to do so. I will appoint Alex as my new Beta and if anyone asks, I will inform them that Alana was banished from here and you chose to go with her.”
Russ’s jaw dropped open at Josh’s words, but he didn’t retort. He just walked to the door, with Alana in his arms. As Russ was about to walk out the door Josh added, “If you ever wake up and see Alana for who she really is and wish to come back, know that you are always welcome here.”
For a moment, Russ just stood in the doorway, but then he continued to walk out of the study and out of Josh’s life. Josh plopped down in to his chair and tipped his head back to stare at the ceiling. What was he going to do now? That didn’t go at all how he had planned.
He didn’t want to lose Russ like that, but he couldn’t have done anything about it. He would not be forced to keep that viper on his land, and Russ had not only questioned his orders, but he had disrespected him and pretty much said that he chose Alana over the safety of his Pack. What else could he do?
Nothing.
Josh closed his eyes and sighed, then sat up straight and called in Richard again. He needed to get everything worked out, he needed to tell Alex he was the new Beta now and have him take some of the other enforcers to Alana’s to make sure she and Russ left with out a fuss. Then he needed to call a meeting and let the Pack know what was going on.
There were so many things he needed to do, when all he really wanted to do was go back up to his room and crawl into bed next to Sidney and never let her go again.
*****
Sidney was still staring at herself in the mirror when she heard someone enter the bedroom. A soft knock on the bathroom door told her someone wished to speak to her, but she wasn’t about to open it. If it was Josh, she didn’t have anything to say to him at the moment, and didn’t want to see him.
“Miss,” a small female voice came through the door. It was too quiet and sweet to be Alana’s, besides, Sidney had that woman’s voice burned in to her brain. “I’ve brought you something to eat and clean clothes.”
Sidney wondered for a minute how long she could wait until the girl left, but her stomach rumbled at the sound of the word ‘food’ and she realized she hadn’t eaten since long before she had been captured. She opened the door a crack and stuck her arm out, “Can you hand me the clothes and let me dress before I come out there?”
The girl on the other side of the door smiled at her. She was such a tiny little thing. She appeared shorter than Sidney and she was no bigger around than possibly one of Sidney’s thighs. She had large blue eyes and long, golden blonde hair. Her wide smile looked genuine and pleasant.
She quickly went to the bed and picked up a bundle of clothes, then handed them to Sidney.
Sidney quickly closed the bathroom door and began to unfold the bundle of clothes. A pair of jeans, surprisingly, in her size, a pair of sweatpants, which she suspected is what she would be wearing right now, and a couple of t-shirts that looked like they may fit a bit snuggly. There were no bras or underwear in the mix. Sidney suspected that was on purpose.
She pulled on the sweatpants and one of the t-shirts, noting the way it outlined her fat rolls and exposed her hard nipples. How could he find anything about her attractive?
She took a deep breath before she opened the door, bracing herself for whoever this little woman could be on the other end.
When she opened the door, the woman sat on the edge of the bed very primly, smiling at her sweetly. She stood and walked toward Sidney, and Sidney almost had the urge to run back in the bathroom and slam the door in the girl’s face. However, she stood her ground and when the woman reached out her hand, she accepted it in hers, to shake.
“Hello, Sidney,” the woman said, with a beaming smile on her face. “I’m Tricia, Richard’s mate, and Josh’s housekeeper.”
“Hi,” Sidney replied,