The Alpha's Contractual Human Mate

Beside Him

“W-what?” I asked her again raising my voice from shock and confusion but she just smiled and went straight inside. What the hell was that? I shrugged my shoulders and urged inside to talk to this woman forgetting my other agenda. Danica is my co-worker at the publishing company. We supposed to be walking home at that night I met Dion but she needs to come to her parent's house for the anniversary celebration. She's my bestfriend and only closest friend so I wonder how she managed to follow and come here like that. I was bullied for being human and she can walk freely in here. Does that mean she's—

“I heard you have a hard time here.” She started, sitting on the couch like it's her own house picking a book and turned the pages while waiting for my answer.

“How did you managed to come here? I mean, they are not humans Danica! Imagine, they are not humans because they are werewolves! WEREWOLVES!” I went to her side trying to get sympathy or the same expression but she remained in there. I stopped and looked at her with realization, “Wait, does this mean you already know about this creatures?” She looked at me boredly and nods her head. What the hell.

I was left speechless. Derah looked at the both of us like she's deciphering what we are talking about.

“Are you one of them?” I asked after few minutes. She closed the book in her hand and throw it somewhere.

“Actually, it wasn't my parent's anniversary. It's an emergency. A werewolf named Greg attacked a resident's pack house and one of my brother was hurt. I calmly told you that night that it's my parent's anniversary. I am one of them.” She explained casually watching my expression.

“I-I'm sorry Danica.” I frustratedly pulled my hair when I felt the guilt strikes me again. “I'm sorry.” I murmured once again. “I'm sorry for healing Greg and helping him escape in Dion's arms.” I looked at her and ran our distance, hugging her.

“Shhhh, it's okay. It's already in the past.” She rubbed my back and we let go of each other.

“I heard you are taking lessons and shits from Alpha Logan. Aren't you bored?” She asked raising her brows at me.

“I'm bored as hell. I don't want to study again for Pete's sake Danica. We've been to school for how many years and now they are forcing me to this.” I groaned kicking a book from the ground and it flies somewhere making a this noise.

“And Dion? He's your mate?” Danica looked at me with prying eyes, trying to catch me on my own mouth. I smiled at her and answered the lie I'm used to. “Unfortunately, yeah. He's my ma—”

“Don't fool me, Ariella.” She angrily spatted.

“Derah, can you leave us alone here?” I shooed away my maid and gladly she understood what I said to her. That's once in a blue moon.

“We've been friends for so long and I know when you are lying and I am sure you are now, Ariella!” Danica's voice bombarded in the whole library room right after Derah closed the door.

“Can you please tone down your voice, Danica?!” I pleaded to her but it only add fuel to her anger. She grabbed my hand and look at my palm. “You both have an oath.” she whispered to herself.

“F*ck Dion and his free life! How can he do this to you? You are not a thing to use and throw after he benefited.” She angrily cursed.

“It's fine. I'm fine, really.” I reassured her by showing the curves in my lips. “Don't worry, Dion already found his mate.” I revealed to her. Her eyes rounded and look at me in disbelief.

“How about you?” I shrugged my shoulders at her question. “Even on me, it remains a question. Dion introduced Bella as his mate but they left afterwards without any more words to explain what will happen next. If I am still needed or not.”

“That's the reason why Dion is nowhere to find these past few days. He's either at the borders or somewhere. He's meeting with her.” Danica voiced out her thoughts while holding her chin using her fingers like she's thinking deeply and acting like an investigator.

“And you are here to study instead of that woman.” She stated and I nod in response.

“I don't hold any grudges to them. They are both destined and mates, so yeah...they should be together until the end.”

“Shut up Ariella. Why everything seemed to be okay with you? Please be selfish sometimes and think about yourself! What you want. What you really wanted to do and feel without thinking of anyone around. Be selfish, Ariella. That's the reason why people can easily come to you and often take advantage of your kindness.” she angrily preached with continuous blabbering of her philosophy.

“But I think...I think I know who's my mate.” I quitely half whispered, half shouted. Danica stopped her blabbering and looked at me with disbelief. Her eyes rounded that looked like her ball of orbs will fall.

“You have a mate?” She asked and I nod at her. “I'm not sure but I felt something different when he touches and embrace me. I don't know what it feels like to have a mate but I can the bond between us.”

“Who's the unfortunate guy?” she joked. I pouted at her and she calmed down a bit, smiling at me.

“Harrison”

“Harrison?! Oh my gosh, Ariella. Of all people, why him?! I think you really are cursed for having him and being tied to Dion right now.” She brought her palm on her face and frustratedly look at me. “Are you serious?” she asked once again.

“Yeah, but I am not sure if it's a mate thing.”

“I think I need to see Harrison these coming days. That idiotic guy who loves to fought and involve himself into trouble doesn't deserve you as his mate.”

“but I'm still not sure! Don't directly ask him” I begged.

“Sure thing”, she replied with assurance.

We started to caught up with each other after a few days of being away to each other. I never thought in my life that she's one of them. I realized those things she's done extraordinary, events that she's gone unexplainably. I never saw them as clues. I never saw her as different as me.

“You said something when you came in”, I opened the topic to her once again. I am curious and I wanted to know the truth why she knows about that. Is she relative to red-glowing eye wolf?

“That's nothing important. It's just random thoughts of mine so never mind it.” She smiled at me fakely.

“You know everything about me Danica, aren't you?” I asked seriously at her. She smiled at me and stand up on her seat, she rumbled my hair and was about to left when I stopped her.

“You know that man.” I stated at her. I am desperately wanting her to tell me the truth and spill whatever she has hiding.

“You'll know in perfect time, don't rush.” She smirked and hugged me quick before she left me there. With thoughts of her words.

I stepped out of the room and I saw the bodyguard, he's watching everyone. His eyes started to follow Danica that made me raise my brows. Do they have something?

After when Danica can't be seen in the long hallway, I felt someone staring at me so I roamed my eyes only to find out one person, my bodyguard. He's now looking at me. He's a few meters away just like what I requested. I stared at the bodyguard again, the red eyes. He's that man.

I know what he's up to. He wanted something that involves me. And I will figure it out. I don't know if he's enemy or not.