The Alpha

Chapter 16

Scarlet's POV

The next day Isa comes up to accompany me down to the pack house for breakfast. When I enter the

dining hall I see that it is set up like a buffet. Omegas go back and forth from the kitchen refilling the

large trays of bacon, sausage, and scrambled eggs. They walk around the room, filling everyone's

drinks and cleaning up empty dishes. My eyes scan the crowds of people gathered around several long

tables. I don't see Ethan, nor either of his brothers. Ethan hadn't come home last night and I missed

having him there beside me. After so many nights of feeling his warm body pressed against mine as I

slept, I had grown accustomed to it.

"Isa!" a young male wolf calls out from his seat at one of the nearby tables as he waves a hand above

his head. Isa smiles widely at him and grabs my arm, dragging me over to him. She plops down in the

seat next to him and I do the same beside her.

"Hey baby bro! How's it going?" Isa asks him with a light punch to his bicep. He quickly swats her hand

away.

"It's going. Who do you got with you today?"

"Oh! Scarlet! This is my brother Tyler. Tyler meet Scarlet," Isa says as she gestures between the two of

us.

"Wait... how many of you are there?" I question, dumbfounded.

Isa and Tyler share a look with humor in their eyes before they both turn back to me. "Just the five of

us. Ethan, Alex, and Xander are from Alpha Seth's first wife, Luna Lenore. She was his fated mate.

About six months after she died, he took a chosen mate and had the two of us." My lips make an 'o'

shape as I nod. I had never realized all of that. The only Kane siblings I ever heard anything about

were the three eldest. I hadn't even known that Isa and Tyler existed.

"So, you're the illustrious Scarlet. The whole pack has been talking about you, wondering when they

would finally see you. Some even rumored that you didn't exist," Tyler laughs as he pushes back so

that the front legs of his chair leave the ground.

"Well... I can assure you I exist," I joke. Isa and Tyler chuckle and I scan the room again before placing

a hand on Isa's arm to get her attention. "I'm going to get some food."

"Whoa. Hold on," Isa answers as she stops me from rising from my seat. Then she looks over her

shoulder. "Omega!" she calls to a young she-wolf who looks to be about fourteen. Her mousy brown

hair is pulled into a loose pony tail and she wears a simple dress with a dirty apron over it. Her hazel

eyes widen when she walks over and sees me.

She drops into a small curtsy in front of me. "Luna," she greets before turning to Ethan's sister. "Miss

Isa, what can I do for you?"

"The Luna and I would like something to eat," Isa states.

"Oh! Of course! What would you like for breakfast Luna?" she inquires, turning to me first.

"Umm... I don't mind getting it myself..."

"Oh no Luna! I'd be happy to get it for you!" the girl insists.

"Er... okay. Thank you uhh.... What's your name hun?"

The girl's eyes widen again in surprise. You would think that no one has ever asked her that before.

"My name's Lilly, Miss."

"Well, thank you Lilly. Would you mind getting me some bacon, fruit, scrambled eggs, and toast?"

"Absolutely! And what would you like to drink?"

"Do you have apple juice?"

"We sure do! I'll have that right out for you!" she chirps happily before turning to take Isa's order as

well. When she walks away, I turn to Isa.

"I thought that they couldn't announce that I'm going to be the Luna?" I mutter softly to her.

"They can't. No one is supposed to know yet, but that doesn't stop people from talking. Ethan has only

told his closest companions, though it doesn't take a genius to figure out who you are to him. Everyone

knows he had brought you to the hospital and that you've been living in his penthouse." I nod. This is

news to me.

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As soon as I'm done eating Lilly comes over to collect my empty dishes. "Lilly, what happens to all of

the extra food?"

She looks around as the other Omegas begin to clean up the dining hall. "Well, after the Omegas eat,

whatever is left gets thrown away."

I press my lips together in dissatisfaction. "Would it be possible to wrap up the leftovers to go?"

She tilts her head at me in a questioning look. "I suppose so."

"Great! After the Omegas have eaten can you wrap the rest up for me?"

"Oh! Umm... sure! Of course, Luna! Whatever you want!"

"Thank you so much Lilly!"

She curtsies quickly before hurrying into the kitchen to give her new orders. I look over at Isa and she's

giving me a quizzical look. "What's that all about?"

"Ethan agreed to let me go back to working at the shelter. There is never enough food there so I

thought, why let good food go to waste?" I reply with a shrug. Isa lets out a little laugh as she shakes

her head and leans back in her chair. "What?"

"Nothing. Just you. You have to be like the most compassionate person I have ever met."

I cock an eyebrow at her. "I'm taking that as a compliment."

"Good. You should. My brother has been needing someone like you in his life."