PEEK INTO MY PHONE

I started with the chat on top. It was from Zara and only had one message. Baby steps, let's see:

ZARA

okie. get well soon! (Flower emoji)

Alright, that went well. next chat:

MARCUS WINDERHILL had created a new group: [School Squad]

He invited Henry, Jasmine, Liam, Pearl, me, and Harvey. Why was Harvey in my school squad? For someone not even in my school, Harvey was pretty popular.

MARCUS WINDERHILL

This group is for school stuff and project discussion.

@Harv@Sam We got project work today. I'll post the details here.

[B.HARVEY was made admin]

B.HARVEY

Thx bro.

[KEYS was added to the group]

PEARL

Who's Killion?

MARCUS WINDERHILL

Sam's new PA/bodyguard/chauffeur.

A.HENRY

Add mine too.

[MAXWELL was added to the group]

A.HENRY

Max, my school project group.

MAXWELL

Good morning. I am Maxwell, Future Alpha Henry's assistant. Please to meet you.

JASMINE

Hi! I'm Jasmine. Nice to meet you too.

A.HENRY

You don't need to greet the PAs. Just pretend they're not there.

@MAXWELL Shut up Max.

MAXWELL

Pardon.

PEARL

I guess all alpha kids get their own PA? So lucky!

JASMINE

@SAM How are you feeling? We heard you were "sick". What happened?

A.HENRY

"sick"

MARCUS WINDERHILL

Here are the project details. Note deadline, guys. And our first meeting is Saturday 2pm at Hen's, tbc on Sam's schedule @KILLION

[MARCUS shared document]

Then the group got silent.

Hmmm... If he @Killion, did that mean I shouldn't answer? I guess I should save the document. After that I edited my contacts too. I changed MARCUS WINDERHILL to B.MARCUS and KEYS to KILLION.

Next group was the GEN 1+2 LEAD Group, the one where the current and future leaders of Night Leaf + Harvey were at. How did Harvey get into all my groups? And for a guy who had barely touched his phone, he sure was texting a lot... I realised he was probably answering from his laptop.

Basically, this group was mostly just discussion on the Alpha Heir Investiture. It's the ceremony to introduce me formally to all the other packs as the future alpha for Night Leaf.

B.LUCAS

Can I just check with everyone's schedule for a planning meeting this Sunday evening? (incl. mates)

G.HARRY

Do you want to go for supper after that?

We can take the ladies bowling and drinks.

LAURA

Are you asking me out, Handsome?

G.JONAH

I am not here.

LAURA

Opps, wrong group. Sorry, son.

G.HARRY

One day when you have a mate, you will understand.

G.JONAH

I understand. But please keep it on ur private channel.

LAURA

Next time maybe you can go on dates with Ben too.

G.JONAH

Again, I understand, Mum. BUT THAT SOUNDS SO WRONG.

B.LUCAS

Please confirm availability for Sunday evening's meeting.

DAD

Luna and I will be there.

B.LUCAS

Thank you, Alpha.

G.HARRY

Yes. Confirm for Laura and me.

WILLOW

I'm okay for Sunday evening.

LAURA

For bowling too, Willow?

WILLOW

If Lucas is free, I'd love to.

B.LUCAS

Yes. We can, but can we plan the date offline? This is work.

B.HARVEY

@B.LUCAS Pls add Ki 2 f/u.

[B.LUCAS added KILLION]

B.HARVEY

Thks.

Princess avail sun eve 4 mtg. Ki acc.

@KILLION pls f/u

B.LUCAS

B&J?

Ben ans ur txts.

G.JONAH

What's f/u?

B.BEN

@G.JONAH f/u = follow up

@B.LUCAS Yes 4 mtg. Sch now.

G.JONAH

@B.BEN Sounds like a bad word. Lol.

@ B.LUCAS Am ok for meeting. Can I stay over with Ben? I don't want to go on my parent's date.

B.LUCAS

@G.JONAH Yes.

LAURA

Jonah, why are you on your phone in school?

G.JONAH

I am not here.

B.BEN

Hahahaha

WILLOW

Ben, go back to your lessons.

B.BEN

Yes, mum.

@B.HARVEY @KILLION I can acc + f/u 4 Sam

B.HARVEY

Noted. Thx.

Then that was it too.

TEAM ALPHA Group was also busy.

[B.HARVEY added KILLION]

[B.HARVEY shared a document.]

B.HARVEY

Above is the roster for Sunday Alpha Duties. Pls input in your calendars. Do not swap without informing me. Thx.

G.LOLA

Okie dokie!

Do u know wat the task will be?

B.HARVEY

No.

The elders will set and announce it each week.

G.NIX

Yeah, but do u know wat the tasks will be?

@B.BEN what about u? Know anything?

@B.BEN answer your text, Dork.

B.HARVEY

Don't come crying if Ben makes your life miserable.

D.FLYNN

Noted. Thanks.

G.NIX

Will he growl at me? I'm scared.

B.HARVEY

He's one of your betas, Nix. You will do well to remember that.

G.NIX

He's just a pup, hasn't even shifted.

I dunno why the Princess lets him tag along. He's an extra. All he did was get born in the beta family.

G.LOLA

You haven't shifted yet!

I'm sure all of you will shift to be big strong wolves in time.

D.HANK

Ok to scheduled dates. Thanks.

B.HARVEY

@B.BEN feel free to deal with Nix when you have time.

G.JONAH

@B.BEN If you don't, I will.

G.NIX

Another NL dork

G.LOLA

Don't fight guys. You guys are all doing great!

G.JONAH

Let's have a bet. For the Alpha Tasks, just you try to beat Ben and me.

G.NIX

Are u kidding? You're both pups. N I'm with Harv.

G.JONAH

And I'm with Ben. So we are going to win.

G.NIX

In your dreams!

G.JONAH

If we win, you must do whatever forfeit we give you.

G.NIX

And if I win?

G.JONAH

We will do whatever forfeit you give us.

G.NIX

Deal.

B.HARVEY

No deal. You're on ur own.

G.NIX

I'll cover Harv's forfeit.

Just don't mess it up for me Beta, and it'll be fine.

G.JONAH

U going down Nix.

I wasn't going to open the roster but now I was curious.

My first task this Sunday would be with Harvey and Nix.

Next Sunday would be Ben and Jonah.

Now that would be something to look forward to. So fun! I wonder who would win?

Meanwhile, Harvey was answering another call. "I see...can I get my colleague to call you back later?"

Mum came into the room a while later with some drinks and cookies.

"Esther sent these." Was all Mum needed to say.

Harvey got up immediately. I thought he was aiming for the cookies, but he only excused himself from the room.

Mum put the cookies down next to my bed. Then she passed me a few large cards, "Here are the concept boards from Chloe. I thought you might like to see them now."

I looked through the coordinated muted shades. Mum continued talking, "I quite like most of her ideas. It's colorful but not too colourful. Except for your mermaid room... Its very nice and all, but I'm not sure what you'd think."

"Which one is it?" I tried to skip to my own room. Mum helped me, as she turned the cards, she identified them for me:

Kitchen was a forest green and darkwood thing.

Savy's room was a pale oyster pink with olive green fabric and gold and cream highlights and light oak furniture.

And then my room... There was a photo of a white opened clam shell bed. I kid you not. Accompanied by pale silk pink and white and gold fabrics, and pale sand coloured carpeting and pale sea blue walls. Overall, it was very pale and calming and almost boring, except for the clam shell bed.

"Hm..." I toyed with the idea of saying I liked it, just to see what would happen, but I wasn't sure I wanted to live with the consequences.

"Can I have a matching bathtub?" I asked. My mum's mouth dropped opened, and then she narrowed her eyes at me when she realised I was joking.

"Sam, be serious. It's going to be your room." Mum scolded lightly.

I grinned, "I just want a blue room."

Mum tried to steer me in the right direction, "What kind of blue room does the future alpha want?"

I had no idea? A guy's room? Or maybe a fancy stately thing, like a hotel room? My parents bedroom looked normal enough. So a normal room?

A normal blue room sounded good to me.

Suddenly my phone started chiming like the world was ending.

SCHOOL SQUAD

KILLION

Yo. Nice to meet the princess' pretty friends.

Princess is recovering from anemia.

@B.MARCUS mtg sched clash. Will r/s n update.

PEARL

Hi Killion. I like ur avatar photo.

A.HENRY

@KILLION Girls underaged. F.off.

HARVEY

Ki, no flirting. Apologies, girls.

KILLION

My bad.

PEARL

Oh, was he flirting?

KILLION

Not anymore.

A.HENRY

"anemia"

Sam got into another fight, didn't she?

B.MARCUS

Arughhhhh, Sam. You didn't!

JASMINE

OMG are u ok Sam?

A.HENRY

@HARVEY @KILLION What the hell were u guys doing?

No one said anything after that. So I guess I should.

YOU

Don't diss my guys, Henry.

Me unstoppable. U should know.

@JASMINE I'm fine. thanks! (Smiley face)

A.HENRY

I pity the poor wolf who is ur mate.

KILLION

U should be pitying us.

A.HENRY

lol.

That was surprising. I didn't expect Henry to laugh.

The other groups all had Killion's response... I guess he just woke up. My calendar and email notifications were going off too. Killion was working.

I figetted with the phone settings till I found the slider to turn off the notification sounds.

Harvey and Killion came into the room together, nodding politely to Mum from the doorway before Harvey resumed work at the desk and Killion came over.

"May I help with anything, Luna? Shall I prepare lunch?" Killion asked.

"Help me talk to the interior designer!" I interuppted. I pushed my room's concept board to him, "I want a blue normal room."

Killion looked at it briefly... and then he looked at my mum.

Mum sighed, "Chloe seems particularly passionate about this mermaid themed room. But you need to decide what you want so I can talk to her, Sam."

"I just want a blue room!" I said.

"Understood. I'll have lunch started, and talk to Chloe for alternative designs in blue." Killion decided.

Mum nodded at that, "That's a good idea, Ki. Thank you."

Killion nodded and excused himself.

Mum patted me with a smile, "You did a good thing for Ki."

Eh? What's that about?

But mum had gotten up and left.