02. Mate

"We crave a soul stirring love and we chase that soul stirring life" 

~Butterflies Rising

6 years later..

Celeste's POV:

"Celeste!" I groan as I sense his approaching footsteps.

Who even let him in?

'You know the answer to that.' My wolf Tonia replies.

Mom! We both say simultaneously in an accusing tone in our subconscious mind.

It's been a year since I started communicating with her, every werewolf gets in contact with their wolf at the age of 12 and we find our mates on the night of our 18th birthday.

It's nice to have someone to share your thoughts and feelings with without getting judged, and Tonia gives great advices too.

"CELESTE!" He was now just outside my door, the desperation and building irritation in his voice was detectable.

Me being me chose to ignore him and concentrate on my painting.

My brows furrowed as I drew the delicate rays of the rising sun, almost don... The sudden loud bangs on my door has me jumping with a shriek and my hand slipping on the portrait I had been working on hours.

"Celeste open this door or I'll break it! And you know I'm not lying" Theo warns with a low growl, my eyes take in my now ruined painting. My irritation had now turned into full blown anger.

I'm going to break his bones before he even gets the chance to touch my door!

"Celeste I'm coming in" Theo says with determination.

"1"

"2"

I stand up with flaring nostrils, my feet carry me towards the door and with all the anger I had, I jerk open the door.

"3" Theo's voice suddenly tones down to a dying puppy, his big honey eyes pop out in fear at the visible anger radiating out of me.

I keep my grey eyes fixated on him, letting him know what a grave mistake he did by threatning my precious door. 

"Cel.." he clears his throat "Celeste" this time there was relief in his tone. "Look I can explain" his hands come up in a surrendering motion.

"Explain" I simply state keeping my voice steady, I know he goes crazy with anger when I don't give him a reaction. 

My words are proven to be right as I see the irritation crossing his face, Talking about his face, I observe the light shadow of hairs growing at his chin forming into a dust of beard.

His honey eyes have not left me since I have opened the door, he nervously rakes a hand through his brown hairs that he got from his father. My eyes further travel around his face, it was getting more angular, his jaw was getting firmer.

Theo was going through his puberty stage and he was loving every minute of it, The sudden growth in height, the deepening of his voice and the over growth of hair on his face and body had his newly formed man ego boosting.

It was a sign of him turning into a man which eventually meant claiming his position as the Alpha soon in the coming years, he wanted to make his parents and the pack proud. He was working day and night training for his position.

Apart from that there was another change. 

He has started to get a lot of she wolves attention of his age, and boy I would be lying if I said that Theo was doing anything to stop it.

And what do I get after turning 12? Baby fat! Periods! Pimples! It was as if I was getting uglier by the day. I unconsciously smooth out my unruly raven hairs. 

I could've gotten mom's blonde hairs yet dad's genes proved themselves stronger as I got his hair and grey eyes. Well I wasn't upset about the eyes, they are my only best trait at the moment, besides no one in our entire pack has grey eyes except for Dad and I.

Theo loves them.

By Theo I'm reminded of the injustice I'm going through, why does he get's to be good looking and also get's the attention of all the she wolves?

But why do I care? He's the Alpha, he's bound to have a Luna one day. It's best if he starts young, my mood dampens all the more at these thoughts.

"Alicia was just asking for some notes, I don't know how she lost her balance, so I had to hold her to support her and that's the exact moment you walked in the hallway" his hands frantically move around him as he explains his side of the story.

I don't know why but my shoulders sag in relief as I hear the truth, it felt good to know that there was nothing going on between him and Alicia.

Well I don't care who Theo is interested in, but for some reason I don't like Alicia, she's too fake and Briana, she clings to every other boy in sight and Kiara...

"Celeste.." Theo takes hold of my hands to bring back my attention from my wandering thoughts. I blink my eyes rapidly "uh.. yes" I say focusing my attention on him.

"Are you still angry with me? I promise I'm not interested in any of those girls Celeste, how many times do I need to tell you" his honey eyes shut in frustration and I instantly find myself missing them.

"I'm not angry" I say, his eyes snap open and I smile internally at the sight of them "you're not?" He asks bewildered "I mean I am, but not because of what I saw in the school hallway" I say, gently pulling my hands from his and turning away to walk inside my room.

I hear him following me inside and shutting the door behind, I turn around to face him "then why are you angry?" He asks confused, his tense face makes it so hard for me not to laugh but I bite my lower lips to stop myself.

His honey eyes dart towards that movement and I see them darkening but he blinks it away quickly, I swear my heart stopped at that second.

I look away to get rid of this foreign feeling that was building up in my stomach "you didn't meet me in the morning before going to school" I say in a fake accusing tone.

We always meet in the flower fields every morning before we go to school together, it's very rare when one of us can't meet up and there's always a valid reason behind it.

"Bullshit!" His sudden words make me jump in surprise, I turn back to look at him with my mouth gaping "I texted you and told you I was with dad in a meeting and I'd meet you at lunch, you answered me right away with good wishes and encouraging words." He says in a matter of fact tone.

"If you were pissed, you wouldn't had replied to begin with" he folds his arms across his chest which makes his newly built muscles strain against his tight shirt.

I realise that I had been gawking at them so I quickly avert my eyes only to collide with his mischievous one's.

He caught me.

My traitorous cheeks heat up much to my dismay, I end up fixing my gaze on my feet. Observing them.

Wow I have ten toes, I'm a normal she wolf.

"You were jealous" his words had my head snapping up in the speed of lightning, I'm surprised I didn't strained it.

"Wh..what? No!" I say in a rather offended tone. This broadens the stupid smirk on his face "you were jealous when you saw Alicia in my arms" his chest puffs out as if he has solved the world's biggest mystery.

Idiot.

My sour face doesn't deter his smirk, I roll my eyes "why would I be jealous?" I say walking towards the direction of my study table.

"We're growing up Theo, it's natural for us to seek the opposite gender. You are to be the Alpha one day and you will be needing a Luna by your side." I shut my eyes and fist my hands above my study chair.

I don't know why these words are causing me pain, even Tonia is sitting in a corner of my mind with her head laid down in sadness.

Tonia adores Theo and his wolf Knight, and for some reason this reality of ours is causing both of us pain. It's true, Theo and I can't remain friends forever. 

We will soon grow up and will be forced to take on our duties and then there would be a time when we will find our mates.

"You're going to find your mate one day Theo and I'm going to find min.." I am stopped midway as a strong hand turns me around with force making my head spin.

"What the.. Theo!" I exclaim looking up at him annoyed, all my annoyance dies down as I take in his fury filled face. He was breathing hard, his eyes were now dark.

"Theo.." I lay a hesitant hand on his chest to calm him down, what happened?

He is quick to take hold of that hand and pull me closer to his chest. I stare at him dumbfounded, I in all my 13 years of life have never been scared of Theo, it has always been the other way around but today I can sense the hair on the nape of my neck rising from fear.

His hold on my arm tightens painfully, I look up at him with wide eyes letting him know that he's hurting me.

"Never! Never ever say again about you being someone else's mate!" His voice turns deeper and darker, he leans closer so our nose are brushing together.

"You're mine Celeste, my mate!" with those words he seals our fates together.