The Cold She-wolf

Chapter Five: mate!

Cyrus's POV

   I hurriedly packed some of my clothes into the duffle bag. I wasn't being chased but I love doing things quickly. Mindy Portman was my childhood friend, a year older, and tends to act as if she's old enough to give birth to me. Still, Mindy was a great friend. Unlike me, she found her mate when she was seventeen but he wasn't ready for marriage as he wanted to be a botanist. Immediately after he graduated and secured a good job, he took Mindy away and I haven't seen her since she left. At first, we communicated on phone, but sooner than I expected, she got a job and we lost contact. Mindy owed me an explanation for abandoning me just like that. I thought we were best friends. I already made up my mind to let her be until she decides to call, but it was the only excuse I could come up with to escape from my mother. She was getting on my last nerve.

   "Are you sure you want to leave for a whole month?" Cyra asked worriedly. I rolled my eyes. She knew more than anyone how much I needed to leave. I needed a break from being an Alpha. Since I took over at the age of seventeen, I never took a break away from the pack except on official duty. The pack can function for a few weeks without me and it's not like they can't call me if anything goes wrong.

   "I'll be gone for only two to three weeks, Cyra,"

   "But I miss you!"

   "I haven't left yet," I chuckled.

   "I miss you already. Nathan has been too busy lately to attend to me. What do I do now? Who am I supposed to whine and nag to?"

   "Assist mom in taking care of the pack for me until I return, and you can survive a few weeks without me,"

   "Do you hate me that much? Work with mom?! What are you expecting to find when you return? A peaceful, quiet pack?"

   "She's not that bad, Cyra,"

   "So says the guy who is running away because of his mother who is not so bad," she said sarcastically, rolling her eyes. I chuckled. "I can't even go to Taffy's. All she does is talk and talk, no full stop, no break!" She said exasperatedly.

   "Taffy is not your only friend, Cyra. I need to get out of here before mom returns and gives me the lessons on how to resist human temptresses," I flung the bag on my shoulder and smiled. "Until we meet again, Sunshine," I kissed her forehead and cheek.

   "If it comes to the worst, I will run away to Grandma's. Far away from mom. Did you know that she started blabbing about grandchildren? I just found my mate!" She exclaimed.

   "Sorry, love, I've told you to move in with Nathan and save yourself the stress but you still won't leave."

   "If I move out, I will miss you," she whined. Cyra was just eight when dad died so I took up the responsibility of a father and a brother, and with how miserable mom was then, I was also her mother and best friend. Even after mom came around, I still maintained the roles because our mother was never a supportive kind of mother or a mother material at all. She has never been apart from me for too long. Literally, she followed me on every business trip outside the pack and couldn't stay a day without me. Her therapist suggested I start giving her space or she would become too dependent on me. That was two years ago and though the progress was slow and painful for her, she made friends and could stay without me for a week. Now she had a mate she could lean on but she was still clinging to me.

   "Cyra, I love you as much as you love me but you need to stop clinging to me all the time. Nathan needs you, stop pushing him aside for me and instead lean on him. I'm not going to be around forever especially if I find my mate," I pleaded. "Take your things and go stay with him. If you are living in the same house, he will find time for… shit! Mom is back," I exclaimed as I felt her cross into the boulder. I thought she would stay longer at her friend's place to gossip about how to convince me to choose a mate. "Gotta go!" I ran out of my room with my wolf speed to my car. I needed to finish that conversation but avoiding my mother was a mission I must succeed in.