Chapter 149
The next few days were really awkward and tension hung heavily in the air. Serena made it her life mission to be in everyone's business.
The only times she wasn't trying to be in everyone's business was when we were asleep.
“I beg to differ. I swear I've heard her outside our room on more occasions than one and it was not creepy at all”, Jasmine said
sarcastically. I sighed and turned in my mate's arm.
His arms tightened around me and he gave me a forehead kiss moments later. The feel of his lips against my skin was heavenly and I
almost forgot all my worries.
Keyword being ‘almost'.
“Good morning, my Queen. What's going on in that pretty head of yours?” He asked. “It's Serena, isn't it?” He spoke again before I
could answer him and I nodded.
“She's being really creepy, Adrian. First, she insisted on staying in OUR house, now she hovers around like she has an ulterior motive”, I
pulled away from him and sat up, forcing him to be in the same position.
“I seriously want to know what her deal is. Jasmine just said she's caught her breathing and footsteps at our door a few times. I don't
like this, Adrian, I don't”, I said frustratedly.
Adrian rubbed my shoulder gently and I allowed my body to give in and sag against him. “How about we go and visit Nathan and Lyla
in their place?” He asked and my eyes lit up like a child that was offered her favorite candy.
“Yes, yes, please”, I squealed before jumping off the bed towards the bathroom. I was so eager to leave the house. Anything was better
than being cooped up in the same space as Serena.
At first, I thought it was just me being paranoid but everyone saw it also. Serena was the laid back, cool aunty, kind of person but that
suddenly changed. She started asking questions that she wouldn't ask normally and it wasn't weird at all.
“You're being sarcastic, right?” Jasmine's voice cut through my thoughts, making me roll my eyes. “Of course, I'm being sarcastic, girl.
You think I want to be stuck in the same space as her?” I retorted.
“Why can't we just tell her to leave?” Jasmine asked and I sighed in frustration.
I brought Rose's attention to it and she also concluded that she was acting weird and promised to talk to her about it. Rose spoke to her
and her words were, “I'm doing all of these to ensure the safety of everyone and make sure that we're prepared for whatever the war will
throw our way. I need to be here to protect everyone against Alysia and Damon”.
Even though Rose wasn't completely okay with it, she had to let her be because it was for the betterment of the pack wolves.
“I have an idea, Adrian”, I said through our mi drink as I got into the shower. “What's that?” He responded almost immediately.
“Have Nathan invite people that can be trusted to relay messages to neighboring packs. I can't rely on my powers alone. We should
have backup, should anything happen”, I told him and he hummed in agreement.
“On second thoughts, I think it should be made known through the pack that we're getting help from neighboring packs. I want Serena
to show her motive”, I told him. He agreed and said he was going to my former room to get ready too.
I hurried up and threw on random clothes from my closet. Once I was satisfied with what I saw, I stepped out of the room. I could hear
water running from my former room so I went downstairs ahead of him.
I had just reached the base of the staircase when I saw Serena sitting on one of the couches. I contemplated turning back but decided
against it. This might be the only chance I have to talk to her alone.
“Hi, Serena. Good morning”, I greeted cheerfully as I took a seat beside her. She turned from the book she held in her hands and smiled
at me. “Hi, Lola. You're awake”, she said with a smile but it was so cold.
Call it paranoia or something, I just know something was wrong with her. Since I got crowned as the Queen of wolves, Serena referred to
me as Luna, not Lola.
“Yeah, I am and you're awake early too. What of Rose?” I asked looking around but there was no sign of her. “I guess she's still sleeping.
You look like you're going somewhere, are you going alone?” She asked.
“Why do you ask?” I asked. Even though I seemed calm, I was resisting the urge to snap her neck at the mention of my man. No, I wasn't
being unnecessarily possessive. She's been acting weird around Adrian since she got here and it's been getting on my nerves.
“Do you hear me?” Her voice brought me out of my thoughts and I plastered a smile on my face. “I'm sorry, I was out of it for a while.
What did you say?”
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“I said you guys are always together and you seem to be alone and ready to go out”, she repeated and I bit my tongue to stop myself
from lashing out at her.
“He's getting ready, we're leaving together”, I said and watched her face harden for a fleeting second before it went back to how it was.This material belongs to NôvelDrama.Org.
It's her. It's Alysia. I swear that I've seen that look on someone's face before.
I resisted the urge to claw at my chest to stop the way it was constructing with panic. She tried to get closer to me but I stopped her
with a raise of my hand.
“What's wrong? Are you okay? Should I get you water?” She asked concerned but I kept shaking my head at her and stopped her from
getting closer to me. I closed my eyes and willed the memories from when I was kidnapped by Damon to go away but I was finding it
difficult.
“Lola, you seem…….”, her words were cut short when Adrian rushed into the loving room and held me in his arms. “Baby, you're fine.
Look at me, focus on me”, he said as he hugged me closely to him while rubbing my back and sending images of comfort through our
mindlink.
Serena offered to go and get me water while I buried my face in Adrian's chest. I fisted his shirt in my hands and listened to the rhythm
of his heart to calm myself.
You're no longer there. You're safe with Adrian. I repeated to myself until I calmed down.
“It's her. It's Alysia. The person in our home is Alysia, not Serena”, I told Adrian.