Mac chewed her cheek. “She doesn’t seem overly concerned about her grandmother being murdered does she? Then again if she never met her it’s just like a stranger dying to her. I’ll bet she doesn’t even know the full details of what happened, it wasn’t exactly national news. Do you think we should tell her? We should tell her, someone from our department should go over and see her when she’s at home and explain. We can organise that tomorrow.” His sister was so bubbly she could hold complete conversations by herself.
Alec nodded his approval at Mac’s suggestion.
Adam surreptitiously looked at her. Rosalee. It suited her.
A loud crash and raised voices interrupted his reverie. Melody James, a witch and newest waitress at Pizza Moon, was shouting at one of the chefs, a wolf called Hans Lucas. The brother of his Chief Enforcer and the most cantankerous wolf in the whole pack. Which was saying something.
Melody’s cheeks reddened. “You idiot you almost burned me!”
Veins pulsed in Hans’ neck. “The hell I did! You don’t like the way I work why don’t you hop on your broomstick and get the hell out!”
“Screw you fleabag! You’re not getting rid of me so easily!”
“Stupid crone!”
“Oh go hump a tree!”
Hans threw what he was holding at Melody, which happened to be a pepperoni pizza. She ducked and screamed again before picking up a soda from the nearest table and hurling it in his direction. He also ducked which meant that the soda instead found a target in Rosalee.
*
Rosalee squealed as she was drenched in soda. Loud arguments broke out all over the restaurant until a loud roar silenced everyone and she heard orders being barked.
Soda dripped down her nose and her vest clung to her uncomfortably. She felt her elbow being taken as she was moved through the restaurant to the bathroom. When she got there she noticed it was the dark haired female who had escorted her.
Trying not to laugh she told Rosalee she would try to find her a change of clothes before ducking out again.
Rosalee peeled her vest off her and began wetting paper towels to wash herself with. The door to the bathroom was flung open and Rosalee turned round to hide her nudity. A bra, why hadn’t she worn a bra!
“Please, I’m a wolf we spend half out time walking around naked, but if it makes you feel better I’ll look at the ceiling while you wash. You know I think they might actually have a shower in the back, hard to believe but it’s not the first time that someone’s tried to throw something at Hans.”
“I just want to get home.” Rosalee quickly washed and dried herself as best she could. “I’m done.”
“Here,” she tossed a black t-shirt adorned with the Pizza Moon logo in Rosalee’s direction. “You can keep that.”
Rosalee pulled it over her head. “Gee thanks I’ll treasure it.” The young woman grinned.
“So... you’re a wolf? I kind of guessed as much when I saw you sat out there with the Alpha.” Rosalee tried her best to sound innocent, and definitely not like she was fishing for information.
“Please don’t tell me you’re another lost soul destined to worship at the altar of my brother?”
“Your brother?”
“Adam the almighty Alpha. “
“Oh.” Inward sigh of relief. “I’ll try to resist.”
“Good girl. I’m Mac by the way, short for Mackenzie. I’m a Deputy, I work with Alec and Gabe, you’ve met Gabe and the other guy we were sat with is Alec, he’s the Sheriff and my brother’s Beta.”
“It’s nice to meet you Mac I’m...”
“Rosalee, I know.” Mac beamed at her. “Adam sent Gabe over to find out. I heard that he asked you out in the grocery store and you wouldn’t even tell him your name, and that you called him Arnold!”
Rosalee blushed. “How... how did you know about that?”
“It’s a small town, news travels fast. Get used to it.”
“I’m sorry I meant no disrespect to your brother.”
Mac hooted with laughter. “Are you kidding me? Funniest thing I’ve heard all month, his ego is so inflated he can barely get it through the door, he needs a good put down every now and then.”
Rosalee smiled at the lively young woman. She picked up her discarded vest and on inspection didn’t think it was worth saving. She dumped it in the trash.
“You order a pizza to take away?” Rosalee nodded. “Come on lets go see if it’s ready – on the house of course, and any cleaning bills you have make sure you send them here, I’ll personally make sure they get paid.”
“That’s nice thanks.”