Chapter 8

Arabella's point of view.

My heart was strangely racing as I stood awkwardly in the middle, with all the elders' curious eyes on me but my mate just sat on his big chair nonchalantly -without saying anything.

Isn't he happy a hot and beautiful girl like me is paired with him? Shouldn't he proudly introduce me to them formally?

A man dressed in black suit stepped forward, he glanced at me and sent me a quick smile, but faced the elders almost immediately.

"This meeting is adjourned" he said.

The elders stood up, they bowed their heads at the beast King and me in respect, before hurrying out of the office.

Even the man in suit also rushed towards the exit, but not before stopping by my ear and whispering.

"I'm Edward Norton, you'll be seeing more of me soon..."

The beast King cut Edward off with a very deep, warning growl, Edward cleared his throat and waved at me, then dashed out.

Now it's just me and the beast King, he's staring at me silently as if he's accessing me -I awkwardly moved closer to the chair in front of his table but didn't sit down.

"Why have you been appearing in my dreams?" Was the first words that left my mouth.

He didn't say anything.

"What is your name?" I asked. "You never told me your name in my dreams and your name isn't in any of the history books either" I said.

He simply stared at me without saying a word, I frowned, why isn't he answering any of my questions?.

"What's your name?" I asked again.

He still didn't say anything, I banged on his table and raised a brow at him challengingly.

"Are you mute?"

"Sit, we have to talk" he said instead, pointing at the chair in front of his table.

Is this an interview or what? Why is he keeping the demeanor of those CEOs while conducting interviews?

I pulled out the chair and sat down anyway, nervousness suddenly overwhelmed me but my heart just wouldn't stop fluttering -I guess that's Amy's handiwork.

"Let's go straight to the point" he said, looking straight in my eyes as if he's trying to search my soul.

"I believe you've also realized we're mates, correct?"

"Yes" my cheeks flamed up after answering him.

"Do you know what that means?" he asked.

I shook my head and he frowned, he gave me a look that says 'why are you dumb?'

"It means you're my queen..."

My stomach churned in excitement at that statement, which I don't understand why because I hate the beast King -like I said earlier, this must be Amy's emotions.

But I was actually thinking of giving a chance to get to know him, until he said.

"... you're the queen of all supernatural creatures"

That's when I realized the great responsibilities, that has automatically landed on my shoulders.

I'm the queen of all supernatural creatures, I'll be an example to everyone and I'll be a mother to all supernatural creatures -wait, doesn't that mean I'll be a mother to my mother?

"I'm..I'm the queen?" I breath out.

"Yes" he replied.

He searched his drawer underneath the table and pulled out an old book, he threw it on the table towards me.

"What is this?" I asked him.

I reached for the book, it looked old but it's well kept and kinda new -wait, what am I even saying?

"Although you're the first queen of all supernatural creatures, but your queenly duties have been drafted since time immemorial" he said.

He gestured at the book in my hand.

"That's the handbook, it's gonna guide you on what to do and what not to"

I simply gaped at him as he speaks, like where is his car driving to right now?

Time immemorial? Is he really an immortal like the books say? Doesn't that mean he's hundreds of thousand years older than me?

Crap! My mate is an old man, not just an ordinary old man -a very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very old man.

"You should pick a date for your coronation and..."

"Wait" I cut him off.

I threw the handbook back at him and sprang up, I closed my eyes and took a deep breath to keep myself calm.

"What are you talking about? What date? What coronation?" I asked rhetorically.

"Your coronation to crown you as my queen" he said.

I scoffed.

"Your majesty, we're not in the 20s and this is not an arrangement marriage either" I paused.

He didn't say anything, he was just staring at me with a displeased frown -I guess no one has spoken to him in such manner, he thinks I'm being disrespectful -but I don't care.

"We should get to know each other properly, before thinking of any coronation"

"We know each other now, we're mates" he said.

Ugh, isn't he from this planet? Can't he understand human language?

I rounded the table and went closer to him, I partially sat on his table.

"I mean, we should date first"

"Date?" he asked.

"Yes, we should spend sometime with each other first, get to know and understand each other better -then fall in love before we can think of coronation and that way we can rule the supernatural world together in love and harmony" I explained to him.

I noticed his expression changed while I was explaining things to him, his brows furrowed and his eyes grew darker with so much anger.

His eyes kept flickering between red, green, yellow, blue and even black colors -he looked so scary right now and if I was one of those weak hearted female wolves in my pack, I'd be running for my life by now.

What on earth is he? Is he a vampire or witch or elf or dragon or werewolf? What can we classify him?

He sprang up off his chair and moved as far away from me as possible, he adjusted his collar before shoving his hands in his pockets.

"We don't need love, it's good since we both realized we're mates and that's all we need" he gritted out.

I hopped off the table and took a step towards him, but he moved back and threw a death glare at me making me stop abruptly.

Why is he moving away from me? Shouldn't I be the one running away from him? Shouldn't I be the one rejecting his advances?

After all, no one would wanna be mated to the beast King. I cleared my throat and continued my words.

"Of course we need love, without love we can't bring peace to everyone and... "

"WE DON'T NEED LOVE!" he growled angrily and I flinched back slightly.

His shoulders were tensed and his eyes darkened than before, I could read different emotions in his different colors eyes but one stood out most -fear.

Is he scared of something? What could that be?

"Beast King..."

"I'M NOT A BEAST!" he roared lowly, but it still made the ground shake slightly.

He breath heavily as he glared at me, my eyes landed on his fingers and I saw them turning into claws.

My eyes trailed up and fear gripped me at once, the veins on his neck are showing as they pumped blood and his handsome face instantly paled -it turned blue.

What's happening to him? He turned away from me at once and I raised my hands in surrender, even though he can't see me now since he's backing me.

I don't wanna die here, according to grandma's story, he kills for fun -I don't know if that rule applies to his mate too.

"Edward will give you a tour of the palace"

"Er..."

But he's already out before I could form a word, grandma's right, he's ten times faster than any other supernatural creatures.

I released a breath I didn't know was hanging on my throat, I placed my hand on my chest and pat it gently -moon goddess, you've just made my life a living hell from now on.

"I see you've managed to riled up his Majesty in just a few minutes" someone said from behind me.

I turned and saw Edward walking towards me with a smile, he stopped in front of me and bowed respectfully.

"My queen" he greeted me.

"Hi" I greeted him back.

"I see you made his Majesty say more than two words, it's confirmed -you're gonna be his headache" he said.

I didn't know how to reply him, so I just chuckled and dust my pants even though there wasn't really any dust on it.

"He's kinda grumpy" I said, cautiously choosing my words so as not to say something wrong.

"Kinda?" I nodded but he shook his head. "He's super grumpy, but I believe having you around will change his mood" he said.

Having me around? Humph, I hope I won't get to escape before I can ever change his mood, I don't know if I can cope with him.

"Actually, he's not that bad, he's a good man but people tend to misunderstand him a lot"

"He's a good man?" I scoffed and crossed my arms on my chest. "He's far from being a good man, the stories about him killing people in the wizardry forest can't be lie"

"My queen, like I said just now, he's often misunderstood"

"Hm"

He stared at my face briefly and laughed.

"You don't believe but that's not an issue, you'll get to understand him soon -but before then, I should show you around and I guess your view about his Majesty might change a little bit" he said.

I sighed and nodded, after all, I don't know when the beast let us go home.

"Er...my friend is having lunch downstairs, can she come along with us?" I asked.

"Of course" he answered.