Chapter 12

Angel POV

1 week later

It's been a week, everything started going back to almost normal. Pack members started welcoming us, those who stared at us back then started treating us better. There were still some who gave us sting eyes, especially some hormonal girls who thought we were here trying to snatch their hot alpha and beta. A girl named Erica even threatened Sam at one point, you know Sam.. she just scoffed at her and offered Chris happily. The school was nice, I and Della found some friends there. But at times when I see the pack, it reminds me of mine. my parents and brothers... I miss them so much, I don't even know what happened to them or are they even alive, Sam and Della were my only hope and strength. Over this week Sam became more like my elder sibling looking after me and Della was like a friend, but they are family.. that's what helped me sleep at night, I have them.

" you know they said members from blood moons are seen often at the territory, wandering around asking this pack and nearby ones about you" Sam came into the room informing me. I was completing my maths assignment, I stopped writing and turned back to look at her. " so, Alpha wants to meet you, angel. I think you should go see him, avoiding him won't do any better"

Yes, I was avoiding him Since that day I woke up after being whipped. I made sure I didn't look at him whenever we were at dinner, sometimes I felt his stare, I don't know how but I felt. I was given a room myself just like Sam and Della were given. most nights I was having a dream about a man whose face I had never seen but his voice was oddly calm and sweet.. and felt quite familiar but I couldn't ping my finger, where. I was happy in my dreams and once waking up I always felt as if it was real, the warmth and sometimes a very faint smell of cinnamon was there for a fraction of seconds and then it would be gone and the room becomes cold. It was making me confused and scared. I once told Della but she brushed it off saying it could be because I was having a hard time away from our pack and my family and I thought that's the most reasonable answer, my mind might be playing tricks.

" just go, it's for your safety as well as the packs" I was brought back from my reverie when Sam advised me.

" ok, does he wants to see me now? " I asked her. She shook her head yes. I got up from my chair and walked out of the room towards the Big oak door. Once I reached there I knocked and waited for the reply. I heard a come-in being said from the other end...

I can do this I said to myself and slowly opened the door and got inside, there he was sitting with papers scattered on the table and a few were in his hands too. When he saw me he kept the papers down and removed his glasses which he was wearing... he was looking dashing with the glasses on I might add.

" come angel sit down. I want to discuss a few things with you" he said while arranging the scattered papers and putting them into a file, once done he closed the file and kept it aside. I walked towards him and pulled the chair and sat in front of him (so awkward) I thought. Should I say something or keep quiet, no whatever let him say what he wants to.

" How are feeling now.? How's your school? " he asked me.

It's obvious he knows how's it going but still, he wants me to tell me..aaghh. " it not bad. What do you want to know Alpha.?" I asked narrowing my eyes not interested in these pep talks.

He chuckled " still angry? don't you think with this attitude of yours, you should have gotten punished way before. Maybe I still should punish you..." I had this feeling building up inside me I don't know whether I am scared or excited at his way of punishing me... but then I was strangely liking it... his eyes were now a shade of darker grey.

" with whips?" I asked him. He suddenly looked guilty, he got up from his chair and walked past me to the window and kept looking out was he really guilty?

" I never meant to hit you, angel. werewolves can easily take a blow, I wasn't that hard because your friend sam is My beta's mate. You were at the wrong place, I just wanted to scare you." He said turning around and looking directly at me.

Was he explaining to me, he looked sincerely guilty. " you were being foolish, that blow could have been fatal since you haven't shifted yet" he said.

I scoffed " scare us? So that we would tell you what you need to know? are you apologising or blaming me?"

" I don't think I have to apologise, I did what's best for my pack. You and your friends chose to keep quiet and receive the punishment." He said. " but I can always apologise in the way you want if you wish." He said keeping his face so passive but just narrowing his eyes a little, like watching my reaction. I stared at him for a good moment and gulped. I swear I saw a faint smirk on him which just vanished as if it was never there in the first place. My mind is playing tricks on me, here I'm openly flirting and daydreaming about this man, above all that I am having dirty thoughts about anything and everything he just says. Moon Goddess..angel just get a grip on yourself.

" Please, save this apology and talk for yourself. I think this is not for what you called me here for. Just go on with whatever you want to say. I have an assignment to complete." I didn't have anything better to come up with.

Whether he understood my embarrassment or not he didn't show anyway, he just chose to ignore it. " do you know anything why the blood moons want you.?" He asked me looking straight at my face, They do this just to know if you are lying, my dad, used to do. But Can I trust Alpha with my secret? I don't know but mom, dad, Emma everyone said me to seek help from him, this pack, that means there might be some reason why I should right? And Sam said they didn't rat us out, goddess I didn't even tell her or Della. Nobody from our pack knew about me or this secret. It was meant to be kept that way for my own and everyone's safety.

I think he could see my confusion, he came pulled out a chair and sat next to me. " you can trust me, angel, I will protect you and my pack. You are now a member of my pack. I'm sorry for what happened when you came here first." He continued " if you had told me back then where you came from, things would have been different"

I somehow trusted him and his words " ok… I trailed and thought about how to explain "well, I'm can't be a werewolf or like I won't shift into one. Though both my parents are werewolves, I won't. And I don't know much about why, but my parents said when I become 18 years old, they would take me to Helen the healer to explain everything." I choked a bit when I said " my parents and brothers ... I don't know where they are or whether they are even...Ali...alive." Tears started falling down my cheeks. 

" shh..shh..it's okay, We'll find them." He said in that smooth calming voice and came near me to wipe off my tears. Sweet Cinnamon.. strangely familiar smell and... voice too.. why I'm I recognising his voice now, same warmth... I felt like I was hit with a 1000 volt now, I stared at him with wide eyes. Now when I thought back I felt something familiar when I entered this room 'cinnamon', a faint smell was there all along but I was too engaged in other thoughts I failed to recognise it. Now I'm confused about whether I was having dreams or not. 

It was like he suddenly remembered something and pushed himself back away from me and got up and walked back to his chair. " so this is only how much you know. Like you said You have no idea why they are after you... fine, you can go back to your room now" he said completely avoiding my eyes. I murmured a faint okay and got up really quick and out of the room. Once outside I wondered was everything that happened at night was really a dream..the kiss, the touch..and..all other things? Or is there something more to it than he lets me on? No, it can't be...right...