Born For The Alpha novel Chapter 21

Arda seemed frozen under his perusal until her phone vibrated as it began to ring. Then her eyes dropped to the ground, focusing on her phone. She saw Jacob’s name flashing across the screen.

She was eager to speak with Jacob. At the same time, she was frightened, considering what the Alpha had said about him. She was still trying to wrap her head around the information that Jacob was a werewolf and the son of an Alpha who was out for her life.

A sudden movement had her looking back up and she found Gillow standing right before her.

As her breath continued to rise and fall shortly, he let his eyes drop to the phone. Then in an instant, he had retrieved the towel from the bag, unwrapped it and was handing it over to her. She was afraid but managed to receive it.

Arda went from being scared to being shocked as he turned his back on her. Without his words, just by his action, she understood that he was giving her some privacy. Coming from him, she was astonished. There seemed to be some gentility in him. Gingerly, she wrapped the towel around her body.

“You’re perfect.” She heard him say quietly without turning to face her. It took Arda a few seconds to understand him. Her fear of him affected her so much.

“What?” she almost mumbled but he heard her.

“Your body, the whole of you is perfect.” He said gently.

Arda appreciated the compliment. Still, she knew he was unpredictable. And it was that trait of his that kept her nervous and still afraid. Her phone stopped ringing.

“Thanks.” She murmured.

“You’re welcome.”

Her phone started ringing again.

“Jacob Cain, I imagine.”

“Yes.”

“You can speak with him…freely.”

Arda didn’t gasp as she found him back at the door of the bathroom where he stood, facing her once more. She guessed she was getting used to his supernatural moves.

He opened the door, stepped back and with a soft smile and an exaggerated bow of courtesy, exited the bathroom and shut the door behind him.

Arda breathed a sigh of relief. At the same time, she wondered at the possibility that he could be nice and playful if he wanted to be. She didn’t know how to feel about that. Perhaps she liked that part of him. No, she appreciated it. She needed every show of kindness she could get at this point in her life.

Arda quickly picked up her phone which was still vibrating as it rang. Then she received Jacob’s call and brought the phone up to her ear.

“Jacob?”

“Arda is that really you?” he seemed to be speaking quietly like he didn’t want anyone around him to hear him.

“Yeah. What’s going on? Someone tried to kill me and you left me confused.” Arda didn’t really know what to say to him. She had thought she would ask him about his werewolf ties and all the moment she came into contact with him but upon hearing his voice, she couldn’t help but still see him as Jacob, her friend and flat mate.

“I’m so sorry to hear that.”

“What is really going on?”

“Where are you?”

“I’m at…” Arda paused. Somehow, she wasn’t sure about telling him exactly where she was. She felt like she had just woken up to the reality about him. It was time to stop living in denial. She had to try.

“Where are you Arda?”

“I’m safe.” Arda wasn’t sure about that but she felt quite at peace, saying the words.

“Listen, you can trust me. I need to know where you are.”

“Maybe I need to know who you really are.”

There was a slight pause at his end.

“Jacob?”

“I can’t tell you.”

“Maybe I already have an idea about who you really are.”

“What are you talking about?”

“Don’t you think the pretense has gone on for too long?”

He sighed.

“Are you really safe?”

“I am safe. Maybe I’m safe.”

“That’s good enough for me.”

“So who are you, Jacob?”

“Remember the morning I made you breakfast before you went out to see your project supervisor?”

“Yes?”

“I was reading the newspaper and my attention was really focused on a particular story.”

“Yes, the one about wolf howls increasing around the forests at night.”

“Well, it is not the howling of wolves entirely. It’s actually the howling of werewolves and… I am a werewolf.”

Arda didn’t know she would still be shocked, despite having prior information about his identity. She guessed, hearing him admit it was the real shocker.

“Arda? Did you hear me?”

Arda cleared her throat so that she could find her voice. “I heard you.”

Jacob sighed. He was speechless at the moment. Arda was also speechless and the silence between them, stretched for a bit.

“What’s the whole story J?”

He let out a chuckle. It sounded weary. “I can’t believe you just called me that.”

“I still see you as my friend, Jacob. If that’s how you still want it.”

“I’m still your friend, Arda. I’m sorry about all the lies and pretense. It was for a purpose. You deserve a normal life. At least, for as long as you can get it.”