Prince of wolves (Phan AU)

Chapter 6

Phil's P.O.V:

I watched as Daniel hurried back to his house. I wanted to growl at his eagerness to get away from me, but I reminded myself it was only because he was scared, not because he didn't want to accept me as his mate. After all, he didn't even know me, let alone know what a mate was.

Mrs. Henry called me from in the kitchen, so I went to see what she wanted. "Zoe made you a traditional Southern meal, are you ready for lunch yet? It's only 11:30, but I thought you might be hungry since you didn't get a chance to have breakfast."

"Actually, I am hungry and it all smells really good." My wolf perked up at the smell of the chicken and my stomach growled. I hadn't realized that I was so hungry.

"The plates are in the cabinet to the left of the stove, and the silverware is in the drawer to the right of the sink," Mrs. Henry pointed out. "Eat all you want, oh and she made sweet tea as well, it's in the 'fridge. The glasses are in the cabinet next to the plates."

"Thank you," I said simply.
"I'm off to the grocery store, I didn't get a chance to go yesterday. Is there anything in particular that you like?" she asked.

"I'm not picky and I like to try new things, so whatever you usually buy will be fine with me. I can give you some money as well since you will be feeding another mouth," I answered.
"There is no way I'm taking any of your money Phil, so you can just get that notion out of your head. You are our guest, and we are more than pleased to feed you," she said firmly but not unkindly.

"Mulţumesc, Mrs. Henry. I am most grateful," I responded. "You're welcome. Oh I keep meaning to tell you, no more Mrs. Henry, call me Sara, and you can call Mr. Henry, Brian. Okay, well I will see you later. My cell phone number is on the front of the 'fridge so put it in your phone in case you need me. See you later," she said with a wave.

I walked over to the fridge and there on the front was a pink sticky note with both Sara and Brian's cell phone numbers. I took my phone out of my pocket and put both numbers in my contacts.

I found myself thinking it was kind of odd that I would never need Daniel's cell phone number because I would always have a direct line to him, designated just for me, and he to me as well. I wasn't sure if that was a little unsettling because that meant if and when Daniel realized it, he has access to my thoughts...all my thoughts. There was a way to put up what you might call a wall in your mind if you needed a break from your mate, but it was difficult for mates to be cut off from each other for any length of time, not that I knew from experience, that's just what my father had told me about the mate bond. Even though Daniel had yet to respond to me, when I spoke through his thoughts, I wasn't feeling any ill effects from his lack of reciprocation. Once again, I was going to need to talk to father about this.

I prepared myself a plate and a glass of sweet tea, (and really it should have been called sugar with some tea in it,) and decided to eat up in my room since Sara was gone and I hadn't yet seen Brian this morning.

I sat at the desk that was right next to the window that faced Daniel's house and pulled the blinds up so I could look out. Taking a bite of chicken, I thought about him for the millionth time since I had set eyes on him. I thought about his brown hair, his brown eyes, his what I now knew to be soft skin, and most of all I thought of his scent. Cotton candy and fresh snow, what an odd thing to smell like, but I supposed maybe it had something to do with what he was like, sweet and pure and I had a feeling he could be cold as the Romanian snow if the situation called for it.

I continued to eat lunch, my wolf thoroughly enjoyed the protein even though it was cooked, I of course preferred it raw and enjoyed it even more after a hunt. Still, it was excellent.