Pawn

"Careful," Steven said, rushing over to take the bucket of water from Rylee. "You shouldn't do things like this." 

Rylee rolled her eyes, "I am not a weakling, Steven." 

"I know and I never said you are. In fact, you are the strongest female I know, I guess whether you are the alpha or not, being an alpha bloodline makes you one." 

"Hmm," Rylee scoffed, "coming from a boy he had mocked me for being a girl." 

Steven sighed, not chuckling to the joke as he should have. "Rylee, you have been here for nearly two weeks now, when will you see that I have changed and not the brat I was when we first met?" 

"Oh, you knew you were a brat?" She teased. 

"Rylee," Steven whispered and she laughed. He caught on to her humor a little and put down the bucket of water he was carrying. "I would have ordered the omegas to connect a tap in the house but you know…" he sighed and ran his fingers through his black hair. "I really hope this all ends soon."