Chương 11: AN ENEMY IN THE EATERY II
Claire cussed as she heard Melvina's voice. Throwing her hands behind her back, she bent her heads in a bid to look sorry, while thinking inwardly of a hundred ways to deal ruthlessly with the human.
"Claire, didn't you hear my question?. What happened??" Melvina asked, getting pissed off at the beta's daughter already.
"Lu.." Claire tried saying, but Melvina cut her off through the pack link.
"Ma, would be preferable" Melvina had said, through the link.
"Oh.." Claire's mouth opened, then closed, after she tried assessing the situation.
Emma noticed the motions made by the eyes of the two females, One in a commanding way, the other subdued; but she kept quiet.
"Were they communicating with their eyes." She thought.
She couldn't wait to get alone with Melvina again; she had a lot of questions to ask. Everything in this county looked fishy.
"Ma, I had just tried to greet her." Claire finally said, still wondering why the Luna had mind linked her to call her 'ma'.
'Who is this human, what is her plan.and why is the Luna interested in her.' She thought, biting her lips in the process.
"So does a greeting involve fighting and bickering then?" Melvina asked, narrowing her eyes at Claire.
"No Lu..Ma. She just got angry immediately, and tried to attack me. I swear, I didn't do anything. You could ask the people around." Claire said, rolling her fingers on each other, her eyes already brimming with fake unshed tears.
Emma scoffed.
The girl was not only proud, but a stupid liar and actress. Of course the others will defend her. Apart from the fact that she was a new face, she could clearly tell that the Claire or whatever her name was, was a bully.
"Emma, is that true?" Melvina asked, her eyebrows raised up like a prosecutor interrogating a culprit.
"Do you think it's true?." Emma questioned back, standing at akimbo, ignoring the gasps from the people who had stopped eating to watch the scenario.
"This Blondie is a leechy piece of shit. Greet? She came to size me up, know whether I could be her newest candidate to bully. I just proved her wrong. End of story." Emma rattled off, her anger rising steadily, her hunger forgotten at the moment.
"Lu...Ma, Do you see? Her mouth is so sharp and rude. She even called me a psycho.." Claire mouthed off, still struggling with calling her Luna, 'ma'.
"Yeah, that's exactly what you are." Emma cut in, smirking at her.
Claire folded her fists by her sides tightly in anger. Her thoughts clogged with that of the human. She couldn't wait to be with the human alone. She would tear her limb to limb. She has always seen humans as pieces of weak shits and she was glad that Derrick had the same view with her.
Derrick, her obsession.
He will be turning 18 in a month, and would pick his mate then. Claire had no doubt that it would be her. She couldn't wait for Derrick to become the alpha too, his father was so weak in dealing with the humans like her brother. She only liked him because he approved of her relationship with his son.
When Derrick becomes the Alpha, then, they would banish the whole humans out of the county. She just have to be patient then, she thought, as a smile made its way across her pink lips.
"Melvina, please let's eat..I'm hungry.." Emma said, interrupting Claire's thoughts.
Taking the packaged dishes from the hands of the servers, she set it carefully on the table, licking her lips in anticipation.
She dug into the fries first, then drank the smoothie in turn, and belched loudly.
A chuckle caused Emma to lift up her head, while holding on to a fry still.
She saw Melvina smiling at her, her arms folded.
"Won't you eat?" She asked.
"Not this. It's all yours. Mine is coming." Melvina replied.
Emma could hear the gasps from the crowd again, even the Blondie was suprised.
She concluded that perhaps they were not used to an important person like Melvina eating in a common place with them.
This thought caused Emma to ponder why the lady was so interested and nice to her.
"Ok then." She replied, and continued eating, not paying attention to Claire that still stood in front of the table, fuming in anger.
"Ma, won't you do anything?" Claire asked, pouting her lips.
"Do what?" Melvina asked back, in a bored tone, looking out for the server with her own food. She was hungry too.
Emma humphed, and smirked at Claire at Melvina's question.
Seeing this, Claire seethed in anger.
"But she.." She tried saying.
"That's ok, Claire. Get going." Melvina said, dismissing her.
" Okay.."She said through her teeth, and walked off.
'The human should just wait'. She thought.
"You really like trouble, yunno.." Melvin said to Emma, smiling.
But Emma shrugged.
"I didn't do nothing. She was just plain rude." She stated after a while.
"Ya, I know." Melvina said, collecting her food from the server, who had been standing for a while.
"Are you gonna eat all that?." Emma asked, pointing at the dishes which was arrayed in front of her.
"Yeah, I have a large appetite." Melvina stated, pulling out a chair across the table, and sitting down.
"Eat up, so that I can walk you home. I have a meeting to attend to soon." She continued, picking up a fork.
"Oh, okay. Thanks a lot." Emma said smiling in appreciation.
"If you want more, perhaps to take home, just let me know too. I don't think that you have much to eat at home, since you moved in today." Melvina said.
" Alright." Emma said, thanking her stars; then she remembered the boys cleaning up her home.
'Ah, it seems like a long time.' she thought. Looking at her left wrist, she scoffed. She had left her wrist watch at home.
"Can I also get for the guys?, I will pay you later. I promise." She pleaded.
"Sure, no problem." Melvina replied.
Emma smiled, then smirked as she remembered Derek's dare.
Chương 12: "WHERE IS EMMA??"
A sense of accomplishment enveloped Derek, as he stared around the big white-painted bedroom in content. The bedroom now looked heavenly with its interior all cleaned up, changed and furnished; a sharp contrast to its former muddled state.
'The little witch is lucky.' He thought, running his hands over the dark blue silky bed sheets, which accentuated the beauty of the king sized bed, one of the many things that Mr Jason, had made available to them for the furnishing of the house.
Turning aside for a moment from the beautiful sight in front of him, and facing the window, Derek pondered again on who the little witch was, and who Mr Jason is really. It was obvious to him that they were both humans, rich too, but he couldn't understand how they still got a place in Moonway street, that's apart from the weird fact that a father could send his daughter to this part of the continent alone. No matter how he tried to think of a reason, he still couldn't wrap his fingers around it. And worse; his wolf, Maru thinks that the little witch is his mate.
Derek scoffed bitterly. Surely he couldn't deny the fact that he felt totally jittery as he hugged her to himself, when she had jumped on him earlier, but he was also skeptical, even scared for the little witch if she really turned out to be his mate, because he knew his father.
He knew that there was no way his father would let in a human to oversee an activity of their pack, not to mention a human been a Luna. He would rather let him mark another's mate. Actually, he was already rooting for Claire to be his mate; Claire, the beta's daughter and Clem's twin, not minding that it could be possible that they might not be paired by the moon goddess.
Of course Claire was strong and beautiful, but Derek has always seen her as the twin sister he never had, and he hoped daily, against his father's prayers, that the moon goddess shouldn't pair them both. He preferred her as a friend and confidante, even though sometimes she could act so rude and arrogant, even though she was obsessed with him. He wondered what she would say or do if Maru was right about his little witch.
'Did I just say, my little witch?' Derek muttered to himself, and scoffed.
"Hey Derek, We are done with the cleaning."
Derek turned to see Shane strolling into the room, carrying two bags with him.
"What about the bags, food, and all that? Is everything packed in at their right places?" He asked.
Shane chuckled at the question. His friend was really whipped.
"Why are you laughing?" Derek asked, not really amused by his gamma's response. He couldn't understand why he was chuckling at him.
"Nothing really. Just that, I haven't seen you so interested in a client's home before. Normally we just clean, then dump their belongings in their front yard or in their sitting room. What's with the arranging of the belongings and putting of the food into the fridge? What's with that? You will soon ask us to cook too?" Shane replied, now laughing, not minding the bouts of glare he was receiving from Derek.
"What?!!" He said smiling, when he couldn't take the glares again.
"Nothing.'' Derek replied, running his slender fingers over his long jet black hair. Tiny wisps of hair flew out of the bound-with-a-band section of his now tousled hair due to this movement, falling across his face, and swatting across his thick black eyebrows.
''Nothing??'' Shane asked, raising his eyebrows inquisitively.
''Yeah, nothing.'' Derek said, sitting down on the dressing chair. He knew that Shane was right. Never in this line of work, had he been this interested in a client's home. Actually, this is the first time he is really working in a client's home, even going to the extent to picking a room to work on; he usually left the work to the guys. The little witch was really getting him, he concluded worriedly. He need to stop this eerie feeling if he wants her to be safe. His father wouldn't accept her.
''Okay then, let's be going.'' Shane said, dropping the bags near the foot of the bed. ''The pack's meeting is in an hour.'' He continued, staring at his friend.
''Alright.'' Derek said, standing up and walking towards the door. Shane followed suit.
Getting to the sitting room, Derek met only Leo and Clem. They were already watching the new television, they had fixed in earlier.
''Where are the others?'' He asked Leo, while taking a sitting space on the dark rich brown sofa which was so soft as he later found out, after sitting down.
''They already left, perhaps to prepare for the pack's meeting.'' Leo replied.
''Oh, okay. Let's be going then, we are done here.'' Derek stated, trying so hard to ignore the fact that Emma wasn't back yet. 'Where is she?, Why isn't she back?' He wondered. Finally, he decided that he would go with the boys for now, then come back later to check for her. He didn't want to risk Shane's taunting now. He also didn't want to risk anything happening to her.
''But where is Emma?'' He heard Clem ask, and cursed.
'What's wrong with his beta?' Derek thought, getting annoyed at the idea of Clem falling in love with Emma. 'Won't he wait for his mate' He thought still.
''She went for a stroll. She would soon be back.'' Leo replied Clem, his eyes still on the television.
''But she just came in.'' Clem said, his voice laced thickly with worry. ''Where does she know already?. It's 6:30pm now'' He muttered, his face all scrunched up in anxiety.
Derek fretted a bit, as the full meaning of Clem's words dawned on him. His little witch might be lost! Perhaps, even attacked by one of their kind. He shuddered at the thought, as beads of sweat formed a glistening pool on his forehead.
''Don't worry Clem, She will be fine.'' Leo said, taking note of the worry in Clem's voice.
''Why do you think so?'' Clem asked him.
''Well. I think a girl who can topple our Alpha can take real care of herself'' Leo said, smiling.
Derek scoffed, and knocked Leo on the head; forgetting his worry for a second, as the memory of Emma toppling him appeared in his thoughts.
''But how did she learn that?'' Shane asked softly, also smiling as he remembered the event that had happened some hours earlier.
''Well, she told me that her father sent her to a martial arts school.'' Clem replied, feeling happy for a minute that he knew this piece of information. This feeling intensified when he saw the sour look on Derek's face. He took it as a winning score.
Seeing the satisfied look on Clem's face, Derek scoffed.
''Did she also tell you why she is in our territory??'' He asked Clem sarcastically, still annoyed that he got to know such details before him.
Shane nudged Derek stealthily, as he could feel the growing tension between them.
Clem huffed. His soon-to-be alpha was really something. ''No, she didn't.'' He replied.
''Ohhhhh, I see.'' Derek said, pleased at this information, although he couldn't understand why.
''Let's get going then, I believe she is fine. I'm getting hungry already, and the pack meeting will start soon '' Leo said, turning off the television, and standing up.
''No, I'm waiting. I already told her to bring some food if she is coming back.'' Derek stated, actually looking for an excuse to stay back.
''You weren't joking with that??'' Shane asked him, chuckling at his friend's attempt to stay back. ''Let's all wait then.'' He said, winking at Derek, who glared at him.
''I'm going to check out something.'' Clem muttered in annoyance and stood up, after he noticed the exchange between Derek and Shane. His face contorted in anger at the thought of Emma bringing food for Derek, as he stalked off in the direction of the bedroom; not considering for once the pandemonium that woild be caused by his action.
''What's wrong with you both?'' Shane queried, as he folded his arms across his chest; piquing up his left eyebrow at Derek.
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