Mating bond.

Dylan’s P.O.V

After scaring the wolves that tried to attack the girl, I changed back into my human form and my eyes strayed towards the dainty figure that collapsed on the floor. 

I crouched down next to her while the moonlight reflected on her face, her vulcanite black hair almost covered half of her face. I removed the hair that was all over her face with my fingers brushing through her face in the process. 

On a normal night, if someone had fainted I would have left them there till they recuperated on their own but I developed a great urge to look at this lady's face. 

There was nothing special about her face, the only thing I found attractive about her were her long languid eyelashes of velvet-black. 

"Should I save her or should I leave her here?" I pondered deeply on it with my eyes fixated on her. 

The first time I transformed before an old woman was when I went to a small town for a mission that the moon goddess assigned to me, she was thrown into a state of shock and when she finally gathered herself back, she screamed out loud and cussed out on me, yelling that I was a blood sucking demon who wanted to finish her off by killing her.

She stated that she was going to call the inhabitants of the town on me. 

Like she promised, she called the inhabitants on me and they came with different clubs and burning torches in a bid to attack me but I just scoffed at their stupidity from the mountains afar. 

There was one thing about me, when I hear people's call for help, I don't save them twice. I only save them once, if they lose consciousness because of some mere transformation, then the joke is on them. Because that's the last they would ever see of me. 

But why I thought of helping this lady twice was something I couldn't decipher. Maybe it was because I loved her bravery and courage when she clutched a stick tightly and decided to scare the wolves off with it.

That was the first time that I would see someone trying to stand up for themselves.

After debating in my mind if I should save the lady or abandon her there, I picked her in a bridal style, grumbling about how heavy she was.

   There was a hospital a few miles away from this area, so she should be fine after she received treatments. 

As I carried her in my arms, I felt a tingling sensation that rushed through my skin like a force of electricity. 

For a moment, I wanted to shove off the thoughts of whatever I was thinking of but the tingling sensation that I felt on my skin intensified further that I had no option than to drop her on the rocky ground.

When she was off my arms, the tingling sensation that I felt on my skin was gone and when I carried her in my arms again, the sensation that I felt on my skin came back like it never went away in the first place.

What was this feeling? Was it the mating bond? 

It was the mating bond! 

My mating bond was activated by this stranger but that didn't matter at the moment or ever. It wasn't like I was ever going to see her again. I was going to be getting married the next day, so I didn't have the time to bother myself about any mating bond.

All I needed to do was take her to a hospital and be assured that she would be fine. I had no intention of staying with her till she recovers because I had better things to do than to watch over a girl who got frightened like a scaredy-cat. 

One of them involved meeting the parents of my supposed bride… again.

Few years ago, the moon goddess had informed me about someone that I must get married to when she clocks twenty. She claimed that the said mate would bring peace and serenity to my icy heart devoid of warmth. 

I scoffed at her statement because that wasn't possible!

All my life, I have lived a life devoid of any emotions and why I started saving people was because the moon goddess forcefully assigned me to start saving humans. 

Because I was the only white wolf remaining, the moon goddess used my loneliness to her advantage by giving me different types of duties in order to cover up for the loneliness that I was drowning in.

Now, she was forcing me into a marriage that I had no interest in. 

The only luck the moon goddess had was that I couldn't go against her words no matter how much some of her words didn't sit right with me but I had no options than to obey her commands. 

Concerning the marriage, I only met with the parents of the girl I was going to be getting married to. 

They were pretty scared and nervous and their fears were intensified because of the cold demeanor that I exuded. They tried to paint their daughter good in front of me, how fragile she was, how she gets scared quickly, how she didn't have a boyfriend for years because she was waiting for me.

Waiting for me? That part annoyed me the most.

But from the look on their faces, I was sure their beloved daughter knew about their plan to marry her off to me.

They also wanted to show me pictures of her but I declined coldly since I was going to be seeing her on the wedding day.

Moreso, I wasn't interested in her or in whatever deal her parents must have had with the moon goddess. All I knew was that she was making a horrible mistake that would soon become her worst nightmare. 

I shook off my thoughts as I got to the gate of the hospital. When a nurse spotted me from afar, she quickly rushed inside and came out with some other nurses who rushed towards me while pushing a gurney.

"She only fainted," I chuckled to them. They ignored me and pushed her in while I sauntered behind them till they entered a room. 

A nurse came outside, running her eyes around me. I took a curious look at myself and winced when I realized my clothes were tattered.

"Mr, are you okay? Did you two get involved in an accident?" The nurse enquired, looking at me suspiciously. 

"No," I said simply, my tone leaving no room for any argument from her. "Would she be fine?" I couldn't resist asking. The offensive scent of antiseptics were beginning to trigger all my senses and I needed to know if she would be okay.

"Yes, she would be fine. Just give her some hours, she should regain consciousness by then." The nurse said. "But you need to make payments for her medical treatments. Please proceed to that counter over there." She pointed while I followed the direction of her hands with my eyes. 

"Okay, thank you," I sauntered towards the counter. 

Afterwards, I filled out the payment form and formed any type of name for the lady that saved. The middle-aged woman at the counter kept asking annoying questions about my relationship with the girl that I brought in. She was asking if I was her guardian or her husband? At first, I ignored her and walked away.

The nurse earlier ran after me when she saw that I was leaving the hospital.

"Mr…" She called behind me while I stopped on my track and turned to look at her. "You are leaving already?"

"Yes."

"The girl in the ward?"

I already knew what she was trying to say, she expected me to wait till she finally regained consciousness.

"Oh that! When she wakes up, ask for parents or close acquaintances' number, and they will continue from where I stopped." 

  I didn't feel the need to bother or waste my time over a stranger. I was sure she wouldn't have lived a lonely life like mine, so she must surely have friends and relatives that could come check on her.

  Taking a final glance at the nurse and the hospital building, I walked out of the hospital, never to step foot there again.