The Lycan’s Contract Mate

“Dave, my chef said you haven’t eaten since I left and I figured you will be hungry,”

He said holding up a spoon, I took it from him and sat next to him on the sofa.

“That’s very considerate of you, I forgot I haven’t had anything to eat all day,”

I said taking a bite of the food, it tasted really good and I just couldn’t stop eating until I emptied the plate, I looked at him after I was done eating to see him watching me, I felt embarrassed.

“Thank you for the food,”

I said looking away from him, his eyes were too intimidating for the current state of my mind.

“You are welcome, I am glad I didn’t have to force you,”

He said and before I could ask him what he meant by that, he stood up and took the empty plates.

“I just came to feed you, please take a rest now that you are fed, goodnight,”

He said and walked out before I could say any other word to him.

I was able to get some sleep that night even though I spent most of it tossing and turning, the next morning when I woke up, I went downstairs after taking my bath and met his housekeeper who told me he left for work already, she showed me to the kitchen.

A kid was sitting there when I got in, I recognized him immediately I saw him and realized something that I didn’t when we first met, he was a vampire, yeah I could easily tell, Rose said it was one of my gifts, not like acknowledge it, the only gift I wanted wasn’t given to me, I wanted to be able to go back in time so that I can stop my mom from getting pregnant with me.

“Hi, you remember me?”

I said to the kid, taking my mind off my train of thoughts and the kid looked at me weirdly, then I remembered he had been unconscious when we had met, of course he won’t remember me.

“Sorry, my bad, you don’t but we have met before,”

I said siting opposite him.

“We have?”

He asked still looking at me, maybe he was trying to see if I was a threat or not.

“Yes, we have, the day you fainted, I was there and I even went to the hospital with you and Kendrix, I left before you woke up, I am so glad you are okay,”

I revealed and he nodded without saying anything, I looked at him really well and realized that he looked underweight, Kendrix was rich so how come a kid living with him was looking so malnourished, maybe it was his sickness.

“My name is Arielyn but you can call me Ari or Ariel, what’s your name,”

I asked and he was quiet for a long moment, his head bowed down, maybe he didn’t like giving his name to strangers, kids all have different characters and I was used to them because I work with them a lot.

“Raul,’

He said softly when I thought he wasn’t going to answer.

“Nice to meet you Raul, I hope we can get along as I will be living with you for the next one month,”

I revealed and he looked up at me with interest.

“Aww, he is cute,”

Ae chipped in, I smiled, I was glad to know she was okay with him even though he was a vampire,

“That’s because he is cute and looks so alone and harmless,”

She added and yes, I agreed he looked so alone which made me wonder just what happened to him, I was sure he wasn’t related to Ken because the king didn’t have another son and most certainly not a teenage vampire, unless he was a distance relative.

“Are you Kendrix’s girlfriend or mate?”This is from NôvelDrama.Org.

He asked in the same tiny voice he had used the first time.

“I am neither of those, he is just a friend, what about you? What are you to him?”

I asked.

“A pain in his ass,’

He responded and I decided that I liked the young boy.

“I think I am that too,”

I said and watch him relax and even manage a smile, he was super cute but even cuter when he smiled, he had very visible dimples too.

“So why are you not in school, if you don’t mind me asking that,”

I asked and he looked down again but not before I saw the sadness in his eyes.

“You don’t have to answer that if you don’t want to,”

I added.

“I guess you came in newly, my family died in a fire and I can’t go back to school because I might die too,”

The little boy said and I was lost for words.

“I am so sorry for your loss,”

I said and he nodded, I wanted to ask him why he thought he would die too but I didn’t want to come across as insensitive so we both just sat there in silence, I thought I had problem but hearing about him losing his whole family at such a young age made my problems pale in comparison, I was an adult who can make adult decisions and he is just a child alone in the big bad world, I wish there was a way to make him feel better, and assure him that he wasn’t alone, hopefully, he will meet a lot of people who would love and care for him, I know just how it feels to be alone even though my family are alive.

Over the next two days, Raul and I kind of bonded, Kendrix introduced us formerly when he got back from work that evening and Raul and I just kind of clicked, it was always just the two of us, since I didn’t have anything to do and I didn’t want to be trapped in my thoughts all day, I played video games with him and we talked a lot, I cried when I found out how his whole family was killed and my respect for Ken went up even more when I found out what he did, it just proved how much of a good person he is, it was rare to see someone as nice and considerate as him especially in our side of the world, he never even asked me why I was homeless in the first place, I know a lot of people would have asked from the moment they saw me with my bags but Ken was different, he didn’t ask and he also made sure I felt safe in his house, it was hard not to like him.