Obsession: the Lycan king's Human Mate

She had taken a nap in the guest bedroom given to her by Cassandra and the next thing that Adeline knew was she had woken up the next day. 

"Why didn't you wake me up?" Adeline looked at Xavier with an accusing eyes. "Everyone must have waited for me at dinner." 

Imagine everyone sitting at the dining table and waiting for Adaline to arrive only for her to wake up now. 

Xavier chuckled, "you were tired and not to mention you recently had a blood transfer and you are still getting one." He pointed to the drip that was attached to her. "Everyone had excused for your presence once we saw, before calling you to dinner, that you were still sleeping." 

"Oh," that was better. At least no one waited for her at the dinner table. 

She was still getting a blood drip and he was right about that. Adaline slowly moved her eyes to the drip attached to her arm and then to the blood bag. This was not going to go away any time soon and this was the fifth bottle of blood that was given to her. 

How much did she lose? 

"What are we going to do now?" Adeline turned to look at him, who was standing at the edge of her bed. 

Even though everything for them had gone back to normal it was still something too hard to believe in. How normal were they going back to question mark what they are going to move past it over the going to move past and by ignoring everything that happened in the past? 

Xavier moved to the other side of the bed that she was on and kneel down right next to her before taking one of her hands, that did not have the drip in it, into his. 

"There are many things that we can do now," he flashed her a quick smile, "but the one that tops our list is... Finding out and bringing the turn of events together on what happened in the jungle." 

"The jungle.." she whispered, repeating after what he had said and the image of the demonic beast came into her mind. 

Imagine that. 

Wait, "Xavier, you told me about the Luna's guard, where was there when I was running into the jungle?" 

Xavier's forehead creased at the information. "I cannot believe I forgot about that." He murmured, clearly pissed. "And I will take it up with them." 

Adeline bit her lips in nervousness. "You know now that I think about it, there are many things that just don't add up." 

"I agree." He placed a few kisses on her knuckles. "Which is why, I hate to do this but we have to go to the meeting room and talk to the others about it." 

Adeline gazed upon him. It was obvious that even if he tried to show her that he was not worried, he was. Another word for something that does not require any proof for her to know. 

"Come on then," Adeline moved from the bed, "let's get to it." She would do anything to get the stress over them. 

"Wait," he placed his hands on her shoulders, stabilizing her from getting a. She was still sitting on the bed. "I would like it if you..." he scoffed. 

"Say it," Adeline cupped his cheek. Sometimes all the big bad lycan needed was a little push. 

"Would it be alright with you if I carry you?" He gulped. "Recently, you have suffered a lot and my beast wants to feel close to you. I can barely hold on to how to protective if he wants to be so.." 

Ah, she understood where he was coming from. Shifters would really protective of their mates and not to mention when they got hurt, the animalistic power inside them literally goes ballistic. 

Now that she knew how he was feeling she wondered how long had he been controlling his beast for. 

But suddenly felt Shy, they were going to touch each Other after so long. And now that she thought about it she did not remember the last time she took a bath. 

What if she stank at this point? 

"Hey," he tapped her forehead, "stop thinking." 

Stop thinking, she repeated to herself. 

"Let's go," she whispered to him before getting up. The moment she stood up Xavier picked her up.

Someone entered the room because Adeline heard the door open but did not see who it was. Next thing she knew was, they walking out of the room and someone was holding the drip because it was moving with her and she did not feel any kind of pull. 

She did not shy away from his touch and the feelings that it gave her. Adaline leaned on to his chest without any fear of what he would think. It was amazing how calm she felt and had suddenly everything inside her body had changed. 

Her heart was beating at a normal pace and that was something it had not done or long time. Her mind was calm there were no thousands of thoughts running around her mind aimlessly. 

Not only that the mark on her neck no longer pained. It just tingled. 

Xavier effortlessly carried her upstairs. Maybe next time when they would consider renovations, they would actually add a lift because Adaline could not see herself climbing so many stairs up and down on a daily basis. 

She could feel her self getting tired only at the thought of it. 

They came to the familiar corridor where Adaline knew that she been in yesterday. Stop in front of the door and someone from behind them who was holding her drip opened the door for them as they walked in. 

Her aunt immediately came to her side as Xavier settled her down into his chair. 

"Are you alright, Adele?" Teresa used the nickname that her mother had given her. "Are you in some kind of pain? Would you like something to eat?" 

"We can have some fruits brought in, Adaline." Cassandra spoke from the other end of the table where she was sitting. "I know you have not had breakfast yet." 

The nerves started to creep in and Adeline knew that she would not be able to carry on.. So for a mere distraction, she nodded her head.