VIOLET

I ran or should I say hop, skipped and a jumped the stairs down to the first floor. I was gonna home in on that mutherfucker like a pigeon. I power walked into the kitchen absolutely raging inside, searching for my prey when I saw the siblings all seated at the dining room table eating their fair share of the food Anya had just prepared for them. All of them seemed to have had a shower and were now dressed in some other pack members hand me downs. They were laughing and joking and exchanging what appeared to be fond stories of memories of their childhood. Noah seemed completely enamoured with Anya and was currently seated on her lap. He was sucking his thumb and currently had his head placed in the crook of her kneck. He was sleeping and it looked like he had quite a few winks to go. The kid was cute, I would give him that and probably the only member of this group whom I didn't question about his motives. I was stood off to the side observing their interaction studiously. I was going to dissect every single one of them. 'Tink' was on Anya's right and if I didn't know any better she appeared to be looking for a new best friend. They were talking animatedly about clothes. not a topic that would be on my list of things to talk about if my pack had been massacred almost a fortnight ago. There was a place setting reserved for me and I decided to take it, I decided that a little Spanish inquisition was called for, me being the pope and these little twats were the heretics and so help me, I was going to get a confession.

I pulled back my chair slowly and sat down on my chair like a CEO about to address my under performing board members. Their heads turned to me as a I sat down and the conversation dried up. (How interesting) I guess they spotted the real threat in the room and no offence to Anya but she was definitely not a contender so that left the defence of this pack up to me and I knew I had to tread carefully, I couldn't afford to outwardly question or appear to be undermining Anya. She was the Luna of this pack and I respected that, but I knew deep down she wasnt my equal. She had other qualities though, kindness and compassion, some I think were being deemed at this very moment as a weakness by our 'survivors' here and i wasn't going to allow them to capitalise on that. I exhaled and crossed my legs. I individually stared at each of them, letting them know who the fuck I was. I left the guy who challenged me just a few minutes ago till last and very sloooowlllllyyyy smiled at him. I made sure I looked like the predator I was.

'Soooo'..... I emphasised 'S' to sound like a snake. I directed my question to the table but I spoke directly to him as I said 'what's your name again... I've forgotten already'. I kept my smile but he seemed to have lost his. He looked over to the fairy and back to me again. So, this was one sneaky little prick. He didnt mind confrontation in private, but not in public. A weakness I was going to take advantage of and considering I haven't heard any of the men at this table speak yet, I was looking forward to hearing from him with glee.

'This is is Matthew' said Tink.

I didnt look at her but continued to direct my next question toward him.

'I believe I asked Matty here himself. Can Matty not speak for himself? You dont mind if I call you Matty right? I think it's kinda cute'. I grinned at him in challenge and his eyes narrowed.

GOTCHA!!!!

Someone coughed and I realised this pixie was gonna be the bane of my life. Regardless, I kept the flirtatious smile on my face and continued my perusal of him.

'Mathhheww....has been mute since he was a child'. ..... little miss pixie thought that one up rather quickly. I'll give her credit where it's due. She emphasised his FUll name and the meaning was not lost to me. I slowly turned my head to look at her and purposefully widened my eyes in mock horror. If they want to play this game I'll go along with it.

'Ohhh... I'm so sorry... I could have sworn I heard him chuckle and speak earlier just outside my room. Maybe I mistook him for one of your other brothers.... or are they all mute'?

She looked livid. And I couldn't help but feel absolute elation at the prospect of shoving this bitches lies up her ass in front of everyone. I saw Anya's head tilt, trying to get my attention but I ignored it. No point in stopping now that I was on a roll.

'So.... how are are you all feeling after the 'attack'...'it must have been quite a shock'. I stated.

Tink spoke up 'It was actually. Watching our neighbours being slaughtered wasn't amusing at all'. She said.

'I imagine not... you seem like your rank was quite high in your previous pack'.

She smiled and looked to Anya. 'I was close friends with the Alpha and Luna. The Luna 'louise' was my best friend'.

Mmmmm we'll see about that.

'Steady girl' - violet said.

'In that case you must know the beta of the pack really well.... what was his name again'?

She visibly paled and her head flew around to face me.

'My father is the beta of Redfang pack and knew all of the beta's on a first name basis, but I can never remember the name of the beta of Moonlight.... what was his name again'?

Silence......

Her eyes widened and she started coughing. ANYA slapped on her back for her and obviously fell for her act.

'Sorry, I haven't eaten in so long I forgot to swallow properly'.

'Funny, I haven't seen you eat anything since I sat down, but something obviously went down the wrong way'..... like your lies bitch!

Unadulterated hate spewed from her little eyeballs as I heard a chair leg scrape across the floor.

'Vi, can I talk to you for a minute'? Said Anya.

Anya handed Noah over to 'Tink' and as soon as she did, he woke up. He stared at Miriam in horror and visibly shook. Anya missed this however, but I didn't.