FIRST TIME IN THE CITY

CHAPTER 9

"What?" I grumbled.

"It's Alfred!" I opened the door and growled at him."What?"

"This close, I was this f*****g close," I whispered to him.

"My bad,"

"What do you want?"

"Food, I thought we were going out to eat?" he said.

"Erah, my love, are you ready to go out to eat?"

"Out?"

"Yes, out," I go over and grab her hand and lead her out of the room. I make sure to lock it, and the three of us head downstairs. Before we're able to go out of the front door, someone grabs Erah and pulls from me. This packhouse was getting on my last nerve.

"Where do you think you're going?" I heard a shrilling voice.

"What does it matter to you?" I ask and turn around.

"Vasty, stop this nonsense, and reject her already! Everyone knows you belong with your kind!" Nicole shouts causing a massive scene.

"What exactly do you mean, by your kind Nicole?" I sneer at her.

"Our kind! Ranked wolves, not lonely orphaned rouges,"

"Wow, you don't know anything do you?" I ask her and take Erah from her. I immediately bring my arms around Erah's waist and hold her close to me. "I'm going to say this once, and only once. Erah is my mate. Period. I don't care what her rank is, or what her pedigree is. The moon goddess chose her for me, and I plan on keeping it that way. If anyone even so much as looks at Erah the wrong way while we are staying here, I will not hesitate to kill you. My pack may currently be neutral grounds with this pack; however, there is nothing in the agreement that refrains me from killing anyone who dares to disrespect my mate! Erah is the future Luna Queen to my Pack, so she is off limits! Is that in any way unclear?!" there was cold silence that took over the room, and I could see Nicole was about to blow a gasket.

"Alpha, the car is ready," Alfred said to me.

"Erah, my love, let's go,"

"Wait!" I was this close to letting King out and killing someone. "Alpha Vasty, we already missed lunch because of Erah being in the clinic, she needs to stay and make dinner!" Nefali shouts.

"Get your own Omegas to cook for you. My Luna is no longer your slave. And now that you all have missed one meal, perhaps you can get a feeling of what it's like to starve a little. After all, you starved her over ten years, have you not?" No one in the room could say anything. I turned us around again and we left.

(MAX'S P.O.V)

"Erah please come back to me," I begged her.

"F**k you, Max," she spat. "Let's get one thing straight, even if you hadn't rejected me, I would have rejected you anyway. I want nothing to do with you or this pack. I told you that from the moment I accepted your rejection. I never want to be tied to you or this pack in any way, shape, or form. You can lie to yourself and me all you want, but nothing will change the fact that I despise you. I always have and I always will!" she shouted at me. Every word she said was like a knife to my heart. Why did she still affect me like this?

"Well, there you have it, Alpha Max, Erah has made her decision. Now, if you may excuse us, I need to have some bonding time with my Luna," He shoved me back, and quickly slammed the door in my face, I heard it click, indicating he locked it.

I stared at the door for a few minutes, and just hung my head. I turn around and went into my room. The room I should be sharing with her. Our Alpha and Luna room. Why did this have to happen? I need to win her back somehow, but her words kept on replaying my head. She hates me, she despised me, and all I want is for her to love me in return.

"Moon Goddess, why? Why are you torturing me?" I shouted at the top of my lungs. "Is this how it is going to be? Instead of giving me a second chance as you did for her, you're going to make me pine for her!? A woman that was never meant to be mine!? I slammed the back of my head against my door. I sat there for a good ten or fifteen minutes, just wallowing in my self-pity.

Then I heard a knock on their door. I listened closely,"

"It's Alfred!" It's Vasty's Beta. I heard the door open."What?" Alfred asked in a confused tone.

"This close, this f*****g close," Vasty said. Did he mean what I think he meant? Was he trying to mate Erah?

"My bad," Alfred replied.

"What do you want?"

"Food, I thought we were going out to eat?"

"Erah, my love, are you ready to go out to eat?"

"Out?" I heard Erah reiterate. Her voice was so innocent and sweet.

"Yes, out." I heard feet shuffling, the door closed and locked. I waited about fifteen seconds before opening my door and looking out. I saw them going down the stairs and Erah was holding his hand. I followed them and before I got downstairs, I could hear my sister screaming.

"Where do you think you're going?"

"What does it matter to you?" I hear Vasty ask her. My sister was ruining everything. It's no wonder Erah wanted nothing to do with me. She would be stuck with in-laws like my sister.

"Vasty, stop this nonsense, and reject her already! Everyone knows you belong with your own kind!" Nicole shouts causing a massive scene.

"What exactly do you mean, by your kind Nicole?" I sneer at her.

"Our kind! Ranked wolves, not lonely orphaned rouges,"

"Wow, you don't know anything do you?" Nicole really didn't know anything. If she only knew that Erah was also an Alpha's daughter, but it was non of her business. I peeked over the railing and saw Vasty holding Erah's waist and hips. His hands were damn near her ass. I couldn't bear to see any of this anymore, or hear anything else, so I went back to my room. I needed to figure out a way to get erah back. I needed to find a way to get rid of Szevastian Forde.

(ERAH'S P.O.V)

I was mesmerized by the scenery unfolding ahead of me. I knew what cities looked like based on pictures, and books I read, but seeing a city up close like this was nothing like I could have ever imagined. There were buildings that reached the skies and cars everywhere. All sounds and smells just were hitting me at once, and at first, I was overwhelmed and Vasty helped me to concentrate on a single smell, and then shove it aside and so on and so forth.

"Erah, is there anything specific you want to eat?" Vasty asked me.

"Um, I don't really know what there is to eat other than stuff I cooked at the packhouse,"

"What's your favorite kind of food?" Alfred ask.

"I don't know, honestly, I never ate much, to begin with,"

"Didn't the pack house ever order out?" Vasty asked. I nodded my head. For as long as I could remember, I cooked almost every day. On occasion, Maximiano would order delivery for the packhouse but I was never allowed to eat when that happened because it would be a waste according to Maximiano.

"There were nights where I didn't have to cook, but those were nights was confined to my room and wasn't allowed to eat," I told them honestly.

"Wow," Alfred said and shook his head.

"Alfred, let's go somewhere simple for now,"

"Sure, where to?"

"Erah, do you know what Popeye's is?" Vasty asked. I shook my head again."Do you know what is fried chicken is?"

"Yeah, that I know,"

"Okay, well this is fried chicken, but's more Cajun's style,"

"Um, okay," I replied.

"You'll love it," Alfred said from the driver's seat. I just smiled and nodded my head. I was up for trying anything. After a few minutes of driving, Alfred pulled up into this small orange-colored building that had a large P on the sign.

"Erah, go seat down with Alfred and I will order the food okay?" I nodded and he went to the front and order.

Alfred and I sat at a larger table because apparently, these two eat a lot, and a smaller table wouldn't be enough room. After about fifteen minutes, Alfred got up to help Vasty bring all the food. When they came back with four trays full of food, my eyes jumped out of my head.

"Vasty, why did you get so much?" I asked him.

"Because my love, I want you to be able to taste everything they have on the menu," my mouth dropped at the sight before me. "What do you want to drink?"

"Drink?"

"Soda, Iced Tea?"

"Um, I've always wanted to try Iced Tea," they both looked at me funny.

"Erah, you've never had Iced Tea before?" Alfred asked.

" No, I was only allowed to drink water. any other kinds of drinks are strictly prohibited," they look at each other and shook their heads. They both walked away to get drinks, and then came back a minute later.

"Alright, try this," Vasty said putting a piece of chicken on my plate. I picked it up and tried fried chicken for the first time. It was crunchy and a little salty but in a good way.

"Well?" I smiled and nodded. He then loaded a bunch of other things onto my plate for me to try. Most of what I saw were things I already knew, But some I had never tried before. I made sure to get a bite of everything, and I had to say, that the mashed potatoes, red beans with rice, and the chicken strips were my favorite. I especially liked the honey mustard sauce. After eating almost everything that was ordered, I felt like my stomach was going to burst. I had never eaten so much in one sitting before. I probably ate more in this one place than I had in the last ten years. My stomach was starting to hurt a little.

"Did you want dessert?" Vasty asked.

"Can I?" my stomach hurting was a thing of the past.

"Of course," he said with a big smile.

"Can we get ice cream?" I asked. Vasty smiled and Alfred drove us to a place called Cold Stone. I was excited because it had been so long since I had ice cream. I remember eating it a lot when I was young. My Mom always let us have one scoop after dinner if we ate our veggies. I remember my favorite being chocolate.

"Erah, what flavor do you want?" Vasty asked.

"Um, I don't know. I've only ever had chocolate," I said looking at the endless amount of options before me at the window.

"Miss, you can try a few samples if you like'" the person behind the glass said.

"Do you want to try a few different ones?" Vasty asked. I nodded my head. "Which ones?"

"You pick," I told him.

"Let's try the cheesecake, sweet cream, cotton candy, and mint," one by one the salesperson gives me small little spoons so I can try the ones Vasty picked out. I tried the mint first and shook my head. Then he gave me sweet cream and I just kind of c******d my head back and forth. Then I got cotton candy and shook my head again. The last one was cheesecake,

"Wow, This one is so good!" I exclaimed.

"Okay, so cheesecake in the medium cup please,"

I watch as the person scooped up the Ice cream and put it onto the table. I saw that the table was iced cold.

"Thank you," I said and reached over it.

"Go sit and enjoy my love, Alfred, and I will be right there," I nodded and went to sit at a table.

Even though half of this day was spent in the packed clinic, I had to admit that today was not a bad day at all. Vasty and Alfred did everything for me and made sure I enjoyed myself. I felt silly having cried while eating ice cream, but I felt better once I got that insecurity off of my chest. Who knows, maybe now that I'm mated to Vasty, he will buy me a birthday cake next year!