Ari

Chapter 71: Two Males and a Youngling

Dillon's POV

We stayed still for quite some time. I dared not to move because her every breath and movement was triggering my urges. I tried to release as much scent as I could by controlling the energy within my body, hoping someone would notice our location.

Luckily, Lowell sensed my unanimated presence so he knew that I already found Ari and called to the others.

I was hoping that everything would be alright once she took some rest for a while so I told Tora to take care of Gurion and let Ari sleep properly in her room the night after the incident. She agreed and did what I asked her to do.

However, I was awakened by a sudden fluctuation of Ari's emotion again in the middle of the night. It never happened before during her sleep and I knew that Lowell was taking charge of keeping an eye on her during the full moon, but It was not even a full moon. I was baffled and felt worried.

I ran towards Ari's room and saw Lowell, who was also baffled and was in panic.

"I thought she only had nightmares when it was a full moon. What is going on?" I asked Lowell in confusion and worry towards Ari.

"I don't understand either. I have no idea what was going on with Ari." He responded in frustration as he opened the door and rushed in to check on Ari.

I followed from behind and observed on the side. She's sweating profusely underneath her mask that she forgot to remove before going to bed. Lowell tried to remove her mask carefully. We saw her eyebrows furrowed. Her breath was heavy. Her body was trembling. I was nervous seeing her like this. It pains me so much to see her suffer such horror even in her sleep.

Lowell tried to stroke her beautiful silver hair so I grunted in irritation.

"What?! I'm just trying to wake her up. What do you want me to do then?" He grunted back in frustration.

I don't know what to do either, but I just felt irritated to see him touch Ari's hair while she is still sleeping. I stepped back and kept quiet on the side trying to suppress my irritation and jealousy.

Ari suddenly woke up bawling in fright so Lowell tried to calm her down with words. It was not working so I had to transform into my aggressive form to cheer her up.

I licked her tears away while uttering words of comfort. Lowell got jealous, but Ari reached for him too, as she closed her eyes to stop herself from being frightened from Lowell's aggressive form. She is so kind and precious that she never left behind any of us despite her condition.

I ought to give my life to such a pure hearted female.

My one and only Ari.

I didn't try to struggle when she pulled us down to her bed. Lowell did the same. She looked too exhausted but she didn't loosen her grip even when she fell back to sleep.

Sleeping beside her, behind closed doors, felt so intimate that I finally understood why it was forbidden to sleep with a female youngling even if you are her guardian. I had a chance to sleep with her before. It was when we were alone in the cave a few years back. However, I was poisoned at that time and wasn't able to remember too much about the situation.

"Hey! Uncle Lowell... Don't you dare do anything to Ari! I won't leave her side so that I can watch out for you." I threatened Lowell, despite the urge I was currently feeling.

"Are you talking about yourself?" He sneered in a low voice.

I wanted to respond to his mocking, but I suddenly fell asleep for some reason. Maybe it was because of Ari's fresh and sweet scent. I couldn't fight my sleepiness and fell asleep right away.

The next morning, I opened my eyes only to see the furious Orson glaring at me and Lowell. I silently transformed into my passive form and carefully got up so that Ari won't be disturbed in her sleep. I then pulled Lowell down on the floor, before dragging him at a distance since I know for sure that Orson will furiously nag at us.

Lowell jolted up when he realized the furious look on Orson's face and instantly knelt down in front of him. I followed his lead despite knowing what Orson was about to say.

"The two of you promised not to sleep with her alone before we could save Father Lev. What were the two of you doing right now? Have you both lost your minds?" He growled in a low voice despite his fury.

"B-But she was having a nightmare last night. She didn't let us go until we also fell asleep. We didn't do anything to Ari, we just slept beside her in our aggressive forms to comfort her and put her back to sleep." Lowell defended eagerly yet politely.

"You?! On your aggressive form? Isn't she afraid of wolves?" Orson growled in disbelief.

Lowell suddenly shuts his mouth. I know he was offended by Orson's words. However, Orson has long been like this. He always nags at us as if he was the oldest among the peers despite us being the same age. Lowell, who was actually older, can't even talk back to him because he is Ari's precious older brother. I couldn't talk back either because of the same reason as Lowell.

Ari suddenly woke up due to the rustling despite us keeping a low voice. She looked confused and cute at the same time.

I suddenly blushed, remembering my sinful thoughts last night.

"What are you looking at?" Orson grunted furiously upon seeing my passionate gaze upon Ari.

"Sorry I couldn't help it, she's too beautiful in my eyes." I whispered embarrassedly due to the pulsating sensation in my chest.

Ari asked Orson what was going on and when she asked why he was reprimanding us, he snapped out.

I felt a fluctuation of Ari's emotion so I wanted to punch him one time. However, he suddenly looked mortified while looking at his sister.

I was so shocked when my gaze landed on Ari's crying face. She was begging Orson to spare us and told him that it was her fault.

My chest started to clench because of the intense longing that she is feeling right now.

Who was it that she longs for in the first place? Was it another male from her previous life? No. Ari is not like that. Was it Lev? Such intense sadness is driving me crazy.

Her blush suddenly turned pale and her body was trembling due to anxiety so I ran at the door to call for Tora while Lowell ran to Jael.