Martha holds my two arms while looking into my eyes as she bombards me with questions
"When did you find your mate within the little hours I left you to yourself? Who is the person? How did it happen? Do you like him? Are you in love with him already..."
I laugh as I watch her go on and on cheerily.
"One question at a time Martha, please... Okay, here is the thing, I couldn't smell him as my mate yet. I didn't know why before until he told me it was because I'm yet to be eighteen. Oh, Martha! The attraction between us was undeniable! It was exactly like how you described it to be if not more... I think I'm in love, Martha!" I reply and she laughs,
"Oh, Ash..." She says and pulls me in for another hug
"I am so happy for you girl. So happy!" She says again when she released me from the hug. "So how did you both meet? Who is he? Is he a member of the Night Howlers pack?"
"We met after you left. I was just done cleaning the master bedroom when he walked into the room." Her eyes grew rounder then, I can tell from her countenance that she knows who I'm talking about, or maybe she just had an idea about who he is.
"What is his name," she asks but I don't know what to tell her. It kinda sounds embarrassing to tell her that I don't know my mate's name.
"He didn't tell me," I reply
Her eyebrow shot up on hearing my reply
"He didn't tell you his name? But why?"
"Well, when I asked, he said he couldn't tell me because of my safety. He said no one in the pack knows who he is yet except for the Alpha and one other person and he would like it to stay that way until tomorrow when I'll turn eighteen."
"Hmmm," She says with a nod "I understand his fear. Well, tomorrow is just around the corner so let's just wait." She replies and pulls at my cheeks as if I'm a kid and not a young woman old enough to have her own family.
"you know who my mate is, don't you? Why don't you tell me?"
She smiles
"I only suspect. I'm not hundred percent sure. Tomorrow will be here in no time so just relax, okay?"
"Of course..."
"Now let's get moving! Start loading the breakfast cart." She says immediately switching into work mode.
Today is the happiest day of my life. I laugh when I remember I said exactly that when I got my wolf. Those two days are the happiest days of my life. After breakfast was served, I decided to go get some eggs at the pack's grocery store since we had run out.
As I walked down to the store, I noticed the day was unusually beautiful. For the first time in my life, I enjoy the warmth of the sun that shone softly on me and the scenery on the street as I walked by.
I just found everything I walk by beautiful and I wonder if it's because I've just fallen in love. Is this what being in love feels like? I feel on top of the world. I'm full of energy and went about my duties with a happy gait I never knew I possessed. I never knew falling in love could be this amazing.
Nothing could dampen my spirit. Not even when I encountered Miranda and her cronies on my way back from the grocery store. I don't notice them in time until they are practically in my face.
"I see you're now married to my boyfriend's hoodie. Slut!..." Miranda's Ash words woke me from my reverie
I look down at Ethan's hoodie and I'm embarrassed to be caught wearing it again after the trouble it caused me the last time I wore it.
I brought it because I intended to give it back to Ethan, only I had to borrow it again because I needed something to cover up the huge stain I mistakenly got on my white shirt.
To avoid any trouble, I immediately step away from them a bit and pull the hoodie over my head. I neatly fold it before offering it toward Miranda. She snatched it away from my hand and threw it on the ground.
"Aww poor girl!... Don't you have something else to wear?" Ethan's sister, Miss Snooty-nose says to mock me
"Awww... I have some hand-me-downs that I can give you... Would you love to have them?" Miranda also adds with a mocking pitiful expression
I've met my mate and tomorrow is my last day of working in this pack, that is why I'm not going to sit down and allow them to mock me without retaliation, no way! I change my countenance to the one of contempt, allowing my eyes to disdainfully move from Miranda's face down to her skinny stature, stopping briefly around her chest, before moving back up to look into her eyes again...
"No, thank you! I'm sure they won't fit.'' I reply to her with a sweet smile, watching with satisfaction as she flushes red in embarrassment. If you and your cronies can slut shame me, then there's nothing stopping me from body shaming you. It's tit for tat!
Her expression goes from mocking me to anger in an instant. Her wolf rises to the surface and she raises her hand to slap me but I block the slap. I haven't looked away from Miranda when I see from my peripheral vision, Miss Snooty nose moving in on me.
Her wolf is half out, baring her sharp large canine and gunning for my neck.
She is fast, her father is a Beta and I believe she would have been well-trained in combat. What I don't understand is why I'm faster than the Beta's daughter. I've been cleaning and cooking since I was sixteen. I've never had the pleasure of watching the warriors train nor have I watched them spar with each other
So you can imagine my surprise at my own speed when I move to hold Miranda's hand in a crushing grip with one hand while still tightly gripping Miss Snooty-nose around her neck with the other. Miranda's scream is ugly and deafening, people that aren't already watching rush out to see what is happening.
Miss Snooty nose's sound is the worst. She's struggling violently against my grip, trying to pry my hand open and release her neck from my death grip but it's no use.
Her eyes are already bulging and almost popping out of their sockets while mine burns in theirs. Even though I'm conscious of my actions and I know quite alright that I'm almost choking her to death with just one hand, the truth is I'm not trying to kill her. I just can't stop myself. I can't stop the rage burning in me
Then a voice whisper into my right ear.
"Calm down my love..." He says "My Goddess Sif, calm down. Let go." I hear a voice whisper "It's okay. You can relax now. Go to sleep."
The voice is soothing, lulling me to sleep. I feel my tensed muscles begin to relax and I release Miranda and Snooty-nose . My eyes return to normal and I see my mate
"Goddess Sif?" I ask and he smiles. Now, where have I heard that name before? I wonder to myself as I fell into unconsciousness