Obsession: the Lycan king's Human Mate

None of them had noticed the weather that they had arrived in which is why when it started to drizzle they were taken by a complete surprise and ended up looking at the source of it. 

"It's raining," Adeline observed as she looked up. How had she not noticed it being cloudy at the beginning? 

"Yes, no shit." Xavier replied, slightly pissed, before standing up dusting his now slightly wet pants and holding a hand out to her. "Come on, we should go." 

Before looking at him and his hand, Adaline turned to the grave of a father and closed her eyes as she muttered a quick prayer. She prayed that he went into the afterlife smoothly and if he was born he got a good family. 

Adeline then placed her hand in his and stood up. Turning to him she gave him a cheeky grin and said, "I know just where to go." It was the only spot that would be perfect for them to go to. She knew just where it was. 

Before waiting for him to say anything or even acknowledge what she said she started pulling him in the direction that she had been in a thousand times before. 

"We cannot walk in this weather," he said, pulling her to him, "we either have to stop in any shade or we have to hail a taxi. I would say to—" 

"Taxi is it," she muttered, cutting him off and thankfully so, they got one and in the rain it stopped for them. 

They got off in front of the house that once belonged to her father and was then transferred to her aunt. Looking at the housing loan brought back a lot of memories for Adaline, both good and sad. 

Somehow the Good overshadowed the sad now. She loved the house where her journey began. 

"Here we are," she looked at a stoney faced Xavier with a huge smile on her face before turning back to the house, "My house."

"Yeah?" He asked in his baritone voice not showing Adeline emotions, making her slightly found. "Go ahead and go inside." 

Taking serious offence to what he said to her Adeline turned and marched towards the door. How dare he talk to her like that just after they had made up? 

She twisted the door knob choice but nothing happened. She twisted the door knob again with her shoulder and applied some pressure to it pushing open but only for the woman to stand there with a suspicious expression on her face. 

"Trying to break into my house in broad daylight?" The woman snapped at Adeline, making her jump. "Get out of here before I call the cops!" She screamed and banged the door shut at Adeline's face. 

Adeline stayed at the door with the horrified expression. Blinking back into reality she stepped away from the door when she found the woman yelling at her from the window. 

"Get away!" She screamed but it was muffled as she was behind the glass of the window.

Without waiting to be more humiliated and abused, Adaline hurriedly walked to where Xavier was standing with his arms crossed in front of his chest. 

"So? Your house?" He taunted and she shook her head. As if that was not enough for her embarrassment Xavier raised his hand and pointed towards the taxi driver. "It was your idea to hail one, I think you should pay." 

Shit, she looked at the driver who was waiting for her to pay him impatiently. Adeline just realised that she had no money. 

She had no money in the shifter currency and she had no money in the human currency. 

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Xaveir paid him the money with more tip than necessary. The driver, happy to be compensated, left without a word. 

"Where did you get the money from?" Adaline asked shyly while her hands fidgeted in front of stomach. 

For all she had known, Xavier had walked to the end of the street where he had gone inside a house and come back with money in his pocket. She had no idea what had happened. 

He sighed before looping his arm around her shoulder. "There were a shifter family down the street. I recognised them by their scent and they were willing to lend the king some money." 

Adeline closed her eyes, cringing hard at what was said. The king had to beg for money because of what she did. "Sorry," she whispered out. 

He looked down at her from the corner of his eyes, not turning his neck. He huffed and shook his head to himself. Here, he was looking forward to giving the penguin control in the relationship and this is what she had done. 

"I really have to ask this," he brought forward a fist and raised one finger, "how could you think the house still belongs to you after your and started to live there for more than six months and second," he raised another finger, "how could you forget to pay the taxi driver? In fact, how could you hail a taxi when you knew you had no money?" 

Adeline shrugged and looked away bashfully as her cheeks burned. Yes, she had made a huge blunder. "So, how are we going back?"

He looked at her with a raised eyebrow. "Are you trying to deflect me from the topic? Adeline, if you must know I am the one who is sitting in between the most experienced man of the country." 

She mimicked him under breath before turning back to give him a reply instead saw him glaring down at her. 

She huffed and just looked away. What was she to do now? 

"We will be reaching the portal near in this area. Thankfully, there is one where it is densely populated by wolves or shifters in general." He sighed and pointed again. " We have to work there or we can take a taxi if you like."

She shook her head immediately. No taxis for her!