7 The Final Preparations.

Being pulled into the house and into the living room, by Hazel. I sighed and looked around for my mother. "Where's mom Haze?" I asked softly, my eyes still scanning the room. "The kitchen I think?" Hazel said as she sounded puzzled herself. Rolling my eyes, I headed towards the kitchen. "Mom?" I called as I rounded the corner to the kitchen. There she stood with a smile on her lips. Stopping in my tracks, I was a little worried about her smile...seemed off. "Finally. Alright Alexi, I need you to tell me what colors you want on the Lunar cake." she spoke gently and looked at Hazel. As if she understood my mother's look, Hazel retreated out of the kitchen. "Uh, well light purple with some blue and pink, but you need to have them together mom." I told her, though she knew how to bake. "Alright darling. Now that we are alone though, about Justin." she spoke, her voice got low and scary when she mentioned Justin. "N...Nothing happened mom, trust me. A...Alpha Lockwoode intervened." I spoke with a slight stutter. My cheeks were flushed with color when she mentioned the situation. "I know darling. Just stay away from him. You can only deny one potential mate. But you must have a reason. And he showed you that reason multiple times. So be wise with that decision." my mother spoke gently, but with a stern undertone. "You can go relax with Hazel now. We will finish the final preparations after I finish the cakes." she added as she waved her hand towards me, now facing her back to me. Without a word, I left the kitchen and went to find Hazel. Something was off about my mother, I mean why would she tell me that? Shaking my head from the thoughts that seemed to question that further, I rounded the corner to find Hazel speaking to a young man. Slowly slinking back behind the door frame, I watched and listened closely.

"So this place is nice. Seems like your pack is well organized when it comes to these things." the young man spoke as he seemed to be putting on the charm. "Yeah, but this is the alpha's and pack house. We all have our own respected out-family houses elsewhere, but we are normally here." Hazel giggled softly as she looked into the man's eyes. Blushing at the scene unfolding before me, I felt it necessary to butt in, like she had done before. Acting like I just rounded the corner, I spoke with a curious tone, "Oh there you are Haze." Also acting as if I just saw the man, I spoke with a surprised tone, "Oh sorry. Hi." With a gentle smile, I gave a light wave. I noticed the man was quite tall, but not as tall as Alexander was. I took in this man's face and presence, then turned my attention back to Hazel. "I do apologize about interrupting here, but Haze we need to talk." I spoke with urgency in my voice. I then turned my back to the man and spoke gently with a light wave over my shoulder, "You can resume your conversation later. But at this time, I must take her for now." Rolling her eyes at me, Hazel looked at the guy she had been talking to. "I'll see you later at the Lunar Ceremony." she whispered with a gentle, but yet seductive tone. She then waved her fingers and followed after me.

As we walked away and out of sight, I could feel Hazel's eyes glaring into the back of my head. A smirk crossed my lips as we walked into my bedroom. Turning to face her, I gave an emotional sigh. Finally able to talk to my best friend, but didn't actually know how to explain everything happening. She looked at me confused and curious, Hazel smiled awkwardly. "Stop that." I told her, as I sort of got creeped out a little. "Well you deserve it for taking my time away from Nikolias." Hazel said as she stuck her tongue out at me in a teasing way.

As we giggled with each other for a moment, I took in a breath and sighed once again. "Look, we need to have a serious talk. I need your help more than ever." I told her, my body beginning to shake from nerves and fear. Hazel wrapped her arms around my body and held me close. "I'm listening." She whispered softly, trying to soothe me like she always did. "I don't know what I am going to do. One week in hell, and I've got to spend it with two men. One threatening my life and my pack. And the other is willing to sacrifice his life to save everything for me." I revealed to her bluntly with my emotions on high. I could feel my body heating up and my eyes filling with tears as if it didn't matter, I was already being held by Hazel. I finally couldn't stop myself, so I let myself go and cried into her momentarily.

"Everything has a problem and a solution, but no matter the problem the solution is always harder to figure out." Hazel whispered softly, pulling us apart. She looked into my eyes, and smiled softly Wiping my tears from my face, she cocked her head to the left. "You're so silly Lex." She said as she shook her head, then stood up. "I'm not letting you do this alone. So stop worrying too much. You are my best friend and will always be my one and only alpha." She finally said as she turned to face me. Holding out her hand, she smiled brightly. Her words always seemed to cheer me up, even if she wasn't trying. Taking her hand, I stood up and smiled. "Let's fix my make up and get back down stairs. Everything should be finished now." I told her, as we moved over towards my bathroom. Without hesitation, she followed after me. I was lucky to have a best friend like her, more than I could ever know.