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She wanted to utter those words. The forbidden words in the world of soulmates. The words of rejection.

She was about to sign them when she noticed a sudden shift in the atmosphere.

She glanced around to see herself not in her bedroom, but in a wide dark lit room. How...? From the interior, it looked like an ancient chamber room.

Suddenly a deep growl resonated through the whole palace, shaking it to its core.

Yes. They had teleported her into their castle. And currently the whole castle, especially the council members and the servants, where hiding in whatever places they could. Because they heard the growl. The deep and majestic call of war of their king. Today might be the day of their funeral. Some had even started wailing in the name of their families. The witty Witch Queen was trying to use magic to write her final will.

On the other hand.

Feeling the ground vibrate, Aiyana started searching her eyes around to locate Azazel. To which, she found him standing stiffly in a corner of the room.

Suddenly his whole body started to tremble. And when he turned around, his eyes were ferociously glowing sapphire yellow. He growled again, scaring her as fur started erupting all over from his body.

And, in front of her shocked eyes, the once ethereally beautiful face of Azazel transformed into of that of a beast. A total monster of annihilation.

He had a monstrous face, a beastly body, humongous arms and legs and a big tail. The beast landed on its paws and howled an earth shattering cry to the deadly night.

Aiyana was so petrified that she wasn't even able to move. Tears of horror streamed down her face as she remained frozen in shock.

The beast suddenly gazed at her. And with a terrific growl he started to approach her.

Aiyana screamed as she fell down on the floor in terror. She hid her face in her arms and started crying in fear.

She was scared. She was so scared. It was so scary.

After a moment passed, she felt a soft nudge on her elbow, making her scream and back away in fear.

She started shaking again.

Azron, the Beast, had taken over their body. Seeing their mate so scared of his beastly form, he released a deep whimper in agonizing pain.

When she somehow peeked from her arms after a while, she saw the beast crouching in front of her in a vulnerable position as he whimpered.

Her hiccups stopped. Which caught the attention of the beast, as he raised his head and gave her a small growl of attention.

When he saw her tear drenched face, he bought his face near her, making her flinch in surprise and shut her eyes. He then started to lick her tears away.

When she noticed what was happening, Aiyana opened her eyes to see his eyes just in front of her. Staring at her with its golden sapphire eyes with glistening deep emotions she couldn't decipher.

He started licking her face again, this time, with a little contentment, as he realized that his mate was paying him attention.

The feeling of his tongue started to tickle her, so she released an uncontrollable giggle from her lips. This made the beast very happy as he started licking her face more and more while his tail shook in happiness.

After a while, Aiyana started to pet the beast, which now looked adorable to her instead of monstrous. She started gliding her hands on his face towards his back and more. All the while, the beast just kept purring at her touch and cuddled into her.

After some time, the beast had the little beauty trapped within his body as he laid around her while she got his fuzzy tail in her hands and was busy touching it.

His tail was a mix of spikes and fur. The tail, at its end had spiky fur which was quite ticklish to touch as it pricked her skin. Still she felt addicted to its prickly feel and continued to pet it making the beast purr more.

His tail was a sensitive part of his body. When his mate continued to touch and fondle it, unknowingly the tips of his ears had started to grow red in shyness and his eyelashes trembled.

When Aiyana had totally calmed down and was enjoying her time with the beast without any care of the world, Azazel suddenly pricked his conscience.

Give me back the control.

NO!! I want to spend time with mate!!

Please. I just wanted to clear the misunderstandings between us before they start to grow on her.

Azron was silent for sometime, before he accepted his fact.

Okay. I agree.

All of a sudden, the beast transformed back into Azazel, to which Aiyana was fairly surprised.

With a flick of his fingers, Azazel was fully dressed in front of her within a blink of her eyes.

He gave her a sweet smile. And before she could respond, he started explaining himself.

I am sorry, Aiyana. I know you feel hurt because of my actions. But try to understand me. You are my mate. My soul mate. A person solely destined for me. I know I approached you due to this reason. But except that, every thing, every single thing that happened between us was because it was you. You, Aiyana. Not my mate, but you. And I love you, Aiyana. A lot. Please don't misunderstand or insult my love for you.

He paused for a second to watch her reaction. She looked surprised and.... touched?

He continued again.

I know humans regard mates as a matter where your destiny isn't in your control and they don't like it. But a mate bond isn't like that, Love. Being mates means sharing the same bond by which two or more souls feel compatible and truthful to their relationship. Your lover may leave you. But your mate, the one destined for you, who cares the most about you, will never even dare to think apart from you. This is mate bond. A blessing to mortals who seek true and eternal love. It's not a bad thing.

He desperately explained it to her. True, mate bond isn't like a predetermined fate. It's like a person's destiny. Even if you are mates, doesn't mean you will love each other at first glance or something. It means that you fall in love and it would be true and compatible. And humans really need to understand it.

So please Love. Try to understand our mate bond and our relationship. They are two different things but are still connected a little. Most of all, my love for you is truly sincere in our .

At the end, his eyes looked pained as he begged her to not misunderstand him. Or rather

Listening to his explanation, everything seemed clear and more true to Aiyana. Everything he said made sense. He may have approached her because she was his mate. It was an opportunity of fate. But their relationship has developed to love because of their own emotions and choices.

Aiyana felt relieved. She could not bear anymore to see him sad. So she jumped into his arms and hugged him closely to her body.

Just like that, both of their mind and soul relaxed and stayed in a bliss.

To say Azazel was relieved will be an understatement. He finally felt free after taking the secrets off from his heart. It felt so good. He kissed her cheek in bliss.

No lies and secrets from now on.

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