His Mate, Her Mate: Patience for Her (Part 1)

Genres: Werewolf, Romance, Drama

Language: English

As I stepped forward, wandering around the forest to look for firewoods, I got to feel in my nostrils this overwhelming smell. It filled my nose with pleasant feeling that halted me from walking. It gave me strength and power than I ever had in my whole life as I inhaled the breathable scent. I seemed to have noticed a familiarity of the essence but in reality, it was nothing but new. Regardlessly, the stench wasn't bad at all; it was soothing like a tranquilizer, making me to calm down on an irregular heartbeat. 

Suddenly I heard a scream. It became louder and louder by the time for me hearing a yelp. It was a girl's voice: helpless and scared. I tried to scan and smell for that person but it's all too late before I can dodge an inch.

Someone dashed on me and my back kissed the forest floor. It was so sudden that I didn't had the chance to get ahold of something to avoid from falling over. I even gasped out of the strike of surprise as a smooth, soft surface blocked my way of air at that. 

Chuck of dried leaves rustled as I laid and pushed and pressed my back on it. I groaned as I endured the pain I received over the impact. Luckily, I didn't fell to any hard surface or large rocks perhaps, that would result complicated injury in vital parts.

I opened my eyes slowly as I felt something heavy that pinned me on the ground more. And it hit me and my eyes dilated in shock; I realized I was in the reality, I wasn't dreaming at all. The kissing scene wasn't any hallucination because she's right at my face. I couldn't believe it! She kissed me! Her smoothy lips were the reason why I chuck back the air I wanted to realise from the struck of the moment. It felt that she's giving volts of electricity that electrified me by her touch yet it never hurt me. I was shivering but that didn't mean of fear but of excitement and happiness. 

Mate, I said to my wolf, trying to confirm what I just felt. 

"Mine!" the wolf happily nodded in agreement as he whistled as I was overpowered by the feelings that I felt myself. 

As I was in my current position, my eyes focused on her face. She had a lot of visible bruises, stains and fresh blood dripping on my forehead—that's definitely from her head near her forehead. I also noticed that the kiss we just shared was light when it landed on mine and parted afterwards as she got hold of the ground beneath me and balanced herself in any possible damage. Her position was like she was doing a men's push up.

The girl's eyes flattered open, tilting her head up to look deep into my eyes; eventually, she dilated when she realized and saw our position. "I'm sorry!" the girl shouted as she got off me easily and ran so quickly. 

"Wait—!" Before I could even stand, she left with just her scent. 

She ran so quickly that I couldn't track her location down and her smell was instantly dissipating away from me. Where could she run into? And why did she run too quickly that my senses failed me to track onto her? Why can't she stay to live with me? Does she even know we're mates—? 

Then it struck me, I had my wolf at the age of only three and the other pups had their wolves at ten. I bet, now she's at the age of five like me so she won't have the tendency to recognize me, her mate; if she doesn't have her wolf with her. That might be the case why she didn't recognized me as I am. 

"Man, what happened to you?" someone asked that snapped me out of trance.

"I found my mate," I answered dreamily as I stared at him. The guy I was speaking to was blurry. I can't focus on him, but I just saw his shadow outline and the rest was even more shallow.

A moment later, I enhanced my eyesight by narrowing my eyes to have a clearer version of the speaker. Now, I can see him looking down on me with concern. "This early?" asked Jomar, the next delta of the pack. Jomar extended his arm and handed me a hand. When I realized what was his gesture all about, I reached for it and he pulled out the weight of the pressure that elevated me out of the forest ground. 

"Yeah, I guess so." I let out an exhausted sigh.

Pain was giving inside me a headache and heartache just by seeing her sick expression. It was like I was stabbed by millions of spares in my heart and my head was spinning as if I drunk all the wines created in this world. Her helpless screams; her bruises and blood; her eyes full of sadness and fear; her eyebugs that showed her restlessness and tiredness; her face that threatening her beauty and femininity; trembling unstable hands; a body longing essentially of a place she should call home and rest, but I unconsciously rejected her into my home the moment I let her go. I couldn't think more on how her presence affected me over any problems I met.

I had the urge to help her, to protect her from any treats, and have her close by my side. It couldn't felt right if I just see her running away without me being worried sick. I can't let my strength and power got away from me. I got pretty protective and possessive over my mate and just the thought of possessiveness, a pang of guilt killed me. If I just acted way more advanced, I should have hugged her begging to not run away which she just did. She must have been in my arms by now; safe and sound.

One day, when the time comes if I ever see you again, I won't let you off, I said in monologue that I unconsciously sent it to Clad. 

"You better be," said Clad, my wolf. 

I growled before I jogged to catch up with Jomar as he picked up more firewoods to put in his cartwheel. When I caught up with him, I halted and walked next to him as my index finger held my lips in trance. 

I just got a kiss from my mate and she left me hanging.