The Beast Inside Me

Chapter : Four

Hugo's POV 

For the rest of the day, I could hardly focus on anything but the girl that I had met earlier. Why was I so intrigued by her? Was it even possible for me to have a mate? Maybe she is, which is why she didn't want to even speak to me. I have to find out. 

By the time lunch had arrived, I decided to head up to the cafeteria to look for her but instead when I got there, I was trapped by a bunch of other girls touching my arms. 

"Its Hugo, right? I'm Emma" A girl who was touching my arm spoke. I could tell she was popular given how all the other girls stopped touching me and just stood around waiting for their leader. 

"Hey, Emma. Id love to meet you properly but I'm quite busy right now." I told her as nicely as possible. I didn't want to seem like a jackass on my first day, and I definitely didn't want to cause any trouble with anyone. 

"Meet me after last class in the car park" She whispered into my ear. Winking at me as she walked away with the other girls. 

Finally I could look around for my possible mate. After searching the whole room for a good five minutes I had finally found her sat in the furthest corner away from everyone and on her own. This is my time to find out if she could be my mate.

"Hey" I said as I took a seat opposite her. Her head flew up with confusion written all over her face. 

"What are you doing?" She said quietly, almost whispering. Why didn't she want me to sit with her?

"Well I don't exactly have any friends here yet, so I decided that since you're the only one I have spoken to that it would be okay for me to sit with you. I can leave if you want" I told her honestly, sort of. 

"I can leave if you want me to" I said, innocently

"No it is fine, you can stay" She said, without looking up at me but instead stayed looking down at her food.

We sat there in complete silence until I had finally had enough of just sitting there. I wanted to get to know her . 

"So, what's your name then?" I questioned, finally capturing her attention.

"Iris" Quickly replying before returning to whatever she was doing. 

"Well it is nice to meet you Iris, my names-" Before I could say my own name she cut me off, "Hugo. I know what your name is, you are the new Alpha." Huh so she knows who I am then. s**t what if that was the only reason she is letting me sit here. I want her to let me sit with her because she enjoys my company.

"So, is that the only reason you are allowing me to sit with you?" I questioned, out of nowhere I could feel a boost of confidence begin to rise in myself. 

"Yup" Was all she answered no even bothering to look my way. Even just sitting with her, I was still getting that feeling when I had first met her. There is no way that she isn't my mate. 

"So Iris, do you have a mate?" I had captured her attention, but the look on her face seemed shocked.

"Uh, I did." She answered, shortly. She really is not much of a talker. I wondered what happened for her not to have a mate. Who was he? What happened to him? Questions began to run through my mind. 

"Interesting" Was all I replied and got up and left the cafeteria. 

Iris' POV 

"So Iris, do you have a mate?" Hugo had questioned me, what was with all these questions? Why was he so interested in me? I hated it. I had never let anyone in. I didn't want any friends, especially anyone from my school. 

"Uh, I did." I bluntly told him.

I did have a mate, kind of. He was my best friend, the one person that I couldn't live without. The one I had done literally everything with but he wasn't exactly or officially mine to keep. Once he had turned 18 he- 

"Interesting" Hugo replied, interrupting my thoughts. He stood up and left without another word. Is that all he wanted to find out from me, is that if I had a mate? What on earth was going on inside his head? I questioned myself. 

"Iris, I think he might be our mate!" My wolf, Angel practically screamed, excitedly of course. 

"It is impossible, he is human plus I would have known as soon as I met him" I told her 

"With a human it is different. You would only find out if you kiss him. You need to try and kiss him and find out if we are mates" Angel explained. I guess it makes sense but still a human cant have a mate it is impossible for that to even happen. 

"But if he doesn't have a mate then how are you supposed to connect fully with him?" I questioned, I was genuinely. How could we ever fully connect if he didn't even have a wolf himself.  

"We will find a way to fully connect to him; if we are mates, of course. I know there is a way" Angel said, I could hear that that thought had upset her - a lot. I felt sorry for her. If we were mates then I wanted her to have a mate who she could connect fully with. It wasn't fair. Next thing I will need to do, is try and kiss him I guess. 

It was finally last bell and Hugo was in all of my classes, and in every - single - class he sat next to me and would constantly try to make a conversation with me. I had to give it to him for trying so hard but I wasn't in the mood to talk to him, I just wanted to be left alone. 

I quickly got up with all my books in hand and quickly made my way through the crowd of elephants and to my locker. I threw all my stuff in the locker, quickly shutting it so I didn't have to deal with anyone. Especially Hugo. 

"Iris!!" I heard my name being shouted through the hall as I was about to exit the main entrance. The voice I knew all to well now still kept shouting my name. I decided to ignore it and just kept walking as fast as my legs could possibly even go. 

"Hey" Hugo said, grabbing a hold of my arm. Without thinking I winced, making his face scrunch up. 

"I'm so sorry, I didn't mean to hurt you." He worriedly said. 

"It's fine" I grumbled. 

"I just needed to ask you, have I done anything to you? I feel like you haven't wanted to even be in the same room as me all day and I need to know if I have upset you" He gently questioned. It did make me feel bad that he thought that, but I couldn't afford to bring him into my life right now. Not with everything that is going on. 

"I don't hate you Hugo, but I just really prefer to be on my own. So please unless we are in a group project together then just leave me alone." I rudely told him. I didn't want to be rude and it wasn't something that I was a fan of but if we are mates then I could never have him find out what happens in my family, what happens to me. He would reject me without even having another thought.