Choosing Mr. Destiny - Chapter 27: Chapter 27

Ashley's POV
"Wait! Hold on. What did you say?" I asked making sure what I heard was right.
"As much as I hate doing it with this a**hole, I have to. It's the only way for you to understand." Arthur said, which didn't even make a single sense to me at all.
I looked at him and Connor in confusion. "And why would it be the only way for me to understand? Are you saying that by showing me what ever guns you have down there will convince me a lot easier, Is that it?" I stated with sarcasm coating my voice.
"No. That's not what I'm trying to say." Arthur said shaking his head and I scoffed starting to get annoyed.
"Okay then. So what is it?" I pushed folding my arms.
"If I just explain it, I'm sure you wouldn't understand unless I do show you what I mean." He said making me roll my eyes at him.
I chuckled humorlessly. "So is this kind of a joke for the both of you? Are you two finally friends and decided to make fun of me? Is this a freaking prank or what-so-ever to you, cause I swear to god, I am not happy right now." I said not holding back. Obviously, they think this situation is a joke and I'm starting to get really pissed.
"No, Ash. I swear, I'm not making jokes or fun of you." Arthur defended stepping closer to me but I just stepped back away from him.
"You know what, I came here in this freaking forest with my boyfriend because he said he's going to tell me something. But then out of the blue, you magically appear practically telling me to watch the two of you strip right in front of me? That still doesn't sound like a freaking joke to the both of you?" I blurted out in annoyance.
"Ash, babe, I'm really sorry about this right now. I didn't mean it to turn out like this. If this f*cker didn't show up the first place then I would have told you everything by now." Connor said glaring angrily at Arthur.
"Well last time I remember, I never agreed of you telling my mate everything." Arthur spat back.
"I'm his f*cking boyfriend, you piece of sh*t. I have all the right to tell him." Connor retorted back with a fiery glare towards Arthur.
"And I'm his mate. And that makes me have all the right to tell him." Arthur said shoving Connor in the process.
I groaned as I glared at the two guys acting like kids in front of me.
God forbid, all hell breaks loose, I'm gonna pinch both their ears like how my Mom does it. And I promise them both, it won't be pretty.
"Are you two kidding me right now?" I intervened effectively snapping their attention back to me. "You two are fighting over something that doesn't make any sense right in front of my face? Could you be more immature than that?"
Arthur turned to Connor with a greeted teeth. "It's your f*cking fault." He said while shoving Connor again.
"Great! Now you guys are acting like kids. What's next? Fight over some stupid toy truck?" I questioned in frustration and annoyance.
"Ash I'm...." Connor tried but I immediately stopped him while putting my pointer finger up to shut him.
"No. I had enough of this. Might as well go back home and be inside my room. And when I say home, I meant home. I much rather be there than be in here." I said dismissively while turning around to walk back to the mansion.
"Wait no! Look, I'm sorry for how I acted but...." Arthur said while grabbing my arm stopping me on my tracks. But before he could finish, I immediately cut him off.
Snatching my arm from his grasp, I continued walking without giving them a second glance. "Save your sorry, cause I don't need it."
"Ash please." Arthur called but I didn't budge and continued walking.
"The two of you can continue killing each other for all I care." I stated in anger.
And with that, I walked without looking back at the two guys. I know I'm being stubborn and inconsiderate right now, but I just had enough of their constant childish fight over nonsense things. That's why I decided to distance myself from them for a while. I thought it would be a good idea just to save myself from more stress than I already have.
It's just that, everything is so confusing for me. And I'm tired, exhausted even.
My brain is so freaking tired of all this.
So maybe a little distance from them would hopefully alleviate the stress I'm currently having.
But of course, things never go the way we want them to be most of the time.
The idea of relaxing, and distancing myself away from constant stress instantly flew off the window when a large wolf with midnight black fur jumped out of nowhere, effectively startling me to near death and made me jump ten stories high off the dried leaves covered ground.
After being caught off guard, I quickly lost my balance. I stumbled back in my own feet and fell on the semi damp forest ground. As I landed on my butt, I was practically panting heavily like I just ran a marathon. And my heart felt like it's going to pop out off my rib cage and fall next to me on the ground from how erratic and fast it was beating.
I was shocked out of my mind that I feel like fainting. My mind felt foggy from what just happened and everything seems so unreal, specially the humongous wolf standing in all fours a few feet away from me.
"A wolf." I said breathlessly and I mentally slapped myself for saying that obvious fact.
How could I forget? I'm in a forest which means there are all sorts of wild animals running around freely doing their own thing.
Wow! I really am so stupid sometimes; well, most of the time.
How could I be so careless of my surrounding when I know for a fact that I'm currently in a forest basically left vulnerable to what ever threats are around. And now the consequence of walking out is right there standing a few feet from me.
I just hope I can get out of this goddamn forest alive, and get home to mama and papa safe without missing a body part. But at this very moment, I doubt I'll be making it out of here alive just from the look of the sheer size of the wolf. He can attack me without doing much and I'd be dead in a second.
As I fearfully stared at the wolf, I didn't realize that maybe I'm kind of challenging him for looking. Now that I noticed, I saw how he stood up majestically like he's the royalty in this woods, which I highly believe he is, just from his stature.
Without looking away from the wolf, I slowly managed to crawl backwards away from him in fear of loosing my dear life.
Now, I know I said before that I love wolves, but that was way different than this. This wolf looked like a freaking horse from it's size, which only made everything a lot scarier than it already is. And to be very honest, I haven't read and seen a wolf this size before. Which is why now it made me wonder and a bit curious as to how it manage to grow so much. Is this wolf some kind of an experiment by a scientist that escaped the lab and ran away? Or is this wolf one of those normal wolf specie but only a lot bigger and scarier looking? Either of the latter is possible, specially knowing what scientist are capable of. All of this can be mother natures work but there is also a chance that this wolf is a product of genetic mutation.
But as I looked at the huge wolf, I noticed that it was not showing any signs or gestures of attacking or harming me, which is kind of relieving at the same time suspicious as to what this wolf's mind might be thinking.
Thankfully, I love Biology and the study of animals which gave me the advantage of reading and observing their behaviors. Knowing well that wild animals can be very unpredictable, that's why now I wasn't sure if he's just passing by and patrolling his territory or actually on a hunt for food. And if it was the second option, then I am surely screwed if he really is on a hunt.
I may be skinny for my own damn good but I'm still edible ya' know.
Who knows what this monstrous wolf's mind is thinking right now. Chances are, maybe he's staring because I look freaking skinny and tiny that he's debating whether to eat me or not. And maybe because he thinks that I won't be enough for his huge appetite. Or maybe he thinks that I'm completely inedible overall.
The first option sounds acceptable but still hella scary. And also, I fear for my dear life so I'd rather choose to be unharmed, if I do have an option, that is.
"Please go away, I'm not edible." I said stupidly that I feel like even the trees around me would face palm if they can. And that's saying something, you know. Who would have thought that my stupidity could reach unimaginable heights that even myself was kind of surprised and shocked.
What can I say, that's one of my hidden talents that wasn't hidden after all. But mostly, my stupidity would make it's welcome whenever I'm in deep trouble just like right now.
I was snapped into the horrific reality once again when I felt something wet touched the right side of my face.
And after realizing what it was, I nearly died right then and there that I could even see my own name carved in a grave stone painted with bright purple paint and was decorated with rainbows and ponies.
Who wouldn't have pissed themselves off their pants when a carnivorous animal is practically smelling and licking your face ready to get a bite and a taste? To be very honest, I feel like I just peed a gallon of pee.
And because I'm basically dead anyway, I just decided to close my eyes and wait for my painful but quick death.
But surprisingly, it didn't happen.
I slowly opened my eyes to check and see if the huge wolf have decided to leave me alone and just continue hunting for a much more nutritious and delectable pray than me. But unluckily again, he was still there with his snout only a few centimeters away from my face, which only made the situation a million times more scarier.
By now, I was shaking like a leaf because of the fear of being eaten. Fear of dying and fear for my dear life over all.
Now I regret leaving Connor and Arthur. If I just took hold of myself and just remained cool, I would be completely okay and not in this sh*tty situation. But then If I stayed, I also have to deal with their nonsense childish bantering and them stripping right before my very eyes.
I was once again snapped out of my weird thoughts when something nudge my right cheek which I am sure the huge wolf did. And without control of myself, I let out a whimper of fear with my body still shaking like a leaf swaying under the intense gust of wind. But when I heard a whine, that's when I decided to open my eyes.
The black furred wolf was still standing there, But this time, with it's tail hanging between it's legs and with it's ears perked down.
I stared at the huge wolf oddly with my teary eyes. "You're not going to hurt me, right? You're just passing by and you'll leave me alone.....right?" I questioned but was only answered with a whine.
Then it made a few steps closer to me again which caused me to crawl backwards away from it. And right after my back hit a tree trunk, I knew I was cornered. Shaking heavily, I closed my eyes as tightly as I can, waiting for the attack that would surely come my way. But instead of an attack or a painful bite, I was given a lick on the side of my face and again, a whine.
As I continued breathing heavily, I looked at the wolf in confusion because of how weird it was acting. "Please don't hurt me." I whispered shakily and the wolf nudged my cheek again then rested it's large head on my lap. Then it let out multiple whines which I'm guessing was it's way of asking me to pet them.
"W-What do you want me to do?" I asked even though it was quite obvious the wolf can't respond back to me.
No wonder this wolf was so huge, it was a male after all.
He then nudged my arm and placed it above his snout which caused me to look at him in surprise.
He does want me to pet him.
A freaking horse sized wolf is asking me to pet him. How incredibly scary is that?
The wolf whined pleadingly again and well, who am I to not give in when he's giving me the puppy dog eyes which worked quite well with him even though he looked freaking scary at times.
Who would have thought a wolf his size was such a smoothy on the inside?
And for the first time since this huge wolf showed up and startled me to near death, I let out a giggle.
"Fine. I'll pet you but in one condition." I said and the wolf's head instantly perked up which I'm guessing is his way of saying 'what is it?'.
I know this may sound like the worst idea ever, but I still want to give it a shot.
I sighed as I kept my eyes trained on the gigantic wolf sitting in front of me.
"You will not hurt me and uhm....." I trailed off as images of what could go wrong flashed in my head, making me think of what I'm about to do for a second.
I just hope and wish this wolf is actually friendly like I thought it is and wouldn't even try harming me. But who am I kidding, this is a wild animal I'm talking about, and the chances of it attacking me is still a possibility. So, I have to really think it through if I wanna stay alive and get out of this forrest safe without missing anything in my body.
I sighed once again, seemingly made up the decision.
"I want you to...." I trailed off once again as I stared into it's eyes and hoping it somehow understand what I'm trying to say or at least meant.
This is stupid but I have to give it a try.
So without breaking eye contact, I breathed a sigh as I tried to will myself to relax a bit.
"I want you to give me a ride around the forest, then you'll take me home after." I said biting my lips praying that hopefully he'll say yes. Well not literally say yes but just give me a sign that he's okay with it.
And like I expected, he did gave me a reaction/ sign.
Well it was just a simple response, really.
He just barked loudly while still facing me, that's all. And of course, me being the puny human being that I am, almost had my eardrums blew up from the intensity of his sudden bark. Also, as I said, He barked while facing me right? Which means I had the honor to be able to smell his breath. And I'll just say it wasn't that bad at all. Know why? Well, it's because his breath was simply horrible and life threatening than him trying to eat me.
It smells like rotten fish that ate squid with a side of mayonnaise and mustard topped with onions.
That's how bad it smells.
"Ugh. What did you eat this morning? God your smelly mouth can kill any pray you want without you using your sharp teeth." I stated as I almost gagged while the wolf just looked at me weirdly with his head slightly tilted to the side.
I stared back at him with a raised brow and now that I was able to see the current situation I'm in right now, I realized that things had suddenly turned a complete one hundred eighty degrees from earlier.
A few minutes ago, I was a mess from being scared and now here I am with a wolf challenging me for a staring contest.
I smiled and let out a sigh of relief and started petting the large wolf's head with a slow stroke, which I'm hoping is a relaxing one for him. And I guess it was relaxing since I can basically hear him snore.
I looked down and there I saw the scary and giant wolf sleeping on my lap like he's a freaking lap dog.
"And now you fell asleep. And I'm pretty sure I will also have my lap and legs sleeping by the time you wake up." I said still stroking his large head.
After realizing that he's not going to wake up anytime soon, I decided to rest my head on the tree trunk and close my eyes so I can also have a nap.
As weird as it may sound, but I feel comfortable and safe with this wolf's presence. I don't know how to explain it but I just had that feeling. It's odd but I know it's there, which scares me.
As the days exhaustion was finally able to take control of my body, I let myself fall into a peaceful nap without caring and thinking about the odd feeling that I just had.
I was currently enjoying the feel of finally being able to have a much needed nap when something nudged me on the side of my face. And because I now know fully well who it was, I opened my still sleepy eyes and was greeted with the same large wolf from earlier who was now standing in front of me.
I stretched out my sleeping muscles and let out a yawn. "How long did I sleep?" I asked and me being the stupid one again, waited for an answer from a wolf.
I sighed. "Right. You can't talk obviously, so I'm just making a fool of myself for asking you something that you can't answer because you're a wolf, and clearly, wolves don't talk." I said with a slight chuckle.
Then the wolf motioned his head to the side and I immediately stood up after remembering that he agreed of giving me a ride around the forest.
Wait, did he even agree?
Well, how will I know unless he tells me. And like I said, animals don't talk. So, I'm just gonna assume he said yes, or else I'm dead. Who knows what this wolf is planning. Maybe he's gonna take me to his pack so they can share with his hunt? Let's just home it's not the case.
Blinking rapidly after shrugging those thoughts out of my head, I let out a huge sigh.
The wolf then lowered his body to the ground so I get to climb into his back. And once I was settled and sure enough to have a good grip on his fur, the wolf stood on all four legs.
"Okay Mr. Wolf, give me a tour around your territory."  And for once there, after he turned to me,  I saw an apologetic look on his eyes, which I have no idea what it was about and I just simply shrugged it off.
With that, he immediately took off into a full on sprint making me hold onto his black fur as tightly as I can so I won't fall, but not as tightly that I might hurt him.
He just ran for who knows how long with me riding in his back, having a good time. Surprisingly, he was kind of gentle to me when he ran so he won't cause me to slip from my hold on his fur and fall. It made me think that this wolf was somehow trained with how nice and gentle he is. I know he's a wild animal, but by how he's acting, it kind of give me an idea he's been with humans before.
It's funny how this wolf managed to scare the living daylights out of me a few hours ago but is now giving me a fun ride. What a complete 180, huh?
After a while of running, Mr. wolf came to a stop in a nice clearing with flowers scattered around, making the place look more nicer and beautiful, especially peaceful.
Then he crouched down so I can get off of his back and into the grassy ground. I looked up into the sky and saw blue starting to turn to a bright reddish-orange as the sun began to set.
"It's quiet here." I said still looking up into the sky. "And beautiful too."
I turned to the wolf and saw him sitting down on the grass while staring at me intently. His bright golden eyes was shining in awe which never ceases to leave me star struck.
His golden eyes were just simply mesmerizing, and it looked so magical under the soft lighting of the setting sun, making it a lot better.
"I feel like you're eating me secretly with that stare of yours." I said and I couldn't help but laugh at my own words.
Mr. Wolf then stood up with all his four legs and continued staring at me intensely making me fidget on my feet where I was standing.
"Please let it not be the fact that you're actually thinking of eating me right now." I said as the feeling of earlier came back into my system.
Then oddly, the wolf started to walk backwards and stopped until he was a good ten feet away from me. After cutting his gaze from me, he suddenly bowed his head at me and then he laid on the grass with me watching him intently in utter confusion.
What the heck is he doing? I asked merely to myself than to the wolf that was starting to act weird again.
But then something started to happen. Which I never in my entire life expected would ever happen. Like ever.
His black midnight fur that I was once holding onto when he gave me a ride, started to fade and was slowly replaced with a tanned skin. And his wolf body started to shrink into something like in a human form. Which had me staring at him with wide shocked eyes, that even if I badly wanted to run away, I couldn't, because I feel like my feet was glued to the very ground I was standing.
As I remained glued to my spot, my eyes was also glued to the wolf that was slowly transforming to something I'm afraid he'll transform into. Then suddenly, as uncomfortable as it may sound, every bones in his body started making this cracking noise which caused me to wince and cringe, but my eyes still trained solely to him. And then the snout that he once had and he used to lay on my lap, have unbelievably turned into a face that only caused me to be shocked even more than I already am.
Seeing something as unbelievable as a wolf transforming to a human was already shocking enough for me. But why does it have to be someone I knew.
There, standing a few feet away from me was Arthur in nothing but his birthday suit. But the obvious naked view didn't snap me from my shocked state. Instead, I remained staring at him without batting an eye just to make sure what happened was not my imagination. That it wasn't my mind making all these. And that all this was actually happening and what I just saw was a wolf transforming right before my eye into a human being.
"Ash." He said as he stepped closer to me without a care that he's basically naked.
"Stupid question but I just got to ask." He paused as he walked towards me and I, again, fell to the ground and stumbled with my own feet clumsily.
After seeing my shocked and scared face, he stopped on his spot and looked down at me worriedly.
"Don't be scared Ash. It's me, Arthur." He said as he knelt in front of me and wiped a tear on my cheeks that I didn't know had fallen. "Are you okay?" He asked gently while cupping my cheeks with his large hands.
"You." I began still out of breath. "You, you're.... You're not human." I said with an erratic beating heart. My head felt so light like it was filled with nothing but air.
"That's what I was going to show you when I said I have to strip off, and not because I was making fun of you." He admitted as he looked at me with worried gaze.
"Y-You were a w-wolf and, and then you.... you turned i-into a human." I said in a daze with my face still in shock. My voice was shaking uncontrollably.
"I know. I didn't mean to do it like that. I was suppose to ask for your permission if I can show you but you walked out. I'm so sorry." He apologized as he place a chaste kiss on my forehead.
"W-What are you?"
He smiled as he rubbed my cheeks in hopes to comfort me.
"I'm a werewolf." He answered in near whisper while staring straight into my eyes. I was convinced he wasn't lying as his eyes only showed nothing but honesty.
"But t-they're not r-real."
Arthur gave me a small smile. "I know it's hard to understand and accept things right now, Ash. But all of these are real. I am real."
I shook my head slightly as I tried to comprehend what was happening.
"B-But they are just myths m-made for children? Werewolves are made f-for their bedtime s-stories; well, kinda. But, But it's..." I said struggling to find the right words to say.
"Well then I must say they made a pretty cool myth for kids." He said with a smile again in hopes of calming me down a little bit.
I looked down to his well toned chest, suddenly feeling weird to look him in the eyes.
"I'm so sorry if I scared you like that, Ash. I really do." He apologized genuinely with a look of apology on his face.
I nodded even though I was still physically shaking because of what just happened.
"I will explain everything to you later when I know you're fully okay." He stated. "But for now, I had to make sure you're completely fine." He added as he placed a tender kiss on my forehead again.
"I-I'm fine." I told him as I forced myself to take calming breaths.
"You don't look fine." He stated.
I looked up at him and that was the time when my vision started being invaded by huge black dots. The feeling of dizziness suddenly starting to consume me.
"Sh*t." Arthur exclaimed as he held my head preventing me from falling back and hitting my head on the ground.
"Ash can you hear me?" Arthur said in panic. But as his voice enters my ears, the sounds feels like it was slowly fading.
Then, the black dots that was once interfering my vision fully engulfed me and consumed me completely with darkness.
And the last thing I heard was Arthur shouting "mate" at me before I was fully consumed with unconsciousness. And I just welcomed it, specially when I know I'm utterly exhausted, physically and mentally.
I woke up with a slight headache. I slowly sat up on the bed I was laying. The headache suddenly intensified a little as I moved my head.
As I laid my throbbing head on the bed's headboard, I tried to remember earlier's events.
Everything went in a blur and here I am, still left in the dark confused and wasn't able to understand every single thing.
But atleast I got the answer that I asked for. I asked for the truth and Arthur gave it to me in a way I didn't expect him to do. I mean, I just saw his not-so-little junior and his glorious body that was really worth swooning for, but then that was beside the point. What I'm trying to say is that, at least Arthur had the heart to tell me himself when my own boyfriend didn't even say a single word of him being a werewolf all this time.
But then I also have to remember that Arthur interfered when Connor and I were talking. He was about to tell me the truth but Arthur had to come barging in to our conversation.
Now with that in mind, I was once again confused.
Connor said he had the right to tell me because he's my boyfriend. But as for Arthur, he said he's my mate so he had the right to tell me the truth and not Connor.
I sighed.
I don't know what to think anymore.
Also, now that I thought deeper about the mate thingy, it just makes me want to slap myself so hard in the face for not piecing all the puzzles together.
All this time Arthur has been mentioning about mates. And I just realized that wolves have their lifetime mate, and all I did was shrug them all like it was nothing......
Wait.
Wolves have their lifetime mate. And Arthur kept calling me his mate. So that only means.....
Oh dear.
Holy mother of vaginas.
I'm Arthur's mate?
Crap.
I blinked as another realization hit me like a damn train.
What about Connor? He also calls me his mate? So does that makes me the mate of two people? But that's kind of awkward to think about. And isn't it unnatural for two people to have one mate? Even wolves doesn't have that kind of thing.
So, is it possible?
But then I also have to consider that if Connor and Arthur shares one mate -if it's even possible, that is- then why do they hate each other so freaking much?
Just damn.
This is a lot more complicated than solving a problem in trigonometry.
I'd rather solve any mathematical problem than face all this crap.
But then again, it's not like I have any choice. All I can do right now is just face it all as an adult even if I'm barely stepping to adulthood. Well, that was part lie. But still, it's way too early for me to have all this issues in my plate all at once. However, as what I have said, I have no right to complain.
It is what it is.
Now one thing I have to deal with, are my thoughts that are still going as fast as the light travels.
And what's worse is that, whenever I try to calm my mind, all this thoughts only worsen, making my headache follow afterwards. If I didn't have the answer I needed right now, I'm sure I'll loose my mind any minute that passes. Also, I need to take a medicine for this freaking headache.
Stepping out from the bed I'm not familiar about, my headache instantly went up to unbelievable heights making me groan and hold my head. I looked around and literally saw everything moving and turning. So to save myself from fainting and falling on the concrete ground face first, I decided to close my eyes to prevent myself from getting even more dizzier.
When the headache and dizziness subsided a little, I turned my attention to the open door to my right which I'm guessing is the bathroom. And because my bladder needed some little help, I slowly stood up and walked my way into the bathroom to pee and maybe fix myself up. After finishing my business, I went in front of the mirror and saw my awful reflection. My face is a mess, so is my hair and my shirt was all crinkled up.
I sighed and stared at myself on the mirror.
My eyes looked so stressed and tired, making all the dark bags even more visible. Sighing again, I turned the tap on and washed my face with warm water.
"Ash, are you in here?" A voice suddenly spoke inside my room as I was just wiping my face with the face towel in my hand. It felt so amazingly soft on my skin.
"I'm in here." I responded tiredly and heard footsteps heading towards the bathroom where I'm currently in.
Arthur peeked on the door making sure I'm decent before he entered and went straight to me with a worried face.
"Are you okay?" He asked. "I was scared when you passed out earlier." He said staring into my eyes.
"I-I'm fine now. Just a l-little headache is all." I  shyly stuttered a response.
He sighed in relief and engulfed me into a hug while wrapping his arms around my waist, catching me off guard again for a second.
Should I even be hugging him when I know for a fact that I have Connor as my boyfriend?
"I'm really sorry if you passed out because of me. I didn't consider the consequences before my actions and now I just caused you more stress." He whispered apologetically near my ear and there I decided to hug him back as I wrapped my arms around his torso.
As odd as this may sound but I feel comfortable under his embrace. I know I already have a boyfriend but it's not wrong to be thankful towards Arthur, right?
"It wasn't your fault. In fact I should even thank you for doing what you did."
After I finished my sentence, Arthur slowly pulled away from the hug to look at me with his face in obvious confusion.
I smiled up at him without even realizing that my arms are still wrapped around his torso. "I wanted to say thank you because you told me the truth..." I trailed off as I stared into his eyes and slowly getting lost in them. " I uhm, I also want to thank you for telling me who you really are."
"So you're not.. afraid of me? Of my kind?" He questioned and I responded him with a slow shake of my head.
"I uhm, I love wolves actually." I admitted shyly as I forced myself not to look at him in the eyes.
"Really?" He asked and I slowly nodded my head while looking at his chest.
That is one muscular chest.
I blinked.
Bad brain. Bad!
"Yeah. I've loved wolves since I was a kid." I spoke. "I just think they are magnificent beings."
He smiled widely. "That's great."
I smiled back as well. "So uhm..." I trailed off as I kept my gaze on his chest. "You're an A-Alpha right?"
He gave a nod while sporting a soft smile. "Yeah, I am."
I pursed my lips, suddenly finding his shirt interesting as I kept my eyes on it.
I wonder if he's gonna take it off again?
Uh no. Bad thoughts. Bad brain. Bad, bad, bad!
"O-Okay." Was my response before I decided to look up at him through my lashes.
"Which makes you the Luna." He spoke still smiling softly.
Me, a Luna?
I don't think that is such a good idea.
I can't even manage to lead a group project properly, what more hundreds and hundreds of people?
Me being the Luna just screams disaster itself so maybe I can just stay as his mate and that's it? With that, disaster won't be upon those under my lead. I'll just give those kind of things to Arthur seeing as he's completely able to handle such role.
"But anyways, we will discuss those matters in the near future when you're ready. But for now, I want you to get some more rest." He said changing the subject.
He probably saw my face deep in thought.
Well, I'm grateful he smoothly changes the subject, because I know I'm nowhere ready of accepting the Luna duties what so ever.
I looked up at him and met his gaze, feeling grateful for not pushing the subject any further. I know we'll have to talk about it at some point, but at this moment, I just want to take my time and take things slow.
I'm very new to this and I still don't know what to think and what to believe. Seeing as werewolves are true, could it be possible that more mythical creatures, I thought to be just mere myths, are actually real? Like vampires, witches, sorcerers, and other weird looking monsters?
Right now, I don't even want to know because I don't think I'm ready enough to find out if any of those creatures are actually existing alongside with humans.
With a sigh, I gave Arthur a smile as he led me out of the bathroom and into the bedroom. Once the bed was in front of me, Arthur took me by surprise as he scoped me up bridal style and gently placed me at the center of the bed.
"You didn't have to...." I started but he cut me off before I gets to finish what I was about to say.
"I want to." He said. "It's the least I can do to help you out a little. I've already caused too much stress on you." He said shamefully.
"You didn't do anything wrong Arthur." I told him.
He gave me a small smile.
"I don't know if I'll ever believe that." He said before he gave my forehead a tender kiss. "Rest. I'll make sure there will be food prepared for you when you wake up."
He went towards the bathroom and came back with something in his hands. He placed what looked to be painkillers, on top of the drawer, right next to the water bottle.
"I'll put this here if in case your headache never leaves." He said before we walked out of the room without saying anything else.
Once he had the door shut behind him, I relaxed my body into the soft mattress under me and heaved a sigh of relief.
When I was about to finally drift off into a peaceful slumber, a sudden knock on the door woke me right back up.
"Come in." I groggily called to whoever was behind the door.
"Babe?" Connor's voice spoke, making me sit up on the bed.
Right after his eyes landed on me, he quickly went towards the side of my bed with worried expression visible on his face.
"I'm so sorry for what happened." He apologized as he held my hand.
I bit my bottom lip as I ponder on whether I should ask him the question that was running in my head for a while since I woke up.
"Why didn't you tell me?" I finally asked.
He didn't answer right away as he stared into my eyes, still sporting that worried look.
He sighed. "I didn't know how to." He said. "And I was scared you'll run away from me. But above all, I was terrified of how you'll react that you might end up rejecting me." He said sadly as he avoid my gaze.
"But still Connor. I have the right to know."
It may sound hypocritical of me to say that since I too, have something hidden that Connor deserves to know. But that's different. At least that's what I think.
"I know baby." He said shamefully. "That's why I feel so sorry for not telling you sooner. I know you deserve to know everything and I promised to tell you nothing but the truth, but I failed. I'm so sorry."
"And is it true?" I questioned making him look at me in the eye.
"What is?"
I bit my lip, preparing myself.
"That I'm Arthur's mate?" I spoke, visibly catching him off guard.
He didn't answer right away as he cast his gaze down once again.
"I want to know the truth Connor. That's all I'm asking." I said.
"He doesn't know what he's talking about." Was all he said as his expression turned to anger.
"Then why is he telling me I'm his mate if I wasn't?"
He looked at me in the eyes before he answered.
"Because he's trying to take you away from me. He's trying to ruin what we've built together, babe. There's no other reason but that." He said.
"Is it really? Or is there something else that you're suppose to tell me?" I pushed.
He shook his head.
"What else could it be Ash? It's obvious he's trying to get you. From the start, since you two met, he's been trying to take you away from me because he obviously likes you. He's willing enough to ruin our relationship just so he can have you." He spat angrily before shaking his head once again, in hopes of calming himself down. "We'll talk about this more when you wake up." He said as he stood up.
I didn't utter anything else because I didn't want to worsen the situation. If there is anything I'm suppose to know, I'll find out when there's a lot of people willing to tell me apart from Connor himself. I feel like there are some parts he's leaving unsaid. Something he doesn't want to tell me.
But I'm sure I'll get everything enlightened when the time comes. For now, I have to get myself some rest or I won't be able to function well if I want these questions running in my head to be filled with answers soon.
And so even with millions and millions of questions blazing inside my brain all at once, I forced myself to shut off, just for the sake of my own well being. And that's when I drifted off into a slumber, though not so peaceful, but enough for me to regain some strength.