Olivia and Jerome walked back to their quarters in silence. He still couldn't believe what had happened back at the council meeting, his fears were coming to pass seeing how much Alpha Kendrick is protecting Rae.
'This can't be happening, this will be bad for me and the pack if she wins the favour of Alpha Kendrick.' he thought to himself as he walked.
"The plan was foolproof, it's so infuriating it didn't work." he yelled as he tumbled the glass table to the ground, shattering it to a million pieces.
"Calm down Jerome, how could we have known Alpha Kendrick already knew she had moons bane? This time we just have to ensure we close up all loose ends and there's no other variable when we act again." Olivia tried to console him.
"And what do you suggest?" Jerome asked, he was a little annoyed because she was the one who brought this all on him in the first place.
"What if I dig into Rae's past and find her trigger? If they see how dangerous her Moon Bane is, they'll turn on her."
"Now, how are you going to achieve this?" he asked, watching her plot.
"Why don't I pay Rae a little visit?" She smirked and Jerome rolled his eyes.
"Do whatever you want."
****
At Rae's bedroom, she unfortunately woke up with another splitting headache, she held her head up and rubbed her temples in circular motion, hoping it'll ease the pain. The headache subsided a bit and she was able to move more freely again.
She hadn't even gotten off the bed when a knock came on the door. "Not a moment's peace." she muttered under my breath.
"Come in." she responded and it turned out to be a guard.
"Good morning, my lady." He greeted Rae, she noticed his eyes did not have the usual hostility the other servants had against her.
"Why are you here?" she asked.
"I'm here on orders from Alpha Kendrick. He orders that you leave this room and to be informed that you'll no longer be staying here again." He responded.
That was so sudden and unexpected that she thought this might be a prank the guard was playing on her, but that was very unlikely.
'Why would he suddenly just up and tell me to leave this place? I was already starting to get used to the room and the bedroom is very comfortable although I've always been waking up with a headache, it's not the bed's fault though.' she complained inwardly, 'What's even vexing is that he didn't even say it to my face and had to make a guard do it.'
"Where is Alpha Kendrick, right now?" she asked the guard and he informed her Alpha Kendrick was in his office and so she decided to speak with him and get an explanation for his sudden decision, she just can't take it like that.
Rae found him in the office just as the guard said she would, Alpha Kendrick was engrossed in his work that he didn't notice Rae intrude or he pretended he didn't notice. He wore glasses as he stared intently at the document in his hands, his jet hair styled back and his blue eyes focused. His silhouette was breathtaking as he glowed under the sun like, illuminating from the window.
"Whenever you're done staring, sit." His voice jolted Rae back to reality and she hurriedly sat on one of the chairs in front of his desk.
"At the council meeting yesterday, I'm sure you've realized you have more enemies than allies, if you have allies to begin with." He chuckled but Rae didn't find how that could be amusing. "The only way I can keep you safe is if you stay close to me, understood?" He continued.
"I don't understand." Rae replied honestly.
'I'm already sticking close to him, how close do I have to be?' she questioned.
"To put it simply, you'll be sleeping in my bedroom from now on."
She tilted her head in confusion. "You just kicked me out of your room this morning."
"Have I ever slept there? How could it be my room?" He responded, sounding annoyed, glancing at her only briefly.
'He was right, he never slept there and I thought it's because he was trying to give me some space but it turned out that big bedroom wasn't his but mine?' she contemplated, 'Wait, if I'm no longer sleeping there but with him in his bedroom, wouldn't that mean from now on we'll be sharing the same bed?'
"Um Alpha Kendrick, that's not necessary. I can always attend to you and leave afterwards, you don't have…" before she could finish, Alpha Kendrick cut me off, "I've decided and what I say is final."
Night came too early that day for Rae and although Alpha Kendrick hadn't entered the room yet, she was still mad with the turn of events.
'How will I handle staying all night with him? How will I sleep? I wouldn't be comfortable enough to even close my eyes.' she pondered.
She sighed and reasoned that getting angry and agitated over it wouldn't help her in any way. She took deep breaths to try to calm herself because she couldn't act carelessly in front of him otherwise he won't be as lenient as he's been.
Some minutes later, Maid Isla came into the room suddenly without knocking and rudely informed Rae she's going to do a quick clean-up of the room before Alpha Kendrick comes in since the room is very dirty and the stench is unbearable.
That was definitely an indirect jab at Rae again, it was the same as on the day of the mating ceremony, back then Rae had other things to worry about but this time she was offended and decided not to let Maid Isla bully her any more.
"I know you're talking about me," Rae directly addressed the maid, "What maid just barges into a room where there's someone without even knocking first?"
"Don't even think of acting like you're above me." Isla also attacked directly now, "You're only here because of favouritism, nothing more."
With her words, Rae realized Isla was actually jealous of her, but her last jab at Rae infuriated her. Coincidentally, at that moment, the moonlight entered through the windows and she felt her pent-up anger surge through her.
Rae stared intensely at Isla, who started crackling like she's being bent by an invisible force, then dropped to the ground.
Rae stood there frozen, she hadn't moved or touched Isla and yet she knew she did that to her. She steady her increasingly accelerating heartbeat and rushed to the maid but stopped short when she clearly saw what she did to the maid.
A loud scream escaped from her lips.