Chapter 77: Violet

We made our way in our little group to the dining hall. I could see Stella working feverishly in the kitchen. “Would you excuse me? I have to say hi to someone.”

“Of course, take your time.” Sarah said and guided the ladies to a table in the far corner.

I walked into the kitchen and as soon as Stella saw me, she burst into tears. “I almost didn’t believe it when the rumors spread.” She dabbed at her eye with her apron. “But you’re here, that must mean the Alpha told you.”

I nodded at her.

“I’m so happy.” She stepped toward me and swung her arms around me trapping me in a bear hug. “He deserves a good girl like you. If you need anything, please just let me know. I’ll do anything for my Luna.” After squeezing me one last time she pulled away. “Look at this old bird carrying on in such a way.”

“I’m so happy too. I wished Simon would have just told me sooner. Rather than me think I was crazy being infatuated with a guy I just met who was way out of my league.” I laughed.

Stella scoffed. “Honey, he isn’t out of your league. You are way out of his. Not trying to say anything disrespectful to the Alpha. But if you weren’t mated you could do way better.” She winked at me.

I smiled at her. “I’ll keep that in mind.”

She looked me in the eyes and smiled. “Did you need anything, Luna?”

“Could I bother you for some tea for the other Lunas and myself? If not, I can get it.”

“Nonsense. Just go sit out there and I’ll have it to you in a few minutes.” She took my shoulders and squeezed them gently before letting go.

“Thank you, Stella.” I turned and walked to the other Lunas sitting at the table. They were watching the show through the Kitchen window.

“It looks like you are already loved by the pack.” Teresa said with a small smile, breaking the silence.

“I met Stella the first time I came here.”

“Girl, you have got to spill the tea! I need all the gooey, romantic details of how you and Alpha Simon met.” Tiffany said leaning forward on her elbows, already engulfed in the story that I hadn’t even started. Sarah and Teresa also leaned forward slightly while waiting for my story.

“Well, like I said before, I saw his grandmother walking with a heavy bag of books. She reminded me of someone I knew at my coven, so I couldn’t in good conscious let her walk with that heavy bag. I offered her a ride and, on the way, back she was telling me how Simon left her to walk to the store.” Even mentioning his name sent butterflies through my stomach. “She fibbed on most of it. Come to find out, he was working on contracts of some sort and couldn’t step away. But offered to take her the next day. If you met Dot, you would know she is as stubborn as a mule. So, she went anyway.”

“I met her once and she almost made me cry.” Tiffany said with a laugh.

“When I arrived at this house, I was so riled up that I got out of the car and walked into the main entrance yelling to see the Alpha. There were a few people there, but by the end of my screaming there were at least twenty. No one really knew what to do but just stand there. Then Simon walked in. As soon as I saw him, my heart skipped a beat. I felt myself drawn to him. But that didn’t stop me from sticking my finger in his face and screaming at him, telling him he should be ashamed of how he treated his grandmother. That she was a poor old woman who needed help.” I smiled at the memory. It seemed so long ago but it was less than a week.

“Then what happened.” Teresa now leaned on the table like Tiffany and waited for me to continue.

“I left. When I got into my car, I cursed myself for yelling at the Alpha of a werewolf pack. That I was sure next on his hit list. That at any moment he would come to my little cabin across the lake with his guards and kill me. I’ve heard stories that people have died for less when it comes to werewolves. But of course, those were darker times.” I tried to backpedal, trying not to insult the ladies in front of me. “The day turned to night, and he didn’t show. I knew there were wolves watching me. I actually met Bruce, such a sweet guy. He was the one who told me about the Alpha. The truth. Of course, I felt awful and didn’t know what to do.”

I paused and looked at the ladies before me. They were all waiting patiently to hear where my story went.

“I have your tea ladies.” Stella said from behind me walking up with a tray of tea and small sandwiches. She set down the tray in front of us. “Am I interrupting something?” She looked at all of our faces.

“Shhh, Violet is telling the story of how her and Simon got together.” Tiffany waved a hand at Stella.

“Oh, I want to hear this. May I join?” Stella said, instantly interested.

“Of course, pull up a seat.” I smiled at her. When she was settled, I continued. “The next day, I was trying to study but my mind kept on drifting to the man I yelled at. I learned his name from Bruce. I found myself daydreaming about him. It was really distracting. I have never felt like this before. Later that afternoon I heard a knock come from my back door. It was Simon. Holding a ridiculously large gift basket. He said he paid over seven hundred dollars for the thing. Come to find out, he didn’t know what I liked, and he had the help of his Beta and his mate. Actually, the Beta’s mate was my old childhood friend. We were like sisters.”

“That’s crazy.” Teresa said. “You knew her before coming here?”

I nodded. “Yeah, her parents were really close friends with my parents, and we would have sleepovers and everything. She was not a good influence on me. We would escape my room and we would go out into the woods and play truth or dare or something until it was almost dawn then sneak back in. I cannot believe that she is technically my Beta.”

“You instantly trust your Beta. That’s hard to come by. It took me forever to trust mine. She always had a sour expression on her face.” Sarah said with a small laugh.

“I feel like I was fated to Simon even before we met. There are too many coincidences that are just too hard to brush off. Like how I knew his parents, they would visit also. I would call them Aunt and Uncle. I never met him as a kid though. But if I did, I would want to know if we would have had a connection. He is six years older than me.” I smiled at that.

“That’s very interesting.” Sarah said.

I looked at Teresa, Tiffany, and Stella. They all only stared at me. They waited for the next portion of the story.

“When he came with that gift basket, he apologized for being a lousy grandson and that I was right. I couldn’t really turn him away then. I asked him in and if he wanted to have a glass of wine. He of course accepted and we spent the night talking. I fixed some runes on his arm that were wrong. Apparently, his grandmother brought him to a subpar witch and the runes were all jumbled. It’s the craziest thing, every time we touch electricity bounces off of us. We’ve gotten used to it now, but at first it was very distracting.”

“Did you have sex that night?” Tiffany interrupted.

I laughed and covered my mouth with my hand. “God no. I’m not that type of person. We just talked. When it was time for him to leave, a storm started. I couldn’t let him walk in the rain, so I offered to let him stay on my couch. Thinking back, I believe he planned it out somehow.” I laughed again. “I set him up on the couch and then I went to bed. Before I could sleep, he came up to my room saying he was afraid of thunder and asked to stay in my bed.”

The ladies around the table started laughing.