Moon Dust

Chapter 20

Ezra put the last of his stuff in his bag and placed it at the foot of the stairs. He walked towards the window and looked out hoping he could smell a bit of his mate but there was no trace of her so his only option was to call out to her via the mate link.

"Khadeen can you hear me?" Ezra asked.

There was a pause and some static before someone answered slyly, "Who is asking?"

"Ezra,"

"Ezra who?"

"Khadeen don't play games with me, I need you."

Khadeen laughed, "Poor Ezra, what could you possibly need me for?"

"Look I'm sorry about the way things turned out but you did say when I need you I know where to find you but right now I don't know where."

"I'm where we first met. It's a coffee shop so be there in twenty minutes." Ezra wondered the reason for the static via the mate link. Was it because they were different species or something else?

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Ezra arrived at the place and walked into the coffee shop that smelled of his mate. He saw her sitting in a small corner of the room with her feet up and her back firmly placed on the wall. Her hair was braided and placed in a bun that she touched occasionally clearly annoyed by it. Her face was straight and she had big slightly brown eyes that sparkled and accentuated her semi-straight nose. She wore light makeup; black eyeliner and blood-red lipstick that sat on her semi-full lips. She wore a black blouse with cleavage, ripped jeans pants, and black and white converse.

"Instead of staring at me you could just come over you know," Khadeen said via the mate link.

Ezra was startled at first at the sound of her voice in his head but he held his composure and walked over to his soon to be partner in crime. He stalked closer to her and took a seat beside her and inhaled her scent.

"You look nice,"

"Thanks. What can I do for you, Mr. Overland?"

"I'm about to head out to look for my mother, would you come with me?"

"Meh, I'll have to think about it,"

"Well can you think about it faster, I'm kind of in a bit of a rush?"

"What will I get out of coming with you?" Khadeen asked.

He turned his face to face her and stared at her with passion-filled eyes.

"Why are you looking at me like that?" Khadeen asked with a blush creeping up her cheeks.

"I don't know I'm just mesmerized by the beauty of your eyes," Khadeen took a sip of her coffee smiling as Ezra proceeded to compliment her. He held her hand and looked into her eyes, "If you come with me I'll give you a night that you'll never forget as us mates are destined to be."

"So you take me for a one-night stand?"

"I didn't say it was a one-night stand, did I?"

"Well, you did call me a thot the first time we met," Khadeen stated the obvious.

"Well I'm sorry that I called you a thot, I was clearly wrong. Because ever since I first laid eyes on you I couldn't stop thinking about you. There was a time I didn't believe in mates but now with you here as my mate I can't help but be drawn to you, your touch, your smell, and everything about you."

"Do you expect me to fall into your arms so easily?" Khadeen asked.

"Everything that I've said so far is true, all you can do now is just trust me," and he held out his hand for her.