Hidden Queen

My Mate

                                                                               POV: Roman

       As soon as I step into my new school, Max, my wolf, starts freaking out. She's here. Our mate is here. The smell of apples and cinnamon reaches me and I give a small sigh. Before I can go looking for my mate, the bell rings. I growl but head to the office for my schedule and locker. Aymara walks beside me, angrily. "I can't believe Alpha Elijah wants us to go to school full of humans," she growls. I look down at her and smile. "I'm glad he did. Max and I found our mate. As soon as I walked in I smelled her," I whisper. Aymara looks up at me in shock. "What? Already? You just turned 18 though. Most wolves take years to find their mate and you find your on your birthday. That's pure luck," she says with a sad smile. I wrap my arms around her in a comforting way. "Hey now, stop pouting. You'll find your mate" I say.

       We enter the office and walk up to the desk. The secretary looks up at us and smiles. "You must be Roman and Aymara Lane. I am Mrs. Adams. Here are your schedules and lockers combinations. Vivian will show you two around," she says, motioning for a girl to step forward. The sudden smell of another supernatural makes me look at the girl in shock. Her eyes are wide as she realizes what Aymara and I are. "Of course, Mrs. Adams. I'll give them the full tours," she says, leading us away from the office. "What are two werewolves doing here in Shady Falls?" She asks as soon as we are out of hearing range of the secretary. Aymara huffs. "Its not like we want to be here in the first place. We don't want any trouble. We are just following our alpha's orders. Just show us to our class," she tells Vivian. 

       I give Aymara a small glare. "Be nice. We do not want to make anyone dislike us on our first day, especially another supernatural," I growl. Aymara lowers her head in submission. Vivian looks at us before stopping in front of a class. "This is your first  class. Mr. Henrik is a pretty nice teacher as long as you don't get on his bad side. Have a good day," she says, before disappearing around the corner. I push open the door and let my sister enter before following behind her. The teacher looks up at us and smiles. "Ah, welcome. Go ahead and introduce yourselves and then take a seat in the back," he says. I push Aymara forward. "I'm Aymara Lane. I came from Liston Hill," she mutters, before walking to an empty desk in the back. I step forward and clear my throat. "I am Roman Lane, Aymara's older brother," I say before walking to the desk next to Aymara. 

       Max starts whining in my mind. Roman, when are we going to go find our mate? Her smell is gonna drive me insane and I know it's doing the same for you.  I open the link between my sister, ignoring Max. Aymara, you need to make an effort to at least fit in. Don't make Alpha Elijah disappointed in you. She glares at me but gives a huff. The class goes by quickly and I'm out of my seat as soon as the bell rings. Aymara runs to keep up with me. "Roman, slow down. I know you want to find her but we can't. Not right now. We have to get to class," she tells me quietly. I whine. "But I can smell her. She's so close." Aymara grabs my arm and pulls me into our next class. 

       All my classes go by quickly and I jump out of my seat after my last class. Aymara starts to follow me but we get separated in the mass of students. I look around for her for a moment before shrugging and sniffing the air. The scent of apples and cinnamon hits me again and I follow it down a flight of stairs and towards the pool area. When I reach the bottom step, a girl and a boy pass me but I ignore them and rush towards my mate. I sense Aymara before I see her. Turning a corner, I see her walking with the most beautiful girl I have ever seen. Her long, silver hair reaches her hips. She's tall and very and curvy in all the right places. I run forward, calling to my sister.  "There you are Aymara. I was looking for you," I say. "Mom wired me the money for us to go get the new VR chip. Oh, who is she?" I ask, pretending that I just saw her. 

       Aymara introduces me to my mate so I do the only thing i could think of to keep me from marking her right in the middle of school. "I'm Roman, Aymara's twin brother," I say, reaching my hand out to her. My mate smiles at me and takes my hand. "I'm Nova," she says. Her voice is like dripping honey to me and I groan inwardly. Max whines. She's human. We'll have to have Alpha Elijah change her before we can even think about marking her. "So, where are we gonna go eat? I hear there's a cafe that sells really good crepes near here," I suggest. Both girls shrug so we head out of the school and towards the cafe down the road. Aymara links with me. What are you doing? I thought you would be looking for your mate. I look at her and tilt my head to Nova. Aymara's eyes go wide. 

       When we reach the cafe, we run into the couple that I saw earlier. The girl steps forward and leers at Nova. "Well, look at that. Nova found some friends," she sneers. I take a protective step forward and growl. "What is your problem? Why are you picking on her?" I ask angrily. The girl gives a hateful laugh. "You don't know Nova. She's a snitch and a loner. If you know what's best for you, I would leave her. She will only drag you down with her." Before I can say anything, Aymara gives a low growl, scaring the couple. "I would rather be friends with her than with you. I saw what you and your boyfriend did to her earlier. If I see you touch her or even talk to Nova again, you will regret it," she says. The couple look nervous as the walk away. Nova expresses her gratitude to Aymara. Feeling left out, I link arms with Nova and lead her to the booth. 

       "Don't listen to them. They are just jealous. Your pretty and smart," I whisper. She looks up at me and blushes. We all sit down and order our crepes. When I see what Nova ordered, I giver her a look of playful disgust. "That is the grossest. Sounds utterly disgusting," I tease. She gives me a look of indignation. "Don't knock it till you try it buddy. It is delicious," she says. When the crepes arrive, I lean over the table and steal a bite of Nova's crepe. "Hey!" She cries, laughing. I look at her and smile. It's not bad. Give me another bite," I say, leaning over to take another bite. She pulls the crepe away and I watch as my sister takes a bite of Nova's crepe with a sly smile on her face. "Nope. You have your own crepe. Aymara tell him," she says before turning to see Aymara leaning away looking guilty. "Hey! You took a bite too, didn't you?" She laughs.

       Aymara laughs. "Well, Roman said it was good so I had to try it too," she explains. We all laugh as we finish our crepes and leave. As we walk out of the cafe, Nova stops us. "Hey, this weekend do you wanna hang out at my place? I have a pool," she tells us. I look at Aymara in excitement. I love swimming. "Do you here this? She has a pool. We have to go now," I say. Aymara rolls her eyes and looks at Nova. "Your parents won't mind?" Nova shakes her head. " My parents are gone," she explains. "My auntie and uncle send me an allowance from my inheritance every two weeks." My heart breaks when I hear that. Aymara must have been thinking the same thing cause we both hug Nova. "Of course we'll come. And if you want, you can always come visit us," I tell her, earning a hit from Aymara. 

       We exchange phone numbers before parting. "We'll see you tomorrow. Be careful getting home and if you have any problems, call one of us," I tell her before she puts in her music and walks away. Aymara shoves my shoulder and laughs. "You were like a puppy around her. We'll have to talk to Alpha Elijah about her. She's human and you won't be able to mark her as your own," she says, giving me a worried look. I nod. "Yeah, I already thought of that. What if Alpha Elijah denies my request? I can't reject her. She is my everything," I say. Aymara shakes her head. "Alpha Elijah won't do that. Her understands the mates call."