Chapter 9

ARIEL

Lessons drag and it's lunch time,i serve my food and sit with anna with his mate and his two friends,they're both from our neighbouring pack.

"Are you moving " i ask her while eating

"Probably but not today,this is aoron"she points to a boy with dark hair and blue eyes he's cute,"and he's liam" she points to the other one with brown hair hes cute too "and you met jack my mate,guys this is ariel my best friend" she introduces

"Hi" i wave slightly smiling at them.

"You are beautiful" aoron says and i smile blushing slightly

"Wow! Your smile is beautiful too" this time is liam

Oh boys! am sure my cheeks are so red i feel them.

Just then a growl sounds behind me and jace holds me tightly breathing heavily.

What now

"Mine" he growls with his face in my neck inhaling my scent

Ofcourse i have a mate,can't get complements anymore.

He's such a party pooper.

After he's calm,he settle in the sit next to me with his hand still on my shoulders while glaring af aoron and liam.

What's wrong with him,it's not like they did anything wrong,complements aren't bad.

My brother and justin joins the table ryan sitting on other side making me between him and jace.

"Hey sis" he says eating my food, i hate it when he does that,i wonder just how much appetite he has,come to think of it i have never seen jace eating,just like right now he has no food maybe school's food disgusts him, who cares anyways.

He's on his phone like always while holding me protectively,i wonder what i meant by needing space maybe i was talking to myself after all.

Because luck is always on my side,layla walks over our table and i feel jace tense.

"Jace baby you didn't call me,i have been waiting " she says sitting on his lap and everyone tenses staring at her with wide eyes.

Wow!

She knows he's mated and am right next to him but it doesn't bother her at all,is she that desperate or she wanna test me?

'Let me eliminate her ariel'

' lucile no we are at school'

'She's a threat and if he doesn't do anything i will'

I don't realise am breathing hard till ryan holds me with my face in his neck.

My head starts hurting,i hope nothing happens, we are in the school cafeteria for moons sake.

"Get off me right now" i hear jace voice from far

"But baby.."

"Get off bitch" justin cuts her off and i hear her footsteps fading

"She's gone calm down" ryan whispers

I feel something wet from my nose and am shocked to see blood..am nose bleeding?

Ryan looks at me worriedly,wiping it away still hiding my face, my head is hurting badly,i feel like it's gonna burst.

"Your eyes, what's wrong sis?" he whispers worriedly i know they're red now.

'Please lucile,don't do this to me' i beg silently

"Is she okay,i smell blood,baby?" Jace says behind me,i don't look at him

"Ryan its lucile she needs blood " i whisper for only him to hear,he nods grabbing my hand

" Let's go" he leads me out to the deserted part of the school, thankfully no one is here,l know they are following from the footsteps behind but i don't wanna look back.

"Hey you will be okay alright? go ahead i will cover you" ryan says after we reach the private area,it's my first time taking blood and shockingly its actually sweet, just like quenching thirst with water, i wonder what animal it came from,i thought it will disgust me but no.

After am done i rinse my mouth with water and take deep breaths,i feel calmer now,i don't even know for how long i will be calm before something happens again,him being around me is bad news, i wish he was just like other normal mates.

"You feel better now?" ryan asks joining me,i silently nod,we stay silent everyone to their own thoughts,like i predicted Justin,jace and anna followed us,jace looks at me with guilty and regret in his eyes and i look away, i wonder if he saw me taking blood,at this point i don't really care what he might think, am whom i am take it or leave it it's up to him.

"Can i talk to her?" he asks ryan who only glares at him without saying anything, he excuses himself followed by justin and anna,i know he doesn't like how things turned up.

Jace stands infront of me silently for a while, his eyes on me.

What now

" Baby,i don't even know what to say,i hate hurting you and i don't even know how to stop please forgive me?" he begs his eyes becoming glossy.

What should i say

" Look mark me,if you want to know am serious babe,you are the only one i want,no one will come near me if am bearing your mark and am done with everything please do it"

No,i want to mark him but not because of insecurities,i wanna mark him because i want to be with him and not like this,this is not how i want to mark my mate,i should mark him because i love him and he does too.

He grabs my hands placing them on his cheeks,his body is so warm and this closeless is messing up with my head.

"Not this way jace " i whisper

"What should i do then?" he whispers moving more closer

Please don't

He brings our foreheads together and i breath in deeply,his scent is everything, and i hate that it makes me weak.

"I don't know jace, you hurt me" my voice breaks

"Am only yours baby,i promise,i will make sure you never hurt again trust me" he murmers

I don't bother looking at him, i don't wanna see his eyes cause they'll make me give in easily.

"Look at me babe" he whispers and i can't help but do,he releases the tears he was holding and it breaks me,i knew it.

"Trust me" he says and i nod,i really do beleive him,there is sincerity in his eyes and the tears, i hate the mate bond.

"Am sorry " he wipes away my tears sniffling,he looks sad and it pains me to see him like this,i don't want to be the one causing his tears even though he causes mine, i use my thumbs to wipe them away,we stare at each other silently.

"You are so beautiful " he mumbles carressing my face with his thumbs "can i hug you please?" I nod and he holds me tightly burrying his face in my neck inhaling deeply ,his tensed body relaxes and mine does the same,it's the mate bond.

After what looks like forever,he pulls away kissing my head.

"Ariel come on someone is here for you" ryan breaks our little moment and i look at him confused who would want to see me during school hours.

"Who is it" i ask as ryan lead the way

"The luna" oh jace's mum,i have never really talked to her, maybe she knows am her son's mate,news travel fast but sadly it does nothing to the desperate shewolves,she's standing beside her luxurious car and smiles when she sees her son holding my hand,i didn't even realise that until now.

"Mum is everything okay?" He asks his mother

"Everything is fine son i was going to the mall and thought of taking ariel with me,is that okay honey" she addresses me with the last statement

Oh no, i hate shopping.

Wait is she mad am being hard on jace and she wants to take it out on me when we are alone?

" Mmh sure" i say hesitating

"Am coming along mum" jace says when he senses my hesitation

"No way,it's a girls out and you will ruin it,come on honey i won't bite" she says dragging me with her,i look at my brother for help but he smirks at me,

Idiot,wait until i come back

"Go easy on her mum,you'll be fine okay?" He says kissing my head, i nod with a small smile

"Men knows nothing about girls time" she says dramatically making me chuckle

"So honey, how's is everything" she says driving away

How's is everything?let's see i don't even know,am not sure of anything

"Everything is hard" i answer honestly

"Listen honey, he's my son and am not overlooking his mistakes but i know him very well,he's been waiting for his mate since he shifted and i know those girls means nothing to him,he was just a teenager doing what he thought was right please forgive him,i have never seen my son so broken like this 2 days,the idea of hurting you hurts him too and he's sad right now,i don't want to see him that way please give him a chance"

Wow!

What a good son

"I know you are a good girl honey and am happy he was mated to someone like you,i heard what happened today, and layla with the others i will personally handle them,i know he will never do that since you are here, please think about it yeah?" she finishes packing her car in the malls packing lot, i didnt even realise we are here.

"Yeah,i will"

"Come on we have shopping to do, then our nails and hair"

It will be a long day,i hate the hustle of shopping,most of my things mum always shops for me,she knows what i like so its always easy,but today there is no escape.