Obsession: the Lycan king's Human Mate

"All your life I have always told you how-how criminal and sinful it is to Mark someone without their wish!" Cassandra yelled at the top of her voice. "All your life! I have told you that! I told you whether it be human or a wolf or even a cheetah or those God-awful foxes you would never do that to anyone!"

The women did not come down and it did not appear that you plan to do that any time soon. Xavier stood in the corner of the room hearing his mother yell at him whereas Adeline was sitting in the king's chair sipping a cup of hot tea with biscuits.

"It hurt too." Adaline whispered in a baby's voice making Cassandra eyes turn to her and soften when she saw that it was Adaline talking. 

"Oh child," Cassandra kissed the top of Adeline's head and placed more chocolate cookies on her plate. 

Smirking, Adaline looked at Xavier who was not meeting her eyes. He was looking down right next to his feet and that made Adaline's smile varnish. 

"Look at what you have done!" Cassandra yelled again. " As the king or someone who was supposed to be the king's right hand man you were well aware of how it is for humans to be marked. How many precautions one must take if he is a wolf and you, you are a lycan! You biting someone's neck would kill them and if they do not die from blood loss than the poison you have inside you would kill them definitely. Do you realise what kind of pain and horror you must have put the girl through?!" 

"My love," Javier spoke up, finally cutting Cassandra off. "We should trust our upbringing. There must be a reason why our child did that."

Cassandra turned to her mate and yelled,"Is there?" She was outraged. "What possible reason could there be for him to mark someone without her will or, in this case, while she was unconscious!" 

Adeline watched the entire exchange between the couple as they went back and forth with one parent defending The Other child and one baring her teeth at him. 

It was then she realised I should put herself in the shoes that Xavier was standing in. What child would like to be in the middle of an argument much less in the middle of a room where he was being accused of something so seniors as it was called a sin? 

She closed her eyes and palm her entire face and disappointment. Not only was he suffering enough, she had actually added fuel to the fire by telling Cassandra that she had been hurt. 

How could she do that to someone? 

Her eyes went back to save your who had not moved from his power nor had he raised his eyes from the ground. He was truly disappointed with himself which is probably why she realised he had asked her if she was happy with it in the first place. 

Now Adeline felt even more disappointed in herself before she realised something. 

Shiftere always felt the urge to protect their other half and for the first time she was feeling that. She wanted to protect him, she wanted to stand by his side and face the problems and this was the exact moment where Xavier was failing to do that for them. 

This was the moment where she was supposed to step up and lead them together. 

This was where she was to protect him and redefine the relationship. 

Without another thought and wasting time, Adaline stood up by making the chair scrape and the attention of every shifter and human to her. Paying no attention to them she walked towards Xavier making him look up when he noticed her shoes in his space. 

"Hi," she whispered to him, blinking innocently. 

He nodded back at her without so much as a twitch in his jaw. 

With that perfect emotionless face in the scenario Adeline knew she would have regarded him as a criminal. She would have definitely regarded him as a sinner but this time she did not see that. She saw beyond that emotionless face and into those eyes and that soul of his. 

She saw the scared man who had grown up to be what was thrown his way and was scared to lose it all. 

After all he was a king at the age of twenty, someone who has stepped up to the responsibilities for his way and someone who had to mark his mate without her consent, without having her to be conscious enough to give the very consent just because you won't lose her and then come to the same point where he could lose it all together. 

For the first time she saw that she was not the one who was the victim here. For the first time, she knew that everyone had been victimized in their own way. 

She looked down at his hand and took it in her own. It was so big in comparison to hers but they fit just right. 

Looking back into his eyes, Adeline did not see much of a change in his expressions but the slight gloss that appeared to be over his eyes.

"When I talked to my uncle about this," she said loud and clear for everyone in the room to hear, "he said that a mark and an exchange of blood can cause a human who is at the brink of death to come back. Their healing speed can be massively increased enough for them to come back to life and fight for it."

She took a huge gulp when she heard the gasp of her aunt. "And because of your mark on my neck I am here." She revealed it to everyone. 

"Even though I have been through a lot and a lot of bad things have happened to me, I do not want to die yet." She shook her head as a tear fell from her eye.. "Thank you for making the hardest choice of your life and saving me."