Chapter 16

　　ARIA's perspective 　　I rubbed my eyes when I opened them, I saw Neon smiling at me. 　　His fingers brushed against my cheeks and he swept my hair off my face. 　　“Neon?” 　　He hummed and grazed my cheeks with his fingers. I lifted myself and faced him. 　　“How are you feeling?” He asked, and took my hand, playing with my fingers. 　　“Why are you here?” I wasn’t expecting to see him in my room this early, he had a grin on his face, a grin that could easily melt hearts and I couldn’t resist him when he touched me. 　　“I thought you might want to take a tour of the pack and get some air. Just figured out it might feel suffocating for you to stay indoors all day. Do you want to go with me?” 　　I held his steady gaze. “Yes, I want to.” 　　I answered quickly. Neon chuckled, how did he know exactly what I needed? 　　Leaving this house and this room might help me reorganize my thoughts. 　　“I will let you freshen up,” He held my face and placed a soft kiss on my forehead. He stood up from the bed and sauntered out of the room. 　　I stared after him, and a small smile touched my lips. I pulled myself up from the bed and headed into the bathroom. 　　I had a quick shower and when I came out there was breakfast on my bed. Neon must have kept them on the bed because there was a note on it which said I should eat everything. 　　I know he was taunting me with his note. 　　When I was done eating and ready to leave, he was standing outside my door dressed in black trousers and a white-sleeved shirt. His looks were simple yet he looked so striking hot leaving two of his buttons open and I could see a glimpse of his chest. 　　I swallowed hard and averted my gaze from his body. 　　Who knows werewolves could look this good? 　　“You look stunning.” He commented on my looks, I wore a black strapless gown that stopped at my knee. I styled my hair a little bit, and let them fall over my shoulders. 　　Neon came closer and took my hand in his, intertwining our fingers. His thumb rubbed against the back of my hand. 　　“I’m not going to let go of your hand. I want to walk with you every day just like this.” He looked down at our hands. 　　“Let’s go.” 　　We walked out of the house, and he stopped at where the car was parked. He opened the car door, and I entered. 　　“I will show you around the pack.” He muttered and glanced at me. I nodded with a small smile on my lips and looked out the window. 　　I thought I was in the middle of some forest but it wasn’t as I thought, it was like a small beautiful town with houses around. 　　“It seems peaceful.” 　　“Only in the daytime.” He chuckled, turned the wheel, and stopped the car at a fountain. We came down from the car, and my eyes were fixed on the fountain, in front of it was a statue of a werewolf. 　　“That...” I point at it. Neon nodded and stood beside me, his hand wrapped around my shoulders protectively. 　　“This is the first Alpha in the pack, Jonah Black.” 　　“How long did he live?” I asked and stretched out my hand to touch it. 　　“Over a hundred but he retired before that and his heir took over the pack, and he was my grandfather.” 　　“Werewolves live longer?” 　　“We can live longer than a hundred but we can die and not live up to that age when we have no mate. As werewolves, we can only have one woman in our life and that is our mate, and that has been our tradition over the years.” I could feel his eyes on me as I stared at the statue. 　　“...that’s the museum close to it, it has most of the things you should know about werewolves and the bookshop. It’s over there.” 　　I was about to say something to Neon when I saw some eyes staring at me. My lips clamped shut immediately and I tugged at Neon’s arm. 　　He turned and saw the people who were standing and whispering while pointing fingers at me. 　　They bowed when their eyes met with the Neon. 　　“Go to the car,” He guided me back to the car with his hand on the small of my back. 　　He shut the door when I was inside. 　　“I don’t want to wolf to sense that you have no wolf, stay here okay, I will be back soon.” His hands stroke my hair for a moment, through the car window and he let go. 　　I watched him as he headed towards the people that had been watching us, I did not know what he said to them but I could see the terror that lay within their faces, and how their lips trembled when they replied to him. 　　They bowed and scurried away, Neon came back to the car and knocked on the door, I opened it and came out. 　　“What did you say to them?” 　　He only smiled in reply and took my hand. 　　“Come with me, I have something to show you.” 　　I followed Neon as he took me to the woods, we walked for a while and my feet were starting to feel tired. 　　This wasn’t part of the tour I was expecting. 　　I didn’t know why he was bringing me here. 　　He stopped walking and let go of my hand. 　　“Why are we here, Neon?” I asked with a slight pant. 　　“I figured out that I have to show you who I am, and I don’t want to hide it from you.” He stood in front of me and kept his hands at his side. 　　“What do you want to show me?” I folded my arms. He took several steps away from me and kept his distance. I watched him as he moved backward, the sound of bone cracking. We were covered by tall trees and the woods seemed dark a bit because there was no sunlight. 　　I heard his grunts, and then a low growl. My legs were wobbly, and I took a step backward until my back hit the tree. 　　“Grrr!” He roared. 　　A gasp escaped my mouth, and I placed a hand over it. 　　I saw the red eyes glowing among the trees and the slow steps coming towards me, I could see the brown furs, and how big it was. 　　I held onto the tree as tightly as I could. He stood in front of me and lowered his head as if he was submitting to me. 　　My hands let go of the trees and I went to him, and slowly I raised my trembling hand and touched him. 　　I pat his head gently as he did with mine, and he lifts his head and stares at me intensely. 　　‘Mine.’