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Chapter 4 - Mates.
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2024-10-29 19:42:56Cora quickly scrambled to her feet. Struggling to maintain her former position. Noah was staring at her with an intense look that would make any girl swoon.
Noah was tall, even though Cora was at least 5'10, he seemed to be over 6 feets. And he towered over her in a way that made Cora self conscious.
"Cora Windsor." She said as she extended a hand to him acting coyly.
Noah was looking at her suspiciously as he took her hand in his and shook it. His hands were about two times larger than hers. And he was so warm it was weird.
"My name is Noah. Just Noah."
He said.
He didn't mention his Alpha Superior title like she expected him to have mentioned. For a teenager, he was much more calmer and laid back than she was expecting.
"You're the niece of the Alpha Superior twins Henry and Luther."
Cora cocked her head to to the side as she studied his perfect features.
"Yes. How did you know?"
"Word goes around when you're an Alpha Superior."
He turned to look at the people who already across the large pitch and some of then were making their run around the pitch.
"Wanna join in?"
"No. I wouldn't be able to catch up if I tried."
"Hnmmm."
He was the tall dark and brooding type, Cora noticed as he stared at her with his green eyes. He was wearing a tight T-shirt and simple tracksuit bottoms. His raven black hair was slicked back which implied he most likely just came out of the shower. His face was beautiful, Cora could spend all day looking at it.
"I don't really feel like running either. Want to take a walk?"
Cora's heart leapt for joy. Yes! She thought as she did back flips in her mind. All her hard work paid off after all, she might just snag the sexy Alpha Superior all to herself.
"I'd love to. Maybe you can show me the school grounds."
"Not much to see actually. It's just a regular school. Where did you stay in the human world?"
Cora looked up at him surprised that he hadn't started with the foolish question practically every wolf she had met asked.
They started off by asking if she was human or not. Which was foolish to her, she wouldn't be in Avalon High if she was a human.
"New York. Have you been there before?"
Noah nodded.
"Yes, I have."
"Where else?" She inquired trying to keep the conversation for as long as possible. Just being in his presence alone was intoxicating enough for her.
"Many parts. My father made me take frequent trips there. But I did visit New York on one occasion."
"Well, how was it?"
"Crowded." He answered as they started approaching the group of people who were practising the drill runs. A couple of them had noticed them and then briefly stopped to stare.
"Why don't we hang out sometimes?"
Cora said out of the blues, she didn't know where the courage came from, or why she said it, she just knew that the words came out of her mouth and she wasn't going to take it back.
"Cora!" An unfamiliar voice shouted her name.
Cora and Noah turned back and Cora rolled her eyes.
Great. It's the super weird guy that was supposed to be her Dux.
"You know him?" Noah asked with a raised eyebrows as Everett walked angrily to meet the both of them.
He had scented Cora on the other side of the pitch, but that was not all he could scent, he could also scent desire and lust and as much as he tried to control it, he couldn't.
"Yes. Principal Claude assigned him as my personal guide or something as equally stupid as that. He is so weird."
"Interesting." Noah murmured as he glanced briefly at Cora.
He turned to look at Cora with a small smile.
"I have to go now."
He took off running, leaving Cora with only a gust of wind to remember that he was there.
Cora glared at Everett.
"Are you happy now? You let him get away."
She whined at Everett who for some reason looked like he was mad. He had clenched his fists and he was breathing hard and fast. She studied him and found out that his eyes were still fixated on Noah till he went out of sight.
"Why did you call me?"
Everett shook his head as he soon regained control over his own body. That was horrible, he never wanted to feel that way again, so angry and overprotective. Over a girl that most likely didn't want him. He wished he could steer his wolf away from her.
"I wanted to talk to you. About the drill runs..." He said as he hastily made something up.
She looked as breathtakingly beautiful as ever and she wore her emotions proudly on her face. And he could see she was very annoyed at him. His expression softened a bit. What was she wearing? He thought as he stared at the shorts that barely covered her butt. He'd have to tell her about the dress code too.
"So? What about it? Can you make it snappy?"
"Look! We have lot's of things to talk about, drill runs are one of them. I need to give you at least the basics of how things work here, that's what a Dux does. So if you don't mind, let's go somewhere else and talk about it."
"That's what you wanted to tell me? And you honestly believed that couldn't wait a few minutes?"
Everett rolled his eyes as he tried to suppress his growing wolf who continually whined to be near her.
He took several steps back.
"Yes, that's what I wanted to tell you. And just so you know it can never work out between you and him."
Cora folded her arms and gave Everett a pointed look. She didn't think she had met someone more annoying and more frustrating than him.
"Because he's an Alpha Superior?"
She asked and Everett nodded
"That and he's not your mate."
Cora raised her eyebrow and laughed.
"You think I care about that?
"You should."
"Well honestly I don't care. He doesn't have a mate, I don't have a mate. It's perfect. Besides there's a fifty percent chance of you actually finding your mate."
"What if you find your mate?"
Cora scoffed.
"I don't know. But I don't believe there should be a moon goddess up there directing our love affairs, seems pretty shady to me..."
Everett swallowed nervously. It's not like he wanted a mate either. He just couldn't control his wolf when it came to matters like this. Everett never thought it would have been possible for him to even have a mate. Fifty percent of wolves never find their mate, so arranged marriages were the next best thing in Avalon. Years later, very few of them find their mates but many of them choose to reject them. It was a very complicated and excruciating process. But there were wolves scattered all over the world, finding a mate was harder when fate decided not to play it part.
Standing next to her was excruciating when all he wanted to do was mark her.
He looked at her one more time, she was so utterly oblivious to the fact that they were mates that it was physically painful to even look at her.
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