Arabella’s point of view.
(LEGENDS CREATION COLLEGE, BEVERLY HILLS)
“I said time up Arabella Humphrey!” Uncle yelled as he approached me.
He stopped by my desk, snatched my answer sheet from me even when I was still scribbling some words down and threw me a nasty glare, ignoring my fake puppy eyes, then he headed towards the front of our class.
He’s been screaming time up since five minutes, but I didn’t listen because I know too much about the first supernatural creatures and I wanted to put down everything in my head -after all, the first supernatural creatures were my mother-in-law and father-in-law.
My shoulders shake as I laughed quietly, which made Daphne stared strangely at me.
*Are you ok?* she mind-linked me.
I simply nodded and continued laughing quietly. I must get an A because I answered the question super correctly, phew, perks of being the queen of all supernatural creatures.
“And now that’s the end of today’s class” uncle said.
He gathered his textbooks and our notebooks, then exited our class.
Students started jumping and drumming their desks in excitement the moment he stepped out, they’re as happy as me, even more happier than me that we aren’t gonna receive lectures today.
“Guess I’m not the only one who finds my uncle’s lectures boring” I told Daphne and nodded at the rowdy class.
She rolled her eyeballs at my words.
“Yeah, but you’re the only one who sleeps in his class” she replied.
“I can’t help it” I defended myself. “Wait, I always fall asleep in his class, how do I always end up getting a B?” I wondered aloud.
Daphne pretended as if she didn’t hear my question and started packing up her books, I sighed and leaned back on my seat instead of packing up my books too -well, I know she’s gonna pack mine up too after packing hers.
“I guess I’m just too brilliant” I sighed out.
She scoffed loudly.
“Yeah, right” she said as though she doesn’t believe me.
“I’m not a nerd like you, but I’m not a blockhead either”
“Of course” she agreed.
She quickly packed up my books and shoved my bag in my arms, then got up.
“Let’s go, my mate’s picking me up today” she said.
“Heyyyy, someone’s flaunting her mate” I teased her in a singsong tone.
She chuckled lightly.
“I’m not flaunting him, I’m just informing you”
“Hm” I hummed.
I sprang up, threw an arm around her shoulder and led her towards the door.
“Let’s go, we can’t keep your prince charming waiting” I teased her more.
★★★★★
Daphne stopped abruptly just a few steps away from our school gate, she looked around with a small frown as though she’s looking for someone.
“Who are you looking for?” I asked.
“Ingrid” she answered at once.
My eyebrows furrowed instantly, she’s looking for Ingrid? Why would she be looking for her? Do they have any business together?
“Something’s not right” she blurted out.
“What’s not right? That you didn’t see Ingrid today?” I asked.
“Yeah, I didn’t see her in class today and doesn’t normally skip the first day of school after resumption”
Daphne’s right though, Ingrid doesn’t skip any day of school because she can’t live a day without fighting with me or calling me names… it’s truly kinda strange that she didn’t come to school today.
“Well, I’m happy that she didn’t come to create problems for us today” I said.
She twisted her lips and took a deep breath.
“You’re right” she nodded. “I guess I just miss her badmouth” she said and we laughed.
We continued our journey and walked out the gate, I raised my head only to see a cute guy leaning against a car that’s parked a few meters away from our school gate, he was folding his arms on his chest.
He broke into a smile immediately he saw us approaching him, he waved happily at us and started approaching us too.
I turned to Daphne to ask if he knows the guy, but she’s already smiling back at him -oh, he must be her mate.
“Hello, beautiful” he said when he’s got to us.
He opened his arms and Daphne jumped in excitedly, he hugged her and placed a lingering kiss on her temple.
I rolled my eyeballs, take it easy with the PDA people -I scolded them mentally, but my eyes still stayed glue to them… or let’s say, stayed glue to Daphne’s mate.
“Close your mouth, Ara, you’re gonna catch a fly” Daphne whispered very lowly in my ear.
My mouth is open? I quickly closed my mouth and cleared my throat.
“Ara, meet my mate, Donavon” she turned to face her mate with a wide smile. “Donavon, meet my best, best, best friend in the world, Ara”
Donavon reached out his hand for a handshake and I quickly received it.
“OMG!” I exclaimed immediately after Daphne introduced her mate to me.
My eyeballs almost bulged out of their sockets as I checked him out and nodded in approval, he’s exactly what I had imagined and expected Daphne’s mate would be like.
“What do you say? My mate’s hot, right?” she asked me.
She exchanged looks with her mate and he winked at her in return, which made her blush so hard but she averted her gaze back to me.
Her eyebrows raised as she impatiently waited for my response.
“He’s hot” I commended. “But not half as hot as my mate” I quickly corrected myself.
It’s not as if I’m trying to brag or anything, but Wymond’s the hottest guy I’ve ever seen among all supernatural guys, maybe it’s because he’s among the first supernatural creatures.
Daphne’s scoffed brought me back to the present.
“My mate is hotter than yours” she said.
“Oh?” I glanced at her mate, laughed and shook my head. “Then you must be blind, dolphin” I told her.
“You’re the blind one here, baby, my mate’s….”
“Ahem!” Donavon cleared his throat, interrupting her words. “Can you, ladies, stop arguing?” he sighed and shoved his hands in his pocket. “I don’t even know who your mate is, yet we’re arguing who’s the hottest” he joked.
I smirked at his words, flipped my hair back and sighed.
“You don’t wanna know who he is, let’s just forgot about him and talk about something else”
He’d pee on his pants if he knows the King of all supernatural creatures is my mate, he’d start addressing me as *your highness* and I don’t think I can accept it because my best friend’s mate is also my friend -and I wouldn’t like my best friend calling me highness.
“Right” Daphne tapped my shoulder. “Ara, there’s been a rumor going on in the pack since yesterday”
“What rumor?” I asked.
“Your mom is going on a date”
I stopped walking and slowly processed the words she’s just said.
“My mom’s going on a date?!” I exclaimed loudly, even catching some people’s attention, but they looked away quickly.
“Yeah” she answered.
Mom’s doing on a date? At this old age?
Yeah, I know I was shipping her and Alpha Jarek, but….
“With whom?” I asked quickly, just to be sure.
“Alpha Jarek” she answered. “I heard Arthur’s the one organizing everything” she added.
Arthur!! That b@stard, I can’t believe he’s selling our mom for his own selfish gain. He wants mom and Alpha Jarek to be together, because he wanna be next in line for the alpha position.
I don’t even know why he think he’d be the next Alpha if mom marries alpha Jarek.
“I’m happy that your mom’s gonna find happiness again, I mean we can all feel Alpha Jarek’s love for her” she said.
I simply set my lips on thin lines and nodded slowly, she frowned at my expression.
“What’s up with your expression? Aren’t you happy your mom’s gonna be happy again?” she asked.
“I’m happy for her, but…” I trailed off.
We all want her to be happy, but we don’t know if this is really what she want too.
“… come on, I’ll go back to the pack with you guys, I wanna have a word with my mom” I said taking fast steps towards Donavon’s car.
Daphne caught my arm and pulled me back.
“Eh, what about your mate? Aren’t you gonna inform him before going with us?” she asked. “You know how he is at times” she added.
“You’re right, I should him a call first”
“A call?”
“Yeah”
“Why not mind-link him instead?”
“I’m not mind-linking him, I’m mad at him and I blocked him out” I replied.
Then quickly reached for my phone in my bag, I dialed Wymond’s number and waited for him to pick up, but unfortunately, he didn’t pick up.
Daphne and Donavon were busy pulling each other’s cheeks and sucking off their faces, I rolled my eyeballs and quickly turned away from them.
“Bloody hell!” I cursed quietly when Wymond didn’t pick up.
“What’s wrong? He’s not picking up?” Daphne asked when she noticed my displeased expression.
“No” I answered.
“Oh”
I tried the number again, but it still yielded the same result -he didn’t pick up.
“He might be busy” I said.
“Then call his assistant, he might be where your mate is” she suggested.
“Edward” a sigh left my mouth. “Yeah, Edward must surely be near him”
I quickly searched for Edward’s number, but just when I was about dialing it, I heard Edward’s voice behind me.
“Your highness” he called.
I turned around to face him, he quickly greeted me with a bow and smiled sheepishly at me.
“Edward? What are you doing here?” I asked him.
“Oh, his Majesty is busy with something and can’t pick you up personally today, so, he sent me in his stead” he answered.
Donavon cleared his throat which turned our attention to him at once, he raised a questioning eyebrow at me and nodded at Edward.
“Oh, this is Edward, minister of state affairs” I introduced Edward.
He reached his hand for a handshake, Donavon shook hands with Edward but he quickly faced me again.
“Minister of state affairs?” I nodded. “Well, I’m kinda lost here, there’s only one minister of state affairs in the entire supernatural world and he lives in the King’s palace…” he trailed off and looked between Edward and I.
We both nodded at him.
“Why is the minister of state affairs calling you highness?” he frowned slightly. “Don’t tell me you’re the Alpha King’s mate, are you?” he asked.