Obsession: the Lycan king's Human Mate

The burgers were amazing to eat after a long time. Her uncle Korr did not really like food from outside being brought into the house. He preferred to have healthy meals over anything and Adeline could see the effect on her. She felt better. 

She huffed slightly. While living with the man who was concerned healthwise she had actually begun to think the same way. 

"You know," James placed his burger on the wrapper, "I don't know if this will offend you but you are not wearing contacts."

The realisation surfaced as she muttered, "yes, I am not." 

James nodded with slighty narrowed eyes. "I expected you to panic slightly. I have never seen you without your contacts outside the house but I am glad you are confident and accepting it." 

Adeline smiled at his words. With all that happened in the past year wearing contacts and hiding her blue and green coloured eyes was a thing of the past and it seemed to be such a small problem in her life. 

She had battled so many things and lost so many on the way and contacts were the least on her mind. 

"I would say it too," Xavier spoke quietly, having no intention of James hearing it, "I love your eyes the way they are now. What do you feel the need to cover them? I can arrange for contacts easily." 

She stared at him, biting back her smile before leaning over and kissing his cheek. "I'm good." She smiled and began to eat her burger. 

From the corner of her eye she could see Xavier stare at her for a second or two longer before eating his own. 

She felt so good. It was an experience that she had never felt before. 

"So where did you two meet?" 

Adeline glanced at Xavier before answering the question asked by James. "At school actually, the very one I joined after shifting." 

James gasped. " Imagine if you two grow old and get married. You will be the high school sweet sweet hearts!" 

Xavier barely stifled the bubbling growl inside him. "Why the fuck did you say 'imagine?" 

Adeline closed her eyes and groaned. Placing her hand in a closed face she whispered with her lips right in front of it, 'He does not know anything and did not mean it like that.' 

Xavier frowned more. "But he fucking said it." 

She huffed. 

*****

"I don't understand though, you came back today and you're going back today itself to Canada. Why would you not come and meet me?" The frown and sadness on her friend's face was visible and that only made Adeline feel worse. 

She did not know what to say especially when her mind was wandering to the park again and again. 

"Her aunt was sick," Xaveir stepped up, "so it was Adeline that had to come. Originally it was Teresa who was coming."

"Oh. . ." James nodded. " Where are you guys staying then?" 

"We are not staying anywhere. It was just a one day thing and we're going back to the airport and waiting for our flight." Xavier answered him curtly. 

Why was Xavier talking to James like that? Adeline didn't find any reason for him to be this rude. And time and again Xavier continued to give him short answers, never saying any word more than necessary. 

He was not always like that. And Xavier could hold good conversations. 

After an hour James stood up and held his hands out to Adaline for a hug. "I am going to miss you so much. Please keep in contact with me." He begged and Adaline nodded into the hug. 

"I will." She promised to hold every meaning of what she said. Since Adeline felt herself to be at a better place she knew that now might be a good time to have friends again in her life, especially someone like James. 

Xavier watched the conversation happen silently. He made a mental note to tell Adaline that this was never going to happen until James found a mate for himself and shifted to the shifting realm. There was no way that she could keep in contact with him while living in another world. 

James did not hug Xavier rather held out a hand and gave him a firm handshake before moving out of the establishment. 

By the time they were finished Adaline noticed that it was around 6 p.m. in the evening and the park was almost empty because it was winter and the dark had begun to descend. 

"Should we wait in the park?" Adeline asked Xavier as she continued to look outside through the glass wall. 

"Would you like something hot to drink while we're waiting?" His reply was immediate. "It is going to get chilly." 

She shook her head and gave him a slight pointed look. "I have been fine in zero degree temperatures. I think I will do fine in single digits." 

Xavier chuckled and held out his hand only for her to take. He collected the wrappers and threw them in the bin necessary before keeping the tray in the allotted platform. 

Then he led her out and walked together to the park. Sitting together on a bench, they stare into nothingness. 

Xavier let out a long breath. "Thank you for bringing me here." 

A smile came to her face. "It was important. It was important to begin from where it all ended." She looked at him with a small yet content smile. "Do you think we can truly move forward? Because I want to and staying in the past has only taught me that I am never going to be happy." 

He leaned over and kissed her forehead but did not immediately pull away. He let his lips remain in contact with the skin, relishing the feeling. 

"I think so too," he said after pulling away, "we need this and I know we will receive this. It is about the damn time." 

Under his intense eyes Adeline looked away blushing slightly. 

"Ready to go back?" He offered her his hand and she nodded, placing her hand back in his. 

"Yes.." She nodded firmly.