When in Rome, or Ohio, do as the Ohioans do.
777 Words
1 year later......
"Focus Sloane, pin him, my trainer yells. With one swift maneuver, I ran towards AJ, used the cage as leverage, grabbed AJ by the neck and twisted my arm and body around him, slamming him to the mat. I had him in a serious choke hold and his face was turning blue. He finally tapped. I jumped up, grabbed his hand and helped him up. Great match AJ, now I'm headed off to the showers. AJ looked at me grinning and said, "You know Sloane, the only thing harder than getting my ass kicked by the hottest and toughest chick at this gym, is the thought of you in the shower."
I chuckled, Aw AJ, how sweet? I bet you use that line on all the girls. I hear the other guys around the gym chuckle as AJ clutches his chest and says," Sloane, you wound me." Then he looks at me and smiles that million dollar playboy smile of his and says, "Nope, you are the only girl at this gym who can kick my ass."
I grinned, waved him off and headed towards the women's locker room. Don't get me wrong, AJ is beyond qualified. He's hot, smart and looks like he should be on the cover of GQ magazine, but I can't. We come from two different worlds, like really different worlds. He's human and comes from this world where things that go bump in the night are just bedtime stories that parents tell their kids. In my world, the things that go bump in the night are very much real and some are my family and my best friends.
See where I'm from fated mates exist. The other half of your soul, someone that is made just for you and only you and you just for them and only them. The other piece of your heart, someone that will love and cherish you and literally die for you. In the human world, those are just words whispered. Humans want to believe in the fairy tale of love at first sight. Where I am from, we are taught this from an early age, and we are also taught that if the moon goddess blesses you with a fated mate, the bond and the mate are never to be disrespected or disregarded. Mates are drawn to each other, it's like once they have found each other, they can't live or breathe without the other by their side.
Most of us wait for that one special person, our mate, the other piece of our heart and soul that makes us whole. I'm waiting, saving myself for my mate. The only problem is I'm 24 and my wolf never came, so I may never be destined to have a mate. A girl's gotta have dreams though, right?
I'm finally home from my work day and the gym. I stop and grab my mail out of my box in my building and head straight to my apartment. I am in need of a shower after working trauma's in the ER all day, dinner and some quality time with a glass of wine and some mindless TV.
I'm out of the shower, pouring my glass of wine and there's a knock at my door. The pizza guy really knows me and I can't be any happier right now that he has brought my favorite piping hot pie right to my door and has perfect timing. I tipped him well and told him, "See you next week, Donnie", and shut my door. I settle onto my couch with my pizza and cheap wine and get ready to catch up on some mindless TV. I flip on my Netflix and head right to Grey's Anatomy. Cliché, I get it, but it is one of my only guilty pleasures, and I also might just really be a surgeon. Nah, just kidding, but I'm not going to lie and say this show didn't help me through nursing school. It did, or at least that's my story, and I'm sticking to it.
An hour later, I turned my TV off, put my wine glass in the sink, stored the leftover pizza in the fridge, because that was definitely going to be breakfast, and made my way to my warm, comfy bed. On the way, the mail that I picked up and tossed mindlessly on my small dining room table caught my eye. A pack seal, my pack seal. Beautifully embossed with red and black and gold lettering. Little did I know that when I opened it my life would change and my world would expose truths I never even knew existed.
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