The Forgotten Kingdom-Sloane's Destiny

It's Electric

Sloane's POV

I can smell him, how is that possible? I don't have a wolf, she never came. I have heard of late bloomers, but I am about to turn 25 in two weeks. It's not going to happen. I have accepted that, so what is going on? I have always been strong, fast and can see really well. I can even see auras around people, although I have only ever shared that with my mother and Aunt Liz. Well, really mom shared it with Aunt Liz, but no one else knows. Mom told me that the goddess can grant gifts and special powers to her children, especially ones that she deems to be true at heart. I just accepted it. Honestly, it has been a huge help being out and alone in the human world. I can always tell a person's true self by their aura. Come to think of it, I can also always tell if I am around any supernatural. Should I be able to do that? Maybe I need to talk to Aunt Liz. Maybe I'm just going crazy. Wouldn't my life have been simpler if I had gotten my wolf at 18? I mean I would have known sooner that Adam wasn't my mate, but maybe I would have also found my mate already. But I can smell him. Come to think of it, I can smell all of them. I didn't notice before, but now, now that I am really focused on this, they all have their own distinct scent, and it's like I already had the scent memorized for each of them. Goddess, what is going on with me?

Adam's POV

Aries has been pacing my mind all day today. I was at the justice center going over cases with the council elders and legal counsel, part of my training. I knew mom was planning a family dinner and that Sloane was supposed to be there. I didn't know how I was supposed to feel about that. I had found my mate, six months ago, the same night that Chad and Gabi found each other. I was worried though. I didn't tell her. How could I not tell her? She is my best friend and we both had the same views on fated mates. She would be so excited. She would accept my mate with open arms and never skip a beat because that is how Sloane is, or was maybe, we have been apart for so long; Alpha academy, human university, jobs. She left and didn't even say goodbye. I know Miley talks to her twice a week and has for years, but me, I never seem to know the right words. "That is because you, sir, are a coward," Aries pipes in. "Oh really, my brave and wise all knowing wolf, we are one and the same, and you haven't spoken to her either." That shut him up, but he was still a little agitated. "Aries, what's going on with you? Why are you so agitated and trampling on my mind? Do you need a run? "Not yet human, but later, yes." "Well, what the hell does that mean? Why did the goddess ever give me such a cryptic, riddle-weaving wolf like you, I will never understand?" "Well, human, like you said, we are one, and you are stuck with me. Also, just remember today and this dinner because you are going to owe me an apology one day and I will be waiting. Good luck with dinner, Princey, you're going to need it." And then he curled up in the back of my mind and put a block up.

He actually put a block up. How dare he! Ugh, that wolf of mine pisses me off sometimes. Great, now I'm irritated, and I don't even know why. And I'm late for dinner. Awesome, this won't be awkward at all. Plus, mom is really going to be ticked, it grinds her gears when we are late.

I walked into my family's dining room, and it was packed. I had just caught the end of Chad's statement, and I wasn't sure who he was talking about and what secret he was giving away. He was a great gamma, but he definitely spent a lot of time with Miley and Sloane in high school, since he is their age and not mine and Peyton's, and he was way less tight-lipped about secrets than the girls; the girls even knew it. Miley used to tell me all the time if you didn't want something known, make sure Chad never heard it, even if he promised because his goddess given gift was to spill the beans even when he didn't mean to spill the beans.

"Knows what about whom? I said. Just as it left my mouth I smelled the most delicious scent I have ever smelled in my life. It was like jasmine and hibiscus met sunshine after a summer's rain. Goddess, my mouth was watering. Where was it coming from? Then I saw her. Standing next to Chad, looking like the most beautiful woman I had ever seen. Her hair had grown out and was thick and blonde and had the most perfect waves, and it was really just up in a plain old ponytail. She had just a hint of natural lip gloss on her full luscious lips that were just begging to be kissed. Her eyes were the most beautiful violet color that I had ever seen, and she had a bit of mascara and black eyeliner that just made them pop. Just here in a pair of jeans and a vintage rock band shirt with some plain white sneakers. Her long legs, her full hips and her breasts, just the right amount. Dear Goddess, what is happening to me? Is that her perfume? Is that her scent? How? She has never gotten her wolf, she is almost 25. My body can feel her. This doesn't make sense. "Aries, what is happening? He didn't answer. For the love of the goddess, he still has his block up. Wait till he gets a piece of my mind when he takes it down! I can't believe he has abandoned me at this time. Panic is starting to set in. I have a mate, why am I feeling this way? Is it just because I have wished for so long? I can't let this happen. I have a mate for the goddess's sakes! How would she feel, how would I feel if it was reversed? I am so confused. I stared at Sloane for a moment. I couldn't breathe, I couldn't move. Goddess, what is wrong with me? Everyone was staring at me, I had to calm down and get this dinner started.

Chad stood there looking at me and I could tell he had questions. Maybe because he was there when Kimberlynn appeared as my mate, maybe because I felt absolutely nothing like him and Gabi felt, and he knew it, maybe because he knew deep down how much I had loved Sloane for all these years. I wasn't sure, but I could tell this was a conversation that we would be having later. Right now, we just all need to sit down, start dinner and act like there was some resemblance of order and normalcy. Lucky my father said, let's all sit down to eat and catch up. I could do that, I could eat and catch up. That didn't require breathing, right? Aries was still in the back of my mind curled up and a block up, but I could swear he was laughing at me. What did I do to deserve that? "No human, I am not laughing at you, I'm just living in the moment" and then he was gone again. What the hell? Just breathe Adam, it will all be OK. Finally, I heard Sloane say, "So what's for dinner?"