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Carolina's POV:
This place is huge. I could get lost if I wasn't following Jaxson. He was walking through the halls smoothly. He must have this place mapped out completely in his head.
There were many different types of doors and rooms. Jaxson showed me the basic stuff including the kitchen, closes bathrooms, and his office, and now we are walking to my room.
He said it was next to his so I could find him easily.
I wasn't oblivious to the very kind treatment Jaxson was giving me. Normally mates would be mated and married within the week but he doesn't seem to care at all.
I was so lost in my head that I didn't notice him stopping, I ran straight into him. "A little spaced out?" He asked looking back at him.
I just nodded sheepishly, worried my words would fail me.
"This is your room." He gestures to the door in front of us. "You can open the door." He said lightly pushing me towards the door.
I was nervous. I was so used to my old room, I don't even know what I am going to do with this one.
I lifted my shaking hand, turning the nob. I pushed the door open and looked in. It was huge. Bigger than most of the pack rooms at Redwood.
My eyes widen as I looked around and turned to look at Jaxson with shock.
He had a small smile on his face as he watched my reaction. "This is the type of room you should have had." He told me walking up to me.
I don't think I really noticed our height difference but he is way taller than me. I am just the size of his shadow.
"Do you like it?" He asked noticing I hadn't said a word yet, just out of shock. "We can change the decoration and add some stuff, whatever you want to do, it's your room." He told me.
I looked around the room again to see if there was anything I wanted to change and I couldn't point out a single thing.
"No." I finally said in a soft voice, "It's perfect the way it is." I told him still looking around the room.
As we were standing there a pack member knocked on the door. "I have the Luna Queen's things." Jaxson responded first opening the door wider for the man and saying "Thank you, George, you are dismissed." And with a bow to Jaxson then me he left the room.
"I have to go to my office for a little bit to write and file some information about my visits. Be down stair for dinner in an hour ok?" Jaxson said moving directly in front of me.
I nodded my head. He was about to leave before stopping and asking "You remember the way? Or do you want me to send someone to get you?"
"I should be fine," I tell him not wanting to sound useless and not at least try to find my way through this castle.
He nodded and gave a little wave as he left. I was left in this huge room not sure what to do with myself. I moved my way around only really moving my bag to my bed before starting pacing around.
I am going to be having dinner with Jaxson, who is the Alpha King. It only seemed to just hit me. I am the future Luna Queen. How could this even be possible?
As everything rushed to me I sat down on the floor against my huge new bed. I think I have just not thought about anything. I have a mate and he wants me. I have 6 months to decide if I want to stay here. Who am I kidding, why would I ever leave this place?
I spend the time I was given probably to unpack and get comfortable in this room, just sitting on the floor having a mental breakdown.
I still had some time but I decided I would try and find my way to the dining room. The hallways were strangely patterned. There were also hallways with different wallpaper and paint. I used that to help find my way around remembering which ones I have passed.
I made it to the dining room in perfect timing. Jaxson was leaning against the table with a folder in hand deeply reading it. I saw the name of the folder, Red Wood, my pack.
"Is everything ok?" I quietly asked leaning against the door frame. I was nervous and my body language was definitely giving that way. "Can I see your arms?" He asked, holding his hand out, not answering my question.
"Why?" I asked scared. I didn't like the way he was looking like he was angry about something. I hide more behind the wall frightened. I hear him take a calm breath and move to look around the door frame. I looked at him with wide eyes. He didn't look angry anymore just concerned.
"Can I look at your arms please?" He asked, again this time calm and soft. I lightly placed one of my arms in his hand. He lifted my sleeve up and looked around it, wrapping his whole hand around my upper arm. I looked at his movements with confusion.
"You are underweight, you know that?" He told me. I had never thought of that, other girls in the pack would say how much they wish they could be my skinny. "I am?" I asked
"It's not horrible, but it's not exactly healthy. Did you eat 3 meals a day at Red Wood?" He asked. I shook my head no, I use to but as things got worse I found it better to stay away from meals and eat on my own when I steal some food while cleaning.
"Why? Were you not allowed?" He asked still looking and feeling around my arm. "No, I just didn't like being in that room with all of them, things would always go wrong," I said watching his hand and where they were moving to.
He held out his hands out for my other arm and I gave it to him now understanding he was checking for injuries. "You mean someone would cause a mess and blame you and everyone would gang up on you." He asked softly flipping his gaze up to my eyes and back to my arm.
"Yes," I responded making the angry look return on his face. It didn't stay there but now I knew he wasn't mad at me but my pack.
"Alpha King. Dinner is ready whenever you and your Luna Queen are ready." Someone, who looked like the lead Chef said ."Thank you, Linda, we are ready." Jaxson said moving his light grip from my arm to my hand and leading me to my seat.
We were sitting in front of each other at the sides of the table. Plates were placed in front of us filled with so much food, I wasn't sure if I would be able to eat it all.
"Thank you," I said to the lady who put down the plate for me. I heard Jaxson also thank the lady as she placed it in front of him. I can not imagine Alpha Noah thanking me for getting his dinner.
"Did you find your way into the castle easily?" Jaxson asked starting a normal conversation. "Yeah, I noticed that the halls have different wall colors, is that for a reason?" I asked out of pure curiosity.
"Um, yeah, actually. It labels the type of rooms you will find there." He told me. I nodded keeping that noted in my mind, just in case.
I was eating when I noticed the file was still on the table. I stared at it wondering what was in it and what had made Jaxson so mad while reading it.
Jaxson being very observant as normal pushed the file towards me, telling me it was ok to read it. I looked up at him for more reassurance and to make sure this wasn't just a test to see what I would do.
"You can read it. You will be able to read any file in my office after a little bit of training, making sure you learn what to tell people and what not to tell people. This file is just temporary and will be updated again soon." He explained as I slowly grabbed and opened the file.
Red Woods Leadership:
Alpha: blank
Luna: blank
Male Beta: blank
Female Beta: blank
Third: Not required
Redwood was placed in North Dakota, pack number of around 1,200 wolves. 612 females and 625 males. Around 500 warriors, 0 Omegas. Leaders need to be chosen before the end of the year for the leadership meeting.
It seemed to just be a simple file, filled with basic information. It was weird reading there were 0 Omegas now in the Red Wood pack. But what would make Jaxson mad?
"You want to know what I figured out?" He said after I put the file down. "What?" I asked quietly. "Noah never put you down as an Omega, you were a regular pack member and never knew." He told me making me rethink everything Noah told me.
"So I'm not weaker than normal wolves?" I asked. "Well, I'm not sure. You have never done training and have little connection to your wolf cause you thought you were an Omega. So after we get you healthy you will probably have to do some training to see your level of strength." He explained to me.
I didn't add anything to what he said. I was just a little shocked that I could have just been a regular pack member if it wasn't for Noah. Why would Noah even do that to me? I have never done anything wrong to him.
"Who knows maybe you are as strong as a warrior wolf," Jaxson said making me smile at the thought of erasing the bad ones.
Jaxson's POV:
Dinner with Carolina was really nice. Before we sat down I wanted to check and make sure she didn't have any obvious injures. I didn't see anything but a few scars, which was not pleasing but better then her having broken bones.
From what I gathered is that she wasn't hit or beaten often but that's because she follow every order closely with little mistakes. And if she was to upset Noah he would slap or punch her.
I hate him for the way he treated my mate. And he for him to try and say 'I didn't know she was your mate.' It's outrageous. You never treat people like that, no matter who they are.
"Jaxson?" I hear Carolina's quite voice call out to me. We are walking down the hall to our rooms together and she must have notice a mood change in my.
"Yes?" I asked directing my attention to her. "Is everything ok?" She asked looking up at me with wide eyes. "Everything is good. I was just thinking." I told her. She nodded her head, not pushing any farther.
"Tomorrow i'm taking you to see the pack doctor. Just so he can check everything out and make sure there isn't anything to worry about. Is that ok?" I asked her, I don't want to put her in environments she isn't comfortable with yet cause I feel like that would over whelm her, but I need to make sure she is ok.
"Umm. Sure. Are they nice?" She asked, almost reminding me of a little kid going to the doctor for the first time. "Yeah, and if they aren't, you just tell me and I will work it out." I told her confident that no one will upset her. Not anymore at least.
She seemed tired now. Her walk was sluggish and falling behind. I look at her as she rubs her eyes trying to stay away. Jet leg is hitting her hard right now.
I move next to her and place one arm around putting some of her weight onto me. We weren't far from our rooms but I was still worried she would fall asleep before we made it.
But lucky for us she didn't. I opened the door for her and guided her to her bed. Which she laid down almost instantly and shut her eyes.
"Good night Carolina." I said quietly, moving a pieces of hair out of her face.
"Good night Jaxson." I hear her small voice say to me. I stand about to move to my room when she calls out my name again. "Jaxson, do you think I am going to be a.... good Luna Queen." She asks me yawning in the middle of her sentence.
"Yes. I think you are going to be the best queen we have had in a long time." I tell her making a small sleepy smile grow on her lips. "Now go to sleep. I will wake you up tomorrow for your doctors appointment."
"Ok, Thank you." She says cuddling closer to her pillow. It was the cuties thing I have ever seen, the way she holds her pillow to her self, adorable. I pull up her blankets and look at her for a second longer before forcing myself to leave.
I can feel King begging to stay there and guard her, just to make sure she is safe. But we need sleep too. I have a lot of work to do tomorrow with updating files on the packs I visited.
So with that thought and the image of my mate, I laid down in my bed, and slowly fell asleep.
Carolina's POV:
The light was brightly coming into my room. It was from my window but I didn't mind at all. I would wake up like this for the rest of my life and think how much better this is compared to my old room.
I looked at the clock to see it was 9:15. I smiled at myself for waking up at a good time. I stretched my stiff bones under my warm blankets. I have never felt this relaxed, of course that has something to do with this bed. It's the softest thing I have ever laid down on.
