My Most Precious Human novel Chapter 112

I looked around my new room. The wooden boards were framing a huge, wall-size window in front of me, which opened onto a small balcony. It let out a magnificent amount of light, just enough to brighten up the dark wooden floor. The white, raw walls perfectly corresponded with the dark brown flooring and the wooden furniture's skeletons wrapped in light-cream leather. But the most stunning part of the room was my new bed. The massive ebony frame went up to the ceiling, crowning the bed with a beautiful cream-white canopy. Below the falling layers of a silk-like fabric were a soft quilt and multiple down pillows. It was all amazingly cozy, but at the same time, unquestionably sexy. Just looking at it put me in a mood to…

My heart ached again.

I started to question whether that stupid bond-breaking formula, which I said aloud as if I had casted a spell, even worked. Maybe it did… on Sariel. Perhaps I didn't feel any change within me because I was a human…

"The hell with those stupid genes!" I shouted painfully, cursing my human nature.

It sucked. I was unable to feel the mate-bond and breaking the vampire blood-bond clearly malfunctioned in my case. Perhaps I was meant to be uncertain of my significant other's feelings, then heartbroken and finally empty. I wondered what Sariel felt at that moment… I wondered if he felt relieved after I had broken our bond. After all, he used to fight those feelings my blood forced on him. Did he feel freed from the burden when I left him?

My chest squeezed once that question appeared in my mind, forcing salty-wet streams down my cheeks. I was going to surrender to my despair if it weren't for the sudden knock on my door. I jumped up from the floor and brushed the tears off my face.

"Yes? Who's there?" I called out nervously.

"It's me, Ari. I brought your suitcase, Ms. Lilith."

I opened the door while hurriedly putting a smile on my face. "Please, come in…" I gestured at him, and quickly added, "and call me Lilith… please."

"I can't do that." Ari winked at me, taking my suitcase into the room. "Alpha would have killed me if I called you by your first name."

"Seriously, Beta Ari? I think I can decide whether I want someone to call me by my name or not," I smirked.

"Not if Alpha Draven decided you are his Luna-to-be," he chuckled.

Chills ran down my spine. "What did you say?" I choked out.

"Wasn't that obvious?" He shrugged.

I swallowed hard as fear clouded my eyes and froze my expression.

"Hey, this isn't a death sentence, you know?" Ari snorted, making me realize that my panic had surfaced right before his eyes.

"I didn't mean it that way…" I smiled nervously, "I just… It's a bit overwhelming."

"You'll get used to it… and Alpha Draven. Whatever you may think about him, he is not a bad guy." He was trying to help me accept the situation, but I was more than aware that none of his words could speed up the process.

I smiled at him in my silent response. I might have known that Draven was exactly the villainous type, but that didn't bring me anywhere close to having feelings for him. Speaking of which… did he truly have feelings for me?

"Beta Ari... Do you mind if I ask you a personal question?" I gazed at him hesitantly.

"Shoot away." He made himself comfortable in the closest chair.

I sat on the bed, locking my eyes on him. "Do you have a mate?"

"Yes. I found my Sadie when I was visiting a nearby pack six years ago," he replied casually.

"What was it like for you? I mean, how did you know it was her?" I asked, cautiously stepping into an intimate topic.