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Since that day in the woods, the stranger has not left the confinement of my mind. The videos in my mind showed him doing different things each day.
But he never smiles.
He runs, trains, works, sleeps.
But he never smiles.
Why doesn't he smile?
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"Charlie, come on! You need to get up. This is the second time I've asked you!" my mother shouted, and I couldn't help but let out a sharp groan at her harsh tone. I have never been a morning person, and I didn’t plan on starting now.
"I AM up!" I shout back, being startled awake from my dream of the perfect stranger once again. I had dreams about him almost every night since I had turned 18. His face always brought me comfort, but I could never remember where I had first met him.
I tried to bury myself deeper in my cocoon of blankets, snuggling into their warmth desperately wanting to see the perfect stranger. Silence filled the house, and I could feel myself slowly begin to drift back to sleep as his face flashed through my mind once again. Suddenly, my door is slammed open and in the doorway is my terrifying mother with her arms crossed.
"Get up, now," she says, laughing as she walked back to the kitchen.
I mutter under my breath as I sluggishly get up and walk towards the chair in the corner of my room. I pick up my crumpled uniform and place it on the bed, as I make my way to the shower. The warm water spreads across my body, slowly helping me wake up since I am definitely not excited to be awake. Once finished, I get dressed, brush my hair and apply light makeup. I pack my bag with my schoolbooks, and another for my dance stuff.
Once downstairs I spot my mother in the kitchen, drinking her morning cup of coffee with her car keys in hand. Father must have already left for the packhouse, which isn’t unusual. Since he is the Alpha, we could live in the packhouse, but he wanted me to have a normal life so he decided to buy a house close by.
"I'm ready," I say, as she glanced up, rising to her feet. I walked quickly behind her and we made our way to the car to go to school.
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The car pulled up outside my own personal hell. College. I only decided to go to this college because my mother wanted me to have a good education for when I met my mate, even though she did not when she met my father. The private school was a mixture of mostly werewolves and vampires but had a few other supernatural beings as well. The college was set between two neighboring packs and the Alpha of Alpha’s kingdom, but that never really caused an issue. Everyone seemed to get along just fine, even if we were all different species of the supernatural.
My parents were both werewolves, who decided to have a child. Me. I was the only child they had, but they didn’t seem too worried about an heir. I was 18 but had never shifted so they thought that I was just a late bloomer like my mom. She only shifted when she met my father and then found out she was a healer, which was rare among our kind. She soon became the pack doctor, while my father was an extremely powerful Alpha. They tried to make our lives as normal as possible, but being the daughter of two very powerful beings was tiresome when you had nothing to show for it.
"You're actually going to dance tonight?" my mother says, eyeing my gym bag as she pulled me from my thoughts.
"Yes, I've missed a couple of practices now so I guess I should," I say as I opened the passenger door retrieving my dance stuff.
"I'm glad to see you're still fitting it in, even with all the extra training that’s been set up for everyone," she says, handing me my school bag.
Once I start walking away, I could hear the window being rolled down as she smiled and waves at me. I return the gesture before walking to the large double doors of Silver Lake College. As usual, groups of friends are scattered throughout the large hallways, making the halls incredibly noisy and crowded. I make my way to my locker, avoiding the stares. Everyone knew that I was wolf less, but since I had true-blood parents I could attend college here.
I am accepted throughout the pack, for now. I dance with some of the females, but they think I have accepted my fate. That even though I am wolf less, I have accepted to find a mate, let him control my being, and let him control my life.
Is that what my fate is?
Submitting to a mate and letting him take over?
Mate.
Will I even have one since I do not have a wolf?
Once he sees that I am wolf-less, will he even want me?
I see the look in their eyes. The way they see my tattered notebook as I write in my poetry journal and my ballet flats flung over my shoulder. The way the graphite stains my left hand from smudging and the bruises that cling to my body from dance. I never asked to be wolf-less, but they treat me as if I did. I decided that burying myself in hobbies would be better then succumbing to their stares and humiliation.
I am so lost in my thoughts, that I bumped into something extremely hard causing me to drop my notebook, scattering the loose pages all over the floor.
I mumble under my breathe as I lean down and pick my stuff up, realizing that he immediately leaned down to help too.
He had loose blonde shaggy hair, with ocean blue eyes and had an extremely bored expression on his face as he handed me the loose papers that were in my books. He was tall, and I could tell he was a higher-ranking werewolf. He wore an insignia on this cardigan that signified the castle, which made sense as to why I had never seen him before.
"Sorry about that," he says, almost shyly, "I'm Oliver,” he mumbled as he passed me the pages of my poetry that had shed from my journal. For someone who was from the Sapphire Kingdom, he was extremely passive.
"Charlie."
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☾⭒☾⭒☾⭒☾⭒☾⭒☾⭒☾⭒☾⭒☾⭒☾⭒Oliver's POV"Charlie," she says, as my eyes met hers.I reached my hand out to return the loose papers, and she politely took them. As she reached her hand out to me, I noticed something gold and shiny wrapped around her wrist."That's a nice bracelet," I said, eyeing the charms that dangled, trying to get a better look."Oh, thank you, it was a gift from a stranger," she giggles, playing with the charms.One charm especially caught my eye."Is that a sapphire charm?" I asked, trying to get a better look. She held out her hand so I could show me proudly.It was.Is this Leo's mate?I could not bring myself to say anything else to her, but she still held a smile on her face. I was delighted but horrified for this girl. The fear was overpowering the delight, slightly because I knew the truth about what was going to happen to this little wolf sitting in front of me if it was tru
☾⭒☾⭒☾⭒☾⭒☾⭒☾⭒☾⭒☾⭒☾⭒☾⭒Oliver's POVI began to look more and more panicked as the guards continued to warn me that the Alpha was moving extremely fast to our destination. My mind was racing with so many unanswered questions.How did he not know Charlie was right beside his pack the whole time? Or did he, but never acted on it?What will happen if he sees her out in the open like this?Could the Alpha Kings mate really be a wolf less woman?She remained in the same position as when we got here, maybe out of morbid curiosity for her impending doom.Charlie's POVI remained still, drowning in both my confusion and my fear. I mean, I met Oliver this morning, and now I am standing in the forest alone with him. He started to pace back and forth and look as if he were about to have a panic attack rubbing the back of his neck aggressively.I moved slightly, and Oliver stopped pacing. He turned his
☾⭒☾⭒☾⭒☾⭒☾⭒☾⭒☾⭒☾⭒☾⭒☾⭒I slipped out of Leos grasp and the sparks that danced along my skin subsided. My mind was so foggy, that I did not even realize what was happening to me. I could feel something stirring in my mind. Something that I had never felt before."I can't go with you... my mother is expecting me home soon," I said, attempting to turn around and walk home, until I met Oliver’s scared eyes.I froze and sighed, allowing myself to be pulled back into Leos strong grip."You're mine, Nobody else's. MINE," he snarled in my ear, pulling me closer to his body. I could feel something sharp pierce the skin of my neck and I let out a loud scream. I instantly felt my knees go weak from the pain, but I did not fall thanks to Leos strong grip."No one will ever hurt you, angel," he said between placing light kisses against my wrist which made my heartbeat raise and my cheeks blush, "Let's go.""Oliver," I say softly, looking in his direc
☾⭒☾⭒☾⭒☾⭒☾⭒☾⭒☾⭒☾⭒☾⭒☾⭒LeoOur sleep together was peaceful. We were wrapped together, buried beneath the sheets as the sun shone through the window. Charlie groaned softly, snuggling her head deeper into my chest, trying to block the sunlight from her face which made my wolf purr in content.A soft knock woke me up from my sleep, which irritated me. I slowly slipped out of bed, replacing myself with a pillow which my little mate hugged and snuggled with deeply. I stood looking at her for a moment as a warm smile spread across my lips. A second knock came from the door, snapping me out of my daydream once again. I opened the door and stepped outside closing it quietly behind me.I looked up to see an anxious looking Oliver looking back at me."What are you doing here Oliver?!” I shout as quietly as I can. "You don't need to care for her, she's mine. I am her mate, not you!"I could feel my blood pressure begin to rise and
☾⭒☾⭒☾⭒☾⭒☾⭒☾⭒☾⭒☾⭒☾⭒☾⭒I was not exactly sure how long I slept but I woke up with the fire returning to my body. I was so unbelievably hot. I threw the blanket away from me and squirmed trying to get out of the bed. It did absolutely nothing to help, and I could see Leo's body was still tightly wrapped around me, which I knew did nothing to help my situation either. My school uniform was still on my body, and I felt like it was on fire as it touched my skin. The leggings underneath my skirt made it almost unbearable to wear them.Leo began to shuffle behind me, sensing that I was uncomfortable. I felt his hand reach under my skirt and grab the hem of my leggings. I put my hands over his and mumbled incoherent nothings to him."Just take it off baby, you're burning up. I promise I won't do anything; you just have to take it off," he said reassuringly.I was hot, and extremely tired. All I wanted to do was nuzzle back into his chest, so I grabbed the hem of m
☾⭒☾⭒☾⭒☾⭒☾⭒☾⭒☾⭒☾⭒☾⭒☾⭒Although it felt completely strange to have my wolf show up now, she explained it was because I was near my mate. She explained that she was sent by the Moon Goddess herself to me, and that she had special plans for me. I chuckled at that, but Faleece was extremely adamant on saying that I was special. She told me that my mate was not as bad as I was making him out to be, and that I just needed to give him a chance and that he would show me how powerful I could be. Now that was something we could disagree on.I had begun eating the tray of food that was left on my desk, as Faleece and I talked. She was extremely intelligent, and I could tell that she had a good soul which made me happy.The world had finally felt a lot less lonely.When I noticed that the sun had come up, I sensed a strange tingling sensation run through me right to the mark on my neck. I knew it was him before he even stepped into the room. The clicking of the lock a
☾⭒☾⭒☾⭒☾⭒☾⭒☾⭒☾⭒☾⭒☾⭒☾⭒After Griffen had left, I decided that it was time to shower and change my clothes. My closet had been stocked with everything I could imagine. I found a simple underwear set and a loose blouse with leggings. Although I felt like a prisoner, I didn’t have to look like one, at least. He had also stocked it with shelves of makeup, and perfumes. I decided that less was more in this case, and put on some mascara and a pale pink lip gloss.Before throwng on my blouse, I took a long look in the mirror. The scar that sat above my belly button taunted me, as of it was satisfied that it had made itself known to Leo and Griffen. I shook away these thoughts as a knock came at the door, so I threw my blouse on quickly before answering the door.Leo had one of the Omega’s come to my room and escort me down to the dining room for supper. We walked down the long halls taking many turns on the way I paid special attention to her directions when
☾⭒☾⭒☾⭒☾⭒☾⭒☾⭒☾⭒☾⭒☾⭒☾⭒Leo's POVMy eyes shot open, as I could hear Steel growling in my mind.Something felt off, something was not right.Unable to control myself, my body ran to Charlies room, but she was not there. Panic rushed through me as I had realized her scent was faint as well. Steel began pushing for control, feeling uncomfortable that his mate was missing. We had such a pleasant evening last night. Her smile etched itself into my brain, as I fell asleep replaying her laugh over and over again.I flung out of her room without a second thought, still in my boxers. I ran down the hall frantically, searching for my mate. Would she be in pain without me? What would happen if she decided to run away?"Charlie?" I shouted, my voice echoing through the empty hallways."Alpha?" I hear people ask, making my wolf angrier and more tense that none of the voices were Charlie's."NO! Where is Charlie?" I growl, mov