VALENCIA'S POV
Shadow looked me dead in the eyes for a few seconds as if contemplating what I was doing here.
And no lie, anyone would be doing the same.
"Sir, this... Isn't this the same cat you encountered at University?" The person, who was talking to this beta earlier walked to where we were standing, facing each other.
Well, I mean I was facing up and looking into Shadow's eyes with my wide innocent ones.
"Huh... You were talking about the female earrings? Look, here is one. I guess this naughty girl here brought it along with herself," Shadow said to his subordinate before he crouched and looked at me.
"What are you doing here at this time of the night?" He asked me, and in return, I blinked my eyes innocently once again.
Yes. You guys guessed it right. I changed into my cat form again to protect myself from this beta.
Shadow extended his hand before he used his index finger to rub my fur on my forehead, making Aurora sigh in relief.
'Our belly. I want him to touch our belly,' Aurora said, and I felt embarrassed just at the thought of him touching our belly.
She was seriously getting too ahead with her imagination.
Since I changed into my cat already, there was no use staying here. It would be better if I left. I decided, ready to dash away.
"This reminds me, about that girl Valencia, sir, what do you really think?" The person asked, and I dropped the idea to leave immediately, looking at Shadow with a soft sigh.
I stepped ahead and rubbed my head further into his hand to let him know to keep patting me.
Yes, keep doing it and talking about me.
I could see the contemplating emotion in his eyes. It was clear he was trying to decide something and his heart and mind were not in sync.
"Seriously, are you really Valencia's cat? Did you notice how this cat moved closer to me as soon as you mentioned that girl's name?" Shadow looked at his subordinate, and I wanted to deny it.
I wanted to say to not think like that and associate me with my human form, but what could I really do other than mewing?
"Meow!" I moved my paw in the air, making him smirk.
"Are you agreeing with me, kitty?" He whispered before raising me in the air as he stood.
And let me tell you. He didn't pick me up in the arms caringly like he did in the afternoon.
Rather he really raised me in the air as if inspecting me, and this was one of the most embarrassing things I must mention.
Even though I was in my cat form, I was a grown-ass girl, and NAKED at that!!
I gulped my humiliation and sniffed.
"Meowww," I mewed softly, and he sighed before bringing me closer to his chest.
'His mouth-watering cemented naked chest. Yum Yum. Let's just have one little lick,' Aurora said, and I gritted my teeth at her suggestion.
Why? Because I wanted to do it too.
If he gets to see me like this, I should at least be able to lick his chest, right? It was a fair and square deal. I nodded at myself.
"This Valencia girl is surely suspicious. After returning, I checked all the cases of that cat rogue discussed in the alpha meeting," The man said, and my ears immediately perked as he walked back to the closet and opened it while talking about me.
"Tell me kitty, which pair of clothes should I wear?" He asked me.
I looked at his casual set of clothes before pointing at the gray pants and an olive green colored t-shirt. Nodding at myself with the choice of clothes, I looked up to see if Shadow was satisfied with my choice, but to my surprise, he was already looking at me with a smirk.
A smirk that said he asked me this deliberately, and I got trapped into something but what? What -
"Did you see this? This cat understands human language. Look how perfectly it followed my instructions. Didn't the dean say that this cat belonged to Valencia?" Shadow asked his subordinate.
I widened my eyes when I realized where this was going. No way did he play me like this...
"Does that mean the chances of Valencia asking her cat to steal those things and create that uproar are high?" His subordinate asked, and Shadow hummed.
"The changes are indeed high. But why? Why would she do this? Just to steal some food? I don't think so. What if she is using this cat for other purposes too? This is a little complicated," Shadow said before looking down at me, directly into my eyes.
"How did she train such a cat to understand human language and do those things in the first place? And why was I not able to sense her wolf? Everything is a mystery. And to make things worse only I can smell her," Shadow said and the subordinate sighed.
It was a little surprising for me too. I thought the beta would still suspect me to be a rogue and wonder why the council was involved with me.
But who would've thought that he was suspecting something completely different? And why the hell did he have to guess half of the things right?
I wasn't instructing this cat to do those things for me or steal that food. In fact, Valencia was the cat herself.
I wanted to scoff at his face, but I was also afraid that he might use his brain a bit too much and find out the truth about me. And that was the last thing I wanted to happen, especially when I was in his arms like this.
"What are your plans then, sir?" The subordinate asked, and I listened to him intently with my eyes fixated on this beta.
Come on, share it with me too. What are you planning? What are your plans for Valencia? My master? I smirked inwardly.
However, he never said anything. Rather than that, he just looked down at me before smirking.
"How can I say that in front of this kitty?" He asked, looking at me as if he knew telling me anything would convey the message to Valencia directly.
This son of a bachelor... How dare he trap me like this and -
Not being able to control myself anymore as I was feeling highly enraged, I did one of the only things I was best at.
I bit his chest, right under his left nipple to make my bite more effective and have him remember this pain for a long time.
"Ouch!" Shadow winced in pain before he looked at me with amused anger.
Yes! Take that, you evil man! Remember who you are messing with.
I had expected him to throw me down so I could run away from this pack as I was done for the night.
However, what I didn't expect him to say was...
"Dang, I am not a woman, kitty. I can't give you milk from here," He glared at me.
And I must say, if I was in my human form, I would've turned red from such embarrassment.
How could he-?!!! This evil man! What does he take me for?! I didn't want to drink his milk, for moon goddess's sake!
'Well, I don't mind drinking from this non-milking, n*pple,' Aurora smugly added, and I looked at her horrified.
What was seriously wrong with my fake wolf?
'Girl, have some dignity! And leave me some too!' I groaned as I looked at the man, feeling wronged for some reason.