Arabella’s point of view.
“That was one nice shower!” I breathe out in satisfaction as I stepped out of the bathroom into our room, in Wymond’s big night robe and wore nothing underneath.
My steps faltered when I saw Wymond sitting on the bed with my phone in his hands, I rushed towards him and snatched it from him even though I have nothing to hide from him.
“What are you doing with my phone?” I queried him.
“You have a text from a strange number” he said simply.
I checked my phone and saw there’s truly a text from an unknown number, I sighed and tossed my phone on the bedside table, with the thought of checking the message later.
Wymond suddenly reached for my hand and pulled me, I fell on his laps and he hugged me, then snuggled his nose in my neck.
“I’m feeling tired” he said.
“You had a busy day today?” I asked.
“Not really” he grumbled. “I’m just feeling tired from everything that’s been happening recently” he replied.
“Wanna talk about it?” I asked again.
He shook his head.
“Not now, just let me hug you”
“Ok, let’s talk about it later” I said and he nodded. “Then let’s talk about something else”
“Hm” he agreed.
“So, now that you aren’t immortal, are you gonna fall sick like ordinary supernatural creatures?” I asked.
“Yeah”
“Oh”
Then we sat in silence until something crossed my mind, a discussion I had with Renee some time ago and I cleared my throat.
“Wymond?”
“Hm” he hummed.
“I heard you have a private home, I mean, apart from the palace”
He nodded.
“Then why don’t you live there? Or do you prefer living in the palace?”
“Er.. I didn’t see any reasons to live there because I’d be bored staying there alone, because there’s no one there to keep me company” he answered.
“You’d be bored?” I scoffed. “That’s not true” I said.
“It’s true” he replied.
“Then can you take me there?” I asked.
“Why?” he asked back.
“Nothing, I just wanna see it and maybe I’ll fall in love with it and decide to live there…”
“No” he cut me off.
“Yeah, we can make it our home, I’ll be making breakfast for you every morning before you leave for work and I’ll be making dinner every evening before you get back from work, isn’t that lovely?”
He stayed silent for a moment, I raised my head and checked his expression only to find him glaring at nothing in particular. His eyebrows knitted together in a frown, his jaws clenched tightly and I could see hurt lurking in his eyes.
What is he thinking about?
“Wymond?” I nudged him gently.
He blinked a few times and looked down at me.
“What do you say about my suggestion?” I asked.
“No” was all he replied me with.
I frowned in confusion.
“No? What do you mean by no?” I asked again.
“We’re not going to live there, at least not now” he said.
“Not now? Then when?”
“After I make some renovations” he said.
I rolled my eyeballs.
“There’s no need for renovations, I wanna see the original building and I think I’ll love it when I see it”
“No” he said quickly. “The original building is old-fashion and it won’t suit your style, I’ll make renovations and take you there later”.
I frowned even more when I realized he’s lying, there’s something he doesn’t wanna tell me and Renee already told me about it some days ago, when I asked if they have their private homes.
She told me the real reason Wymond doesn’t like going to his private home is, his first mate died in that mansion and going there seemed to bring back memories of them.
I thought he’d tell me the truth now that we’ve completed each other, but I guess I was asking for too much -he hasn’t gotten over her completely.
“What are you thinking about?” he asked.
“Nothing” I answered as I slide off his laps, I’m not gonna pressure him into saying anything.
I feigned a yawn and rubbed my eyes sleepily.
“I should go to sleep, I have school tomorrow” I said.
“School… I wanted us to talk about the vampire clans and…”
“We can talk about it tomorrow, I’m very sleepy” I pulled the covers over my head to prove my words.
He sighed, got into the covers too, wrapped his arms around me and hugged me.
“Let’s sleep then” he said and kissed my shoulder.
There’s an inexplicable feeling boiling at the pit of my stomach right, and it’s making me feel so stuffy.
Is this what people call jealousy? But what or who am I feeling jealous over? A dead woman?
*A dead woman who’s still very much alive in our mate’s heart* Amy whimpered sadly.
*You’re right, Amy*
My heart hurt suddenly and I knew at once that’s Amy’s feeling, she’s sad that our mate is still holding onto his past -i’m sad too.
★★★★★
(THE NEXT MORNING) (LEGENDS CREATION COLLEGE, BEVERLY HILLS)
It was only a five days lockdown, but these students are making it seem as if they’re just returning from summer holiday. Every corner of legends creation college has students hugging their friends and dramatically crying -they’re just making a big deal out of the lockdown.
I didn’t have anyone to hug because my only friend’s in the classroom right, so I hastened my pace and headed straight to my class.
★★★
“Heyyyy!” Daphne shouted as she sprang off her seat when she saw me entering our class.
She raced towards me with a full-blown grin and pulled me into a tight hug, ruffling my hair too.
“I’ve missed you!” she sighed in my ear.
“I’ve missed you too” I replied, then we headed towards our seats. “Congratulations, dolphin” I congratulated her.
“Congratulations?” she seemed confused.
“You’ve found your mate, I’m very happy for you”
“Oh” she blushed.
We pulled out our seats and sat down, then she suddenly gripped my hand as she sniffed the air.
“Your scent has changed” she leaned closer to me and sniffed me. “You’ve got a mixed scent” she said.
I pushed her off me, but her mouth suddenly fell open and her eyes widened as she pointed at my neck.
“It can’t be” she muttered.
“What can’t be?” I asked while keeping my bag on the floor.
“You’ve been marked!” she exclaimed loudly, catching the attention of everyone.
I slammed my hand on her mouth and smiled shyly as I tried compelling them to turn back to their businesses, but I guess they’re too many or I don’t know how to compel people yet, because it didn’t work.
But they eventually turned their attention away from us though. I let go of Daphne’s mouth and threw her a glare.
“What’s wrong with you?”
“Nothing’s wrong with me, but you.. you… ”
My eyes narrowed as they landed on two letters in the corner of her neck; DD, I guess that’s both of their initials.
My mark has a wolf and dragon’s heads facing each, our initials were imprinted underneath their heads; WA.
“I guess we’re both the same now” I said with a smirk and pointed at her neck too.
She quickly covered it with her hand and smiled, her cheeks flamed up immediately.
“Yeah” she agreed.
Phew! It’s such a great relief knowing Daphne has also mated with her mate, I’ve narrowly escaped her teasing comments.
“How was your first time? Painful?” she asked out of the blue.
I gave her weird look.
“Of course, it’s painful” she laughed at my expression. “It hurts like bitçh!”
She laughed again and sighed.
“I’m still leaping a little bit, Donavon told me he’s gonna buy a house here and…”
“Alright, settle down people” My uncle’s voice interrupted Daphne as he entered our classroom.
His eyes searched around as if he’s searching for someone, which I know he is and that’s me. He nodded in approval when his eyes landed on me, then he turned back to his textbooks and said.
“Everyone get ready, we’re gonna have a test today”
Everyone started grumbling and complaining about how sudden the test was, but my uncle ignored them and wrote something on the whiteboard.
*The origin of the first supernatural creatures*
Don’t be surprised, his question is weird because he’s our history lecture.
“That’s the question, I’ll be waiting right here until you’re done” he said.
silence swallowed the whole class after they’ve read the question, though sighs of disappointment were heard but not for long.
I sighed and reached for my note.
“Hey” Daphne whispered. “We’re just coming back to school today to have a test?”
“Hm” I hummed.
“Well, I don’t know what to write right now”
“Why? You didn’t read throughout the lockdown?” I asked her.
Daphne hate to admit it, but she’s a nerd, not the typical type of nerd though, but she loves reading, researching and studying a lot -I sometimes depend on her when we have math tests or exams.
“I read but I can’t remember”
I frowned. “You forgot?” I scoffed. “Well, that’s something new for you” I said.
“Yeah, all I can think about right now is my mate’s dîck and how he was slamming his shaft in me yesterday”
My mind flashed back to Wymond’s dîck too and my cheeks flamed up, I pushed her away from me with my shoulder and moved my desk away from her a little bit.
*You’re thinking about his dîck? Aren’t we mad at him?* Amy asked.
I scoffed.
*We’re mad at him, but we’re not mad at his dîck* I replied and shut her out before she’d tease me.
“… maybe I’ll just describe how sweet his dîck was and I believe it’s gonna give me an A+” she said.
I stared at her strangely, then pointed a finger at her.
“Stay away from me before you corrupt my innocent mind” I told Daphne.
My statement made her laugh out loud, forgetting my uncle’s still in the class. He cleared his throat and threw us a glare.
“Sorry, sir” we both murmured quickly and turned back to our notes.
“Just stay away from me the whole of today” I warned her playfully, she simply giggled and waved me off.