"Are you both done staring at each other?" Someone growls from behind and the boy stiffen visibly, frantic eyes darting everywhere but at me.

And I sigh.

I am so frustrated with the events happening in my life. I miss my cat.

"S-sor-sorry, Alpha." I shake my head in disbelief before looking at Rudolf who is glaring at the boy behind me.

I raise an eyebrow at him when he glances at me as his lips set in a straight line.

"Leave."

I know for who he has said that as I hear shuffling behind me followed staggering footsteps.

I didn't turn around just keep looking at Rudolf as he stares back. Rolling my eyes, I turn before taking the path again for the house's front door with him following behind.

Upon entering the house, I halt as I take in the amount of people around. Some people are sitting on the couches looking at the big flat screen TV whereas some are sitting on the table in the corner, eating. While others just sitting at different corners of the living room leaning against the walls, chatting.

There weren't this much when I had run, were there?

I didn't notice them at that moment.

And why would I? I was busy in escaping which hadn't accomplished! Ugh!

"Follow me." I hear Rudolf's voice beside my ear as he brushes past me, his body brushing against mine. Instant tingles erupt from the touch but I suppress the shiver with a blank face as I glare at his smirking face.

Suddenly, silence surrounds us, I tear my eyes from him face to look around. All eyes are on me. And I mean it all of them.

Irritation itches my skin as they continue to gawk at me with disbelief looks. My shoulder jerks in annoyance.

What?!

My face starts to morphs into an annoyed one. God! I will snap at someone sensing my mood Rudolf steps in, clearing his throat. And just like that everyone continues what they were doing before facing away from me.

After that gawking filled moment, Rudolf reaches an office room in the far end of the hallway passing the living room.

"Look." He starts.

"I am." I reply.

"Miracle. Just let me explain this time... Please." He sighs rubbing his forehead with his thumb, leaning back in the leather chair. A black wooden table sits in between us as I am sitting opposite to him on the chairs.

"Alright. Explain all this insane events going around because I am loosing my mind in this place. " I sneer out.

"Why are you always so angry?" He frowns at me.

"Oh well. Maybe because you have given me this-" I pull my shirt away from the mark for him to show.

"-and maybe because you have kidnapped me and now that I have found out I'm among some flesh eating werewolves!"

"We don't like human flesh." He says dryly. I jump up from my seat.

"What the hell?! What?"

He looks at me with troubled eyes.
"I-I.. that was a joke." He lifts his palms up.

"Are you going to continue? Or do you still want to throw some jokes? "

"Like I have told you we are werewolves." My heart starts beating fiercely. He pauses , looking at me expectantly.

Okay. Werewolf. I am still not able to wrap my head around this fact.

"Aren't you going to ask any question?" He asks.

"You said to let you explain. And I know there is a long story coming after that so you can continue."

The corner of his lips pulls up from the corner in a slight smile, he gazes intensely. The color of his eyes shining brightly and I just feel like my heart skips a beat.

I will change you, heart, if you don't act maturely.

"Right. We exist for a very long time in this world living among humans but we live in packs. And this territory is the pack- my pack. I know you've figured out by now that I am their Alpha. Alpha is the leader of the pack who controls the pack and make it stronger. If there is no Alpha, the pack and it's people will get scattered and break away." He bits his lip, lowering his head down. There is a strain in his muscles like a tensed coil wrapping around him.

"There is more to come, right? Go on. I am listening right now." I say dryly.

He sighs, heavily and looks up at me. His eyes gazing in mine with uncertainty but intensity.

"Every wolf has a mate. Who we are bound to till the rest of our lives. Who is our other half. The one person who is ours. Only ours. We wait for them. We search for them." My eyes furrow down.

As in blasted soulmates?

"As what you call as 'soulmates' in the human world."

"Those don't exist." I reply, glaring at him

"Maybe not in your world but in mine. It is a serious matter!" His voice raises in the end of the sentence as he emphasizes in each words.

"What do all this werewolf and mate stuff have to do it with me?! Why am I here?" I slam my hand on the table.

He clenches his jaw and his eyes blaze with anger.

"You are my mate." He grits out. Shit.

The fuck?!

Shit. Shit. Shit.

Abort!

As fast as lightening, I stand up and step away from him. Looking at him with shock and bewilderment, my jaw hangs open.

"No."

He slowly lifts himself off the chair and then standing straight,tilts his head at me.

No, don't think about his adorable face!

"Yes. You are my mate. My Luna!" He exclaims with a certain confidence and calmness in himself. What about being all tensed and strained, he was few minutes before?

"What Luna?!" I breathe out, exaggerating while slowly taking steps back.

First, I found out there are werewolves and now he is saying I am his what? Mate? Puh-lease.

He is crazy. A crazy blasted half-human!

He rounds the table with determined steps and moves toward me.
"A mate to the Alpha, is Luna. The one who is like the female leader of the pack."

No.

I'm out'ta here.

Turning around, I speed walk towards the door and just as I was about to grip the door handle, a hand grabs my arm, pulling me back.

"Where do you think you are going?"

Bending my leg, I kick at his shin making him hiss out and loosening his grip, I jerk away from his hand. I look at him with a blank face.

Think. Think about something.

He raises his eyebrow at me, the sea color of his eyes shining in mischief .

Fast!

"Well I had said, I would listen to you. I didn't say anything about staying. So.." I wave my hand towards the door.

"Well I had said to listen to me. I didn't say anything that I would let you go after that." He replies with a smirk on his idiot face.

My left eye twitch.

My right hand curls into a fist.

His eyes flicker from my eyes to my fisted hand then back toy face.
"You will go nowhere with it." He says, crossing his arms over his chest. His arms bulges out. Damn.

Moving my face closer to his, I stop just an inch away from his face.

An excited look crosses his eyes at my closeness.

Men, my inner self snorts.

In a very low whisper, I grit out.
"Do you have any idea who I am?"

"Other than your name and that you are a fighter, no." My lips lift up in a smirk. He looks at my smirking face with narrowed eyes.

"But I will know everything about you, soon." A humourless laugh leave my lips.

"I am no mystery, Rudolf." I reply out with a challenge in my eyes.

"You can know all about me from the town. But that's the difference you can know about me and never know me ."

"Try me." He whispers, looking deep in my eyes then his eyes flicker down to my lips.

Rolling my eyes, I pull away from him and keep a safe distance between us.
"I don't know what makes you believe that I am your mate or whatever. But you are wrong."

Suddenly, his hands move and hold my arms pulling me against him. At the contact, the tingles erupt again.

Lowering his head down at me, he stares in my eyes,
"Tell me you don't feel these." His one hand moves up my arm, his skin heat scorching mine till he reaches my neck. He lifts his hand, his fingers caress the exposed skin of my neck.

The tingles are stronger than before at the direct skin to skin contact, making me gulp at the sudden pleasure going down my spine.

Too much physical contact.

"Step away."

Ignoring me, he continues without breaking the eye contact and pulls the collar of my shirt to expose the mark on my neck.

"And tell me you don't feel this." He presses his finger down at the mark and I see stars at the feeling that engulfs my body.

My body like it has will of it's own, pushes up against his, my hands falling on his broad chest. A sudden flash of triumph crosses his eyes.

Biting my lips to prevent any noise escaping my mouth, I try to comprehend what is happening to my body.

It feel like a chain coil around my body pulling me towards his and I just can't pull away. The force keeps getting stronger and stronger, breaking my resolve.

"What's happening to me?" I breathe out in bewilderment, blinking in confusion.

He gazes at me with tender eyes.
"That shows you are my mate. And this-" he traces his fingers around the mark on my mark making me dizzy.
"-is the my mark that let everyone know that you are my mate. And you are taken."

I blink more, repeating his words slowly in my head to comprehend the meaning of his words due to his continued tracing on my skin.

But in between all this weird feeling and the reaction of my body towards him, one word stands out most.

Like a red flag inside my head and a warning bell starts ringing.

Taken.

Taken.

My eyes widen and I push him away hurriedly, going away from his touch.

"Taken?" I ask, looking at him with serious eyes.

His eyes roam around my face then he looks at his shirt, pretending to brush away the non-existent dirt from it.
"Yes taken. You belong to me now. "

"Shut the hell up."

"But it's the truth."

"I don't take this kind of things lightly."

"Me neither." He looks up at me.

"You will regret putting it on my neck without my consent, you bastard! I belong to no one!" I yell out in anger. The anger boils inside me in ugly red color. My hands shake with the anxiety as I feel out of control.

"Miracle. I know you are feeling angry because of all this but You will understand with time-" I snort at him. Angry? I am fuming. The little red fireballs inside my head is burning my inside and hissing out at his figure.

He has lost his screws if he thinks I am staying here to understand with time.

I just have to think something to escape this craziness.

"I want to go!"

"No can do that."

"I will fucking punch your face! You are making me mad. " I hiss out, pointing my finger at him.

"Hit me all you want if that can help you calm down but it's dangerous now for you to leave this place now."

I cross my arms over my chest.
"I can take care of myself just fine. But what is more dangerous than you now?"

"The rogue which had attached us back there-"

I groan loudly, rubbing my face with my hands.
"Now here comes whatever the heck the rogues is, too! Then you'll say there are vampires, fairies and all those others non-existent creatures, right?!"

"To think of it. Actually, there are-" I cut him off, raising my hands up.

"No! Shut up! I don't want to know. My head is messed up already. I have to think."

Without waiting for reply, I turn away from him. Hearing his footsteps, I turn around to him again.

"Stop! I need to be alone for now! And I am not running away like that is possible." He was about to open his mouth but closed it. Staring some more seconds in my eyes, he looks away, running his hand through hairs.

I walk away from the office having no idea where to go to cool myself down.

A small figure pops up in my path out of nowhere, looking up at me with a familiar blue eyes, the chubby finger still inside his mouth.

I stop infront of him, the hallway deserted except for the little boy and me.

He is also a werewolf. A very small werewolf. I picture a small furry ball inside my head and I have to stop myself from pinching his cheeks.

He is exact replica of his brother.

No no. His brother is not cute. This little one is!

Seeing his struggle to keep his head up all the way to look at me, I sigh in defeat and crouch down infront of him to lessen his struggle.

"Hi." He says in a low baby voice, tilting his head at one side and I can't stop chuckling at him as his hairs fall over his eyes by the movement and a frown covers his lips.

"Hey, kiddo." I reply softly, brushing away his hairs away from his eyes.

He grins at me. His eyes twinkling in delight.

"Thank you." I smile, a true smile.

In this world, the one thing that can melt your heart and makes you feel at peace, is a kid's smile. Or the whole child himself.

"You are very welcome."

"I am Dawwen." He says eagerly, intertwining his fingers infront of his small body and swaying them.

"Uh?"

"Dawwen." He blinks at me innocently.

Instantly remember how he had said 'brother' like 'bwother".

"Darren?" I ask with a slight smirk.

He nods his head in excitement upon hearing his name.

"Well, hello there, Darren. I am Miracle." I put my hand out for him for a handshake.

He instantly puts his small chubby hand in mine but looks at me with lost expression.

"Miwale?" I chuckle at him, shaking my head.

"Mi-ra-cle" I pronounce each syllabus out for him.

"Mi-wa-cle." I nod, still chuckling lightly.

"Yes, yes. Miwacle." Shaking my head at him. Thinking what to do now, I look around. The chattering noises from the living room following in the hallway distracts me.

A light tug on my hand makes me concentrate on the little kid again.

"Yes?"

"Do you want to play?" He asks fiddling his sneaker clad foot nervously on the carpet, his eyes looking at me hopefully but with a slight fear.

"Of course but what will we play?" I ask with a slight frown.

Play? Really, Miracle? That's what is left now? To you end up playing games with kids?

He grins widely at me. The fear in his eyes fading away.
"Come on."

He holds my hand tightly in his, tugging me forward. I lift myself from my crouch position following him lazily because of his small legs.

Once again as we emerge in the living room, silence falls upon the the room.

Keeping my eyes ahead, I ignore the staring and follow Darren.

These are crazy wolves. They all are hairy big creatures. Ignore them.

An image of Rudolf flashes in my mind and I groan.

Darren stops in tugging me and looks at me over his shoulder.
"Awe you okay?"

"I am okay." I nod. He looks at me with innocent eyes but then grins at me again and continues his tugging leading me forward and outside the house.

I sigh in relief.

Even if my companion for now is a little kid, I'm still grateful for him because to be honest I feel a little lost and left out among these werewolves with having no idea where to go.

"What's more to come now, uh?" I sigh, asking myself quietly.

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