Alejandro's point of view: "Tell me, did you find your mate, Alejandro?" Elder Elius questioned. I gulped as I tried to hold his gaze. I cleared my throat before replying, "Yes, I met her." "Can you tell us who -" "Who is she?" Elder Ava asked, interrupting Elder Elius. "Her name is Amelia." I began but paused when I realized that I couldn't really tell them about Amelia's being a human.Werewolves never had human mates. And here, it was about the Lycan king. It never happened before that a Lycan king would be mated to a human. At least, it was unheard of until now. "Where is she? Why did you not introduce her to the pack?" Ava bombarded me with her questions. "She hates me." I said after racking my mind for something to say regarding Amelia's unwillingness to accompany me back to the pack. "What? She hates you? But why? What did you do?" Ava continued. Her eyes were lit up with slight displeasure which was directed towards me. I had to force Leo into submission when he was
Alejandro’s point of view: How dare he threaten to take my mate? Enraged, my wolf forced me to shift midway. Leo was overlapping my human body as I felt my back aching before two large, dark and leathery black wings sprung up from my back, effectively ripping through the back of my shirt in the process. I could do nothing to stop him as I felt furious myself. How dare the Vampire king threaten to take Amelia away from me? How the fuck did he even get this letter in here? I growled at the thought of there being a possible traitor in my pack. Amelia’s point of view: I was tidying up my bedroom when I felt agitated. An uneasy feeling began in my stomach. I started to fidget. I frowned in confusion but continued to sweep the floor until I was forced to let go of the broom. My fingers felt numb and cold. It was as if I couldn’t feel them at all. All of a sudden, I felt like all the air got knocked out of me. I let out a sharp hiss of pain and stumbled forward. I caught myself by
Amelia's point of view:"Don't tell me you're actually scared of me?" I asked with a chuckle. Ivan tsked. "Why would I be scared of you? You're a human!" He rollled his eyes at me. "Just admit it." I leaned closer before whispering into his ear. "I won't tell anyone that you, a vampire, is scared of me, a human."When I leaned back to look at him."I'm not scared of you." He raised an eyebrow, his chin lifting in what I recognized as a look very close to dominating. "Don't look at me like that!" I smacked the back of his head. He jerked away from my hand, his eyes and his mouth wide opened in utter disbelief as he stared down at me. "Did you just hit me?"I simply gave a dismissive wave of a hand and rolled my eyes at him. "What was that for?" He ran a hand frustratingly through his hair to check whether it got messy but he wasn't aware that he was messing it up much more than it already was. "There was a mosquito." I shrugged. "Are you really not scared of me?" He arched a bro
Alejandro's point of view: Ivan was levitated off the ground. I moved to the side to see who was standing in front of him. With a gasp, I stared at Amelia in shock. She had her fingers around Ivan's throat. She was strangling him with his feet dangling up in the air... with just one hand. Amelia's eyes had changed color. Her aroused eyes shone emerald green with the pupils seemingly thin, thinner than vampires. I stepped forward but froze when our eyes met.Leo whined, refusing to budge from where we were standing when her emerald green eyes gazed right into my wolf's yellow ones. What the hell? Why would Leo be afraid of our mate? 'What's wrong, Leo?' I asked my wolf as he shifted his eyes downwards. 'I don't know but it wouldn't be wise to go near Amelia right now.' Leo warned. He sounded wary as he forced me to take a step back. 'But why? There must be something, right? How do you feel right now?' I stared down at the earthworms slithering around in the soiled ground. Leo
Alejandro’s point of view: I kept pacing around in her bedroom waiting for her to wake up. She was still unconscious. It’s been more than an hour already. When will she wake up? Should I be worried? Should I take her to the hospital? She’s a human. She isn’t like our kind but again, after what happened in the forest I don’t know what to think about that. I’ve checked her pulse though. It was normal. She was just resting. ‘Leo, is everything okay?’ I asked my wolf when I noticed that he was being oddly quiet. ‘Yeah, I’m just thinking about our mate. She’s not like us. She’s definitely a shape-shifter but I don’t know which one.’ He voiced out. ‘She’s very human though.’ I argued, refusing to believe him. Still, there was a part of me on edge after seeing that side of Amelia in the forest. If she was a shape-shifter like us, what was she? Could she be a vampire? Is that why the vampire king wants her? Sighing, I ran my fingers through my hair out of frustration. Nothing was mak
Amelia’s point of view: Ever since I woke up, I’d felt weird but I couldn’t tell Alejandro about it. It felt like my body had been drained of its energy. It wasn’t the first time I’d felt this way. This feeling… I’d never forget it. Something almost identical to what had happened once in the forest with those three feral animals when I’d been just a kid happened all over again but this time, with Ivan. Likewise, I couldn’t remember anything though. Was it me who’d killed those feral animals? If so, was Ivan alright or was he dead? What did I do to him? Did Alejandro know what had happened? Did he see anything at all? But, he would tell me about it, right? What was the point in hiding it from me… unless it was something I wasn’t ready to take in? I wanted to scream to let out my frustration but knowing there was a Lycan King who had sensitive ears roaming around in my kitchen down there, I stopped myself right on time. Instead, I gripped my bed sheets and gritted my teeth together
Amelia’s point of view: “Too bad you aren’t me,” I shouted at him but his words got me thinking, will I really end up choosing him?I shook my head and pulled the bed sheets off me to get up but a pair of hands stopped me midway. “What are you doing? Do you need something? Let me know, I’ll bring it for you. You don’t have to get up.”“No, I’m okay.” I shook my head and proceeded to get up.“No, you’re not. You need to rest.” He said quite sternly.“Alejandro, I’m fine.” I met his eyes. “I feel a lot better.” I reassured him.“But still, why don’t you rest some more?”“Alejandro –”“Amelia.”I sighed in defeat, my shoulders sagged. “I need –”“Yeah, tell me what you need. I’ll bring it for you.” He seemed satisfied that I’d stopped arguing with him.“I need to pee.” I told him, avoiding his gaze as my cheeks heated up in embarrassment.Alejandro quickly averted his eyes elsewhere and stepped back to give me some space to get up as he rubbed the back of his neck awkwardly.When I walk
Amelia’s point of view:That night, I was so exhausted that at nine o’clock I’d changed into my pajamas and slipped into my bed, ready for some sleep. "I can't sleep." Alejandro slouched down on the couch like a lazy cat. "Why?" I sat up and narrowed my eyes down at him in scrutiny."I need my bed sheets." He groaned in complain.“Your bed sheets…? Seriously…?” I was dumbfounded.“I miss my bed and my bed sheets.” He muttered something that sounded obscenely like a swear word.Woah! He was this pissed already…?"How did you sleep all these days then?" I demanded, crossing my arms over my chest."I couldn't really sleep." He revealed, sounding strangely meek.Wasn’t he just getting angry…? What was up with him? Bipolar much…?"Oh, really…?" I stared at him in disbelief, finding it hard to believe that he’d had a hard time sleeping these past days. "It's true. I'm not lying." He sat up and looked at me. "I don't believe you. You don't look like you've had a hard time sleeping these
Alejandro’s point of view:“What are you thinking about, Alejandro?” She patted me on the shoulder. “Do you want to mark me or not? I won’t be giving you another chance anytime soon. If you -”I locked gazes with her and she immediately stopped rambling.She was nervous but she was also full of determination. I could sense it.“Are you sure?”“Got any better ideas?” She arched an inquisitively eyebrow at me.I averted my eyes elsewhere, thought about it, and then shook my head. “Think about it… Once I mark you, you’ll be mine – forever.”“I want to be yours, Alejandro.” She whispered.Stunned, I stared at her for a minute – lost for words.“What brought around this sudden change?” I asked her, finding it hard to believe that she was actually giving me permission to mark her.“I can’t see you in pain.” Her voice was barely audible.“Really…?” I couldn’t help but tease her.She grunted, glared, and then stood up to walk away.I swiftly but smoothly got up and held her waist to stop her.
Alejandro's point of view: Laughing, I rushed inside the bathroom and swiftly shut the door behind me to escape Amelia's wrath. "Get back here right this instant, Alejandro!" She shouted at me, angrily punching the bathroom door with her fists. "How could you do this to me?" She shrieked, her voice barely audible as she tried her best not to breathe in the odor that had enveloped her completely. "Eurgh!" Satisfied with myself now that I'd succeeded in dousing Amelia with the potion I'd prepared, I smirked in victory and slipped out of my clothes to have a shower before the full moon got higher up in the sky. From the unpleasant odor that lingered around the bedroom, it seemed as though she'd been thrown into a garbage truck and then forced to stay in those dirty clothes. I have no idea how she's breathing fine with that stench, I thought. It was getting hard for me to breathe properly with that odor. I needed to hurry up and get out of here. But bearing the smell of this
Amelia’s point of view: “Well, let me just mark you then,” Alejandro slipped his free hand into my hair and drew me near as he leaned down, his eyes gazing at the spot he was more than ready to mark since the very first day he’d met me. “No,” I cried, my eyes tearing up. "Please!" I pleaded, gripping onto his shoulders. I felt a very contradicting feeling at that moment. I wanted to push him away but at the same time, his closeness and warmth comforted me in a way where I felt safe. I could do nothing else but to beg him not to mark me. I wasn't ready. "Please, don't do this!" I closed my eyes, buried my face into the nape of his shoulder and hugged him tight. He went rigid, not having expected me to hug him like that when I was afraid of him. Shaking my head, I tried to stop my tears but alas!Fuck! I was supposed to be strong but I was being such a crybaby right now. It was embarrassing to say the least. "Shush!" I felt the muscles in his upper body loosened up as he wrapped
Alejandro’s point of view:Once I was done adding the last ingredient in the mortar, I crushed everything together into a paste before adding some water to it until it became a liquid of some sort.My nose scrunched up at the sight of this potion but I was satisfied with the outcome.This would definitely work, I thought with a satisfied smirk.Pouring the mixture into a small jar, I closed the lid and proceeded to clean the mess I’d made in the kitchen before dawn – before anyone wakes up and finds me in here.I can’t let anyone find out that I’m making this thing otherwise they might suspect something and I can’t afford that at the moment.‘Look at you! You look less like the Lycan King and more like a thief right now.’ Leo remarked sassily.‘Your presence would be greatly not appreciated right now.’ I deadpanned. ‘So, just shut up!’I breathed a sigh of relief when I finally reached my bedroom door without anyone catching a sight of me wandering down the hallways this early in the
Alejandro’s point of view:At first, there were just those vampires and that too, the Vampire King himself trying to harm Amelia but now, that hunter was also after her. To keep her safe, I had to bring her here against her will. If they’d get to her, they might kill her just to hurt me.The enmity between us started way before I’d even been born. I don’t know what exactly happened that led to us being enemies. My parents ended up dying while protecting me from those vampires.To make matters worse, hunters started roaming our forest in search for our kind to prove to humans that we do exist but we don’t want to be found and definitely not by them.They’d treat us like abomination that needed to be erased completely from this world.It’s quite funny though! We were here before them.Just because there are billions of them and only about a million of us; doesn’t mean that they’ve got some kind of power over us. We are both being governed by someone of sovereignty.We all worship God –
Amelia’s point of view: By the time I came back to myself, hastily snatching the bed sheet off the bed and wrapping it around my body to cover myself up, Alejandro was standing half-way across the room. Triumph mingling with an odd expression, which I couldn’t read, was on his face. But it made me panicked.My head snapped up as reality crashed in. What have I done?I just yielded to the mate bond between us. I couldn’t fight it. It won! We didn’t just kiss. We did so much more than that. I was stark naked under this blanket – stark naked! He’d seen so much of me than I’d ever allowed him before.I’ve even bared myself to him, shamelessly opening my legs for him.After what happened, I needed time to think – to re-order my thoughts, to work out how I was supposed to keep my distance from him when the so-called mate bond was affecting me in all those sorts of ways.What had I just done? “Happy now…?” I threw at him, my mind still whirring. Racing to catch up, I asked him, “Pleased wi
Amelia’s point of view:‘What the hell was I thinking?’ This question struck my mind, but then Alejandro pinned me against the wall, his deliciously hard body pressing onto mine with wicked heaviness, and everything intensified.Sparks, lots of electrifying ones, overlapped one another.The past few hours had been so charged, so heady, that I’d almost lost sense of myself. Thrown back into the past, yet still rooted in the present. It felt surreal.The first kiss had been like coming to the place where I was supposed to be, here with him, I thought weakly, even as it made my entire body ignite at his touch.But this one had me as though my body was no longer under my own control, reacting to him on an utterly primal level, whilst my mind had no say whatsoever in the matter.I was vaguely aware that I should object, but instead my hands were threading through his hair, my mouth tingling with every brutal pass of his tongue, my body elevated with the hard, altogether too familiar pressu
Alejandro’s point of view: I felt her reluctance. She fisted the fabric of my shirt in her hands and tried to push me away but I didn’t let her. I wanted to show her that the mate bond was stronger than she thought. It will definitely bring us together. And, she won’t be able to do anything to stop it.I was determined to prove that to her so, I kissed her.She froze on the spot, too shocked to react.I kissed her, slowly and pulled her impossibly closer to me.Shortly, her eyes fluttered shut and I felt her relaxed in my arms.She was confused at first, contradicted even but she eventually kissed me back.Satisfied at the result, I closed my eyes and deepened the kiss.This, right here, was perfect. I’ve wanted to kiss her again after that kiss we shared the other day.A breathless gasp escaped past her lips when I kissed the bite mark on her neck. She gripped onto my shoulders, her hold tight as she quivered in my arms. The effect I have on her is crazy. Fuck! The effect she has on
Amelia’s point of view:Without another word, he stormed out of his bedroom, leaving the door to bang shut behind him. I jumped at the noise that echoed inside the room.He was mad furious.But I couldn’t care less. He’d already imprisoned me here, in his bedroom. He’d already made up his mind and announced his decision. What more can he do? Hit me…? Honestly speaking, I wouldn’t be surprised if he did so just to keep me here as his destined mate.What did I expect? He is just as wild as those rogues that tried to hurt me when I’d first ventured into this forest.‘Don’t forget he protected you every time you were in danger.’ My conscience reminded me.‘No, he saved his destined mate. If I was nothing to him, he’d never have protected me.’ I refused to believe it.‘How can you be so sure about that? He might be telling the truth. He might have really fallen in love with you at first sight.’ My conscience insisted, trying to make me see things in a different light.‘Might,’ I repeated t