Number 13
Roman opened his eyes secretly looking at Lorelei from where he lay on the floor, going through an emotional wreck. Her scream a while ago had woken him up even though she had no idea that it did. It pained him so bad that she was going through this, because of some pesky Alpha of a stupid pack of no worth, if it wasn’t for his unsuccessful plan, he would have already taken her along with him to his empire to get spoilt from all the enjoyment the world could provide. To think he could dispose of Damien in one single flick but he wouldn’t do that NOW but he would surely do that later. Disposing of the wench was part of his To-do list and he would check it off, he and that damn bitchy Luna of his.
He wanted to comfort and assure her that all would be well and nothing would happen to their Xander or her but he couldn’t. He was pretending o be muted so he pretended to be asleep and oblivious to her scream.
He wished he could use his voice to promise her that everything would be fine and that he would do anything to protect her but he couldn’t speak at the moment. When will all this be over? That he didn’t know but he wanted it to end quickly as he didn’t like seeing his beloved in this state.
He knew part of his problem was that Damien who had broken her so deeply, he could see the hurt in her eyes as much as she tried to hide it all the time, always carrying a protective wall to block her emotions with her ever oh- so - fierce look.
He continued watching her from a distance, not making his woke state known to her, till she slept off again.
He took gentle strides to the bed where Lorelei lay and crouched to her level. This was the second time today he was staring at her beautiful sleeping face and he just couldn’t get enough of it. He gently kissed her cheek fondling her soft silky hair in the process. Tempted by her pouty lips, he didn’t know when he kissed her. Her lips were sweet and velvety just like he remembered from the last kiss they shared, making him experience heaven for a short while even though he was no Angel. He returned to his sleeping position, his mind fluffy and full of bliss. An unknown emotion he had never felt creeping into his heart.
Lorelei's eyes snapped open, her erratic heart won’t stop pounding in her chest. Damien had done the thing she least expected. When he had walked toward her and kissed her cheeks. She had thought it would end there but Roman did the unthinkable by kissing her… On the lips.
She could still feel her lips turn cold the moment he disengaged. She didn’t care about being called shameless, she wanted more of his kisses but she was too shy to voice out her wants, so it was best to keep it to herself.
She was also pretending to be asleep a while ago, she had shut her eyes tightly in a bid to fall asleep again before Roman did it. Her heart fluttered.
The next morning, Lorelei was the first to wake up. Roman had been the one doing all the cooking for a while now, his amazing culinary skills were to bow for and she couldn’t deny the fact that it was far better than hers. But today she had decided to cook breakfast for Roman and Alexander. Time was too short for her to bother herself with the things yet to come, she was ready to embrace her present and make do with the time she had.
Waiting for the butter she was going to use for the pancake to melt, her mind drifted to the kiss from last night and she couldn’t help but smile with the heat of desire rushing into her face. Maybe Roman could be different since he was mute, different from the rest of the other powerful werewolves like Damien who were power drunk and wouldn’t waste time throwing their power on people’s faces. Relentless fools she must say.
She kept the pancakes she made on the three-chair dining table just the perfect one for all three of them, all commendation to the Alpha and Luna for the amazing furniture in the house.
“Wake up, sleepyheads, it’s far gone into the morning already.” Lorelei scolded the sleeping-embracing Roman and Xander, who held onto each other tightly.
“Get up, I have work to go to this morning,” she said but still received no response apart from the occasional turns from them.
She sighed exasperatedly, maybe they were truly tired and needed some rest, but she would leave them to sleep their brains out and just go to her workplace anyways. Her boss, the owner of the place had opened another bar over here, he didn’t want any of his customers to miss him especially, since he had been receiving an outrageous boom of more customers recently. The best thing to do was to just put the food she made for breakfast in a Therma plate to avoid getting cold, so much for making a special breakfast.
Dressing in a casual work outfit she proceeded to go to the new location of the bar. The new pack wasn’t as big as before, so locating places was a lot easier and faster even with the use of the foot.
“Good morning, my amazing colleagues.” Lorelei greeted on getting to the bar, her colleagues stared at her like she had gone crazy. Lorelei hardly greeted and if she did, it wouldn’t be with this awkward cheerful voice she was using. They were all stunned to see her in this mood.
“What’s the occasion, why are you so happy?” One of her colleagues questioned with a pointed look.
“Nothing. Isn’t this how I usually am every day? I was never gloomy.” She responded still with a casual smile on her face.
“I think this might be a fake, we should probably call the force. She’s acting more strange than I expected.” Another colleague joked pretending to find her phone.
“It’s me, you should stop with all this, maybe I was wrong to greet you dumbheads.” She whined.
“Then that might be only one reason you are this cheerful….”The colleague e trailed off, looking at her face as if searching for something hidden.
“You are in love with some prince charming aren’t you.” The three colleagues said in unison. A shade of tint pink crept on Lorelei’s face.
“The pink on her face says it all, Lorelei is in love, headstrong Lorelei is in love.” They all teased in an offkey singing tone and she just smiled watching them with a stagnant blush on her face. She was too shy to speak back to them, so she hurried out of their sight, making them laugh harder.
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“I went to work, you and Xander should eat the breakfast I kept on the thermo plate. XOXO, Lorelei.”Roman read the note out loud with a smile, he had woken up alongside Alexander to find Lorelei gone with a note about eating what she prepared. He and Xander proceeded to the dining table after a morning routine of bathing and brushing.
A knock sounded on the door even before they could properly dig into the food. He groaned and wondered who could be the disturbance at the door at this early hour of the day when they were only just having their breakfast. He wished he could plunge some people’s eyes before they learn that not all the time was meant for visitation. He stood up and went for the door to see who it was.
Roman opened the door to meet the scrawny-looking nanny with glasses, she was the person he least expected to see at the moment and not now.. what was she even doing by the way?
He gave her a look of scrutiny, eyeing her as she grinned.
She had no idea of their new house address and he was sure Lorelei wasn’t the one who invited her because he told her not to. For some odd reason, he suspected this lady and his suspicion grew wider when Lorelei told him she wasn’t hired to babysit Alexander but was doing it on her own free accord. I mean he would have not suspected it if they were living in the sixteenth century but this was the twenty-first and no one did something for free unless they had a purpose.
“Uhm, I am the nanny. Can I please come in?” The nanny said stuttering and Roman gave her a pointed look.
“But Lorelei and I had reached an agreement that I would be in charge of taking care of Xander at home.” Roman gestured, hopefully, she would understand his sign language. “Do you have a purpose on why you are here and how did you get our new address?”
The nanny smiled weirdly." Purpose, what purpose could I possibly have?" She questioned back with what sounded like a forced chuckle.
He furrowed his brows.
“Am I to answer what I’m trying to figure out from you? If you have no purpose then why and how are you here?” He knew his interrogations might be a bit too much, with the fact that he wasn’t even letting her in. But he was suspicious about her and wanted to hear what she would make up or if she would tell the truth.
She let out a short laugh, “I am so attached to Xander, and I like him very much. I have been his nanny for more than six months plus and my affection towards him grew during that period, it is hard letting him go. So I kind of saw the Luna, Luna Ariel and she gave me your address. I have no purpose, it’s just utmost love for someone whom I consider as a son since I have none.”
Her story did sound believable but then it was not. He was still as much as suspicious of her, she just carries the ominous feeling that could not be found in just a common Nanny but then she just stated she had gotten the address of the house through the Luna which was believable since the Luna and the Alpha were the only ones who had visited them. He half believed and half doubted her and it made him promise that he would keep a keen eye on her movements. He hope for her good that she was telling the truth and nothing more.
“You can stay or leave if you want to. It’s all in your hands.” Roman shrugged, he wasn’t planning on pressing issues further.
He had gotten a temporary answer which was satisfactory enough, he already had other more important issues to deal with at the moment. Issues on how to stop the ongoing plan for an alliance between the Star moon pack and Dead moon pack. And surprisingly she opted to leave which he nodded to, not hindering her decision.
He wished he could just make both the packs disappear, to avoid unnecessary issues and possible drama for the next generation. Besides as they all think he was just an ordinary less important and muted pack member of the dead pull pack and a banished omega of the Star moon pack.
In as much as he craved to exterminate the Star moon pack, he didn’t want the same for the dead pull pack, he was actually in love with it. It was the place he met his beautiful mate, it was also the place he met people who could accept him even though he was mute. The Alpha and Luna being respectable was another bonus. This moment made him realize how much of a crossword he was in.