Can’t Feel Elda
Adeline
“Alpha, we’re ready.” Kaiser’s gamma said this upon entering his office. We are still at the werewolf council headquarters, and my mate told me that he stayed here the whole day and was ready to return to his pack before I appeared. “Luna,” he greeted me when he saw me. I nodded but didn’t say anything. He still looked surprised, even if he knew his alpha and I had marked each other. I’m also sure that he already knew about me.
“Alright, I will just gather my things, and we’ll go,” he replied, and we waited. After he’s done, he grabs his bag and gives it to his gamma. “His name is Misch,” Kaiser said when we started walking.
“Okay,” I replied, looking at his gamma, who was now smiling. “Why are you smiling like an idiot?” I asked, and the two laughed out loud. I shook my head, thinking they were close friends, and I’m sure with the beta too. “Luckily, I only need to deal with Daniel, the only idiot in our pack.”
“Who’s Daniel?” Kaiser asked, creasing his forehead after he stopped walking.
“The only idiot in our pack,” I responded. Still, his expression was filled with disbelief and a desire for further explanation. “That’s all I will say,” I added and continued walking. Since I was new to the place, I didn’t know where to go, so I had to stop and look back. Kaiser was still standing where I left him with Misch, who was now grinning from ear to ear, looking at his alpha.
“We’re not going to leave unless you tell me who the fuck is, Daniel.” He said,
“Okay, let’s wait for my time to leave, standing here,” I replied, and I heard him curse again. I smiled internally, knowing he wanted to make the most of my time here.
“Fine,” he replied, walking closer to me and grabbing my hand before leading me to the elevator.
“Oh, we’re on the 10th floor,” I said when the elevator started falling. There was no one inside besides us, but wolves were waiting for him when we reached the ground floor. They are a bit old; some are the same age as my father.
“I didn’t know you had a woman with you-” one of the old men said but stopped before he sniffed. “Your mate, chief?” he asked.
Kaiser nodded and said, “She’s Adeline. I’m very possessive, so as much as possible, I didn’t want anyone to see her.”
“I understand, chief,” the old man replied.
“Adeline, they are the council members. They spend most of their time here in the headquarters, and they usually send me messages whenever they want to talk about something important about our kind and other supernatural beings.”
“It’s nice to meet you, Sir,” I replied, offering my hand for a shake. But the old man looked at my mate, who was creasing his forehead. He’s so jealous, so I took it back.
“We’re leaving. If anything develops from what we’ve talked about, let me know as soon as possible. Be ready because I might be here often while we’re on those cases,” Kaiser said.
“Yes, chief!” The other wolves, who I believe were warriors assigned to their headquarters, and the council members all responded in unison.
Kaiser started walking out of the building, holding my hand, until we reached the parking area where the van was. He let me in before him, and then Misch sat on the passenger seat while another warrior got in the driver’s seat.
“It’s 7 in the evening; would you like to have dinner when we find a restaurant or just go home?” my mate asked after looking at his cell phone.
“How long are we going to drive home?” I asked,
“About 2 hours,” he replied.
“Then let’s eat at home.”
“You heard your Luna.”
“Yes, Alpha,” the warrior replied before starting the engine and returning to the pack house.
“What are you doing here?” Keisha exclaimed after seeing me coming out of the van. As much as I wanted to talk back to her, I kept quiet and clung to Kaiser’s arms.
“Stop it, Keish.” My mate stopped her.
“Tell me why she is here,” she asked his brother.
“Because I’m hungry,” I replied, looking at her, and I saw how her eyes squinted.
“Why don’t you go to your lover and eat with him instead?” she said.
“Keisha!” Kaiser yelled, startling her. She must not have been used to being shouted at because I could see that she was hurt.
“Alpha,” Ryan said as if trying to stop him from talking more.
“Did you ask me to stay here to shout at me?” Keisha asked angrily.
“Because you’re being too much. We just arrived, and you are already starting a fight.”
“I didn’t!”
“And what do you call about what you did?” Kaiser asked in a low and controlled voice. Keisha had her head down and said no more. She must have understood that she was at fault. “Have you eaten?”
Keisha shook her head, saying, “I was waiting for you.”
“Then let’s go and eat, that is, if it’s okay with you to have Adeline join us,” Kaiser replied.
“Fine,” Keisha replied, turning to get inside the pack house. We followed and went straight to the dining hall.
The food is ready, and their pack is rich, especially since their dining hall is bigger than ours. Well, maybe more warriors and fighters are staying here than those in our pack. My father ensured every family in the Nightingale Pack had their own house. We allowed pack members who had mated with humans to live with them in human territory.
“Eat, Adeline. Stop running your head somewhere else.” I heard Kaiser say something, and everyone was looking at me.
“I was just thinking that you have a big dining hall.”
“It’s because we are big in the number of pack members and growing.” Keisha replied, “I bet you don’t have as much as this in your pack.
“Yeah, ours is smaller. The warriors and the omegas living in our pack house have yet to find their mates. Some also chose to live with their parents, and we let them.”
“We have those as well. Every family in the pack has their own house to stay in, but Kaiser chose to have a big dining hall so that we can eat together on special occasions,” she replied. She must hate losing. I saw Ryan sitting beside her, scratching the back of his head.
“When there’s an occasion to celebrate, and we want to eat together with the pack, we have an event hall for that or on the training ground,” I informed her that I, too, hate losing. I am not going to lose to her, especially to her.
“Can you two stop it already?” Kaiser interrupted us. “Eat,” he said, looking at both Keisha and me.
The entire dining hall became quiet after we started eating. Ryan and Misch said nothing, but I felt they were laughing at us. More or less, I already told Kaiser about what had happened in my world, and he told me what was happening in his world as well. Once I return to my pack, I’m sure that Dad and the others will be shocked when I tell them there’s a big possibility that our world and Kaiser’s have the same enemy.
“I want to talk to you more about what we discussed in the headquarters; I know there’s still something you didn’t tell me, but I also want to rest after this. We will talk tomorrow with the others; is that okay with you?” My mate asked, and I nodded.
“That is if I’m still here,” I replied,
“Yeah, right,” Kaiser said this, sighing. I chuckled when I saw how he looked.
“Don’t worry, I think our wolves know something we don’t.”
“What do you mean?” he asked curiously.
“Can’t you say everything in one go? Why do you have to make it suspenseful?” Keisha chimed in.
“I’m not talking to you,” I replied, rolling my eyes at her.
“What do you mean, Adeline?” Kaiser repeated.
“It’s just a hunch. But before I came here, Elda told me she felt Kylo was calling us.”
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“I don’t know. I already told you; it’s just a hunch. You can ask your wolf about it, though. Mine is a bit stubborn and hates explaining herself. She does whatever she wants when it concerns our mate.”
“Alright, I’ll talk to Kylo,” he replied, and we continued eating.
In his bedroom,
“Did you already change your mattress?” I asked,
“Why?” Kaiser asked as well.
“Because the last time I was here, you had a woman-”
“I already did. I had a feeling that you wouldn’t like any female to touch my things, so I changed everything in here. If you notice, even the paint on the wall.” I looked around and realized that he was telling the truth, so I jumped and landed my whole body on the bed after I tested its softness.
“Adeline,” I heard Kaiser say, so I looked at him.
“I’m happy now that you’re back.” He looks serious, and there’s also sadness in his eyes. It was hard for him, I know. Our situation is different from what any mated couple would want. We are always afraid of being unable to see each other once I leave his world. I hope what I thought about our wolf knowing something about it was true. But Elda is not talking to me; I can’t feel her presence, to be exact. But I know that she’s still there-just undetectable.