Chapter 40 – The Moon Wolf

I was about to turn towards the stairs to get changed when Rose stopped me. “Oh, I almost forgot, Lola. I ordered a phone for you to aid communication with Lyla, and now your new friends, since you don’t have access to the mindlink yet. And it came yesterday while we were at the pack house*, she said and I nodded excitedly on the spot I stood on.

“I’ll get it and bring it to your room now. It has my number, Jayden’s, Lyla’s, Nathan’s and of course“, she paused and looked at my face intently before she said the last one, “Adrian’s“. At the mention of his name, my heart skipped a beat and my excitement went down a notch but I tried to keep it out of my face.

“Oh” was all I could say as I nodded my head. After that, I turned and left for my room. I had barely removed all my clothes when a knock sounded on the door. I knew it was Rose so I did no bother asking who it was before I opened the door after putting on my bathrobe.

was shocked when I came face to face with Adrian. He ooked sinfully gorgeous and I felt my breath hitch in my hroat. I instinctively went to my bathrobe, pulling it securely round myself.

He cleared his throat and pushed a box towards me. “Mom aid I should give this to you“, he said and then rubbed the ack of his n*eck nervously.

Oh, thank you“, I replied in a small voice. “She said Lyla might Ɔh, all you soon, she already texted her with your number“, he aid and I nodded again.

/as that all?

e looked like he wanted to say something more before she ecided against it and left hurriedly. I was confused for a oment. Was he just nervous before me? It must have been mething else. I shook off the matter and closed my door efore holding out the device in the box.

now what a phone is. I’ve seen it in my former pack but I ver knew how to operate one because I never had access to it. It felt so light and shiny and I fell in love with it immediately.

I tried turning it on but I couldn’t do so. I let it be on my vanity mirror before I went into the bathroom to bathe and do my business.

I took a while in the bathroom. I was about to wrap my towel around my b*dy when I noticed that the silver tattoo on my chest was already getting more visible. I did not really pay attention to it and left the bathroom I was picking my outfit for the day when a shrill sound came from my vanity desk. I was so frightened I crawled under the bed for a while till the sound stopped. After it stopped, I wasn’t sure if whatever the sound was was still in my room so I stayed under the bed, fidgeting.

It wasn’t until I heard a knock filled by Lyla’s voice that I left my hideout. I ran over to the door, opened it quickly and dragged Lyla with me to hide again.

She did not hide under the bed with me and looked at me confused. “Get in here, Lyla“, I whisper–shouted but she looked at me like I had lost it.

“Why? What are we hiding from, Lola?” She whispered back. “A shrill sound came from my vanity table. I don’t know what it was but it might be back again to attack us.

She stood up, ignoring how I called after her in a hushed voice. and went towards my vanity desk. I crawled out of the bed just enough to watch her every movement.

She got to the vanity table and looked back at me with a smile on her face. I wondered what was funny. “Did you say the sound came from your vanity table?” She asked and I nodded. my head vigorously. She laughed lightly before she turned towards the vanity table again.

Soon enough, the shrill sound came on again and I instantly went into hiding, only getting up when I heard Lyla laughing uncontrollably. She became even more hysterical with her laughter when she saw my confused face.

I waited for her to stop laughing before I asked her what happened. “The shrill sound came from the phone, Lola. I was the one who called you initially before Rose let me in“, she said and I felt so embarrassed.

“Oh, I had no idea“, I muttered as I walked towards my closet to pick some clothes. Lola must have noticed my mood. because she came towards me and held my hands.

“I’m sorry if I made you feel embarrassed, I should have been more sensitive“, she pleaded and I nodded. She picked out my outfit which consisted of a black skinny jean, cute, mint green. top and a black sl*p on to go with it. She excused me after picking the outfit and I hurriedly put on my clothes so I won’t keep her waiting.

I met Lyla in the living room talking animatedly with Rose. Those two can talk your ears if care is not taken. I cleared my throat to gain their attention. Lyla was smiling at me when her smile was suddenly replaced by a frown, the frown was directed to someone behind me.

I smelled him before he reached the living room threshold. “We should go, girl. Greg and the rest of the gang can’t wait to see you again“, she said, putting emphasis on Greg.

Bidding farewell to Rose, she pulled me out of the house. Just before the door closed, I saw Adrian’s handsome face contoured with anger and jealousy?

Lola’s POV

“He definitely feels the mate bond and wants to be with you too“, she laughed as we neared the car that I just noticed was parked in front of the house.

“Huh?” I asked. I wasn’t really paying attention to what she was saying. My attention was on the handsome man I left behind. What was that expression on his face? It couldn’t have been jealousy, I must have seen wrong.

“I said Adrian likes you too and feels the mate bond. You should have seen his face when I mentioned Greg“, she said as she doubled over with laughter, letting go of my hand in the process.

“You think so?” I asked her, my heart skipping a beat in anticipation. “I think? I know that he feels the mate bond too, Lola. You should have seen his face when I mentioned Greg. I believe he wants to be with you too but he’s feeling reluctant about it.

I went mute as we entered the car. If he truly loved me, why did he have S** with Fay? Why did he not say one word of assurance when I told him what Fay did? A lot of questions ran through my head and I tried to shake it off.

I’m going to have fun today and worry about Adrian later. My goal is to work better on myself and grow beyond anyone’s imagination so until he decides to speak up and take.responsibility for the relationship, I’d act like I did not see him either.

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