Red Riding Hood (6)

"Did something happen while I was talking to Manager?" Randell asked while he was trying to peek over the piles of papers around Nida. The jerk ass manager gave her a load of papers to encode.

They were also left alone inside the department office because the manager let everyone have a break except for her, who was labeled as lazy. Of course, Randell is here to accompany her.

"Actually, someone noticed my dust." she whispered while starting to organize her table.

She is more worried about the unknown voice that speaks to her mind than about the load of work she needs to do.

"Ah. Has he approached you already? It's pretty understandable since you can't hide these silver things. You're standing out with other strong races."

"Wh-who are you talking about? Wait! I am standing out? Then should I not go outside!"

"Don't worry, they will die if they mess with you."

"What?"

"You're a priestess. You can purify us or turn us into dust."

"I can do that? But I still have not learned how to purify."

"You don't have to learn it. By touching werewolves or any dark attribute, creatures will burn or turn into dust in contact with you."

"Aren't you a werewolf?" Nida titled her head in confusion.

"Yes I am."

"Then how can I touch you?" Nida stood up and leant on the mountain pile of paper in between them, then grabbed Randell's hand.

"Ah! I-I don't know." Randell was startled by Nida's careless action. "I am also surprised knowing I am your spiritual partner." His face blushed as he felt Nida's soft, thin hand gripping his hand.

Nida noticed his reaction and immediately pulled her hands off.

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Nida's mischievous heart beats weirdly as another slow motion happens right in front of her eyes.

'Does he control time?' she thought as she watched Randell move closer to her and grab her hips, making all the papers fly away in slow motion.

Nida hit the papers on her back from abruptly backing away. That made her stumble and almost fall, but Randell managed to catch her, making the papers in between them collapse and fly away.

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Another weird warm beating of her heart echoed in her ears.

She frowned as her heart was being charmed by the angelic, handsome face that was very close to her.

'This fucking familiar scent of baby cologne makes my heart confused!'

She grumbled internally as she could smell both his minty breath and the sweet scent of his baby cologne.

"Are you okay?" 

The slow motion finally stopped once Randell talked.

"Ah! I am fine!" She pushed him away and looked around them.

"Fuck." she cursed as she hated what her heart suddenly felt in those seconds. 

"Ah. I didn't mean to hug you. You might get hurt if y-you fall. I am sorry" Randell panics as he apologises, thinking Nida might hate him more, but the truth is Nida is cursing herself. 

'Don't fall for his handsome face. He is a murderer.' she said internally as she started to pick up the scattered papers.

"I am cursing the papers. not you."

"Oh no. I-I'll clean this up. I'm sorry!" Randell apologized again, noticing the sudden change in her mood.

"Ah, what were we talking about?" He awkwardly talked while helping her gather the papers.

"She's asking you why she can touch you."

The two of them looked up to the person who suddenly came into their conversation. 

"Sir Rudy." Nida called him as she narrowed her eyes at her colleague. "Your voice sounds familiar," she said solemnly.

"Of course, I'll just talk to your mind just awhile ago. I'll be sad if you forget my pretty voice so soon." Rudy acted as if he was in pain, but that just made the two frown.

"Sir, this time you can't play with her. You might die if you stalk her again."

"Stalk?"

"Remember the toy store?"

"Haa!! You're that wolf? but that wolf looks different?" She stood up from crouching and pointed her finger at Sir Rudy, who took an awkward step back.

"Woah, woah, don't randomly pointing your finger, you can kill me you know."

Nida didn't pull her hands despite the wolf in front of her telling her she had the ability to purify him.

"That time, Why are you following me?" she asked viciously. 

"I love beauty like you. It makes me want to rip your head out of your body and put it in a display jar. How nice it would be to see you displayed in one of my collections." He said this with sparkling eyes.

Nida's expression turned into a grimace while feeling frightened by the wolf's brutal mentality. However, she didn't back away or cower in fear. Instead, she instantly moved forward and grabbed his neck.

hiiiiisssssssssss

A sizzling sound, and light smoke appeared on Rudy's neck once Nida touched him.

"NIDA STOP! HE IS JUST TEASING YOU!" Randell grabbed her hand to let go of Rudy's neck. However, the wolf that should be screaming in excruciating pain was instead smiling brightly towards her and his cheeks became red.

"tease?" Nida is becoming angrier while Randell is still grabbing her away from the strange wolf.

"Oh! my why so impatient? my muse." Rudy said, while acting weird as if he was intoxicated. 

"He is kind of a masochist posing as sadist. J-just avoid him. Hmm. stay here for a while, I'll take care of him." Randell pushed her inside the pantry then closed the door. He then walked back to where Rudy was standing while caressing his burnt neck, still in his own reverie.

crackle crackle

The gentle and timid Randell suddenly turned into an intimidating man.

Hic!

Rudy was woken up from his weird day dream when he felt the stifling aura of Randell.

He wasn't in his werewolf form, but he could feel his intimidating power, as if his fangs were aimed at him.

"Oh boy! d-did I play too much again? " Rudy awkwardly scratched his cheeks while avoiding the golden eyes of an alpha wolf.

"Didn't you promise me to act properly?" Even though his low-tone voice instills fear in Rudy, his sweating body still stood firm since he didn't want to lose because he is a wolf too, with pride.

He thought it was fine to act mischievous after seeing Randell act gently towards Nida, but he thought wrong.

"I am sorry! Anyway! You should bring that newly awakened priestess to our Leader." He tried to change the topic to get away from his first offense.

"Don't tell me what I need to do." Randell squinted his eyes, which made the lights at the office flicker. "Take a month's vacation leave and don't bother her."

"Y-you can't tell me to do that. The leader allowed me to play with her! I was the first to mark her! It doesn't mean you're an alpha, you can snatch someone else's toys!" He protested, despite trembling in fear.

"Don't test my patience, Rudy. leave."

Randell talked briefly but in a cold and stern manner.

Rudy took a step back since the stifling aura was becoming stronger and stronger. He bit his lips before turning around to leave.

"The leader will know!" he warned Randell, then walked out of the room cowardly.

 Randell made sure that Rudy was gone before he dispersed his aura.

"What the hell happened here!" Manager Bungal shouted before Randell could call back Nida.

Their other officemates are also at the door looking down at the papers that are scattered everywhere. 

"Ah sir, the paper just collapsed. I'll clean it up." The gentle Randell is back and respectfully talked to the fat manager.

"Where is Nida? That is her work!" The fatty manager stomped his short legs and angrily walked towards the pantry. 

"Ah. Ah wait sir, This is not her fault." he tried to blocked the managers way .

"No, Mr. Lobo, don't cover up her laziness." He pushed Randell with his sweaty hands then aggressively opened the pantry door.

The moment he opened the door, he saw Nida enjoying her leisure time, drinking tea while talking on her phone.

"Oh, manager, welcome back." She cluelessly welcomed the manager with her business smile, as if she had forgotten about the mess outside.

"You lazy bitch!" The manager's vein started to pop out once again.