Chapter 456
Donna sighed, tossing aside what she was going to say a moment ago and then she stood to her feet.
“I guess we should go eat then,” she said as she eyed us both carefully.
Gavin stood; his hand still entwined with mine. It was almost like he was afraid of letting me go and I found my heart skipping a beat at the feel of his closeness. He gave my hand a gentle squeeze before he pulled me alongside him and towards the dining hall.
Once we were seated in the dining hall, the food was served almost right away. My mouth was practically watering at the sight of all the delicious meats that were being placed on the table by various different maids.
“I hope you’re hungry,” Donna said, eyeing me carefully. “We have plenty of food.”
I could definitely see that; food was still coming out as we spoke. I was starving; I hadn’t had the time to eat today. I was planning on making something in the kitchen once I got to the villa, before my tutoring session with Matt, but then Gavin announced the dinner plans. Once I knew where we were having dinner, my stomach had been in a knot for the rest of the evening.
So to say I didn’t eat a thing today, was an understatement.
“Enjoy,” one of the maids said once they finished. She turned and scurried away with the others.
Gavin lifted his wine glass and took a long sip of the red elixir. I could tell he could use the drink. I was afraid to drink mine knowing that wine could make me foggy- headed and at least one of us needed to have a clear head if we wanted to get through this evening.
We added food to our plates before we started to eat. The food was delicious and cooked to perfection, or maybe I was just hungry.
“I’m not sure what the doctors had been telling you, but she looks really good.”
“We aren’t going to continue this conversation, Mother,” he said through his teeth. She sighed and relented.
“Fine, we don’t need to talk about it anymore,” she finally said after a short pause. She then glanced in my direction as I was taking a bite of the lamb. “So, Judy. Tell me about your family. Are they well off?”
I didn’t miss the glare Gavin sent his mother, and it was kind of cute. I mean, Gavin was a big bad Alpha Lycan Chairman, and his mother still found a way to get under his skin.
“My father is the Delta of the Redmoon Pack,” I told her as I swallowed the food in my mouth.
She nodded.
“That’s a pretty small pack, if remember correctly. Is that the pack that has no Alpha?”
I nodded.
“The Beta’s had been running it. But
Gavin is technically the one in
charge right now,” I told her.
are still trying to get good
candidates for the role.”
“I see,” she said, cutting into her food and bringing it to her lips on the fork. As she
chewed, she watched me.
“Have you ever been mated before?”
I froze at her question and Gavin growled deep in his throat.
“Mother,” he warned; she shot him a playful glance.
“It’s only a question. What? Is it some big bad secret?” She asked a hint of humor
in her eyes.
I wasn’t sure what to say; do I tell her the truth? It almost felt like she knew the truth already and she was just testing me. I decided it was better not to lie because she was Donna Landry. She could easily found out this information for
herself if she hadn’t already.
“Yes,” I answered. “I was mated before. It didn’t work out though.”
“He rejected you?” She asked, her brows shooting up.
I flushed; it was bold of her to assume that it was him who rejected me and not
the other way around.
“Why would he do something like
velet
that? Rejected a fated mate was something that commonly
happened,” Donna pressed as she bit into her food.
“That’s enough,” Gavin said through his teeth. “You’ve asked enough questions.”
“I’m sorry, I’m only trying to get to know your little girlfriend,” Donna said;
something about her tone screamed mockery.
Was this dinner a joke?
Was she trying to prove a point?
Donna turned to look at me again, her eyes narrowed, and I could see the devious side of her desperate to surface.
“So, tell me, Judy. Why were you not good enough for your own fated mate?”