chapter 23: a beach date

Chapter 23

Lucian's POV

I had never hoped for a mate, or for love. I was just satisfied with having a few flings here and there. It was no fault of mine that I was a lycan, but I was definitely the one paying the price.

But when I stepped into that coffee shop and the intoxicating scent hit my nostrils, it was like a whole new world was opened up.

At first I had just been craving a cup of coffee, and perhaps a light snack to go with it, but stepping into the shop, my hunger for something else increased.

I did not know what I wanted but I knew that it was that intoxicating scent that had me all wrapped in a knot.

The scent was coming from a small human, her long hair pulled up in a ponytail and her lips curled down in a frown.

My wolf was beginning to become impatient, just waiting for a chance to look at her.

And when that chance finally came, looking into her pure orb like eyes, my wolf uttered the words I never thought I would hear.

Mate.

But so far, I have been finding out that h