A Mate After A Pup

Chapter 4

 Harper’s POV

    -Are we going to get the squad back together or what?!- I mindlink my friends from the pack I grew up with.

    -HARPER?! Are you back for good?! Let’s go out tonight! I’ll make Jace watch the pups!- Chelsea squealed. I wanted to surprise her since I know she is a busy mother.

    -I’ll always make time for my girl Harp! Let’s go to Legacy tonight.- I winced a little. I forgot Frankie was hitting on me earlier. Maybe he’s my destiny since we both haven’t found our mates.

    -See y’all tonight! I am going to walk around the pack before dinner. Meet up at 8:30, my hours?-

    -It’s a date-

    -Uh Frankie, no it’s not. I’m coming too!- Chelsea interrupts.

    I’m giggling out loud and turned off the mindlink. 

    I pass the pack hospital and a few of the nurses are outside taking their break. “Is that Ms. Harper?” an older woman squints.

    “It’s me, Mrs. Hammon!” I run up to her and give her a hug. She used to let me shadow her when both mom and dad were called in for emergencies. She always took really good care of me. 

    “You’re all grown up now. What are you up to? I haven’t seen you since you were this big” as she raises her hand to align her hip.

    I start laughing “well, I am actually going to be working here as the new pediatrician starting Monday!” The other ladies around light up. “That’s wonderful, we need someone like you here. Are you married, do you have any pups, where is your mate?”

    I groaned. I hate this conversation. At my age, almost all my friends have found their mates and have had pups. I have spent the last nine years hoping I would find my mate but I have been unfortunate. I was so jealous of all the girls who turned 18 and met their mates right away. How unfair!

        “I am still unmated, but that won’t stop me from being the best doctor!” I tried changing the subject.

    “Of course you will be the best. You have always been the best at everything. Well we are going to go back to work. Have a great day Harper. See you on Monday!”

     Walking away, I find myself praying to the Moon Goddess. Please help me. I don’t want to keep having this conversation over and over. I know it’s so unusual to be unmated at 27...what are your plans? Please tell me. 

    I wonder if the Moon Goddess can hear my prayers. I cried every night after my 19th birthday wondering what was wrong with me. My mother kept reassuring me that these take time and that she didn't meet my dad until she was 20, but now I'm 27. Did my mate die before I could even meet him? I feel so defeated. My wolf seems hopeful though. 

    I casually continued to walk around the pack and stopped to chit chat with everyone that remembered me. All of a sudden I was hit with the most amazing scent. It was so fierce. I felt drawn to this scent. I was immersed in a daze. My lady parts started to throb. What is this smell and where is it coming from?! And then I saw a large man. His physique was beyond compare. Is that my mate?!

Cole’s POV

    Rynn is having the time of her life on the playground. We sat down and ate some snacks but she did not want to stop playing. I watched her from a distance as she ran up and down the stairs, going down the slide, and pretending to cross the toddler size monkey bars. It was so peaceful. A part of me started to ache. Jocelyn… She would have loved to watch and play with Rynn. Being a mother is all she ever wanted to do. Ever since she passed, I feel like a part of me has always been broken but Rynn’s hazel eyes always pull me out of the brokenness. She is the reason I continued to push through.

    Rynn is the reason why I am still alive.

    When a wolf’s mate dies, typically the other wolf suffers and dies with them. We can’t live without our mates but I am assuming there are special circumstances the Mood Goddess keeps a few of us after the death of a mate. 

    Moon Goddess, please tell Jocelyn I love her. I miss her. Can she keep watching over Rynn and I? I don’t know how I’ve made it this far without her… My heart still feels broken… When will the pain ever fade?

    A tear begins to form but I force myself to not let it fall. I’m the Alpha of Red Wood. I can’t be seen in my pack crying! Anger started to sit in. Why did we only get two years? Why Moon Goddess?

    Almost instantaneously, I am consumed by the sweetest smell. What is that aroma? Is someone baking? I frantically look around. I am soon intoxicated with this smell and I that's when I see a woman staring back at me. She’s beyond gorgeous. Her straight brunette hair falls to her back. All her curves are in the right place and her legs are long and tan. Her ass is so round and perfect. My d**k twitches. It wants her. How can someone look so tempting in sweats and a T-Shirt? Who is she? I start to walk towards her. I want to her. I need her. Now.