Chapter 6

Xyris P.O.V.

I am busy sipping my coffee in the café when my attention was captured with the slick sound of the door chimes. An indication that someone had entered the small café.

As if on cue, my eyes turn to the man that I am not really ready to see today. My mate together with his girlfriend by default, Annalise.

I take a deep breath to release the tension that starts to build up inside of me. I can't help but feel rebellious at the fact that I am mated to him. I huffed. Moongoddes probably have a personal issues with dryads that she decided to pair me up with that jerk!

This is definitely hundred times easier if he is mated to any freaking woman but me, damn! Out of billions woman in the world, why me? Why does it have to be me?

All I wanted to do it is to help this pack break the curse that seems to imprison them for hundreds of years now.

It will be much easier for me to accomplish it if I am on the third person's point of view, something like a fairy godmother rather than the main character of this story.

This unexpected turns of event changes everything. It so stupid for me not to notice my matebond with him the first time we met. Maybe it is really because of the fact that I am a half human and a half dryad.

Dryads are incapable of having any emotions while humans on the other hand cannot feel the bond instantly. Unlike werewolves, humans require to be together for a long time first before they can feel the bond. It takes time, honesty, effort and trust for them to develop the feeling of love. I am barely a human, in fact I can't even feel the pain while looking at my mate and his fiancée. Surely I am attracted to his physical appearance but nothing more than that, nothing deep enough to wound me emotionally.

I take a deep sigh for probably 5 times already since I realized that I am mated to him. I keep on getting tense and I need to do something to ease this raging emotions inside of me.

I stand up from my seat and walk towards the empty stage of the café, leaving my cup of coffee in the table. A wooden piano sits there and from the looks of it, it seems that nobody tried to use it for a very long time now.

I sat on the chair in front of it and pull the cover up. Napangiti ako ng makitang kahit matagal na itong hindi ginagamit ay halatang alaga pa din ng mayari. I made myself comfortable and press my fingers to it.

Dryads are maybe incapable of having emotion but they are known to possess a golden voice. In fact, base on a lot of human legends, dryads use their voice to lure young men in the depths of the forest to kill them and feed on their souls.

That legend is actually partially true. Dryads' possess an enchanting voice that can lure people but not to kill them. We are doing that to keep them away from our chosen vessel. Most of the Dryads associate themselves with the trees or flowers as their vessel. They are luring humans away from their trees to avoid them from being killed. You see, whatever vessel we choose to be with, we share its destiny. When the vessel has been killed so is the dryad that is homing inside of it. We are not luring them to their death. We are luring them away from our vessel to avoid our own death.

I close my eyes as I started to play one of the most famous songs of David Pomerance, a song that seems to match my current situation.

"Too many billion people

Running around the planet

What is the chance in heaven

That you'll find your way to me"

I let my Dryad side takeover me. Somehow, singing seems to calm me and my sinking heart. This new ordeal is so unexpected that even my dryad starts to feel anxious about it. As a human and knowing how this pack deals with mate bonds all I want is to run away and abandon my mate. However as a dryad I have a duty to maintain the balance of nature. It is an obligation that I need to fulfill regardless of what I feel about it.

"Tell me what is that sweet sensation?

It's a miracle that happened

Though I search for an explanation

Only one thing it could be

I open my eyes and just like how cliché scenes in romantic old movies, my eyes meet his scrutinizing gaze. Right there and there, my heart flutters for an unknown reason.

That I was born for you

It was written on the stars

Yes, I was born for you

And the choice was never ours"

The more I look at him, the more I can feel that the connection between us became thicker and thicker. I let out a bitter smile, the more I stay on this island the more I cannot avoid the destiny that was written for us. However, am I ready for the pain? Am I ready to face his rejection?

It's as if the power of the universe

Conspired to make you mine

And til the day I die

I bless the day that I was born for you

I look down to the keys of the piano to avoid his gaze, hoping that by doing this, I will be able to stop the undeniable connection that starts to build up between us.

"Too many foolish people

Trying to come between us

None of them seems to matter when I look into your eyes

Somehow nothing seems to wrong here

In your eyes I find the answer

Somehow nothing was seems so wrong here

If they only realize"

I close my eyes and feel the song deep from my heart, wishing that this confusion will end soon. I know I needed to pursue him however I am afraid to continue. fearing that my own emotion will drown me and I will end up doing something that I will regret forever.

"That I was born for you

And that you were born for me

And in this random world

This is clearly meant to be

What we have the world could never understand or ever take away

And till the day I die I blessed the day that I was born for you…

What we have the world could never understand or ever take away

And as the years go by until the day I die…

I blessed the day that I was born for you…"

A loud clap from the watching audience made me open my eyes. I look around and look at the people that is watching me with admiration and awe. I stand up from my seat and offer a small curtsy to acknowledge them before walking down the stage.

I walk towards the door with the aim to leave this place, ignoring the glances that the people give me and the wondering look that my mate is throwing at me.

I release the breath that I am holding the moment I manage to get out of the place, being in one room with my mate made me feel suffocated. I walk towards the direction of the beach, I guess a little bit of swim will clear my mind and will help me choose the right decision.

I am about to take a left turn when someone grabs my wrist, pinning me to the nearest wall and trapping me with his muscular arms. I am about to shout when the person covered my lips with his hand. The panic rose inside me when a familiar tingles registered to my mind when his skim touches mine. My eyes went bigger upon seeing the last person I wish to encounter for the rest of the day.

"I'm going to remove my hand if you promise not to shout and drag the attention of the whole island towards us." His rough voice and this close proximity made my head clouded with an emotion that I cannot identify, or maybe I am just scared to identify.

I nodded as a respond on his request. With an island full of werewolves; a shout will definitely draw all of his warriors to our direction and I'm pretty sure seeing their Alpha with a gorgeous looking human is the last thing this pack wants to see. 

He removes his hand from my mouth and squinted his eyes as he feast in the confusion and fear that is visibly written in my face. "Xyris, who really are you?" He asks while looking at me intently, surveying my emotion.

I look up and meet his dazzling deep black eyes. Instead of answering his question I decided to return it back with a question.

"What do you mean?" I remain myself calm while trying to look as innocent as the whitest sheep in the flock.

His eyes squinted in anger and frustration. "Stop fucking me with your harmless disguise, it won't work. Better tell me who you are if you don't want me to throw you out of my Island." He grits his teeth with the attempt to repress his anger.

I can help but let out a smirk at his threat. I don't understand why he is acting like this, either he can feel that I am not completely human which is I highly doubt he can or maybe he can feel the bond between us but he is unable to identify it because of the magic that's blocking it and it makes him and his wolf anxious about my presence. I look up and meet his eyes to challenge him. I move forward and tiptoed a bit enough for my lips to reach his lips but without really touching it with mine.

"I am someone who is you really do not wish to meet in this lifetime." I answered in a hoarse voice as my eyes turns to his lips.

I can see feel his anger and confusion with our closeness, an itching feeling to take me as his but unable to name it completely.

"If I tell you who I am? Are you ready to face the consequences of that question? Are you ready to fulfill the destiny that's written on your palm?" I ask that makes him step back a bit.

I let out a bitter smile at his reaction. He is a coward. I use that opportunity to get out of his hold, turn my back on him and walk towards the beach.

I utter a thankful prayer when he did not follow me and just stay standing still in the place where he dragged me.

I am disappointed with his reaction but somehow I am thankful. I haven't decided yet which path I'm going to take. It will be much harder for me to decide if he keeps on interfering on my decision. I don't really trust myself when my heart is starting to takeover.

I take a deep breath and inhaled the salty breeze of the ocean. I can still break our bond completely if I choose to rewrite our destiny but if I choose that, the price that I need to pay will be hefty. However, I am willing to take the chance if that second path will be less complicated than to be with him.

My eyes focus on the beautiful horizon where the sun is starting to set. The rays of it is blinding but I refuse to turn my eyes away from it. I smirk. The end of this story is something that I will definitely enjoy watching, even if I will be the one who ends up burning.

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