His Human Mate

Hazel's POV “Let’s play hide and seek” I said loudly. “Okay, then you will count to twenty then come and look for us” mom said to me. Hearing her words I started jumping in happiness. Dad grinned looking at my excitement. “Okay now turn around and cover your eyes princess. We will go and hide” Dad said. “Okay Dad” I said and turned around. I placed my tiny hands on my eyes and started counting. “One, two, three…..” “Twenty, I am coming” I announced removing my hands from my face. I looked around in the living room of our house to find my parents but I can’t see them. I giggled thinking about where they might be hiding and started looking for them. I looked in the entire house but they are no where to be seen. Suddenly my heart started aching badly, tears rolled down from my eyes. Unknown fear filled inside me. “Mom… Dad… mom… where are you?” I asked them loudly. Suddenly all the lights were turned off and darkness fell in the dead silent living room. Only sounds of my cries is echoing. “Mom please come out, I am scared…” “Dad where are you...?” I called for them in my cracking voice, trying to find them in this darkness which is eating me from inside. Tears are continuously rolling down on my cheeks. My blurry vision is desperately looking for my mom and dad. I took a breath of relief when I saw them standing at a little distance from me. “mom, dad” I screamed in happiness of finding them and started running in their direction but as I am getting closer to them, they are going further away from me. I increased my speed calling after them but they are going far, far away from me. I fell on the floor and my heart clenched in unbearable pain when they disappeared from my sight. “Hazel” I heard someone calling my name again and again. My eyes fluttered open to find my aunt looking at me with concerned eyes. I frowned and looked around to find myself sitting on the back seat of the car. My brother is sitting beside me, looking at me with worry written all over his face. That’s when memories of what happened till now came rushing to my mind. It was just a dream. “Are you okay dear” Aunt Olivia and my brother asked me in unison in soft tone. My brother wiped my tears, that’s when I realized I am crying. “I am fine, sorry for making you worry” I replied apologetically, wiping my face with my hands. “No need to be sorry dear, come out we are here” she said and got down from the car. I and Harry, my younger brother also came out of car. “Let’s go inside” she said with a kind smile on her face. We followed her and entered inside her house. It’s beautiful just like our old house. “Oh you are here, welcome home kiddos” Uncle Samuel said with a warm smile on his face. “thank you uncle” I and Harry replied in unison. “No need to be so formal kids, be comfortable, after all it is your house as well. Come I will show you to your room. You guys can get some rest” he said. We nodded our heads in yes. “See there are five rooms. Three room are upstairs and two are downstairs. Me and your aunt’s room is downstairs. Rose and Steve have their own rooms upstairs. So one room is vacant upstairs and one is downstairs. Hope you don’t mind” Uncle informed us. “Of course not uncle we are fine with any room” I replied. How can I mind such a small thing. They are doing so much for us. All I feel towards them is gratefulness. Uncle first took us to Harry's room which is downstairs beside the dining room. Then he showed me to my room which is beside Steve’s room. Steve and Rose are my cousins and uncle and aunt’s children. They are both nice but Steve is quite rude. But he is good at heart. Rose and I get along okay, not too close but not on bad terms. Once uncle left me to settled down, I looked around in my room. It’s pink walls are different than the blue ones of my previous home. But it is beautiful. By now you might have understood that we are moving in with my uncle and Aunt. If you are wondering why, then let me tell you. Last weak my mom and dad died due to an accident. It was raining heavily. I was cooking dinner when I received a call from hospital telling me my parents got in an accident. By the time we reached there, father has already passed away while mom was taking her last breath. She asked me to take care of myself and Harry, and told us how much she loved us. “I and your dad love you both so much” these were her last words. It was very difficult for me to accept the truth but I had to. I had to be stronger, if not for me than for my younger brother who is just sixteen. He was struggling to accept the truth just like me. My strong brother cried a lot after that day when we found out about our parents. We still miss them but trying to be strong for each other. Aunt Olivia is my mother's elder sister. She said that we should move in with them. At first I refused because I didn’t want to become a burden on anyone but later agreed when she kept insisting. So here we are, in the new house in a new town, Ashwood town. It is good actually because it would have been very difficult for me to pay all the expenses, including mine and Harry's study's expenses. Oh.. how stupid of me. I didn’t even introduce myself. I am Hazel Brown. I am nineteen. Just like my uncle and Aunt, I also belong to middle class family. But I never had any problems with my family background. I was always content with whatever my parents provided us. Uncle Samuel works in a company in sales department and Aunt Olivia works in a bakery as she loves baking. Steve is twenty one and Rose is seventeen. After arranging my clothes in the closet, I looked outside of the window. It’s evening already. I came out of the room. I went downstairs to find Uncle Samuel is going out with Harry. “Where are you going?” I asked him. He turned around to face me. “oh we are going to market to buy some vegetables. I thought Harry could accompany me and get familiar with the area” he replied with a gentle smile on his face. He reminds me of my father. “Oh ok” I replied. “Your Aunt has gone out as well. Do you want to join us?” uncle asked me. “No I am fine” I refused politely. I am feeling a bit tired. “Do you need anything. I will buy it for you” Harry asked me. “No, I don’t want anything. You guys enjoy” I said to him. He smiled and they left. I decided to take a look around. It is an average size house, just like we had. But my parents are not here. I still miss them a lot. I was standing in the garden when I heard the panicked voice of Rose. I rushed inside the house to find her breathing heavily. It seems she ran on her way. “Dad…. Mom” she called on top of her lungs still breathing heavily. She looks tired. Her eyes look red and puffy as if she was crying. “they are not at home, what happened?” I asked her in worried tone. “they…. they are… Steve…” she tried to speak but no words came out of her mouth properly. Fresh tears filled inside her eyes. “Take a deep breath and tell me what happened?” I asked again placing my hand on her back, rubbing it to calm her a bit. “Steve… got into fight… they are beating him badly” she said. My heart dropped upon hearing her words. “What, let’s go there?” I said. It’s not that I can fight but I can tell them to stop beating him. She nodded and started running outside, I was running behind her. Why would someone beat him? And why would he get into a fight in the first place? We reached near a park which is completely empty. We entered in an ally and my breath stopped upon seeing the brutal scene in front of my eyes. Two boys are kicking Steve, who is lying on the floor. Blood is oozing out of his mouth. There are many wounds on his body. Three boys are standing at some distance watching him getting beaten up with a smirk on their faces. How can someone beat other like this and how can those boys enjoy this? We ran in their direction. My eyes widened and a loud scream left from mine and Rose's mouth when one of them picked up a baseball bat, to hit Steve. “Don’t” I screamed loudly. Every pair of eyes turned in my direction. “Who the hell are you?” one of them asked me sternly at the same time I heard Steve's painful groans. So I ignored his question and went to Steve. I sat on the floor beside him. Rose also sat down on the other side beside him. Tears started flowing down from my eyes, looking at his condition. His entire face is covered in bruises. “Why the f**k you are doing this huh?” Rose shouted in anger though tears are flowing down from her eyes. “Because your brother is an a***le, and he needs to be taught a lesson” a boy with brown hairs and black eyes said. “What..” “Don’t fight with them Rose it is waste of time. We should take Steve to hospital” I said to her. There is no point in fighting with thugs like them. She looked at me and nodded. But before we could get up, a loud, deep voice asked, “and who told you that you can take him?”. I looked in the direction of that voice. My eyes locked with the most beautiful emerald green ones. He is staring at me without blinking. His gaze is doing something to me. His face is void of any emotions. His black hairs looks messy, as if he has ran his hand through them many times. “what else do you want, Emmett?. You have already hit him so badly” Rose yelled. I can sense fear, desperation and anger in her tone. But his eyes are focused solely on me. The way he is looking at me, it feels he can see my soul with his intense gaze. My breath hitched and heart beat increased when he started walking in my direction. He sat down on one knee in front of me and asked, “What is your relationship with him?” I frowned hearing his question. “Its none of your business, and we are taking him to hospital” I tried to speak in confidence though I am shaking from inside. I was about to hold Steve’s arm to help him get up as he won’t be able to do it without support. But before I could touch him, someone held my wrist in a firm grip. I felt sparks when his hand touched mine, but it seems only I felt them because he looks completely unfazed. “Leave my hand” I yelled trying to release my wrist from his hold but couldn’t. He tightened his grip but it is not painful. “what is your relationship with him?” he asked again but this time his voice is colder than before. His eyes are daring me to not answer. “Cousin, he is my… cousin” I replied. I don’t know why he is asking me this. He kept looking into my hazel eyes, searching for something. Maybe a lie. “your name?” he asked. “Why should i….” I couldn’t complete my sentence when he yelled making me flinch, “beat him until she answers my question” he said. His words caused fear to crept inside my heart. I saw one of them pulling a crying Rose away from Steve and another boy ready to kick him when I shouted, “Hazel Brown”. I took a breath of relief when that boy didn’t kick him and took a step back. My eyes again met with his green eyes, which are looking only at me ever since I came here. “you want to save him?” he asked pointing towards Steve. I nodded my head frantically. He gently wiped my tears with his thumbs. I so badly wanted to push his hand away from my face, but the fear of him telling them to beat Steve again stopped me. And this stupid tingles are making it difficult for me. Why the hell am I feeling sparks wherever he is touching me? “Okay, I will let him go but on one condition” he said. A lump formed in my throat and I gulped in fear. I have a feeling it is going to be something bad. And my feelings were right. My eyes widened and I felt my heart clenching in fear when he told me his condition, “BE MINE” Author's Note : Hi guys. it is the first chapter of the story. Did you guys like it? let me know in comments. Since English is not my first language, there might be some mistakes. I will try my best to reduce the errors. Thank you guys for giving my story a chance and reading it. Happy Reading! I hope you enjoy it till the end.