My Mate, My Hero

On the road

Ravenna

I was nervous, this god like man followed me to my desk as I went to get my bag. He never left me out of sight and was pretty much just an arms length away at any time. While I was reaching my desk, pretty much every single person working on the floor was looking at me. I blushed, I hated this much attention. Quickly I grabbed my bag and turned around. That was too quick, I directly bumped into Conners chest. He steadied me, with both hands holding onto my arms, a smile across the face and he spoke so quietly, that no one else heard it: “We might wait with this, till we are alone” and winked at me. I blushed so hard, I pretty much felt the redness in my face. I quickly left the floor and again, he was not a full heartbeat behind me. When we reached the lobby, I heard the voice I dreaded like nothing else on this planet...

“And where do you think you're going now?”, Helen stood there and stared at me. I could see in her face, that she was doing her hardest not to scream and look too angry, because we were in public after all... But I new to see through her facade. I swallowed hard and said: “Mr Evans told me to be the personal assistant for his business partner for the next few days.” The old woman looked from me to Conner and pulled up an eyebrow: “He choose you? It can't be a too hard job then and he just wants a young thing to accompany him, to look good.”, I blushed again and before I could even think about something to say, Conner jumped in: “Well actually, I picked her myself. Her performance was just speaking for itself and Ravenna here, was by far the best choice for this position.” Helen raised the eyebrow again and was just about to say something, when Conner again spoke: “In fact, I was just saying, she should go home now and pack a few things, because we will be on the road for the next few days.” Before Helen could reply, he grabbed my elbow and pulled me out of the door, where the black BMW was already waiting for us.

My knees where shaking and I had a sinking feeling on my chest and stomach. This would not end good. I would be in so much trouble when this adventure was over. I felt tears welling up in my eyes and tried my best to just blink them away. I was so concentrated to not cry in front of Conner, that I completely missed the question he asked me. He spoke again to me and I realized, that he had parked the car on the side of the road and looked at me. “Are you OK Ravenna?”, he had real concern in his voice as well as his face.

Conner

This Helen had me leaving the company in an angry mood, Myca also wasn't happy. She's mean to mate! She needs to apologize to mate! We need to make her! I still had enough sense to know, not to make a scene in Shane's company. Too many humans. I swallowed everything my instinct told me to do and just coaxed Ravenna out of there. When she got into the car beside me, I was just incredible lucky. Her incredible scent filled up the inside of the car and was so happy. But I realized that there was a silence in the car. My mind was racing in how to break the ice, but I couldn't think of anything. I was angry with myself and Myca was not happy with me. He was nagging me to talk to her, hear her voice, make her love us and agreeing to be ours. I knew, Myca understood, that we had to use a different approach then if she would be a she-wolf. But then I realized what I can ask, to get her talking.

“Ravenna, you need to tell me, where I have to go.”, I waited for instructions, but Ravenna was quiet. I turned my head slightly and saw her sitting in the passenger seat of the car and seemed to get smaller by the second. I pulled over and turned the engine off. “Are you OK Ravenna?”, I asked and touched carefully her shoulder. I felt the sparks and hoped, that she really would feel the mate bond and would calm down due to my touch. Apparently it really worked because she turned her head and gave me a shy smile. “Yes, I just... It's because...”, she made the impression as if she wanted to tell me a secret that was lying heavily on her soul, but then decided against it: “It's fine, I guess it's just my nerves.” She stared onto her hands. I took in the scene.

Ravanna's hands clutched the bag in her lap. The bag, I guessed, was black at some point, but wear and tear, bleached the color. She seemed to have stiched the fabric in a few places and it pretty much just was held together by good will alone. The same was to say about her clothes. They looked old and worn, with a few visible areas, where she patched them up. I realised my hand was still touching her shoulder but she didn't pull away, in fact, I had the feeling she was actually leaning into it. I didn't want to push her, so I just repeated my question about the directions and Ravenna was leading me all the way.

Ravenna

When I gave Conner the directions to the old cottage, my heart sank more and more the closer we got. Even though, I knew Helen wasn't at home, I felt like as if the house would get me in trouble. We reached the driveway and Conner steered the BMW carefully up the gravel, trying to avoid the potholes. He stopped in front of the house and I jumped out, assuming he would wait in the car. But when I opened the front door, I felt him standing behind me and quickly turned around, trying to block the view into the house with my back: “Y-You don't need to come in, I don't need long.” He gave me a smile and said: “I promised Shane to take good care of you and that means, I can't let you out of my eyes.” to underline his statement, he wiggled his eyebrows. A soft giggle escaped my mouth and against my better knowledge I went into the house with Conner following me.

I led the way up into the attic to my bedroom. The air was sticky up here, but I couldn't open my windows, when I wasn't home. Because if it started to rain, it would rain straight into my room. I apologized for it and opened the drawer. I looked at Conner who stood in front of another drawer and looked at the few pictures I had there: “How long will we be gone for?” He looked away from the pictures and said: “Maybe two, three days, maybe four. Also, you might want to pack something nice to wear for dinner.” He sent a big smile my way. I felt a warm feeling going through my body, warming me up and making all my problems feel small.

I grabbed a few of my nicer shirts and my other nice pair of pants. Who was I kidding, I only had two pairs. I then opened the wardrobe in the hope that somehow magically there would appear some nice dress for evening wear. But of course, that doesn't work. There wasn't anything remotely appropriate for what Conner requested me to pack. I had an old skirt that was for the summer and two summer dresses. I took the one that was a little big more elegant looking. It was an emerald green and flowing down to the knees. I also packed a nice cardigan to go with it. I put everything on the bed and then I realized, that i didn't have a going-away bag. As soon as I realized this, I felt the redness creeping into my face again. What should I do?? To make things worse, I felt Conner staring at me.

Conner

The house was disgusting. I've seen lots of things in my life, but this was next level. The smell was an insult. I was shocked and confused. How did my mate live like this? When she led me into her room, I got my believes back. Her room was tidy, neat and smelled like her. The complete opposite to the rest of the house.

While my mate was looking for clothes, I decided to have a nosy. Her room was very empty, nothing personal. But then I saw a few pictures on one drawer. I looked at them and couldn't quite place what I was seeing. They showed Ravenna with a nice looking couple. The others showed her with a kids. I wanted to know, what this was about, but I didn't want her to feel pressured into answering questions. So I just sat down on the bed and picked up an old Teddy. Like, what seemed everything Ravenna owns, it was worn, patched up, but also looked loved. Suddenly I felt Ravenna going into distress. She had the clothes she picked, piled up on the bed but seemed to have trouble finding a bag.

I was laughing: “Do you not want to bring more? Don't worry, you can bring a big suitcase, I won't judge.” After I spoke those words, I saw her faltering. “I... I.... I don't have one.”, she nearly whispered. I got up from the bed and stood in front of her, unsure of what do to. “I never went away before.”, she explained hastily. I had the feeling she was fighting the tears again, so I did the thing I knew, what was working before and touched her shoulders. “Hey, don't worry! That's absolutely no problem. We just take your clothes into the car and stop on the way to buy a bag for you.”, I really thought, this would make her feel better, but it just made her eyes more watery. I got nervous, what have I said wrong now? “I can't... I don't have any money to buy a bag.”, she whispered and her voice was breaking, fighting away the tears. Again, I felt relief: “Don't worry about that, it's my gift.” the first one of many, I added in my thoughts, I would spoil her the way she deserved it and hoped, she would open up and tell me about her troubles, so that I could help her heal.

Ravenna

When we left the house, he was carrying my clothes and I looked the door. In the car, he put an address into the navigation system and pulled away from the house. The further we got, the more I felt a weight lifted off my shoulders and my heart getting lighter. But then I felt guilty. I forgot Teddy! How could I tell this beautiful man, that we need to turn back for my Teddy bear? I couldn't... I haven't spent a single night without him and during my whole life, this Teddy was my best friend. I took a deep breath and decided to be a big girl and that I will survive a few days without my Teddy bear. I mean, I was nearly 19 years of age, technically, I don't need a Teddy to fall asleep, do I?

We drove for a few minutes in silence, then I turned to him and asked: “Where are we going now?” Why did my voice sound so small? I cursed myself for being so shy around other people. He gave me a quick side look and sent a big smile my way. “We will first go shopping, then we head to the first supplier. I think we will be going into the direction of... Cork?” I looked up again: “Shopping?” He smiled even wider, which I didn't think was possible: “Yes! You need a bag for your clothes and a few extra things.” I was slightly embarrassed. What extra things did he mean?

After a 20 minute drive, which felt like forever, we reached the shopping center in town. He parked the car and jumped out straight away. I haven't even unbuckled the seat belt, by the time he opened my door and held out his hand to help me out of the very low BMW. When our hands touched, I felt the electric bolt shooting up my arm again, but other than real electricity, it was a nice warm feeling. Conner smiled at me and helped me out of the car, locked it and led me into the shopping center, his hand on the small of by back, which made me feel happy in such a silly way. I never had a guy give me physical contact, in fact, I never had anyone give me physical contact, so I cherished this little moments way more than I properly should.

I only was a couple of times in here before with Helen, but it was literally a quick affair. There was only one shop she went in and I wasn't allowed to go exploring by myself, so I didn't know where anything was in here. But apparently Conner did. When I looked at him confused, he offered an explanation straight away: “I used to visit Shane pretty much every summer and we came here a lot. Of course the shops are changing a lot, but in general, I should find my way around.” I gave him a small smile and was more than happy to be led by him wherever he was pointing me.

By the time we reached the first shop, I noticed the looks we both got. Women were drooling over Conner, but why wouldn't they? He was tall, maybe 6'2 or 6'3, muscular and just drop-dead gorgeous. To my surprise, I felt jealousy... I felt silly about that the moment I realized. He was my boss... Well, technically my bosses cousin who apparently I was working for the next few days. But nothing else.

Conner

I knew females were staring at me. They always did. In the werewolf world, they did it, because I was the Alpha of the Sapphire Moon pack, in the human world, they stared, because for their standards, I was god-like looking. I felt how my little mate was stiffen up and when I glanced down at her, I saw that she was looking around and moved even closer to my side. Was she... jealous? I had to try my best not to look to happy about it. She did feel the mate pull! I was so sure about it.

When I had her in the first shop, I looked around and saw the she-wolf, I knew who worked here. She came up straight away. Janice, that was her name, was a part of Shane's pack and mated up as much as I knew. She gave me a welcoming smile and asked “How can I help you today, Al...”, when I noticed what she wanted to say, I pulled Ravenna more in front and thank goddess, Janice copped on quickly and stopped herself. Ravenna didn't seem to notice and just smiled shyly at Janice. “We're here to give this lady a few new outfits, something casual, something business and something nice for dinner. Shoes and accessories to match.” I paused, then added: “Ravenna also needs a weekend bag.” With this, I handed her my credit card. Janice nodded, smiled broadly at Ravenna and gestured to follow her. I sat down on one of the “husband waiting chairs” and checked my phone.

I lost track of time, reading an article, when suddenly the two women were standing in front of me. Ravenna was carrying a lot of bags. Janice handed me the credit card back and we said goodbye. “Lets drop the bags in the car and then go for dinner before heading our way?”, I suggested. Ravenna nodded and followed me out.