15. Love

She stopped her little struggling and let him hold her, though her cheeks won't stop burning because of how close they are. 

She was in a fearful state all those while she used to hide in his arms so she didn't feel all these that she's feeling right now that she's no longer in a fearful state.

Once she's relaxed, Alexander begins explaining what mate is.

"A mate is a gift from the goddess. The moon goddess, Selena,  blessed every lycan and werewolves with a mate…"

His mate has lots of questions to ask as he explained in detail what a mate is and why it is a very essential thing in the life of both werewolves and lycans. 

A mate is like a better half and most werewolves and lycanthropes can't live without their mate.

He also explains the mate bond and how it always draws two mates closer to each other and also states many other things she should know about mates.  

Muriel asked lots of questions like how werewolves and lycanthropes came into existence.

Alexander was born a lycan, he tells her some of the things he knows about their existence. Some came from the stories his grandfather used to tell him and also the ones he learned himself. As a supreme alpha who has lived for years, he knows much about his kind. Like they have a long lifespan, they are shifters and they are incredibly stronger than humans with some supernatural powers. 

Most werewolves are not born as wolves but transform under full moon after being bitten by a lycan or another werewolf or they were born by werewolves. Whereas lycans are human-wolf hybrids and can transform at any time. He explained more to her as he knows a lot and Muriel was able to understand though she felt stupefied, she never knew things like this existed in this world.

Now that she knows everything about this man and what werewolves and lycanthropes are, and also learns that they won't hurt her, she feels more safe to be with them. But she believes that she's not ready to see them in their wolf form, it always reminds her of her parents death. Maybe she will be okay with it as time passes by but nevertheless, she can only assure being comfortable with this man and that woman that somehow looks like her mother, she can't say for sure about others.

"No more question love, let's wash you up," Alexander stopped his overly inquisitive mate from writing more words in her note.

Muriel blushed from the way he called her love, it sounds so pleasing to her ear.

But before he could carry her to the bigger bathtub, she stopped him once again with her eyes burning in curiosity. 

She has lots of questions to ask and her puppy sky blue eyes tell it off.

She showed Alexander the small note as he read what was written in it.

"What's your name?" 

Alexander smiles and sits back in the bathtub. 

"Alexander,"He replied with an enchanting smile. Why does he feel happy because his mate asked for his name? 

He knew that he felt so delighted by it as if he had won a lottery. Asking for his name may mean that she's interested in knowing more about him.

She nods but quickly scribbles once again in her note.

"You mean Alexander the great?"

Reading that sentence, Alexander couldn't help but chuckle vastly. 

His little mate is not only sweet but she's also funny. Does she believe that anyone that answers Alexander is Alexander the great?

"My teacher told me about Alexander the great, he was such a powerful man that did powerful things. I admire him and his story a lot." 

She has already written another sentence. It seems that she's so fast with writing.

Alexander dramatically became a little bit jealous, she shouldn't admire other people except him. 

"If you want I can be your Alexander the great, you can admire me instead." 

He said with a charming smile as if he's flirting. He waited for her to write.

"Really?" She has a lucid smile on her face.

"Yes," Alexander nods and her face shines more brightly in excitement and as usual, she quickly scribbles something on her note.

"You will be my Alexander the great, I can't believe that I've finally met Alexander the great!"

This time after reading her writing, Alexander laughs out loud. He couldn't hold back the laughter.His mate is definitely unbelievable. Now, she believes that he's Alexander the great her teacher told her about. 

Well, it is good. She should think of him as Alexander the great and forgets about the real Alexander the great. He doesn't want her to admire someone else, though Alexander the great was long dead he couldn't help but felt a bit jealous.

Muriel watches him with a puzzled look. Why's he suddenly laughing?

"Why are you laughing?" She wrote and showed it to his face to read.

"Because you sound funny."

"Why?"

Alexander wonders how he can answer this question. His little mate is so intriguing and she's also loquacious. He believes if she can speak, she will definitely be talkative.

"Okay, enough of the question, is time to take your bath," Alexander said but Muriel quickly shook her head negatively. 

"I still have many questions to ask you."

She let him read what she had written. 

"Let's save it for next time."

Muriel shook her head again as a stubborn little cat. Alexander found it adorable. He gave in to her demands and relaxed back to answer all her questions. He never knew he could be so patient with someone asking so many questions.

She smiles happily and scribbles something on her note. She seems like a curious person and likes it whenever her question is answered.

"Are you the one that saved me from that evil creature?" She asked through her writing.

Though she has presumed that he must be the one that saved her from those evil creatures, she still needs to confirm it with him.

Reading that question, Alexander recalled how that filthy witch nearly strangled his mate to death. He clenched his fist as he tried to control his anger. 

If he allows himself to drown more in anger, his wolf might try to take control because his wolf likes being the one in control whenever he's angry. 

If his wolf takes control, it will definitely scare his mate and he doesn't want that. He calmed himself and simply replied.

"Yes."

So he's the one that actually saved her. That means he's really not evil like those creatures as he said. 

"Thank you for saving me."

If not for him, she would have been dead by now so he deserves her appreciation.

Alexander smiled. "You don't need to thank me because saving you is also saving myself. I can't imagine myself living without you."