“Agreed.”
“So, nothing drastic, just something small that would make my car die, or play up, need to be repaired is my guess. Lindal will source the issue and tell me, and I’ll likely go put a beat down on him.”
He smiled at that, it seemed she was back to normal. That was a good thing, she could just talk to him, likely it was just Hayden that had her on edge, as well as this trip and that clock that was ever presently ticking away. “I’ll nap and stop bugging you now.”
“Good.” She murmured.
Oriana
She was glad when Slade actually fell asleep. She didn’t want to talk about last night at all, it seemed that he’d let it go as well. In his words, he didn’t even see her as a girl. That had hurt more than she’d liked.
She was a bloody girl and that man next to her, her future Alpha, had been all over her last night, she’d certainly been a girl to him in his drunken state. She wondered how he’d feel if she told him she didn’t see him as a man. Was just an Alpha and nothing more. She bet he would be more than insulted by those words.
But she also knew that if she had said them back to him, he’d likely come to the realisation that his instincts were right and something had gone on between them. So she’d kept her mouth firmly closed on that retort, that had itched to be unleashed back upon him.
It was very clear that he thought something had happened between them, but she also knew that he didn’t know exactly what either. It might be s*x in his mind, it might be just a bit of getting hot and heavy, or it might be that he was just digging because he was butt ass naked on his floor when he’d woken up.
He had no proof of anything, and without proof, something she wasn’t going to give him, what could he say or do? Nothing was what! She would never say anything to anyone about it. Never tell a soul. It was now her dirty little secret, she supposed. Because she did not want her dad to ever find out.
She drove all the way to his Alpha College and didn’t stop once. This car had a full tank of gas, she would have to gas up upon leaving, that was a certainty, and she would stop to fill it up before giving it back to Lindal as well.
Slade slept soundly, and she didn’t bother to wake him for anything. If he slept she didn’t have to talk to him, she was uncomfortable around him and she knew it. Bloody drunken s*x, that he didn’t recall, was going to ruin their Alpha Beta bond if she couldn’t forget about it.
Ori nearly sighed out loud at that thought. They did normally have a good relationship, got along well, and now it was going to be all screwed up, because of one night, that only she could recall. Was going to be screwed up from her end, he was going to be gone for a year.
Slade would come home in a years’ time and have forgotten all about this moment he’d tried to get her to talk about. Let it go and push it aside as nothing until he actually forgot about it. It probably wouldn’t take that long; out of sight, out of mind.
She had to put it behind her, and quickly so, or she was going to be the one to ruin the Alpha Beta bond they had, and he wouldn’t understand what had happened either. But how could she do it so soon, like now on this trip? It was harder than she’d thought it would be.
Had thought this morning to just let it go and not think about it, he wouldn’t remember so she’d never have to think about it. Then he’d gone and brought it up, now she was thinking about it. Had to console herself with the knowledge that after this morning, she had an entire month before she had to come back and pick him up again.
A whole month to get over it, let it go and deal with the fact that he, her future alpha, her best friend, had popped her v-card in a drunken f**k, and he didn’t even remember it. Didn’t, in his sober state, even think she was a girl worth looking at.
She pulled up in front of the gates to Alpha College. She’d never been here before, and she was now parked in front of a very grand set of gates. All wrought iron with intricate swirls, that kind of reminded her of the wolfen filigree that was given when wolves marked each other.
They were attached to massive concrete posts on either side and there was a guard box with a man or wolf sitting in there. This place was making one hell of a statement to the human world.
To humans, she knew they would see it as a very exclusive boarding school for the world’s super wealthy children and getting in here was too damned expensive or too damned hard, she supposed.
She announced herself to the gate guard, and he looked passed her into the car as she spoke “Oriana Vale, future Beta to Alpha Slade Southerland of the Highland Hills Pack.”
“Is he dead or sleeping?” the guard snorted full amused, likely saw it all the time.
She turned and looked at Slade, shook her head and punched him one right in the arm. “Hey Slade, wake up, you’re here. Greet the guard.”
She saw him frown at her and rub his arm, and she smiled all sweetly at him, then he looked passed her to the guard “Slade Southerland reporting for Alpha College.”
“Mm, he is alive I see.” the guard smiled at her “Go on in, drive up the main road, don’t deviate and park yourself in the white arrivals zone, can’t miss it…” he looked at his list and ticked something off it. Then he looked back at Ori, “You made good time, I see, almost an hour ahead of your scheduled drop-off.”
“Good.” She nodded, was actually happy to hear that. She drove through the massive gates and up the very long winding driveway. This place was massive, all neatly mowed lawns and hedges. As the actual college came into view, it was like a bloody castle. All luxury for Alphas, she supposed.
“An hour early, you sped?” Slade asked.
“Yes. Going to get back before my time runs out.” She answered simply.
“Take it easy in getting back Ori. You’ve been driving all day, 5 hours non-stop.”
“I know how long I drove, with no company to keep me awake. Did you sleep well?” she asked as she pulled up in the white arrival zone. The guard was right, you couldn’t miss it, the entire area was painted white. She also saw there was a blue pickup zone and a green departure zone as well as she looked about.
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