THE WEREWOLF PRINCE AND HIS HUMAN MATE

I AM NOT AS FRAGILE AS I LOOK

Betty’s P.O.V.

“Oouch”, I winced in pain when Kevin again put the ice pack on my now swollen cheek. “I still can’t believe that you mess with Leo. He… he is almost double of your size”, he yelled at me and I immediately slapped his hand from my eyes while roaring back, “So what? What gave him permission to touch me without my consent, huh? What do you think of me, huh? Am I so approachable that anyone can touch me? Am I?”

I was breathing heavily while fuming in anger now. I was blinking hard with no emotions in his eyes. He was blank now. I sat down on my bed again as I had stood up on my knee on my bed while intimidating him during roaring at him. I couldn’t believe instead of supporting me, he actually scolded me for defending myself. What the hell?????

“This is n… not what I mean, Betty. No… one.. I mean… no one can touch you… without your consent and permission. It’s just… I was worried for you”, he said in a lower voice and I looked away from him outside the window. Kevin and I were childhood friends and he was the only male friend that I have had throughout my life because I never trust any other boy with my safety and my virtue. Leo was also a handsome hunk but he was an a****le too. He never dated a girl. When he asked me out, I knew what he wanted and that was why I refused him because I wanted a relationship, not one time flings.

“Betty”, he called me but I didn’t look at him. We were almost inseparable from each other yet we never came together in front of anyone else than our families. Not even our friends in school knew anything about us. He practically started sleeping with me in my room two years ago after we had a huge fight. It was not like we were romantically together. He only liked to sleep with me and I also felt safe in his embrace. I assumed it was also a reason that I didn’t have a boyfriend. I was not ugly or plain. For God Sake, I was pretty and had a very sexy body. It was Maya whole told me that my figure was quite breathtaking.

Suddenly He pulled me and in the next second, I was on his lap. He put the ice-pack on my cheek again. This time he was gentle. I didn’t stop him from taking care of me but didn’t look at him either. “Do you want me to beat him?” he asked me in a gentle tone and I scoffed. “May has done the damage to him and I am sure it would be enough for him to stay away from me”, I said annoyingly. I didn’t him to defend me. Okay… I was not as strong as he was… yet.. I was not a porcelain doll.

“Then what do you want, Betty? Tell me”, he asked me while tightening his grip on my waist. I couldn’t say that I was not attracted to him. Heck… he was my crush and I always felt these faint tingles and sparks wherever he touched me any time. I loved him giving me the attention and care that I craved from him. “I don’t want to speak about this incident anymore”, I said in a low voice this time.

“Fine… then we will not speak about this incident anymore. I am going to buy your favourite ice cream for you, okay?” he asked me and I immediately grinned. I had a thing for ice-creams and he knew this very well. He smiled and pecked my nose making my grin wider.

“Rest here… and don’t come out”, he instructed me and I immediately nodded. He put me down on the bed gently and tucked me inside the cover. He instructed me not to remove the icepack from my cheek and then went out. I lay down on the bed while keeping the ice pack on my cheek. My cheek was now numb due to the cold. I cursed Leo so many times inside my mind for bruising my beautiful face and scratching my arm. The principal had suspended him for a month after what the teacher presented there reported to the principal. Leo was from an influential family still there was no way that the school would tolerate such kind of action from any student. The whole school was filled with children from influential and reputed families.

Maya also belonged to a rich family. She was also punished for her reckless behaviour. She was suspended only for a week because she did only to protect me. She was not bothered by her punishment but asked me to stay alert for the next whole week as she would not be with me. I told her that I was not going to school until my bruises heal and we both were sure that they would take 3 or 4 days max.

Suddenly I heard a faint bark at my backyard and I immediately shot up from the bed. “Wolfie”, I grinned and ran out of the room. I ran towards the backyard and threw myself on the ground while panting harshly. My smile became wider when he licked my bruised cheek gently. I felt tingles there and giggled. I looked at my wolfie who had his concerned eyes on me. Wolfie was almost a six feet or a little taller than 6 feet dog who I met near the forest area a year ago. He was injured and was whimpering in pain when I found him there. He had shinning dark brown fur and there was a small beautiful crescent moon at one side of his neck.

I tended to his injuries out of sympathy for him that time and we became friends since then. He always came to visit me from time to time. It was the only secret that I had kept from Kevin because of the intimidating image and aura of wolfie. Kevin might ask me to break my friendship with Wolfie as he looked dangerous. But he was not dangerous. He was cute and caring just like Kevin.

“You want to know what happened to me, huh?” I asked him while raising my brows when he nudged inside my neck. He immediately shook his head and I smiled. It was weird that he always understood what I want to tell him. “Well… there is a boy in the school, who asked me out. I refused him and he slapped me and (I raised my injured arm and showed him the scratches)… you see… scratched me badly. I then kicked him hard in his guts and my friend, Maya, you know her, right? (I again looked at him for confirmation and he nodded)… she.. she beat the s**t out of him and he fainted”, I described the whole incident proudly to him and he immediately snorted.

I could see that he was happy with what we did to Leo. At least someone was not bothered that I messed with a hunk. “Will you come tomorrow too? I need to stay at home for a few days because of them(I pointed towards my bruises).. will you?” I asked him and he immediately nodded making me smile brightly. “Thank you”, I hugged him and scratched behind his ears lovingly. I loved my wolfie so much. He was really a loving pet.

“Okay… I need to go.. Kevin will be home soon… take care and don’t roam freely around”, I pointed the finger to him in a warning and he snorted again before running away from there. I watched him disappear behind the trees and then immediately closed the door. I ran towards my room because any second, Kevin would return. I lay down on the bed again while covering myself and put the icepack on my face again.

Wolfie was so caring and loving. The good thing was that he always listened to me and not even once he growled at me or show any threat to me. I was not sure about him being a dog as he looked like a giant wolf more. But we didn’t have wolves in this area of the country. So, I was sure that he would be a good of some rare breed.

“Hey.. I brought your ice cream”, I came out of my thoughts of wolfie as I heard Kevin’s voice. I immediately sat up and smiled widely. He came near to me and gave me the bucket of my favourite chocolate vanilla ice cream. I immediately took the bucket from him and started eating. I moaned in delight when the cream hit my taste buds.

“Betty”, Kevin called my name and I hummed while enjoying my ice cream. I was not even looking at him right now as my whole concentration was on the bucket. “Did you go out?” he asked me and I immediately looked up at him. He was looking around suspiciously and I felt him sniffing the air.

“No… why did you ask?” I lied straight while looking at him. He was still not looking at me but everywhere. I sniffed myself for any weird smell but couldn’t get any. “Kevin… what’s wrong?” I asked him suspiciously as he was acting weirdly right now. “Uhhh… it’s nothing… I just… forget it (He shook his head and then looked at me)… eat your ice cream. I am going to order something for our dinner and also will tell Remus that I am staying with you tonight. I got the call from Maria.. she again has a double shift today”, he told me and I nodded while enjoying my ice cream. Marie was my aunt who had taken care of me after my parent’s death. She was a nurse and works in a reputed hospital here. It was normal for the nurses to work in double shifts most of the time. It was not new for me. With Kevin and his family around me, I never felt alone in her absence.

Suddenly my phone started ringing and I looked towards my nightstand where my phone was lying right now. I leaned towards there and took the phone up. I grinned when I saw Maya’s name on the caller ID.