Episode 2 - Finding mate

The shock was all I could feel. Never in my life, I’d consider being someone special that would save my pack. Or the entire fucking world. After receiving my premonition, Penny promised to talk with the alphas of both packs and then we’d schedule a meeting with me but I had to tell my dad first so I went home to wait for him to arrive.

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It was almost midnight and I’d be falling asleep by now if I wasn’t worried about what happened. I’m about to go to my room when I smell my father’s scent. I sit back down on the sofa waiting for him, he does what he usually does when he gets home, takes off his boots and walks to the kitchen but this time he stops when he sees me in the living room.

“Hey, sweetheart. Why are you still up?” He asks with his voice low to not wake anyone up.

“I was waiting for you dad. I kinda need to talk to you.” I say shyly.

“What happened, my love?” He asked worriedly.

I took a deep breath trying to calm myself. “I had a weird experience today”. I say slowly.

“Oh, tell me more about it.” He says while sitting down on the sofa next to me.

“I met The Silver Moon’s pack witch, she went over to the school library to get a book that Alpha Maxwell lent to her”. I say while looking at him trying to figure his expression out.

“And?” He motioned for me to keep going.

“I helped her out and we went together until the main street’s end. I was about to come home when I noticed that a piece of paper fell off the book and I went there to give it back to her. I thought it could be important but-” I hesitated.

“But?” He arched his eyebrow at me.

“But when I touched her to get her attention something really weird happened.” I looked at him with fear in my eyes.

“Pandora, what happened?” He asked me. His eyes with a mix of worry and anger.

“I received a premonition. Apparently, I’m the chosen of the Gods to stop the apocalypse.” I saw. My voice comes out as a whisper as I feel my father’s breath gets caught in his throat. He was trying so hard to process everything I told him that I could see his ears getting red as his blood travels up and down his brain, I could hear his heartbeats getting stronger and higher as he understood the situation.

“I need to talk with our alpha.” He says in shock.

“Penny said she would talk to Alpha Maxwell and her alpha tomorrow”. I say looking at the floor.

“Then I’ll talk with them tomorrow too but I need to talk with her first.” He says with his head between his hands. “What does she look like?” He asks me with worry taking over his handsome features.

“She’s quite hard to miss, dad. All you have to do is look for a purple-eyed girl.” I looked at him with a sheepish smile.

“Okay, kiddo. Now go to bed, we’ll solve this tomorrow.” He caresses my back as I wish him goodnight and go upstairs. As always I watch the night sky before letting the tiredness take over me. Tonight the sky seems to be darker than usual, which I find really curious since I received really dark news, but as my parents used to say, tomorrow is a new day, with new opportunities of making everything right again.

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The next day was surprisingly good, the skies were a bright shade of blue with no clouds in sight and the sun caressed everything that it’s rays touched. The trees were dancing as the winds would playfully run between them. It was a really beautiful day. I woke up early despising the fact that I went to bed rather late the night before, made my bed, and went for a quick run before getting ready for school. Today I had just three classes so I’d have three free periods that I’d spend in the library getting my homework done. I wash my face and change into my sports gear, grab my phone and Bluetooth earphones, and set them up to get started with my morning run.

I go outside and sprint towards the forest I run in my usual path which is covered shaded by the treetops, making it a nice trail to run even on the hottest days of summer. I gradually increase my speed until I barely see the bushes and trees passing me. There's a reason the people in my pack started to distrust me, not just because of my name. When we lycanthropes reached 12 years of age, we finally managed to physically support the transition to our wolf form, when I finally managed to shift into Lua, everyone was surprised, it was expected that the color of my fur would be a shade of honey-like my parents' hair, but my fur is dark as night and my eyes reflect the color of the moon, silver, with small white pecks. Not only that but my wolf is a bit bigger than a female wolf usually is and way stronger and faster than most male wolves of my age, then people started to gossip about me, saying horrible things to my parents and me but none of that has ever bothered me until someone told that I probably had been cursed because my mother slept with someone else's mate.

Hear that enraged me and it was the very first time that I bought myself a fight. People can say anything they want about me, I really don’t care but I’d never accepted that they attacked my family because they’re afraid of what they don’t know. Obviously, that fight ended with me and the girl who started those rumors grounded but she got scolded by alpha Maxwell himself so I can’t complain, since that anyone has never said anything else about my parents nor my sisters.

I swing my head to ward off these thoughts while I continue my run, I still have half an hour until I have to go back to get ready for school and only have another 5 miles to run, I think today I'll go rest on the lakeside a little bit. The lake is located in the heart of the pack. Literally. The Moon’s Warriors pack has been built around a huge lake and it had its fauna and flora around it preserved so it was quite peaceful coming here. I sit by the lake and take in the fabulous landscape that is in front of me. I hope my mate is from here. From this pack so I don’t have to miss this. The lake is huge but we can see the other side of it from here. Its water is so clear that it reflects the bright blue sky like a mirror. The green that comes from the trees, a whole pallet of different shades of green actually, make it seem as if this is a painting, but there are also touches of colors like lilac, yellow, blue, and a little bit of red. This view was just breathtaking.

I was so distracted with the marvelous in front of me that I didn’t notice someone else’s presence until I heard her or him stepping onto a stick. Instantly I looked back to see who else was there with me, to my surprise I did not see anyone, but there were at least two other people there, one of them with the extremely familiar smell. I let a little giggle escape my lips and turn my focus on the paradise view in front of me.

“I know that’s you, Penny”. I say with pride in my voice knowing that I’d be able to smell the witch. “You and whoever is with you can stop hiding. You know I won’t bite.” I finished the sentence looking over my shoulder at the spot I heard the stick. As soon as I turn my gaze back to the lake once again Penny and the person who was with her start coming towards me.

“Wow, Dora. I’m impressed.” Penny says with amusement in her voice. “I’ve never seen anyone running that fast nor smelling me.”

“That really was something else.” A male voice says, making chills go through my whole body. When I turned again to see whose wonderful voice I came up with, a true God, he was approximately 2 feet and 3 inches tall, tanned skin like mine, but had light brown hair that under the sunlight looked like golden hair, his eyes were a perfect blend of brown and green. He carried a serious countenance, with military posture, but something deep down told me that he was cheerful as a puppy inside. As I contemplate the handsome man in front of me I see his flat lips curls revealing a little grin as he stares at me back. I look at Penny waiting for her to introduce us.

“Dora, this is Samuel. One of the three alphas of The Silver Moon pack.” She says proudly. “Sam, this is Pandora.” She introduced me back. I get up and make my way towards him and shake his hands.

“It’s a pleasure to meet you, sir.” I greet him.

“Likewise.” He replies.

“So, what are you doing here, Dora? Aren’t you supposed to be getting ready for school?” Penny asked me, pulling me out of the trance I was in while looking at Samuel. This man was just handsome.

“Morning run. Always helps me start my day better.” I simply say.

“And what a run. You looked like a flash.” She said impressed.

“Wait. You guys saw me? But this path is well hidden.” I say confused.

“The alpha’s beta recommended this trail to us.” Samuel answers.

“My father doesn’t know how to keep his mouth shut about this peaceful path.” I giggle.

“Wait, your father is the beta? Why didn't you tell me before?” Penny asked with her arms crossed across her chest.

“It just slipped my mind. It's not every day that someone wants to actually talk to me, you know? I joke and she laughs.

“Okay, okay, fair enough.” She says with a smile on her lips.

“Can I ask you a question?” Samuel suddenly asks, making me remember he was there.

“Sure”. I reply.

“How can a female wolf run that fast?” He asks me while his gaze penetrates my soul.

“I don’t know. I just can. Always ran like this.” I say replying to his gaze with my own.

“Interesting.” He simply answered. I’m about to ask what is so interesting when my clock beeps alerting me that is time to go home.

“Well, now I have to go. See you later Penny?” I ask her with a smile.

“Sure! At the library?” She looked at me with a hopeful look.

“Of course. How does a coffee after that sound?” I offer her.

“Amazing!” She jumps like a little excited girl.

“Then it’s settled. I’ll show you the best coffee shop in town.” I say grinning.

“You better.” She laughs while I start running back home with my heart beating a little bit faster than usual and butterflies playing in my stomach. Damn, I was giggling like a little girl. I went straight to the shower and changed clothes into the school’s uniform, grabbed something to eat on my way to school. I reviewed everything I had to do so I could not get behind on my homework but still be able to go out for a coffee with Penny later. I was so excited to meet her later that the day couldn’t pass slower than already was. The classes seemed to be dreading to end but fortunately, I had just three classes and my homework was being done in the middle of those classes.

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As the bell of my last class rings I pack my things up in my backpack and run to the library entrance soon enough I get Penny’s scent and start to walk to not look like a maniac, I smooth my clothes and start walking towards the library when another smell hits my nose. I don’t know whose scent it belongs to but I’m intrigued as I turn to the library's huge double doors. I spot Penny with her skinny jeans, a pair of all-white sneakers, and a loose cropped beige shirt. In front of her stood a tall guy with light jeans, all black sneakers, and a grey tank top. I didn’t need to see him know that the greek god-like man that had his back to me was Samuel. Thanks to the goddess I used some of my favorite perfume today and was feeling confident. I approach them with a smile and my confidence high.

“I didn’t know we had a surprise guest on our little date, Penny.” I joke as he looks at me surprised. Damn, this man is really hard to read, I couldn’t tell if he got the joke or if he got offended.

“What can I say? The man loves his coffee.” Penny says sarcastically as we laugh.

“Well, what are we waiting for then? Let’s go.” I guided them out of the school and to my favorite coffee shop that was two streets away from the school’s ground. A fifteen-minute walk. We got so lost in our conversation that we barely noticed when we got to the Black bean’s coffee shop, we ordered our coffees and went to the second floor to get a table, my usual spot, actually.

“Wow, you really know the most beautiful places around here, look at this view of the lake”. Penny says looking at the beautiful view.

“Yeah, I just love these places. They’re my favorite spots.” I say daydreaming.

“So, your mate doesn’t mind that you came on a coffee date with two strangers?” Samuel asked with all his serious tone.

“I don’t know who my mate is but I’ll be able to find him after Friday,” I say sheepishly.

“You’re not 18 yet?” He asked me with an eyebrow slightly raised.

“Turning 18 this Friday.” I simply answer I contemplate the idea of inviting them over but before I can give up on this idea my mouth betrayed me. “Why don’t you guys come over? I won’t do anything luxurious, just a cake for me, my parents, and my little twin sisters.” Samuel looked a little bit conflicted and was about to say something when Penny said. “Of course we’ll be there!” She was looking like a little girl who had too much sugar.

“It’s settled then”. I say. We talk for some more hours but before I say goodbye there’s one more topic I have to talk to Penny about.

“Hey, Penny. Did you talk with my alpha about what happened last night?” I ask.

“Oh, yes I did. And we also talked with your father, and he’s terrified about this prophecy.” She says reaching for my hand to reassure me.

“I know. How the conversation went?” I asked.

“I think it’s better if you talk to your father, Dora. It’ll be better if you hear from him.” I sigh as I hear those words and I know I won’t be able to think about anything else despite this conversation until dad gets at home.

“Yeah, sure.” I couldn’t hide the disappointment in my voice. “Well, I should be going. I need to help my mother with my sisters. See you guys Friday?” I ask her with a little bit more excited voice tone.

“Yeah, count us in”. Penny answer me with a huge smile

“See you guys on Friday”. I say goodbye to them and go home.

My life was going too smoothly to be true but I didn’t expect to be the world’s savior! Not asked for it! Why me? It isn’t enough of a burden to be named after the one that cursed the world and has abilities that I can’t comprehend where it’s from nor how to control it? The only thing that made me feel less freaky was my family. They made me feel like a normal werewolf with a good and calm future. But no. I wasn’t a regular werewolf. I was so caught up in my thoughts that I didn’t realize that I was at home already. I spent the afternoon helping my sisters with their homework and helping my mom with dinner.

“Is everything alright, love?” Mom asks while making a tomato salad.

“Yeah, why?” I say uninterested.

“You’re awfully quiet tonight. Is it about that premonition?” I wasn’t surprised when mom asked me about the prophecy, I knew dad would tell her. They tell everything to each other.

“Yeah, that and I’m anxious for Friday. I invited two people over, is that okay?” I say bluntly but emotionless.

“Who did you invite, sweetie?” My mom’s curiosity picked.

“You won’t believe me if I tell you”. I say with a little smirk playing on my lips.

“I won’t be able to say if I believe you or not if you don’t tell me.” My mom has the smartest comebacks.

“I befriended the alpha and the witch of The Silver Moon pack and invited them for my birthday this Friday”. I say with pride in my voice. Proud of myself since everyone would always get away from me the moment I’d tell them my name so I was happy I’ve made two friends.

“The alpha and the witch?” My mom says in shock.

“Yeah, that’s okay mom? If not I ca-” I say embarrassed. Mom stops chopping the tomatoes, comes over to me, and hugs me.

“Are you not mad?” I ask her, confused.

“Why would I be mad? They’re your friends.” My mom says with pride written all over her face. “It doesn’t matter who they are.”

“Thank you mom”. I say while a warm sensation of happiness engulfs me.

“Hey my love, I’m home early.” We hear dad coming over from the living room.

“My love! It’s so good to have you home early.” My mom says while kissing dad.

“If I'm to be greeted like this every time I get home, I'll try to come home early every day”. He laughs while holding my mom. “And, today I heard the weirdest thing back in the packhouse.” He says looking at me and I know that he knows that I invited Penny and Samuel over to my birthday.

“Wow, what’s that?” My mom asks, catching the hint too.

“A really brave girl invited the most powerful alpha and his witch to come over our home this Friday.” He says with a playful look in his eyes.

“Guilty as charged”.  I say laughing

“How did you meet the alpha?”. My dad tried to think of an answer

“Well, you should know how you practically told him where to meet me”. I say sarcastically. He starts to think and then it hits him. “Your running path.” He says while I nod to confirm his suggestion.

“Well, it seems we’ll have an alpha at home this Friday.” He says smiling at me, he knows how hard it is for me to open up to people. “If it’ll make you feel more comfortable dad, you can invite our alpha too, I know that would be a little awkward for you to have an alpha from another pack on your daughter's birthday, and don’t invite your own alpha too”. I say taking both of my parents by surprise.

“But you’d be okay with this, love? Wouldn’t you be uncomfortable with so many people here?” My dad asks me concerned.

“I’m a big girl, dad. I’ll survive one night.” I say with a sweet smile upon my face.

“You know we’re proud of you, right my sweet girl?” My mom says hugging me from behind and kissing my head as she used to do before the twins.

“Of course I know, mom”. I say losing myself in her embrace. “But dinner won’t be ready on time if we keep this cuteness session going”. I answer laughing.

“How can I help?” My father proposes to help.

“Can you take care of the twins, Dad? Don't let them come anywhere near candy until dinner, and please don't let them pick up their computer or cell phone before they finish their homework.” I ask him.

“Wow, you spoke like your mother.” He jokes.

“What can I say? I learned from the best.” I say winking at my mom.

Dinner went on just like any other dinner at home. Sophie got really disappointed when dad told her that she just would be sure who her mate is when she completes 18, but he sounded rather relieved, apart from that I knew that I’d have to talk to him about the prophecy and the talk with the alphas after the twins went to bed, that’s why mom put dad and me to clean the dishes and the kitchen before going to bed. That smart-ass woman.

“How was it?” I asked my dad once I knew the girls couldn’t hear us.

“How was what, love?” He asked me back, confused.

“The talk with the alphas about the prophecy”. I say.

“Oh, that talk.” My dad seems to be tense now. “Well, we’re gonna investigate this prophecy to be sure that it’s about you.” He says without giving me any other detail.

“Well, since I received a premonition that might be connected with it, I’m pretty sure that it’s about me.” I simply say. My dad stops washing the dishes and looks down. “Are you so bored with this life that you wish that the prophecy is referring to you?” My father asks me with disappointment filling his voice, I, for once, am shocked with what he said. “What?” That’s all I could manage to say.

“You heard me, Pandora. It’s not enough what we give you?” He asks me again, this time, his voice filled with sadness and worry.

“Of course not, dad. It’s not about this at all. I love the life I have. I love having you as my dad, my mother, and my sisters as mine.” I say trying to reassure him.

“Then why? Why do you want this prophecy to be talking about you so badly?” He asks me, looking at me with his eyes filled with tears.

“I don’t, dad. But unfortunately, I wouldn't be surprised if it was about me that it’s talking about.” I reply with watering eyes. We stay in silence for some minutes. I was feeling like the world had been put on my shoulders.

“Is everything already here?” My mom asked us gently, taking us by surprise.

“You heard everything, didn’t you?” My dad says.

“Each word.” My mom replies. “And I’m surprised with what was said from both of you.”

“I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to hurt any of you two but I can’t lie to you about what time I come back from my night runs so I could never lie to you about something that big.” I say looking at the floor feeling ashamed of myself letting some tears run down my face.

“I’m sorry that I’ve let my insecurity take over my thoughts, my love.” My father said, raising my head gently. “I’m just afraid to lose you.” He says while pulling me closer to him and hugging me.

“I know that I’m afraid too.” I melt in my father’s arms feeling like a little girl. Let me face the facts: I'll always be daddy’s little girl.

“Even if it’s not about you from Friday on I can lose you anytime as you’ll be able to find your mate.” He says letting his tears 

“Oh, dad, you’ll never lose me. Doesn’t matter if my mate is from here or from another pack, I’ll always come and visit you and I’m sure you’ll be able to visit me too.” I say trying to reassure him. I've never seen my father crying and here he was crying like a baby in my arms.

“You promise?” My dad was starting to shake in my arms.

“I promise, dad. I promise.” I hold him tighter as mom approaches us and hugs us both. After dad told us everything that was discussed, Penny was pretty convinced that the prophecy was referring to me but still alpha Maxwell and my father asked her to research and be one hundred percent sure about that before we all thought about what to do next but she warned that for her to be sure she needed a little bit of my blood to do that my father didn’t hesitate to offer him but she said it had to be mine. Tomorrow I’ll meet with her in the pack’s hospital to get a little sample of my blood and then we’ll be able to find out if it’s me or not.

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The week passed in the blink of an eye and by the time I realized it was already Friday. The morning of my 18th birthday. The morning of a major day of a werewolf's life. In my culture, turning 18 means finding the love of your life, the person with whom you will share the rest of your days, but it also means finding yourself, on the eighteenth birthday of a wolf he or she discovers his supernatural ability, some possess have their skills expanded and then manage: run faster than others, have more reflexes, are stronger physically, while others gain several other skills, such as telepathy, magic (based on the four elements), empathy, invisibility, among others. And I'm super excited to know what mine is, I'm pretty sure I won't have my existing skills expanded since I'm already faster and stronger than most, so I assume my supernatural ability is something related to magic. Since today is my birthday the school’s principal decided I could skip today's classes since I’ve been ahead of my classes but it didn’t stop me from getting up early for my morning run. I get up off my bed rather excited and change from my pajamas to my training gear and make my way to the kitchen so I can have some juice before running but as I’m walking in the kitchen I get caught by surprise with my family screaming.

“Happy Birthday, Dora”. They all say in unison.

“OMG! Are you guys trying to get me killed from a heart attack?” I say as adrenaline was running through my veins because of the startle.

“Sorry, my love, we just wanted to surprise you before your morning run”. Dad said laughing a little bit because of my reaction.

“Plus, is the very first time we’re able to surprise you.” Char stats and she’s right I’m not just faster and stronger than most wolves. My senses are sharper too. I can hear someone getting close to home when the person is about 19 miles away, I could smell someone about the same distance and I'm very good at distinguishing the smell from people.

“You guys really did it”. I say laughing

“How about we eat breakfast and then we can go run together?” Mum offered

“Sure! It’ll be amazing to run with you guys.’’ I say excitedly. We eat and talk before cleaning the kitchen and going to our backyard to strip and change into our wolves. Whenever we run in family we run in our wolves form. I don’t know why but it’s so amazing to run with them. We shift and get our clothes with our mouths. My parents' wolves look so much alike except that my mom’s wolf has lighter fur and darker eyes while my father’s wolf is the opposite with darker fur and lighter eyes. Sophie and Char’s wolves were identical medium brown wolves with yellow eyes. My wolf has light brown fur almost blonde and she has the most beautiful light grey eyes. We look at each other and sprint towards the woods to run. We used to run in the family when I shifted for the first time and we did the same when Sophie and Char shifted for the first time too. Family tradition, you know? We’re running in the woods, feeling the soil, scenting the sweet smell of the trees, and feeling the wind caressing our fur. This must be what freedom feels like. We were running and dodging some trees when my nose caught a scent some miles from there. It was sweet and spicy at the same time. I know I’ve already smelled it before but I can’t pinpoint to whom it belongs as my wolf is going crazy to go after it. We stopped at a clearing to catch our breaths but Lua is trying to take control to go after that heavenly scent my dad notices my struggle and midlink me.

“Is everything alright there, kiddo?” He asks me.

“No, Lua is trying to take control”. I say while fighting with her over control.

“What is going on?” Mom approaches me worriedly.

“We smelled a scent and Lua is going crazy because of it”. I say struggling to keep my partial control.

“Dora, don’t fight against it!” My father said. “She smelled your mate.” As soon as my father said that I froze. Did we smell our mate? Already?

“Go after him, love.” My dad says.

“You want me to go after him?” I was shocked.

“Yes. I don’t want you to fight the mate bond because I'm an overprotective father it’ll only hurt you.” He says and I can feel that he’s genuinely happy that I’ve found my mate already. Mom snuggles close to him to show him how proud she’s of him.

“What are you still doing here?” Charlotte and Sophie say in unison more excited than I thought. Hearing them I immediately sprint towards the scent that caught my attention. My mate. I couldn’t believe that I was about to meet him. My heart was beating so fast in my chest. I could feel Lua’s excitement flowing through our veins knowing that our mate was close but my mind was still working to remember from who that scent belonged. As my mind wandered I, curiously, arrived at my favorite spot just to witness the shock running through me as I realized who my mate was. He was right there, looking at me over his right shoulder, calmly and happy in his eyes. A very different posture compared to the one he usually has.

“Hello, Dora”. Samuel said casualty. I approach him hesitantly while his eyes are still fixed on me.

“You don’t have to be afraid of me. You know me.’ He says. “Can you please shift?” Lua feels hurt when he asks us to shift back into our human form.

“I’m sorry I didn’t mean to hurt you. How about we go for a run later?” Lua wiggles her tail in excitement and then we start to shift back. As soon as I’m back in my human form Samuel grabs a jacket I hadn’t noticed he had close to him and puts it around me.

“Thank you”. I say sheepishly. As soon as I got back on my feet he hugged me tightly.

“You have no idea how long we waited for you.” He says while I felt his heartbeat fast against his chest. His warmth made me lean against him and relax but then it hit me. “Wait, you said ‘we’? Who’s we?” I asked him.

“Me and my twin brothers.” He says casually.

“What do you mean your twin brothers?” I ask him again, my voice coming out in a more urgent tone.

“Penny didn’t tell you, right?” He says while he fixes his hair. “I’m just one of the alphas of my pack.”

“I recall she introduced you as one of the alphas but…” I was trying to find a way of asking him how many twin brothers he had and as he was reading my mind he answered me.

“Don’t worry that little head of yours. We’re triplets. There’s just two more of me.” He says laughing.

“Wait. Does that mean I have two more mates?” I asked him.

“Yes.” He answers sheepishly.

“Oh my God”. I say worried.

“Are you disappointed?” He asks me, putting some distance between us. I miss his body on mine almost instantaneously.

“What? No! Of course not!” I answer trying to reassure him.

“Then why are you looking worried?” He asks me while he tilts his head to the side.

“My dad is gonna have a heart attack as soon as he finds out I have not one but three mates. As if he wasn’t suffering enough with the prophecy and having to deal with my recently found mates and having to wait for my sisters to achieve the age for them to find hers’ mate.” I tell him.

“That’s right, you have two young twin sisters.” He says rubbing his chin. I nod confirming the information and we stand there checking each other out. Even though people have never been kind to me I was never ashamed of myself. Of course, I’d doubt myself once in a while but the bad thoughts would vanish as soon as I remembered how I managed to master the abilities of hunting and controlling myself during the shift faster than any other wolf has ever done. He was looking at me with hunger in his eyes. And I was sure that I had the same hunger in mine. He let his dominance show. Alphas usually do this to show who the leader is. Who's in charge. But I didn't bow my head, on the contrary, I held his gaze with mine. I saw a little smirk forming on his lips as he understood that I’d never accepted being treated as inferior by him. I wanted to be treated as equal. I don't know how long it's been while we drowned in each other's presence. Suddenly he took a step closer, almost closing the gap between us once again and my body answered to his action by shivering. He held my cheek gently and held my gaze once again. He took another step only this time he closed the gap, there was no distance between our bodies anymore and I loved that feeling of having him this close. He brought his lips close to mine and stopped an inch away, still looking at me as if asking for my permission. I nod my head and before I could register what would happen next his lips were on mine already. Our lips danced in sync, as our bodies melted into each other. The world around us seemed to have faded away and there were just the two of us.