I look at him with serious eyes, he stares back at me with the same cold hearted expression he always has, maybe if he stares hard enough he'll cause my hair to catch fire, it wouldn't be too bad of a distraction.
"It's only fair that you know who I am,-"
"I know, Alpha Koi." I say that with so much venom in my voice I nearly surprise myself, he looks slightly shocked but hides it almost instantly, if I wasn't paying so much attention I would've missed it.
"Yes, I'm Alpha Koi of the Obsidian Claw pack, the most feared pack."
God the way he says that makes me feel so cliché, every teenage werewolf movie ever written. I stare at him expectantly and raise my eyebrows.
"I know you're very scared of me, I expected as much, but I would never hurt you, I'm sure in your pack, mates are incredibly sacred as well."
I don't say anything, just nod.
"Yes, I only did all the things I did to protect this relationship."
"I wouldn't call it a relationship…" I muttered almost completely to myself, he growled in response.
"Look, pal, I get it, you're the biggest, baddest Alpha in this current time, but that gives you no excuse to kidnap me for one and to threaten my best friend."
"I know, and I'm truly sorry, but I did what I had to do to protect us, and don't ever call me 'pal' again."
"Kay."
He looks at me expectantly, what does he want, an apology? What would I have to apologise for?
"What?" I snap out.
"Nothing, I was just expecting a telling off, I've been notified you were none too pleased with my guards, anything you would like to say?"
Oh my lordy lord Koi wouldn't you like to know, I'd like to do more then say anything at all, like ripping out your heart and dropping it on your mother's doorstep, but alas, I don't think I would hear the end of it from Elsie.
"I want to see Carlos."
"Ok."
"Really? How about going home too?"
"Don't push it, you can see Carlos and your family in a month."
"A month?! Are you serious? I want to see them now!"
I should just stop talking, he gave me the opportunity to see them and I'm throwing a shit fit.
"Fine then, not at all."
He looked so serious, why didn't I just shut the fuck up?
"Ok, ok! Please, I'll be happy to see them in a month, but what am I supposed to do until then?"
He looked around the room and waved his arms, motioning to himself.
"Hello? We are going to make this work, mate."
What if I don't want to make this work, I caught myself before I said that aloud, he had just given me a pass to see my best mate and I'm not throwing it. I just sighed, it's kind of an agreement, and by his stupid face he looks contempt.
"You suck."
He only smiled more, showing me that he was enjoying himself, I almost got up and punched him. An idea struck me, if he wanted this to work, he would have to please me, get your heads out of the gutter readers.
"Heyyyy?"
"Hey.. what?"
I had to stifle a laugh that was coming on, I had never gotten to do this before, I've never been in an Alpha's home long enough, and if I was his mate, surely he wouldn't forbid something like this.
"I'm bored, can we do something?"
He smiled, he must think his little effect is working.
"Yeah, what did you want to do?"
I let out a very childish giggle, Carlos and I loved playing hide and seek, even as a 19 year old and a 20 year old.
"Hide N seek?"
His expression changed to that of pure confusion, he probably thinks I'm joking.
"Hide N seek? Are you serious?"
I smiled and kept giggling, I gave him a very enthusiastic nod, he ran a hand through his hair.
"Actual? You want to play Hide N seek?"
"Yes, yes I do, is the big bad Alpha seriously too tough to play a game of Hide N seek with me? You're scared you're going to lose."
"Bullshit would I lose."
"Prove it."
He scowled at me, and I let out another childish giggle.
"Can the guards play too?"
He almost laughed when I said that.
"I would love for them to play Hide N seek."
This was going to be so much fun, I always loved playing with Carlos, he always had the best hiding places though, but I doubt this guy has played Hide N seek in the last 2o years, I've got a huge advantage. He motioned for me to come outside the room, and then he spoke to the guards.
"You guys want to play Hide N seek?"
He looked almost embarrassed, I was trying so hard not to laugh, they looked at him and then shifted their gaze to me, eyebrows raised.
"What?"
The Alpha looked at them pleadingly, this was amazing.
"Sure, why not." One of them said, confusion clear in his voice
"Yay!" I jumped a little clapping my hands like a child who had just been given permission to get a chocolate. The Alpha looked at me with an amused expression, then said he'd count first.
"The only room forbidden is this room here, my room, if you're caught in here you have to count for five rounds."
I can't believe he was actually doing this, for me, I felt kinda funny thinking about it. He turned around and started counting, I ran down the halls and into a very big room, I think it was designed to be an art space. I looked up, and saw a spiral staircase leading to a small cupboard, there was a blanket on top, perfect. I scrambled up the steps and climbed on top of the cupboard. After I was satisfied with my hiding place I put my listening skills to the test. I heard someone's heavy footsteps and held my breath. I slowly peeked through a hole in the blanket and saw that it was one of the guards, damn it, they will give me away. He somehow saw me and then snapped his head around to the door, someone was coming. He mouthed at me 'I can see your foot.' Shit. I shuffled back into the blanket and tucked my legs to my chest. I then mouthed thank you after I saw him give me a thumbs up, he then went to go behind a canvas that was much too small.
I whisper yelled at him.
"You big oaf, you'll give us both away."
I saw him chuckle and I couldn't help the smile that spread across my face, maybe it wasn't so bad here
"It's about time you realised that."
"It's about time you finally joined the conversation Elsie."
I heard her huff out, and I had to stop myself from giggling.
I looked at the door and almost squealed, he was standing there, looking curiously at the blanket, eyes narrowed with what I assumed was a smile, I think I've been spotted, he was about to start walking towards me when a paintbrush fell and his head snapped in the direction of the noise. He chuckled to himself and I heard the guard curse under his breath.
"Dude, you look ridiculous behind that tiny canvas."
"I know, I have been called an oaf many times in my life."
"Haha."
He shifted his gaze back to me under the blanket, no way he can see me, I have practically had practice for this, he started to smile, he knows I'm here, I couldn't stop the childish squeal that came from me, followed by lots of giggles. He walked up the stairs and pulled the blanket off of me and I jumped down and ran through his legs.
"Oi! I found you, come back."
"You have to tag me, I forgot to tell you."
The guard looked at him and smiled, I looked up at him from the bottom of the stairs.
"In that case, I'm out." The guard exclaimed and then bolted out of the room. Koi looked at me as if challenging me. And I gladly accepted dashing out of the room, running into the other guard.
"Whoa, where is h-"
"GO!" He looked behind me and we both ran, the other guard had waited for us, and I squealed when I looked behind us and saw him make eye contact with me. We practically flew down the stairs, splitting up and going into three separate rooms, he of course followed me and I slipped around tables, he instead ran into them.
"Oomph"
I laughed and ran through another hallway, once again running into the hard chest of one of the guards, I still don't know their names. But before I could get my bearings, someone came up behind me and picked me up, tossing me into the air like a sack of potatoes.
"Gotcha!"
"No! Put me down." I said through a fit of giggles and squeals
I looked up to see the guard run into another room, whilst another one peeked around a corner, his eyes widening when he saw Koi, he quickly ducked back and ran into a few things, I could hear his footsteps going up another staircase.
"You're very nimble."
I looked up at him and saw that he had the biggest smile on his face, I blushed and turned around so I was facing him. I wrapped my legs around him, taking his face in my hands. His smile turned into a sneaky smirk. I giggled with excitement and then squished his cheeks.
"Smoosh!"
He pulled back and I took this as my chance to push off. I went to run but he pulled me back.
"I caught you, now you're going to stay here so I can the other, oh and…"
He put me down on a random chair in the hallway, he then leant down so we were eye level, was he going to kiss me? He put his finger up and touched my nose, I pulled like a cat with their head in a plastic bag.
"Boop!"
He then pushed up and ran off to find the others, I can't believe that, he just Booped me! How dare he! I suddenly felt very childish, this was all starting to feel nostalgic, I started swinging my legs impatiently, I guess he wasn't all that bad.