C H A P T E R - [ 2 ]

  [  CLARISSA GREY  ]

"Please God I won't ask you anything in my whole life again but please help me to grab this job it is my last hope to get out of the hell I have been suffering."I kept chanting the same prayer since I entered in the Elliot's Heritage Hotel.My mind spinned glancing at the magnificent architecture and lusture of

the building.

I saw numberless butlers serving the people from higher class making their way inside and  outside of the hotel.It is definitely not the place for people from the class I belong.

With shaking footsteps,I stepped inside centre hall.My body started releasing sweat in the freezy atmosphere when I saw the luxuries,magnification in every corner where my eyes could travel.

I felt my lungs short of air,the atmosphere was giving me a churn in my stomach,I had never been this nervous before but the circumstances led me here.Suddenly my eyes fell on the huge glass wall,which was reflecting my image.

I felt like a useless object or a cursed soul,who accidentally sneaked in God's heavenly garden.My sub conscious mind warned me to ran outside or else this place might swallow me in its effulgence.

"Calm down girl you need it,more than you,your family need this job think about your mother,you're here for both of you."My wolf Mia,who was bearing my nervousness groaned from inside and I took a deep breath before approaching the receptionist.She is right.I have to be optimistic.

"You won't understand the human nature Mia so shut up."I reprimanded her.She can be a headache sometimes.

"Yeah I am free from human sufferings which are mostly caused by your stupid emotions."She rolled her eyes on me and then went silent much for my relief.

"Hello,I am Clarissa Grey.I have an appointment for interview of a barista here. "I said to the girl in her mid twenties,most probably of my age but our personalities were poles apart.

Here I am,waiting for my turn in a endless queue for interview.

She had long wavy hairs tied in a high pony tail,with thick black rimmed glasses on her pointed nose.Her lips were colored with blood red gloss and most importantly her attire,I couldn't stand in front of a mere receptionist!

And me,dressed up in a simple peach colored cotton top and a black satin umbrella cut skirt with flats belly shoes,the best dress I had in my wardrobe among the tatters.My hairs were cascading down til my waist with a thin strock of kohl and pink lip gloss.I was not looking less than a chipmunk among the great beauties walking in their expensive clothes,more costlier than my whole month's expenditure.

"Give me a min-"She replied in her trained style.

"Hello Sir,Ms. Clarissa Grey is here for the interview..yeah.I am sending her..in.."She put the intercom back and them looked at me.

"Mr. Elliot called you in his cabin,go to this way,the last room in the right corridor."She told me and resumed her work.

I made my way in that direction,with my heart thumping on dangerous pace.It was a do or die situation for me.My mother's treatment depends on the money I will get by this job.Being an undergraduate,I cannot apply for a professional with hefty amount but this is the least I could do while I am still studying at my college with the scholarship I won.

On reaching in the corridor,I looked around me,there were nearly thirty women sitting waiting for their turn.I clutched my file and squatted on a vacant seat.I knew it will take a long time for my turn to come.I glanced at my wrist watch anxiously,more delay meant my mother would be alone at home,there was no one to look after her moreover she was too weak to even walk.

My step father and not so caring husband,don't spare even a sympathetic look at her.He always regarded my mother only as a source to satisfy his sexual needs and a caretaker to his son,well he hardly interact with us.I and my mother don't exist for him and currently he isn't living with us anymore.

I gently pushed the large glass door to enter inside,sweat started forming on my skin seeing the most beautiful office that I only seen in movies.

"May I come in Sir?"I asked for the man sitting straight on his chair for his permission to enter.

"Oh yes Ms. Grey."He said in a gentle tone opposite of my prediction of a rude and haughty boss.

I nervously walked inside where was sitting on a crescent moon shaped leather sofa and a chair facing him for the candidates.

"You may sit Miss Grey."He told me to take the chair and I obliged quietly.

"May I see your documents?"He gestured at the folder in my hand that I instantly forwarded to him.

He opened the file and begun reading my 'not so boastful' qualifications.I was already prepared to face the rejection like I have been for a long time.

"Hmm so you are a trainee M.B.A in hotel management and your last semester isn't done yet?"He asked closing the file and giving it back to me.

"Yes Sir,"I replied embarrassingly.

"Hmm I see but-"He seemed to think,"Your grades are noticeable though,so I'll ask you a few questions if you are ready to answer."He said leaning comfortably on the sofa.

"Of coarse Sir,"I prepared myself for the real interview.

It will be a lie if I say the interview had gone like a swallow of my favorite chocolate cake.Jason Elliot is one passionate boss who do not compromise with the rules and standards they set for the growth of their business and I totally respect him.

After the interview I walked out with a light heart,well I wasn't sure to get the job but the man,everyone else entitled as a business demon was my friend and he had been polite all throughout the interrogation.

It's was almost lunch time,so I walked into the nearby diner to fetch a sandwich and coffee quickly before heading to buy some groceries we needed to survive for the rest of the week with a few bucks in my purse.

The diner was cozy and very less people were there as it is usually the office hours.I placed my order on the counter and started looking for a perfect spot to devour my lunch but the place I liked was already occupied by someone.I always had a habit to eat my meals whenever I am dining outside,close to open area and he was taking the booth facing the small garden in the backside of the diner.

Suddenly Mia became agitated,pining and sniffing.Her hybenrated emotions now doing a summersault inside me.She had never this uneasy and nervous before,usually she sleeps and help me to endure the sufferings I face everyday at home by my step father in a hope that our bad days will soon end.

"Mia this isn't the right time to piss me.I am already exhausted after the interview."I warned her whose over active energy giving me a hard time to think about the results of the interview.

"Mate mate mate!!I can smell our mate Clarissa.He is near us.He is here.I can smell him.Can you believe?We finally found our mate."She howled in joy.Its our nature,when Moon Goddess bless our specie with a destined partner,we are connected by the heavenly bound that even death cannot break.

I freeze on hearing her words My mate whom I thought I would never meet in my life is here!

I and my mother shifted here from our ruthless pack as they threw us out because we became a liability for them when my father,who used to be the Gama of the Dark Moon pack of Alaska,died protecting our borders from human attacks.

Mia sniffed for our mate's scent in the air,desperate to have a glimpse of him.

I roamed my eyes in the every single corner of the small space to see whether its Mia's assumptions or he was really present in the diner.Just I was about to look outside the doors,a man probably six feet tall,wearing a grey business suit walked past me.

Our shoulders bumps and then I see the most handsome face ever,those grey eyes with the flickers of black,tight jawline and cold expressions.The mere touch between our bodies send an electrified sensation down my spine.

He is a walking Greek god on the earth.

"Watch where you go lady,"He glares at me with those icy eyes and his deep voice left chill run down my spinal cord.

His coldness caused me unbearable pain in my heart.Mates are suposed to recognize each other by a single touch and I am sure he did too but instead of drawing towards me and my wolf,he shoved us away if we meant nothing to him.

His masculine scent made Mia jump,"Mate he is the one Clarissa.He is our mate,stop him,his wolf is calling out for me but what about his silly human?Why is he glaring at us?No he can't be really thinking to reject us."She screams in utter happiness and shock and I rooted on my spot unable to register that I almost met my wolf mate but before I could go after him,he walked out of the diner with a half dozen men following behind him.

Now,as I find him,my mate and probably a powerful wolf of high rank of his pack almost rejected us.My heart constricted inside my chest and I feel so low and useless of myself who couldn't attract her mate,whom the moon goddess destined for me.

"What the hell Clarissa!You let him go!How can you be so stupid?How can you let our mate go like this?No stop him!We need our mate Clarissa."Mia groans on me in anger.

"We'll find him soon Mia just believe me what if he refused to acknowledge us.I won't give up on us Mia."I console her as my mind and heart both were too tired to process anything.

The aching numbness grew more intense as our wolves departed away.