Hunter walked back to his hotel room, depressed and frustrated. He needed to hit something or someone to reduce the pain in his chest. No, he needed his mate to reduce the pain in his chest.
How could he carelessly lose his mate like that? He was so carried away with his conclusion that one of those ladies was his mate that he didn't notice when he lost the scent.
Stupid
He was so stupid. Hunter bangs the hotel room door, making the door nearly fly off its hinges and his beta, who was in the room waiting for him, nearly flew out through the window.
Oh God his alpha was not in a good mood!!
Hunter ignored his beta and walked to the bed and dropped on it. If his beta wasn't there, he would have curled up to lick his wounds.
Stupid!
Stupid!
" Are you okay, alpha? Michael asked cautiously.
" I just got my mate's scent now”
Michael's eyes widened in shock. They were going to have Luna very soon? But why was his alpha not happy? Has he not been looking for his mate for a very long time?
" Are you not happy at having found your mate, alpha?” Michael asked with a complex look.
" I lost her”
**
" There are two new guys in town, they are from the city. According to the mayor, they own a colossal company and want to build a recreation center here, so they came to check out the lands. I'm really excited because very soon there will be a lot of people coming here for vacation and the town will become open" the manager at the little café where Melody's does a part-time job told a customer.
Melody, who was cleaning a table, stopped to listen. She heard this somewhere but dismissed it because it was rare for people to come to their outback town but hearing it from her manager again made her know that the rumors were true.
Two new guys? Owner of a big company?
What If she finds these men and asks them for help? Will they be willing to help her?
Melody laughed at herself mockingly. Who will help her in this world? Men can't help a lady unless they will get something in return, and that's something she can't give. When her mother was alive, she told her enough things about men, especially the ones in the city, for her to be wary of them.
" Melody move it, customers are here, you have been at that table for over thirty minutes now” the manager yelled when she saw Melody standing close to a table with a towel hanging in her hands.
Melody broke out of her thoughts and realized that she had really been standing in one position for a long time. She turned around and saw that customers were already walking in threes and twos.
She forced a smile and raised her head up a little before walking to the first group.
" Welcome to Anna's café, what would you like to have today?”
**
" This land has been in my family for hundreds of years.....” The mayor was saying as he showed Hunter and Micheal the lands he wanted to sell to them to build the recreation center.
Michael was listening attentively, but Hunter's mind was somewhere else. He knew that this was a small town and everybody knows everybody, but he didn't know his mate's name, so how would he find her?
" Mr Winthrop?” The mayor called when he saw that Hunter was no longer listening to him but had a far away look in his eyes, he seemed lost in thought.
Hunter shook his head to clear his thoughts. He needs to focus on business now and look for his mate later, but could he really do it?
" I'm listening to you” Hunter said
The mayor nearly snorted. How can the man say he was listening when his name has been called more than three times yet he did not answer and when a question was thrown to him, he did not reply? The mayor chose to say nothing and continue to explain about the land to Micheal.
After showing them the land, the mayor decided to take them to a café so that they could sit and talk.
Immediately Hunter came down from his car in front of the café the mayor directed his beta, Micheal, to drive to, the scent he perceived yesterday hit his nose again. Apples. Hunter sniffed the air as he followed the mayor into the café but stopped when he noticed that the scent was faint
His mate was in the café but left before he arrived.
Why was fate playing a cruel joke on him? Dangling his mate in his front and snatching her before he could even see her face!!
He wanted to run out and trace the scent, but he knew that, but now the scent will be mixed with the scent of others.
Hunter picked up the coffee that was placed in his front and took a sip, his eyes widened as his taste buds opened, " who made this?” He looked up and asked the woman who brought the coffee.
" You like it?” The woman was all smiles.
" Yeah" Hunter nodded as he took a big gulp, not minding that it was hot
" Melody made it” the woman said she makes the coffee here. She left some minutes ago but just came back now you are lucky. You can order more” the woman turned around and walked away
" I told you Mr. Winthrop, that this café is the best in this town
If he had someone like this in his company that makes coffee for him, he won't have to drink all that tasteless coffee!! Especially the one made by Micheal!!
Hunter turns to glare at his beta, making him break out in a cold sweat.
Why have I done again?!!
The scent of apples hit his nose again, making Hunter tense up.
'Melody made it, she makes the coffee here. She left some minutes ago but just came back now you are lucky' that's what the woman who served them coffee said.
She left before he entered and came back after he was seated?
Is Melody his mate?.
" Can't these women tone down their voice's? What if the man hears them? Damn, I will be deaf by the time they leave!!' Melody grumbled as she made coffee for a customer. " Melody, have you seen the men that everyone is talking about?” Sarah, one of the girls working in the café, asked Melody as she waited patiently for Melody to make a cup of coffee for her customer. " Hmm”. From her tone of voice, Sarah knew that she wasn't interested in the topic. Sarah squeezed her face. Since Melody and her father moved to county Vee, the only girl her age who did stay far away from her is Sarah. Even if Melody hardly replies to her, she always talks to her and tries to get her to reply. After giving Sarah the coffee she requested, Melody walked to the counter and sat down on a stool. Her eyes scanned the café and came to a stop at the objects of everyone's discussion. The two men were really fair and handsome, but one was more handsome than the other. One has sandy blonde hair, while th
Mr Johnson looked up from the television when he did not hear the noise of the door closing only to see his daughter still standing in one position. " What are you still doing there? Did I not ask you to go and get me some food?” " I don't have any money” she will be damned if she uses her savings to cook for him, never. She will rather be beaten up than do that. She can't touch that money now because she has come to the conclusion that she needs to leave her father before he kills her. Furthermore, she won't be stupid like her mother. She could already feel her body depreciating day by day. Even if she can't finish high school , she will manage. After all, she doesn't even have enough money to pay for her last year in high school. She will rather use it to run away to the city. " You don't have what?” " I don't have any money” she repeat " Good, then I will have to search your room” . He stood up and walked to her room. She didn't even follow him or try to stop him beca
Melody knocked on the door of her house with her heart in her mouth. She was scared now after doing what she did. What if her father finds out about it and beats her to death, just like her mother? Will her mother be disappointed in her for getting herself killed? The door was thrown open by her angry father; he glared down at her like she was a tiny annoying insect who dared to disturb him. Did he already know about what she did? Her body trembled. She was scared, she would rather not be hit by her father. " Where did you get those groceries? Well, I don't even care now, get your stupid self inside and cook. " he took her hand and dragged her inside, slamming the door. Melody sat in her school library during lunch, eating the cookies she baked before coming to school. She was with that magazine, but this time around she got the shock of her life when she looked at the face on it. It was one of those new guys. The one with black hair. His net worth mentioned in the magazine w
The stupid women won't stop talking, and they won't stop trying to drag him into the conversation when he already made it plain that he did not want to have anything to do with them. The teenager was trying to get his attention by throwing flirty remarks at him. He was really holding back so as not to snap at them, but they were becoming annoying. He blocked them out and concentrated on his mate, who was now sleeping peacefully with her head resting on the counter top. He really wanted to see her face, not catch only a glimpse. He wanted to see her face fully, but he was also scared that he would see bruises on her face and go crazy. Was he cursed? First, he is a twenty-eight year old alpha without a mate, then by some stroke of luck he finds his mate, and she turns out to be human, which is a rare case. She is also a minor if he is not mistaken. . He couldn't just whisk off his mate with him back to the city no matter how much he wants to, he needs permission from her pare
The next morning, around three in the morning, Hunter decided to go for a run in his wolf form. He took extra clothes with him and jogged until he got to a forest he saw yesterday while walking around the town. He dropped the cloth on the floor and then the sound of his groaning as his bones were rearranged was heard as he changed into his wolf, the clothing he had on his tore into pieces. After changing into a big white wolf, he took the cloth he brought along with him between his jaws and began to run through the woods. After running for over an hour, he changed back and went to his hotel room. Melody woke up early and did everything she needed to do for him before cooking breakfast and leaving before her father could wake up. She knew that it was too early to go to school, but she needed to leave the house before her father woke up and gave her hell. She walked the familiar path through the woods she always goes to sit down every morning to think and have a breath of fresh a
She decided not to go to the cafeteria but on second thought, she changed her mind because she remembered that she was going to be paid. It was the first day of the month and that's when she is usually paid for the previous month, and she could not stay with the lion at home. She rushed out and got her father a bottle of water and this time, luck was on her side because he was already passed out from all the beers he had drunk. She carefully kept the water on the table and went to her room. Melody wiped the blood on her face and applied a little ointment before running off to the café. When the two city guys came in, guilt consumed her. She wanted to rush home and bring his wallet so that she could return it to him, but she caught herself at the last minute. She squirmed throughout because she could feel both of them eyes on her. It was off but the blonde one at least sometimes took his eyes off her and pressed his phone, but the dark haired one? His eyes followed her all through.
Mr Benson looked at the bag in his hand and the girl who was walking away with her backpack on her back. Why was she out this early, or is she going to school now? He looked at the bag she had given to him, ' what is inside?'. He walked fast into the station. He was curious and wanted to know what was inside. He answered his colleagues' greetings absentmindedly as he walked to his desk and sat down. He immediately opened the bag and saw a big book with an envelope. He opened the envelope and saw a memory card. He dropped it and picked up the book and in it was written, dear diary ''Why would a full-grown man send him a diary, why would he even keep one? Was that little girl trying to play pranks on him? He hoped not. He opened the first page and began to read it with curiosity deep in his eyes. Melody walked away with her heart in her mouth, yeah she was super nervous and feared what she would encounter in the future, but It was better this way. She has to leave unless she will end
The police station in County Vee turned upside down after all the content in the diary was read out and all the videos on the memory card were played. After everything, some policemen were in tears. They could not believe that the little girl at Mrs. Mary's coffee shop that usually makes such delicious coffee had gone through all this, if they were told they would not have believed it. How could a father do all this to his daughter?. Sheriff Benson was the first to get himself back, even if he was still shaken. “ We are going to pay Mr. Johnson a little visit, get the vehicle ready” he barked. He was suddenly overcome by rage. If only he was not a policeman, he would have beaten Mr. Johnson up with his hands and damn the consequences. All the policemen quickly rushed to get the vehicle ready because they wanted to be among the people that would get an evil man like Mr. Johnson arrested, and within minutes they were at Mr. Johnson's house. Sheriff Benson got down first and walked t
Rebecca did exactly as Hunter asked; shut her mouth and not mention anything about that night again. Even when the girls asked her if they would still look for the culprit, she just asked them to let go of it. Rebecca told them not to worry about getting punished again by Hunter when she overheard them talking about it. She also told Morgan that since they couldn't find the video from that night on the CCTV, there was no need to look again. She would keep her eyes on Melody and make sure that morning happens to her. And that's exactly what Melody did; she began to monitor Melody's movement. Even if she knew that she would not be with Melody all the time, she was doing her best and that was how she found out about the guard following Melody everywhere. It made her happy that Hunter was keeping his eyes on his mate but it also made her question when this guard started to follow Melody around. It made her wonder if it was truly Doctor Matthew who had snitched on her or if it was th
As the car Rebecca was seated in flew past different houses in the estate and began to move in the direction of Hunter's mansion, Rebecca felt dread curling in the pit of her stomach. After the call she received from her hacker friend about the CCTV being wiped off, she immediately got a call from Hunter asking her to come home.He sent her a car when she tried to give a flimsy excuse about being far from home and without a car or enough money to get a cab down to their estate gate. She couldn't think of any reason why he would want to see her, except that he wanted to punish her because of the stunt she pulled: carrying Melody to the club.She knew she couldn't escape. Her efforts will be futile. Her steps were heavy as she got down from the car and began to walk inside the mansion.“I'm here”“Argh'' Rebecca jumped, a foot in the air as she twirled around and came face-to-face with Hunter who was standing behind her with his hands shoved in his pockets. Her hand went to pat her ches
“What is the relationship between Hunter and Melody?” Rebecca choked on her food and went into a coughing fit, “thanks” she wheezed out when Morgan handed her a glass of cold water. "Shit” Rebecca cursed as she slapped her hand against her chest after taking the water and then proceeded to start eating without replying to his question.“You still haven't answered my question” Rebecca looked up and blinked innocently, “what question?” She asked.Morgan's lips curl up with a tiny smirk, “don't think I haven't noticed it” Rebecca blinked again, “noticed what?”Morgan frowned at her but went on to explain," I have seen the way Hunter looks at Melody. I didn't notice at first because I thought she was maybe a family friend or something. I first began to notice that Hunter might like her way more than just a family friend when I saw the both of them in the kitchen. The way he looks at her, the way he tries to get into her space while also trying hard not to, the way he wants to touch her
“You can stay if you like. I don't really have anything I want you to do for me”. Melody told him that she wanted to stay with the girls as he had nothing he wanted her to do for him, and that was exactly what she did. Throughout the day, she kept on thinking about why Hunter suddenly came to see her in the morning and what really went down at her club. The girls refused to tell her, and she couldn't understand why they were quiet for most part of the day. It was almost like they had done something wrong and were feeling guilty about it. In the afternoon, Melody left, saying that she had important things to do, and she also wanted to meet up with Morgan for something. “You are late” that was the first thing Morgan told Rebecca as she stepped into the restaurant she wanted to meet with him and walked down to his table “I'm not,” with an eye roll, Rebecca drew out a chair and slid into it. Her stomach growled with hunger as her eyes fell on the table that was filled with her favorite
“Eh? What happened last night?” Melody asked Hunter instead of replying to his question.Hunter's dark eyes locked on to her green one's and his eyes searched hers to see if she was just pretending. She wasn't. She genuinely looked confused.Hunter's heart that has been beating all the way down to this place immediately slowed down. His mate was fine, and she couldn't remember anything, and he hoped that she wouldn't because it would become bad. She was already traumatized enough, no need to add another, but Rebecca has without wanting to, added another.“Come on, take your bath we are going home” Hunter saw her look him up and down before getting up and walking inside the bathroom.Hunter sighed and his shoulder and tensed up muscles relaxed as the door of the bathroom closed behind her.He had not wanted her to go with Rebecca for the girl's night when Rebecca asked for permission, but he saw the glow in Melody's eyes, he knew that she wanted to go with them. He had agreed, thinking
“Why does my head hurt?” Melody groaned as she sat up on Rebecca's bed, holding her head with her hands.“You had too much to drink last night. You are having a hangover. Here” Rebecca stretched out a glass of water and pills to Melody.“Thanks” with a sigh, Melody drank the pill. She squeezed her face in disgust at the taste of the medicine before quickly washing it down with water.Rebecca received the glass of water and kept it on the bedside table. She turned to peer at Melody's face with furrowed brows, checking to see if Melody would ask why she felt hot yesterday.“What happened last night?” Melody asked.Rebecca felt her shoulders slumped in relief. She was scared that Melody would remember and things would go bad.“We went to the club, and you drank too much” Rebecca gave her a short explanationMelody tried to nod but realized that it was a wrong decision when she felt like someone was banging on her head when she moved it, “I have never drank alcohol before. I wonder what I
“ Shit, we are done for,” Arianna muttered as her eyes fell on Melody who was rushing to stand up. She reached over to grab Melody but shrieked the next minute. Melody retched all over her. “The heck!!”“Oh my God” Samantha groaned as she slapped her hand on her forehead and turned away so that she didn't have to see Melody's vomit“I told you all that it was a bad idea to take her along for the party, but of course, no one listened” Zain said as she folded her hands over her chest and leaned against the wall.Arianna grabbed Melody, who was about to collapse back on the bed and carried her into the bathroom. She dumped her into the bathtub and turned it on.Melody sighed as cold water filled the tub to caress her hot skin, which felt like it had been set ablaze. Though she was still biting up inside, it was a little better than before. “It's still so hot inside” she moaned as she slid down in the bathtub, intent on making sure the water covered her head. Rebecca grabbed Melody befor
Melody did not like Paul at all. Not only because of how their first meeting went, but because he rubbed her off the wrong way. Her spirit did not accept him.She tore her eyes from his, cleared her throat, gathered herself together and went over with Rebecca. She planned on pretending like she was unaware of his presence, and that was precisely what she did.After the first initial introduction and greetings, Melody did not interact much with the others at the table because she did not know them. With time, Melody relaxed enough to not have another panic attack. At first, she refused to touch alcohol, but Rebecca told her that it wasn't so bad. She should loosen up and enjoy her time out, so that was undoubtedly what Melody did. She dropped the juice that Morgan got for her and decided to start with beer.Of course, the first taste was bad and very bitter, she instantly hated it. But, when she looked around and saw that everyone was having fun except for her, and they were drinking
Arianna was the first one to recover, “oh fuck, can someone please tell me what the hell just happened?” “ I think she got a panic attack” Zain said as she pushed her brown hair behind her ears and continued to stare at Melody with furrowed brows. “What happened?” Rebecca also asked. She had seen a friend of hers and went over to say hi. She was having a discussion when Samantha came to call her. Her heart nearly left her chest at the condition she met Melody, and the first thought that rang in her mind was how she would explain to Hunter should anything happen to Melody. He would have her head.“I don't know what happened. I just gave her the ID that she would be using to get in, and she panicked. I think she got scared of being caught” Arianna explained.Rebecca nodded before grabbing Melody's hand and taking her to one side, away from the other girls. “What happened?” Rebecca asked Melody in concern. She knew that Melody was a good kid and must not have done all this before. Be