Chapter 35
When they were done eating to their hearts’ content, Magnolia footed the pill and even tipped the waiter who thanked her gratefully.
Now that they were outside the restaurant building, Lavana found that the little one was rather latched to Magnolia.
“Who’s her big sister? Maggie or me?” she thought.
“2nd big sis, where are we going next.” Beatrix swayed Magnolia’s hand from side to side.
“So you still put me in your eyes, Beatrix.” Lavana couldn’t help but speak.
“Big sis…” Beatrix ran over to her and hugged her leg.
“What now? You already have a new big sis.”
“Come on, big sis. Don’t be like this. Can we visit her place?” she said.
“Eh? What did you say?” Lavana looked at Magnolia who simply smiled ‘innocently’.
“Maggie, what did you bribe her with?”
“Er… Does a super-duper plushie of her choice, a visit to the amusement park and delicious food like the one we just consumed…. do all these things count as a… bribe?” Magnolia asked, while adjusting her glasses.
“Seriously? You sold yourself to her over those things?”
“Big sis, do you know what an amusement pack is, you know how beautiful plushies are? Well, even you can’t resist delicious food. A thief shouting ‘thief!’.”
“You…”
“Lava, look, you’re just visiting my place for a while until you two figure things out. It’s actually a win-win situation for you guys. Come on.”
“I’ll be allowed to leave whenever I want with my little sis, without any barriers.” Lavana stated her condition.
“Yes, Lavana. And I guarantee, you’ll like my family.” Magnolia said with a big smile.
“I agree to check out your place. If it’s safe, then we’ll stay. But we’ll do the chores as a thank you. Don’t like freeloading.” Lavana compromised.
Yeah, she did promise to get Beatrix back home in one piece but she couldn’t even take care of her while they hadn’t found her home. Here, a she-wolf wants to take them in. In this life, one has to bite the bullet sometimes.
However, if Magnolia turns out to be an evil person, freezing or burning her to death would be justified and she’d escape with the little one.
Magnolia smiled at Lavana’s acceptance but she saw that Lavana’s eyes were giving warning signs. Seems her guard against her was still high. It was normal for a lonely Omega like her not to simply trust anyone. Maybe she was even on the run and then was scared that she Magnolia might be a spy sent by her enemy or something.
But she knew herself. She was no spy.
Just a normal she-wolf looking out for a stray wolf and her little sis.
Maybe after she sees her small family, maybe she’ll drop her guard a little. When she went to foot the bill earlier, she asked Beatrix to go with her. In the short time they spent in private, she was able to convince the little girl that she wasn’t a bad lady. At least, they should come to try and see for themselves.
At the mention of the beautiful things a little girl like her would love, she already gave in. Now at least the big sister has agreed to follow them, at least on the outside. They left the restaurant and headed to the parking lot.
Some few minutes later, they were all in the car and Magnolia drove out of the premises.
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3 hours later, they drove into the woods along a man-made neat path.
“Miss Maggie, your home is in the woods?” Beatrix couldn’t help but ask.
“Yup. We are werewolves. I don’t think the humans would feel safe knowing there are some gigantic wolves in a particular house. The forest is good for hiding our secrets and also a good place to stretch our legs. The air here is top quality and the chances of a human finding out our truth is 0. 1%. Basically, all shifter races feel at home in the forest but it depends on them, though.”
“Oh.” Beatrix stopped asking.
Magnolia thought about why Beatrix was so ignorant. Though she was little and there was about a decade left before she shifted, at least she should know the fact that werewolves have to be in the forest.
Now that she thought about it, these two didn’t look alike in any way. Probably they escaped together from the old pack and swore to be sisters forever.
Finally, after another 10 minutes of driving, they saw a very huge clearing along with some nice houses separated from each other at a considerable gap.
There were 4 muscled men (one of who had curly, pale green hair)standing guard at the entrance of the gate. The fence was not too high and this was why Lavana and Beatrix were able to see the houses. These four tan-skinned men were holding either spears or swords, every ready in case of a sudden attack, which was unlikely to happen each day. Their upper body was nude and their solid packs and firm muscles were there for one to see.
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Magnolia got out of the car and a little boy ran out of a house excitedly.
“Aunt Maggie. Aunt Maggie!” he squealed.
“Son!” a lady came out of the house together with 4 adults- two males and females.
“Aunt Maggie, you’re back. I missed you.” the boy said as he hugged her thigh, refusing to let go.
The adults walked over to Magnolia and just smiled.
“You finally remember that we are alive, eh?” one of the ladies said.
“Er… It’s not my fault. I had some fun, more than the day I planned on going away for.”
At this moment, Beatrix got down from the car and closed the door, attracting the attention of the others.