3. His gaze, my undoing

Nalini

My day had barely begun and I'd already been hit with series of events.  I was bullied and then saved by an alpha prince in a space of forty minutes.

An alpha prince who's piercing gaze made me short of breath, made my wolf excited-which was very unusual and who's face I could stare at for hours on end.

"Hello?" He said, jolting me back to focus.

I felt my face heat up in embarrassment. He caught me ogling at him, and that wasn't a good first impression. "Umm...yes...yes I'm fine" I gave a throaty reply.

His lips curved in a small smile and my heart resumed it's palpitation.

"You're new here, right?" He asked.

I nodded my reply.

And then I did something impulsive, something crazy. I moved closer to him, invading his space.

He inhaled sharply, visibly taken aback by my bold move and I immediately took a step back, shocked by my actions.

Goddess! It wasn't me! I wasn't bold enough to throw myself at a guy like that.

Then I figured it was Dahlia!

"Dahlia!" I hissed internally. "What are you doing?"

"Let's get you to the administrative block so you can settle in" the alpha said. The shock on his handsome features had been replaced by curiosity.

"Thanks" I mumbled, following him.

The walk to the administrative block was silent and filled with stares from people who either ogled at the alpha prince or wondered what he was doing with an omega like myself but I wasn't focused on that. The visceral reaction induced by Dahlia a few minutes ago bothered me.

"Dahlia" I called her through our mind link. "What's wrong with you?"

No guy had ever made my wolf this excited. I just couldn't understand it because as I walked beside him, I felt the overwhelming need to brush my fingers against his or run it through his hair as my lips crash against his in a heated kiss.

Goddess, this was an unsettling feeling!

"He's ours!" Dahlia replied

"What do you mean?"

"Mate" she growled. "Alpha prince Timothy is our mate!"

"What?!" I exclaimed in shock.

"Stop playing around, Dahlia!" I hissed.

"I'm not! He's our mate! Don't you feel the mate bond?"

The crazy part was that I did! I felt the the bond, an irresistible pull to him, making me shiver as I thought of all the things I could do to him.

"It's impossible to find a mate before the day of the blood moon!" I replied, frantically.

"But the moon goddess has given you alpha prince Timothy before the day of the blood moon" said Dahlia. "You should be grateful"

I was far gone in my thoughts, I didn't know we'd reached the administrative block.

"Here we are" he said and I stared at him again, wondering if he felt the bond too.

Was it the reason why he saved me from the bullies I met earlier? Was he nice to me because he felt it too?

"Hello..." He said again bringing me back to focus.

"Th-thank you" I whispered.

"Are you okay?"

Him asking me that again made me feel crazy. Maybe I did look crazy. Zoning out and staring at him like that.

"I'm okay" I gushed out. "Thank you for your help" I said and then I  headed towards the first door I saw.

"Not that way" He said from behind me and I stopped.

He came to me. "Walk down this hallway to the seventh door on your right. A lady will attend to you"

"Thanks" I mumbled and made to leave.

"What's your name?" He asked and I was compelled to meet his gaze which didn't help my jumbled thoughts.

"Nalini"

He caught a flying strand of my hair and gently tucked it behind my ear. My heart went into a frenzy.

"Nice to meet you, Nalini" he husked.

Luckily for me, he walked off before my knees which were already weak from his heated stare, bucked beneath me.

"I want to claim him so bad!" Dahlia howled in elation.

"You're not helping!" I hissed in frustration.