Oblivion

Chapter 16

Ryan's POV

I came out of the bathroom with only a towel hung loosely around my hips and there on my bed, I saw my idiot of a best friend sitting peacefully. His eyes lit up like a child when he noticed my present and I rolled my eyes in return. "What are you doing here Keil?" I asked to which he replied "What?..... No hey bro how are you doing? ........ Come on Ryan we are meeting after a long time."          "Oh! Really, we just met a day before yesterday and I don't think its a long time." I said nonchalantly. He just shrugged his shoulders.

"So, why are you here this early?" I asked him once again while walking into my closet and he followed me in there. "I was just curious as to how my best friend's mate looks like, and man am I astonished. She's a goddess. How did you got so lucky bro." He replied and I shot him a dark glare. He's such a flirt, I bet he won't leave his best friend's mate too. "Stay away from her, she's off limits." I said in a deep voice still glaring at him. "Okay okay bro I was just kidding, no need to show me your protective mate side." He said while raising his hands up in surrender. I shrugged him off and got dressed. He's my best mate but he can be a douche sometimes, especially in the cases of girls.

After I was ready me and Keil got out of my room and made our way towards the garden. When we reached there, we saw that Raven was busy talking to someone whose face we can't see because their back was facing us. "What do you say, should we disturb them?" Keil asked and I side glanced at him and told him "Shut up Keil. We are not disturbing anyone." He sighed and we went towards the other side. "So, do you have any lead on those werewolves who attacked Valerie?" I inquired. "Well, sort of. They are still after her and they surely don't belong to our kingdom. I have inquired from every single werewolf here, which was quite difficult, thanks to you because you have made them your enemy, so yeah they say that those wolfs are not from their pack. They are some intruder." He explained and I nodded.

We were discussing about how to find more information about those wolfs when we heard a blood curdling scream and I instantly knew that it was Valerie. I ran with my vampire speed towards the scream and saw that she was on the ground hugging her knees to her chest and hiding her face in between. She was shaking in fear, I guess. I went near her and asked "Miss Valerie, what happened? Are you okay?" to which Keil wrinkled his nose and mouthed in a hushed tone "Miss Valerie! Seriously bro??" I rolled my eyes and before I could say anything to him I felt two small pairs of arms around my torso and a head was buried in my chest. Of course it was my petite scared mate. She was literally shaking and her heart was beating hard. I hesitantly wrapped my arms around her waist and asked softly "What happened?" She didn't replied she just shook her head and hugged me tightly while crying softly.

I motioned Keil to leave us alone and thanks to God he did without saying anything. I turned my attention towards my mate again and said "Are you okay?" This time she answered in a really soft whisper, if I wasn't a vampire I wouldn't have heard her but I did, "No-o, i-i am-m sc-scared-d!" I rubbed her back slightly, attempting to calm her down which worked. "From what??" I asked. "I-I don't know-w, I-I saw a-a shadow of so-something. I don't know-w wh-what it was but it was really scary-y." She stuttered in a low voice. I nodded and told her ''You are safe with me. Nobody can harm you here, you don't have to be scared anymore." She sniffed and pulled away slightly, her eyes were swollen and her bottom lip was quivering slightly but in spite of it she looked beautiful. She smiled slightly and whispered a small "T-thank you-u.''

"We should go inside now.'' I told her and she nodded in agreement, with that we made our way inside the castle and I escorted her to her room. She hesitated before entering the room and I knew that whatever she saw scared her terribly. "Don't worry. I will keep you safe." I assured her once again and she gave me a grateful smile. I left her in her room and locked the door behind me.

I made my way towards the study and a million thoughts were running in my mind. Now I not only have to deal with the werewolves but also with the one who tried to harm my mate.

My mate, it sounds good........

------------------------------------------------

Author's Note :

Do you like Ryan's pov better or Valerie's pov?

What do you think about the chapter?

Please vote and comment.

Thank you for reading... ☺