Her Devilish Alpha

Madeline thought to herself, if she had powers, she wouldn't be a burden to her friends anymore. 

She wondered if Emilio knew anything about this. Then again, if she did inherit any powers, he would've told her by now and he would have explained everything to her by now. 

So if he hadn't told her anything, he probably didn't know anything either.

And also, what if she discovered she had some powers she didn't want to know she had? 

'Gah! I should stop thinking about this now, this will only lead to disaster,' Madeline told herself.

With only her and Lily left in her quarters, she asked, "Now what am I going to do about you?"

She pouted, "I don't want to give you away."

One of the reasons she had never gotten a pet before was emotional attachment. She was terrified she'd grow to love said pet and be unable to separate herself from it. 

And now, she felt that same way. 

Of course, she wanted Lily to be safe. She hadn't known Lily for too long, but it was nice having her here even if it only had been a couple of days. 

Dogs were known as a human's best friend. 

Why weren't cats known as best friends as well?

"Mrow."

Was that cat for 'don't be sad'? 

Madeline felt something stroking her leg to find Lily curled up beside her feet. 

She let out a deep sigh before crouching down to pick Lily up in her arms.

"Let's get you some food now," she said, presuming Lily would be hungry now.

And indeed, she was.

Madeline snagged some lean deli meats from the kitchen, refusing to think about how they managed to make it there.

"Here you go," she said, giving Lily a small platter of meats for her to enjoy.

As Lily happily feasted on the food Madeline had brought her, Madeline stroked her head gently. 

"Eat up," Madeline said to her, a small smile on her face.

Madeline wondered if Lily knew how she felt, and that she'd have to change homes sometime soon. 

'That is, if Lily ever regarded this place a home to begin with,' Madeline thought. 

'You know what, before I think of what to do with her, I make her a goodbye gift,' Madeline decided.

'Yeah, I should make her a goodbye gift. Maybe I should make her a toy.'

Madeline had made up her mind - she'd create a yarn ball for Lily. 

She looked for the yarn she had someone send to her quarters. 

'Why do you need yarn?' Xavier once asked her when Madeline asked Adrian if there was any yarn lying around Eudora. 

'I want to make Lily something,' she answered. 

"Hehe, I found it!" Madeline exclaimed, successfully finding yarn in one of her quarters' cupboards. 

"Mrow," Lily meowed, staring at Madeline questioningly. 

She must've been wondering what Madeline was doing with yarn. 

Madeline looked behind her to see Lily looking at her. 

"Don't mind me, I'm just making something for you," she said before she closed the cupboard. 

Madeline heard something drop to the bottom of the cupboard. 

She opened the cupboard again, looking downwards to see a sewing kit had fallen to the floor. 

Needles, pins, threads, thimbles, and pincushions were scattered at the bottom of the cupboard.

Madeline picked them up, before… 

"Ow," she squeaked.

When she had picked up the sewing needle, she had been pricked. 

Blood seeped out of spot the sewing needle had pricked her. 

And as a droplet of blood dropped onto the floor, a blinding flash came from the exact same spot Lily had been. 

Madeline grabbed a tissue, cleaning up the blood that had dropped onto the blood before taking another one and covering where the needle had pricked her before she rushed to where Lily was, only to see her no longer there. 

Where Lily was once was instead a woman.

Standing up, she stretched, a look of pleasant delight on her pretty face.

As she yawned, she said, "Oh, it feels so great to finally be in my human form."

She looked over at Madeline, who was too stunned to speak.

All she could think at that moment was, 'Did my cat just turn into a living, breathing person?!' 

'H-how is t-this possible?'

"Come, come, let auntie…"

"What was that absurd name you gave me again?"

Madeline stuttered, "L-Lily."

"Ah, right."

"Let Aunt Lily get a closer look at you, dear child."

"A-Aunt?" Madeline questioned. 

She was unable to speak properly. And now, this woman was claiming to be her aunt? 

Was she a friend of Emilio's? Or a friend of… Cornelia's?

"I'm sorry, but do we know each other?"

The woman blinked, "Right, I've yet to introduce myself to you, darling."

'Who the heck is this woman?' Madeline inquired. 

She looked her up and down, observing her ensemble. The woman that her cat had turned into was dressed in a long-sleeved beige blouse, black high-waist trousers as well as pumps. To sum it up, she looked like an insanely rich office lady. 

But what was she doing calling herself Madeline's aunt? Were they related somehow? 

Madeline figured this woman couldn't possibly be Emilio's sister, since they bore absolutely no resemblance to each other if they were indeed siblings.

"Obviously, my real name isn't Lily, it's Rosalynn."

"Feel free to call me Aunt Rosalynn."

Rosalynn added, "Technically, I'm a family friend."

She corrected herself, "No, no that's the wrong way to go about it. I doubt he'd consider me a friend since he despises me."

"Just— I'm a friend of your mother's."

Madeline's ears perked up. 

Her mother's?

Of course, Madeline didn't know her biological mother had a sister. Then again, she knew nothing about Cornelia either so that was a given. 

However, she was confused. 

What was she doing here?

And also, had Rosalynn been listening to everything Madeline had been saying. 

Madeline gasped.

And watching everything she was doing?

Her hand flew to her mouth, covering it as she stifled a squeak.