Mixed Fates

Chapter 23

Zander Pov.

I am standing in the airport just looking at the ever changing screen with all the destinations. It took almost three hours to say goodbye to my mothers so I am a little behind schedule but then again I don't really have a plan.

I run my hand over my face.

Mia, where are you?

The destinations keep changing but there is one that keeps catching my eye. Westeria. That is a long flight and that is in a whole other wolf kingdom. My family has no connections there. There is something inside me telling me I need to go so I am going with my gut. I have nothing to find her so my gut is the only thing I can use.

The travel goes really smoothly until I now, I am in the garage looking for my rental car.

“I can feel your scrabbled mind”

She has been following me since the gate and it has been like having a bee hover over me, not sure if it will sting or not.

“What is your business here?”

She reveals herself, she is wearing an airport security uniform.

“I am here looking for a person”

Her face hardens a little.

“That is conveniently vague” she says crossing her arms over her chest.

I lean up against the car next to me.

“That is what I am doing. Do you want more information?” I ask a little smugly.

I am trying to keep confidence on the surface to try and keep her from being suspicious.

“Yes” she says, popping her hip.

I look her over, she looks trustworthy, then again am I just telling everyone what I am doing?

“I am looking for a witch”

She rolls her eyes.

“A lovesick puppy looking for that one in a million, great move along. Stay out of the way of the local circles and don't make any permanent curses” she says while starting to walk away.

I turn around too, happy to have made it just around the corner.

“She lives with wolves” I say loud.

I turn around quickly to see her turning too, her little ponytail whipping in the air.

“She was recently returned from a long kidnapping” I continue.

She just looks at me with a blank face.

“Her name is Mia”

I can see in her face and no change in her emotions that she has no idea who I am talking about.

“Alright, I will keep out of trouble”

I turn around again to walk away, my mood already dark. How am I going to find her? I can’t just go around knocking on the packhouses asking about a girl named Mia. I raise my keys, opening my car and listening for the beep.

“I don't know anyone with that description but I have a number of a friend that is in the wolf community maybe she can help you”

I turn around seeing her doing something on her phone. If she is really looking her up on social media then I am walking away. I spent around three days trying to find her but I think they took down her accounts for no activity like they did with mine.

“Aahh here is her number” she says looking at me.

I just look at her for a moment not sure why she is just staring at me then like a hit in the head I take out my phone to write the number down. I feel the heat in my cheeks.

“It is 555-0123466”

I want to laugh. That is the most easy and stupid number I have heard.

“Alright I will give her a call to ask if she has some information for me. Thank you for your help after I called you out for following me”

She half laughs but then turns around and walks away.

“I hope you find her” she yells over her shoulder.

I get into the car and back up driving out of the airport. I feel so embarrassed, I am not good with human interaction! I used to be a loner in school and just kept to myself and my two friends. We did not hang out outside of school just in the library or on mandatory football meets. I didn’t have any interest in talking to the stuck up girls or the weird human girls that will never understand my world. However now I am wondering if I should have at least talked a little to them instead of just used my magic to make them not want to be around me.

Broken Teacup.

I park in the empty parking lot, as soon as I kill the car I slam my head against the steering wheel. The embarrassment is still eating at me. Why did I not read the signs and take my phone out?

“What am I doing?”

What will Mia think of me? How will I be able to talk to her normally when I space out talking to a stranger I have no feelings for?

“Zander? Everything alright?”

I rub my eyes with my fingertips.

“No mom, I just landed and I am already feeling like I can't do this on my own”

I hear her sigh.

“Did something happen?”

I tell her the story and just like I thought, she laughs.

“It is no secret that you are not the ladies man or the man of the people but you are looking for her for a reason. You are not just trying to find her because of some matebond or the universe is telling you too. You took this mission on yourself so you are finishing it. Now find something to eat, then call this woman and then start driving” mom says before hanging up on me without letting me say goodbye.

I just stare at my phone. I think she was trying to give me tough love. I get out of the car and go into the tiny little blue diner that has cats filling the walls. All the food has Alice in Wonderland character names. I feel very uncomfortable here, too many eyes on me.

“Hi my name is Alice, what can I get for you today?”

Her real name is not Alice.

“I will get one Red Queen combo”

“Sound great, a little spicey for breakfast but I like your style”

She walked away from me, skipping a little on her way. She is even wearing a blue dress with white socks. I take out my phone to appear like other people. Everyone in the airport was clued to their phones the whole time. I even got some stink eye from reading my book but then again my book is huge and brown and leathery…

Asher put some games on my phone along with the k****e app. I already have about fifteen books in there and I just hope I will remember how to download more when the time comes. I put the phone down and look out the window. My magic is very calm and carefree. It took me a long time to get it back to a calm state, it kept on pushing at me and trying to stir up my brain. Turning against me.

Having magic that connects to other people's minds makes it hard to keep it from attacking your own mind. I don't hear their thoughts or anything but I feel their waves. Their waves feel different, sound different and even smell different.

“One Red Queen that will have your head in a minute, enjoy”