Obsession: the Lycan king's Human Mate

Chapter 354 – Little Luna – I

Xavier had placed a chaste kiss on the side of her lips before they finally parted. She narrowed her eyes and the deliberate teasing he did but nevertheless followed him out of the room. 

Uncle was already there waiting next to the car and talking to Xavier's father. At the sight of them walking out, they nodded before shaking hands and concluding whatever they were talking about. 

Turning her head back, Adaline watched as the father and son duo grew smaller as a car moved away. She sighed before taking one last look at his face and turning to the front. 

"Anything you want to talk about, kid?" 

"No," she told her uncle softly and scooted closer to her uncle. Just like she had done it a thousand times before, Adaline rested her head on his shoulder and closed her eyes. 

Korr Quill was the closest to what she had as a father figure in her life and she could not be more grateful. 

"One more day to go, kid." He patted her head, "one more day and you would leave my house." 

"Yeah," her voice grew hoarse, "happy?" 

Korr chuckled but she caught onto the sadness quickly. "No, Adaline. I hope that you will find a shifter for yourself, we had less time together than I anticipated." 

Old man was going to make her cry. 

He exhaled loudly. " Just so you know, I know he is a king but.." he paused for a brief second, "anytime you feel troubled, my doors are always open for you. Yes?" 

The protection offered by him was something she took quickly and nodded against his shoulder. "Thank you." Adaline sniffed, "thank you." 

Late at night, she would often wonder when she would feel that feeling of having her father's hand over her shoulder, telling her that no matter what happened he will be behind her. 

Her father had sent someone to watch over her and that person was korr. 

"Never mention it, kid." He kissed the top of her head. "Never." 

Later that night, after the dinner with her family and the constant presence of her tutor looming over her and Adaline retired to bed. 

Thankfully sleeping required no special manners. 

Covering herself with the blanket, Adaline snuggled into the pillow before closing her eyes and letting sleep takeover her. 

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Her breathing eventually evened yet she made sure to keep on checking for a few minutes by placing her ear next to the door.

Zara closed her eyes before waiting for at least half an hour to make sure that the girl was sleeping. 

Her hand hovered the door knob before she grabbed it and twisted it open. This was going to be one of the few times when she would actually receive the opportunity of taking her blood. otherwise the moment Adaline bookshelf into the palace she would be surrounded by maids and bodyguards. 

She entered the room and slowly went inside with the syringe in her hand. All she had to do was draw out her blood and Nathaniel would do whatever he wanted it to.

That was all she had to do.

A pawn playing her part in something big that's about to happen.. something that was not right. 

"Oh god.." she whispered before stopping at the foot of the bed. 

She did not want to do it. 

Zara knew from the countless times that she had done the bidding of Nathaniel, he was up to no good with the blood of the Luna. 

How many times had Zara purposely given her food that would help her in making more red blood cells? 

Adaline was one of the few people that the maids talked about being kind and polite. The old lady Jenna was one of the sharp ones and in comparison to many that she had served, Adaline was the kindest. 

Kind enough to understand treat every maid and servant with respect. 

The syringe suddenly felt so heavy in her hand even though she had done it countless times and even more when Adaline had been in depression. 

Why did she have to grow a conscience now? 

Zara sent him before she saw or heard her mate. 

Closing her eyes, she stepped out of the room with an empty syringe and moved out of the house and into the Jungle where she knew Adrian was. 

"Hey," she stepped closer to him and put him into an embrace. "How are you?" 

"Good," he kissed her head, inhaling her scent. "Did anyone trouble you?" 

"No," she whispered and did not open her eyes. It was one of those moments where she could just stay close to him. 

"Why is the syringe empty, Zara?" 

She almost moaned out in frustration. 

Zara expected him to ask her about the blood soon but not this soon. Being a vampire, he could smell anything from a mile away especially when it was the sweet blood of a human Luna. 

"I can't do it anymore." She admitted. Pulling away from his chest, she took two steps back before saying, "why are we doing this to her?"

Adrian scoffed. "I would have agreed and left her alone if we were not close to achieving something we have thrived for years." 

"No dead is supposed to come back to life!' she hissed. "Can you imagine what will happen when people start coming back To Life?" 

"I don't care," he said, making her flinch. "All I care about is my mate coming back by my side." 

"Wait," Zara took a hesitant step back. " What did you just say?" Her heart beat got quicker. There was no way that she had not heard this right. 

Adrian would have never said that. Adrian had mixed feelings about all of it especially when it revolved around her and put her in danger. 

The face of her beloved changed slowly and more into someone she feared. The slow making of a sick grin on his face made her cry on the spot. 

"Hello Zara," Nathaniel whispered, "How does my new Conquered spell look like?"