Tasting
Chapter 100

100-All Behind My Back

Nora:

“Is she not at the hostel? Did she leave, or is she going to return?” I asked after pulling myself together. I needed to know where she went.

“Didn’t you hear me?” Mrs. Finlay finally forced a fake smile, though deep down, she might have desired to yell at me. “She won’t be here for a month.”

“But where could she have gone then? This is her only place,” argued, noticing Mrs. Finlay roll her eyes. These people were so annoying. They didn’t even he the fact that the only reason they had been nice to me was because I was now the stepsister of the alpha king brothers.

“I don’t know. She just took her leave and left,” Mrs. Finlay shrugged.

“Mrs. Finlay, can we please go check her bedroom then?” Finally, April realized Mrs. Finlay wasn’t keen on answering my questions, and I was beginning to lose my mind. I’m glad April took over before I threatened her with my status in the pack.

“Sure, sweetie, how can I say no to you?” Mrs. Finlay smiled for April, who giggled.

“By the way, this color looks so good on you. Please stop wearing it; you steal attention from everyone else,” April pouted, making Mrs. Finlay blush and rush away to grab her keys. “There are ways to treat people. You need to learn to focus on their habits. Now, Mrs. Finlay, she doesn’t like being seen as an old grandma. She likes admiration and compliments. You see, she had given up her youth for this place, so when she sees so many young girls around, she wants to live that life,” April explained in a serious tone.

I was surprised that she was so attentive, but she was not wrong. I really needed to pay attention to people around me and see what kind of habits they have. Mrs. Finlay returned with the keys, and April grabbed them out of her hands.

“I love this nail paint on you,” April commented before casually strolling away. I turned my head all the way back and saw Mrs. Finlay happily checking out her nails. April’s comments left a lasting impression.

Once we were outside Natalay’som, April took over and opened the door for me. She didnt step all the way inside like me. I entered the room, and sure enough, it was left as if nobody had used it in a week. I could barely tell if she even stayed here for more than a day after returning from my mansion.

“But it doesn’t make any sense. Where could she probably have left for?” I asked tiredly, turning to face April. After conversing with her, I felt like she was not so useless. At least she came up with some good explanations for things.

“She must have left for the mountains again,” April pouted.

“These are the mountains,” I pointed at the floor of the hostel.

“No! The ones that nobody lives at,” April explained.

“And why would she return to some place where nobody lives?” I smiled sarcastically because she wasn’t making any sense anymore.

“Oh, Nora! Did you not know anything about your friend?” April folded her arms, leaning over the door frame and staring at me with a shocked expression on her face.

“What?” I asked.

“Natalay is not an orphan like she claimed to have been,” April started, and right off the bat, I felt fooled.

“What?”

“Yeah! I did some digging. After she clung to you, I just had a feeling that she wasn’t entirely truthful about herself. And then

think that a she-wolf, who her whole lie was exposed. But

didn’t have a wolf, claimed to be so powerful, got exposed and punished, yet she didn’t miss a single day of school and came for combat, I just felt odd about her. It was like she was not who she claimed to be. So–Brody and I–obviously, she took help from her alpha cousin.”

“We did our own research and found out a few things about her. Do you know when she came here the very first day, she didn’t come alone? Some man came to drop her at the hotel’s door,” she began to talk about her replaceings, and right from the get-go, I was feeling chills across my skin.

“A man she never talked about to anyone,” I pouted.

“Well, the truth is that she had someone from her family alive that she never wants anyone to know about. And she has probably left to stay with that someone until the whole issue of

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her lies gets dried down. Why don’t you talk to Brody about her?” April suggested with a serious look on her face.

“I-” Before I could talk against the idea, April cheered at the text she received on her phone.

“Brody is here. I texted him that we were worried for Natalya, so he insisted to come here. Let’s go,” she happily held my hand and dragged me out of the room. She was a bit too hyper- excited for my liking. I liked doing things a certain way. So I had to hurry up and lock the door as she tugged me along

downstairs.

Thankfully, Brody hadn’t come inside, but when we went to return the keys to Mrs. Finlay, a question popped up in my head that I couldn’t help but ask the old lady.

“Um, Mrs. Finlay! Does aan come by to ask about Natalya?” | inquired, watching April nod her head in appreciation of my question.

“Oh yes,” Mrs. Finlay nodded her head with a cheeky smile.

“Um! It’s okay. You can confirm from the register. No need to answer off the top of your mind,” April commented with a raised brow. We didn’t want her to give us wrong information, but she seemed pretty certain from the way she was smiling at us.

“There will be no need. I don’t need to double-check anything to remember that man. I mean, who would not recognize Alpha King Ryker coming here and asking for Natalya so much?” She shook the ground from not only under my feet but April’s too when she mentioned my punished brother and Natalya in the same sentence.

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**Before Leould talk against the idea, April cheered at the test she received on her phone

“Brody is here. I texted him that we were worried for Natalya, 80 he insisted to come here. Let’s g” she happily held my hand and dragged me out of the room she was a bit too hyper excited for my liking. I liked doing things a certain way. So I had to hurry up and lock the door as he tugged me along

Thankfully, Brody hadn’t come inside, but when we went to return the keys to Mrs. Finlay, a question popped up in my head that I couldn’t help but a he old lady

“Um, Mrs. Finlay! Does a man come by to ask about Natalya?” | inquired, watching April nod her head in appreciation of my question.

“Oh yes,” Mrs. Finlay nodded her bead with a cheeky smile,

“Um! It’s okay. You can confirm from the register. No need to answer off the top of your mind,” April commented with a raised brow. We didn’t want her to give us wrong information, but she seemed pretty certain from the way she was smiling at us.

“There will be no need. I don’t need to double check anything to remember that man. I mean, who would not recognize Alpha King Ryker coming here and asking for Natalya so much?” She shook the ground from not only under my feet but April’s too when she mentioned my punished brother and Natalya in the