She Belongs to the Wolves

So it's a Date

    "Hello?" I was holding my phone suddenly feeling a lot like a fool speaking into it to a stranger from work who slipped me his number and bought our most expensive items and for some reason paid for my father's meal too. 

    "Hello." The voice that spoke back to me was somehow even smoother over the phone than he was in person.

    "This is..."

    "Aphrodite, the waitress." He said before I had a chance to speak myself. "I assume you thought about my offer and would enjoy spending some quality time together. Meet me at Ens Lake, tomorrow at sundown. We can enjoy a picnic together. No worries about bringing anything I'll provide it all and I'm sure the park will be full of late-day viewers so you have no need to worry about being alone with a stranger." 

    "Oh. Yes. Okay. I will be there." All of my normal attitude any that I might have was sort of whisked away into my surprise at how diligent and on the ball he seemed to be while making this plan. 

    "Don't think me strange, Aphrodite. I'm just chasing after what calls to me.. and you did call me."

    The phone clicked off.  I ended up running my fingers through my hair, it was a small habit I picked up for self-soothing and just a general habit. What was I even thinking? Why did I need - no-no, why did I WANT to see him so badly? Calling so soon! And to meet him at the Lake? That's just so weird. So not like me. 

    But the plan was in place with little effort from me it seemed and now. I could call Milly. Tell her all about it.

    "You're actually going to go see him?"

    "Yeah," I responded and though I couldn't see her I could feel the frown in her voice as she spoke.

    "Are you sure that's safe? Alright..." 

    "It's okay. Mills. The park won't be empty and maybe a sunset picnic would be nice. I haven't been out on a date in so long." I sighed the last part and felt a hint of my own personal bitterness. For the simple fact that I did in fact miss feeling wanted. But, well. I wasn't going to string the cook along any longer. I knew he simply wasn't the one for me. So I ended it. It never really felt right with anyone I guess. Damien was the first time I had felt any sort of desire for someone and yet it still felt so different. He was a stranger too!

    "Well. Just be safe, love ya girly. You're the only thing getting me through shifts!"

    "Hey. I'm good. Thank you. I gotta go now, dinnertime." This time I clicked the phone off and then I looked out my window and I saw the wolf again. Closer than it was at the lake. Just outside my little bottom-floor apartment window. But as soon as I blinked it was gone. Milly did not need to know this she would think I was crazy. 

    "Pesto chicken over flat noodles with a side of fresh vegetables from my own little indoor garden." I thought to myself as I sat down at my table for two. At least I could cook for myself so I never was starved for something yummy since living alone! 

    Damien's Mind

    I know I shouldn't be surprised she called me. She is my mate. The bond between us is secure and solid and something that cannot truly be fought against. She is to be my Luna, yet hearing her voice took me so wonderfully off guard - but I fear I might have put her off with my bluntness and planning. I couldn't help myself. For what if she chose to reject me if she simply didn't want to join my world the world that could be ours together... As much as I was appreciated by my own pack, I could not know if a human would. Even though I could see the way she looked at me - the way she didn't tell me off for undressing her with my eyes at her place of work. I could barely control myself as I so wanted to take her to claim her then and there. In front of everyone.

    Thinking about our first time together - thinking of how she would feel to bury myself deep within. How she would feel to meet my lips to her most delicate flower - to lap at the fluids she would drip at my touch. Oh, how I wanted to trace my fingers along her inner thighs in order to see her writhe, and arch her back desiring me to push just a little further. Desiring me to thrust into her faster. I want her to want me as I want her. I want her to need me like I know I need her. Yes. Yes. I could not wait for the time when two would become one and she would truly be mine. When she understood that we were fated to be together. That she, a human was meant to be amongst the top of the werewolves. When she and I spent our first night together she would be filled with every single inch of me. She would clench around me she would want to scream my name.

    Suddenly I could feel a member of my pack reaching out to me. I let them in, clearing my mind of my thoughts of my mate.

    "We have had to increase our guard around the perimeter of your kingdom." There was a pause in their message. "The Southern Winds Pack do not believe you should have the lands you do, the claim you do to such a powerful pack... To a title and command fit for a King, Alpha." There was another pause. "Will you be returning home soon?"

    "I have found my mate among the humans. Keep the pack safe, Patrick."

    "Of course." He dropped the connection. The simple act of allowing him to know who I found also allowed him to understand I would do my best to return to protect that which was mine. But that I had to work to return with my mate. With my future Luna. My life, as it would seem has gotten infinitely more complicated. But also more full. I had to protect my pack. I had to protect her. I had to worry now about her being taken away from me or her choosing to leave. I had to worry about the safety of my pack. Why would the Southern Winds want to attack us now! We were on fair terms. Something must have happened since I was gone.