Becoming Alpha’s Personal Caretaker
Chapter 117

Lauren's

POV

Victor was already in his fighting mode. He protected me with his arm and stared outside the house. The tree house was so quiet that we could only hear our breathing. Who were the people outside? Did they sense Victor? But Mila's potion was still working and I was sure no one could sense our scents.

Then I heard them talking.

"I can't believe we have to find Miss Janice. She's probably taking a break somewhere."

"Alpha Manuel told us in private that he was afraid she might get attacked by rogues. You know, word on the street that there are rogue traffickers recently."

"Then why are they keeping this on the low?"

"They still got a marriage contract with the Lunarko Tribe and they can't afford to let them know Miss Janice has gone missing."

The other man sighed, "I think the original plan is much better. Even though Miss Lauren is kind of cold and distant, I still think she's much better than that hypocrite Miss Janice." His companion scolded him in a low voice, "You don't get to judge. Just keep looking."

"Okay, okay. We're in the middle of nowhere. Except for rogues, no one would come here. And we can't sense their scents, right? Rest assured, I think Miss Janice just went out for a break."

They kept talking and I figured out who they were. They were the warriors of the Fullmoon Tribe and they were here for Manuel's mission. They didn't sense Victor's or my presence and I was finally relieved. I said to Victor through our mind link, "It's the warriors of the Fullmoon Tribe. Don't worry, they'll leave in a minute."

Victor nodded at me but he was still pretty defensive. We were careful enough not to make any noises. They were just two warriors from the Fullmoon Tribe and Victor could take care of them easily. But there would be a lot of work because we had to make up a story for their missing. It was better for us to stay quiet and wait for them to leave if they hadn't noticed us.

And clearly, they weren't putting a lot of effort into their search for Janice.

"Alright, we're done with this area and we haven't sensed other people's presence. We can change the area now," the warrior who was a bit absent-minded said.

The other warrior who was more mature kept searching for a while and then finally said, "Okay, let's go."

"Yeah, don't waste our time. Let's shift early today. I still wanna go to the bar..." the man paused for a second and asked, "what are you stopping for?"

Shivers went down my spine as I froze because I sensed that the other warrior was looking in our direction.

"That tree looks kind of weird," the warrior said, "what's up there?"

Back then, in order to make this tree house more like a secret base, I camouflaged it from the outside and it would be hard to notice this little tree house if you didn't pay much attention to it. From the outside, they could only see the vines and branches. I was glad that I didn't let Victor break them.

"What?" the other man looked up and said carelessly, "there's nothing up there. My wolf can't sense anyone in there. Let's go. Don't waste our time."

My heart was pounding loud.

Even though it was a piece of cake for us to take care of these two warriors but I didn't want people to know that Victor and I were in the Fullmoon tribe and that he had almost fully recovered.

Victor could sense how nervous I was and he hugged me in this stuffy place. The smell of fresh peppermint gave me comfort when he embraced me. We were really close and when he tilted his head, I could feel his hot breath on my earlobe. He said in a tempting deep voice, "Don't be nervous."

His voice made me feel like we were having an affair or something.

"They won't find us," Victor said quietly but his voice sounded kind of erotic in this narrow and quiet place, "and it's easy to deal with them. I'll just make them sleep for a few days."

"...That will attract Manuel's attention."

"So?" Victor raised his eyebrows, "you think I would be afraid of him?"

"Of course not. You're the baddest, alpha Victor. But I just want to give you a tour here and I don't want any drama."

All I wanted was to give Victor a tour of my tree house but I never expected that Manuel happened to be searching for Janice. I suddenly thought of the story I told Victor and realized how ridiculous and ironic this is. Manuel didn't bother to look for me when I went missing for a whole day at such a young age but he would search for Janice like this.

And of course it might be because of the marriage contract.

Anyway, where did Janice go?

"What's on your mind?" Victor pinched my nose gently.

"Where's Janice?" I said quietly, "that day when I left the forest, Janice was too weak to get out of there on her own."

So who took Janice?"

Suddenly, the warrior that was more mature and careful spoke again, "I felt like I just sensed something. I don't think it's a werewolf but..."

I was stunned.

Did Mila's potion fail?

I didn't think so. Mila was a genius at making potions.

"We'd better go and check..."

Victor and I instantly went into our attack mode but then Victor looked around the tree house and there was a complicated look in his eyes. Then he let go of me. He didn't seem to wanna turn into his wolf form. He just looked around and pick up a small stone. Just as he was about to throw the stone as far as he could to distract them, they got an order, "The leader wants us to assemble."

They quickly shifted into their wolf forms and left.

I was finally relieved. I glanced at Victor and realized how unbelievable it was to have the alpha of the Midnight Claws Tribe hide in this little tree house with me. I stroked his cheeks and laughed, "I'm sorry about this, alpha Victor, for making you hide in this place with me."

"Don't worry about it," Victor looked down and said, "I don't want a fight anyway."

"Why?" I asked confusedly, "I thought you and Kent couldn't wait to test what you're capable of."

"I don't want a fight right here," Victor smiled, "this is your secret base and I don't want it to be ruined in any way. It's full of your precious memories, isn't it?"

I didn't expect him to say that.

He always melted my heart in a way I didn't expect and I finally couldn't help touching his cheeks and kissing him hard on the lips, confessing my love to him, "Sometimes, I feel like I really love you, Victor." "Sometimes?" Victor seemed a bit upset.

"...Almost every second," I said, chuckling. In this place, I felt that I could be my inner child and express how I felt. I didn't need to hide anything in front of Victor.

It was rare and precious to have a partner that you could be completely honest with.

I suddenly had the urge to tell little Lauren in the rain not to be sad because she would eventually find the one who really cherished her.

And I wanted to say to the young Victor on the swings, looking up at the clear blue skies, that he wouldn't always be alone. We could meet one day and when he took my hand, I would never let him go and cherish him. Victor smiled at me fondly.

Just when Victor was about to kiss me, I suddenly thought of something. I took out the potion that looked like a mini perfume from my pocket and sprayed it on us a few times.

Victor froze and asked, "Why do you..."

"What?"

"Nothing. I was just wondering why you would bring so many potions with you," Victor said with a bitter smile.

"A witch friend of mine has prepared all of these for our holiday and I just grabbed a few when I went out."

My witch friend named Mila gave me a whole bucket of potions.

"They just left and won't be here for a while. We can stay here a little longer and watch the moon at night."

"That sounds nice," Victor raised his eyebrows and even asked me to spray more scent-masking potion on him.

However...

I sniffed it gently.

I vaguely felt that this potion was a little different from the one we used earlier. There was a special fragrance in it that was making my heart beat faster.

Wait, how many potions did Mila give me?