Chapter 12
Kimberly's POV:
"Do you know him?" My voice gets excited all of a sudden.
Nathaniel!
This name plays an extremely crucial role in my life. Even a little bit of information about him could guide me through all of this chaos. I excitedly wait for him to answer me back.
"No… Not much. But I surely have heard about him." He adjusts the fire into the firewood.
"What do you know about him? Can you tell me a bit?" My eyes flicker with curiosity. Even a way to his house can be so much helpful.
"Not much but why do you need him?" he asks.
Why do I need him? What should I say to him? Should I tell him everything about my pack? Should I?
"Don't be stupid girl. Don't tell him anything now. You don't even have the proper strength to stand up as a wolf. What if he attacks you?" My wolf warns me. She doesn't seem to be okay with Simon. I don't understand her. Why is she so much insecure about him?
"Just! I have something to know from him. I heard he is a great man of wisdom and knowledge. I have to find him to know the answer to my curiosities." I purse my lips and smile timidly.
"Maybe so. Let me see what I can do but how do you feel now?" His eyes glisten as looks at me. He is talking about my shift.
"Not so good. I feel sick and my body feels tired and my wolf is a lot stubborn." My wolf pokes me and purrs inside me with a wave of anger. I laugh seeing her like that.
"Really? She must be childish then. It takes time and everything gets better with the training." He smiles at my wolf.
"I don't like him but he has a nice smile," my wolf blurts.
"Training, you say." I become hopeless all of a sudden. If I was back in my pack, I would have been trained well. Beta Mark was such an interesting warrior and captain of them. He has amazing fighting skills along with my father and mother. He was the most handsome warrior and trainer in there. I would have trained with him but I don't have hope now.
Who would train a nobody wolf whose pack is nowhere to be found?
I sigh as I hear that and seeing me sighing my wolf feels sad too. I feel sorry for her. She is with the strongest power together but still after that, I am not able to train her the way she has to be trained.
"But she will be okay. Once I find him, I think I will find the way." I become hopeful.
"Why don't you train with me?" He offers but I don't have any intention to stay at their pack for a long time.
"Simon… Do you think you can help me run away from there before Alpha finds out? I don't think it's a better idea to get back there. I don't know but I am getting a negative vibe. I don't want to go back there," I add.
"Your doubts are rightful but I promise I will do anything to save you and help you out from there. Your journey needs a lot of preparation. You cannot just go like this and the snowfall… It's going to increase for a few days. You should begin after that," he suggests.
"B-But… I can't. I need to move forward. Going back will only delay my plans… But I have to ask you… How did you find me?" I ask. I am curious from the start. How did he even find me? I have walked a long way and there is no way that he would find me in this heavy snow.
"I am a werewolf and a properly trained one. I can find you even through your smell." He laughs out loud. Maybe he is right. The Blue Moon Pack is much more trained and skilled than us. I can't deny that fact.
"Guess so. I am grateful for saving my life again and again. I feel so lucky to have a person like you around," I smile as I yawn. I must be tired because of all day's walk and also shifting for the first time. My parents would have celebrated this day if they were here but I have to just let it go.
"Sleep, Kimberly. I will watch over you." His voice is concerned and satisfying. It makes my heart melt for a while. He isn't my family and he doesn't even belong to my pack. Even after that, he promises to watch over me. That's so nice of him but…
Still, I don't have any guts to sleep in front of him. It's uncomfortable. What if I do anything weird in front of him? What if I snore? Or maybe drool all over my cheeks? Let aside farting…
"Just sleep, girl. I will watch over him. If something happens, I will wake you up. You need a better sleep than me. You have been through a lot today," my wolf suggests.
I see why it is so comforting to have a wolf. She can be the best of all best companions I guess. I suddenly feel I am not alone anymore. There is someone to accompany me. No… No… I am not talking about Simon. I am talking about my wolf.
Fine, I trust you and I am going to sleep then.
"I will get a short sleep, then," I inform Simon and sleep in the bed I make myself.
"You girl, surely know the survival skills though. I must praise you for that. His compliment makes me blush. I get back to sleep after thanking him.
Simon is a good person. I had never imagined that I would meet someone like him when I was lying on that cold ground. Not all the people that we meet are bad. Some people are good like Simon.
"You're thinking about him before sleeping. Don't tell me you're falling for him?" My wolf is sneaky. How could she sneak through my mind and see what I am thinking?
"You're intruding on my privacy and I am not falling for him. He is just too nice. I mean so humble and kind and also helpful." I say it in my mind. My eyes are already closed but I am still thinking about him and chatting with my silly wolf.
"You don't know girl but you're already into him. My god! Somebody just saves her from this. I can't see this anymore. Are you sure he is your mate?" she blabbers.
Mate? Yes, mate? I am not sure about it. According to the meeting with the Moon Goddess, even she cannot predict who my mate is. So, I am completely unaware of the fact that he is my mate or not. But I surely feel attached to him.
To be honest, seeing Simon before made my heart beat and it made me peaceful to see him. I can lie to my wolf but I cannot lie to myself. I adore him and respect him a lot too.
"Too much thinking girl! Just go to sleep or else I am not watching over him." My wolf growls.
Yeah! Yeah! I am going to sleep. I force my eyes to close and fall back to sleep.
"Hey!"
I hear someone calling me. I open my eyes with that masculine voice. It's him. Simon.
"Good morning!" He greets. Oh! He has such a sweet smile. I feel like I can just melt with his smile. I wonder if my wolf must be jealous right now. But what about my wolf? Why is she so much quiet?
I hear her snoring a little. This sly wolf! She promised me she would watch over me all night but there she is sleeping like a cat inside me.
"Good morning." I greet him back.
"If you are ready then, we have to move now. I don't think we can reach back at the annex in your condition if we don't walk now," he says and walks away from there to pick up the stuff.
Yeah! My condition. I wish I could tell him that I can walk without any pain.
"Don't do that!" My wolf shouts.
So, she is awake now. She is such a huge liar. How can she sleep after comforting me all the while?
"Come on you were snoring and that worked as a lullaby to me. It was you who made me go to sleep." She frowns. Wait! What? I was snoring? Really? In front of Simon?
"Don't lie. I have never snored in my whole life. You are just trying to get away from mistake and nothing else," I say.
"But it's true. He even told me that you are quite noisy as a sleeper," she adds.
What? Is she for real? That cannot be possible, right? She must be joking.
"Simon!" I call him.
He turns his head towards me. I weirdly ask him, "Did I make you uncomfortable by any means last night?"
He doesn't speak for a while and then suddenly giggles prettily. No way!
"A little bit maybe," he responds with a smile. What the hell? So, she was right.
"I told you. Now, just stand up and pretend like you aren't okay. Ask him for help and please don't act lovey-dovey with him," she starts again.
"I won't. Please," I shout in a low voice in disbelief. I adore him doesn't mean I will act blindly in love with him. I am not like that.
I stand up from the ground, collect my stuff and we begin to walk. I don't have a single intention to walk back to the annex. I don't want to see his face, the Alpha's. I hate him for god's sake and as per my knowledge he hates me too. Hope that I don't have to see his face and even if I have to see his face, I want to confront him without any fear. I think I can do that now cause I have my wolf with me. But the thing is my wolf is quite stupid.
"Hey! I can hear you and I am not stupid okay," she shouts from inside.
"Can you please go back to sleep?" I instruct her. She madly stays silent and I continue to walk. After a few hours of walking, Simon halts his feet, turns to me, and smiles at me.
I get alarmed when he stops like that in the middle. I don't notice anything wrong around. Everything seems to be alright. Then, why did he stop all of a sudden?
"What's wrong?" my voice creaks in fear all of a sudden.