Not My Mate || j.jk

002

"Are you sure you're a witch?" Jieun annoyingly blocks my view of the reality TV show I was intensely concentrating on

"Yes I'm sure Jieun!" I push her head away with my hand and she whines, planting herself on the small space between the edge of the couch and my body

"B-but you never use your powers around me!" She stomps her feet like the child she is and I sigh knowing that she will not shut up about it if I don't prove it so I grab the remote and pause the show

"You really wanna see some magic?" I look at her seriously and she nods excitedly "Fine."

"YAY!" Her shriek filling every corner of the home at my answer and I cover my ears while glaring at her but she just gives me the biggest smile I've ever seen the past week I've known her.

Simply improvising, I grab my bow and arrow to use as props while mumbling some not so nice words but she continues to hum happily behind me as we make our way outside.

"I can hear you" She sings with a big smile on her face and I roll my eyes

"Just sit down" I tell her once the front door closes shut and we are both outside. She does as I say and obediently takes a seat on the first step of the small porch

Knowing my emotions are a little on edge because my show had to be paused for a unimportant reason, I created some space between Jieun and I.

"If you want magic, fine. I'll give you magic" I grouchily say to myself but when I turn around to face Jieun, she is standing with fear stunning her

"Jieun-" I follow her line of sight and that's when I see him.

A light grey lone wolf just a little past where my open land ends and the dense woods start

He is big and angry with his glare pierced right on Jieun who gasps loudly from where she is but I don't even flinch at the sight of him

"You need to leave" I tell him, the happiness that once was swarming the air was gone now that Jieun was petrified

He averts his eyes to me and growls back in anger and I simply take that as a 'no'

"Jieun," Without saying a word to her, I call out her name and she snaps her head at me with shock but I don't take my eyes off the snarling wolf "Do you remember the lake I took you to a couple days ago? The one past the big purple tree?" She nods her head silently as she watches me hastily line up an arrow within my fingers

"I want you to run there and hide with the nymphs who live in the lake until I come and get you." I can sense her hesitation but there's no time to waste because he looks like he's losing his patience "They won't hurt you." I look at her quickly

"I promise." I say out loud and that's when she starts running towards the lake behind us.

The wolf howls loudly at the disappearance of the little girl and goes back to glaring knowing that the only thing between him and her was me.

"I'm giving you to the count of ten before I kill you" I state but he doesn't move an inch

"One" I fix my stance gracefully, implanting my feet into the ground below us

"Two" Without any hesitation, I align the bow with my body

"Three" With soft hands, I grab the fletching and the bow string together