.ALERIX. I could not stop looking at him. He... He was my mate. I have found my mate after all these years. I thought I was not going to find him. I thought I was part of those whose mates had died at a young age but who knew he would be hiding among the humans. "Does your brother know you are here?" Joe asked, glancing at me. We were seated in the movie theater. Don't ask me how I got to know he had bought a ticket for this. Alec kept warning me to stay away from him but how could I stay away from him when all I saw in those orbs of his was pain and fear. They were so gloomy that it thorned my heart and I could feel breaking for it. Was this how it felt to be mated? Feeling another's pain. My eyes trailed down to his hands that gripped the edge of the seat. How cold they were when I shook them. I was tempted to touch them but I held myself back. "Does he need to know? Are you going to tell him?" I whispered, looking into his eyes which was the only thing I could see in the dark
.JOE. I narrowed my eyes at Alerix. The way she conversed with those girls with her sweet smile and her eyes glinting with joy had me in a chokehold. I have never seen a girl with so much freedom and no care about the world. The girls she was speaking with waved her goodbye and she turned around, that smile not diminishing for a bit. She seemed to have seen me because her smile widened further and she walked towards me. I did not know what had me rooted to the spot but I watched her come towards me. "Hi." She greeted, her eyes glinting with a happy spark. Why was she happy to see me? Scratch that, why would she be happy to see me? "Hello." Came my bored reply. "I guess you slept well?" She said, taking a step closer to me. I gawked at her face like an eagle. She blinked her round eyes, her lashes fluttering. "Anything on my face?" She asked, biting her cheeks internally. "N-No, just that we are too close. Step back." I said, my eyes unblinking. She tilted her head to the side
.ALERIX."Do you believe in soulmates?" I asked him, hoping I would hear something that would make my wolf happy only to hear his cold answer."No, I don't."I did not miss the way he was so concerned about Lestiana. I did not miss the trembling of his hands or the ticking of a muscle in his jaw or the way he itched to hold her in his arms. Even though I have only been with him for a short while, I knew what most of his movements meant.I hate to admit it but he has never looked at me the way he looked at Elristeya's friend. I was seated inside the place where he worked today. My eyes followed each and every one of his movements. He looked clumsy and jittery. My heart broke over and over again at the sight. He was still totally worried about her. I managed to pull up a light smile when he noticed me and began to walk towards me. His eyes were fixed on me as he stood before me. "What are you doing here?" He asked, using the same emotionless tone he has been using since we met. I smil
.ALEC."I think it is high time you told Joe about us," Hunter said, making my brows crease under the cold shower. I turned off the water, wiping the remnants off my face as I stood before the mirror hung over the wall.My eyes changed color and I was staring face to face with Hunter through my eyes. "What did you say?" I asked him."You heard me right. Tell him the truth about us. Don't let him find out the hard way. Maria has told your parents that you were mated. No doubt she would have known that it is Elris. We need to be a step ahead." He added.I thought about it for some seconds before slowly nodding my head. Picking up the towel from where it was hung, I wiped my face. Maybe after school today, I will tell him about it but with the way things have been going on in his life right now, I was really wary of telling him more things. He was caught between loving someone and letting her go.Lestiana knew there was no way for them. For a fraction of second, I thought about it. What
.ELRISTEYA.I entered the grocery store with the list of things I was to buy which my mom gave me. For the first time in months, she decided to send me to the grocery store. Not like I do not go but I like I once said, my mother did not like being in her way when it comes to things in her kitchen. It was like a sacred place to her. No sin must be committed or her spatula will teach you a lesson. And not to add, after learning that Alerix could cook, I was moved to return back to hone my cooking skills. A shy smile appeared on my lips as the vivid imagination of Alec and I cooking in the kitchen played in my mind.I began to pick the things according to the list. After I was done, I made my way to the counter but I was still checking to see if I was done with the list when I bumped into someone. I barely looked up to the person and the person disappeared from my sight like a flash. I stood, shocked and confused. Didn't I just bump into someone?With furrowed brows, I walked to the coun
.ELRISTEYA.It was the weekend and it was raining. I was the only one left at home. Joe had insisted that he went to work and my parents... Well, let's just say they went on their usual visit to my uncle's place even though it seemed fishy at times, what can I say?I have spent my morning completing my assignment and getting them ready to submit the following Monday. Alec's messages kept topping each other at every beep and I did not want to be distracted. I reached over and retrieved my phone with an exasperated sigh, it rang as if on cue, and 'boo bear' shone brightly on my screen. It was the nickname I had given him but he did not know. He had saved mine as 'Little Moon'. I have been dying to know why he chose something so different from the nicknames I know men call their women in novels but I have not gotten the chance to.I glided over the green button and placed the phone close to my ears. "Hello,""Come over." He said immediately. My brows creased. "What if I don't want to?"
.ELRISTEYA.I stared at him, waiting for it. I wanted him to say just one thing. That one word I have been expecting him to acknowledge me as. My brow ticked as I pulled my lips in, swallowing hard. Everything was new to me but still... I needed him to call me that. I waited for him to speak. He seemed to be contemplating telling me. Why?"The thing is..." He gulped hard, his Adam's apple bobbing in the process. "You need to listen to me, okay?" His extended hands trembled a bit. I gave him a curt nod."You... You..." He kept hesitating. Beads of sweat broke out on his forehead. His eyes kept twitching and he kept blinking. "You are my mate." He said, staring at me like I was going to suddenly grow a beard and fly in the air.I said nothing instead and watched him. His mate. He might not know this but I had once heard him call me that in his sleep. I was confused as to why he would call me that but after meeting his mother the other day, I knew I had to fight for my place with Alec."
.ALEC.Elristeya’s lips hung open as she stared at me. She blinked, her dark lashes mashing together in the process, and both shock and surprise flashed through her face.“Are you for real?” She asked, her voice barely making it out without increasing its volume.“Yes,” I replied.She let out a snort before looking away. “You…” She turned a ridiculous look back at me. “You want me to follow back to your pack?” She asked.I nodded again. I might have looked like a fool but yes, I just asked Elris to follow to my pack. I felt like I needed to take her back since I already told her about who she was and maybe it was out of excitement, I could not say.Maybe I needed her to follow me so that I might have a reason to leave. Mariander has not been disturbing these days which was strange and Alerix once told me they discussed so I needed to discuss some things with them too.“Alec, you… Are you sure you want to do this now?” She asked again. “Because the last time I checked, you and your par