Luka's POV

It had been a week since I got my adorable mate/dog/pet/lover?/....It's complicated. My beta had bought me the toy to replace the penguin but Ark, the smart, adorable creature just knew which was which. Maybe because of the smell? Dogs also had a sharp sense of smell. But I noticed how he became more protective over that toy which left me with the urge to just rip it to pieces. If only I did not love my mate to the very core of my soul then I.WOULD.DESTROY.IT.

This week wasn't full of Ark and Me week, sadly, no, it wasn't. My father just had to make me and the other warriors make rounds around the town at the middle of the night. I was in charge of the night shift now after the incident with the fake Jude. From that day, the alpha, which was my dad, made the security tighter that I didn't have the chance anymore to show my mother Ark -not that I'm complaining-, I'm thankful actually. I knew that she would squeeze the life out of my mate and I can't have myself mate-less. I will be like a widow who lost her husband from the war.

After doing my round with the other pack members, Cerberus hastily ran to the direction of our house as the members of my group dispersed into different routes. I was always worried when I left Ark alone; although he was already sleeping since his bedtime was between 9:00 to 12:00 a.m, I am concerned that he might just wake up and whimper with that most heart-melting sad puppy eyes.

I shifted back into my human form, hearing Cerberus curse the debts of my being. I'm sure we're not the only ones feeling the agony every time we shift from one form to another. It was a curse for werewolves, a known cons of being in this kind. After shifting, I stood on my feet, bare naked as the day I was born and entered my household. I locked my door and prepared myself to see my baby but I tripped on something fuzzy and did a backflip making sure that I didn't step on the fuzzball. When I was safely settled on the ground, I turned my head and saw Ark still sleeping soundly when a 6 foot 7 giant with an exposed dick almost crushed him.

AMAZING!

I gently picked up Ark together with his toy in my arms and went upstairs. I placed Ark on the bed and put the penguin beside him and lied down on my side of the bed. I stroked his fur, feeling the sensation of tiny icicles beneath my palm and slowly felt the drowsiness taking over.

"Our mate is so cute,"Cerberus purred.

"Uh huh, you said it...It was a good thing I didn't crush him," I replied.

"If you did crush him, I will kill you," Cerberus threatened.

"If I die, you die. Idiot," I grumbled.

"But the difference is, you die first," he retorted.

I sighed exasperatedly at my wolf's idiocy and childish behavior and just let him win this round since I'm the one who almost made Ark a mashed potato puppy. If something happened to Ark I don't know what I'll do. I let my eyes close and drift away to the sea of unconsciousness.

I was awoken by Ark pawing my chest; well basically he was tapping his paw adorably on my chest with him on top of me. I could feel his hot breath over my face.

"Arf!"

I decided to tease Ark and just pretend to still be asleep. He was always like this every morning anyway. It just meant that he was hungry. Ark whimpered and made circles with his lithe body on my broad chest.

"Wake up! Do you plan on making my baby thin?!" Cerberus growled.

"I'm just teasing him a bit."

"Well it's not funny!"

I heard Ark's tummy grumble in protest and made me want to beat myself up. I hugged Ark and my mate licked my cheek and chin.

"Good morning Arky," I murmured. Ark barked and I opened my eyes and found two different eye colors looking at me back. Gosh they were so dazzling. Even though I have seen those eyes and stared at them so many times, I can never get over how beautiful Ark's eyes were.

Ark was just staring at me with a bit of his tongue out. He was looking at me curiously while I eyed him like he was the greatest creation of this world. Our staring contest lasted for a minute until I heard my mom shouted from downstairs.

"What are you doing here mom?!" I shouted back, angry that she was invading my privacy.

"You didn't drop by the house so I decided to bring myself here!" she chirped. I groaned and realized that I was wearing nothing but...uh nothing. Mom entered my room without permission and her eyes widened. "Oh my...am I interrupting something?"

I almost choke on my own saliva on the idea running in her mind. "No! Nothing happened mom!" I growled feeling my cheeks flare.

My mom smiled sheepishly. I could tell that I got all of my looks from my dad since my mom was a red-head. She had an ivory skin just like Prince Alaster but the prince was practically glowing.

"I don't mind having mutant werewolf grandchildren Luka! So don't mind me and just hump to your hearts content!" she said, throwing her arms with a firm push to the air.

I smacked my face with my palm as she skipped to the exit. Can I please change my mother? Please? I needed to get her out of my house before she made a mess of changing the curtains into naked men and replacing the vases with purple sparkling dildos. Yes, my mom was weird.

I dressed myself with a simple white shirt and basketball shorts and whistled for Ark to follow. Ark followed me downstairs with the penguin between his mouth and found my mother fixing breakfast. My little brother was sitting on the sofa watching television. He inherited my mother's red hair and green eyes. He was I think,twelve?

"Uh you're twelve right?" I asked Lachiel.

"Ten," Lachiel deadpanned, pushing up his glasses with his middle finger.

Mom came out of the kitchen and snatched my mate from the ground, almost squeezing all of his bodily fluids. "Mom! Let go of him!" I screamed. Ark yelped and tried to push my mom with his small paws. He was panicking comically so I didn't know if I should adore him or save him.

"Let me just hug him! Ooh my beautiful dog-in-law!"

I felt a tug on the hem of my shirt and found Lachiel holding a box of scrabbles in his hand. "Let's play scrabbles..." he said.

"I don't have time to play scrabble!" I groaned.

Lachiel pouted and dropped the box of scrabble on the ground making the wooden tiles scatter. "Mom! Luka doesn't want to play scrabble with me!" he whined. I could feel a vein popping in my forehead. This was why I hate my family, they made my life a chaos.

"Oh don't bother Lachiel, we're going to leave soon anyway after we eat breakfast. Come come!" she chirped. She gave Ark to me and pulled me and my brother to the kitchen. I could see Ark's eyes sparkle at the amount of food on the table. There were bacon, waffles, toast, cream pie, muffins, ham, and pancakes. "I brought a lot of food to celebrate Ark's arrival!"

"No kidding," I blurted. Ark jumped down and hurriedly hopped from the ground to chair and from the chair to the table.

"Oh my! Not even Jude was this excited for my cooking!"

"It's because she's planning to be a human skeleton for laboratory purposes," I sighed and sat on the chair that was behind Ark. Ark was contemplating on which food he would devour first, I swear, if he was a werewolf, he could have beaten ten sumo wrestlers in eating.

I served Ark's plate with the varieties of food except for the muffins and cream pie;desserts will be later. The cream pie looked like a real fart producer for my mate. Ark started to eat his ham while I grabbed myself some hotdog. I blocked out my mom's babbling and concentrated at Ark's wagging tail. After what seemed like forever, mom and Lachiel finally headed out leaving the leftover food that could last until later and the dirty dishes that will give me a headache.

Ark picked up his penguin and went to the scattered wooden tiles that Lachiel left. I put a slice of cream pie on my plate to see if sweets could calm my nerves. I sat myself on the sofa, turned on the television, and scoop spoonfuls of pie to my mouth. I could feel a certain pair of eyes on me and I knew it was Ark. He was practically burning holes in me since I didn't give him some pie. I slowly darted my eyes at the dog sitting innocently on the scattered tiles.

"You want some pie Ark?" I offered.

Ark barked and adorably jogged his way to me, leaping from the ground to my lap. What a fast puppy. It was a good thing that I already ate half of the pie or else I would receive another nuclear fart. I better start washing the dishes, what a beautiful Sunday. Note the sarcasm.

I placed the plate on the sofa and Ark continued to lick the cream with his pink tongue. I stood up and walked towards the scattered wooden tiles, picking them up one by one to put them at the box. My hand stopped at the lined letters that left a question in my mind. Did Lachiel do this? No, I don't remember him touching his mess and he would never say this to me.

"I LOVE YOU MASTER LUKA"

I looked at Ark and found him licking the plate clean. I could feel my heart beat faster. Did...Ark did this?

"Is this possible?" Cerberus asked, I could hear the excitement in his voice.

"But he's just a dog, not even near four years old!" I whispered. Ark barked, he nudged the clean plate indicating that he was done. I quickly picked some letters and placed them on the sofa. I petted Ark's head and took his plate to the kitchen.

"What are you planning?" Cerberus asked.

"Let's see if he could spell," I replied.

I hurriedly finished the dishes. My hands were shaking and I didn't know why. Why was I feeling so excited? It could be that Ark was a super genius dog; I shouldn't get the idea that he was a new breed of a werewolf. I didn't want to get disappointed. I went back to the living room and saw Ark curled into a ball, sleeping soundly. The letters were still in place where I left them and not a word was formed. I sighed in disappointment, Cerberus sighed with me.

I picked up Ark and his penguin and found four letters that made my heart throb.

"LUKA"

"He knows how to spell!" Cerberus howled.

"What if it was just a coincidence?"

"No way in hell was this a coincidence! You better start believing boy because I know that there is something different about our mate," he said with enthusiasm. Knowing Cerberus in my whole life, I never heard him so vehement except for him being eager to slay my past girlfriends.

"Alpha!" Kade linked me.

"What?"

"There's another witch intrusion, please hurry to the entrance!" he informed me.

Great, so many things to solve. Witch intrusions and my mate that seemed to be buried in mysteries.