Chapter 4 The Meeting

• Patricia’s POV
• I acted all naïve and innocent on purpose because I wanted to gain genuine friends for the first time, not lackeys. My appearance was still screaming rich, but I wanted to scrape off all that royalty title for a while. My parents had rented out a penthouse for me in the city, I had maids, guards, and my personal bodyguards were also enrolled in the same university as me but I warned them not to show up unnecessarily. They agreed to keep some distance but be vigilant. As a werelionness, I could smell the scents of others very well. I knew who was and who wasn’t a werelion. I arrived at my Math lecture and sat alone from everyone else but discreetly scanning throughout the class.
• A few minutes later, a human girl walked inside the lecture hall and scanned it. I guess she was searching for her friends? She looked decent and somehow rich. Her eyes fell on me but I quickly looked at my books acting all shy.
• Though I wanted to make friends, I didn’t want to befriend humans for two reasons. One, they have a disgusting scent, eeeww! Two, I shouldn’t disclose my identity to them. I would be more in danger than they would if they knew about our kind.
• Humans have always been very cruel to us and they thought they had won a war against us by hunting us down and now they thought only real lions existed, of which some domesticated them in the so called zoos and game parks.
• Disgusting humans! Because of that we have always been under strict instructions not to reveal our identity to them. Having a human friend would risk my exposure.
• As I averted my eyes I crossed my fingers that she shouldn’t approach me since there was a vacant seat next to me. She walked right up to me and sat there. Surprisingly she smelled of a lion on her. Does this mean she associates with werelions? Maybe she could help me find my royal lion. She introduced herself and we got acquainted. After the lecture I asked if I could join her and she agreed.
• We went to the mall so I could get something to eat. As we sat down, another annoying human girl came to us and Lucy introduced her as her BFF. She was acting all weird and possessive of Lucy as if I said I’m snatching her from her.
• ‘Pfft! Pathetic!’ Above all I hated her squeaky voice. ‘Great! One more human added to my equation. I hope my decision won’t trap me,’ I said internally.
• I looked to my left to check how far my bodyguards were, when I met their disapproving eyes. I shrugged and opened my mind link to talk to them.
• Thank God our eyes do not cloud over, so it would become obvious that we were mind linking. 'Tim and Troy you don’t have to worry about these humans. I have a plan. I think they can lead us to where we can find more werelions, then maybe I might meet my Prince then,' I assured them.
• 'Okay princess, just be careful. Don’t reveal your identity or the king will behead us,' Tim responded. I internally rolled my eyes, does he think he is my father? Don’t I know how to behave?
• After the introductions we hung out a little until it was time to get back to our lectures. Luckily I had the same lectures as this girl, Lucy so I was able to navigate through the school.
• The following day after the only two lectures we had, I went with Lucy to hang out at her dormitory. The whole place reeked of their stench but I had to play dead to it. The things we do for love.
• As if the goddess saw my displeasure, not too long after, two werelions walked inside but none of their scent matched that of the lion I scented from Lucy.
• This further strengthened my resolve that this girl was key to finding my prince charming. I just hope he wasn’t hooked up with any girl because I would rip her into pieces. I suppressed the anger that rose from my gut.
• The guys looked at me, I knew they could smell that I wasn’t human. I looked at them straight in the eyes and they dropped their gazes.
• I guess they could feel my aura as a royal and they knew that constantly staring would amount to a challenge. One of the guys I think I heard Lucy call Thomas, told her that her man was waiting for her in his office. They didn’t mention any names though.
• Before they could leave, Lucy introduced us. “Oh guys, wait a minute. How rude of me. This is Pat, Patricia Bratton, she just transferred from Northern university. She is from The Valley. Pat, this is Thomas and Malcolm. They are my boyfriend’s BFFs,” she introduced.
• As if frozen I could tell the guys were mind linking each other. Their eyes widened, I guess they put two and two together. My royal aura plus the statement that I was from The Valley in the Northern part of the country, my last name and my appearance must have given me away.
• Instead of shaking hands with me they bowed a little but not too dramatic to make the humans curious. I nodded and said, “nice to meet you guys.” They responded the same and left.
• “Pat, I’ve got to run, Ken is waiting for me.” Lucy said to me.
• ‘Who? Ken? What if she is my betrothed’s girlfriend? He is called Kenneth and might as well be called Ken. I swear to the goddess I would strangle this pathetic human to death if she stole my man.’
• My heart beat so loud and fast that if these girls weren’t humans they would have heard it and felt my uneasiness.
• “Hello Pat, are you there?” Lucy snapped her fingers bringing me out of my head as I was beginning to fume inside of me.
• With a fake smile I told her it’s okay she can go, I was also on my way home. I didn’t want to be left alone with the snobbish Nelly.
• Precisely a week after, I got to meet with the so-called boyfriend of Lucy. Oh my goodness, a very tall and handsome dark skinned epitome of a god stood before me and I went weak at my knees.
• I couldn’t peel my eyes off him though Lucy was busy trying to introduce him. I guess my stares made him somehow uncomfortable as he frowned at me until I averted my eyes. I blushed as I felt so embarrassed.
• The aura he emitted was of royalty. ‘Lucky bitch’ I murmured internally as I envied Lucy. How did she get a whole royal werelion to fall in love with her?
• Startled from my day dreaming I heard what I had been dreading to hear. “Pat, meet my boyfriend, Kenneth Paige. He is from the Western region of the country. Babe, here is Patricia Bratton from The Valley in the north.” I did not even hear the last words as my ears turned hot and were ringing.