Chapter 66 Confused

• Malcolm’s POV
• Tom wasn’t making any sense to me. I wondered what he meant by who said Nelly was human. “Well, duh! She has always been human. Or have you turned her?” I asked him jokingly. “Bro, that’s not funny, why would I stoop to that?” he asked, his voice reflecting that he did not like what i was saying at all. “My guy, you are seriously confusing me. Please just get to the point if at all you want me to know about something or just say you can't say anything now if it is confidential.'' I told him, very exasperated. he sighed and said, “okay, i trust that you will not tell this to anyone who shouldn't know anything about it,” he looked at me as if needing assurance. I nodded to assure him of my discreteness. “Turns out that Nelly is my mate man, i have a drop dead gorgeous mate,” he said grinning like an idiot. Although I was happy for him, I was getting annoyed by this goofy face mates always have after finding each other. I wondered if i will have such behavior when or should i say if i get to have one? It is a task to find a mate these days. “So you are okay with being mates with a human girl?” I asked, still not able to believe him. “Geez, would you stop repeating that before I actually think you aren't happy for me Mal? She is one of our own, she isn't human,” he said, almost shouting at my face. Geez, the behavior or mates? “Who isn't human?” Kenneth’s voice sounded and we both turned around to face the main door. In our heated argument, we didn't even get to hear the door opening. Tom beamed looking at Kenneth. “My mate isn't human,” he responded to Ken who looked like he was totally lost. “Your mate? You have a mate?” he asked again. Tom nodded like a lunatic. “That's great man, I'm happy for you,” Ken said. “You see, this is how it is said, was it difficult to say that in the first place Mal?” Tom asked me, fisting my chest. “Wait until Ken hears who’s the mate, he would have reacted exactly the same way i did if he heard it the way i did. Now go ahead and tell him,” I told him. Kenneth looked at Tom with a confused look. “Who?” Ken asked. Tom looked at me but I glared at him. It was his cross to carry, not mine. “Nelly is my mate,” he said smiling. ‘Gosh! What gets into people when they find their mates? Will i look this idiotic when i do?’ i mentally face-palmed. “Who is Nelly and where did you meet her?” Ken asked, totally oblivious to the fact that there is a Nelly he knows about already. “Nelly, your ex-girlfriend’s best friend,” I said to him and he squinted his eyebrows and then laughed. “That Nelly? And you say she isn't human? My guy, have you also lost your sense of smell when you smelled the mate bond?” Ken said. “Exactly my point, that's why I didn't congratulate him on finding his mate, not that i was jealous or something. Before he told me she was his mate, he said she wasn't human and I wondered if the mate bond does something to a person’s brains and makes them hallucinate,” I told Ken. “Okay, maybe you guys would want to sit down to hear this.” Tom gestured for us to sit and we reluctantly did. We wanted to hear what he had to say. He cleared his throat and said, “Nelly isn’t human. She is pure werelion and pure witch,” he paused and Ken and I exchanged looks of confusion but we didn't say anything, we waited for Tom to explain himself. “Nelly is a Princess of the Eastern kingdom. Her father is pure werelion and her mother is hybrid or a werelion and a witch, but Nelly was born pure werelion and pure witch. A phenomenon that has never been heard of. She is able to mask her lioness through her own pure magic powers. She was requested to do so because her parents feared she would be exposed to danger. She masks it even when in their kingdom, in order to protect herself,” he explained and man, our jaws were hitting the floor by the time he finished. “This sounds like a script from a movie. Are you for real man?” I asked, not really needing an answer. “I wonder how many werelions may be around here and we have no idea because maybe their lions are masked,” I said, truly stupified by the discovery. “How did you discover that she is your mate if her lioness is masked?” Ken asked. “Man, she told me herself. Lately I had been feeling this immense attraction towards her and I really didn’t know how to explain it. I kept scolding myself for feeling that way. This morning, she came by and told me she wanted to tell me something. I thought it would be something to do with Lucy so I went along only to be left amazed at the discovery. Man i cannot believe that the moon goddess loves me this much to pair me up with a princess,” he explained. I truly was happy for him, especially that he got what he wanted and even more. Who wouldn’t be overjoyed for having a lion princess as their mate? I stood up and pulled him up, giving him a bone crushing hug. “I’m so happy for you my brother. Indeed the moon goddess has smiled over you my man,” I said to him. Ken stood up and did the same. “Thanks my guys, yours is coming too. Who knows, maybe Lucy is also a masked lioness and your fated mate too, that is why you've been so attracted to her,” our ever so talkative Tom said, again without thinking. The look on Ken was blank and without emotion. I knew right then that Tom pressed the wrong button.