The Alpha Female

Chapter 1

Nora woke up to her alarm blaring. She looked at it 7:30. Jesus, she had to be at work by 8. She had a quick shower , wore her clothes as quick as  possible and ran to catch the bus. At her work place, she ran off the bus oblivious to the stares she was getting. She entered; thank God Debby her colleague was covering for her.

"Your late." Debby said and turned. "Wow,Nora you look worse than my Grandma on a Saturday morning and trust me that's not a pretty sight."

"Huh? What are you talking about?" Nora was breathing fast.

"Take a look in a mirror."

Nora brought out a small compact mirror from her purse and looked at it. Crap! Her hair was sticking out in places and her face had patches of powder on it. She looked like shit.

"Stop staring, quick go into the changing room and fix yourself before Mr Barker comes"
Nora let out a chuckle at the nickname Debby had given their employer Mr Baker. She went into the changing room and smoothed her hair and cleaned up her face before reappearing and taking her stand.

Nora was about to sit when her nose caught a scent. It wasn't a bad smell , infact it was becoming incredibly addictive. She breathed it in trying to figure out it's origin. For some reason it was familiar and as it surrounded her, she became relaxed.

Her eyes focused on something or rather a someone and her eyes narrowed slightly. It was the strange guy from yesterday. He dropped a few groceries on the counter and smiled at her bringing out the dimples in his cheeks making her breath catch. He looked breathtaking in what she could see was a black tee and blue jeans. She began packing the groceries into a bag avoiding contact with him.

"I'm Jacobi by the way" he said
"Nice meeting you"
" Would you mind giving me your name?"
"It's Nora"
"Nora." He said. "That's a beautiful name".
"Thank you. It'll be $100.59cents"

He handed her the money and their fingers brushed. There it was again, those sparks. She looked and he was staring at her like she was supposed to know something. She cleared her throat and muttered a 'have a nice day'.
He picked up the groceries and left but not without glancing at her again.
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Nora was at home fixing herself dinner when her phone started ringing. She looked at the screen, it was Nicki. She answered it and put it on speaker.

"Hello"
"Hey Nora. What's up?"
"I'm good?" It was more like a question Nicki never called unless...
"So...whatcha doing?"
"Cooking... Why?"
"Well..." She knew what was coming
"No"
"Come on, Nora. You don't even know what I'm going to ask"
"I can guess"
"Please Nora just tonight"
"No. Not happening."
"It's just a party. Pretty pretty please"
"No"

She almost hung up because Nicki started whining about how less they see each other while begging.
"Ugh...fine"
"Really? Thank your a darl. It's by eight I'll be there to pick you."
"Okay"
"I knew you loved me"

Nora hung up. Nicki was her closest friend. They'd met in high school and clicked it off immediately. It was six and she had two hour before Nicki arrived. She ate her food and then went to have a relaxing shower. Around 7:30, she heard her doorbell and went to open it. It was Nicki.

"You're early"
"Had to make sure your not wearing your usual...you know." She said dragging Nora to the bedroom. She picked a sky blue jean trousers and a black crop top and tossed them on the bed.
"No complaints, Nora cute guys will be there" Nicki said matter-of-factly.
Nora sat in front of the mirror and let Nicki do her makeup, although she didn't like to be bossed around.
By 8 they were already out of the house.
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The party was in full swing by the time they arrived. A friend of Nicki's was throwing the party. Nicki left her as soon as she was at the bar;so much for coming. As she ordered her drink, the familiar scent wafted around her, then she heard his voice.

"Fancy seeing you here"
It was Jacobi, the stranger from the super market. She stared at him. Boy, he looked gorgeous in a blue V-neck shirt and black denim. She narrowed her eyes at him.
"Are you stalking me?". She asks
" Wish I was , but no I'm not"
"Then why are you here?"
"I could ask you the same, sure your not the one stalking me?"
"No way. A friend's party"
"Same".

They  fell into an awkward silence. She could sense he wanted to say something when Nicki interrupted.
" Hey Nora.... Wow. I leave you alone for a few minutes and you snag some gorgeous guy. You really didn't need my help" She said smiling.
God help her, Nicki talked way too much. Jacobi just stood there with an eyebrow raised.

Jacobi had known from the first moment they'd met that she was a werewolf. He'd sensed it but also sensed that something wasn't right with her. He could sense she was a werewolf but, he couldn't sense her wolf. The sparks that had flared between them came as a surprise to him. That one word kept repeating in his head 'mate'. His wolf wouldn't calm down wanting to mark her immediately. The fact that she wasn't aware of him unnerved him. Damn she was beautiful with her curly brown hair and brown eyes that were almost amber; a small nose and her lips. God, her lips were just made to make a man have dirty thoughts, they were full and a deep shade of pink. She had a very curvy shape and legs that ran for miles. He had no problem staring at her all day. His gaze returned to her eyes and she looked at him. He became aware she had said something.

"This is Nicki, Nicki Jacobi ".
" Nice to meet you." Nicki said
"Same."
"So I'll leave you too you know." She said giving both of them a wink.
"She's a handful" He gave a small chuckle.
"Yeah."
"Come on let's dance."

So  what do you think of the story so far. I know it hasn't reallystarted but still, I need comments.

Xoxo
Bonnie