His Wee Honey - ON HOLD

Chapter 4 - Mate

Noah's POV -

Mabel has left, explaining how tired she was, as soon as she was out of sight I pined after her. I was practically whining under my breath at the loss of her.

My friends moved in closer to me, no doubt ready to overwhelm me with the questions they were bound to have.

"She's my mate," I said slowly, knowing this was something they needed to know.

After dropping the verbal bomb on them I didnt wait to hear their response, I just stood, as if in a fog and turned to walk away from them. I needed to expel my pent up energy from the day, it was unbearable having to stay calm around my mate. I had sat so close to her I could smell her shampoo, the perfume she wore, knowing who she was to me and being unable to do anything hurt in more ways than one.

It pained me knowing she knew nothing of mates, knew nothing about how much she means to me.

Wolves tended to find their mates in their teen years, only a handful of us were unfortunate enough not to their mate, I wouldn't have wished the pain on anyone. Without our mates, our life span halves.

I was turning 28 this year and was ready to give up finding my mate, to settle for my half life and enjoy it while I could. Finding Mabel was a miracle who smelled like honey, my new purpose for living.

I would win the wee lass over, though she was a human, she should be feeling the mating pull, so gaining her affection shouldn't be too hard. But I would do anything to call her mine, no matter how long it took.

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I sprinted through the forest, paws kicking up the dirt behind me and loud huffs left my mouth. My nose pointed to the sky, scenting, trying to smell out for my wee mate. Hopefully, she was home by now.

Mabel had informed the group as she was leaving that she has rented the small flat above Billy's pub, right on the outskirts of town, the one with its back to the forest. Lucky for me.

By the time I has skidded to a halt at the edge of the forest with the flat in sight, my brown fur held flecks of dirt and my paws were thick of muck. I sat, uncaring of my disheveled appearance, facing the back of the old pub, trying to catch a glimpse of Mabel through her window.

Was this unhealthy and maybe criminal for me to be doing? Yes.

Did I care? No. I was practically a peeping tom.

Even with those thoughts, I couldn't make myself look away or leave to go home. I had to know she was safe in her home, although I could smell her in there, it wasn't enough. My ears twitched with every slight noise to come from her home.

A sudden soft tune leaked from her open windows and I refused to remove look away from the larger window that I guessed was in the living room and after a short while I was glad I hadn't, Mabel spun into sight and pushed the window open as wide as it could go, all the while singing along to 'The way you look tonight' by Frank Sinatra under her breath.

My ears flattened against my head as I looked longingly towards my wee mate, Goddess she was so incredibly beautiful. I lay myself down with my head tucked onto my paws.

I lay outside Mabel's flat until the sky darkened and her music stopped.

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The next day I sat at the dining table in my home restlessly looking at my phone, i had gave Mabel my number but she was yet to call or text me. I think I could confidently say I had stared non-stop at my phone for a solid 2 hours.

There was no way for me to make the first move as she hasn't gave me her number, maybe she didn't want to see me again, or talk to me? Was I too much for her yesterday?

I was snapped out of my thoughts by a quiet buzz from my phone, moving with inhumane speed i lurched at the phone and read the message an unknown number had set me. It could only be one person.

Hi Noah, this is Mabel. The girl you met yesterday at the coffee shop? I just wanted to send a quick message so you could also have my number :).

My heart sped up and I grinned like a maniac at the screen, i clutched the phone in both hands like it was the most precious thing on Earth. I had to resist the urge to spin around the kitchen with with joy.

Hi, Mabel. Good to hear from you.

As soon as my finger hit send I wished I could take the message back, I was an awful texter and I had probably just sent my sweet mate the driest message ever sent. I hadn't even sent her a smiley face back.

Should I just send a smiley face now, or would it be too late? I don't know texting adequate.

I growled lowly, this was stupid.

:).

There, hopefully that made me seem a bit more enthusiastic...

Though... the longer I looked at that awful smiley face staring up at me, the more I regretted it. Maybe she thought he was weird for sending it in a separate message?

Fuck!

Stupid fucking messages and stupid fucking smiley faces.

Instead of waiting for her response, with my breath held, I hit the call button and raised the phone to my ear as I sat back into my chair. My held breath blew out as I heard the call being accepted.

"Hello?", she asked tentatively on the other end.

I smiled softly at her voice, so sweet, "g'morning wee honey." I listened to her quiet breaths on the other side and after a few silent beats I tried again.

"I was just wondering how you settled in last night, hopefully no issues?" I smiled lightly just because I was actually talking to her again. "If you're planning to be out in town again today I would love to maybe meet up with you, maybe show you around a bit more."

Mabel giggled over the phone and my heart stuttered. I was overthinking the entire situation, with the Moon Goddess on my side the mate pull should definitely be affecting Mabel to some extent. Maybe not as much as it has myself but it should be enough that she should already have feelings towards me, I hope.

I knew that once we were closer I would have to reveal myself to her, but I needed to get her to trust me first, so she didn't run away when she found out my secret.

I shook my head, my mate would accept me, I know she will, we were put together for a reason. She was kind and gentle, I was sure she would understand...

Hopefully.

Oblivious to my throughs, Mabel replied, "I would love to meet up with you today, it sounds fun" and I grinned.

She was mine.

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