CHAPTER FORTY EIGHT
'I saw her as my friend and beyond her almost being my Luna, she was like a sister I never had. She restored my relationship with the Alpha, my uncle but what I am so confused about is why she would go to so much lengths of love for us only to cast us down. She is totally untraceable like she totally vanished from the face of the earth. My uncle has been soaking himself in pack duties like never before, he barely eats, he rarely talks. Even his look is now rough because he has not properly taken care of himself…all, since she left. Nanny Freya tried to speak with him about these new habits of his and he lashed at Nanny Freya. Though he went back to apologize but, for Supreme Alpha Ralph to lash out on someone who was almost more like a mother to him than his own mother, he knew that everything fundamental had gone wrong. He began to think of his past conversations with Karen if she had probably slipped her tongue and revealed a location but he could not recollect any particular occasion. When Alpha Ralph was not in the mansion, he had entered her room to check if she had left any clues but once again, she did not.'
In three days time, Nanny Freya was going to be adding another year to her years and just like other years it was going to be celebrated though everyone in the mansion knew that the celebration this time might not be the way it had always been but at least, there was going to be a celebration.
The doorbell rang and Taurus ran downstairs to open the door and he was met with a young lady. This young lady was the one who had helped Karen and Kate choose the perfect gowns for the Charity Event and she had come to take the measurements of Nanny Freya so she could get her some new dresses - Alpha's orders.
As he let her in, the girl's eyes were road.ing all over as she was trying to take in the beauty of the grand ballroom in…everyone always had that expression. This was her first time coming to the Supreme Alpha's mansion and she felt more than honoured. She would not have been the one in this position if the person that does it had not fallen ill and she had had to take the lady's place.
When she was satisfied with taking in the beauty of that part of the mansion, she finally turned to see who had opened the door for her. She turned around to see a cross legged Taurus who had been watching the various expressions of excitement and joy on her face.
"Good morning but I feel like I know you, like I have seen you somewhere!" said Reza
"You feel or you know?" asked Taurus as he unfolded his arms and adjusted his purple scarf.
"I know, but where?" asked Reza.
"I brought two ladies to where you work, who needed a suitable outfit for a charity event some time past. One is…" said Taurus but it was like a bulb of light was switched on in her head as she suddenly recollected his face.
"Yes! You are the purple scarfed boy" said Reza.
"The what?" asked Taurus with stunned eyes.
"The purple scarfed boy. One of my colleagues that is highly infatuated with you said you are always seen on that scarf. Is it true?" asked Reza.
"I very much doubt that you were sent here to play detective and know about the personal lives of those you meet while working?" asked Taurus sarcastically with an edge of savageness.
"You are very much correct! That is actually none of my business and in that light, please could you take me to where I may commence my work?' asked Reza.
Now that she said it like that, he could not understand but there was a tinge of hurt in his heart. How was that even possible? It was not like he cared or like he knew her or something? Her nonchalant attitude some seconds ago just made him feel some type of way…that wasn't good
"Alright, come with me!"
As they marched up the stairs - Taurus leading, Reza behind him, Reza could not help but ask about Karen.
"Sorry for disturbing…again…" said Reza and Taurus halted his movements on the stairs but did not turn back to face her. He was still somehow hurt.
"Your question?"
"Uhmm…I just want to ask how the miss I mistook for an Alpha's daughter is?" asked Reza.
"The miss you mistook for an Alpha's daughter? Which of the ladies?" asked Taurus as he remembered that she had mentioned the name of a pack that day she was asking Karen and Karen had replied sharply almost like she was a tad angry at the simple question.
Because of how interested he was in her question, he whipped his head back, coming face to face with Reza who was a bit startled by his sudden movement and she almost fell backwards but Taurus stretched out a hand and caught her by the waist. He pulled her closer to himself and her face landed on his chest. Taurus was standing a step above hers, plus he was naturally tall, he almost made her feel short. Taurus heart beat quickened as he looked at the red hair on his chest.
She pulled away and mouthed the words, "thank you" and his eyes zoomed in and concentrated only on the movement of her lips.
Taurus quickly recovered himself before she found out he was staring at her and he remembered what question was being asked.
Clearing his throat, he asked, "so…which of the ladies did you mistake for the Alpha's daughter?"
"The one you were most chatty with!" said Reza.
"Karen?!" asked Taurus.
"Yes, Lady Karen of Grey Woods Pack!"
"Lady Karen of where?"
"Grey Woods Pack! She looked so much like her and the semblance is uncanny. It's such a shame they bear the same face and even name but they are not the same person!"
"Yeah, so uncanny!" said Taurus thoughtfully.
He took Reza to Nanny Freya and ran off to Ralph's study. Before he knocked, he heard Alpha Ralph's gruff voice from inside, "what do you want lad?"
"Can I come in?" asked Taurus.
"If you don't want to speak from there, you can go back to wherever you are coming from!" answered Ralph in a cold voice. Hurt penetrated Taurus' heart. He had over heard his uncle asking Nanny Freya if he still ate normally and if she knew anything that he would like - he still cared greatly for him, that he knew but why would he not ask him by himself.
'It is because of Karen. Once we know her whereabouts, he will be back to himself!' thought Taurus.
"I have information on Luna!" said Taurus confidently.
"Proceed in!" called Ralph almost immediately.
He entered the plush study and saw Ralph behind stacks of paperwork and in his night robe. His beard looked more unkempt than usual and his eyes held bags underneath that could literally carry some things.
"What information do you have lad?!"
"Uhmm, the day before the charity event, I had accompanied Luna and Dr Kate to pick their dresses and the girl that was helping them with their attires, called Karen, "Lady Karen of Grey Woods Pack!", she said she had seen someone that looked exactly like Karen, in Grey Woods Pack but the Luna had declined that she was the one and her body actions was a little antsy now that I think of it" narrated Taurus.
"Get the lad for me!" said Ralph and Taurus bolted out of the door. He went to where he had left her with Nanny Freya and he discovered that she had already taken Nanny Freya's measurements and was close to the gate.
He ran to meet her and told her the Supreme Alpha wanted to meet her. She consciously straightened herself and Taurus did not like that though he said nothing as he led her to the Alpha's study.
When Reza came to Ralph's presence, she was jittery as she was before the great Supreme Alpha of lycans and werewolves. Never in her wildest imagination had she ever thought of seeing him. He looked as handsome as she had heard and seen in pictures, although a little shabby, but nothing a good shave could not handle. His hair, like that of a woman's, his eyes as piercing as daggers, she could easily let herself be sliced as long as it was by his eyes, those perfect lips of his where great command and authority lied…
"Reza! Reza!" whispered Taurus and at the second call of her name, she heard and was brought out of her fantasy. Taurus had noticed she was lost and he was sure she was fantasising, her eyes said it all.
'Such stupidity!'
He nudged at her to salute the Supreme Alpha and she understood.
"Good day Supreme Alpha!"
Ralph went straight to the question as he had only one thing to know.
"Lad, why do you think the lady, Taurus brought to your place of work, is from Grey Woods Pack?" asked Ralph.
"Lady Karen is a very beautiful woman and I remember when I and some other ladies had gone to her pack to help fix gowns for her and her equally beautiful mother, she was amazing, nice and kind and she treated us well unlike other royalties of other packs. I and the other girls can never forget her and she looked a lot like the lady Sir Taurus was with…"
She called him 'Sir Taurus' and when Taurus heard it, he could not hide the smile that crept on his face.
"At first, I thought she was lying when she said she was not Lady Karen but a fellow colleague of mine told me that she could not be because her family was killed by some rogues." finished Reza.
When Reza left, Ralph sent Stephan to put a call to Grey Woods Pack - he was coming to pay a needed visit.