Millie's POV
The music echoes around the room. The thrill of skating to a good song makes everything feel much calmer to me. Everything I have exceeded is because I have given it my all, and I am proud of myself for getting this far.
"Mills, You're getting there with your axel but you need to push yourself further. Before you do it, duck and twist your body to get the right angle you need" Coach Steven's says as she notes down my movements. She's been my coach for the last 3 years since Avery retired and started travelling with her husband.
"Yes coach" no say feeling the back of my neck hairs stand on end. My body is going crazy and Zia is going absolutely nuts in my head.
I carry on focusing on my movements and what I can do to keep with the same routine as the song nears an end.
"I want you to keep practising your camel spin okay, your footing is perfect for it but you're pushing yourself to the highest level and it's going to cause you some pain if you keep doing it, Millie"
"Yes, coach. Sorry"
"Don't apologise for trying to be the best. You're already the best which is why you've been training for nationals. Charlotte will be joining us in the morning" coach explains and I smile.
I do solo work but I also do some paired skating, my speciality is solo because I don't need to be in line with another person, I know my own rhythm and my own tunes, and I know what I need to do and when I do it which is great for me but Charlotte has been with us for 2 years and she's been training to do solo work so we work together with different routines for her.
"Brilliant!" I say and skate away to the boards which feel miles away and that's when I smell it again. Pine.
The scent is beautiful and feels comforting and that's when I spot the figure in the shadows sitting in the stands watching me.
Not stopping in time I crash into the boards and fall on my ass. Right in front of the beautiful smelling specimen of a man.
"Shit," I say as I put my gloved hands on the ice.
"Are you okay?" The voice is smooth. So bloody smooth I like it. I take his hand and pull myself up off the ice while dusting down what I can.
"I'm sorry, I-Wow," I say. My brain not quite getting the memo that my mouth has just said those words...Out loud.
"Crap" I then say and take my hand back. I know this feeling before Zia screams it in my head.
Mate
The bond is right there, the feeling it gives me when he touched my skin and the pulsing need to jump the rink and into his arms is there and fucking terrifying.
"Who...Sorry. Who are you?" I ask him. I don't know if he understands who he is to me right now or if this is something more but I'm not exactly going to let it slip that I know he's my mate. I'm not that stupid.
"Sorry, the names is Malachai but most call me Kai"
"Kai" I repeat in my head. I feel a smile creep onto my lips just as he smiles back at me too.
"I'm-"
"Millie. I know, I have been waiting here for the last hour watching you" he says and then winces when he sees how creepy that statement truly is.
"I mean, I didn't do it to be creepy but I sort of needed to see you" he explains better and I can't help but feel the need to get this over with before it even gets started.
"Are you-" I say because I can't get the words to escape my mouth just in case.
"A wolf?" he asks. "Yes. Alpha Kai. A pleasure to meet you ... Mate" he says and I'm thrown right back by his admission. Mate...I said it in my head but this idiot just said it out loud. He laughs and I find myself attracted to that laugh. I mean, the looks work too but his voice is something else. "Why are you laughing?" I ask and he just laughs more. "I don't think you realise you said that out loud" he says and I hide my face in pure embarrassment. When I feel his hands pull at my hands covering my face I feel like a complete moron.
"I'm so sorry. I didn't mean to offend you" I explain.
"Don't apologise, sweetheart, It's refreshing. Not many people voice their inner thoughts in front of me and I kind of have to agree. I guess I am an idiot for sounding it right here but who cares..."
I'm not even listening to him much as I'm still stuck on the 'Sweetheart' endearment which sends my whole body into a frenzy at the word.
"So...I guess you're here to...I don't know, reject me?" I ask because no one in their right mind would mate themselves to me. A problem.
"Reject?"
"Yeah, you know...Okay. No, it's okay. It's totally okay" I repeat. God, I knew I shouldn't have skipped my meds this morning. God this is just what I need right now. I can feel myself hyperventilating and getting myself worked up.
Would my heart be able to handle a rejection right now?
Am I strong enough to get through this?
How did my mom take it when she was first rejected before my pops found her and took her and Uncle Finn back to their pack?
"Millie, Christ, No I'm not here to reject you. I'm sorry if I gave that vibe off but fuck no...I've waited quite a long time to find you. I don't want to claim you either" he says and I feel myself get that little bit more emotional. Can he sense my troubles?
"So...what are you here for?"
"To get to know you. I want you, fuck I do, my wolf wants you but I don't know what you want, I want to know everything about you and believe me when I say this...no amount of troubles that you have will drive me away," he says wiping at my cheeks. My tear-stricken cheeks.
"You want to get to know me?" I ask as I pull out my phone and take my skates off. Everything is going by in fast motion right now and I need to talk to Poppy. God, I need my sister right now.
"I do. Is everything okay?"
"Yeah umm, I just need to phone someone. I'll be right back" I say and run in the direction of the changing rooms.
"Mills?" she asks so happily.
"I have a problem," I say while pulling my bag out of my locker and throwing my things into it as I get dressed into my sweater and my black jeans.
"Does this problem come in the form of a 6 ft 4 Alpha named Kai?" she asks and I freeze. How the fuck does she know about Kai?
"How did you-"
"He came for the party but I found him in your old room. God that man is..."
"Okay. Okay. Yes, he's gorgeous...so fucking gorgeous but I can't do this. He's an Alpha for god's sake."
"You've got this girl. I'm coming to LAX next month and I want to hear all about him. I love you, I gotta go. Pops has got me on warrior duty with him today" She laughs and hangs up before I can even get my words out.
What. The. Fuck.
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