His Human Mate

Amber was quietly doing her homework, while referring to her notes, whereas Hamish was snoring softly beside her. The two ignored each other as they kept to themselves, liking the peaceful atmosphere between them. It suited them as Amber can concentrate more and Hamish can sleep without any noises.

Hamish looked exhausted, hence why Amber did not dare to disturb him. He probably hasn't been getting enough sleep these days. She knew that he hadn't been around in school for weeks. Similarly to Erick. She presumed that they had been busy with something that made Hamish this exhausted.

Amber tapped her chin with the end of her pencil. 'Erick was probably this exhausted as well,' she thought.

She then returned back to doing her homework. While Amber was scribbling her answers in her notebook, she felt someone was standing beside her. Looking up, she saw Erick standing beside her seat with a pretty girl. She watched as Erick left the girl's side and began to walk towards Hamish.

Surprised, she watched him kick Hamish's chair. "Woi, get up!" he demanded, both his hands tucked in his jeans.

Hamish looked up and narrowed his eyes at Erick. To Amber's surprise again, she watched as he just quietly got up from his seat and moved across the table. He sat down and continued his nap.

She had expected Hamish to explode on Erick for disturbing his sleep. But instead, it was the other way round. It looked like he would tolerate whatever Erick does, even if he was being rude. Looking up at Erick's smug expression, Amber thought that indeed, he was being really rude. She glared at him for being rude.

The pretty girl who was watching the whole scene began to laugh softly. She moved across Amber's seat and sat down. She placed her backpack on the table and began to take out her notebooks, textbooks and pencil case.

The girl looked up to see Amber staring at her in confusion. She then laughed again and asked in a teasing tone, "You don't mind us being here, do you?"

Amber smiled awkwardly and shook her head. How can she say no when she has already sat down? She really does not understand why these girls bother asking her whether they can sit down or not when they already sat down.

The girl then turned to Erick, who sat down beside Amber. He, too, had placed his backpack on the table. But he didn't take anything out from his backpack. Instead, he turned to Amber, giving her a dreamy smile.

"Mate?" the girl inquired, gesturing to Amber.

Erick nodded. "Mate."

Amber frowned. What are they talking about? Mate? What is this mate?

The girl squealed, clapping her hands gleefully. "That's great!" she exclaimed excitedly. She then turned to Amber and held out her hand. "Hi, my name is Jeayan. I'm a childhood friend of Erick and Hamish's. So, if there's any embarrassing stories you want to know about them, let me know. I have lots of stories filled with them! So many, thick like a book."

Erick rolled his eyes while Amber laughed.

Jeayan was a pretty cute girl; a bubbly who loves to laugh and joke. She has dark brown curly hair with deep brown eyes. She was quite petite, in fact, she probably reached Amber's shoulder. She looked like a middle schooler, rather than a high schooler. Hence, likely the reason as to why both Erick and Hamish can be quite protective of her, like a little sister. As to why Amber has never seen her before, even though they were in the same year was because a couple of weeks ago, it was said that Jeayan was out of town. When in actuality, she also participated in the shifter ritual. And before the ritual, most of her classes were different as she took the science stream.

After Amber had introduced herself, Jeayan began to peer closely at Amber, who became uncomfortable. She then smiled mischievously and nodded. "Yes, yes," she said, as if she was talking to herself. "You seems like the perfect person."

"Perfect person?" Amber repeated, looking confused. What does she mean by the perfect person?

However, Jeayan ignored her and began to do her own work. Hamish was still sleeping beside her.

Sneaking a glance at the guy beside her, Amber became even more confused as she noticed that Erick was still smiling at her. Uncomfortable by the stare, she decided to confront him. "Why are you staring at me like that?" she protested. She really does not understand these people!

Erick smiled and said simply, "You're pretty."

Amber rolled her eyes and decided to just ignore him. Right. There are other girls who are more pretty than her. She sneaked a glance at the girl in front of her. And this Jeayan was one of them.

Shortly after, the three of them fell into silence. With the exception of Hamish who was still snoring away, Jeayan and Amber were doing their work, whereas Erick was just watching her.

Watching her eyebrows furrowed in concentration as she tried to solve a problem, Erick brushed a strand of her hair and tucked them behind her ears.

Amber jumped, startled by the sudden touch. She whirled around and glared at him. "What the heck are you doing?"

"Nothing," he said. He really liked her scent. He couldn't believe his good luck. He was unexpectedly delighted to find that she was his mate. Even if she was a human being, he believed that being his mate would conquer any problems that would come their way.

He secretly took a deep breath, inhaling her scent. She smells of fresh flowers and the woods in the summer. Refreshing and wholesome. His wolf, Dane, always felt at ease whenever they were close to her. Dane probably knows about her being his mate, hence why he doesn't seem to be so against her.

Ignoring his strange behavior, Amber continued to work on her homework. She was done with her World History homework and decided to practice with her calculations. Jeayan had slipped a comment, saying that Erick was good with numbers so Amber decided to ask for his help, which he immediately agreed.

"What about this one? How do you get this number?" she asked, pointing at a question in her notebook.

Erick leaned closer to her and at the same time, sniffed her scent.

Amber jumped back, her eyes widened at Erick. "Did you just sniff me?!?"

Erick pretended to look confused and frowned at her. "Did I? Are you sure you were not imagining it? You must be hearing things. I suggest you go and clean your ears next time."

Amber flushed red in embarrassment, or was it in anger. If it weren't for the fact that she needed his help with her studies, she would not be here. Instead, she could have gone to the cafeteria and gotten her early lunch. She just sighed in frustration and continued to ignore him.

This was not the first time he had been acting strange. Again, just moments ago, a guy was about to sit next to her but had moved away when Erick growled deep at him, like a dog… or a wolf.