The moonlight strode gracefully through the night, lighting up the rising path and highlighting her features, making her even more beautiful. She was already the most beautiful person for him but standing on the balcony with her by his side and the moon shining brightly in the night sky made her glow even more. He's been admiring her beauty the entire time she's been looking at the moon. Her slightly parted luscious lips, her hazel eyes glowing under the moonlight, and her long red hair flowing gracefully with the soft breeze took his breath away. He was stunned when one of the workers' mind linked him, informing him that the room was ready for them. When she placed her hand hesitantly on his, the simple touch sent tingles through his body, he knows she felt it too. He escorted them out of the room and into his home office. She assumed he was taking her to his office, but he came to a halt outside the door just beside his office. He opened the door, and the contents inside made Ariel stare in awe at him and the room. He simply smiled and led her into the room. She hasn't been here before, but she knows this room was recently renovated. The walls were a light gray color, and they were covered with the paintings that had been destroyed in her studio. It was filled with art supplies, canvases, a working table made out of wood, and the studio was all decorated with lovely lights and a few green plants here and there to make it look fresh. One of the walls was demolished and replaced with glass, providing a view of the woods and mountains overlooking a beautiful lake. There were a few more mahogany furnitures, which contrasted nicely with the gray wall and colorful paintings. She moved closer to the paintings and lightly traced them with her fingers; the tears were barely visible and they appeared new. He kept his promises, recovering all of the destroyed paintings, and what made her even happier was that he considered providing her with a lovely art studio. She smiled to herself and turned around to see a tense Prince. He said as he rubbed his neck.

"I tried to replicate your studio with a new feel, at first I wanted to replicate it but then I thought maybe a few changes would be nice, and it's okay if you don't like it, you can change it back to look like your previous studio." Her expression was ambiguous, and he couldn't tell if she liked it or not. For the first time in a century, he was nervous; she made him feel emotions he didn't even know he had. She took a few steps towards him and smiled as she stood directly in front of him. She gave him a genuine smile for the first time since he brought her here.

"It's beautiful, thank you," she said, kissing his cheek. He stood there trying to process the fact that she actually liked it and not just that she kissed him on the cheeks as she turned back to check out all the supplies and her paintings. He had no idea that a simple act of admiration from her would make him so giddy inside. He saw a new spark in her eyes as she looked around the studio and he went closer to her. She felt him coming closer but she didn't mind, she still can't believe someone actually kept a promise made to her, and not only he recovered the paintings he gave her new studio. For the first time in all this year, someone actually thought about and did something for her. She didn't know that such a small act from him would make her so happy. Happy! She is happy for the first time in all this year she was actually feeling somewhat happy. He was just behind her admiring the painting more like admiring the artist when she asked

"This is why you've been so busy the past weeks?"

" Yeah, I had work, and decorating this took away my time." He said and she nodded with a hum. She went on checking out all of the paintings with Aiden following her. She was silently checking the paintings and he was silently admiring the artist.

" Where were you last night?" She suddenly asked out of the blue breaking the silence. He didn't respond so she turned around to look at him. His face was neutral but not cold

"You didn't come to your bedroom last night, so. It's okay if you don't wanna answer it's not like you're bound to answer me or something." She went on Blabbering and he kept staring at her. He didn't answer so she tried to leave but he caged her by the wall, holding her steady with one hand on her waist and another by her head.

"Were you waiting for me?" He asked looking at her beautiful hazel eyes

"No, why would I wait for you." She looked away and he gently grabbed her chin making her look at him

"Look at me when you're answering, I know you're not one of those who fear to look at someone in their eyes while speaking the truth." She sighed looked at him and said

" I woke up in the middle of the night and saw you weren't there so I asked, it's not like I was waiting for you or something." She didn't lie as it was half-truth but deep down she actually waited for him to return.

"I had sent a few warriors to look for a witch but they didn't co-operate with them so I went there personally and when I returned, the sun was already up." He answered and she hummed

" I would have tried to come home sooner if I knew my beautiful mate would be waiting for me." He said lightly caressing her cheek.

" I wasn't waiting for you, I just couldn't sleep and woke up to see you aren't there."

" So you couldn't sleep because I wasn't beside you, holding you in my arms?" He said arching his brow and a small smirk formed on his lips when he found her trying to think for an answer

" It's not like that!" She huffed and tried to push him away not using her strength, he caught her hand. She tried to wiggle out of his hold but he just chuckled in amusement

" You're so adorable," he complimented and she gasped

" You didn't just say that I'm adorable!"

" I did and you are adorable,"

" I'm not adorable," she huffed again and he loudly chuckled. The sound of chuckle made her ease up in his hold and look at him intensely. Her eyes traveled from his perfect blue eyes to his plump lips. He caught her action and looked at her lovingly. Her eyes met with his and she lightly traced her dried lips with her tongue. His eyes followed her movement and they got a few darker. He leaned towards her, their lips just inches away, she could feel his warm minty breath over her lips, and her heartbeat quicken. She closed her eyes for their lips to touch but their moment was interrupted when the Gamma of the pack burst through the door. Aiden growled and shifted into a defensive stance, hiding Ariel behind him. Liam bowed deeply and exposed his neck in respect.

"Please accept my apologies, Your Highnesses. There is an issue at the southern border that requires your attention. We couldn't reach you because your mental barrier was up."

"Rise, wait for me outside the office." Liam stood up and walked away from them before bowing once more.

"Stay in your room or here and please don't leave; I'll return as soon as I can." He kissed her temple, she nodded, and he was gone as fast as the wind. He made her feel butterflies in her stomach, and she let out a breath she hadn't realized she was holding in. And his sweet gestures towards her were complicating things for her. Being deprived of any affection from anyone her entire life, only to be the one at the end of every torture, his sweet gestures had her walls crumble. She didn't even realize it but they were crumbling slowly but surely. She decided that it would be best if she kept herself occupied in the world of colors.

"What is the problem, Liam?" He inquired as soon as he noticed his impatient Gamma.

"Nick was doing the day's perimeter check when they discovered vampires just outside our borderline."

"What exactly are they doing there?" Aiden inquired, his voice low and growling

"That is the problem, Alpha. They're doing nothing."

Gamma and Prince Aiden Liam exited the castle and dashed towards the southern border using their lycan speed. By the time they arrived, Nicolas was in a defensive position, following the vampire's every movement. Ten Royal warriors were stationed along the border, ready to repel any attack.

"Report Beta," Nicholas bowed, and Aiden nodded, keeping his gaze fixed on the intruders.

"They've been standing there or jumping on the tree for the past hour, Alpha, just talking amongst themselves."

"They must have a reason for being around the Royal Pack border; otherwise, they would not dare to just hang around so casually."

"How about the rest of the perimeter?" Aiden inquired

"Other border lines are safe, and the guards are on alert," Nicholas replied. Aiden had this five o'clock shadow over his face as his eyes followed every movement of the vampires. They followed the vampire's movement for the next twenty minutes, the vampires were just standing and sitting around just outside their borders.

"I'm going back to the castle. Liam, you stay here and report back to me if they do something suspicious." Aiden ordered

"Yes, Alpha." Liam bowed slightly and Aiden and Nicholas started walking back to the castle. They were halfway through the woods when suddenly the sky was covered with dark, thick cloud. Hiding the sun behind its thick cover, not even a single sunlight could peek through, at that moment a worried voice called out through the pack mind link,

'Alpha! There has been an ambush! 'Vampires...' he couldn't finish his sentence, and they dashed towards the packhouse. Aiden made his way out of the woods. The scene in front of them was chaotic, with Liam close behind. The pack warriors were fighting vampires, and a few dead bodies were lying around, fortunately, the bodies were vampires. Aiden shouted commands through the pack link

"Get all the children, women, elderly people to the safehouse. Liam! Guard the dungeon, kill anyone insight and make sure they can't free any captives. War battalion engage!" At his command, the war battalion jumped into the fight. Children and women were fleeing to the safehouse. Aiden and Liam jumped right into the fight. Their warriors had transformed into Lycans, but Aiden and Liam were fighting in human form. Even in human form, they were more powerful than their warriors. Aiden noticed one of his young warriors fighting a vampire, completely unaware that another vampire was about to pounce on him from behind. Before the other vampires could reach the warrior, Aiden jumped in. With his bare hands, he grabbed his head and tore it away from its body. Another vampire snarled at him and jumped at him with superhuman speed; Aiden dodged its attacks and grabbed it by the throat when the opportunity presented itself; he ripped out its heart with his hand and threw away its body. He was about to kill the next vampire when they came to a halt for a second and ran into the woods. They vanished like smoke before Aiden's warriors could apprehend them. They came and left like nothing happened. Aiden looked around the packhouse grounds, filled with dead bodies of the vampires, blood, and a few dead wolves and lycans. Nick came to his side with a few scratch here and there,

"Make sure everyone is safe and they get the medical attention they need. And I want to see the border patrol when I get back to the office. Tell them to make sure they have a good explanation as to how those blood suckers were able to get into my pack!" His voice was inhumane and his eyes were dark and were changing from blue to gold.

" Yes, Alpha." Nicholas bowed and Liam came out from the west side of the packhouse. With a few deep cuts that were in process of healing and, he bowed in front of Aiden

"Report Liam."

"Alpha, they took him!" Liam finished his sentence and an animal-like growl left from Aiden that shook up the whole ground. Every single Lycan and wolf present their bowed on the ground and bared their neck in submission. Aiden took off fuming with anger, he dashed through the castle doors towards the intoxicating scent of his mate. He threw open the door of the studio and found her sitting in a chair painting away her feelings on a canvas. The studio was soundproof and the castle was a bit far away from the packhouse, so she has no idea of what just happened a few minutes ago. She looked at him with her soft hazel eyes and gave him a small smile. That was enough to calm down the beast inside him. Taking long steps he was in front of her, he kneeled and brought himself to her level. He buried his head into the crook of her neck and inhaled her intoxicating scent calming down properly. She sat there confused with his sudden behavior.

"Are you okay?" She asked sitting still with paintbrush in her hands

"I am now." He said, his head still buried into her neck. They stayed like that for a while until Aiden moved his head and sighed still kneeled in front of her.

"Did something happen?"

"Nothing for you to worry your cute little head." He said looking into her eyes with a forced smile. She still quite didn't believe him, but she decided not to push the subject.

"Go on a date with me." Aiden suddenly asked out of the blue.

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Hey, my beautiful readers. First I would like to apologize for the late update and future late updates. I have been super busy with my exams and they are till July 1st so, next update will be delayed too. So yeah I hope you guys won't stop supporting me. We are already at 4,500 reads, yey! And #1 in assassinate! Are you kidding me! This makes me so happy! Take love and stay safe❣

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