Lily POV
As the day goes by, I realise Damien won't be returning any time soon. Going downstairs, I find Natalia making dinner and I decide to help.
"Do you know when the Alpha will be home?"
Natalia shook her head. "No, but he said to tell you to stay at the pack house until he returns" She said, adding nothing else.
By eight o'clock Damien still hasn't returned, and I wonder where he is. I was starting to become quite bored being stuck in the house and there is only so much Netflix someone can watch. I asked Natalia if she knew where he was or if she heard anything through the Packs mind link. But she denied knowing anything, which I didn't believe. As she was about to leave, I followed her to the door.
"You sure you don't know where the Alpha is?" I asked her. Natalia looked around nervously and I could tell she was hiding something.
"I'm sorry Luna, I'm not allowed to say" She breathed, before diverting her eyes to the ground.
"Something is up," Layla said as I watched her walk down the driveway toward her car. I also agreed it was a little unusual for him to not return at all during the day. Going upstairs, I chucked on my jeans and hoodie, deciding I would go and see Callie. I might have better luck getting answers from her.
Walking to her house, I notice that the streets are completely silent. The forest surrounding the town was eerily silent as well, you couldn't even hear any insects or night creatures. I had this sudden feeling that someone was watching me from the shadows of the tree line. AsI walked down Callie's small street, which was closest to the forest surrounding the town.
Looking toward the forest, I kept thinking I was seeing shadows moving amongst the trees out of the corner of my eye. Even Layla was slightly on edge. I could feel her peering through my eyes with a feeling of unease.
"It's a little too quiet, don't you think?" She asked and I nodded. Something was amiss. When I see Callie's house come into view, I pick up my pace. The dim street lights casting shadows on the road weren't helping my unease as I approached the front of the house. All the lights were off and it appeared no one was home. Walking up the front porch, I noticed a shadow in the lounge room window. For a second I froze, fear paralysing me. The reflection wasn't too clear since it was so dark, yet I could see the clear outline of a man standing in the yard behind me.
The man looked familiar, making my heart race, I just couldn't place where I had seen him. The fear running through my body had me frozen. Layla pushed forward when I wasn't able to seize control of myself. I never felt fear like this and even if I did, I never felt such overwhelming fear where it left me in a frozen state.
Layla pushing forward peered out my eyes before a loud growl escaped my lips and she forced me to spin around. Only when I did there was no one behind me.
"I could have sworn, I saw a man standing by that tree" I tell her. She agreed.
"Yes, I saw him too, he looked familiar" She whispered back giving me back control.
When I heard trees rustling, I jumped, my eyes turning toward the forest surrounding the property. Yet I couldn't see anything. Looking toward Callie's neighbour's house, I see the old lady peek out the blind. When she notices me standing on the front porch, she places a hand on her chest and smiles, looking relieved.
"We must have scared her when you growled" I tell Layla.
Only the rustling gets louder and I turn toward the tree line, looking for a sign of anyone. When the noise moves back behind me, I turn in the opposite direction only to see Max and Callie walk out of the forest. I sigh, feeling relieved I was no longer out here on my own.
"Probably just someone from the pack passing through maybe" Layla said as more wolves came out. I nodded. She was probably right. I noticed about five other warrior's walking out behind them, from different parts of the forest.
Walking down the porch steps, Callie looks up noticing me.
"Lily?" She asks, looking toward the tree line nervously.
"Hey Callie, where did you come from?" She looks at Max and I see him nudge her with his elbow.
"Just went for a run" She says, her eyes darting away.
"With a heap of warriors?" I ask, not believing her answer. She just shrugs, walking toward me.
"Does the Alpha know you're out?" She asks, looking around nervously.
"He isn't my Alpha or my keeper" I tell her, annoyed that she wanted to know if I had permission to see her.
Max pulled his phone from his pocket. "I will let him know you're here. I don't want to get in shit like last time" He says dialling the number in his phone. I cross my arms over my chest.
"It is fine Max, I only stopped by to see if you knew where the Alpha was" He continued to dial the number ignoring me. I heard it ring a few times and Callie walked up the steps and unlocked her front door.
"So do you know where he is?" I ask, following her, but she ignores my question. Instead of taking her jacket off and hanging it on the coat rack.
"I can't say Lily, if the Alpha wanted you to know he would have told you"
Her answer pissed me off and I could feel Layla pressing against my skin, not liking that everyone kept blowing us off.
"Fine, I will go then" I tell her walking back outside. Only this time I find four warriors standing in the yard. Max had hung the phone up and looked away, not meeting my eyes as he spoke.