"Wait, do I hear it right?"
"Can you not hear me? I said leave."
To be honest, a bitter and ugly feeling has surfaced in the blonde, where Chilve might have left them for years just to get himself another mate despite how much he boasted to her that they are soulmates. 'Soulmates my ass. Males can begone.'
"But I can't go back to him empty handed! He will have my head!"
'Or have you bend down for him and give him head.' She starts sipping her drink trying to calm her raging feelings down and Lisa tries to ask more, "can someone explain to me what's going on?"
"Yeah, if you are to turn me down, at least give me a valid reason on why you're not meeting him."
Sighing from their persistence, she finally puts down her glass and turns to Rin, "what's the name of your alpha again? Does he go by the name Chilve?"
"Lord Chilve Pane is my alpha. Most of us serve him with utmost loyalty as he is the one that freed most of us from the clutches of the previous alpha's tyranny rule, and my mate and I will gladly sacrifice our lives-"
It seems her face softened a little the moment she heard the words 'my mate', "wait, your mate and you?"
"Yes. My mate, Ford Eve, also happens to be Lord Chilve's personal assistant. N-" and Lune starts laughing at her own stupidity of feeling jealous over something that she misunderstood of, "erm, what's so funny?"
"I'm sorry," both Lisa and Snow are looking at each other, wondering about the cause of Lune's mood swing, "I thought- well nevermind, it would be awkward to explain. Wait, he asked for me?"
"When did Chilve become an alpha? What kind of alpha is that? Aren't only beasts have alpha system or something?" Snow seems to know that all these questions are annoying to the blonde, and puts her front paw on Lisa's mouth to try and shut her up, and Rin nods, "yes. As for the reason why, I'm not sure, since I'm on orders."
'But why does he wait till now to finally have a reunion? Not fair.' Lune ties up her hair into a ponytail, and while Rin is still waiting for an answer, she shakes her head, "fine, but with one condition."
"As long as it's something he can grant you, I will help you fulfill it."
"Let me settle one last thing before going over with you," Rin nods at the condition and Lisa asks, "what thing?"
"Let's go for a quick dungeon run, shall we?"
It seems Rin is facepalming at the condition and Lisa nods enthusiastically, "we better get some nice loot before going on a long travel- wait, Rin is it?" The brunette turns to look at Lisa and nods, "how long is the travel? I hope we have enough provisions for it."
"Actually, it's not that long, just a week's time."
And there they start to plan on the essentials to bring and how much money they need for all of it, making Rin join in the planning in the process.
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"What's taking her so long?"
A certain man is sitting on a chair of a huge room in an inn, where he is wondering how long it will take his mate to return, and starts getting anxious. All kinds of horrible thoughts crosses his mind, thinking that she might have encountered some sort of an unforeseen trouble, where she might be bound at someplace dark and getting tortured. It's not like he doesn't have the trust in his mate that she is strong enough to defend herself, but even a lone wolf can be in a disadvantageous position if it were to be put up against a group of hooligans-
He slaps both his cheeks to regain his reason back, and he starts saying aloud to himself, "I, Ford Eve, should trust in my mate Rin Eve that she can handle relaying news to our lord's future mate. Hold on, I guess I should go take a peek I guess, just to ease any doubts in my heart."
Ford exits the inn and starts walking, and once he is getting near to the adventurer's guild, he finds the scent of Rin in the air and he smiles peacefully, knowing that she is near. He then looks around and hides just outside and peeks into the building through the window, and sees Rin looking at something with another two girls, with one who is blonde, which is obviously Lord Chilve's lover. He is still feeling happy with how peaceful it looks with three girls talking to each other friendly, but as the time passes, something is not right, and he finally asks himself this.
"Why is she looking like she is not dragging them out right now? What is she planning?"
He is busted the moment Rin turns and he catches her line of sight, where he quickly bends down to hide below the windowsill, "shit, did she just see me? Please don't let her come over."
Her scent is getting stronger, and this is not a good sign as she is definitely approaching him and the door of the guild opens, revealing the brunette in the flesh and she stares at Ford who is kneeling down, "what are you doing here?"
"Oh hi!"
"Don't hi me. I expect an explanation as to why you can't let me handle this simple task myself."
"I trust you! It's the truth! But I can't help wondering if you are getting too late and getting yourself into huge trouble…"
Ford is well known in their pack for being their lord's most trusted personal assistant, and with that kind of position he has, he ultimately has the power over the other wolves as the second in command, yet Rin is the only one that doesn't seem to be intimidated by his status, and sometimes they even quarrel with each other like archenemies. Soon their interactions became love and with Lord Chilve's blessings, they tied the knot and became mates, where their marks are on their neck which is so obviously marked.
So it's kinda a sorry state Ford is right now by kneeling on the street side, like cowering in fear under the stars of his mate, and Rin sighs, "I'm sorry honey, but Lady Lune asked for some time before departing and that's why it took me a while."
"Really? How long does she need?"
"She said after gathering enough loot for a week's travel, and she wants to explore a dungeon once too," Ford frowns and he finally gets up, which makes him tower over Rin now and he shakes his head, "that's not one condition."
"Yes and no. But I can't really just kidnap her now, right? The boss definitely asked us to make sure she comes willingly by herself."
"I swear, he is the only alpha in history that doesn't take anyone he likes by force. Well, do you want me to join?"