56.Sweet and Spicy.

Narrator’s POV.

“Are you okay?”, Fredrick asked Sarah as he placed his land hand on hers, she blushed and quickly pulled her hand away,

“I am fine, just tired”, she shrugged, trying to keep up with his long legs,

“It is understandable. We have been walking for days”, he said sympathetically, “We would rest fir the night when we get to a clearing”, he assured.

“I really think we should have taken a car”, Sarah whined, they had been walking for almost five days, taking breaks only at night,

“No, a car is too traceable. I really do not think our stories were that good to be bought, they might look for us”, he said.

“How would they know we are even together?”, Sarah stopped to question him with her hands on her hips,

“Well…”, he trailed off, “We conveniently and coincidentally lied about a sick family member”, he pointed out. Sarah had told Emilia that her mother was sick and she needed to take care of her while Fredrick said that he was going to see his sick brother.

“You have a point, but would the witch head not inform the alpha king of our arrival anyways”, Sarah became worried, if the alpha king should find out about this, they would both be punished severely,

“No, not if it is for a good cause”, Fredrick shrugged, “Bring your bag”, he ordered, she was about to decline when he rose his hand up, “Not to be debated with”.

She took her bag off her shoulders and handed it over to him, “I really do not feel comfortable doing this,

“It is fine, you need to rest your back and shoulders. I will carry the weight from now on”, he instructed, while she gave him a small smile and nod.

He on the other hand could not take his eyes off her pink plump lips, they looked so kissable, so delicious and succulent; he wondered how they tasted. Where they as sweet as she was? Sweet and spicy?

“Thank you”, she said out of the blue,

“For what?”, he was confused, why was she thanking him? Would she be thanking him if she knew the dirty thoughts running through his mind at the moment?

“For trusting me enough to let me go on this trip with you. It means a lot to me that you are letting me in on this. “Thank you”, she bent her head down as a blush crept onto her rosy cheeks,

He dropped the bags unto the ground and held her chin so she was looking him directly in the eye, his eyes more capturing now that he was extremely close to her, “I really like you”, she let out a small gasp, “Plus, I knew I could trust you”. They both wondered how it would feel or be like for them to just move a little bit further and close the cursed gap in between them, “Also, you were her maid”, Sarah took a step back.

What was she doing? She was a maid and nothing was going to change that, the alpha king’s second in command would never see her that way. She was an omega, nothing was going to change that either, she was not as strong or as powerful as a beta, not even a gamma.

“Did I do something wrong?”, worry was clear in his eyes as he tried to close the gap once again, “Why did you move away from me?”,

“I am so sorry, sir, but I can not do this”, she picked up her bag and began to walk away quickly, heading west to the western border of the large territory,

“Do what?”, she did not answer him. He grabbed his own bag and caught up with her, dragging her arm back so she could face him, “Do what?”, he repeated.

Her eyes were full of unshed tears, was it so bad that she just wanted to cry and listen to a long playlist of sad songs? “This!”, she snapped, “You being nice to me”,

“So, I should be mean to you?”, he cocked an eyebrow up in question as he folded his arms across his chest.

“No, act like the alpha king”, Sarah said but to him, she was just acting very crazy and delusional, did she hit her head or something?

“The alpha king and I are too different people”, he said to her, “Plus, he acts nice to the luna queen”, he ended with a small shrug,

“Exactly! Because she is the queen and not a maid”, she pointed out to him, “Because she is his chosen”.

“Because you are not my chosen does not mean I should not be nice to you. We are working together to achieve a common goal, I can never be mean to you”, he said sadly, “So please, never ask that of me”, he instructed her. He dropped her arm and walked away from her this time; he could not believe how absurd she had been. How would she ask him to be more like the alpha king? Not like there was anything wrong with that, but even knew that his boss was a very harsh man.

Why would she want that for herself?

It was finally nighttime when they got to a clearing, they had swiftly avoided talking to each other throughout the journey; he was still one hundred percent quizzical as to why she had requested such from him, “We will set up camp here for the night and leave at day break”, he set his bag down and went to the tree line, “I will hunt for food tonight, can you manage a fire?”, he pulled of his shirt as he waited for her reply,

“Yes, I can do that”, she turned her gaze away so she would not drool at his gorgeously sculptured chest,

“Alright then”, he went to the bushes and pulled off his shorts, leaving them in a small pile at the foot of a tree. He changed into his huge black wolf and sprinted through the trees as he looked for some fresh meat.

Quietly, Sarah began to unpack their necessary sleeping equipment from the bags that had been left on the floor when they got there; she took out the matches and set fire to the wood she had gotten at the edge of the forest.

She had tried her best not to think of how foolish and inconsiderate she must have looked when she told him to be more like the alpha king. He was trying to be nice to her, he did not have to be but he was and she was not appreciative.

Her eyes began to water once again, she could not believer herself; why on earth did she talk to him in the way she did? He was the alpha king’s second in command and she dared to talk to him in such away; she should be happy she was even given the privilege of talking to him.

She did not feel an ounce of guilt for what she had done, but she felt shame drip through every pore of her body; she had disgraced herself in front of Fredrick. How could she even assumed that when he claimed he liked her, he meant it in the way she wanted him to?

He said it himself, she was the luna queen’s maid and that was what she would be until the day she dies; she was not brought up to love, she was brought up to serve and be loyal to her masters, Fredrick included.

After a few minutes of moping around, she heard heavy footsteps come towards the clearing, it could have been anything, but she did not care. At this point, she did not mind the ground parting ways and swallowing her whole, that was how ashamed she was.

“I found a rabbit”, the owner of the footsteps said, throwing the small woodland creature unto the ground,

“Thank you”, she said in a whisper, he gave her a passive grunt that showed he was still pissed at her for what she said during the day, “I’m sorry”. The smell of salt filled his nostrils and he turned to face her,

“Please do not cry”, his eyes looked incredibly sad, the glee in his stormy grey orbs long gone,

“I am sorry, I did not mean to say that”, she wept,

“Look Sarah”, he took a deep breath, “I would not lie and tell you that what you said did not hurt me because it did, a lot. I am trying my best to be level headed and cool at this drastic time, please do not take it for granted. I am ready to look over this and move on because I like you”, he said it again, he repeated that he liked her once again. What did he mean when he said these words?

“Thank you”, she bowed her head slightly,

“Now, let us eat so we can go to bed, we should be at the border by dusk tomorrow if we wake up early”.