The Red Wolf's Mate

Chapter 2-Late Night Walk*

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Maureen POV

Ugh, so many smells in this city........

Humans, dogs, cats, garbage, alcohol, drugs, sex.............urine, gross!!!!!

One thing my sensitive senses are helpful for is what to avoid touching!!!!!Lesson, definitely be mindful of sidewalks, walls, and corners!!!  

As a werewolf, especially an alpha, my senses are extremely keen and sometimes, as in walking around a city, those senses can be such a curse damn it!!! 

I had a meeting and decided to take a walk to clear my head afterward. However, I've been antsy all day and have no idea why. Sure, I had a business meeting but that was no big deal. I'm used to it.  After shadowing my parents with their business affairs for a few years, I started taking the reins bit by bit. So, I've actually been conducting professional matters solo for some time. Our businesses help support our large pack, which I took over from mom and dad a year and half ago although I hadn't found my mate yet.  They had enough confidence in me to take over before finding my soulmate. That way they could relax, travel with my younger brother, as they currently are now. 

I've been trained by my parents to be alpha and knowledgeable in business affairs my entire life. One aspect in my life I'm still waiting to experience is finding my mate! I know I'm not an old maid yet but I am so tired of hearing about not having my mate from certain neighbouring alphas, especially Toby! They see a single female as weak! Fuck them! I mean, I know I'm 21yrs old already but man lay off!! It's not like I'm going to pick them as a chosen mate, jackasses!! In the werewolf world, you can start sensing your mate on your 18th birthday. Yeah, that may sound easy but it's not! You need to be near enough to smell them, their unique scent known only to you. So cut me some slack. I'm not exactly over the hill yet!

I've been mindlessly darting in and out of shops for a bit now just to keep busy.

Oh...Oh wow!! Chocolate and peppermint?! What an amazing smell. What shop have I wondered by? I don't remember a sweet shop near here. OH GREAT!! Now I want something sweet! So I follow the scent and before I know it I am walking through a door. I'm not paying much attention so I'm surprised when I look up to find I'm in a convenience store and not a sweet shop. The smell is  intoxicating! The air is so saturated with it, my head is beginning to spin! I focus and follow the scent toward the check out counter. That is when I see the most brilliant green eyes I've ever seen! I just stare at him, into those captivating emerald green eyes. I don't know how long I've stared at him. I don't want to look away but I make myself so I don't look crazy, if I haven't already. I decide to walk around the store like I'm looking for something.

**MATE! He is a human! He is a human! My wolf, Shelia,  pretty much screams. She doesn't care he is a human. She is just happy to have found our mate. He's ours!-she coos

*He is human which means we will need to tell him about us at some point. What if he rejects us? What if we scare him? What if he thinks we are a monster, a freak?

**CALM DOWN! Take it slow. It will be ok. He will love us. Maybe not right now but he will- Shelia soothes.

I pull myself together and start to wonder around the store so I don't look nuts, if I don't already. His scent is tantalizing and so strong it's overwhelming

"May I help you?" I faintly hear. I try to focus

**Pull yourself together or he is going to think you can't answer basic questions- Shelia chides

"May I help you find something?"  I hear again, the most angelic voice ever!

"Um, sorry. I have a sweet tooth and have a craving for some chocolate and maybe some peppermint. I'm just trying to decide what I want exactly,"  I reply.

"Oh, ok. No problem. Take your time. If I can help with anything just ask,"  he says with a smile, which warms my heart. I want so badly to stay in the store with him, yet I will look crazy if I stay too long. So I decide on chocolate bars, York Peppermint Patties, peppermint gum. Basically anything chocolate or peppermint I can find that doesn't require refrigeration.

**STAY WITH MATE- Shelia demands

*I will, just not in the store. I can't stay in here too long. I'll hang around. Don't worry.

**Why?

*Because, SHELIA, I don't want to look like a robber or a crazy person. That could possibly mean the cops being called. 

**But I want to stay with him- she whines.

*I know, yet we need to be careful. I am going to stay with him, just at a distance.

**Fine.....hanging around from a distance is better than leaving altogether I guess....still stupid!! I want mate.......

*I know,  me too!!

Wyatt POV

I hear the bell clang to tell me someone had come into store. I saw red hair moving throughout the store. She kept wondering down the aisles like she was searching for something. She turns the corner and I stare into a set of radiant blue eyes. We stare at each other for a bit, not saying anything. Then she looks away while moving throughout the store. I feel sad when we break eye contact.

"May I help you?" I ask thinking I would be able to point her in the right direction for what she is looking for. No such luck. No reply. Maybe she didn't hear me.

"May I help you find something?" I try again. She mentions something about a sweet tooth and not making a decision. All I know is I love her voice. I wouldn't care if she read from a dictionary. I would happily listen! Her voice is so.....sultry! It reminds me of Lauren Bacall. It's like right out of a classic Hollywood movie! She approaches the counter with an armful of sweets. Man, she was not exaggerating about having a sweet tooth! Does she eat like this often? She can't and have a figure like that. From head to toe she is absolutely breath-taking! She pays for her mini sweet shop purchases and heads out with a smile. I don't want her to go. Man, I must be crazy and sleep deprived. Why do I want a total stranger to stay? Why am I so sad to see her walk out the door? Man, I really want to see her again. I hope she has another craving for sweets soon. 

Who am I kidding?! That is a woman, not a high school girl!! She would never look twice at a broken nobody like me..........

Maureen POV

Please, please let him accept us..........