"Guys, are you even paying any attention to my problems?" Emily asked out loud as she glared at her two best friends.

While Shane was busy staring at a blonde who was sitting at the table next to them with her friends, Rylan was playing games on his phone.

When neither of the boys reacted, she just let out a frustrated sigh before taking a sip of her herbal tea.

She took a quick look at the blonde before returning her attention to Shane as she asked in a whispered tone, "Is she really your mate?"

Shane finally looked away from the girl as he turned his focus on his friend and nodded his head in reply.

"Wow! Congratulations!"

Emily teased as she pinched his cheeks making him blush as he pulled her hands away to save his soft cheeks from her torturous hands.

"What congratulations? It's been more than twenty-four hours since he found her and this coward still had not talked to her. At this speed, he would never be able to ask her out and bond with her." Rylan commented as he dumped his phone on the table and took a sip of his coffee.

Both Shane and Emily gifted him with sharp glares for spouting such nonsense.

"Don't be so mean. It had been only a day. It's jay for him to take some time." Emily defended Shane who gave her an appreciating glance.

A chuckle escaped Rylan's lips at her words. He finished his coffee before focusing his eyes on Emily as he spoke, "Of course, If you can take five years to face your mate and the soul bond, Shane could definitely do with a few days or weeks."

"You.....!"

Emily glared at the young man who was acting nothing like her guardian spirit or the best friend that he was. Rather, the words leaving his mouth sounded like sharp thorns that were supposed to hurt others.

"What's wrong with you today?" Shane asked as he put his hand on Emily's shoulder to calm the girl down.

They had recently got to know that Emily and Kaiden were mates. While the two of them were surprised by the revelation but somehow they already knew that something like this was waiting for them. It was like they were already aware but decided to ignore the fact back then.

He noticed the immediate regret that appeared in Rylan's eyes as he realized exactly how mean he was reacting.

"I'm sorry guys...I....I'm just not in a great mood today. I don't even know why. It's just...something is not right with me." Rylan told them as he apologized for his rude comments.

He had been feeling terrible ever since the previous night. He could not pinpoint exactly what was wrong with him but there was definitely something wrong going on.

Emily looked at the sad expression that had appeared on his face, immediately forgetting that she was angry at him. She stood up from her chair to sit on the one next to her friend as she slipped her hand over his shoulder and patting his head softly.

"It's alright. You just need a good break. I'm going to accompany Shadow to the Amusement Park after this. Wanna join?" She asked with her eyebrows arched high as she waited for his response.

"Wait! You just spent the last evening with my brother on a date, then why are you going on another date with another man? Are you cheating on my brother?" Rylan asked as he stared at the girl as if he was really suspecting her.

Emily immediately pulled on his ear, making Rylan cry out in pain as he tried to slap her hand away but failing miserably as she punched tightly making the pain worsen.

"Are you seriously fed up with your life? If you wanna die then just tell me directly," She told him as she finally let go of his ear.

Rylan immediately started rubbing his ear in order to fight the terrible pain. If not for the fact that his wolf was not allowing, he would definitely have shed a few tears by now.

"Don't mind him, he's just out of his mind. But seriously, what's with you and Shadow's plan of going to the amusement park? If you want to have fun, you could have asked us out or better ask Kaiden, I'm sure he would love to spend the day with you." Shane commented with a teasing smile.

"I'm not going out for fun. Shadow is going to bring the children of ZG Orphanage to the Amusement Park. I'm giving him company because he's scared to be left alone with little children." Emily explained as she emptied her cup of tea.

She heard Rylan immediately sighing as if he had been ridden off a great burden while Shane just chuckled as he shook his head before speaking.

"To be very honest, I seriously like Shadow. He's someone full of surprises. In the last four years, I never saw him getting scared of anything or anyone. And here I found that he's scared of little children. How funny...and cute."

Emily chuckled as she also nodded her head in agreement. Her thoughts matched with Shane's completely. Shadow was like a pandora box, full of mysteries and surprises.

"I just found him too suspicious. Everything about him is abnormal. He's nothing like a normal supernatural and we know nothing about him except for his name and the fact that he's your bodyguard." Rylan commented as he scoffed while making weird faces as f he was trying to portray his emotions through his expressions.

"He's my friend. So stop calling him my bodyguard. By the way, I'm leaving now. Are you guys coming?" Emily asked as she stood up and collected her purse and jacket.

"Nah! I'm good here." Shane replied as his eyes once again returned towards the table where his human mate was sitting.

A smile appeared on Emily's lips as she noticed the soft expressions of her friend as his eyes looked at his mate with yearning.

She turned her attention towards Rylan who was once again holding his phone.

"No thanks! I don't want to become the third wheel between you and your boy toy."

Emily rolled her eyes as she slapped him on the head before turning around and walking away, heading straight to the exit of the hall.

"What are you doing?" Shane asked as he noticed that his friend was calling someone as soon as Emily walked out of the door leading to the exit.

"Telling my brother that his future wife is going on a date with her boy toy," Rylan replied in an indifferent tone.

Shane just sighed while shaking his head at his friend's stupidity.

***

"Can you stop staring at them like they are some weird and dangerous creatures? Look at them, how cute and adorable each of them is!" Emily could not help but comment as she noticed the expressions that were decorating Shadow's face as he continuously glared at the children sitting in front of him.

They were currently sitting in a bus that was parked in the parking lot of the Amusement Park.

"Why are you not telling them to stop glaring at me?" Shadow complained as he turned his attention towards her and made a face full of grievances.

"Ah? Which one of them is glaring at you?" Emily asked as she hurriedly looked over the group of children to find if any one of them was actually glaring at the man sitting beside her.

"Look at that one...that girl in the pink dress. Look at how she's glaring at me!" Shadow pointed at an eight-year-old girl sitting in the third row, wearing a pink dress with two cute ponytails.

Her small twinkling eyes were actually trained on Shadow but she was not glaring at him. Rather, her small brown eyes were full f curiosity and amazement as she looked at him.

"Look at you! You are thousands of years old and still can't differentiate between a look of curiosity and a glare. How can you even dare to say that she's glaring at you? Childish!" Emily reprimanded him which made him pout slightly as he just looked away, not ready to change his mind about the little girl and her glare at all.

Emily sighed before she turned her attention back on the girl and I'm led brightly at her before asking, "Little one, can you please come here?"

The sudden flinch from Shadow made Emily turn towards the Supreme Sire with a hard glare which instantly stilled him in his seat.

His amber eyes remained focused on the little girl who hurriedly stood up from her seat and ran towards Emily and...him.

"Little One, what's your name?" Emily asked as she pulled the girl closer to her and took her small hands in her own.

"I'm Solar. Miss, you are looking so pretty today." The little girl said in a soft tone as she looked at Emily with twinkling eyes. Her words made Shadow's frown disappear as a small twitch appeared on his lips. He's a simple man - he liked everyone who liked his Princess.