The Human Mate

CHAPTER TWELVE -- Court

Raven Lynn Stone

"Hey... what's wrong? Why did you cry?" some familiar voice called, so I immediately faced the door. I saw Cass walking straight towards me with two big paper bags in her hands.

"H-Hey... I-I did not cry," I lied, but of course, I failed about that because her right eyebrow raised with my answer.

"U-huh sure, with your eyes so red and puffy, the dust must be the cause of it hm? Or maybe you're just into drugs?" she answered, you can hear the sarcasm from her voice, so I just shook my head and slightly chuckled.

"N-No of course not you silly..." I said making both of us laugh wholeheartedly. I've missed her, she's the first girl I have ever talked to in this town, she has helped me so many times in our classes most especially on my first day.

"I'm so glad that you're finally awake and okay, I'm really sorry that we have avoided you last time... we were just hurt about what we have heard.. err that's really immature of us," she sincerely said, slightly embarrassed.

"It's alright... I already knew your reasons why," I sincerely told her, so she just smiled at me.

"Oh, by the way, Zionel has asked me to buy you some clothes, undies, and all of those things that you might need. I didn't know your sizes so I asked him your sizes instead, I hope they'll fit you," she said as she puts the paper bags on the edge of the bed.

"R-Really? He shouldn't have bothered to buy those for me, I'm not staying here for that long, but tell him I said thank you," I grunted, remembering the conversation that we just had earlier. It’s still making me so furious, she questionably faced and sat beside me.

"I see... so what's the problem? What happened between you two?" she curiously asked, she must be talking about why am I crying earlier. Geez, I thought she had forgotten about that.

I don't know why, but I felt like I could trust her. With a deep sigh, I told her everything Zionel have told me earlier and after that, her right hand was immediately raised on her forehead.

"He freaking said that? That stupid i***t!" she shouted disappointedly, which made me laugh.

Suddenly, she immediately became silent like someone's talking to her in her mind. It's kind of weird actually. I was about to call her attention again when she talked.

"Hmm, Rave? Did you not wonder why he wanted you to stay here forever?" she asked, so I faced her slightly confused at what she said. She's giving me that look like she knows I'm still not informed about the things that I needed to know yet.

"What do you mean? Like the mate thingy? Is that how really those things work? To lock me up here forever like Rapunzel?" I asked trying to make a joke out of it, but she just shook her head while sighing.

"You see, being a mate of a werewolf is very hard to deal with at first, they become very possessive and protective of their mates because they don't want you to be in danger or with someone else they're being threatened about," she explained, I'm trying to take in what she is trying to say, but I just can’t understand it at all.

"You're his soulmate, given and blessed by the Moon Goddess, you have this bond that's really hard to resist.. for example, the sparks, attractions, and everything else you feel every time you see him..." she added with my jaw instantly dropping on the floor. I feel those things with Zionel! But then again, I have my own reasons why.

"B-But my parents they're worried about me, they'll be upset and I just got my family back together again... I can't do that... I can't just let someone tell them that I'm dead while I'm still breathing here soundly," I bit my lip, so she just nodded and sighed.

"I understand, you and Zionel must have a serious talk about this matter, he's very busy at the moment but I'm sure he'll make time to talk to you," she said, assuring me that everything will be fine.

"Why is he that busy? It’s not like we have some important projects needed to be submitted," I curiously asked, slightly irritated.

"What? He didn't tell you? He's the Alpha of the White Moon Clan, he rules the whole pack of werewolves all around this mountain," she said putting me in shock. Why didn't he told me about this? He rules here?! He's an Alpha?! So that's why someone called him an Alpha before... I thought he's some secret agent geez!

"You two should really talk more Rave... I'll go now I just checked up on you to see if you're really okay, I'll visit again tomorrow okay? Get well soon!" she beamed while walking towards the door, leaving me dumbfounded by all the words that she had said.

Bond? Moon Goddess? Mate? Soulmate? I don't understand anything at all!

I sighed and laid down on the bed to try and get some sleep, but the sleep didn't even bother to visit me. I rolled my eyes and crawled to the edge of the bed to check the paper bags that Cass said Zionel bought for me.

It's filled with comfortable women's clothes, undies, and bras. Woah, Zionel must really know what my sizes are, these will really fit me well... and wait a minute, how did he know that my cup size is C?! Well, mine is almost D but I just prefer wearing C...

That pervert! I was mentally cursing about him when I have finally decided to rest and sleep.

***

Days have passed by and I was recovering pretty well, mild sprains usually take six weeks to be healed fully but in my case, I think Greg's medicine has powers. I just continued following his orders to drink my prescribed meds, elevate my legs, and roll my feet with a glass bottle.

Cass and the rest of the gang keep on visiting just to check up on me, it's kind of sweet, but it's like they're distracting me from something.

But the weird thing is ever since my conversation with Cass, someone's been leaving me white roses on the bedside table near Zionel's bed, there's no letter or sign as to who might this come from.

I actually liked white roses..  for me, they stand out to the rest of the other colors. I don't know why, but I feel so very happy about receiving these flowers.

But my plan didn't change, I'm almost recovering and I'm still planning my escape plan.

"Ravey," a deep familiar voice called me through the door, so I faced him. His red glinting eyes bore into mine.

I gulped upon seeing his well-built body as he walks towards me, Jesus! Why does this man have this effect on me! He looks so freaking gorgeous!

I haven't also seen him for days after our fight, and I have no idea where he might have been. He stopped in his tracks when he's finally near me, he heaves a deep long sigh before sitting right next to the bed where I'm still lying into.

"Ravey..." I slowly crossed my arms upon hearing my name again from his lips, why the heck does that sound so sexy?!

Now that he's really close to me made me realized that I was longing for his presence for those days that I haven't seen him. I’m wondering why I’m feeling those things?

"Say something..." he said like he was almost pleading, so I just sighed.

"What do you want Zionel?" I asked, and his body becomes stiff. He faced me with relief etched on his face, his dark thick brows were finally relaxed.

I was caught off guard when he hugged me tightly, sparks were immediately exploding like fireworks inside my body.

"I missed you," he whispered to my ear making me gulp, I was nervous as hell my palms were almost sweating, so I slowly tried to push him away.

"W-We're still not okay Zionel, I still want to go home after I have recovered," I complained right after I have successfully separated ourselves with each other, his mood immediately changed.

"I know and I'm sorry I have said those words to you, I don't want you to be upset," he apologized like he has really regretted it, so my eyes immediately widened.

"W-Wait so are you approving of letting me go now?" I asked, so he shook his head.

"Nope, I don't," I immediately frowned at his answer, so he just sighed.

"But, if you really want to leave I'll respect that and I'll make sure that you're going to enjoy the rest of the weeks that you're still staying here with me," he said with a lopsided grin forming on his lips.

O-Okay... should I be worried about this? We intently stared at each other which felt like an eternity, I broke eye contact with him and sighed.

"O-Okay... I hope I'll really enjoy then," I said making him smile, he then crossed his feet on the edge of the bed.

"So, I want to get to know you better, can we play hmm.. guessing games?" he asked, so my eyes immediately lit up. I do want to get to know him better too.

"Really? Me too! Let's do this!" I cheered and he just chuckled at the sight of me.

"Alright, but every time someone gets to guess something that is right will get a reward," he announced and I just nodded, this is so awesome! I love games like this!

"What's the reward?" I asked innocently and he just smirked.

"We can decide on what we want every time we guess it right.. is that cool?" he asked, motioning his body to face me fully.

"Like getting me home reward?" I asked, his smirk immediately disappeared and he chuckled that made my tummy do the somersaults. Geez! Why so handsome dude?!

"No hahaha! You can get what you want except that reward cause you're wounds are still not okay," he mumbled, making me snort.

"Fine fine, let's just go do this," I said, so he just nodded.

"I'll go first then, your favorite color is lavender," Zionel guessed, so I gasped while pointing my fingers at him.

"How did you know?!" I screamed, but he just shrugged.

"Lucky guess, but I've observed that some of your stuff had always been the same color... so can I have my reward?" he happily asked, so I just nodded.

"I want you to move closer to me," he requested, so my eyebrows raised.

"That's it?" I asked slightly confused, but he just nodded.

"Wow, this is a lot easier than I thought," he chuckled as I moved closer to him, our skins were almost brushing, I can almost hear his breathing while I'm sitting right next to him. I shook my head before I get distracted again and faced him.

"My turn! You're hmm.. favorite color is blue," I guessed, still unsure because I just based on the color of his room but this time, his eyes gloomed.

“What’s wrong? Did I get it wrong?” I asked worriedly, but he just shook his head.

"I actually don’t like blue before, for me it's a sign for hunger in revenge, terror, danger, and death,” he said causing me to frown, I don’t understand, why does color blue is a sign of terror and death for him? Isn’t that color close to peace and calmness? Blue is such a magnificent color. I was about to argue with him about his perspective about blue when he talked.

“But when I saw your eyes for the first time, that's when I started to change my perspectives about blue... I like it now so you’re right," he added, so I looked at him. He's intently staring at me again.

I shyly smiled and bit my lower lip, why is he saying those words? He's making me blush!

I almost squealed when his arms grabbed my waist and pulled me even closer to him, I shivered when he growled into my ears.

"Ravey... didn't I told you not to do that? You're tempting me," he grunted almost whispering, so I tried to shout my reward. What does he mean about that?! Tempting him to what?!

"M-My reward is for you to let me go!" I screamed, so he just laughed while loosening his grip on my waist, I can finally breathe normally again.

"Don't do that! You're making me nervous!" I complained, but amusement only danced on his heavenly eyes.

"So my turn again, your favorite flowers are white roses," he guessed, making my jaw literally dropped on the floor.

"W-What? How did you--" I stopped talking when he instantly handed me a bouquet of white roses. My eyes were in shock, these are so beautiful. Why is he giving me this? Where did this come from? I didn't see him entering the room with one!

"Can I now have my reward Ravey?" he asked when I didn't talk, what he said after was really shocking to hear that caused my heart to run a thousand miles.

"I want to court you," 

To be continued...