The prince's abused Mate

Protect her

Ahyan Pov

After losing the amazing scent from earlier, my closest friends Cole Illinois, Jayden Bolivar, and Lyon Sobong are standing in our usual spot on the upper stairs, none but as are allowed here. I have known my friends since I was four years old. We met at a carnival and we bonded. We've been inseparable ever since. Their families are highly ranked in the pack and city.

Cole's family owns a diamond mine and his father is high general in the army. The Sobong family owns one of the biggest communications corporations in the world and once he's of age, Lyon will inherit it as their only son. The Bolivar family has luxury hotels, Casinos, and restaurants all over the world, and his mother is a member of the werewolf royal council and close friends with my mother.

We are all of different races and colors. I'm black, Cole is Caucasian, Lyon is Asian and Jay is Italian and fluently speaks Portuguese. We are all eighteen years old. We are influential and stronger than young men our age since we train harder and are highly ranked. The higher the rank, the stronger you are. That's how supernaturals are.

As Cole continues to tell us about the new girl he is banging, a breeze comes through the window, with a good smell. My eyes immediately search the room for the owner,

'she's close,'

' who?' I question my Dragon. He snorts. Lately, he is head over heels with a girl I've been seeing around. We don't even know her name and Drakon thinks she's our mate.

' Who else? Our mate, i***t,' I ignore him and shift my attention to Jay.

" So, who is it?" he asks.

I shrug, they want me to pick a good, moral girl, make her like me, and bang her within a month. I've been looking, but I can't pick the right one since we've f****d most of them.

Theodore, my brother, approaches me with his girlfriend Bella. He smiles and we fist-bump

" What's up, tenth graders are not allowed on these stairs," he scowls, then chuckles.

Cole playfully shoves him, but Theo flashes his eyes gold and a slit of red appears around them.

" Yo, don't roast me," he chuckles and raises his hands in surrender.

I'm watching Theo and my friends joke and laugh while his girl is watching him as he slowly begins to grow some dragon horns on his arms.

Our father is the most powerful wolf in the city and mom is a hybrid. She has mixed blood of a dragon, and wolf, so my siblings are hybrids and hell powerful for that matter. But none of them have transformed into their Dragon form, as they can do that once they are twenty but they can still produce and control fire.

" Impressive," I comment, if he can do that, it means he won't even have to wait for his twenty-first birthday to shift. Theo flashes a boyish smile.

" What do you want?" I ask seriously. He holds his girl's hand and they smile, the two have been together since they were thirteen, little Bella as I like to tease her had been crushing on my brother since she was no older than seven, and when Theo caught wind of this, they decided to date, it was easy since they were already best friends growing up and are hoping they are mates but they can't find out until Bella gets her wolf since she's a late bloomer.

" Too quiet little Bella. Done crushing on me?" I wink. She growls,

"Don't call me that. " She hisses, Isabella Illinois is the future Queen type, she was born to play the part. She is a beautiful blonde, smart, kind, and loving yet so strong with the right connection and family.

" I'm inviting all of you to dinner with my family, we are celebrating my father's birthday. Mom wants you there," she tells me. Her father is Darren Illinois, my father's beta and best friend.

I eye my brother who has a look of worry.

' You good,' I ask through the mind link, one of the good things about being dragon royalty is that I can mind-link anyone. Theodore forces a smile but he can't fool me.

' Isabella will shift soon, I can tell her wolf wants out,'

' um, good for you,' I shrug unsure of what to say. He only huffs lowly.

' There is nothing, no connection between my wolf and hers, what if she's not the one?' he does sound worried now.

'Well, just wait for the Shift, you can't be sure yet,' my brother nods.

" You two run along now, we'll try and make it to dinner,"

Bella smiles like a child and my brother nods before making their exit just as Debra exclaims,

" Prince Theodore, lady Isabella,"

Isabella is referred to as Lady because of the high position her family holds in the council and my brother's love interest.

Debra has been trying to befriend them but they are too different, Bella and Theo are calm while Debra is loud.

My brother and his girlfriend nod politely before walking away but she is persistent.

" I'm throwing an elite party next week, every teen who is in the city will be in attendance, please come," she pouts in a way that makes me cringe. My brother scowls but it's Isabella who forces a smile and asks,

" What is the theme of the party?"

" Um, I was thinking of a casino and Vegas theme," She chimes. Happy they are considering attending.

" We'll try to make it... Denis?"

We chuckle, including Debra's friends. She growls lowly.

" It's Debra, Prince Theodore,"

As the couple descend the stairs, Debra claps and turns to me

" Babyyy, why don't your siblings like me?" she purrs, I almost roll my eyes. " I try so hard but-" The first warning bell sounds and we begin to walk to class.

" Aren't you going to your class?" I squint my eyes at Debra as she follows my boys and I

She smiles sheepishly.

" Sure, I just want to say hi to an old friend over there,"

She looks at her two blonde best friends with mischief in her eyes.

As we walk through the hallway, the smell is getting stronger and I stop in my tracks when I realize it's coming from a girl rummaging through her locker, who is she?

Suddenly, Debra dumps what is in her mug under her hoodie. I'm waiting to see her face but she doesn't turn for a few seconds, and when she does, my breath gets caught in my chest, and taken back by her beauty.

She is beautiful with a symmetrical face of a goddess, and right curves. Her gray eyes are dull and lifeless, but they are fixed on me, After a few seconds, she tears her gaze away. Now that I'm this close to her I can pinpoint her scent, wildflowers with a mixture of mint. I love it, however, I'm not sure if she's my mate or not because she hasn't shifted into her wolf yet.

' Is she?' I ask Drakon, he is conflicted, he thought once we looked into her eyes, a clear answer would come like werewolf mating, it's different for me because I'm full of Dragon blood and our bond would be rare. Yes, different supernatural creatures can be soulmates but It's rare, even dangerous so I hear.

" She told you that she doesn't want to see your face," A voice breaks my thoughts. I look at the girl, she wants to say something and I wait patiently, wanting to hear her voice but no sounds come out instead she takes deep breaths and closes her eyes slowly, showing us her long lashes.

' Damnit, she is beautiful!' I don't argue with that, she has feminine features that will make any man bow and just adore her. I swallow thickly when my eyes land on her full lips, I stir a little as my member begins to harden, f**k. Debra approaches her but I grab her wrist, stopping whatever altercation is happening.

With a cold tone, I ask Debra to stop this s**t show and ask everyone to go to class, leaving no room for argument and they all scurry away.

I'm walking to class when I turn to look at her once again, she has taken off her hoodie and looks at it with a sad expression before sitting on the floor to cry, and honestly, all I want to do is hold her and protect her, does it bother me because she's mine? Even if I was sure, I will never accept her as my mate, she'll be a liability in my life and I don't commit to one partner, I just don't believe in that mate bond s**t, it's forced and crap, why would some goddess pick a life partner for you? Doesn't she have anything better?

" That's just... sad," Lyon comments, we are all watching her bawl pathetically and I'm sure she can't be my mate, as weak as her, Nah.

" She couldn't even speak, poor girl. Debra did a number on her," Lyon sighs.

" She's hot," Cole comments with a mischievous grin. I growl at him, taking them, including me by surprise. Their eyes fall on me and I shrug.

" Go to class, I'll catch up with you," I tell them.

I then take off my hoodie and in a blur put it beside her. She wipes her face and then looks at the black hoodie next to her. I hide in a corner as her eyes scan the hallway. I smile when she inhales it and my smile widens when her eyes light up in what seems like excitement.

Finally, she gets off the floor and walks to the bathroom, like on autopilot my legs take me there, and without care, opens the door.

I'm pacing in the large area near the faucets. I need to leave but I can't seem to. Maybe I should talk to her, just to ask how she's doing. I growl, hating and cursing myself.

Where the f**k did the need to protect her come from all of a sudden.

I make up my mind to leave and just then, the door to the shower opens. I turn to say something but she bumps into me. She doesn't look up immediately and when she does, her facial expression is priceless.