Naked Melody

“Eh? What happened last night?” Melody asked Hunter instead of replying to his question.

Hunter's dark eyes locked on to her green one's and his eyes searched hers to see if she was just pretending. She wasn't. She genuinely looked confused.

Hunter's heart that has been beating all the way down to this place immediately slowed down. His mate was fine, and she couldn't remember anything, and he hoped that she wouldn't because it would become bad. She was already traumatized enough, no need to add another, but Rebecca has without wanting to, added another.

“Come on, take your bath we are going home” Hunter saw her look him up and down before getting up and walking inside the bathroom.

Hunter sighed and his shoulder and tensed up muscles relaxed as the door of the bathroom closed behind her.

He had not wanted her to go with Rebecca for the girl's night when Rebecca asked for permission, but he saw the glow in Melody's eyes, he knew that she wanted to go with them. He had agreed, thinking that she would have fun. He thought wrong. Not only did Rebecca lie to him about the girls' night, she took Melody to a club, got her drunk and drugged with an aphrodisiac.

If the guard he asked to secretly follow Melody around had not seen Matthew entering their house early in the morning and reporting back to him, he doubted that Rebecca would have told him. Hunter had immediately called Matthew, who, at first, wanted to remain tight-lipped but later spilled everything.

While driving at the highest speed that could get him in an accident over to this place this morning, he had thought that he would have another huge issue on his hands. It seems like the moon goddess was finally taking pity on him by not letting Melody remember what happened to her last night.

He looked up when he heard a movement and saw Melody poking her head out of that bathroom door. Her whole body was still inside the bathroom, and she was holding the door tightly with a red face like her life depended on it.

“Are you okay?” He asked. She was not meeting his eyes, and his question made her jump. She was looking everywhere in Rebecca's room except for him.

“I…” Melody licked her lips and was it just his eyes or did her face that was already red bloomed into a deeper shade of red?

He wanted to stand up and go to her when she jumped and put her head back inside, slamming the door shut. Hunter flinched and wanted to rush up and bang on the door, but then he paused as realization dawned on him. Melody didn't look like she was terrified of him. She was naked and needed help with something, but was too shy to ask him.

Hunter sighed and walked out of the room in search of Rebecca. He might be mad at her right now and not want her anywhere close to Melody, but Melody needed help that she could offer.

The four girls were seated in the living room, tight lipped. None was saying a word. They looked scared, even Rebecca, and it made Hunter feel a little better. At least they knew that they were mistaken and felt bad and guilty about it.

They all flinched when their eyes fell on him, but they didn't look surprised. They must have smelt him coming. “I think Melody needs help with something, Rebecca. You should go help her with it”

Rebecca was up before he completed his words and racing towards her room. He wanted to sit in the living room to wait for her but knew that the girls would not be comfortable around him. So, for their mental health, he took pity on them and went to stand in front of Rebecca's door.

He could not for the life of him understand why Rebecca's friends feared him, even if they had been her friends since they were all little. He was a good alpha and never treated his pack member's wrongly, but there was nothing he could do. His position alone as their Alpha made him feared.

“She is fine now” Rebecca told him as she walked out of the room thirty minutes later, "she only forgot to carry a towel and you were inside”

He was correct about Melody being naked then. Hunter thought," Thank you" he nodded at Rebecca before walking back inside.

Melody was standing in the middle of the room with her back to him, “You want to come home with me?” At the last minute, he decided to allow her to do what she wanted. If she wanted to stay with Rebecca, then he would leave her here. He was so damn sure that Rebecca won't be fucking up again, anytime soon.

Melody spun around to face Hunter. Her face became red again as the earlier scene that happened in the room came flashing back to her mind, and she cursed herself for forgetting to take her towel along with her.

“Sir?” She asked, she did not hear his question.

Hunter's brow furrowed when he heard her call him sir. He realized that she had never called him before. It would be odd to allow his mate that he was trying to get together with to call him sir.

“Don't call me sir. Call me by my name, Hunter”

“Sir?” Melody's eyes widened, and she slapped her hand over her mouth, “sorry” she squeaked with a red face. She wanted the ground to open up and swallow her when she saw his lips tilt up in a smirk like he was enjoying watching her make a fool of herself.

“Don't call me sir. Call me by my name, Hunter” he repeated, slowly this time, as if he was speaking with a toddler.

“Okay,” she hesitated for a while. She has called his name so many times in her head, but never called it out. She finally did when he kept looking at her, waiting for her to say it, “Hunter”

“Good, do you want to go home with me or stay with the girls?” He hoped she would say she wanted to go with him, but if she did, what were they going to be doing all day? He did not even think of that before. His heart was in his mouth as he drove down here this morning. Now that he had seen that she was alright, his heart was now calm.

“Do you want me to go with you? Is there anything you need me to do for you?” She asked him back.

Hunter cocked his head to the side. She has been answering his question with a question of her own throughout today. She was getting more comfortable around him than before when she would just go straight to answering him and not even meeting his eyes like she was doing now. Good.

“You can stay if you like. I don't really have anything I want you to do for me”