Amora's POV: Ann's

The city looks so big to me, crowded too, but from what I've been told, this is a smaller city.

All the smells are overwhelming; food, people, animals, sewage, trash, fumes from cars, etc.

The last time I was here for recon, to get to know my way around the city, we passed a couple places I was dying to try. Now I had time to go there.

I don't have much money for the week, a little from my sister and a little that the Alpha and Luna provided each female that leaves for The Pairing. It's not enough for me to stay some where like a regular human might, that's why we camp out in the woods, sleeping and hunting as wolves. Because of this I only had enough for small things in the city, I didn't need much anyways.

I followed the smell I liked the most to one of the shops I passed during recon, "Ann's Coffee".

I've mostly drank water and tea when I was at home, although when I was younger I do remember my mom bringing my sister and I juice from her trip to the city. She didn't get pregnant that heat, but she said that was okay because my sister and I were all she needed. Kya tried coffee during her pairing, she said it was amazing if you found the right place. I hope this is one of those places.

As I walked in I heard a bell right above my head which was slightly startling. There was an older looking woman, maybe fifties, at the counter. She was slight, brown hair in a bun at the base of her neck, she smiled easily, and her eyes were kind but you could tell she knew someone just by looking at them.

"What can I get ya, honey?" she asked me. There were several different things on the menu, tea being amung them. I didn't want tea though, I wanted to try something new.

"What would you recommend to a newbie?" I inquired. She looked at me curiously, then turned around, quickly added a few things, I couldn't, see to a cup and slid it across the counter to me. I picked it up, breathing in the smell, cinnamon stuck out the most.

She told me,"That's how I like coffee. I added 3 cream, 2 sugar, and a dash of cinnamon."

I wasn't sure I'd like it but it did smell perfect. I didn't know how much it was so I just put a five dollar bill on the counter. She gave me four ones back. Wow that was cheaper than I thought it would be.

The surprise must have shown on me face because she clarified, "Small black coffees are a dollar, the rest would have been fifty cents more, but I won't charge you that since you don't know if you even like coffee."

"Thank you.... Ugh?" I tried to address her properly and failed due to her lack of name tag.

"Ann. I own the shop," She answered.

"Thank you, Ann", I smiled and left the shop.

On my way out that annoying bell went off again. I forgot about it and it startled me again, causing me to stop and cringe. When I tried to continue on the sidewalw, I walked right into someone, knocking shoulders with them, and dropping my coffee in the process. I hadn't even gotten to try it. How disappointing. I looked up to apologize to the person I walked into, but I was not expecting the man in front of me.

He had dark curls that hung down over his eyebrows, touching the top of his glasses. His skin was the color of my coffee I just dropped. His black long sleeve shirt covered this muscled arms and he was wearing jeans and boots. I'm sure his outfit looked more appropriate for the weather than my black leggings and dark gray short sleeve shirt. I run hot because of my shifter side but since I need to fit in I should probably get a jacket or something.

When I looked back up to his face, I noticed his eyes scanning my body as well. He blushed and looked away when I caught him checking me out.

When he finally met my eyes, my jaw dropped at how beautiful they were. Chocolate brown with light green flecks in them and just in his right eye, in the bottom right side of the pupil, there was a steak of light green running from the bottom of his pupil to the edge of the iris. I'd never seen anything like it.

When my brain finished rebooting I realized he'd been talking to me and I hadn't heard a word. I quickly closed my mouth and just stared at him. Goddess I must look like an idiot.

"I'm so sorry about your drink!" he said, to which I replied with a shrug.

"I could but you another", he offered, gesturing towards the coffee shop. I shook my head vigurously, turned on my heals and escaped back into the shop. I walked straight to the counter, refusing to peer out the front window to see if he was still there. I couldn't believe is just done that. I'd never spoken to a male before, that was an epic fail. That whole embarrassing thing felt like hours, but it was really only probably 1 minute.

When I took my hands off my eyes to face the horror it my lack of social skills, all I could see was Ann's smug smiling face. My cheeks immediately heated knowing she's seen the whole awkward encounter.

"Is he still there?" I whispered

"No he's gone honey. Walked away after he finished staring after you", Ann teased. "How about I replace that coffee, since it seems you've missed out on that cutie."

Damn. I was going to have to find a new coffee place if I ever wanted to live this down.