Chapter 10
I picked up the gown and admired it. This is the first time in 8 years I’d be holding anything as nice and beautiful as the gown in my hand. The gown was midnight black and seemed like it would reach my knee. It is a summer gown and has pink dots as beautiful designs on it. It felt soft to touch and I wasn’t sure if someone like me should put on something that pretty.
I remembered that I kept Juliana waiting in the kitchen and quickly put on the gown. It reached my knee length but hung loosely off my body. I finally get to wear something nice and it doesn’t even fit me properly, just my luck.
I used my dirty clothes to pat dry my hair and used my hands to detangle it a bit although it proved to be a problem. I finally gave up on it and left it down as it is. I folded the clothes I had on before and held it in my hands as I left the room.
I walked back the direction Juliana and I came from and the aroma of different foods wafted into my nose as I moved closer making my stomach grumble even louder. I know we haven’t eaten in 3 days but you have to stop disgracing me like this, I thought in my head as I got closer to the kitchen.
I entered the kitchen and about 10 pairs of eyes landed on me making me uncomfortable. I found Juliana’s eye and she smiled at me warmly making me feel at ease a bit. I was glad she wasn’t mad I took my time and mentally let out a sigh of relief.
“She’s the new girl, Juliana?”, a beautiful redhead with popping green eyes asked, looking towards me.
I looked down at my hands and barefeet and held my breath awaiting the insults that would follow. Instead, I felt someone near me and looked up to see the redhead standing close to me. She smelled like strawberries and her skin glowed.
“Hi, I’m Lyla. Juliana told me your name is Lola, and you’ll be working with us now. I’ll be your roommate and your new best friend, it’s nice to meet you, chica”, she said rapidly and with so much energy, I could not respond for a few moments.
“Nice to meet you too, Lyla”, I said timidly and was pulled into a hug. I stiffened and did not know how to respond back, she noticed and pulled back apologizing to me.
“I’m so sorry, Lola. I’m just excited to have a new friend. People say I have a lot of energy and that I talk too much so they tend to avoid me. I feel like we’re going to get along because you’re not much of a talker and because I love the color of your hair and the blue of your eyes. Did you dye your hair or that’s the natural color? If it’s natural, then that’ll be so cool, we’ll be the unmatched duo with my red hair and your almost white hair. I’m rambling again, aren’t I?”, she fired off rapidly only stopping to catch her breath when she saw that I was in awe of how she’s talking rapidly and the fact that other people in the kitchen were laughing at her.
I laughed lightly and she clapped her hands in excitement, slightly bouncing on her heels. I like her already.
I think I might have escaped the hard life in Moonlit pack afterall. I guess I’m not dying anytime soon as long as I avoid my mate whose name I don’t even know.
I got pulled back into reality when Lyla asked me if I had eaten. My stomach took on that moment to make itself known and everyone laughed at that. Fuck werewolf hearing. I was led to the counter by Lyla as Juliana dished food into plates for me.
I guess I’m free after all.