Lunar Eclipse

Chapter Sixteen

(Soren’s POV)

           I woke up in confusion at 6:30am according to the wall clock, it took me a couple of seconds for my brain to catch up to the recent events. Sitting up I remembered the note that my mate left me last night, reaching over for it on the night stand I picked it up. The smell of her was still there, my Annette.

           More of my memories came back to me, Annette was meeting me today at 5pm! I wonder if she would meet me here in my cell or if there was somewhere else we would go. Would there be guards present? Given the current situation we probably would not be given such privacy.

Already I was wishing that time would move by faster so I could meet her face to face. Looking around the room I noticed things that I didn’t last night, like the rug and some other small decorations.

           On the table was a tray with some containers of food on it, the guard must have come in and dropped the food off. Popping off the lids to the food I gave it a cautionary sniff. It smelled amazing! Saliva instantly pooled in my mouth, I wanted to settle down and devour every morsel of this food but my bladder was demanding to be emptied.

           After using the bathroom, I settled down and ate the food. Sausage, eggs, bacon, home fries, and a couple pieces of toast with butter, ketchup, and maple syrup. Whoever made these meals was an amazing cook, and made just enough for me, not a spec of food was left on the plate but I was full.

           Looking around I wondered what else I was going to do since there wasn’t much to do in the room. Looking at the bathroom I decided to take another shower. I knew I wasn’t dirty after one night but I enjoyed the one last night so much, plus I wanted to smell nice for my mate considering what I might have smelled like last night.

           My mate, I wonder what she had in store for me? Her note didn’t exactly give me a lot of information. Annette, I had a dream of her last night, we were living in my family home back in White Woods, sitting on the front porch with the sun setting in front of us, watching the pups playing on the front lawn.

           Magnus came up with two more pups, one in each arm. When our pups saw him they charged him laughing and giggling as they playfully knocked him down.

During that dream I forgot the horrors of what seemed like a previous life, enjoying the scene that was playing out. Annette, who was rocking next to me, touched my arm. I looked at her smiling face feeling such love welling up in my heart that it brought tears to my eyes.

My cream for so long was to restore the White Woods pack to its original state, make it a happy place again instead of one of despair. With Annette I felt like it was more possible than ever, that was if she accepted me. An icy hand gripped my heart, what if the meeting today was to reject me? What if me being a possible criminal was too much for her?

Annette rejecting me would shatter my heart entirely, I hadn’t even heard her speak but already my wolf and I couldn’t imagine life without her. Touching my chest, I tried to will away the icy hand gripping my heart, I believed in my mate, and in the Goddess.

After another amazing shower I laid on the bed again, thinking of all the possibilities of me and my mate.

“How did you sleep last night Alpha? These beds are so great feels like I am laying on a cloud” Magnus sounded like a kid in a candy store, I knew he was probably living it up in his room. Magnus was never a fan of sleeping outside in the woods even before the attack but he didn’t complain, actually no he complained a lot but eventually he didn’t complain as much.

“Yeah I just now noticed the bed, did you get breakfast this morning too?”  I was still looking at the note admiring the handwriting again.

“Yes! The home fries were amazing! If I wasn’t so full I would ask for seconds.”  So food motivated, our bets as kids were never for money like normal prepubescent teens but for food.

“My mate slid a note under my door, she is going to meet me at 5pm. I don’t know what she wants to meet about but at least I will get to meet her. I will let you know how it goes” I was almost as giddy as Magnus was about the food. I couldn’t stop the emotion from filtering into my voice.

“So glad for you man! Hope all goes well for you and my future Luna” I severed connection after that and looked at the wall clock hoping that more time had passed but sadly it had only been an hour and a half. Sighing in frustration, there was nothing in the room to pass the time. So looked at Annette’s note more, I started to get aroused thinking of her standing in the guard’s uniform yesterday.

 I wonder what she would wear today? Thinking of appearance’s, I looked down at my own, for our first meeting I would have liked to be in something better looking. The mate bond would hopefully make her feel attracted to me no matter what I am wearing but after yesterday I wanted change her first impression of me.

The clothes I couldn’t do much about but hopefully I could do something about my scent. If I smelled good it might take away from my appearance. Nerves were getting the better of me and my appearance was not exactly helping them, but doing something else to work in my favor might help my nerves.

I felt like a teenager going on a first date. Well thinking back this was my first date. Unlike most of the wolves I saved myself for my mate, I only wanted her and no one else. It was tough especially during puberty with all the hormones. Not having any women around help a lot though, but Magnus and I went through a lot of testosterone riddled fights.

Some time passed in silence so I decided to do a workout, I would get sweaty but it was the only option I could think of to pass the time so I could keep Raguel calm. Since we got the note he had been restless.

I was counting down the minutes until I could see my sweet mate.