21

~Aurelia Williams~

I could hardly sleep at night. I kept thinking about the kiss.

It was beautiful, but somehow arsenic kept popping into my head. I really didn't want to think about him, but somehow I had a strange feeling. Like I feel guilty.

I do not know why. Even less did I know why arsenic interested me at all. He finally had his mate. So what did he want from me? It was maddening.

Speaking of Mate, I didn't even ask Steven if he had one. But probably not, otherwise he wouldn't have kissed me. Steven was a loyal soul, he would never cheat on anyone.

Was it a good idea to kiss him?

Then when he finds his mate, what will happen to me? I think it's better if it stays a one-time thing. It shouldn't be repeated or I'll be the one who ends up getting hurt. And I don't think my heart could take it.

Suddenly I heard a loud wolf howl from outside.

I got up and walked out onto my little balcony to listen to the sad howl.

Was that arsenic? It sounded so lonely and sad. Is he sad?

The night was clear and you could see the little crescent moon. It was wonderful. Arsenic must have the same view...

Why do I keep thinking about him? I don't care about him. He's just a stranger.

I continued staring at the night sky for a while before I decided to go back to bed. This time I fell asleep too.

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"Good morning", Arsen's dark voice greeted me the next morning, which at the same time tore me out of my sleep.

I opened my eyes and stared straight into his green ones. This made me wince slightly. why is he so close to me

"Sorry I didn't mean to scare you, you just looked so adorable sleeping."

"Good morning," I mumbled as I rolled over and pulled my covers up under my chin. I really don't feel like getting up now, so I closed my eyes again and just tried to ignore Arsenic. I'm way too tired to even bother now have to be content with him again.

Then I suddenly noticed how the mattress next to me lowered, whereupon I suddenly opened my eyes and turned back again.

But suddenly there was arsenic, so that I landed right on his bare chest.

"ARSENIC!" I yelled. "Get out of my bed!"

"No, how come? I have to make sure you're okay. And that includes checking if you're warm enough." Then he suddenly lifted my warm duvet and pulled it over him.

I was able to catch a glimpse of his best piece. Shit it was big...

"AHHH! Arsenic why are you naked?" I yelled in exasperation. I tried to get up and get away from him, but he pulled me closer to him. The places where he touched my bare skin started to tingle.

Despite that pleasant tingling sensation, I was totally uncomfortable being so close to him, especially when he wasn't wearing anything. Only his mate should be allowed to do that. So why is he lying in my bed?

"I slept out in the woods as a wolf." He pulled me even closer and closed his eyes.

"You mean you shagged your mate." Then his eyes opened again and he turned so that he was now lying on top of me. With his hands, he fixed mine, left and right of my head. I was suddenly damned Hot Has it always been this warm in here?

"Are you jealous?"

"What? No! What makes you all think I'm jealous?" I tried to fight my way out, but couldn't. Then Arsen's eyes went black.

"I didn't fuck with my mate. But if you want, I can do that now," he said in that creepy, raw, sexy voice.

"Then go and do that!" I ordered him, seeing it as my chance to finally get rid of him.

I suddenly felt his shaft between my thighs, which made me inhale with a start. He pressed tight against my middle and I've never been so glad to wear pants in my life.

"Shit man. Arsenic, what's that about?" I yelled at him in panic. I would never sleep with him in my life. What is he imagining?

My panicked screaming worked. Because he withdrew under my covers and got up to go towards the door. But he stopped in the doorway and said: "Breakfast will be downstairs in 10 minutes. Be ready when I come for you!" Then he left my room.

But something is missing. He didn't finish.

I was also surprised that I was suddenly allowed to eat in the dining room downstairs.

~Aurelia Williams~

I put on one of my new clothes, which is still warm enough for early spring. It was dark green and reached my knees. The sleeves were half length.

After exactly 10 minutes, as promised, Arsen came into my room and took me downstairs to one of the dining rooms.

When we got there, Steven was already sitting at the long table that stood in the middle of the room and could seat at least 30 people. Don't you get tired of having breakfast with so many people?

I sat down next to him and Arsen sat across from me.

"Morning," I murmured shyly, thinking back to our hot kiss yesterday. My cars got hot at that. I'm probably red as a tomato now.

"Have a nice morning too," Steven said with a wry smile.

Then I looked across the table to see Arsen watching us sternly. But I didn't want to pay any more attention to him, so I concentrated on the table in front of me, which was set with all sorts of things for breakfast. Not knowing where to start, finally settled on plain scrambled eggs with bacon.

Again my gaze slid into Arsen's face, who was still watching every move I made. Nervous about being watched while eating, I swallowed the scrambled eggs and had to be careful not to choke right away. It made me really uncomfortable when someone was watching me.

Then another well-known person joined us and sat down next to Arsen.

Savanna. Well at least she'll distract him from me so I can have breakfast in peace.

"Good morning baby," she said, then kissed Arsenic on the cheek.

Arsen didn't seem to care, though, because his eyes were still fixed on me. I was wondering if he was still there at all. Savanna followed his gaze and then looked at me with a dismissive expression.

"And you're again?" she asked arrogantly.

"Hi. I don't think we know each other at all. I'm Aurelia.", I answered her question way too kindly. After all, one should make a start, but I don't think we can ever be friends. But it was worth a try. I really didn't want to make any enemies.

"What is an ugly little human doing here?" she asked in a derogatory tone. No, we can never be friends...

"There we are already two. I'm not sure why I'm here either." I continued to be friendly, but that was only because I didn't want to make a bad impression in front of everyone. Also, my mother raised me to be a kind and helpful girl, who Traits I didn't discard after her death either.

She turned her head back to Arsen, undeterred. I could see her doting on him, which I shouldn't really care about. So I focused back on my food in front of me. However, a strange anger welled up in me.

"I'd like to do that again from yesterday," Steven whispered sideways, causing my face to blush again.

I looked up at Arsenic again. Still unchanged, he looked me coldly in the eyes.

Then the idea came to me. I didn't know why I wanted that, but maybe I could make him jealous. He probably doesn't care anyway, after all he has Savanna.

So I whispered back, "Me too." I casually put my hand on his thigh. Steven immediately tensed up a bit and took a tense breath.

"Shit Auri. Please don't do that!" he said in a whispered but tense tone.

I aroused him. It kind of made it all more exciting, so I completely forgot about arsenic to tease my best friend. If you can still call what's going on between us friendship.

I let my hand wander further up. Steven then began to breathe uneasily. It was funny what an effect I could have on him.

"Auri please!" he begged. But he liked it, otherwise he would have pushed my hand away long ago.

You could clearly see the bulge in his pants. I considered moving my hand even closer to his privates. But then decided to go all out. So I put my hand on his bulge and Steven let out a groan in response.

But suddenly Arsen, whom I had completely forgotten, jumped up on the other side of the table and fell across the table towards Steven with a loud growl.

I didn't want that.

He grabbed Steven's neck and pushed him against the wall. Steven's hands clutched Arsenic's to get him to breathe again. But Arsen grabbed far too hard.

I had to help him. It was my fault after all.

"Fucking arsenic, let go of him!" I yelled in a little panic as I pounded on his rock hard back.

He didn't react and Steven was already looking blue. So I started pulling on Arsen's right arm. Besides, I was still yelling at him.

Suddenly his gaze shot to me. He looked at me with bright red eyes that fixed me angrily, which caused fear to shoot through my body immediately. Would he hurt me next?

"What's going on between you two?"

"None of your business." All I got in response was another angry growl.

"Are you jealous?" I asked him, using the same words he used this morning. I breathed in, stunned. I know the accusation was harsh, but I don't want to take pride in it. Nothing is going on between him and me He has Savanna and I... I like Steven...

And sure enough, he let go of Steven, who slid down the wall and gasped. Without answering me, still angry, he turned and stomped away heavily.

When he was out the door, I bent down to Steven, who was still trying to make up for his lack of air.

"I am so sorry. I didn't want that.", I said angrily. I didn't know that the whole thing would degenerate like this.

"You did that on purpose. Don't you think I'll get it?" he started to get angry. I've actually never seen him that angry, which scared me.

Steven also got up and wanted to leave the dining room, but I stopped him by clinging to his arm.

"Steven. I'm really sorry. Please forgive me."

"GO AWAY AND LEAVE ME ALONE!" he snapped at me now. He left the room and I watched after him in shock.

How could I possibly drag our friendship into this? This morning I swore to myself that the kiss between us would remain unique and then I'll play with it like that. I'm a really bad girlfriend.