Chapter 5: Peaceful

"You are devouring that pizza like your life depends on it, yet you still accuse me of being suspicious and acting as if I am planning to harm you with food."

"See, just because you say that, you added even more suspicions to my brain."

"Zoren, if I really wanted to harm you, I wouldn't choose to ruin the food." Verena rolled her eyes and sat back down on the couch. "I spent my hard-earned money on that; why would I ruin it?"

"Alright, don’t start to yell; my ears are about to pop."

"I am not yelling."

"But you are about to, I could tell."

"Whatever."

"How fierce, especially coming from a woman who knows what kind of creature is in front of her."

Verena rolled her eyes. "Try to not sleep for at least three days and then get thrown into this weird situation. I bet you would also act in a way that you are not expected to."

"Humans are weak."

"Maybe," Verena said. "Or you are just too powerful."

"Yes, maybe."

Verena watched as the werewolf finished the last slice of pizza in the box and drank his cold juice.

"This world is interesting," he commented. "You put so much salt on one thing and then put so much sweetener on the other. Can't you decide on what you would want to taste?"

"Why do you want to taste only one thing?"

"I mostly eat meat alone; maybe that is why."

"Uncooked?" She instantly regretted what she asked. "Please don’t answer that."

"Got it."

"Wow, you listened to me once, tonight." Verena stood up and walked towards her room. "I will treat this as the start of our cooperation, alright?"

The handsome werewolf sat still, looking at her with his piercing and alluring eyes. He swept his hair back and smirked as soon as he realized that she was mindlessly staring at him.

"Are you trying it again?"

"What?"

"Your plan of seduction."

Verena did not even bother to answer. She was quick to rush into her room and lie down on her bed to cover herself with the warm and comfortable blanket. Everything that had happened to her was too much. It was not something that she expected. It’s actually something that could pass as her hallucination. And if she were honest with herself, part of her is still hoping that everything will go back to normal once she wakes up tomorrow morning.

"You can't escape; what are you doing?"

"Prince of the werewolves, I beg, please just let me sleep."

"Why are you suffocating yourself?"

"Because I want to sleep, please, just let me rest."

Verena closed her eyes without thinking of what the strange man might think of and do next. She was too tired to process anything in her brain. Not even minutes earlier, she was able to catch some sleep.

"Are you asleep that quickly?" Zoren whispered. He walked over to pull the sheets back to expose her face. "There is no way that you are able to sleep that fast. What is wrong with your weak body?"

He leaned in closer to take a better look at her face. Her eyes were closed, and she looked so peaceful as she softly exhaled. Zoren had never seen a human being sleep before. He did not expect to see someone look so adorable and harmless as they rested.

"How could you sleep when I am in the same room as yours?" He softly moved her hair away from her face as she dove deeper into her slumber. "You should be a little more careful next time, don’t you think? I may harm you at any moment; why are you giving me so much trust? I can easily end this for you right now."

He took a very deep breath and sighed. "I wouldn’t trust someone, but if they look like you, I might cave in."

Zoren sat next to the woman as he looked up and thought about what exactly happened to him.

"I was in the middle of the ceremony," he whispered. "I was about to meet my Luna, the woman who could help me become the next alpha of the pack. But now, here I am, stuck in this hell of a world, in the middle of nowhere."

Verena tossed herself around a bit. "Cold," she whispered. As the blanket shifted.

"Silly human being." Zoren pulled the sheets over her and covered her up. "How could you be cold? Another weakness of humans, huh?"

He smiled as she peacefully cuddled a pillow. "But if you are human, how did you do that? How could you pull me out here?"

Looking up once again, Zoren shook his head. "I would easily believe you if you told me that you were a princess in this world. You could even tell me that you own this whole place, and I won't question it. You look like it."

He glanced at her face once more, saying, "Fair and pretty, a beauty that deserves the best. How could you end up in this situation?"

Thinking about the stinky old man, he rolled his eyes. "Miserable," he commented. "If you were in my world, I would bet that you’d be treated better. If you were a werewolf, yeah, I forgot a huge issue."

"I almost forgot that you do not belong there. And that’s exactly what I am in this world." The werewolf prince lowered his head, placing his palm over his chest. "I need help," he whispered. "I need to leave before something dangerous happens. May it not be for my own safety."

A hint of worry pinched his heart as he took another glance at her innocent face. "I do not need to trust you to see that you are just as lost and scared as I am. So I promise to you, dear human, that I will do my best not to harm you. I will try my hardest to not hurt you. But I can never say that I will protect you."

He positioned himself to lie down in the small space beside her. "I’ll rest for now as well," he stated. "I wish that this is only a bad dream."