The Lycan King novel Chapter 16

Avalyn

"Okay, you're all done." Sofiya grinned at me.

"Are you sure that it's not too much?" I asked her, looking at myself in the mirror. Nikolai had asked me out on a date and right now Sofiya was helping me get ready.

"It's perfect, you'll realise that when he takes you to the restaurant." Sofiya said, packing all her make up. I had worn one of Sofiya dress, it was peach coloured and came to the bottom of my thighs, it a bit tight but Sofiya said it looked better on me than it did on her. She had also put makeup on my face which made me look really pretty. And she had also done something with my hair to make it wavy.

"Thank you so much." I hugged her.

"Welcome. Now go, he is waiting for you in the main foyer." She smiled. I nodded and rushed down. My feet slowed down when I reached the bottom of the stairs and saw him. He had worn a black colour suit and a bow. He looked?so?handsome and he was looking at me like I was?the?most beautiful girl in the world.

"You look gorgeous, Love." He whispered when I stood in front of him, his eyes devouring me.

"Thank you, you look very handsome too." I smiled at him. He came near to kiss me when I ducked back.

"I have lipstick on, I don't want to spoil it." I explained shyly when he was looking at me with a questioning look.

"As you wish." He said and kissed the back of my hand instead. I blushed at his sweet action.

"This for you." He said, giving me a bouquet of flowers and I smiled widely at that. Today was a first for a lot of things- sleeping underneath the stars, dressing up, going on a date and getting flowers. I had Nikolai to thank for all of that.

"Thank you, it means a lot to me,?today?means a lot to me." I said softly.

He kissed the top of my head and we walked to the car he had already parked in front of the door. He opened the door for me and I got in. The door opened vertically and looked very nice, and expensive.

The restaurant he took me to was extravagant and it was in a human town. I felt uncomfortable, like I didn't belong here.

"Thank you for coming here, Mr. Volkov." A man said and then smiled at me and I smiled back, still feeling nervous. Mast- Nikolai held my waist tighter, rubbing circles with his thumb. He nodded at the man and then we were shown to a table in a private area that overlooked the city, we were on the fiftieth floor.

"Relax, Love." He smiled at me and the waiter dropped of two menu.

"How did he know who you were?" I asked what was bothering me more.

"I own the entire building and everything in it, Ava." He smirked at me as he opened his menu and I opened mine. I blushed and nodded at him. I should have known that! I couldn't understand anything that was written in the menu, I wasn't familiar with any of the names and I grew nervous again.

"Nikolai, I don't know anything in the menu." I whispered to him, embarrassed about it. I didn't want to embarrass him in front of the waiter when I couldn't decide what I wanted or didn't know how to say it.

"What do you want?" He smiled softly at me and I felt relived, I thought he would laugh at me or something. I don't even know why I thought such things anymore, he was the sweetest person.

"I feel like having pasta and garlic bread." I blushed again. Here we were, in an extravagant restaurant and I was ordering the most basic things that we could get anywhere. He nodded at me and called the waiter.

"Alfredo pasta and cheese garlic bread, portion for two and a bottle of Masseto Toscana." He told the waiter whose eyes widened at that.

"But-but Sir we-" the waiter started worriedly.

"Yes?" Master cocked his eyebrow at the terrified waiter, cutting him off.

"Nothing Sir, have a nice time." He awkwardly bowed a bit and ran away.

"You don't get that here, do you?" I asked him, I felt so stupid right now!

"My mate gets what she wants." He smiled at me. He was avoiding the question because I was right.

"You should have told me Nikolai, it will cause unnecessary problems for those poor people, I am embarrassing you here." I whispered, telling him about my fear out loud.

"I pay them for their services Ava, I get what I want and you can never embarrass me, don't ever say that." He gritted the last part, seeming angry that I would even think such things. I left the topic, I didn't want him to be angry, I wanted to enjoy tonight. I nodded at him and smiled.

"So, what do people do on dates?" I asked him sheepishly, changing the topic.

"I have never been on one either but from what I have heard, they talk and get to know each other better." He smiled, his mood changing quickly.

"So I can ask you anything?" My eyes widened.

Even though we were together everyday, I hardly knew anything about him! I wanted to get to know him better and this was my chance.

"Yes, Love. You can always ask me anything." He chuckled at me.

"Can you tell me about your pack?" I asked him eagerly. I had been living here since a month and hardly knew anything, hardly met anybody. I wanted to know more.

"If you haven't noticed,?our?pack isn't exactly like a normal pack because it can't be. Its formed by rogues and they were out of their former packs because they broke rules or wanted to be free from the pack rules. So I and a few other werewolves formed a pack where we would get our own freedom and do whatever we wanted while staying in a pack. You must already know that most wolves that go rogue turn more wolves than human and loose their sanity, thats where the Rogue Pack, our pack comes in. The wolves that formed this pack chose me as their Alpha and I chose Dimitri as my Beta, Vladimir as my Advisor, Andrei as the Head of Arms and Mikhail as the Head Tracker. There are only a few basic rules and as long everyone follows them, the pack members can do whatever they want." Master finished.

I looked at him in awe. I knew he was downplaying his struggles, being a rogue and being chosen as their Alpha is not easy. He had created a system that helped so many werewolves. He was a good man. But I also felt that he left somethings out. But if he wanted to only share this much right now, then that is his decision. I also realised that Master missed something. He had Alpha blood in him and he missed being an Alpha to an actual pack where he could rule to his true potential. He was created by Mother Luna to lead a pack and be its Alpha. He missed being that.

The waiter came in bringing our food before I could ask my next question. He placed two plates of pasta on from of us and the garlic bread too. He brought two glasses and started pouring some juice.

"Would you like anything else Sir?" He asked us. I shook my head when Nikolai looked at me questioningly.

"Assortment of chocolates for dessert." Nikolai said after looking at the menu.