Chapter 3

After standing for a few minutes in the middle of the forest with one had covered my right cheeks, I was finally able to comprehend what had happened. Then I came back to my house and went straight to bed. I was unable to sleep the whole night. His face was the only thing I saw whenever I closed my eyes. No matter how hard I tried his thoughts didn't leave my mind. I spent the whole night tossing right and left in my king size bed.

In the morning I quickly took a bath to wash all tiredness from my body. When I exited from the bathroom, I saw Cole. He was wearing black shirt pants and sitting in my bed.

"Good morning" Cole greeted me and I greeted him back.

"What are you doing here?" I asked him while walking into a closet. I choose a blue shirt and grey pants. I returned back to the room.

"I came to return this." He said while giving me my phone. "Yesterday you forgot it in the English class. You have twenty miss calls and one message from Amelia."

How that girl did have my phone number. I never gave it to her. I unlocked my phone and read the message.

′I want to taste your delicious body' message from Amelia.

I mentally flinched while reading that. I quickly blocked her number then tossed my phone at the bed. That's when Cole forcefully turned me around and examined my face as if I had something in my face. Oh shit! I did have something in my face.

"Is this handprint? You got slapped." Cole started laughing. I instantly covered my cheeks. This was embarrassing.

"Who's that awesome girl who slapped our future werewolf king." He was still laughing hysterically. I rolled my eyes at his statement. I instantly remembered my crazy encounter with that beautiful boy.

"Actually, it was a boy who slapped me." My statement was followed by pin-drop silence. Then my best friend started laughing again. Asshole!

After few minutes of him laughing hysterically, he finally became normal. "What did you do to get slapped?"

I didn't know if I should tell him. He might make fun of me or worst judge me. After asserting every pro and cons, I decided to tell him the truth. After all, he was my best friend.

"I met a boy in the forest and he was very beautiful"

He raised his eyebrow as if to say 'you found a boy beautiful'. I ignored him and kept talking.

"He said he was lost. We conversed and at some point, I grabbed his hand. That's when he slapped me."

"What!" He exclaimed. There was confusion in his face. He quickly composed himself and asked me, "You got slapped because you grabbed his hand!" He repeated what I said as if to find some sense in it.

"Is there something else you want to tell me?" His question caught me off guard. Did he figure out my newly formed secret?

"Cole, I think I am gay." The words came out before I could even process what I said. Shit! I slowly glanced toward Cole. His mouth was hanging open. Emotions like shock, surprise, disbelief and finally acceptance crossed through his face. He opened his mouth to say something but was interrupted by a knock at the door.

The door opened and my father walked in. He was stressed and when he saw me he got....angry.

"Xavier, what happened to your face?"

My father would practically kill me if he found out I got slapped by a boy. "Cole slapped me for teasing him." I blurted out whatever came in my mind. Cole coughed loudly at my words.

"Cole, you dare disrespect your future king. You'll be punished." My father shouted. Oh no! I mouthed sorry to Cole while he mouthed save me.

"We were just playing, why are you here dad?" I tried to change the subject to distract him. It worked. Dad gestured Cole to get out and turned to me. He waited till Cole was out before speaking.

"Your fiancée" I interrupted him. Of course, he wanted to talk with me about my freaking fiancée.

"You mean stranger" I was still angry with him because of all this mate fiasco so I didn't want to hear anything about her. My father sighed and came closer to me.

"In 7 days, you'll be crowned king of werewolves, Xavier. Since you may have Lycan blood inside, you'll need Luna before you can be crowned."

Sure, I was the future king of the werewolf kind. My family lineage was directly linked with the Lycan. Also, since my grandpa was a Lycan, there was a high chance I would be a one too. Lycan are hot-headed, short-tempered, and aggressive. Ruling pack as unmated Lycan was too dangerous. That's why I needed a Luna before I could take over the Alpha position.

"Your fiancée will be your Luna, whether you like it or not." He stated leaving no room for argument. It was my born right to choose my mate, but he didn't let me. The biggest decision of my life and I had no say in it. I felt helpless and for that, I hated my father.

"I am taking you somewhere. Let's go." He ordered again. Ordering was the only thing he was good at. I couldn't even look at him so I angrily walked towards the door to leave. Before I could walk out I heard him say.

"To make her queen is the only way to keep her safe." He stated in a very low voice. I guess it wasn't something meant for me to hear but I did.