Chapter 8

Savannah

Thankfully the chat around the table seems to be enough to keep Alpha Jack from singling me out again and I’m only forced to add in the occasional odd word and nod of agreement although I’m not sure how long I can keep even that up, time seems to be dragging and im slowly losing my sanity.

On top of that, that dam smell is still so strong and Chloe is honestly getting worse, so bad that my head’s pounding, and I just want to eat my food and get back to bed with some Advil. As if on cue the pack’s Omegas start bringing in dishes and dishes of food and I silently thank the Moon Goddess.

All of the food looks and smells amazing and I am drooling. I hope they have burgers and fries or pasta and sauce oh peach cobbler, and maybe some ice cream.

I always prefer the more simple foods in life I don’t have a love for posh Nosh so those kinds of foods are right up my street. I just hope that smell that’s been driving me insane is one of the deserts tonight because it will taste divine I just know it.

It doesn’t take long for the plates of food to start emptying, the food is beautiful and wolves always eat a shit load of food so it’s no surprise when in no time at all we have all eaten our fill of the food, dam they have good cooks here, everything was delicious and guess what? Yes that’s right I got my burgers and fries plus pasta and sauce but I’m so full now I could burst.

“Desert will be brought in now everyone please enjoy,” announces Beta Alex. The minute he says those words all thoughts of me being too full completely slip away, I’m more than ready for that delicious strawberry and cinnamon dessert.

The deserts are brought in and I feel like a kid in a candy store as I wait to finally discover what has been the cause of that delicious smell but nothing comes out with strawberry and cinnamon and I’m left completely confused. What the fuck? How Can I still smell it? I think my headache is playing tricks on me.

After deciding that the smell is just my imagination I do all I can to push thoughts of it aside and bring my attention back to the table where everyone is chatting about everything and anything only as the Omegas leave the dining hall once more, one of them a girl around my age passes me as she’s making her way out and that smell seems to get even stronger and I finally snap, I’ve had enough. So I excuse myself from the table and start to follow the girl. I have to get to the bottom of this, surely this can’t all be in my head.

“Hey Sav, wait up a second.” turning around I see Noah trailing me.

“Hey bro, everything ok?”

“Yeah all good, I was just coming to ask you the same thing. You’ve not been yourself tonight, you seem distracted, what’s going on?”

“Honestly I’m not sure what’s going on, Chloe has been driving me insane since I woke up from my nap prancing around and completely unsettled, I’ve got the headache from hell and that dam smell is literally driving me insane!”

“Ahh Sav, why don’t you get yourself to bed and take some Advil... wait... what smell?”

“Yeah that’s my plan and I don’t know it reminds me of strawberries and cinnamon. I assumed it was one of the deserts but then nothing came out with those flavours, then while the Omegas were leaving after bringing in the deserts one of them walked past me and the smell got even stronger, it’s driving me insane so much that I literally started following the girl to try and figure it out when you called me.”

“Hmm... Savannah maybe your mate is here?” Noah looks at me with a strange expression that eventually turns into a cheesy grin as the realization hits me that he could be right but I’m not sure how to feel about it.

“He can’t be... I mean everyone from the pack was at dinner, the only ones missing are the guards on duty but I wouldn’t smell them here it’s too far away. It only started when we were heading for the dining room and it’s definitely no one in there!”

“Ok I see your point... but wait you said that the smell got stronger when the Omega walked past you yes?”

“Yes so?”

“So maybe your mates in the kitchen? Or maybe your mate’s an Omega? It wouldn’t make sense for an Alpha’s daughter to be mated with an Omega but I’ve heard of stranger things happening.”

“You could be on to something there and it wouldn’t matter to me if my mate was an Omega. His ranking doesn’t mean anything to me, a mate is a mate and that’s that!”

“I know Sav, I feel the same way you know that. So how about we head to the kitchen and see if we can track down this smell and maybe even your mate?” Noah shoots me a wink alongside his cheesy grin while I just nod back still not really sure about what’s going on and we head for the kitchen. I’m not even sure if I’m letting his words sink in right now. All of the signs point to the possibility of my mate being here but I’m still struggling to believe it.

Nonetheless, I continue to head towards the kitchen only as we’re just approaching the door we start to hear shouting and a groaning noise that instantly makes my heart feel like it’s breaking to hear that sound and suddenly I feel really sad but I dont understand why.

“You worthless piece of scum!”

“You should have died a long time ago!”

“Once these guys are done with you, I am going to skin you alive nice... and... slowly!”

We rush into the Kitchen and the sight we are greeted with is one that I’ll never forget for as long as I live. Five maybe six guys are kicking and punching someone on the floor while throwing venomous words at him/her. I look over and see Gamma Drake, he isn’t doing any hitting but he’s standing there watching what’s happening with a sick shark grin on his face.

I realize at that moment that he was the one who said he was going to skin this person alive, he’s enjoying this sick show just waiting for his turn. Both Noah and I move quickly to where they are and manage to pull two of them off of the person, I turn around to see who’s on the floor when our eyes connect and at that moment I am completely lost and then something crazy happens, Chloe comes to the front of my mind practically shouting at me.

“MATE!”

“MINE!”

“MATES HURT!”

“HELP MATE!”

I look at the guy on the floor below me and I swear that he’s the most handsome man I have ever seen. However, he’s now passed out from what those bastards have done to him and I instantly lose my shit.

“GET YOUR FUCKING HANDS OFF OF MY MATE!”