Chapter 9

Aragon

Many things about this girl attract me. First, she is fearless. And second, she is kind of a mystery too hard to solve. I looked at her for a long time, trying to find my answers. But nothing more than questions were there. 

"What's your answer, Ven?" I asked, curious.

Her lips curved into a pout while thinking, making me wonder how those juicy lips kissed me to death, but I was an unlucky hunk to feel the sensations.

'You were lucky enough to get her at least. Or else you didn't know how to get rid of the poisons. Be happy with what's on your plate.' Daniel corrected.

The color of her face was fading. Was it that hard to accept me? Was I that bad?

"Do you think I can take care of your pack?" She asked with doubt and confusion. Her eyes were restless, muscles clenched. I gently pressed my hands on hers, making eye contact of assurance.

"You are the only one who can take care of me. The same goes for the pack. The moon goddess has chosen you for some reason."

"But you didn't say who tried to kill you?" She asked, sure enough, to divert the topic. What was bothering her, stopping her from accepting me? Was it because I was a wolf? Or there was something else.

"You know her." I smiled bitterly when her face showed up with a well-cemented frown. I sighed before telling her the truth," The person you met on the beach. The beautiful woman you were talking to that day."

Her face changed colors abruptly, making it hard to understand. She was shocked at first, then angry, then sad, and then ferocious.

"Were you following me?" Her question made me sigh. Following her traces seemed impossible every time we tried. As if some forces were hiding her from the world.

"Nope. That was hopeless. But Daniel traced you that once, maybe because that woman wanted us. That was the second time I smelled you, and the last also." 

I didn't know why everything had changed about me. I was being honest, putting aside my ego, which seemed too superficial to be true. But I wanted to let Ven know everything about me. She was more than my need or want. She had gradually tuned into my affection.

"Was that your mom?" Out of nowhere, she asked to break my chain of thoughts. It was my time to get shocked. How the hell did she know? Did mom tell her everything? How could this happen? How could she know about the son she never accepted?

Maybe Ven guessed my insecurities. Without wasting time, she explained, "I saw her picture in your palace. And that day, she had sent the girl with Ricin. I didn't tell you because of the relationship between you. But if she is your mom, why will she try to kill you?" 

Every word stabbed my heart. Though I knew everything, it still hurt. That cruel woman left me with my old pack. I grew up treated as a love child. She never looked back or met me. She just ignored my existence as if the biggest mistake of her life. 

My breath became unsteady while thinking about all these. That always happened to me. Daniel, on the other side, tried to take over to give me some time. But showing off the wolf in the human world was unnecessary. It could turn dangerous as I never had any control over humans.

I could feel a light pat on my hair, which must be Ven. I looked at her with blurry eyes while she kept smiling.

"I don't think she was trying to kill you. It was never her who messed with the poison."

What was she talking about, huh?

"Mess with the poison?" I asked to confirm.

"Hmmm...maybe there is someone else, but not Alpha Alex for sure." 

"Who told your every detail of my life?" 

Better not be Alpha Arthur. That old man was a piece of a jerk, too smart and wicked. But Ven's amusing eyes had already revealed the truth. Arghh! That damn grumpy man!

"He knew that I was your mate. I don't know if accepting you can bring good luck or destruction, it seems like I have no choice but to accept. If I keep rejecting you, problems will arise more and more."

"So you are accepting me?" I asked, desperate to hold her hands in the lifetime. Daniel was jumping to mark her, to make her his luna. But something inside her was still unwilling. 

"Even if I do, I don't know about the future. What if I am not someone you think?" 

"I believe in the moon goddess." That's what I could say at that moment. I was willing to accept her in any way. Because my pack was suffering there. After she had left, the wolves were dying without any reason. To the myth of the Aragon people, if the Alpha or Luna gets rejected, the pack will face hard times. They were bound to listen to the moon goddess by hook or by crook.

The way Ven smiled at my words touched my heart. I bet she loved my devotion to the goddess. But wolves were born with faith in their moon goddess. It was their trait, nothing exceptional.

"Accept me without any doubt, my luna. As a king, I beg." I said softly that even making me wonder from where this care came. I was growing soft, only for her.

"Wow, Alpha! You are bowing in front of a human! I thought humans were worthless." 

This little minx! Teasing me with my words! My ears were tinted red in embarrassment. I was too blind to understand the reality back then.

"Are you embarrassed? Look, you are all red?" She was laughing mischievously undoubtedly satisfied with her teasings. I was trying hard to act calm, but in front of her, my emotions kept exposing on their own. 

'Whipped Aragon! I thought you hated her!' Daniel joined her to my dismay. 

"For how long did you plan to tease me?" I asked, whining like a child.  

"For a lifetime." 

I was silent for a while. Ven was talking about a lifetime with me. Did she accept me for real? I was looking at her with expectations while Abner linked my mind, "You fool! Ask to meet her parents. It's human rules!"

Yeah, I forgot.

"Do you want me to meet your parents?" I asked while her smile disappeared. She stared at me with blank eyes. She seemed frozen for some seconds. Then composing herself, she said lightly, " I have no parent, no one."