His Pregnant mate

New Encounters

Kenzi:

I barely slept that night. I packed everything in my big purple suitcase as well as my school bag and a couple boxes. By seven I was showered and ready to start this new chapter in my life. I packed up my car and by eight I was waving goodbye to the big city and heading home. My parents live 3 hours away from the city. I grew up in a pretty quiet town. There are fields for miles with the exception of a beautiful lake where we would go swimming in the summer. It was a great place to grow up and now maybe my child would be able to experience the same thing rather than a concrete city. I didn't know yet if I would I go back to the city in the fall and start my new job as planned. Would they still want me if I was pregnant? Do I really want to raise a child alone in that world? Would I even be able to do it alone? My mind was going through all of my insecurities. I was starting to freak out again. Kenzi, get a grip! I tell myself. I turn on the radio and start singing along, only three hours to go, I got this!

Two hours in and to my dismay I see road closure signs. Damn it. Why is my karma so bad? I’ve never hurt anyone! Resigned, I follow the detour signs making me go through towns I had never seen before. I drive through this quaint little town and notice the gas station. I might as well, who knows how long this detour will be. While I’m gassing up I see a cute coffee shop a few buildings away. My stomach growls. I couldn’t stomach breakfast this morning and it was already 10h30. I really should try to eat something. After all, I wasn't only taking care of myself anymore. I had to think of my little peanut growing inside me. I finish gassing up and make my way to the coffee shop. It was really cute and you could tell the owners took pride in their business. I head in, it’s not very big but there are little booths by the windows and a nice display of pastries, muffins, and cookies by the counter. I feel like I need a large coffee to make me feel sane again but I settle on hot chocolate, given my condition, and a blueberry muffin. I went to sit in the furthest booth by the window and took a sip. This hot chocolate was divine. The warmth spread through my body, just what I needed. I take out my phone and start scrolling through f******k. Maybe I should also text my mom, just so she knows I'm on my way.

Alex:

I was out patrolling, making sure that those who took the detour through our town weren’t causing trouble. It was my duty as lead warrior of the Golden Moon Pack. We didn’t get many outsiders here as we were out in the middle of nowhere. Our pack house was hidden in the forest nearby but most families decided to stay in town. Only the warriors and a few omegas who tended after the pack house stayed there, that is of course without counting the higher ups, our Alpha Jackson and his mate Luna Marie, Beta Kyle, Gamma Jeff and his mate Laura. We had a few humans in town who knew about us and lived peacefully among us but most citizens were wolves. Everyone had been made aware of the road closure and the importance of being vigilant. We could not afford to expose ourselves to any passerby that was borrowing the alternate route. Today was a beautiful day out and my wolf Chase was a handful, bugging me non-stop, wanting to be let out. I couldn’t though, at least not until tonight. I had a duty to this town, making sure it was safe. And until there were no more road closures, I couldn’t patrol in town in my wolf form.

I decide to stop and see Nicole, the coffee shop owner. She makes the best strawberry danishes, and her lattes are to die for. I keep asking for her secret and she always answers “her secret is making it with love.” Yeah ok, as if that was the miracle ingredient. Even if she gives me the same answer every time, I still ask for the fun of it, it’s our little inside joke. I enter the coffee shop and the best smell ever hits me…and it’s not Nicole’s danishes. This smelled like spring, like fresh bloomed lilacs. Chase is howling in the back of my mind. I quickly turn around, scanning the shop, trying to spot the source of that delicious scent. My eyes stop on a beautiful brunette sitting in the corner. She seemed busy on her phone. Could she not sense that I was staring at her? Could she not smell me? I stare at her a moment longer, my thoughts getting interrupted by Nicole.

“Alex, your usual? Alex…Alex?”

“Eh, yeah, eh, sorry, yeah, my usual please. Hey do you know who that new girl in the corner is?”

“She must be one of the humans using the detour to get to wherever she was going. She was at the gas station right before coming in here. I’ve never seen her before today”

“Oh right, thanks Nicole.”

She hands me my danish and my coffee and I sigh after my first sip.

“Damn Nicole, what’s your secret? It’s so good!”

“I made it with love” she answers, her eyes twinkling mischievously

I smirk and walk towards the new girl. Chase is seriously going to give me a headache. He is running in circles and howling nonstop in my head.

“Chase dude calm down, I can’t concentrate”

“Mate! Mate! Mate!” I sigh

“I know Chase but we can’t scare her away, she's human” It takes everything I have to reign him in. I can't shift in here.

Chase finally calms down, whining softly as he curls himself into a ball. I approached the beautiful lady. She is even more beautiful up close. She is wearing a light purple fitted sweater with jeans. She has a cute little smile. Her brown hair is swept to the side in a messy braid. I can’t wait for her to look up from her phone so I can get a look at her eyes. I am so glad my mate is not some barbie doll kind of girl. I hate it when girls cake their faces with makeup. Her being human might make things difficult though. Can I get her to fall in love with me the human way?

Kenzi:

I feel a presence near me and I look up from my phone. I had just finished texting my mom that I’d be home a little later than planned but that I would still make it for supper. My eyes meet the hottest specimen of a man ever! What is he doing at my table? He looks really hot in a tight black t-shirt that hugs his biceps. Damn those arms! And how tall is he. Yummy! “Kenzi focus!” I tell myself. I look up a little more to see the smirk on his face. He definitely saw me drinking him up with my eyes. I'm sure my face is crimson by now. This guy has bright blue eyes and blond hair just long enough to pull on…”Sh!t Kenzi get your head out of the gutters.” He can totally tell I’m checking him out! I'm feeling hot all over. What the hell is happening to me? I just got out of a relationship and there is no way this hunk of a man in front of me would ever be interested in someone as plain as me. I'm not ugly, don’t get me wrong, but I'm not a supermodel either. I'm much happier in jeans and a t-shirt than dresses and heels. I feel so flushed…God I'm going to die of embarrassment. The cute guy gives me a smile.

“You new around here?” he asks

“Eh” I try to find my voice, it seems to have left me all of a sudden.

“I'm Alex by the way”

That’s a nice name, I can't help but think.

“I'm Kenzi, and eh, no, not new, just passing through”

“Oh yeah, where are you heading?”

“Just to my parents house. The roads were closed by Frelighsburg so I had to take the detour through here. Just a quick pitstop and then I'm heading back out on the road”

“Do you live around here?” He asks

“Nah, I was living in Montreal. I just finished my nursing degree. Still haven’t decided where I'll be living next.”

He surprises me by taking a seat in front of me. What is he doing? I don’t know him. Weirdly it doesn’t bother me much. It should bug me, I don’t know him. He could be a serial killer for all I know. Please don’t be some massive creep! As much as it should annoy me that he took a seat in my booth, it doesn’t. I feel at ease around him. Like I’ve known him forever, but I don’t. It's so weird. I get captivated in his eyes again and I get a whiff of his cologne. He smells like fall, the smell of spruce trees on a cold autumn day emitting from him. He is so fine! I get so lost in his eyes and his smell that I seem to forget where I'm at. What is he doing to me!

Alex:

I was mesmerized by my mate. She seems so sweet. Maybe a little on the shy side. But there was also sadness in her eyes when she told me she didn’t know where she was going to live next. I don’t know what her story is but I definitely want her to live here in this town where I would be able to see her and make her fall in love with me. And how adorable was it when she blushed as I caught her checking me out? Now that I had found my mate, I couldn’t just let her go. Fate made her come though this town for me to meet her, there was no way that I was letting her slip through my fingers. I never imagined myself being with a human but I would cherish the moon goddess' gift. I was already trying to think of a scenario where I could get her to stay. That's when a bright idea popped into my head. She did say she's a nurse. Maybe if I can get her a job at the clinic she would stay here? I quickly mindlink Sam, our local doctor and head of the clinic, to see if there were any possibilities of him hiring my mate.

“Hey Sam, I have a favor to ask of you”

“What can I do for you Alex?”

“Would you happen to be looking for a new nurse?”

“I wouldn’t say no to another pair of hands but I haven’t heard of any of our wolves studying in that field recently”

“She’s human…and my mate…but she doesn’t know that yet…I'm trying to figure it out”

“Well good luck man, can’t be easy having a human mate, can’t exactly pounce on her yelling mate and make out now can you?”

I chuckle “Yeah not exactly”

“Anyways, if you can convince her to come in for an interview, then the job is hers. Just give her my contact info”

“Thanks Sam”

With that taken cared of, I focus back onto Kenzi. What a cute name…never thought I’d say that. Just thinking of her name makes Chase purr in my mind. He is definitely smitten by Kenzi.

“So, Kenzi, if you're looking for a job I'm sure my friend Sam at the clinic would hire you in a heartbeat”

She looked like she was going to cry. What did I say wrong?

“I doubt it” she replies

“Why’s that? You seem like a smart and capable woman, and you did say you graduated nursing school. So what's the problem?”

“Not a lot of people are willing to hire a pregnant woman”

Pregnant? Did I hear that right? She can't be pregnant! She is my mate! How dare someone else touch her! Chase was getting riled up in my mind. I take a deep breath to help calm me down. I focus on her heartbeat, and sure enough I can hear a second heartbeat running slightly faster than hers. She really is pregnant. That means she's dating someone else. My heart sinks. I can't believe I won't even have a shot with my mate. I should've gone out to look for her when I turned 18. I blew my shot. I can't help noticing how sad she is right now and I feel an overwhelming need to cheer her up. I might not be able to have her but a wonderful woman like that shouldn’t be feeling so sad.

“I’m sure he would hire you anyways, or maybe your boyfriend could take care of you for a little while?”

I couldn’t help but notice she wasn’t wearing a ring, so not married at least. A small tear left her eyes. Oh no. What did I say wrong now? Me and my big mouth.

“I don’t have a boyfriend…at least not anymore”

My heart felt a little lighter, maybe I did have a shot. I don’t know who the i***t was that let this gem go but his loss is my gain.

“He's an id!ot,” I replied, getting a small smile out of her.

“Anyways, I should probably get going. I've been in this town for almost an hour now. My parents are expecting me home soon”

“Are you sure you have to leave so soon? Feels like we just started talking, and you are really easy to talk to”

“It was really nice meeting you. I don't normally talk this much with strangers.”

That made me smile. Maybe she did feel the bond.

“Ok well let me at least get you Sam’s number in case you change your mind. He would be lucky to have you as a nurse, even if it's just for a few months''

“Thanks Alex” she answers shyly.

I get up from my seat and go to the counter to ask Nicole for a pen and paper and quickly scribble Sam’s info. I also added mine last second, you know just in case. I'm an optimist, what can I say.