Mine
Chapter 26

The whole pack shuddered at the sound of that howl. They could recognize the howl any day,anytime because it came with much authority as compared to that of other werewolves in the pack.They were all shocked to hear their alpha express so much pain but no one dared to go outsidetheir home after hearing his howls because the last time they heard him howl with this level of painwas when he lost his younger sister. After that incident, Roy became cranky and aggressive, hurtinganyone who dared to challenge him. The only person who could calm him was his uncle and father'sbeta, Alan, but his uncle also tried not to overstep his boundaries by taking chances when in hiswolf form because his wolf would feel threatened and may end up killing him. So the pack membersrespectfully remained inside the pack house and their various homes, feeling pity for their alpha.Roy returned home by midnight. He walked into the living room and found Kimberly asleep on thecouch with a tear stained face. He wanted to hold her and kiss away her pain but he wouldn't. Asmuch as his wolf wanted to, he wouldn't accept a mate who was human, a weak specie whose heartbelonged to someone else. As if to confirm his thoughts, Kimberly started to stir in her sleep, likeshe was having a nightmare.

“lan please come back to me. I love you, please come back”

He heard her murmur in her sleep. He growled in anger and walked out of the living room

Kimberly woke up the next morning with a terrible body ache from sleeping on the couch allthrough the night. She frantically looked around when she remembered why she was in the livingroom in the first place. When she didn't spot him anywhere, she quickly stood up from the couchand ran upstairs to look for him. Only when she got upstairs did she realize that she had no ideawhere his room was. She decided to check on all the doors that were upstairs because she wasn'twilling to just quit the search.

Kimberly started to open the doors, one after the other. There were two plain rooms, like the oneshe was currently in. She guessed they were all guest rooms but the next room she opened caughther attention. It was a beautiful bedroom with a feminine touch of pink, the bed was neatly dressedin pink sheets. Everything seemed to be in place, but Roy was the only one in this house as far asshe could tell, so whose room could this be? She wondered, taking a step inside.

“What are you doing in here?”

She heard an angry yet familiar voice ask, making her flinch in surprise.

"l-um. I w-was..."

“Don’t you ever step foot in this room ever again!” he growled, dragging her out of the bedroomand slamming the door behind her.

“I-I'm sorry, I was only looking for you. I g-got so s-scared when you went out there a-alone” shestruggled to explain, staring at her feet the whole time in order to avoid his angry gaze.

“Learn to mind your own business” he warned before storming downstairs, leaving Kimberly in tears.She knew she was to blame for his sudden change in behavior and it saddens her. She should neverhave reacted the way she did towards him yesterday when all he did was try to help her. She wouldapologize for her awful behavior but the problem is, how was she going to do that now?

Roy knew that wasn't the right way to treat his mate but he couldn't help it. He was upset with herbecause she doesn't see him the same way he sees her so how was he ever going to claim her ashis? Besides that, humans were very picky and arrogant people, what would be her reaction whenhe eventually tells her that he was a werewolf and she was his mate? Would she even understand aword he would say? Was his ever going to tell her? He still couldn't bring himself to come to theterms that his mate was a human.

Maybe there was some sort of mix up, maybe his wolf was just being needy and decides to acceptthe closest person he sees as his mate, but then again, the moon goddess can never be wrong. Thewhole thing was driving him crazy. He took out his phone and dialled a number.

"Aunt, I need to see you”

Kimberly didn't bother having breakfast that morning nor did she shower, she just remained in herroom, not planning to annoy her host any further. She curled herself on the bed, feeling terrible foreverything that has happened. Stray tears rolled down her cheeks as she thought of how messed upher life was at this point, all because of her stupid desire to make her lover happy. If she hadn't saidyes they wouldn't be in good terms, that was a fact but at least he and his friends would still bealive.

At that thought she broke down in tears, when suddenly, her crying was interrupted by a knock onthe door. She quickly wiped her tears, not planning to be seen in this state by her host. The doorslowly opened revealing an unfamiliar face. It was a blonde woman probably in her early forties. Shehad a warm smile and a tray of food, causing Kimberly's stomach to instantly growl. Who was sheand what was she doing here?

And to think that just a second ago she had thought Roy was the one knocking, maybe to apologizefor yelling at her. What was she thinking? She should be the one to apologize for sticking her noseinto what was no business of hers and for lashing out at him. That not withstanding, he could've hadthe courtesy to tell her that someone was coming over. Kimberly's face dropped as she realized howbad she had messed up, now Roy was mad at her, to the point that he doesn’t want to see her.

“You must be Kimberly, am I right?” the woman asked, her warm smile not leaving her face.Kimberly only nodded, not trusting her voice as her throat was dry from dehydration.

"Hi. I'm Christine, Roy's aunt... I'm actually mat- married to his uncle, so he sees me as his aunt” sheexplained, the word 'Mated' almost slipping from her mouth.

“Can I see him?” Kimberly asked, not at all noticing the correction Christine made.

She was rather feeling a strong urge to apologize to Roy for venting all her anger on him and alsofor not minding her business.

“Oh... um. He is in his study at the moment, which means he’s busy and needs to be alone”

"Oh... okay”

“Let's not worry about him, okay?... He told me what happened to your friends. I'm really sorryabout that"

Kimberly broke down in tears after being reminded about what happened.

"Oh honey, I'm so sorry. I didn't mean to upset you" Christine apologized, placing the tray of foodgently on the nightstand and joined Kimberly on the bed.

She took the young lady in a warm embrace as she cried.