Bab 77: Chapter 72: She's mine!
Erick ran into his house and rushed towards the living room.
Inside, he saw his mother watching television with Luka sitting beside her, both its paws underneath its chin.
Erick stomped towards Luella and stood in front of the television, blocking her view.
Frowning, she looked up at her son and asked, "What are you doing, son? You're blocking my view. I'm trying to watch this movie."
He turned around and was surprised to see a Harry Potter movie playing on the television. "Since when do you watch Harry Potter? And how do you even know about Harry Potter?" he exclaimed.
On her lap was a big bowl of popcorn. She ate some before answering. "Amber introduced them to me. So I decided to watch them."
"Amber?" he repeated. "Do you mean, MY Amber? When did you meet her?"
"A few days ago. Your father and I invited her to dinner," she said nonchalantly. Though, she raised an eyebrow when she heard him stressing on the word, 'my'.
"Did she meet Luka as well?" he asked, a concerned look on his face. He was worried that she might be scared of him.
Luella nodded. "She did. They get along pretty well," she said. She then ruffled Luka's mane and cooed, "Didn't you, Luka? Do you like Amber?"
Luka growled happily as if he was answering 'yes' to the question.
Erick frowned. "You brought her to my room?" he asked worriedly.
Luella narrowed her eyes at her son suspiciously and answered slowly, "Yes… Why?"
He walked over to one of the armchairs and sat down with a sigh, running his hand through his hair. "Nothing."
His mother continued to narrow her eyes at him. "Was there something that she shouldn't see in that room?" she asked again. "Is it… a girl's magazine?" stressing on the word, 'girl's'.
Erick stared at his mother in shock, his eyes widened. "The hell," he exclaimed. "NO! It's not what you think!"
Luella rolled her eyes. "I don't even care about you and your little girls' books. But don't you dare curse at me, young man," she scolded.
Erick sighed. "I'm sorry," he said apologetically.
"Oh, but she was so nervous that she spilled her drink on her shirt," Luella said, chuckling as she recalled that time. "Even so, she's such an adorable sweetie. I lent her one of your shirts."
"Eh? Spilled? Shirt?" he repeated, looking shocked once more. "And what shirt?"
"Your Joshua Bibir shirt."
Erick sat up abruptly. "Wait, what?" he said. "I thought I've thrown that shirt away!" he exclaimed.
Luella frowned at him. "I've put it back. How could you throw away a nice shirt like that? Didn't I bought that for you?"
He looked away, avoiding his mother's gaze. "Uhhh…" he said.
She tsk-tsked at him. "That was a nice shirt. Isn't that what young teens are into these days?" she said, looking thoughtful.
Erick narrowed his eyes at her. "No, mother," he disagreed. "Probably those other weird teens but not me."
Luella shrugged. "Oh, well. It was a nice shirt, though," she said. "I lent it to her, though."
"Eh! You lent her THAT shirt?"
"What other shirt would she wear? Your other shirts are too big for her. That shirt was a bit okay, though, still big. But not too big," she said.
Erick groaned as he leaned against his seat. He was waiting for the moment where he could lend her his shirt. But he didn't expect that his mother beat him to it. And of all shirts, she lent her his not-his-choice shirt.
"So, when will you bring her here to officially introduce us?" Luella asked, an excited gleam in her eyes.
Erick rolled his eyes as he stood up. "You already introduce yourself to her so… Never!" With that, he ran out of the room and up to his room.
He ignored his mother's threatening yell, "YOU'D BETTER BRING HER OVER OR YOU'LL STARVE FOR WEEKS! OR MONTHS!"
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That night, the young shifters were having their training.
Every one of them had gathered in the forest, where they usually had their training. And that night, Latham was accompanied by Melody, his mate.
Apparently, they will be practicing on their bond with their wolf counterparts. Latham will be in charge of the male shifters whereas Melody will be in charge of the female shifters.
Melody joined in because the female shifters might not be comfortable, shifting where they had to be naked. And feeling embarrassed to shift in front of Latham, it's preferable to have a female shifter.
Additionally, having Melody around may help to lessen any accidents and so forth.
Since the young shifters need to strengthen their bonds with their wolves, it was crucial that they have to get used to it and also familiarise themselves.
Although Erick already had a strong bond with Dane, it does not mean that he can skip the training.
At first, he wanted to bring Luka but Latham had advised him not to. He was worried that there might be trouble especially for those who might not be used to shifting.
Before the training starts, the young shifters went to have a chat with one another.
Jeayan separated from her friends and walked over to Erick and Hamish. Dex was nearby with his group of friends.
"Hey guys, long time no see," she greeted.
Erick grinned. "Yeah, it's been awhile," he said. Hamish just nodded hello.
"So, how was your mission?" she asked the two of them.
"Bad."
"Not bad."
Both Erick and Hamish said at the same time.
Jeayan raised both of her eyebrows. "What happened?" she asked Erick.
Erick sighed as he scratched the back of his head. "Nothing much. We were supposed to check the forest near the Cairin pack. And we found rogues and a warlock. We had a fight with them. Dex was injured during the battle. And when we were done, we went to meet with the Cairin pack. We tried to ask for cooperation with the Cairin pack but they refused," he said softly.
Even though there might be a possibility that some of the shifters around them might eavesdrop on their conversation, it doesn't hurt to keep a low voice.
Jeayan furrowed her brows. "That's a shame. Makes you wonder why they're being uncooperative," she murmured.
Erick just shrugged.
"What about you?" she asked Hamish, turning around to face him.
Hamish was quiet at first and then he spoke up, "We went and met up with the Cesaro pack. And we also went to Port Robston Bay."
Jeayan's eyes widened in amazement. "Wow! I've never been there. How's the place?"
Hamish shrugged. "More or less like our town," he answered. "But it was pretty amazing. There's a lot of big buildings there. It's like nearly a city."
"Wow. That sounds great. I want to go there," she gushed.
"Did you meet up with Bastian?" Erick smirked, crossing his arms across his chest.
Hamish turned to look at him and nodded. "He was in the same team with us," he replied.
"Deng," Erick cursed. "How was he? Did you meet his wolf? Was it strong?"
Hamish nodded again. "Yeah," he answered. "His wolf was strong too. More or less like you, probably."
Erick narrowed his eyes. He then scoffed. "I doubt it. How can there be a wolf that is great like Dane."
In his mind, Dane nodded, looking smug.
Jeayan giggled.
"What about you?" Erick asked Jeayan. "How was your adventure?"
"It was exciting," she gushed. "Though, I was pretty nervous. I mean, they were all so strong and incredible. I was worried that I might bring them down. And I've met the bear shifters! They were so huge! And some of them are pretty scary," she said softly as she remembers the time when one of the bear shifters had shouted at them.
She then leaned closer to them and said in a soft voice, "And you know what? I think Roel is my mate."
Both Erick and Hamish took a step back in surprise.
"You're joking?" Erick asked in disbelief. He couldn't believe that scary and silent shifter would be the mate of this sweet and cheeky young shifter.
Jeayan shook her head. "I'm serious," she said. "It's weird. I've never felt this way. And whenever I'm close to Roel, Chiwa would get excited. And sometimes, I'm not sure. She would say, 'Mate' but it was inaudible."
Erick frowned. "But Roel should be claiming you by now, no?"
Jeayan sighed. "I don't know," she said slowly. "That's why I'm confused. Shouldn't one be excited or impatient to claim their mate?"
She then turned to Erick. "I mean, aren't you? When you first found out Amber was your mate."
"I really want to lock her up. And let her eyes stay on me every time," Erick growled. "She's mine."
"Exactly!" Jeayan exclaimed.
Hamish looked up and said, "Maybe this is your chance now to ask him."
Jeayan whirled around and her eyes widened in surprise as she watched Roel walking towards them.
'Mate!'
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TheTalkingCupcake Ho ho ho! Roel x Jeayan, huh?
Did anyone expected this?
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