Elizabeth “Diego?!” I exclaimed in surprise, could not believe that I am literally seeing him now. “What are you doing here?!” And then I looked at my naked body. “And why the bloody hell am I naked?!” But when I gazed at him, he was listlessly looking back at me with his eyebrow shot. I blinked repeatedly so he would know that I am asking him using my glance while my arms are lifting. “Hello?” I said again and subtly waved my hand. “Are you listening? I am asking you, Diego!” He shrugged suddenly and answered, “Well, I saw you almost being eaten by a werewolf. It was my initiative to save you, right?” “Huh?” I mumbled out of confusion. “But how?” He merely chuckled and turned his back again to look at what he was cooking. I peeked over his broad shoulder, but I could not clearly see it because he was too big. I hissed and was about to go down, but before I could even hastily move my feet, I felt a huge stabbing pain all over my body, especially the back of my head. “Ah!” I said
Elizabeth “I don’t know if you are just acting like you don’t get it or you don’t get it,” Diego said while tilting his head, as if dubious about my reaction. I glared at him intently. “Just tell me if you have a death wish because I will gladly grant that to you,” I threatened him. “You sound so hot saying that - Ow!” “Shut your bloody mouth!” I hit his shoulder with my arm, but it felt like I was the one who was more hurt. His shoulder is like metal! Does he lift ten sacks every time he’s in the field like Nikita would always say? “Now do tell me,” I said again and made my glares like daggers so he would know that I am deadly serious, “what are you, really, Diego?” I was already bracing myself for him to tell me that he is a witch. No, a male witch is called a wizard. Why am I so stupid? Despite my irrational thoughts, I was still focusing on Diego’s forthcoming answer. He smirked and said, “you would not like the answer if I tell you.” “I don’t care,” I said abruptly. “Just
Elizabeth “I think you have an idea,” he said and his hand went to my neck. “Do you remember the first night we met? When you healed my wounds after my hunt?” I gasped softly when he caressed the mark I have gotten on my neck. It was the werewolf’s bite that is the reason why my mother was so furious! And when you are bitten by the beast, you will end up as his mate! I felt like I was blanching in horror and could not breathe by what I am contemplating in my mind. “It was you?” I asked softly. “You… are my mate?” “Yes,” he answered again. “And you are also gonna be my wife, bride, mother of my children, and my half when I become the alpha of our pack.” After he said that, I pushed him hard. I widened my eyes at him, while he watched me getting angry. “How dare you!” I exclaimed furiously. “You can’t just do this to me! Do you mean that I can’t love any man now except you? And you are a bloody werewolf?” He pursed his lips, so I continued ranting, taking that as a cue that he wan
Elizabeth I woke up the next morning feeling bright and okay. I could still feel the pain in my body due to my bruises and injuries. When I opened my eyes first thing in the morning, I saw the whole and clear face of Diego. I realized that he was beside me, sleeping soundly. His body was facing mine, so I could watch him breathing and his beautiful eyes closed. I have known the first moment I saw him that he is good-looking. Just thinking that he really is my mate and I am going to be his wife makes me crawl skin. But it does not mean that I cringed. It is even more comforting. The fear and surprise were still there because I just knew last night that he is a werewolf. But at the back of my mind, what about it? He never tried to hurt me. I was afraid when he transformed into a wolf and I thought he would devour me. Instead… he kissed me. My eyes drifted to his red and soft lips. I have kissed him twice now. He got the crown of the man who is my first kiss. What a lucky werewolf! I
ElizabethThe forest looked beautiful because the sun was shining brightly. Leaves were rustling on each other; branches swaying with the morning wind; and the chirping of the birds filled my ears. It was as if no thunderstorm took place yesterday. While I was amazed by how green nature was in my eyes, the memory of me being beaten up made me want to be depressed and cry again. Not to mention that I was also imprisoned for days, starving and no one believing in me. It made my stomach churn and gulp."Be careful."I gasped a little bit when I noticed that I was about to bump into a tree if Diego did not just pull me against his chest. My chin bumped on his body and my eyes got immediately dozed by his red eyes. He was pursing his lips and deadpan looking at me. His hold of me felt so right and made my butterflies scatter inside my stomach. "Are you fine? It looks like you are in a deep introspection that you almost got a wound on your forehead if you had just bumped into that tree," h
Elizabeth I devoured all of the soup with just one sip in front of me. Diego was only watching with amusement in his eyes, but I was too busy for me to look at him back. I finished three vegetable soups in a row with his amused reaction and motionless body. “Do you want some?” I offered him and pointed to my bowl with the wooden spoon.He tilted his head, showing the sharpness of his square jaw. He then shook his head with a frowning expression.“Don’t even exert an effort to offer me with your soup. It even looks like you don’t want to share,” he said with a sarcastic raising of an eyebrow.I snorted and pushed the bowl in front of him. “Please, you have to eat. You need to be full, alright?” I said with a smile on my face.His eyes drifted on my soup then abruptly to me. Without averting his gaze, he slowly accepted my bowl, so I indulged it towards him. I watched him move another wooden spoon that was unused. He raised his eyebrow, scoured a hot liquid from the spoon, and graduall
"Yeah," I said slowly in agreement and lowered my head. “You are right. I have no choice but to come back home when there is no one to believe in me in the first place.”“Right,” he said. “And there is nothing you can do about it.”He put his hand on my knuckles. He caressed my hand carefully, and I watched it discerningly. I am amused by the fact that he did not even try to avoid his gaze. He just kept watching me, and before I was uncomfortable. Now, I am clinging into it because it makes me feel safe.“But I am here, Elizabeth,” he whispered huskily, the reason why I lifted my gaze so I could see the glimmering sparkles of his red eyes that were hit by the sunrays through the window. “I am here beside you, because I believe in you.”My heart constricted because of the ponderous weight of his words. I slowly smiled at him to show that I appreciate what he is doing to me.“Okay,” I said again and nodded. “I don’t know if this is gonna work out, but I’ll try to understand what the futu
“All my life, I have never dreamed of being connected with any kind of royalty, especially in this type of situation where I become your wife!” I said, even if I was being redundant. “I don’t want to die early, Diego!”“I know,” he agreed and nodded.“So how could I take all this?”“Will you take this all if I was just a mere, ordinary werewolf?” he fired back sarcastically, making me be silent. “I thought you said a while ago that you are gonna take a risk with me? What is this reaction of yours as if I am a disgusted husband you will ever have?”“No, that is not what I meant-““So you’re saying that you’d be miserable if you were with me?”I dropped my jaw, but he was deadly serious. It did not make me speak for a while.“Imagine that you still have everything to know about me, and yet, with just the obvious factual information I told you right now, you are rumbling about it now. What about the other things that you still don’t know about?” he suggested."Diego, you are taking the wr