C4 The conversation

Reed raised his eyes hearing Marietta he got to his feet as the young woman approached him. “Sorry for dropping by unannounced but I wanted to speak with you.”

“It's alright Sir, want to come inside?” Marietta opened the door and walked into the house.

Reed walked behind her, he closed the door on his way in and took a seat around the table. He glanced around the house, the oak wood that made up the walls was as healthy as he remembered, the cabinets had little specks of dust on the tops, the floor was sparkling clean he could almost see his reflection. The house was cosy, he found himself enjoying being in the house.

Marietta went to the kitchen and prepared them coffee. She came back after several minutes placed the cup of coffee in front of Alpha Reed and took the seat across the table. “You said that you wanted to talk to me about something Alpha Reed, what was it?”

Reed took a sip from the coffee, he looked inside the cup and then at Marietta as a burst of flavour infiltrated her taste buds. The coffee had some blueberry taste in it not too sweet just the right amount. “You made this coffee?”

Marietta nodded in agreement, anxiously waiting to hear what the alpha had to say.

Reed placed the cup on the table. “I know we haven't spoken much in the past but I wanted to ask you to bear with him... he's not in his right mind, once he realises the mating bond between you two like his wolf he will come around.”

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Marietta looked into her coffee, Silasʼ reflection appeared and it had a scowl with hateful eyes. She sighed and looked at Reed. “I'm not sure if he even likes the idea of me being his mate, I'm a weak, omega that stumbled on a star to be the Alpha's fated one. Sounds like a fairytale the more I say it.”

“But you are not a weak omega,”

A surprised gleam flickered in her eyes as Reed rebutted against her claim of being a weak omega. “What do you mean Alpha?”

“I mean what I said, you are not a weak Omega, you are special. A one in a million years special, remember when you awakened your wolf - -”

Marietta nodded again.

“There was moonlight around you and the rose petal. I did some studies based on the books my father and his predecessors left. That phenomenon wasn't just a coincidence, it happened several hundred years ago, when the first wolf to ascend became who we call the moon goddess today. Selene was the name of that wolf.”

Marietta's mouth formed an I shape as she listened to the tale, she leaned onto the table balancing her upper body with her hands, the coffee she was drinking forgotten.

“Not to be disrespectful, but Alpha what does that have to do with me and Silas?”

Reed chuckled, he drank the last of his coffee and placed the mug on the table. “Thank you for the delicious coffee. The reason I was telling you that, is because I wanted you to see that you are more than an omega, you are a special omega, one that has the qualities of a Luna and my heart would remain at rest knowing that someone as intelligent as you is the Luna of this pack.”

For some reason, Marietta's analogy started to shift, Reed's words made her eyes slightly open up as realization hit her. “Alpha, why do you believe in me so much? Everyone in the pack looks at me like I'm a plague, a creature to not be around.”

Reed stood up and fixed the creases on his shirt. “ I can see beyond hatred, I see the mountain for what it is not what it shows and also because I once knew someone like you - -”