Chapter 47

I twisted my brows in confusion and asked. "How do you mean, you are 23 and she's 21"

They both laughed before Bennett replied. "I'm sorry princess. Mermaids age faster in their world just like werewolves, but their body and beauty remains the same, and when they are in the human world for the first time, their age goes centuries backwards before moving forward again, almost like werewolves" he tried to explain but I just moped at him cause nothing he said made sense.

"Can you please explain better in human language" I pleaded, they both laughed.

"What I mean is that, Nicky is 2 centuries old back in Oceania but she's 21 in the human world, just like me, I'm a 250-year-old werewolf but a 23-year-old guy in the human world" he stated.

I stared at him as if he has gone bunkers, I didn't realize I was losing my balance until he caught my waist, my head spinned as I stared from him to Nicky and from Nicky to him. This is insane, this is not normal, there's nothing normal about my best friend being the age mate of my greater greater great great great great great grandmother if she was still alive, and my so called mate or whatever, is my great great great great grand Father's agemate if he was still alive.

I wanted to say things, crazy bad things, or even insult their age but the fear of werewolves is the beginning of wisdom "I better not make a comment before Bennett's alpha father use me for dinner" I coughed out.

"That reminds me, my real name is Darius Dimitri" he chuckled out.

I scoffed and replied "do you expect me to be surprised? Cause I'm not" if Nicky's age is not what I think it is, what else could surprise me in this life.

We kept walking. We got to the extreme of the hallway and he opened the door, we entered into the largest sitting room I've ever seen. There were golden cushions at the center of the room organized in circle form. There were also so many paintings hung on the caramel and Cream coloured walls, diamond chandeliers dangled from the high ceiling.

People were walking around, some were carrying stuff while some were discussing, the sitting room kinda look like a mini civilized city, so big.

"This way" Bennett instructed.

We walked towards the east wing, we entered another hallway filled with some men in black and silver amour with spears in their hands and swords on their waisted - what? Lol, in 21 centuries.

"Nicky you shouldn't have invited your age grade to the dinner, I'm sure these guards are your birthday mates" I mocked Nicky. Bennett laughed.

Nicky hit my hand and snapped "I hate you"

We laughed.

Bennett opened a door and we entered another hallway filled with men in black Italian suit, black Italian shoes, dark sunglasses. Their right hands were in their suit pockets as if they were fishing out something from it, their left hands were behind their backs.