Arabella’s point of view.
We (Wymond, mom, Arthur and I) sat in a very awkward silence, we’re all staring at our laps or hands as if there’s nothing left to say.
Meanwhile, my mom wouldn’t stop looking between Wymond and I knowingly, which is making me even more embarrassed.
We’re currently seated around the dinning table, mom cooked and Wymond assisted him -they were rounding up when Arthur dragged me in earlier.
Talk about the devil, Arthur cleared his throat dramatically and reached for his fork, then released an extremely loud sigh.
“Mom” he paused and yawned. “I couldn’t sleep last night because I kept hearing some weird noises”
My cheeks exploded and I felt myself sinking in my chair, I kept my head down and kicked his leg under the table.
*Stop it!* I growled at him through the mind-link, but he ignored me and continued.
“I kept hearing squeaky sound and I was wondering if someone was moving their bed” he paused, then tapped my hand. “Did you hear any noise last night?”
I glared at him through my eyelashes, I clenched my jaw and wanted to explode on him but he beat me to it.
“Oh, you definitely heard the noise, after all it came from your room”
He tilted his head and frowned slightly.
“Why were you moving your bed last night? Do you know it would disturb the king’s sleep?” he asked, not even trying to hide the mockery in his words.
I glanced at Wymond, he’s trying to hold back his laugh -really?
Shouldn’t he be embarrassed too?
“No, I don’t think you were moving your bed, you were…” he trailed off and gasped as if something just occured to him.
Arthur wouldn’t stop talking if I don’t take action, he’s gonna continue embarrassing me until I pass out if that’s possible -I must do something to stop him.
“… were you trying to rape the King in your mother’s house?!” he exclaimed.
I couldn’t hold back anymore, I banged on the table and faced mom with a deep frown, but it seemed like she’s trying to hold back her laughter.
“Mom” I called for help.
Mom coughed to swallow her laugh, then cleared her throat before turning to Arthur with a scolding glare.
“Arthur, stay out of your sister’s business” she said sternly, however it sounded as if she’s faking being serious.
“She’s my sister, mom, how can I stay out of her business? Besides, do you know what raping the King means?” he took a deep breath “It means death!”
I nodded my head as I chewed my lower lip angrily.
“Fine” I got up and grabbed Wymond’s hand. “I can’t stay here anymore” then I headed towards the door, dragging Wymond along.
“Miss Humphrey, where are you going?” Mom asked.
“Anywhere but here, you and your son are suffocating me”
Mom and Arthur roared into loud laughter at my words, I stopped and turned to glare at them for a moment, then stormed out, shutting the door in a very loud bang.
I let go out Wymond’s hand once we’re outside, I grabbed my hair and pulled it frustratingly.
“Baby, you’ll hurt yourself” Wymond said.
I threw him a very harsh glare.
“This is all your fault!”
“What? How?”
I scoffed and turned away from him.
“You just sat there and watch them teasing me, you couldn’t do anything”
He chuckled lightly.
“There was nothing I could do” he said.
“Then why didn’t you get teased too? Wasn’t it the two of us that did it?” I asked.
He reached for my hand and pulled me to his side, then hugged me by my shoulders.
“I’m the King” he said in a deep voice.
I elbowed his ribcage which made him groan.
“I’m the King” I mimicked him. “Aren’t I the queen?” I humphed.
He simply laughed and kissed my forehead.
“We haven’t eat breakfast yet, should we go back and eat?” he asked.
“Nope, I’m too embarrassed to go back and Arthur won’t let me eat in peace anyway”
“Hm” he hummed. “Then what do you wanna do? Go back to the palace?”
I sighed.
“No, let’s go shopping”
“Shopping?”
“Yeah, don’t tell me you have no idea what shopping is”
“Err….”
“Goodness, just how ancient are you?” I sighed. “Shopping is what couples in my generation do together” I explained as simply as I could to help him understand quicker.
“Oh”
“So, let’s go, we’re getting you a cellphone today” I grabbed his hand and made to leave but he stopped me.
“Wait, I should mind-link Edward” he said.
“Why are you mind-linking him?”
“To bring a car and take us wherever you wanna go”
Wherever I wanna go, I love the sound of that.
“We can’t wait for Edward to drive all the way from the palace, just to take us to the mall”
“Then how do we go there?” he asked with a frown.
“Taxi”
“Taxi?”
I didn’t reply him, I simply headed towards the road that’s a few meters away from us.
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(FIFTEEN MINUTES LATER)
“Oh my gosh, I can’t believe I’m seeing the king”
“He’s so handsome and looks nothing like the beast those books describe”
“Yeah, he looks so young, I thought he’d be a very old man”
“I’m so wishing he’s my mate right now”
These are the words going around, since we stepped in the mall and there hasn’t been any place we walked by that girls won’t drool over him -I wish boys would drool over me like this too.
A low growl emitted from him at that thought and I threw him a scolding glare, he quickly looked away from me.
Every teen females both the elves, werewolves, vampires witches and dragons (because this is a general mall for all supernatural creatures) they’ve stopped whatever they’re doing and are ogling over Wymond.
An undescribable anger or maybe I should call it jealousy, built up at the pit of my stomach, I balled my fist and glared at the girl’s as they giggled.
Now I kinda regret not coming in disguise, although, I didn’t know he’d be this popular.
“I really regret bringing you out for shopping” I told him as we approached a phone shop.
“Why? Aren’t I behaving myself?” he asked with a small frown.
I nodded at some group of teenagers ahead of us, they’re snapping Wymond and looking at him with those sickening dreamy eyes -I feel like clawing those eyes out.
“Just look around and see for yourself the great commotion you’ve caused!” I whispered harshly at him.
He stopped by the door of the shop and looked around, then turned to me.
“Why’s everyone staring at me?” he asked.
His words made me narrowed my eyes and took deep breaths to keep my frustrations and jealousy at bay, is he pretending to be oblivious of their words?
“I’m not pretending” he said.
“Stop reading my thoughts” I snapped at him.
Thankfully, I came fully prepared, I reached for my bag and pulled out a base cap, then help him wear it. I looked at it and nodded in satisfaction.
“I think you won’t you draw attentions now”
He looked around again and sighed.
“Baby, I don’t think this will work” he said.
“Why?”
“They knew I’m the King because of you” he said.
“What do you mean?” I asked, totally confused.
“Everyone in your pack knows you’re mated to the King, they must have told a few other people who in turn also told some few other people, therefore spreading the news everywhere” he explained. “No one would recognize me if I came here alone” he added.
His words made a lot of sense, I am the one drawing attentions for him.
“Er… is there anything you can do about it?”
He set his lips on thin lines and nodded.
“Yeah, I can cast a spell that would change our faces”
My lips quirked up in a smile as an evil thought invade my mind, I looked at Wymond and started imagining how he’d look when he’s old.
“Hey, I’m gonna go over and trip in front of him, take a quick picture of us” I heard a girl telling her friend.
Wanna snap a picture with my mate? Heh, in her dreams -I growled mentally yet possessively.
“Quick, cast the spell” I told him.
He nodded, he covered his face with his palm for a moment before removing it.
“Wow” I gasped out.
He doesn’t look anything like himself right now, if I didn’t come here with him or if I wasn’t the one who asked him to cast the spell I wouldn’t have known he’s Wymond.
“How do I look?” he asked me.
I gulped speechlessly and gave him a thumbs up since I couldn’t bear to tell him the truth -he looked like a very old man, more like his age.
“Will anyone drool over me like this?”
I shook my head.
“Nope, you’re perfect” I told him.
I turned towards the girl that was coming to trip over, she has stopped on her tracks and was now staring at Wymond in surprise -she must be wondering where’s the cute guy she saw a second ago.
I scoffed cockily, I grabbed his hand and pulled him with me inside.
“Let’s get you a cellphone” I said very loudly even though I know she could hear me perfectly.
“Er.. Ara are you sure…”
“Shut up and follow me” I cut him off.
★★★★★
(FEW MINUTES LATER)
We’ve done shopping for phones and we’re at a park that’s attached to the mall, but unfortunately I haven’t been able to ride on any fun ride because someone wouldn’t let me -you know who.
“Let’s ride on the rollercoaster” I said excitedly.
Wymond raised his head and stared at it, he squinted his eyes when he saw pups and some adults screaming in excitement as they go up and down.
But I guess he misunderstood their screams, he grabbed my hand and pulled me back, then snaked his arm around my waist.
“You’re not going on that thing” he told me.
“Huh?”
“It’s dangerous” he said.
“Dangerous?” I stared at him in disbelief. “Bae, I’m a werewolf and this is far from dangerous to me”
“No” he disagreed in a very firm voice.
My chest rise and fall in anger, I took deep breaths to help me calm down but I still couldn’t contain my anger.
“You’re so boring!” I screamed in his ears and ran off.
“Hey, baby, wait” I heard him calling behind me.
This is gonna be one hell of a fun day.