The King's Human mate

Shocking Realization

Laura P O V

She just kept tossing all night, sleep was far but the images of Chris kept coming. She kept seeing him anytime she closed her eyes. What was he doing to her?. She remembered everything that happened inside the elevator. The way he held her waist, when he placed her hands on his chest. the rapid beating of his heart. God, what was wrong with her? but every thing felt so good. But why? She wanted to see him, to look into that beautiful blue eyes again.

It was already morning and she needed to be in class. She had to thank Mr Brad for the exhibition and also apologize for leaving without saying goodbye. She was going to forget about her encounter with Mr Barchad.

She came out of her room, walked into the kitchen to prepare breakfast while waiting for Anna. She was preparing omelette when Anna entered the kitchen. "You didn't get much sleep last night" Anna observed. "it's nothing" she replied. "I guess I was just stressed from the whole exhibition" she continued. She placed a plate of omelette in front of Anna and one for her self. Anna takes a bite and looks oddly at her.

"You sure you okay?" she asked. She ignores her look and takes a bite from her omelette and spits it out in disgust. How could she use baking powder instead of salt. "Am really sorry" she packs the omelette off the table. "Laura, I want to talk to you" Anna leads her to the sitting room and helps her sit on the couch. She sighed "I know what am about to tell you might sound crazy but There are things in this world that looks different from what you see everyday, this is gonna be hard to explain" she said standing up.

"you seem more tensed than me". "Am not tensed, I really don't know how this is going to sound to you" she sit again. "The restlessness you feeling now is because of the mate bond, and it will only stop if you both are together. The man you met yesterday Chris Barchad is the king of all werewolves and lycans. You said he called you mate, which means he would be feeling the same way or even worse". Anna said.

"Are you crazy? Anna this isn't the time to joke about things. Werewolves and lycans! they are just fantasies for people to speculate on" she furiously stand. This wasn't the time to joke. "Laura listen to me, this isn't a joke" Anna tries to hold her arm. "Don't, just because some C E O tried to act funny with me doesn't give you the right to make fun of me" she states. "fun of you? you painted a beast you kept seeing in your dreams"

"Anybody can do that, it's called an inspiration. Just because I painted something doesn't mean it's real" she replied. Anna stared at her for a moment, she knew didn't want to believe her.

She starts to take her clothes off one by one. "Ann what are you doing?" she asked confusing. What was going on? She starts picking the clothes when she heard a growl "Leave it". She turns to see Anna, her eyes were different. It was glowing bright. Black Hair covering her naked body, until she turned into a very large wolf. She gasped and tripped as her best friend from high school turned into a wolf, a werewolf. Anna watched her with her glowing eyes. She moved slowly to were she had fallen.

Her best friend was a werewolf, now she understood why Anna was strong. She was strong to the extend that guys were scared of her. She slowly touched her face, her fur was soft. She was beautiful.

Anna shifted back to her human form, still looking at her. "Am sorry you had to find out like this" she said. "We just like to keep our identity secret".

"So Chris is also like this?" she asked helping Anna put her clothes back. "No, he is much more bigger and larger and can stand on his legs. He looks like your painting" she replied. Anna scanned her expression and giggled. "You're taking this better than I expected, ain't you scared?". "Of course am scared, I don't even know him and you just said he is way bigger than you". "No silly, I meant me. Ain't you scared that I shifted into an werewolf?" Anna asked. "Nah, you are my best friend, I can never be scared of you" she smiled.

"Even if I bring out my fangs and claws out and licking your face?" c*****g a brow. "Nope, not scared". "Really! what if I push you down and bite your legs off". "Maybe a little scared but I know you wouldn't.". "I know this is all new to you and I really don't know why the king's mate is a human but am sure the moon goddess knows what she is doing.He is your other half. The more you stay apart from him the more you grow weak and restless. The same thing goes to him but worse for him" Anna explained. "Worse? how?". "He is a lycan and also a king. He might go insane if he stays far from you. Which means he might be a killing machine to both humans and beasts" she explained further. "But what if I don't love him" she asked her best friend.

The ride to college was a short one, Anna kept reassuring her that everything will be alright. But she knew otherwise, she didn't want her fate to be tied to someone. The last time it was, she was abandoned in an orphanage home. And now some moon goddess thought tying her fate with someone she doesn't even know was a smart idea. The car had stopped and she stepped out, " Text or call me when you done Laura" she nods in reply as Anna zooms off.

"Hey Laura" a girl from her department called to her. "Hey Jane". "I heard your exhibition yesterday was a success and someone bought one of your work for a million dollars. Wow... " Jane exclaimed. "Thank you" she appreciated. "You know, you could start doing solo exhibitions or even introduce some of us to the buyer. I heard you were really close to him at the exhibition and went home with him" she said with an awful smile. She shots the girl a glare making her smile disappear. "Don't you have class to attend Jane instead of going around with false information and not minding your own business?" she asked. Jane looked around and scoffs as she walks away. She knew people were looking at her but it didn't bother.

She got to her class and met Mr Brad already there. "Good morning Mr Brad" she greeted. "Miss Laura, how are you" he asked. "Am fine, am really sorry for not letting you know when I was leaving." she apologize. "It's fine Laura, besides I saw you leaving with your friend Anna" he replied. Class started but her mind wasn't there. All that she was thinking about was what Anna told her, and who she was. With the mate thing and finding out her best friend was a werewolf, it was a bit for her. She wanted to be able to pick who she would love and spend the rest of her life with but like every thing else in her life, someone had to make her future decision. She didn't even know this man at all.

"Laura Hugh" someone taped her bringing her out back to reality. "Am so sorry" she said. "Please can you come to front?" Mr Brad requested. She slowly walked to the front anxiously. What did he want with her again, the last time he took notice of her It cost her sleep. "This article was written by Raven Charles and it praises our school for producing such a fine artist like Laura Hugh. This sets the bar for all of you as the next charity exhibition, five of you will be selected to show case your work" Mr Brad announces and held her hand. She was shocked and uncomfortable by his action but allowed it as the whole class cheered hearing the announcement. He turned and smiled at her but she looked away. The cheering died down but he was still holding her hand.

She was about to take her hand away from his when someone else separated it and pulling her into his arm. She remembers that touch as he whispered "mine" in her ear. He was glaring at Mr Brad like he could rip his head off. "what are you doing here" she asked. He turned his head sharply at her but his face soften as he sees her. His blue eyes was dreamy but snapped out of it. "Chris this is my lecturer, he was the one who gave me the slot to enter the exhibition" she tells him trying to reduce the anger he had for Mr Brad for holding her hands "We need to talk" he said.

After convincing Chris to wait outside, he left. The whole class kept gazing at her and murmuring. But she could hear them, it was like her ears developed more because she could hear there murmuring loud and clear. "so it's true, she did get close to one of the buyers" one girl said. "He is so handsome and manly. am so jealous" another girl said. "I didn't know she had a boyfriend, such girls are cunning and tricky, pretending to be a saint" a guy scoffed. They kept murmuring there own opinion. What was going on? How's it possible to hear everyone of them. The remaining time in class was difficult as the whole kept stealing looks.

She had taken Chris to the school park, it was one of her favorite place in the school. "Laura you are my mate" he told her. She stared at him for a long while not knowing what to tell him. Anna had explained it to her but it still didn't settle well. "What if I don't want to be your mate?" she asked. He looked taken aback and then angry. She flinched as he stands up roughly from the chair. "I wasn't asking you if that's what you want. I was telling you" he said angrily. "You can't force me to be your mate, I have the right to decline" she answered standing. She didn't want to be with a man she barely knew, she needed time to decide what she wanted. He laughed making her look at him with disbelief, was this funny to him.

"Am coming tomorrow to pick you up with your things. You moving in with me" he said turning to leave. "You're out of your mind if you think you can just walk into my life telling me what to do" she answered with tears pouring out of her eyes. He turned to look at her, he brought out his handkerchief and starts to wipe the tears from her eyes. "Am sorry if I sounded harsh to you, what do you want? he asked her calmly. She wasn't expecting him to ask her that but she was glad he did. She thought for a moment and let out a sigh, " I will move in with you but only because I have to" she replied.

He smiled at her and put a strand of her hair back. " am gonna drop you home, you haven't had enough sleep" he said walking her to his car. " Let me give your driver my address" . " No need, he already has it". She wanted to ask him how he got it as they both stepped in to the back of the jeep but she didn't want to start another argument with him.

They had barely drove out of the campus when she fell asleep with a smile on her face