His Human Mate

Looking around her, Amber felt that it was surreal that she was really inside Erick's bedroom. Aunt Luella had told her to wait in his bedroom while she went to wash and dry Amber's shirt.

At first, she had felt guilty and awkward that Aunt Luella was the one who washed her shirt, instead of her. After all, it was she who was clumsy and had spilled orange juice on her shirt. And after she had spilled her drink, she was so embarrassed that she turned bright red at that moment.

Fortunately for her, Erick's parents did not really mind. They were probably just wondering why the questions of whether she likes werewolves or not stumped her.

To be honest, it was not that it stumped her, it was more like, it surprised her because of the coincidence.

Recently, she had been having dreams of wolves and sometimes, werewolves. It kind of weirded her out. Sometimes she even imagined hearing the word, 'mate'. And the other weird thing was that the dream wasn't scary at all. In fact, it was a calm and soothing dream. She dreamed of living with the werewolves and even having a relationship with one of them. She did not know why but she noticed that it had happened to her ever since Erick had been away out of town.

She had heard stories about shifters living in this town but she did not know whether they were still alive. She once read newspaper articles about them but it was dated more than twenty years ago. Hence, she did not know whether they still exist or not. She did not dare ask the locals here, such as Dana and Jeayan because she heard it was kind of like a taboo subject to talk about shifters here.

Thus why she was surprised when Aunt Luella asked her about werewolves. She wasn't sure whether the latter was asking about werewolves in the fictional sense or in real life. In her opinion, she doesn't really know much about werewolves since it wasn't in her circle of interest, like the warlocks in Harry Potter. And there wasn't much being mentioned about werewolves in Harry Potter's series either. But if she took the example from the movie, 'Twilight', Taylor Lautner was a handsome hot guy. And he was a werewolf. He was the only reason why she endured watching the movie, anyway. She wasn't a big fan of the male lead and female lead.

Thinking back at what had happened at the dining table, she did not manage to answer Aunt Luella's question. It was because she was too surprised and embarrassed about spilling her drink on her shirt. And now, the question has long gone from their minds.

Erick's father had awkwardly patted her on the shoulder, telling her to not worry much. Personally, Amber just felt even more embarrassed when he tried to calm her. It made her think that she really was a clumsy person.

Sitting down on Erick's bed, she looked around at her surroundings. His room was a typical teenager's room. There was a wall-mounted television in front of his bed, with a game console underneath it on a TV stand. There were posters of football teams and whatnot on the wall. To the right of the television was a door that probably led to his bathroom. And then there was a coat rack on the corner of the room, filled with jackets. Beside his bed was his study table, filled with textbooks. Looking closer, she did not expect he was a diligent student. There, on the study table, was a table calendar, filled with datelines and whatnot.

Although she wanted to look more, she brushed those thoughts away. It's enough that she had 'invaded' his room, even if his mother told her to, it didn't feel right to her. She shouldn't be a hypocrite. She had scolded him for looking through the things on her study table so she should have the decency to not look through his.

She was wearing one of his old t-shirts, which felt really big on her, showing one of her shoulders. Luckily, it was only her shirt that was dirtied so she, at least, still has her pants. She looked down at the t-shirt and giggled. It was a 'Joshua Bibir' t-shirt. She did not expect this in his closet. She should tease him about this when he gets back.

Not knowing what to do but to wait, she decided to play some games on her phone.

Just as she was tapping on her phone, she heard a low growl from underneath the bed. Frowning, she looked around her but she saw nothing. She noticed that there was a small pet bed near the door but she did not really think too much.

Erick never told her that he had a pet so she never thought that there would be an animal inside here.

Thinking that she was probably hearing things, she turned back to her phone.

However, just then she felt something had jumped beside her from the back. She turned around and nearly screamed. There was a huge dog that looked more like a wolf, sitting beside her. It was looking at her with those sharp eyes. Its grey mane looked thick and glossy. It was slowly approaching her, making her feel terrified. Her mind went blank as she jumped out of the bed and nearly ran into Aunt Luella who was walking in with her folded shirt.

She quickly hid behind Aunt Luella and pointed at the huge dog, who was letting out a soft growl. "Aunt Luella! That… that…" she stammered, finding it difficult to talk.

Aunt Luella handed her shirt back and then turned back to the huge dog, with her hands on her h.i.p.s. "Stay down, Luka. Now!" she admonished.

The huge dog immediately whimpered, its paws over its head. Amber looked at it with wide eyes, surprised how a huge dog can be so adorable.

Aunt Luella turned back to Amber and patted her on the shoulder. "Don't worry. Luka here is harmless. Go and wait here. We'll call you later to send you back home. Your Uncle Lachlan needs to make a few calls and then we can go."

Amber slowly walked back in, approaching the huge dog with hesitant steps. The huge dog looked back at her with those eyes, as if it was waiting for her to approach her before it did something.

Then she stopped and turned to face Aunt Luella. She then asked, "What kind of dog is this?" She had never seen a dog this big.

Aunt Luella smiled before answering. "A wolf. Don't worry about him and have fun!" she said, closing the door shut, pretending to not see Amber's widened eyes.

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Lachlan rubbed his glabella in frustration, trying to think what to do next. He was inside his office at his house. Noaz had just mind-linked about his situation. It seems like Isaiah Cairin was still alive, much to Lachlan's surprise. He was actually from his grandfather's generation. They used to meet up with one another until one day, the Cairin pack suddenly stopped attending the Shifter meetings. It has been years since they had joined one and Lachlan hadn't heard anything about them since then. The details and information about the Cairin pack were probably obsolete.

Although he found it strange that the Cairin pack wouldn't want to be cooperative, he did not command Noaz to push it further. Because he knew what Isaiah was like. Once you get on his bad side and hit his bottomline, it will be chaotic. Again, Lachlan still finds it strange as to why they were being uncooperative and secretive. And he thought that it was impossible for them to think that they were not aware of rogues in their territory, what more, a warlock. Recalling the strength that Isaiah had back then, he should know of their presence beforehand.

He leaned back against his seat with a sigh. He probably has to investigate this by himself then.

Luella knocked on the door before walking in. She walked towards him and sat herself on his l.a.p, placing her head on his shoulder. "What's wrong, honey?" she asked in concern.

He sighed as he pulled her closer. "Noaz wasn't able to get the cooperation from the Cairin pack."

"Oh dear! Then what are we going to do?" she asked again.

Lachlan gave a rueful smile. He loved how she always used 'we', instead of 'you' and 'me', which shows her great support of him. "I'll think of something after I discuss this with Fergus."

He then gently stood up with Luella in his arms. "How's our daughter-in-law?" he asked. "Is she ready to go back home?"

Luella nodded, smiling. "Yes, I'll go call her now."