Arielyn
"I am going to spend all day thinking about sex at this rate,"
I let out and forcibly fixed my face before I got out of my room. Once I was out of my room, I finally realized I was so hungry, the way I used up all my energy last night. I smiled.
"I thought you were going to sleep all day,"
Raul let out as I walked into the living room, he was holding his sensor.
"Why would I sleep all day?"
I asked. My face reddening even though I doubted his answer would be what was going through my mind.
"Well, Kendrix said you didn't get any sleep last night,"
He let out and my mind jumped; no way, Ken told him what happened between us last night.
"I slept, what are you talking about?"
I let out, defensively.
"Wow, calm down, I just said what I was told, I am not picking a fight,"
"I wasn't picking a fight either, why would I fight you? I would be dead if I tried that,"
I let out and sat near him, even though I should just go and get food before I starve to death.
"Are you for real? You are a werewolf, I am a teen vampire, who doesn't know a thing about being a vampire, if we fight, who would win? Definitely not me,"
Raul said. He stopped playing his game and turned to me.
"And you think I know a thing about being a wolf? I am just as naïve as you are, Raul, make no mistake,"
I replied. He didn't say anything for a few minutes.
"I wish I was just a normal human being. I don't want to be a vampire, I definitely do not want to be a werewolf either, never, murderers, that what wolves are,"
He let out, his expression changed and his voice deepened. I knew I should be scared as it was just us in the room and I had never been trained to fight; I was one hundred percent sure, Ae would never be able to fight either.
"Raul, what's going on?"
I asked in a calm voice. He shook his head and picked up his sensor again, he looked away from me.
"I am sorry, I shouldn't have said that, Not all wolves are bad, I have been living with you guys and you guys have been nothing but nice to me. The thing is, I can't just forget that your kinds are the reason I don't have a family today,"
The young boy lamented. I couldn't relate to his pain but I felt hurt on his behalf, he didn't deserve to lose his whole family at such a young age, especially not when they did not do anything wrong. According to Kendrix, the only thing that went wrong was the other wolves Raul's father worked with, finding out he was a vampire, They then planned and implanted the cruelest murder of the whole family and Raul was the only one lucky enough to still be alive. He had every right to be resentful towards my kind, they made him an orphan and if not for Ken, he would have been killed too.
"Don't apologize, Raul, I may not know how you feel right now but I understand,"
I told him; I reached out for his hand and he gave it to me, he felt warm and I knew his heart was warm too, he wasn't bad.
"Raul, there are bad people in every breed even among humans, but what is best is if we strive to be the few that are good, The world would be a better place if those of us who are good take over the bad ones,"
I preached.
"You know that's never going to happen right? There is so much evil in the world, even though I am still very young, I already know that the world can't be fixed,"
He let out to which I nodded. I never signed up for a deep talk but that doesn't mean I was complaining, instead, I felt pleased that he trusted me enough to share his thoughts with me.
"I know, but you have to agree that there are good people too, like you, me, and Ken and there is my best friend, Rose, she is really good too,"
I told him.
"I know, even though I don't show it, I am grateful that I met good ones from your kind, if not, I might have ended up badly,"
He blurted out, I reached for his other hand and heard them in mine.
"You are good; you have so much good in you that's why you attract good too, You might not think so or believe me but we are the same kind, Raul, the good kind, and I hope we stay being good and influence a lot of our kind to be good too, that way, even though we can't fix the whole world, we can at least fix those around us and make our place a good place,"
I replied.
"You are really good with words, I admire you, Ken is so lucky to have you, once he becomes king, he will have a wise queen with him and that's a big win for all,"
He said. The way he sounded so grown up with what he said. I smiled and he did too.
"You think I will be a good queen?"
I asked. I never thought of being queen, it never crossed my mind, not even when Ken and I started our contract but now, the implication of what his new position would mean for me settled in, it was certain that I would be his queen, yesterday, I might have doubted it but knowing that we were made for each other, cleared all doubt, soon enough, I would be getting married to the man I love the most, there was no stopping it.
"You will make a good queen,"
Raul recounted and I smiled, my stomach chose that moment to grumble.
"Right now, you should eat or you will be a starving queen,"
Raul said in a mocking tone, I glared at him which made him laugh. I stood up and as I walked away, he called my name.
"Ari?"
"Yes, Raul?"
I answered.
"I don't know what kept you up last night but you are glowing, you look pretty right now,"
He said and turned back to his game; I just stood there, blushing like a teenager. This teenager in front of me who was now playing his game as if he hadn't said anything just gave me a compliment that boosted my already so high confidence after last night, After standing silently for two whole minutes, I finally found my voice and thanked him. He waved without looking away from his game. I walked to the kitchen with so much pride, I smiled at the chef who looked up from what he was doing when I walked in.