The Royal Mask

Chapter Four

“I am getting worried,Dan.”

“When is she going to wake up?”

“Calm down kids.”

It sounds like people are talking about me. I slowly open my eyes and wince at the bright light in my room. It's morning I guess. Wait I am in my room? Ugh! I have a bad headache too.

I get up from my covers and drag myself to the bathroom. I almost got a heart attack looking at my reflection in the mirror, my eyeliner was smudged, eyes red and puffy, there was some dried up blood on my wrists. Blood? Jake! I remember now, how I went to the corridor, Jake trying to mark me and my human mate. How was this possible? I have heard about mates being human but it was so rare. What is going to happen now? Where is he? I cant remember anything after he wrapped his jacket around me. Was this all a dream? No..no way I can still feel the touch on my shoulders, I can already feel butterflies in my stomach just thinking about him. Who brought me here?

I quickly take a shower and change into a jeans and an old T-shirt. I let my wet hair dry naturally. I didn’t want to waste any time drying it. I rush down the stairs and see Jen, Daniel and Luna Kelly sitting in the living room. As soon as I reach the bottom of stairs, the three of them turn towards me and give me a blank look. I fidget feeling uncomfortable under their gaze. Jen must have realized that and she quickly jumps from her seat and walks towards me pulling me into a hug.
“Lia, you are awake! We were so worried! Are you alright? Are you hurt? What happ…”
Daniel too walked towards me, he pushes aside Jen and hugs me, “I am sorry Li I was too late. I am sorry.”

I am so confused. I didn’t know what to say to them? Did they see my mate? What happened to Jake? What all did they know?

Luna came to my rescue and pushed both of my friends away and said; “Give her some space kids. Let her have some food its already noon now. I bet she will be hungry! We will talk about everything later.”

So I just nod and give a weak smile. After all food is important than any matter. I quickly shove the food and turn towards them. All three of them are sitting on the couch waiting for me to finish my brunch.

I walk towards them and take a seat. Luna just smiles at me and Jenny and Dan are looking sad and guilty. I can't tolerate the silence anymore, my head is going to explode.

So I begin first; “So what happened yesterday. What do you all know?”

Jen speaks up; “I am sorry Lia. I don’t deserve to be your friend. You were in trouble and I was dancing around with strangers. I am so sorry.” She says in between her sobs.

I reply her; “It was not your fault Jen.”

Dan cuts me off; “It was mine. I should have known about Jake. I should have known about his intentions. I should have taken care of you. Why am I so stupid? ”

“You..you know about Jake. How?”

Dan replied; “When I was in the party, suddenly I smelled scent of your and Jake’s blood. I knew something was wrong. So I rushed towards the scent. When I reached the corridor you were lying on the floor with blood on your wrists and Jake was wincing, lying in the end of the corridor. He had bruises all over his face. But I didn’t smell any rogue or werewolf near you two. So we brought you back to the pack house. You were unconscious and Jake’s wounds had healed. I asked him but that asshole was not replying me so I had to use my alpha tone and ask him again what happened. After that he confessed that he was going to m..mark you forcefully and someone pushed him away and had beaten him up into a pulp. He doesn’t remember who he was or what happened after that. He is rotting in the basement now. I am so angry how can he do this to a pack member..to you. I am so sorry, Lia. I must have disappointed you so much.” He covers his face with his hands. I feel bad for him. It was not his fault, it was my fault for not telling everyone sooner about Jake. Sigh!

I get up from my seat and hug Dan and Jen. We do a group hug and finally they clam down.

“It is no one’s fault. If I would have told you about Jake sooner then it wouldn’t have happened. What he did was very wrong but he is still a pack member, a beta and your best friend. So let him out. I don’t want anyone to die because of me. No matter how much I am angry at him but he didn't mark me.”

Luna says; “You don’t have to do this for us Ophelia. He deserves a punishment for what he did.”

“Yes Luna. Please punish him but lets not make him suffer in the basement behind those silver bars. I hope he will not repeat this mistake ever again.”

Luna Kelly pats me; “You are very strong Ophelia. If you ever become a luna you will be a great one. I am proud of you child.”

Me a luna someday? Mate?
As if sensing my change in mood, Dan quickly speaks; “Fine I will let Jake out but not before teaching him a lesson. But Lia, what happened before you fainted? Who helped you? There was no other wolf scent when I reached the corridor. There was a jacket wrapped around you and it smelled like it belonged to a human. Tell us what happened?”

It wasn’t a dream after all. So after helping me out he left me there in the corridor. Where did he go? Should I tell them everything? I should or who else would I tell, I don’t have any family. They can help me to find out about him.

Everyone was staring at me waiting for my reply….
I was nervous but I still felt scared and angry thinking about how Jake attacked me.

I started; “A human helped me, he pushed off Jake from me when he was about to mark me.”

Jen spoke; “A human? What was his name? We should thank him..”

I shuttered, “H..he is…”

Daniel asked me this time; “Who is he, Lia? Do I know him?”

I replied this time clearly; “He is my mate. I found my mate.”

Jen and Luna gasp and look at me with happiness and total shock on their faces.

I could feel Daniel tense besides me.
Luna recovers first; “Oh my dear congratulations! You found your mate.” She saya hugging me.

Meanwhile Jen beams at me; “I told you you will find your mate soon. Oh my god! My best friend has found her mate! He saved you from that asshole. What is his name? Does he go to our school?”

I chuckled. It was a right thing to tell them about my mate. They are happy for me.

A loud sound of glass breaking pulls me out of my world and I see broken glass lying on the floor. Daniel stands up fuming. We get up from our seat shocked. Jen and I exchange a look saying what-the-hell-is-he-doing. And luna steps towards him but before she could ask Dan, he storms out of the house.

What the hell happened?

Why is he so mad?