Yumi's POV.
-“…and uh, that’s what happened.”Avoiding their prying eyes, I hurriedly snatch a huge bite from my beef burger. They’re both not saying anything and I feel weird for spewing all I just did. I just told them the tale of meeting their favorite celebrity and they’ve just gone mute. I shift uncomfortably, finding the silence suffocating.“OMG! Girl!” They explode, startling me gravely.I almost get a heart attack and I frown at them, calming my frantic heartbeat with a palm over my chest. “What the heck is wrong with you two? You scared the shit out of me.”My voice simmers down to normal and they show me apologetic smiles.“I did say you might be mated to him,” Zainab drawls playfully.“Oh my, how did you evade his eyes? I’m so curious,” Zana leans over the table.“Uh…” When I do think about it, I actually don’t know.“…It just sort of happened. I found them to be the most attractive, fascinating, and astonishing orbs in the universe but, I didn’t feel that ‘Magnetic’ pull you all go on about,” I confess earnestly, brows creasing with befuddlement.“That’s strange…sure you’re not a Witch in disguise?” Zainab’s grin grows wide and gives her a very creepy look.I grimace at the ugly sight. “Trust me, if I was one, I’d cast a terrible spell on him."“But, I do think you’ve both initiated something. At least I know he won’t let you off the hook easily. Geez! What am I even saying? You’re the only woman it doesn’t work on! He’s gonna come back hunting for you,” Zana acts out dramatically and I panic visibly.“What? Hunting…me? B-but why?”The girls exchange looks and burst into a round of laughter, making me sneer at them to keep shut.Zainab chuckles with dissipating laughter, “Ah…haha! We were only joking. But…he will come after you to know why you didn’t fall.”I gulp at that and sweat glides down my temple. “Should I run away? Do I need to leave the country?”“Trust me…that won’t work. He’s memorized your scent and he’ll go to any lengths to have you.”“Hey…Zana, stop siding with him. Or you told him you know me?” I gasp.She shakes her head, negating my assumption, “No…but, he might pick your scent from me. We’re friends and always together after all…”“…or maybe from the pups that attend your kindergarten,” Zainab chirps in, making a sudden realization dawn on us like a heavy dark cloud.I look over to Zana doing the same.“Uh…he won’t pay attention to little kids, right? I mean…many people can possess the same scent, right?” I don’t even sound hopeful enough and Zana’s silence affirms it. My shoulders slump and my face gets stricken with worry.“I’m afraid not, Yumi. Everyone possesses different unique scents. And he’s an Alpha with super enhanced and heightened senses…he will find you."There’s a way she says it that makes me literally see myself being watched by two penetrative black holes from an unknown space. I gulp on nothing and try to change the gloomy topic. “Say…we do need to get the new futons for the kids tomorrow and more stuffed toys.”Zana gets distracted and quickly jumps in, “I almost forgot! Should we leave in the morning? It’s a weekend so…” She trails off on thoughts.“I think that’s perfect. Wanna come along, Zainab?”Zainab shakes her head against the invitation, “I’m sorry. Someone needs to keep an eye on Eliza till Nate gets back. I opted for it, well, seeing as you’re both gonna be busy and all.”I beam at her, reaching over the table to hug her. “Thanks, bestie! I’ll appreciate that a lot”. She pats my back gently, “Hehe, you’re welcome."I settle back down and we consume the rest of our lunch and leave the cafeteria for our next class.-“He’s still sleepy. Is his mother here yet?” I ask a staff, patting the back of the little boy resting his face in the nook of my neck and fast asleep.She nods with a smile, “She just got here, I’ll go get his things”.After she goes over to the back of the classroom to retrieve his stuff, I step out of the classroom and into the hallway, strolling down till I’m out of the building.I see the grey Chevrolet and tap the kid, “Allison, your mom is here”.He stirs in his sleep and I feel him move his face away and I look up to see him rubbing his eyelids with the heel of his hands. “Wakey Wakey, baby boy,” I sing to him and he smiles sleepily.His teacher comes to join us and we walk to his mother’s car. His mom steps out, “Oh my, he must’ve played a lot today”. She collects him from me.“Yes, and he made some nice drawings too. They’re in his backpack,” I tell her and she looks very pleased. “Thanks. We’ll leave now, bye.”Allison waves at us just before he’s taken into the car and I watch them drive off. I turn around to see the other kids being picked up by their parents, siblings, and other relatives. We’ve got more wolf pups attending the school than human children.The thing Zainab said about Henry Slater tracing me by my scent lingering on the pups floats into my mind and I gulp in tension. I hope that never happens. I know it seems as if I’m the only woman who hates him in the world, and I badmouth him to no end. But, it’s not like I’ve got any prejudice against him. Karma can’t be so hard on me.Zana had to leave before me after she received a message from her brother being in town. So I’m strolling home at 5 p.m all by myself. There are people around. Not many, but still counts. I fish out my earplugs from my bag and play some music so I feel less lonely right now.Along my casual walk, I begin to notice weird sensations prickling my skin. Now, I’m not exposed anywhere else other than my face, feet, and hands. It further intensifies and I’m forced to stop walking to actually check for any crevices in my clothing, only for my eyes to meet with an unfamiliar glistening, fire-brick red ‘Ferrari 812 Superfast’. I scamper back, off the sidewalk, and onto someone’s front lawn.The driver’s door comes open and a long leg clad in deep-black pants steps out. A black Oxford lace-up shoe glistens under the evening sun and its matching pair emerges as well. A tall form slips out of the hot ride and my breath ceases when I see who it is.How did he find me so fast?! I scream mentally. All my mental panic alarms go off loudly in my head against this goddamn super-chili-hot hunk of a male. Why are werewolves so good-looking?!I then find myself walking off the lawn and back onto the sidewalk, ignoring his blaring presence and strolling on. But his voice stops me.“And where do you think you’re going?” Such an Alpha command! But I’m not a wolf so I feel no weight of compulsion nor submission to him.“Where else, to my home?” Maybe I shouldn’t have sounded so rude. But I can’t care. I have to leave ASAP!I hear the sound of a door slamming shut and dread coats me when I realize he’s walking behind me. I steal back glances to see him talking to someone over the phone. His dark shades cover those charming orbs and his free hand adjusts his black tie. He’s in a super expensive three-piece suit and his hair is in a quiff hairstyle.I face forward, determined to increase my pace but I look back again and don’t see his car. Where is it? Or he called someone to come take it? Wait a sec…This means he’s ready to trail me to my apartment!“Um…don’t you, uh, have somewhere important to be right now?” I cold sweat trails down my temples at the silly question.“How could you resist my eyes?” He counters my question with his and I frown, turning around to face him.“Don’t know, just happened-”My eyes saunter around to see many people loitering in the street and gawking at him. All the ladies are acting strangely with the way their eyes are fixed on him and glowing like they’re in some sort of magic-induced trance.Those damn eyes of his!By the time I avert my eyes to him, his towering frame is right before me and I yelp, holding my chest in a gasp. He doesn’t budge and moves his hand to touch me. I back away like he’s a ball of flame and spits irritatedly, “Don’t touch me”.His hand hangs in the air and I move further back. There’s this weird silence between us and he’s also gone stone still. “I don’t know what you want with me, but you’ve got no right and permission to touch me. And stop following me…you’re creeping me out.”I turn away, put back my earplugs, sink my hands into my hoody’s pocket, and walk away while bobbing my head to the beat of the Hip-hop song. I glance back no more and neither do I feel that sensation until I arrive at the front of my apartment building.Yumi's POV.- Zana and Zainab look like they’re about to eat me alive with the aggravated looks on their faces. “Um…what is it?” I ask innocently and they explode. “What do you mean by what is it? Girl, you rejected him in public!!!” I shield my ears, wincing from the sound attack. “Hey! Cut it out. I’m right in front of you,” I groan with a frown. “So, why did you do that? People were watching,” Zainab rolls her eyes. “Why shouldn’t I? He knew that and still went ahead. I’m not the female population that worships his ego. I am me, Yumi,” I deadpan. “Ugh, it’s all over social media. You’re lucky no one could get a clear view of your face. The angle wasn’t a nice one. But from your shoulder, bag, and shoe, everyone could tell it’s a woman,” Zana goes on to say and I sigh. “It’s no big deal, and stop saying I’m his mate,” I pout with annoyance. It’s all I keep hearing these days and I don’t like it. “You just landed yourself in big trouble. You’ve wounded his Alpha pride and no o
Henry's POV.- I punch the punchbag right in the middle with all the aggravating energy flowing in my body and it goes flying off its hinges from the ceiling to fly across the gym room and meet the wall with a loud thud. All the wolves present get startled and don’t dare to look their Alpha in the face. Huffing with muscles tensing and contracting, the anger explodes. How could that measly human retort at me that way?! And in public eyes too. No human ever dared treat me that way and she had the guts to not only avoid my touch but also say those hostile words to me! “Curse this!” “Hey,” I hear Harvey’s voice. “You’re getting us worried. What’s wrong?” My brother comes over to my side and I glare him down to the floor. “She…she dared insult me in public,” I growl, my voice deep with Alpha authority and rattling every wolf present. Memories of that day sully and hazes my mind as I struggle to contain the pangs of disrespect that woman inflicted on my pride. Harvey carefully reache
Henry's POV.- “Eliza!” That voice. I snap my neck up and to the side, but all I see are clustered bodies emitting foul smells. But my rose is somewhere behind these wastes. “We have to leave here…Nate is coming tonight!” Her alluring voice barely goes past my hearing senses but thanks to being a powerful wolf, I catch on to it. Suddenly, I perceive the lust in the air and I frown in disapproval. These perverse wolves are all staring her way and I feel like snapping their heads off. No one dares stare at my mate…I growl. Just as the wolves cower and back off under the pressing aura I’m emitting, her neck whips around just in time to meet gazes with me. My daring rose. The girl on my thighs resumes kissing my neck hungrily. Still looking at her, I lean over to the side and kiss the other girl hungrily. We both moan in pleasure and the other girl to my right starts caressing my chest, much to my delight. My arousal picks up as the kiss deepens and the girls’ arousals build up too,
Yumi's POV.- I move the cursor on the monitor over to the ‘open’ icon on the Web page. I quickly take a sip from my mug of hot chocolate and wait for the page to open. So I’ve decided to read some facts about werewolves. After what Zana said the last time, not showing any hints to tell me why I need to be careful of other male werewolves, I decided to do some homework myself. So I visit blogs of fanatics and hard-core fans to grapple as much as I can to at least, bolster courage before the smirking faces of my friends. Well, I do know about ‘Mates’ and stuff. A werewolf could be either mated to a human or a wolf. And the thing with the ‘Mating mark’, which gives the human mate fast healing and rids illnesses and disabilities. It’s a form of the mating process and keeps other wolves off your mate. It comes in the form of a bite to the neck or shoulder. “What?” I rub my neck subconsciously. If unfortunately, I do end up as Henry’s mate…Alpha’s are on a whole new level of extreme po
Yumi's POV.- “Oh my gosh! You all came!” We all get engulfed by Zana’s overexcited mother. She releases us and grabs our hands, leading us further in. “You have a lot to tell me, girls. What a surprise! I totally didn’t see this coming.” “Hehe…it was all my idea,” Zainab wears a smug look, earning a glare from me and Zana. “Don’t listen to her. I and Yumi actually spoke about this while she was sleeping like a log,” Zana takes the sit opposite from us. We hear the main door opening just then. “Wow, Hey guys,” Steven, Zana’s older brother and the Alpha’s Beta, waves happily at us as he walks in. “Hi, Steven!” I and Zainab wave back and he plops down beside his sister. “Alex and Claire just went out. Too bad for them…They just missed you guys,” He makes a small smile and I pout. I was looking forward to seeing Zana’s second older brother and her little sister. Well, we’ll be here till we leave tomorrow morning. I smile at him, “Not at all. We’ll be here till tomorrow morning. So
Henry's POV- I don’t feel it. The usual spark, the unbridled passion, and the amazing thirst…it’s all fading away. And I can’t do a thing about it. I sit at the edge of the bed, my head in my hands as I breathe anxiously. How does a woman I’ve only met a few times, dominate me so threateningly? So much so that I no longer feel the crazy hunger I feel for women. I no longer find them appealing to me. All I feel is emptiness…and irritation. A warm palm climbs my shoulder from my back and caresses sensually down my chest. “What’s wrong, handsome?” Clarence blows softly against the shell of my ear. And I wish it was Yumi right now. Touches that would drive me out of my senses and turn me on in just seconds. Now, I don’t feel even a speck of what it felt like during those days. Merely a few days ago. My wolf only keeps howling in pain at how close he is to claiming his mate but yet, I’m not making any progress on that. Yumi is my mate. And I should be beside her. “It’s nothing…” I d
Henry's POV.- “Oh, bro, you’re back. Meet Yumi and Zainab,” Harvey slips into the introductions and I acknowledge them but the woman on my right seems to be under the pretense that I’m not here. So daring. “Hi, Alpha Henry.” The one I now know to be Zainab, greets cheerfully and I chuckle at how excited she looks. She’s definitely a crazy fan. “Hey there.” My silly mate doesn’t know how much of a toll it is to keep resisting the urge to pounce on her. It’s so difficult and straining to hold myself down this calmly. My muscles keep tensing at my wolf’s urge to make a move. Not now, Talon. Please…hold still. It wouldn’t be so much of a challenge if I never indulged in my sexual thirsts each time I got triggered and behaved properly. After indulging myself for years, it’s still difficult to try to shove a leash over these raging hormones of mine. She grips the cup tighter, and her neck must hurt from how long she’s kept that bent position. She really can’t stand me, huh? Let’s see
Yumi's POV.- As we get into Zana’s car, I can’t help but notice the intense penetration of Henry’s stare all over my body. I’m always laid out bare in front of his stripping eyes. And I don’t feel comfortable about it. “Take care, girls, and stay safe,” Zana’s mom tells us and we nod. Henry’s mom is right beside her as Zainab gets into the back. “We’ll call you when we get there,” Zana informs her mom and she smiles, bidding us goodbye. But wait a sec, Henry’s following us? “Why’s that hunk of an Alpha following us?” Zainab asks. “Well, my Alpha has some business at El Dorado so he’s tagging along,” Zana replies and I keep staring into the side mirror to watch his car behind us. I hear Zainab grumble, “You sure? Or he just wants a taste of Yummy”. I blush intensely in alarm and glare back at her. “Hey! Don’t call me that!” “But that’s what he called you, remember?” She rolls her eyes and I resist the itch to land a bonk squarely on her head. “Hmp!” I angrily puff my cheeks an