Obsession: the Lycan king's Human Mate

He arched an eyebrow before his eyes moved to the books in front of them. "Is that what you were reading about?"

Finding no benefit In hiding it Adeline gave him a nod of confirmation. 

"You could ask me." 

She scoffed. "As if," this time she saw no point in holding herself back. "You are the most difficult person to get answers from and I both know that."

He rolled his eyes but did not let go of her who tried to wiggle her away from him. Xavier pulled her close. 

"Yes," he answered, "the ceremony to us is like a wedding to you. It's necessary and required." 

After realising that she was not going to leave her stare on him he further added, "Also we secretly love it." 

She giggled. "So why can't we do it?" 

With how innocently she had said it he found it slightly difficult to say yes. 

He did not want her to force himself in any sort of way especially when they had been through so much and life had been so forceful on her.

No one could do anything against the wishes of faith and when someone was human everything was out of their hands.

Especially for this fragile human in his arms, he would always be doubtful and suspicious to find out what were the underlying reasons for hairs. God forbid if she was trying to force this upon herself. 

"Are you sure that you want to attend the ceremony?" She wanted to hear her say it again. This time he was going to sniff out any lies and keep an ear out on the change in her heart beat in case she lied to him. 

She nodded. "It would be like a wedding. Between you and me and that's perfect." 

Shit. She thought of it as a wedding but it was completely different from the idea that she was used to. 

For people like him that were only a little human and more beast, who made for life, it was a given that they had to go through the ceremony and symbolize the bond along with thanking god for it. 

On the other hand as a human it was the best to be completely different for her. 

How could she not realise that? 

He patted her knee, urging her to stand up and when she did he stood up in front of her. 

"Your aunt must be worried," he lightly touched her cheek with the back of his fingers. "How about I drop you there till dinner?" 

Adelen blinked her eyes in confused and she tried to understand why this sudden change of topic came. Nonetheless he seems resolute in his words which is why she just ended up noding.

If he did not want to talk then she was not going to force him to do that. 

And for him to brush her off especially when she admitted to wanting to do the ceremony hurt her on a different level. 

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Jenna was here too. 

When she had that adaline had returned from the north, Jenna had made the first trip to her son's house. 

It looked like she had been informed about everything that happened recently. Even though she had not yet Adeline anything, something told her that people had asked her to stay mum about it. 

"Are you sure okay?" Her ever so stoic voice had a gentle Note to it. "I would not hold it against you if you decide to return to bed early this evening." 

Ah, she didn't know. 

Adeline took a sip of a water that was kept in front of her at the dining table neatly laid out ready for it to receive people. 

"I am not going to stay the night, Jenna." Adeline informed her. "Xavier would be picking me up after dinner is done."

Hopefully he would, because at a note that they had ended on, Adeline was not going to be hopeful enough. 

"Oh," Jenna exclaimed and Happy expression came to her face. "That means something, doesn't it?" She seemed cheerful. "If you two are spending more time together than it means you must be covering more distances between you two." 

If that is what people hoped for them to be doing, that was the exact opposite happening. 

How was Adaline supposed to tell her that none of it was going according to plan. Instead she felt like the distance had slightly grown. 

And the point to be noted here, was that they had only been together for a day after returning from the north. 

Yup, they could not even last a day. 

That realisation was the most depressing thought she could ever have. 

She sighed, ignoring the constant eyes of the woman on her. There was no way that Adaline could answer any of those questions without souring her mood more. 

"Adeline," Jenna placed her glass a little loudly on the table, making Adelinr jump out of her thoughts. 

With a little smile that was playing on the elder woman's lips, it was obvious that she did it on purpose. 

"I think you should check your face in the mirror. When was the last time you washed it?" 

Ouch, but alright. Jenna had always been this crude. 

With a nod, Adaline stood up and walked out of the dining room hoping to be back in time before her aunt and uncle arrived. 

Their relationship seemed to have changed as well. 

She made a mental note to ask her aunt more about it. Tessa seemed to be more comfortable with korr. And that must have something to do with just three months where they were taking care of Adaline together. 

She slowly climbed up the stairs feeling tired while doing so. Also she remembered what happened in her room and in the house. 

Her hand touched the knob to the door of her room and she opened the door only to come face to face with Xavier who was kneeling in front of her.