals her true intentions.
I sat on the wooden chair inside the restroom and waited for a few minutes but she was not knocking or saying anything.
"Did she leave already?"
I was about to open the door when I heard Alpha Alejandro's voice.
"Where is she?"
Why is he here?
"She's in the bathroom, Alpha." It's the voice of that female servant!
Is he looking for me?
After a few seconds I heard steps walking towards where I am. He's coming here?
"Araia?" It's him!
Wait, if he's here, then does that mean…That servant is telling the truth?
"Are you alright?"
"Yes Alpha!" Gosh!
I immediately open the door and face alpha.
There's this concern about his face again.
"Are you sure?" He asks.
"Yes…"
**
Right. He asks me if he can take me to this event but we know that I don't really need to agree and accept his invitation because do I really have a choice?
He waited for me so we could go to his carriage together. I am so embarrassed to think that I almost delayed our trip because of my trust issues…
Although I don't want to blame myself for that trust issue, to be honest, if he didn't come to my room that time I would not leave because of that female servant…
I need to make sure that my life is safe before anything else!
Of course I need to make sure that the incident from the past will not happen ever again. That incident was enough to give me life trauma already and I don't want to have more traumatizing experiences in the future.
I know that I can handle problems but traumatic incidents are on a whole different level.
I don't want to experience being awake all night because I'm afraid that someone would sneak into my room and end my life while I was asleep.
Those are the common things that the enemy can do in the movies I've watched before. Who knows if something might happen to me too, right?
I would rather be cautious than cry and be traumatized after.
Then, now, the event that Alpha Alejandro is talking about isn't really an 'event' where a lot of people would go and celebrate something, but just an invitation for him to visit the newly decorated boutique here in the capital.
The other thing that I am embarrassed about is the invitation is only for him! Everyone expected that he'd either come or totally not come. Well, he rarely attends these kinds of events.
Then he decided to take me so everyone was shocked, firstly because Alpha Alejandro who is known as aloof especially to women, is bringing one for the first time.
That's how embarrassed I am so everything he showed me is alright to me just to avoid staying here any longer!
I also don't like the stares that I'm getting from the werewolves around us. There's this one pretty lady who's been staring at me since we arrived as if she wanted me dead right here right now.
She must be one of Alpha Alejandro's admirers…
I am doing my best to avoid meeting her gaze by looking elsewhere but whenever I land my gaze, I can see everyone staring at me!
But on the other hand, this place is beautiful. Everything screams luxury and elegance, I can see that they prepared for this, but this place isn't as beautiful as Alpha's mansion.
This place is more like a party place…
Oh my, I can still feel their stares!
This is so hard!
How long are we going to stay here?
"Are you bored?" I snap back when Alpha asks me.
He is beside me already but he leaned a little more than widened my eyes! That surprised me!
"I'm not, Alpha…" I lied.
I don't want to disturb him and I don't want to burden him just because I don't like this place…But I hope his business here won't take too long or he could just send me home alone…I'd like that!
Later on, he stands up. I just watched him but he looked back at me and told me to get up. I did what he said and as usual, everyone's eyes are on us.
After a moment, he told everyone that we'll go.
Thankfully!
Everyone didn't want him to go but he insisted. We walked side by side until we reached the carriage.
He lent his hand to me and guided me to get in the carriage. I accepted it since it's hard for me to get in by myself.
"Do you have any places you want to go?" He asks me afterwards.
I shook my head. I just want to go home! My ankle's aching so I want to rest for now…
"Really?" He asked again, I nodded my head.
No one talked after that, we rode the carriage quietly until we reached the mansion.
He told me that he'll escort me to my room although I refuse but he's persistent.
While walking, I can't help but to notice his huge build. I suddenly became curious about his appearance when he shifts into a wolf.
What would he look like?
They say that Alpha's wolf form is special and you can distinguish them easily when they're in that form. They say it would be beautiful especially when you have royal blood…
Sadly, royal's don't exist anymore so I won't have a chance to see them.
We're walking when I almost lost my balance because of my ankle.
"Ah!"
My hands searched for something it could hold but then Alpha's hand catched mine.
"Careful."
Thankfully,he helped me so I didn't fall but my eyes widened when I felt his body touch mine. I just realized how close we were.
"I-I'm sorry!" I pulled my hand and stood straight.
Goodness!
"It's alright."
I kept my head low while we're walking. Why is this day so embarrassing for me!?
For sure my face is red right now, I'm just not certain if it's because of embarrassment or because of Alpha Alejandro.
I look at my hand, I can still feel his warmth in it…
Damnit.
Neither of us said anything while we're walking. When we finally reached my room, he told me that he'll give me a week to rest so I don't need to worry about anything.
"Thank you, Alpha."
That's what I said before I bow and close the door.
I let out a long sigh after I closed the door.
Haaaa…
This day is so tiring and nerve-wrecking!
I went to my bed and lay myself down. My body remembers how it touches Alpha's warm body…
I'm insane…
**
Alpha Alejandro asks me about the things that I want to do while resting, I told him that I want to read books so here I am now, reading a book.
He ordered someone to bring a lot of books here and I'm happy since most of them are in the romance genre.
I spent my day like that, sometimes I will forget about the time but whenever the food arrives it will remind me of it.
I will stop reading for a bit to eat and will go back to reading when I'm done eating.
Time flies fast when you're busy. My ankle's almost healed and I am done reading almost all of the books that's brought here.
Three days later, I can now walk freely although the bandage on my ankle can't be removed just yet.
Alpha told me that I can go whenever I want to go but with the condition that I'll bring one of his guards.
I agreed since it will benefit me as well, who knows if Giselle's just there, waiting to attack me.
I told him that I'll just take a walk outside the mansion so here I am now, taking a leisurely walk.
I brought Fernando with me, Alpha's trusted guard. He's not saying anything but he's following me whenever I go.
He's also my tour guide as he is telling me where to go and not to. Now, we're here outside the village's entrance. I came here just because I want to see those who're coming in and out in the village. It's strange but I want to watch them.
I met different werewolves here and they're all nice! Contrary to those who's inside the mansion, I never thought that I'd met someone like them, it's such a breather actually…
I really need to go out like this to refresh my mind, this is what I got for thinking about Giselle and her schemes.
Hayst.
I don't want to see her ever again!
"Araia?"
I turned around to see Alpha William, he was smiling at me.
"Alpha!" Why is he here?
He walked towards me but Fernando blocked him.
"I beg your pardon but you can't easily approach Miss Araia." He said seriously.
Woah. That's cool!
"But we're friends!" Alpha William said.
Right! I forgot about him!
"That's right, Fernando." I tapped his shoulder, he looked hesitant at first but he moved afterwards.
Alpha William approached me and said, "What are you doing here?"
I shrugged and replied, "Nothing, I'm just sightseeing."
"In this place?" He looked around.
I know that there's nothing special about this place but I just want to be here.
"Who's with you?" I asked. I'm curious because this is not the woods and before he only brought one guard but I can't see anyone behind him this time.
"I'm just by myself." He proudly said.
"For real?" I can't believe he really didn't bring anyone.
I told him that it's dangerous for him but he just told me that he can fight anyone, I just rolled my eyes.
Alpha William is a humble being, I easily felt comfortable with him so we talked about different things, about this and that. There's never a dull moment because he sure knows how to start a topic.
I didn't realize that it took us too long because it's almost sunset when I came back to my senses.
I told him that I need to go back and he told me he'd do the same thing.
We bid goodbye to each other and I went straight back to the mansion.
Just when I set foot on the hallway, I saw Alpha Alejandro leaning towards the wall.
He looked serious! Is something wrong?
He moved his head to my direction and our eyes met. Now, I can tell that there's really something wrong with him.
Even his aura isn't good, it's not the same as before when we last saw each other.
What could happen in that short period of time that we didn't see each other? Is this related to work or what?
Why is he looking like that? What is he mad about?
What is it, Alpha?