Chapter 50

• I noticed one of the women studying me, one of the omegas as they began to pile food in front of our plates. She looked as though she was trembling, her body shaking slightly, her hands barely able to hold onto the plate before she slid it in front of me. As she did, our eyes met and I let out a small exhale, her eyes wide and pleading as though beseeching or rather trying to warn me away. I barely had time to acknowledge the look she gave me before she put her head back down and scurried away, like a timid mouse who didn’t’ want to anger its owners. That was strange. I made a mental note to try and find her later, although given the number of omegas I has spotted already, I feared the task would be difficult.
• “The food is delicious,” I lied.
• I hadn’t tasted it. I had pushed it around my plate, pretending to as Bree and Rick conversed between themselves for a moment. I did not want to take the risk that the food or drink was tainted in some way. They were a strange couple, I thought studying the Beta and his mate and shuddering inwardly at what their take on an open relationship might be. Still, they were interesting, and I was hoping they might let slip about something to do with the unofficial breeding on the grounds. They seemed rather harmless but then, all the best enemies did. If anything, this couple was rather odd, somewhat intriguing and had the feel of the place. They had to know something, I thought, observing them, even if they didn’t exactly give something away, it was almost like an instinctive feeling I had.