I smacked her hand and pushed her away, panicking. “What the hell did you do to Lupin, Violet? Are you trying to kill him?!”
Violet was taken aback at Lupin’s reaction. She bit her nails and said, “I didn’t expect that his reaction would be like that… this pill is supposed to be a tonic for werewolves and wolves alike.”
She got up from the floor with a look of anxiety, but her face was void of remorse. There was even a look of anticipation that frustrated me more.
Jack came to us and immediately pinched some places in Lupin’s body. I watched with trepidation, shooting daggers at Violet. What made her so confident? Ryan’s backing? If anything were to happen to Lupin, I would never let her go.
After a few minutes passed. Jack heaved a sigh of relief and reassured me. “Lupin is going to be fine. You just need to look after his diet more. He is not allowed to eat things that are hard to digest.”
His convulsion had subsided, and his eyes seemed to be calmer. I also heaved a sigh of relief and patted him softly. I thanked Jack, bringing Lupin to my arms, and then exited the door without looking back.
“Look, Lupin is fine, Scarlett.” A voice came from behind and I ignored her.
***
The process of getting Violet as a member of our pack was quick. The next day, Ryan held a small party to welcome her.
He was quite impatient, wasn’t he? Usually it took more than half a month to administer a new member in our pack. Now, for Violet’s sake, he was very quick.
A lot of pack members came to the party, especially after news spread that Violet was proficient in medicine. Jack wasn’t always available because he sometimes went on a trip. So, more often, the werewolves in the pack had to go to a big city. There was a hospital jointly built by werewolves from various packs there.
Violet’s appearance, who also knew about medicine, definitely was a good sign. People didn’t suspect at all the reason Ryan pushed them to get the administration done quickly. They thought that it was because of her ability, and not that he fell in love with her.
I lowered my eyes. So, that was how they were going to play?
Ryan stood beside Violet, who looked nervous as she fiddled with her hands, but she acted like she was forcing herself to come out of her shy self and introduce herself to the crowd.
“Luna Scarlett?” Someone looked at me with confusion.
I just nodded at the person and didn’t say anything further.
Just like the crease on my skin that gradually made them turn a few shades darker, I slowly faded into obscurity in my pack.
“You don’t look well, Luna. Are you sick?” A child who looked to be seven years old came to me and I couldn’t help but crouch down. I touched his silky black hair, a touch of affection appeared in my heart.
I wonder if I had more time to live. Probably I would have a son or daughter as smart as this little one, right?
However, when I looked at the two people at the center of the crowd, Ryan and Violet, I shook my head. That was a stupid thought. Would Ryan even care about the child that he had with me once he made Violet his new mate?
I rubbed my belly slowly and closed my eyes. Yes, it was better for this child not to suffer like that, anyway. The child would go with me.
“I am fine, child. Where are your friends?” I asked him.
“They are watching the new member of the pack healing people…” he scratched his head and then peeked at me sheepishly.
I was a bit stunned, then I snapped my head in Violet’s direction. She was indeed in the process of healing someone who had gotten a bruise. She smeared something on the person’s bruise.
That smell again. It was quite suffocating. However, I could see that the person’s bruise gradually healed faster.
Even Ryan looked astonished. The way he looked at Violet, it was as if there were sparks in his eyes. Violet also seemed to realize that, and she embarrassedly looked away.
Everyone was too busy to be amazed to notice that their Alpha, who already has a mate, was flirting with another female right under their noses.
“I will be going.” I told Ms Brown, who would relay my words to Ryan. Seeing my pale face, she looked worried, but didn’t ask anything.
I went back to the house. The air felt more refreshed here compared to the party. I could breathe normally again, and since there was nothing I could do, I decided to go to the study room.
“Give me all the urgent documents I need to check.”
The staff looked stunned, and she avoided my eyes for a moment. She went to fetch some documents and came back not long after. There was a hesitant look on her face.
I took the documents she handed over. A familiar smell of vanilla wafted over my nose.
Violet.
How come these documents smell of her?
“Has anyone touched these documents before?” I asked her and she nodded after a while.
“Miss Violet…”
“Did she have Ryan’s permission?” I frowned.
“She was helping Alpha Ryan to check the documents, Luna…” she trailed off and then lowered her eyes.
My heart felt a stab right through it, but I forced a nonchalant expression. “Then, give me the other documents. I will finish the rest.”
The image of Violet and Ryan sitting next to each other, doing the documents together like a couple, appeared in my mind. Before this, it was me and Ryan who always did that, and now there was a replacement.
I shook the thoughts off my mind and focused on the other documents. Probably it was also my fault that I left my post as Luna irresponsibly. So, I was determined to finish them until the morning came.
There were still a lot of documents left, even after I spent a lot of time. I decided to take a rest, as the sun had risen.
Suddenly, I also wanted to check how Lupin was doing. I hoped that the staff taking care of him didn’t forget what I had told them about his diet.
With a renewed energy that I would meet my companion, I jogged to his room. However, I was met by a sight that nearly made my heart jump.
It was Violet again, and she was hurling Lupin toward the ceiling.
