Mated to the Alpha and His Beta (Lanie Stanton) novel Chapter 491

Chapter 491
Stella

I knew humans were different, of course, but my entire life had been spent around supernatural kind. My curiosity was raging as I allowed Selena to lead me to a set of leather chairs tucked around a coffee table littered with empty glasses. The leather couch across from us was occupied by two other women engaged in an intense conversation. They didn’t pay any attention to us other than a quick, flicking glance.

Selena’s bright gaze stabbed around the room in all directions before she turned it back on me. The flare of her wolf had faded, thank the Goddess. Human eyes didn’t glow.

She leaned closer to me to shout over the thumping beat of the dance music. “Isn’t this great?”

“I’ve never seen anything like it, that’s for sure!” I shouted back.

She laughed and twirled her fingers in a circle again. It was a gesture I was getting to recognize. She wanted me to do…something.

“Make it quieter for us,” she said.

With a small shift of effort, I was able to create a small, private bubble of soundproofing. We could still hear the music, but it wasn’t so loud that we had to shout. I was glad she’d thought of it, but I wondered aloud how she knew I could do such a thing.

“Why do you think I was really going to that library?” Selena asked, leaning against the back of the chair and fluffing her hair out around her shoulders. She moved gracefully, but also with utter awareness of how every line of her body, every twist of her waist or toss of her hair was perfectly designed to show herself off.

To who? I looked around. Nobody was looking at us right now. When I looked back at her, she was rolling her eyes.

“You said it was to hide from my mom,” I replied with a small frown at her expression.

“Sure. But also, I was reading up on you. I bet you don’t even know the half of what you can do.”

I felt my mouth twist as I pressed my teeth to my bottom lip for a moment. “I can do everything.”

“Yeah, but you don’t even know what that means. Do you?” Selena scooted to the edge of her seat. “Would it have occurred to you to do that silencing thing for us here?”

“Maybe,” I said defensively. “But it’s not like we need it. It’s just a convenience.”

“Not everything has to be as important as a battle,” she told me. “What’s the use of being able to do ‘everything’ if you don’t do anything?”

She had a point. I looked around again and added a protective shield to our quieting bubble to keep anyone from overhearing us. “Did you want to come to a human place because they aren’t attracted to you?”

“Aren’t they?” She looked surprised, then frowned. “That would be a giant disappointment.”