I go to the kitchen, not expecting to find anyone at this hour. I open the door and find alpha Klaus and beta Joseph sitting in front of the dining table. I curse myself in my head, why do they always have to be wherever I go? They both turn around and look at me.
“Oh I’m… I’m sorry I thought the kitchen was empty” I mumble in a low voice.
“It’s ok Ella, you can join us. I am sure you didn’t have dinner yet, right?” says Joseph in excitement. I saw the alpha look at him with raised eyebrows.
He must be kidding me. Right? There is no way he wants me to join them for dinner. Because that would be so freaking awkward.
“I…I can serve you if you want” I say in hesitation.
“No, I want you to sit with us. Please have a seat. I am cooking pasta, it doesn’t really need to be served” he says politely as he stands up and offers me his seat. What the hell is he doing? I think to myself. I look at the alpha, waiting for him to kick me out or something. He stares at me for a minute and then gestures to Joseph’s seat.
“You can sit down Ella, it’s ok” he says in a dry tone.
I should have stayed in my room. I think regrettably as I take the seat offered to me on the right side of alpha Klaus. Joseph puts the cooked pasta in a bowl, brings it over and puts it on the table next to a bowl of red sauce.
“Bon Appétit” says Joseph as he sits on the opposite seat.
We all stare at each other waiting for the first person to reach for the pasta. It sure as hell wasn’t going to be me, I am nothing but a servant. I can’t serve myself first. None of them reach for it after half a minute.
Just like I thought, this dinner was going to be so freaking awkward. I get up and reach for the alpha’s empty plate, and begin to scoop up a serving of pasta onto his plate. I drench it in red sauce and put it back in front of him. I do the same for beta Joseph, and finally serve myself. We eat in silence for a few minutes.
I was praying that none of them talk to me the entire time, when beta Joseph asks me excitedly “Well? Am I an excellent chef or what? I want your honest opinion please”
Argh, so much for praying. I answer with a short simple response, hoping he would take a hint that I had no interest for a conversation with either of them “It is very delicious honestly”
He either doesn’t take the hint or doesn’t care “Well, I am glad you like it because it is about the only thing I can cook perfectly” he says proud of himself.
I nod with a small smile.
“Ella, there is someone I wanted to ask you about. I asked the other servants but none of them recognized the name, maybe you do” he says cautiously. My heart begins to beat faster, for some unknown reason. I say nothing and wait for him to continue.
“Do you know someone named Elliot Smith?” I notice alpha Klaus stare at my face sharply waiting for my response.
“No, I am sorry it doesn’t ring any bells for me. But I am probably not the right person to ask. I don’t socialize with anyone” I answer honestly and busy myself with my plate. Whoever that person was, he made alpha Klaus on edge and I thanked god that I didn’t recognize the name.
“I see, well I had to try my luck” Joseph says to himself.
Alpha Klaus kept staring at me. I could feel his eyes on me; while mine were glued to my plate, it made me very nervous. Does he think I am lying? I need to get out of here, this dinner was getting more awkward by the second.
“Would you like some wine with your pasta?” I ask them in a small voice.
“Actually, I looked around for some wine but couldn’t find any” Answered Joseph.
“We store the wine in the storage room next to the kitchen, I will get you a bottle” I say as I stand up and leave the kitchen in a hurry. I take my time to return to them. Anything to avoid alpha Klaus’s weird stares. I plan on pouring them wine then excusing myself to go to bed.
As I enter the kitchen, I find them in a deep heated conversation, that they don’t even notice I came back.
“Even if none of the servants recognized the name, I am telling you Joseph, he is from this pack” Alpha Klaus says in a low angry tone.
“I asked everyone from servants to Grey’s inner circle, none of them recognized it. If he was from this pack, he would be under another name” Joseph assured him.
“You need to look into all the pack’s data, specifically their photos. I will recognize him when I see him. His face is one I would never forget. That bastard must pay for killing my father and mate before he tries to make a run for it!” Alpha Klaus bangs his fist on the table in rage.
My heart stops beating completely. No way. This is not happening to me. He was talking about my father. Alpha Gray sent my father to kill alpha Klaus’s father and mate. I never got the name of the pack or the alpha from alpha Grey before he passed out the night he told me all about it, but I was sure now that he is the one he was talking about.
My body became numb at the discovery I just made, I couldn’t control my hands when they released the bottle of wine I forgot I was holding. Their conversation was cut short when they were startled by the crashing sound of the wine bottle smashing on the floor.
Ella’s POV
I couldn’t breath for a few seconds. Despite the horrible discovery I just made about my father and alpha Klaus, that was not the reason for my inability to breath. A sudden sense of déjà vu hit me. I was in this kitchen serving alpha Grey and beta Sam, when I accidentally dropped the alpha’s glass of wine shattering it to the floor. I have known unimaginable agony ever sense that night.
I looked up at my new alpha and beta. They were staring at the mess I made in surprise. Alpha Klaus took a few steps towards me, and I immediately flinched and backed away to a corner raising my hands to my face to protect it from his slap.
“I’m sorry alpha, please don’t hurt me. It slipped from my hands” I begged in a shaky voice.
I saw through my fingers the shocked face of alpha Klaus.
“Why would I hurt you for breaking a bottle of wine Ella? What kind of monster do you think I am?” he asked angrily.
I kept staring at him through my shaky fingers.
Beta Joseph walked over to me slowly and said gently “Ella, please calm down. No one is going to hurt you here. We are nothing like your old alpha and beta. It’s okay, It was just a bottle of wine”
I break out of my déjà vu, lower my hands and stare at them through my tearful eyes. They might not hurt me over a bottle of wine, but I was sure that they will kill me when they find out whose daughter I am. Alpha Klaus is seeking revenge on my father. But he doesn’t know that my father was killed to protect alpha Grey’s secret. Once he finds out, I will be the one left to take his revenge on. How can I sign my own death sentence and confess everything? There was no hiding this either. While names can be faked, photos can’t be faked. Alpha Klaus will recognize my father as soon as he gets his hands on my pack’s personal data.
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