Arabella’s point of view.
“You weren’t yourself at the table, did you find anything fishy?” Wymond asked me, we’ve retired to our room -the room Jones prepared for us.
There was a long pause as I was wearing a beauty facial mask when he asked the question, I quickly climbed onto the bed when I’m done and pulled the blanket up to my chest.
Wymond sighed impatiently.
“Can you answer me now?” he asked.
“Yeah” I leaned against the headboard. “I thought I saw someone like Ingrid”
His eyebrows furrowed in confusion.
“Ingrid? Who’s that?”
I gaped at him, don’t tell me he forgot her -wasn’t he the one who had her locked up for three days?
“She’s one of my schoolmates, you even had her locked up some weeks ago”
He tilted his head slightly, then he curved his mouth in an O shape as realization dawned on him.
“Yeah” I eyed him. “But I’m not so sure if it’s truly her, because I didn’t get to see her face..” I pouted shortly. “.. but my instincts keep telling me she’s Ingrid”
“Hold on, isn’t she an elf?”
“Yes”
“Then what’s her business with the vampires? Why’s she living among them?”
I shook my head.
“I don’t know, and like I said, I’m not really sure if the girl I saw was Ingrid”
He sighed.
“Then don’t worry yourself about it, I’ll take care of it tomorrow”
“No, don’t, I wanna investigate this myself, just focus on the plague and I’ll focus on finding out what Ingrid’s doing in the vampire kingdom. I….”
His glaring eyes cut me off, I didn’t realize I was sinking deeper into the blanket until my back met the bed and I blinked innocently at him.
“Don’t act on your own!”
“Yes, sir” I nodded dumbly.
“You must listen to every word I say and be obedient!”
“Yes, sir”
He glared at me once more, before turning off the table lamp and laid down.
“Let’s go to sleep, there’s a busy day ahead of me tomorrow” he said.
“Of course” I replied.
I quickly removed my facial mask, then laid down next to Wymond and rested my head on his chest, using it as a pillow.
★★★★★
(THE NEXT MORNING)
“Are you sure you’re not going on a date with another woman?” I teasingly asked Wymond while he was using his fingers to comb his hair backwards.
He stopped and turned around, he raised his eyebrows while his eyes trailed down my exposed legs -wow, they seemed longer and sexier this morning -did I grow overnight?
“I wouldn’t dare to date another when I have a beauty goddess blindfolding my eyes” he winked at me.
He leaned down and planted a lingering kiss on my lips, then winked at me again which made me blush very hard.
“Where are you going?” I asked.
“To check the sick clansmen” he answered, he turned back to the mirror and started unbuttoning his sweatshirt.
“Oh, right, that’s what we came here for” I grumbled.
I kinda forgot we’re now in the vampire’s kingdom for a second, pfft, what a waste of hotness this morning -i’m referring to the sexy man standing in front of me.
“Are you coming with me?” he asked me.
“Yeah” I answered readily.
I could see his reflection in the mirror, he set his lips on thin lines and stared at me, maybe he was expecting I’d reject his offer of coming with him.
I sprang up and jumped on his back, although my legs were still standing on the bed.
“You know we’re in a strange land, I don’t know or trust anyone here… so, it’s only safe and reasonable that I come with you”
“You’re just trying to convince me…”
“I’m not trying to convince you, we don’t know if Oak is here or what is his next plan” his brows furrowed immediately I mentioned Oak. “Remember I saw Ingrid here, I don’t know why she’s here or…. ”
I trailed off and jumped off his back onto the bed when a thought crossed my mind, instead of going with Wymond to check the clans, why not stay behind and investigate why Ingrid’s here in the vampire kingdom?
“No way!” Wymond suddenly shouted. “You’re coming with me and that’s final” he said.
What’s wrong with him? Wasn’t he expecting I’d reject his offer of coming with him?
His shoulders suddenly tensed, his ears perked up at once and he started sniffing around, until his eyes settled on my stomach, then he frowned slightly.
He leaned closer and put his ear on my stomach, as if he’s trying to listen to something. I raised a questioning eyebrow at him, with my hands folded behind me.
“You’re not gonna leave my sight from now onwards” he said as he straightened up.
“What now? Are you turning me into your prisoner?” I asked playfully.
“No, but it’s safe to keep you at arms length now” he replied seriously.
I scoffed.
“I thought you didn’t want me to come with you, why did you suddenly change your mind?”
“Nothing” he took his eyes off me and walked towards the bathroom. “I’ll feel more at ease when you’re by my side.. ” he turned slightly. “.. and leave Ingrate’s matter to me, I’ll handle it”
My lips twitched as I tried to hold back my laughter, I cleared my throat and asked.
“What’s my school mate’s name again?”
“Ingrate” he answered very boldly.
“Ingrate?” I asked again.
“Yeah”
I couldn’t hold it in anymore, I loose it and burst into an uncontrollable laughter as I fell back on the bed. He stared at me, feeling confused and lost as to why I was laughing.
Goodness, I can’t believe I’m crying and laughing at the same time right now.. what’s wrong with me?
“Babe, it’s not Ingrate, it’s Ingrid” I corrected him amidst laughter, I just can’t stop laughing.
He grinned mockingly.
“Oh, I know it’s Ingrid, but I feel more comfortable and prefer calling her Ingrate” he said which only increased my laughter.
My mate’s such a clown and I didn’t know until now, he’s so sarcastic.
“I think she looks like an Ingrate too”
“Right” he winked at me. “I’m gonna go take a shower, aren’t you gonna join me?”
I stopped laughing as he asked that question, my eyes moved to his overdue underarm hair and I glared at him -it’s not that overdue yet though, I’m just exaggerating.
“I’m not joining you with that thing” I pointed at his underarm. “Shave ’em up”
He perceived it and pouted his lips at me.
“It’s not smelling yet, just join me let’s save water…”
“No” I cut him off. “I don’t wanna save water, I’ll bathe after you”
He rolled his eyeballs and approached the bathroom.
“Did you just rolled your eyes at me?” I scoffed. “You’re such a disrespectful and spoilt brat, didn’t your mama teach you to show some respect to your elders”
“My mama died thousands of years ago, baby, you’re my new mama and you haven’t teach me anything good…”
He trailed off as he stopped by the bathroom door, he turned to me and his eyes moved to my stomach which made me subconsciously covered my stomach with my arms, as if I’m protecting something -but he quickly shifted his gaze to my face though.
“… all you’ve been teaching me is spanking of @ss, sucking and fuçking of pússy” he said.
My jaw dropped at his words, he said I’m the one teaching him bad things? He’s the ancient of days here, he’s the porn master here and I’m still trying to learn to catch up with him.
“I gotta freshen up” he winked at me and dashed into the bathroom.
I scoffed as I continued staring at the closed bathroom doors in dismay, he’s clearly the one teaching me every bad things I know today.
And secondly, why did he kept looking at my stomach just now? Could it be I’m pregnant?
Because I recalled Renee telling me that my chances of conceiving now that Wymond and I have mated is over 100%, and she also said I might get pregnant quicker than every other supernatural creatures because it happened with their mom and Wymond’s first mate.
According to her, Wymond’s first mate got pregnant three days after they mated, is it the same with me?
*Amy?*
*Yeah* she answered in a very tired voice.
*Can you feel something different in us?*
*Something different?*
*Yeah*
*No, I’m just feeling weak and wanna sleep* she answered then shut me out.
I huffed, what a lazy wolf. I guess I’ll get a pregnancy test after we’re done with the plague issue and see for myself.