Chapter 51
“Hi.” I said, furrowing my brows when Greyson ignored me and only continued to stare Smith down.
“Look who I found.” I said, hoping to dispel the awkwardness that had begun to form and cloud the air around us.
“I can see him.” He responded through gritted teeth and my frown deepened at his tone.
Smith stood up from his position beside me and it wasn’t until he did that I realized how closely he had been sitting to me. I didn’t know when he had shuffled that closely. The Beta gave a nervous laugh, giving me a small wave before turning around and disappearing into the crowds of people.
The Alpha settled beside me but the look of anger still painted his face. It was then I noticed the small bunch of flowers in his hand and although it made me smile, I knew it wasn’t the right time to ask about it.
“What’s the problem?” I asked, his brows were still furrowed with anger and although he wasn’t looking in my direction anymore, I could just guess that his eyes were still dancing with anger.
He finally turned those angry orbs in my direction.
“Well Freya, the problem is that, I leave you alone for a couple of minutes maybe even less and you’re with my Beta.” He said, not even bothering to hide the anger in his voice.
“I’m sitting right where you left me. He was the one that came to me, I didn’t know I was supposed to just send him away.”
“Well you should have Freya, especially since he was already almost in your face, you both could have being kissing.”
“What? N-” I had begun to say, anger bubbling within my stomach.
“You know what let’s just forget about it.”
“You can’t accuse me of whatever you were about to accuse me of and expect to just forget it.” I said.
Greyson sighed heavily, shaking his head before looking away from me and in the direction of where Jessy was playing, my child looked to be having a lot of fun and had already made quite a few friends. I watched the way the anger and frown immediately fade from his face and a smile tugged at his lips. He finally turned his attention back to me.
“I’m sorry. It just really upset me seeing him sitting that close to you.” It surprised me that the Alpha would apologize to me but I really appreciated it because it immediately calmed the bubbling anger in my stomach.
I nodded my head in response, smiling when he dipped his head to claim my lips in a sweet kiss.
“Look what I got you.” He said, offering the flowers to me.
“They are beautiful, thank you.” I said, bringing the pretty flowers to my nose.
“Where did you get them from?” I asked, looking around the fields to see if I could catch sight of growing flowers.
“There’s a part of the field that grows just flowers. It’s really beautiful. Do you want to check that out?” He asked and I smiled, nodding my head with glee.
Greyson pulled himself into a standing position and offered me a hand which I took then he helped me stand up and we began moving in the direction he wanted us to go.
“Mommy!” Jessy yelled when I passed by her and the excitement on my daughters face was enough to ignite mine. I waved heartily at her, and Greyson did the same before we began moving again.
I was still looking in Jessy’s direction so I couldn’t be sure of the road in front of me but when I bumped into someone it forced me to turn around
“Oh I’m so sorry.” I said but the person didn’t stop.
I was just about turning back around when they finally turned around and the shock that overtook my features was enough to freeze me in my tracks.
Emilia?
What was she doing here? Was she following me around? She wasn’t supposed to leave the mansion for any reason and she was here at the festival. And the look in her eyes, malicious was the only word I could come up with when it came to describing it.
“Freya!” Greyson shouted by my side and I turned my attention to him.
“Yes?” Why was he shouting?
“I’ve been calling you. What’s the problem? You look pale, like you’ve seen a ghost.”
“Uh well…”
The problem now wasn’t telling the Alpha that I had seen Emilia, because that was all I wanted to do in this moment, I was quite honestly fed up of whatever games the maid was trying to play.
Why would she risk a lot just to follow me out here? What was the raven haired maid planning?
I wanted to tell the Alpha what I had seen. Especially since he was looking at me with a look in his eyes that told me he was expecting to hear something reasonable that would explain my behavior in these last couple of minutes.
But I knew him.
Telling him about Emilia right now would be the end of our night. He would comb through the entire festival maybe even shut it down, just to find her and when he did, it would be home for all of us and his anger will take over for the rest of the evening.
Jessy was just starting to get comfortable with her friends, I was about to be introduced to flower heaven and we still had a long amazing night ahead of us.
I couldn’t let Emilia ruin this for me.
“Nothing. I’m sorry, I just thought I saw someone I knew. I was trying to get a better look.” I said. It wasn’t completely a lie.
“Oh, where did they go? Maybe we could try and find them.” Greyson offered sweetly and I shook my head, smiling.
“No, it’s fine. I was wrong. It wasn’t them.” He raised his brows in question but when I only smiled at him and wiggled my brows, he burst out into laughter and began gently pulling me again.
We walked for a little more before we got to the most beautiful flower garden I had ever seen. My eyes lit up at the sight and I dropped the Alpha’s hands that had been holding on to mine before inching forward to explore.
But the moment I let go of his hands, it felt like the eyes returned back to my frame. While I was amongst the crowds a few moments ago it had been calm and there had been no weird feeling, but now it felt like a switch had been flipped and everything was feeling weird again.
“What’s your favorite flower?” Greyson asked by my side and I turned to him, offering him a small smile before trying to concentrate on both of us.
“I don’t know yet. I have never received flowers or been around a lot of flowers before. But I like the look of most of them. There’s a certain aesthetic that comes with it.”Text property © Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org.
“Mmhm I agree.” The Alpha responded but he looked distracted with the flower he was currently observing.
I took a quick sweep of where we were to be sure that there was no one around because the eyes on my frame refused to go away.
I was about to focus my attention back on the flowers when I saw a man standing at the very end of the fields. At the opening of the woods. Although he was at a distance from me, I could see that he had his eyes trained on me.
He was dressed in all black and that made him appear even more eerie. I didn’t recognize his face but he kept looking at me like he knew me. In fact, I had a feeling that if it were not for the Alpha by my side then this man would have been approaching me.
“Freya! Are you tired of listening to me talk or something because we could just head back to the festival.” Greyson said with a hint of annoyance in his tone. I brought my attention back to him.
“Goddess, no, not at all. I enjoy listening to you talk. Love it in fact. It’s just that I’ve had this weird feeling of eyes on my frame and now there’s a man at the end of the field, staring intently at me and it’s just creepy.”
At my words, the Alpha whipped his head towards the direction I had spoken about and I did the same, but to my utmost surprise there was no one there. It was almost as if the man had disappeared into thin air.
“I swear there was someone there watching me.” I said.
“It’s okay, I believe you. They might have gone into the woods, but you have nothing to fear Freya.” The Alpha said, taking my face into his hands.
“I’m going to keep you protected always. No one is going to be able to hurt you or do anything bad to you. You’re safe with me always. I’m always going to protect you and Jessy.” The Alpha promised, pulling me into his chest for a hug.
I instantly relaxed into his arms, letting out a small relieved sigh while sniffling his shit, allowing his scent calm down my frayed nerves. His words made me feel warm inside and it was unexplainable but beautiful.
“Come on let’s head back.” He said, taking my hands in his.
“Let’s dance please. I’ll do anything.” I promised, turning to the Alpha with a mischievous glint in my eyes and on my lips.
“Anything?” He said huskily and a shiver went through my spine, but I nodded my head quickly.
“Alright then. We’re dancing.” He said, pulling me towards the group of people dancing and I chuckled.
Greyson wasn’t lying when he said that he couldn’t dance to save his life. The Alpha was terrible at dancing and I could see the people around us stifling their laughters. Well I didn’t, I kept laughing so loudly especially when we had to dance as a group in the same dance styles and the Alpha kept getting it all wrong.
He was a terrible dancer but I didn’t mind one bit, I still had a lot of fun, wiggling and shaking my butt in a weird manner with him.
Once my feet and stomach was hurting too much from dancing and laughing at the Alpha, I pulled him away to our previous spot and we settled on the grass still laughing at each other.
“You’re a terrible dancer.” I commented, once I came down from my laughing high.
“Well I told you so I’m not going to apologize for that. And you’re not much better than I am so zip it.” He responded and I laughed once more, adjusting so I could rest my head on his shoulders.
The Alpha placed a gentle kiss on my forehead and then he was connecting our fingers together.
“Are you having fun?” He asked.
“More fun than I have ever had in my entire life.”
“Well I’m really glad to hear that.”
I raised my head and the emotions that I saw in the Alpha’s eyes made my breath seize in my throat and my heart began thrumming widely in its cage. Greyson looked like he had a lot to say and I feared what those things may be.
Not because I thought they were going to be bad, well it was the opposite of that. I thought it might be good, maybe even too good for me.
But after watching me for a while without saying anything, he took my face in his hands and took my lips into a kiss.
No words were exchanged between us, but that kiss was enough.
It said everything we both couldn’t say. It was fulfilling in a way that I couldn’t explain or describe.
And I was the happiest omega alive in that moment.