The Smell
¦Seraphina¦
It has been a week since I first had a whiff of that smell, a hint of woodsy vanilla (if that even made sense). It has been one hell of a week, my wolf is antsy, been so tired, like the life of me is being sucked out. I don't know why this is happening, there has to be some explanation of some sort and I want to find out soon rather than later.
Lately I can feel someone has been staring or watching me and my every move. One time I saw Lucas stare at me and we held each other's eyes for a few seconds, I saw his eyes turn darker shade, meaning his wolf is taking over, well that is odd. He turned 16 a few months ago but he has yet to find his true mate. As I've said before it is hard to find your true mate, that is why no one is asking if he has found her.
‘Hera, you have been whimpering since we woke up, what's going on?’
‘It's nothing Sera, you will know soon, our birthday is coming up anyways.’ That is the only thing she replied to me before retreating at the back of my mind. I told you she has been odd lately.
"Hey Mom, what are you up to." I asked while I entered the kitchen and saw it was one messy morning ehh.
"Good morning sweetie. I am preparing some lunch for the pack." Omega's do chores around the pack house, and my mom is one of them. I guess this is how she coped after losing dad. Some wolves who lost their true mates choose to follow them instead of looking for a chosen mate. The loss of a true mate is equivalent to losing the will to live, it is a rare sight to see cases like my mom's.
Her will to live is her promise to dad, that she will look over me and even look for a potential new mate. Their life together has been short lived but they made sure to make the most of every day. Every time my mom tells me those stories I keep wishing I have a love like theirs, or even a love of a true mate.
*The following day...*
Today is the day, the day I kept hoping, dreaming or praying to find him. The guy that is destined for me. I went down, then it's that smell again, so being curious I followed it. I rounded the corner to the living room, this is where the scent is most strong. I didn't know I had my eyes closed, so when I opened them, I was in for a surprise. What I saw both hurt me and my wolf.
It was Mandy and Lucas lip locking, well at any day I don't have a problem with that but today it just hurt. My wolf growled lowly at them, they probably heard me because they looked at my direction.
"Sorry about that, probably just hungry you know." I tried to smile it off and left, not before I saw Lucas smirking at me. That is when it hit me, he knows, he definitely has known since his birthday. So the major question now is why has he not said anything, or did he, does Mandy know, there are a lot of questions popping in my head. I guess it's time to talk to someone about all this to get some answers.
I went out the back, shifted to my wolf and just ran, run until I am tired, for now I want to forget what I saw and all. I know, if I tell Mandy she will give way. She is already turned 16 and has yet to find her true mate, she can choose one for now if she wants and it is obvious who that option is.
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As I lay in the middle of the forest, contemplating how I will deal with this. This is one heck of a birthday huh and the day just started.
‘Pia, where are you?’ Mandy mindlinked me.
‘Out for a run, somewhere in the forest I guess, stopped for a breather.’ I replied weakly.
‘Come back we will be leaving soon for your birthday trip.’ She cheerfully replied to me and all I could reply was a weak okay.
I slowly walked back to the pack house, which took me about 10 minute or so. At the edge of the trees I shifted back, took some clothes there and put them on. Entering the kitchen Mandy saw me, no sign of Lucas anywhere, that's good. I don't know how I can face him just yet, my mind is still in chaos.
"Hey, your back, come on have you packed your things, we could leave if so."
"Yeah, I already packed last night, let me go grab them, are your things already down here?"
"Yup, they are already in the trunk, Lucas helped me before they went on a perimeter run." I winced slowly at the mention of his name. Mandy looked at me weirdly before she could ask what was wrong, I sprinted for the stairs straight to my room. Upon closing the door, I slid down, tears trickling down my eyes, never knew they were there until I was alone.
Contemplating if I wanted to go on this trip, or if I could even survive this trip at all. It is not like Lucas is going to join, so the heck with it. Let's do this. I took my bags, with some encouragement to myself before going down.
I am now loading up my things in the trunk, I noticed 2 sets of bags that do not belong to either Mandy or I, hmm whose is this. Is there someone else coming on this trip? Deep in my thoughts I didn't hear extra people come outside until I heard his voice. "This will be one heck of a trip babe."
"Yeah right, or I might find my own true mate while on this trip." Mandy replied to him. Ever since Mandy and I became friends, I know she wants the love of a true mate, that is why she is still a virgin, heck even I. For us femme wolf the best we could offer our true mate is for them to be our first in all aspect. Getting out of my thoughts and making myself known.
"Hey Mandy, will there be someone other than the two of us?" Finally seeing who else is with her aside from Lucas it was her older brother Sebastian.
"Hey Sebby" I greeted him knowing well he does not like being called that, thus the reason why Mandy and I call him that.
"Hey yourself Sera." Playfully glaring at me and me being yeah me, I stick my tongue out like a 2 year old. He calls me Sera like my wolf does, his reason is as long as I call him Sebby he will call me Sera. Through my peripheral I saw Lucas glaring at his soon to be beta, I guess his wolf does not like it when other guys call me differently.
"Yeah you know my brother being his usual self won't let us travel alone, and I don't want him being bored with our girly talks. I asked Luke here to join us, so it will be the four of us to travel for a month." I internally groaned at the thought of being close yet far to my own mate. I hoped it was just Mandy and I but I guess the Moon Goddess has some other plans ehh.