Just Being Wolfy Ch. 04

"My, my, my," a male voice said as James entered the main entrance with me curled up in his arms. "I see that our alpha has caught a little souvenir from the Thorn-Andashman Mating Ceremony,"

"Malcolm," James smiled, "This is Gracielle, my mate," he said. I looked at the man in front of us, blushing with my nakedness displayed practically in front of him. I covered my full breasts with my arms in modesty.

Malcolm Fey Ruben chuckled, "You have caught a shy one,"

"My one and only," James nodded as one of the lower ranks approached them and presented two silvery cotton robes. He looked at the lower rank and shook his head. "Thank you Adam but I'm all right,"

"Will we see our alpha again for dinner?" Malcolm smiled knowingly.

James grinned, "I think I'll be absent for some time," he started to walk to his quarter when he paused in mid track, "On second thought, come and see me in two hours in my office, there are some things I need to discuss with you,"

"As you wish, my alpha," Malcolm nodded.

I cringed in embarrassment as he walked up the grand staircase and through the long corridor. The lower ranks and his in-commands bowed their heads to us, sniffing at our scent. I shuddered and hid my face, blushing deep red, wishing that he could hurry into his quarter so I could dress myself up appropriately. He chuckled, feeling amused with my troubles. The whole pack now seemed to be acknowledging my mating with their alpha since quite a number of them dared to take a whiff of our united scents just mere inches from my pussy lips.

We finally reached his home quarter. I breathed out, starting to feel calmer as he placed me on my feet right at the entrance of his door. I walked inside and looked around at my new home. He closed the door and enveloped his hands to my naked waist, murmuring into my ear, "What do you think, love?"

His home quarter was as expected of an alpha. We were in the hall of his quarter, a row of mahogany doors with colourful tiled frames on our left. The wall on our right was a big grand window, reaching down the marble-tiled floor. I could practically see the whole of Ruben Estate from here. The hall itself was grand and majestic; a medium-sized fountain situated right in the centre of the hall with an array of priceless stones placed around the circular fountain. He pulled me to the first door, the nearest to us. He pushed it open, revealing a sleek contemporary-styled living room with the same grand floor-reaching windows. The balcony door was opened, letting fresh air circulating into the room. I didn't go into the room though since he took me to the next door.

It was -- to my amazement -- a built-in kitchen. I looked up at him. "You cook?" I asked with disbelieve.

He chuckled again, sniffing at my hair. "Sometimes," he said.

As usual, we didn't enter the modern-styled kitchen. I just looked at it as we passed to the next room. I couldn't help but to admire how I had fallen in love to the kitchen bar with a row of wooden stools. I could picture myself having breakfast there with James.

The next room was a bit smaller but I could see the reason why. "It's not really my main office here," he said, "I usually worked with the in-commands at the Alpha Office Centre," he pointed to a sleek piano on the wall. "I think of this place as my own little space to relax," although he said that, I could see a stack of files smartly organized on his desk.

He pulled me to the last and end room. "This is the best one," he grinned as he scooped me up into his arms once again. He kicked open the door and closed it with his leg. He laid me down on a majestic looking king-sized bed. I sat up straight and looked around his bedroom. It was bigger than the kitchen and the office combined. The bedroom was designed with modern and yet comfortable taste with a hint of home. "This is our bedroom," he pointed to a door to our left, "That's the bathroom, which I am sure you will love it," and then he pointed to another door next to it, "And that is a little room where our clothes sleep," he smiled jokingly. "It's lovely," I said to him as I got up from the bed. "I need a bath," I pointed to myself, "I'm so sticky and hot," I pulled at him, "Do you want to help me?"

He grinned. "I thought you'd never ask," with that he scooped me once again and took me into the bathroom.

***

James left me alone after we had our shower together for the first time. He was right about me loving the bathroom; it was exactly how I would have pictured if I have a place on my own outside Thorn Manor. There was a big luxurious bathtub with a number of golden pipes, flowing warm water. The bathroom was huge, bigger than the office itself. There was a shower installed with white transparent glass wall near to the bathroom cabinets. The huge gilded mirror hung above the sink was spectacular. The countertop had a sink with a row of delicious scented bottles. I think they must be lotions and bath gels. The bathroom had of course installed a toilet. A carpeted rug lay invitingly on the centre of the bathroom floor. I couldn't help but to lay there for a while as James dried himself after me.

The 'little' room he had said about our clothes was indeed a joke. The room was big, stretching to the end with a row of smartly placed clothes. It was divided into two. A section for his clothes and another section for mine; I found my own clothes there along with a lot of new clothes which he had bought for me. I held a silky cocktail dress gingerly, knowing that Haylie would fall head over heels when she see my very own collection of dresses. Oh, the shoes. Did I mention about my shoes? There was another different section in the room where rows and rows of white pristine shelves run down on a separate wall where there are beautiful sorts of shoes.

There was high heels, sandals, sport shoes and all sorts of things a girl would have want. I pulled open some of the drawers and gasped in girlish giggles as I discovered that he had bought me sets of expensive jewellery, all ranging from necklaces, earrings to bangles and luxurious watches. There were even a number of diamond headbands. There was also another row of shelves with hooks next to the jewellery area. James had told me that it was set for my handbags. He didn't know what to pick so he had decided that he would let me pick whatever I want from any designer collections I loved tomorrow when they would come to bring me samples.

James was spoiling me to death.

I had my very own little mall.

I really liked it here.

I looked at my reflection at the built-in dresser in the room. A reflection of a happily-in-loved girl in a pink slip dress smiled at me. I pursed my lips and bit it gently. I feel like I could spent hours playing dress-up here; I couldn't help the girlish side of me which I had denied when Mom had profusely wanted to dress me up like a Barbie Doll. I realized now how she had felt but I knew that I need to go out and familiarize myself with my new surrounding; besides I was certain that I should introduce myself properly to the pack -- my pack. It had never occurred to since my mating that I was actually a live, breathing Alpha Female just like Fiorelle. I promised to myself that I won't be a stabbing bitch like she was. I had enough confrontations to last me a lifetime.

I set forth out to the new world as I gingerly walked through the long corridor. Passing pack members bowed their heads to me in respect; I nodded to them in acknowledgement. As I familiarized myself with my new home, I realized that Ruben Estate was actually a whole lot bigger than Thorn Manor.

I discovered that Ruben Estate had a wider range of land including a vast area of thick forests filled with abundant herds of deer and the occasional mountain lion as well as bears. A fun variety of food choice; oh, I admit I did enjoy eating human food but sometimes it was nice to give in to my animalistic instincts to hunt down live prey. The estate also owned a share of the beach. This was something I looked forward in exploring since there were no beaches at near safe distance at Thorn Manor.

"Good day, my Alpha Female," greeted a friendly voice. I looked up and saw two girls close to my age, nodding their heads down in respect.

"Good day, my Alpha Female, how are you?" chorused the other girl.

I blinked at them. "I'm fine," I answered shortly, "Please don't call me like that,"

It was their turn to blink at me momentarily, "What shall we address you be, Alpha Female? Shall we call you 'Madam Alpha'?" one of them asked with confusion, wondering if they had insulted their new alpha's mate.

I shook my head quickly. "No, please, just call me Gracielle," I looked at their confused face, finally realizing that my request sounded odd to them. "It's just that I'm not comfortable with you guys calling me Alpha Female,"

They nodded. "As you wish, Madam Gracielle," they piped in.

I sighed desperately, "Please, just plain Gracielle,"

They smiled at me, finding my behaviour very amusing to them. They knew that they would really like having me around as their Alpha Female. "My name is Jessica Fey Ruben, I am Malcolm Fey's daughter," the blond chirped happily.

"I'm Elizabeth Tyler Ruben, I am John Tyler's daughter," the brunette introduced herself.

"Fey?" I looked at Jessica's pretty face. "I met your father earlier, he's very friendly,"

Pride beamed on her face, "Yes, Gracielle," she nodded happily, "My dad is the Alpha's second-in-command," she pointed to her friend, "Elizabeth's father is the third-in-command,"

"Here in Ruben Estate, we don't have five-in-commands like you do in Thorn Manor," Elizabeth told me, "We only have three, you'll meet Sarah and her twin brother later, I think they're still doing their punishment,"

"Punishment?" my eyes popped open.

Jessica giggled. "Yes, they are the most naughty wolves you could ever met," she smiled, "My father caught them sneaking out and taunting the human's young children when they're asleep. They find it hilarious to find the kids yelling for their parents because of a 'nightmare',"

I smiled. I was a mischievous wolf myself but I drew the line on human, "That's dangerous," I said, "What if they get caught?"

"They're very careful but my father wanted to teach them a lesson," Jessica explained. "The Alpha was furious with them but he pitied them as well. He reduced their punishment from 1300 hours of serving with the low ranks to 1290 hours instead,"

I raised my eyebrow, "A reduction of mere ten hours?" whoa; there was a different side of James. A loving mate and a serious alpha.

"Do you want us to show you around the estate?" Elizabeth asked me. I smiled at her invitation.

"I would love that very much, thank you," I grinned at them.

*** The room was quiet. James looked at Malcolm with a grave look. "Are you sure that you're not imagining things, James?" Malcolm asked his alpha carefully.

"To wage a war to the Thorn Pack is foolhardy without any valid reason," John agreed with a hint of anxiousness in his voice.

"Why do you think that Jerry Thorn will devise a plan to take your mate away? You and Gracielle have already been acknowledged by the Four Council and the rest of the four packs," David Russell Ruben wondered.

"I'm sure that you think that I'm worrying too much but you didn't see the fire in his eyes, the raging train of schemes running in his thoughts when he left the council chamber with his mate," James said, remembering flashes of Jerry's mad thoughts.

"Have you told Gracielle about your concern?" Malcolm asked him. They were sitting on a circular meeting table, big enough to accommodate them. They were in the Alpha Office Centre.

James sighed. "No, I didn't want to worry her," he looked at his in-commands, "She's so happy to be here; I didn't want to make her anxious,"

"Perhaps you might be right, James," David nodded, "But it is not wise to wage another war, have you forgotten the Four Council? I honestly do not think that Grayson would be thrilled with the idea of you breaking the pact after all he had done for you," he pointed out.

James frowned. "Perhaps we should have asked Grayson to attend this meeting,"

"No," John shook his head, "Have you forgotten that Grayson had asked to be excluded from administrative matters? He deserves to have some peace and quiet after the last war,"

James sighed, he fiddled with his pen, "We shall be cautious then," he decided finally.

"Yes, that would be a wiser choice," David nodded in agreement.

"I'll set a number of our pack members to keep guard and tab on Thorn activities, we shall do this silently and secretly," John suggested, "I'm certain that we are not at fault to remain careful,"

"Yes, brother," Malcolm looked at his friend, "I think it would be wise for you James to alert Gracielle about your concern when you think she is ready,"

"I must tell her, don't I?" James asked them.

"There is a chance that you are actually just worrying too much but I never question your alpha instincts," Malcolm replied. The other two-in-commands nodded.

James stood up and walked to the window and couldn't help but to smile when he saw Gracielle laughing as she walked with Jessica and Elizabeth. He turned to them. "Your daughters are treating my mate well," he told Malcolm and John.

"Indeed?" John asked.

"Yes," James smiled, pointing to the window, "I think they're heading to the beach,"

"That reminds me," Malcolm said suddenly, "Sarah and Simon have done half of their punishment already; do you want to let them continue or forgive them?"

James looked at David. "I think they've learned their lessons," he said, "Do you believe so, David?"

David frowned. "Those naughty children," he chastised. "I don't know what Fiona and I did wrong in raising our children. Sarah and Simon are too mischievous to learn, let them finish their punishment James and for once, I hoped they would learn,"

James chuckled. "You just have two spirited fun-loving children, David," he smiled. "I don't think they mean harm to those human children," he looked at Malcolm, "I'll give it a compromise, reduce their punishment hours by half if they agreed to stop doing so much trouble,"

"Make them sign a contract or something," David growled.

John laughed. "I thank the heavens that my daughter is tame,"

James looked out to the window, seeing his mate and his in-commands' daughters backs disappeared into the forest. Having fun, love? He thought to her with a smile, for a moment all of his worries about Jerry dissipated into thin air.

Yes. You didn't tell me that you own a beach! I thought back grinning. What do you say about you and me skinny-dipping tonight at midnight?

James smiled. I'll be there, love...

TO BE CONTINUED...

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