"so Arielle... what are you doing tomorrow? Can I take you for a run?"Ethan asked after carefully calculating his words.
Arielle rotated her eye bulb and pouted, she knew he wouldn't keep shut, she was beginning to regret not telling him to leave without her, <"one of these days your eyes will roll out of its sockets, ">Energìa joked.
"I can run by myself thanks for the offer, "Arielle told with a stretched smile and fluttered her lashes as she did before looking forward with a completely different expression.
Something in Ethan told him to let her be but he didn't succumb, Arielle is a difficult omega to find so this was his only chance. Getting bold he grabbed her right hand and placed it on his chest, "I promise you, you will love it. I will run the way you want me to, I'll let you ride my wolf, hunt a good game for you just allow me to show I can be ideal for you, "he pleaded.
Arielle squinted, her gaze moved from her hand that was on Ethan's chest to his face, "Do you want to die?! "Arielle shouted in disapproval.
Petrified, Ethan lets her hand go immediately, he bowed his head as he apologies, "am sorry, please forgive me if my words angry you."
If anyone saw the second in command of the hunters bowing his head to an omega they would probably be disappointed but then Arielle was no normal omega.
Arielle jeered, she hasten her footsteps leaving Ethan afoot behind her, deep down she felt guilty for shouting at him like that but just like Macy, she and Ethan had history. He once bullied her to please his friends regardless of what he claimed to have for her so Arielle promised herself that she wouldn't allow him to hit on her ever.
Energìa pouted, <"why did have to shout at him ?"> She smirks saying, <"l like him, he smells like meat.">
Arielle ignored her, they were walking through a bush part, it was the shortest way to the packhouse. They could have used the coated road but that was for guests. The packhouse is located in the middle of the territory but the pack members didn't leave so close, their cottages were scattered father away.
"Thanks for walking me here, "Arielle said to Ethan when they both were standing in front of the packhouse door.
Ethan simpered, "it was an honor, " he said. His eyes were on her plump heart-shaped lips, his impulses told him to stay put but the idiot in him won as he leaned in for a kiss.
PAWwwh! PloP! –the sounds of Ethan getting slapped and him falling to the ground.
Bending with her hands on her knees, Arielle warned with her alpha tone, "Don't ever do that again, am I clear?"
Ethan nodded swiftly as he dragged his body with his buttocks. His hand was still on the spot he got hit. He watched Arielle enter the packhouse and breathed in relief. "Ouch, "he rang. He opened his mouth and tried to move his lower jaws, he heard it crack, "ouch!" "How can an omega slap so hard? Am I missing something?" He looked around and thankfully the packhouse guards weren't looking his way.
Betty was extremely shocked to see Arielle entering the packhouse, she wondered what couldn't wait till morning but then she was also mad at Arielle for missing work under the pretext of illness and most surprisingly, she had her hair color and her mate's favorite color! "Come here omega!! "she barked.
Arielle heard her annoying bell-like voice and decided to ignore it, she didn't come for her after all but then she heard hasten footsteps behind her and a whiff of air from the hand flying towards her head. She caught the hand before it landed on her head, not surprisingly Betty was trying to pull her hair.
"Ahhhhhhhhhh, "Betty cried, "lemme go. "
Instead of letting go Arielle tightened her grip around Betty's hand and move closer, "aghhh," Betty muffled cried, she didn't want to drag attention to herself so everyone won't see her getting bullied by an omega.
Betty flung her second arm but it got caught by Arielle, at this moment she didn't care if anyone saw her she just wanted to teach Betty a lesson.
"Please lemme go, "Betty cried again as she heard her wrist bone snap on the inside, she found herself kneeling as Arielle pushed her down.
"Don't ever speak to me in that manner, "Arielle spat with a grimace, squeezing Betty's hands harder she continued, "don't ever, ever think or imagine touching me, do you hear me?"
Betty hummed with her lips shut, her eyes were soaking already but Arielle was not satisfied, "use your words, "she said through her teeth.
"Yes I heard you, ahhhhhhhhhh, please let me go, "Betty said.
Arielle freed her with a push ,she turned around and walked away. Betty's chest continued rising and falling till Arielle was out of sight. The mud mask she had on was already melting from her sweat and tears. Just like Ethan, she looked around to see if anyone saw but unfortunately, beta Joe saw her.
Before he could speak she got up and sped upstairs. Beta Joe wondered what she was doing on the floor crying with her wrists looking so red but what scared him the most was her melting mud mask, she looked like something off the chronicles of swamp monsters.
Shaking his head sadly, Beta Joe said, "She is beautiful but yet won't let go of all these artificial things, maybe that's what is causing her wrists to react, "he looked up the stairs one last time before walking towards the kitchen.
Arielle smelt the two people she was looking for in the same room, making things easier for her. She smiled and reached for the doorknob but it was suddenly opened, "Ari, "Jeremiah sang and hugged her, he took a good sniff of her neck and murmured, "I missed your scent... So delicious."
"Delicious?"Arielle peered.
"Mmmhumm, "Jedidiah concurred, he loop-sided smile as he hugged Arielle, "I wanna eat you up, "he teased.
Arielle blinked, she knew Energìa released her scent but what she smelt like she didn't know, "delicious how? Tell me how I scent."
Holding up her chin Jedidiah said, "usually you smell like winter jasmine and vanilla bread but tonight you smell like freshly baked vanilla cake smitten with honey and... strangely with a hint of blood."
"Blood?" the corner of Arielle's mouth quirked up, "stop making me laugh."
"Jed is speaking the truth Ari, "Jeremiah confessed.
Pecking her forehead, Jedidiah complained, "where were you last, we were worried sick, was only this morning aunt May told us what happened, "he pecked her again and Arielle closed her eyes like she was absolving the love, "sorry I didn't come over, we were sent on an errand by the alpha."