CHAPTER 2: Found His Mate
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*Audrey*
"We'll take it", I opened my eyes wide at Claire's words. What does she mean by we'll take it? That's a very expensive dress.
"OK miss", the mall assistant replied and wrapped up the dress for us.
"Thanks"
We took the dress and walked out of the store, heading back home.
On getting to the pack, Claire went home to prepare herself.
~Tonight~
Claire and I reached the entrance gate of John's mansion. It was wide open for easy entrance.
Everyone was already inside the house having their fill of fun.
On one side of the house, I saw some couples getting aggressively intimate with themselves, their hunger for each other evident in their eyes.
I guess they must be mates. I lowered my eyes as I thought about what it feels like to finally meet my own mate.
Distracted by my own thoughts, I could not hear Claire calling out to me until she stepped up in front to obstruct my movement.
"What are you thinking?" She asked with a worried expression on her face.
Subconsciously, I glanced towards the couple and she trailed my eyes and saw them.
"Are you thinking about who's going to be your mate?" She asked.
"Hmm" I nodded and answered absentmindedly.
She pat my shoulder in a comforting manner, "Don't worry, I'm sure the Moon Goddess has better plans for you. There are a lot of handsome men here tonight. Who knows, we might meet him here".
My face instantly turned red at her words, "I hope so too".
Together we stepped inside the house, the buzzing music and dancing was even more crazy compared to the outside.
I even saw some familiar faces from the pack and I politely greeted anybody I knew.
"Let's go and meet John to present our gift", Claire raised her voice as she spoke to me due to loud music.
I nodded my head in agreement. Together we searched for John and was told he was at the backyard.
We went to the backyard of the house and saw John speaking with some of his friends, so we walked to where he stood.
On getting there, an alluring sweet scent of citrus entered my nostrils, attracting my entire being to it.
I paused to search for the source of the scent, my eyes shifting from one place to another, trying to find where the scent was coming from.
My heart started to frantically beat faster, beads of sweat formed on my forehead, and I folded my hands in anxiety.
Then suddenly, I could feel like my entire surroundings became quiet, and a tall shadow covered a part of my face.
Turning around, I saw a tall figure standing alone in the middle of the quietness, his appearance bringing a sudden comfort to my body, making my tensed and anxious nerves very calm.
I looked up to see his face and my mouth opened wide in shock, as he was the least expected person to even cross my mind.
John! It was John!
A single word popped up in my consciousness, Mate!
John was my mate!
I could never believe it, my heart, which had already calmed, started to beat even faster than before at the shocking discovery.
Slowly and steadily, I mustered up courage and walked up to him, his facial expression was even more shocked compared to mine.
We stood together caught up staring at each other, undisturbed by our surroundings, until the voices and whispers of the surrounding others brought us back to reality.
"John found his mate."
"She is extremely lucky, I guess every lady fawning over him will stop now."
"Do you know who she is?"
As the voices and whispers of the others continued to pour in, John repeatedly blinked his eyes to bring himself back to reality.
"You are…you are my mate", John finally broke the silence between us.
"Yes", I answered with with a voice that seemed like a whisper, my face instantly turning red and my lips widened out in a smile.
I lowered my face and stared at the ground, as I was shy to even look at his eyes.
I raised my head a bit to gaze at the expression of everybody staring at us, some I could see happiness in their eyes, maybe they are happy John finally found his mate.
While others, mostly the ladies, I could see envy and even anger.
If looks could kill, I'll probably be stabbed by a thousand knives now.
I continued to shift my gaze till I met with Claire's eyes, still wide opened. I almost forgot I came here with her.
I couldn't exactly describe what I saw in Claire's eyes, I guess she's still shocked.
"You're Audrey, right?" John's voice brought me back to the scene.
"Yes, I'm surprised you still remember me"
"Yeah, I did. Um…Audrey, I'm sorry but I cannot accept this".
My body trembled at the words that suddenly came out of John's mouth. I looked up and stared wide at him, never expected him to say such words.
My lips quivered as I try to form the next words that comes out of my mouth, "What did…what did you say?"
"I'm sorry, but I can't accept this mate".
"W…why?" My voice broke out slowly even as I tried to contain my sad expression.
"You are not the type of girl I would want to spend the rest of my life with, so I'll have to reject you".
"What! No wait!" I rushed myself forward to grab at his clothes, but he quickly averted my hands. I stared at him with tears rushing out of my eyes, shaking my head with a pleading gesture, begging him not to please say it, "Please, don't", I spoke out in a low whisper, but he seemed not to care about my pleas.
"I John Ferdinand, reject you, Audrey Larson, as my mate".
"No…" I shouted in a loud voice and stumbled forward, only to fall on the ground.
But it was of no use, the rejection has already been done. I could feel my heart been stinged by a million needles, tears kept on rushing through my eyes, my body trembled crying out all the pains.
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