Suspicious man

"What are you doing?" eleanor started at his eyes calmly, suppressing the panic inside. Only one step left, she had to win his support. He looked down at her, his dark eyes penetrating her green ones. It was enough to leave her breathless. Looking into his eyes at such proximity, she forgot for a moment what was going on around her. The noises from the party downstairs faded as all her senses became attuned to the powerful male holding her. She sucked in a breath, taking a deep inhale of his scent. Something nagged at the corner of her brain. There was something familiar about his scent. As if she had encountered it before. But she had never met him before, so how? He leaned down, his face getting closer and closer. Her heart thundered in her chest. What was he doing? She broke their gaze. She was hoping to break the trance he had put her in, but then her eyes landed on his lips. Instead of distracting her enough to break the spell he had on her, they made her even more flustered. Soft, pillowy, pink. Her mind was about to go down a dangerous path when a scream resounded from downstairs. "Leave me alone! Thomas, help me!" Eleanor instantly recognised the voice as Mia's. She sighed. So Thomas had eventually arrived with his date for the night. What on earth was going on? She pushed her hand more firmly on Henry's chest, and he quit his advance. "Let me go, there's trouble waiting for me downstairs." Henry's arm went slack around her and then dropped. "We'll continue this conversation at a more convenient time, then." She nodded, taking a step back. Whatever that was, she was glad for the interruption. Next time, she would be more prepared to handle whatever he threw her way. Eleanor immediately fled, and when she reached the ground floor, she was confronted with the drama unfolding below. She saw Mia's one hand grasped by Thomas, while the other was held by a middle-aged Alpha. "What happened?" She looked at the gathered crowd and frowned at Thomas' childish behavior. She couldn't help but wonder, why did she fall in love with Thomas? "Get lost! Eleanor, this is none of your business." Thomas saw the wrinkles in Eleanor's dress and immediately assumed what had happened in Henry's room. "Of course it's my business, as I am the Luna of the Blackstorm Pack!" Eleanor growled. "You claim to be the Luna of Blackstorm? Then what is Amber to your husband?" Alpha Walter asked, curious about how his former slave had suddenly become the center of attention in the Alpha world. He seemed to have truly underestimated her abilities. "Amber? No! Her name is Mia!" Thomas pushed Walter away angrily. "Now, remove your filthy hands from her or you'll know what's coming for you." "Calm down, Thomas! Mia appeared right on our pack's border. Aren't you curious about her identity?" Eleanor didn't expect that this meeting had not only given her the support of Alpha Henry, but also presented her with an opportunity to potentially get rid of Mia. She wouldn't let it go. She immediately stood between Thomas and Walter. Hearing Eleanor's words, Mia knew if she didn't do anything, her identity would be exposed soon. Walter might have cowered in front of Thomas, but with Eleanor's arrival, that was changing. "He already said he mistook her for someone," Thomas said. "Is that so?" Eleanor asked Walter. Mia didn't wait to hear what her former master would say. Going limp, she pretended to faint in Thomas's arms. Immediately, Thomas called her name in panic, trying to wake her up. "Back off," he told people as he got to his knees and lay her on the floor. "Mia? Mia, can you hear me?" "Let's take her to the hospital," Mia heard the voice of Beta Miller. Thomas gathered her in his arms and rose, and then she felt him walking away. She worried about what Walter might say to Eleanor, but there was nothing she could do about that. As long as Thomas didn't hear the truth from Walter, she could deal with Eleanor. Eleanor watched her husband leave with his mate in his arms, finding it ridiculous how Mia had fainted all of a sudden when she insisted on questioning Walter. It made her suspicious that Mia was causing a scene to keep from revealing the truth. Eleanor turned to Walter and smiled at him. "I haven't introduced myself. I'm Eleanor Lim, Luna of the Blackstorm pack. What do you know about Mia, I mean, my husband's mate?"