2- Of All People, Her?

“I-I am Avery Cray..” She replied. My whole being stopped when I heard it. No.. Of all people, her? After all these years the person I was avoiding turned out to be my mate. The most unwanted mate. Anything but her. I will happily stay alone but why of all people… a human mate? I grit my teeth as heartbreak filled me. The grief filled me up for having her as my mate, a human and she doesn’t even realize what tribulation has been caused. The intense dolor crushed my hopes, my chest tightened in pain. Devoid of devastation, it crashed upon me, taking me to the depth of the abyss.

“Will you help me?” She asked again, dragging me from my thoughts. I gradually changed my expressions into my usual cold one as I looked at her with a bored expression and said, “Come with me. Ashley is my sister.” Her face lit up in happiness when she heard it. “Nice to meet you! You are Blaze, right?” She grinned, forgetting the fact she was about to lose her life a few seconds ago. I hummed and began to walk, not paying attention to her and controlling the overwhelming feeling of desires and longing in me. Why of all people, her?

…I thought I was miserable before having a mate but meeting her was the start of my journey of devastation and darkness…

We reached back to the mansion. “Thank you.” She said sincerely. She was about to take a step further but I held her arm. She looked at me perplexed and it irks me to see why she doesn’t have any shred of fear or any negative emotion in her why she is looking at me as if she is protected. I took off my coat and gave it to her, “Wear it, your dress is ripped from places.” I said, looking away. “Thank you.” She smiled and took it from me and wore it. My heart skipped a beat when she took it from me. She looked cute wearing my coat and the smile lingering on her lips is just…- Goddamn it, stop thinking like this!

She wore it and we went inside from the doorsteps of hell for both of us.

I didn’t say anything and glared at anyone who dared to ask what I was doing with a girl with ripped clothes and in my coat and took her to Ashley’s room. “Avery!” Ashley yelled and engulfed her in a hug. “I was so worried about you. You okay?!” She exclaimed. “But I am fine. Thanks to your Brother… By the way, I didn’t know there were wolves here! What a dangerous place you guys are living, aren’t you scared?” She said, intrigued and enthusiastic at the same time. What’s with this girl? Who tells her we are one of them. Ashley chuckled and replied, “We are used to it-” But then some sudden realization hit her as she stopped and looked at me in shock, not expecting me to save a human and moreover her friend; the person I hate.

“Brother saved you?” Ashley asked vaguely. The girl grinned and nodded. Ashley looked at my coat Avery was wearing and looked at me suspiciously.

“Girls, Help our guests to change.” I said to everyone in the room.

“You go and change, Avery. I need to talk to Brother.” Ashley said, eyeing me. Avery nodded and left with the girls, leaving us alone. She closed her arms at her chest and narrowed her eyes at me. “Brother… You, who hate humans. Saved one. You went to find her yourself and gave her your coat. Your clothes you didn’t even let me wear, you gave it to her.” She said, waiting for me to give her any explanation. She knows me and I know I cannot lie to her.

“She is my mate.” I said nonchalantly, trying my best not to burst my anger. Her eyes widened in terror when she heard it. None of us expected me to have such a fate. “You’ve got to be kidding me, Brother.” She said worried. “No, it’s fucking not. I have got a goddamn human as my mate.” I said exasperatedly in a low voice.

“Brother she is engaged, she is about to get married.” Ashley said. She is talking about her, what about her brother who died to have a mate and now when he has one it turned out to be a hateful human? Fury took over me but A needle pricked in my heart when I heard about her marriage. I am certainly not planning to let her go, I may hold a grudge for her but after my suffering I have no intentions of letting her go for the sake of my pack. I need a mate and I will have her. I grit my teeth and replied to Ashley in an angry whisper, “I don’t give a damn. That girl is my mate and not even heaven can take her away from me- even if I hate her. I will never let her go. Not after spending those tormenting times without a mate. Me and my pack need the presence of this vulnerable creature and she will be mine.”

“And you are going to destroy her life for it..”

“Her life shattered the very instant when I found out she is my mate.” I enunciated. Ashley shook her head and let out a sigh of frustration, “You can’t be serious, brother. What would you do if she found out that you are not a human? How are you going to adjust with a human? Can you even love her?” She asked, agitated.

“Ashley. Do. not. question. me.” I warned her. She closed her mouth knowing that my patience is on the verge of breaking. “Brother..”She whispered. I looked at her infuriated and walked out of her room and went to mine, trying to impede the unwanted thoughts growing inside me unwillingly.