Cataleya’s POV- I knew I would be able to get something out of the rogue. I honestly should have gone in there a lot sooner, but everything with Kade was throwing me off of my game. After our little talk on Monday I felt calmer somehow. I don’t know how to explain it, but I definitely wasn’t stressing as much about that whole situation. Now I’m stressing about this new situation. As soon as the rogue said ‘essence’ I knew that witches were involved somehow. Now I just have to explain this to these knuckleheads around me.“What do you mean witches?” Dean asked.“I mean witches. You know, magic wielding crazy ladies with a vendetta against almost everyone else for some reason.”“No shit, but how did you reach the conclusion that they were involved?”“Do you seriously never do any research on your own? The ‘essence’, also called Spiritus Vitae, is the breath or spirit of life. Kind of like what most people would call a person's soul. Without the soul the body would slowly deteriorate an
Kade’s POV- While I loved being able to text Cataleya, and the feeling of anticipation seeing those little dots pop up letting me know that she was responding, I still wanted more. I wanted to be able to hear her voice and see her face. Which is why I was so excited to get to campus this morning. The rest of the guys keep giving me shit for it, but they haven’t felt the mate bond yet so they don’t understand. I think Alec actually looks a little sad seeing me because he hasn’t found his mate yet and he’s older than I am. I hope he will find her soon. In the meantime though I have to figure out how to not jump Cataleya as soon as I see her today. I have to take it slow, but she’s so smart and funny and she doesn’t take shit from anyone. Goddess I hope I’m able to get her to accept me sooner rather than later. I’m going to have to try and work all the magic I can today. I got to class early again today, hoping that I could get some more 1 on 1 time with her before the professor showed
Kade’s POV continued- All through class I kept trying to steal little glances at her to see if she would catch me looking. Or maybe I could catch her looking. I wanted to see that little hint of a blush that she tried to hide but would still come through just enough for me to see if I caught her looking. Once class was over we gathered our things and headed toward the door. She tried to get in front of me but I managed to get there just in time to open the door for her. I was going to be a gentleman even if she tried to stop me. I know she’s an independent woman and can do things for herself, but that doesn’t mean that she always has to. “Which way, Wolfman? Plenty of coffee places to choose from.” “Union. Close to the tables.”“Ok then.”We walk in silence for a moment and I just take in everything about being with her. My hand is practically itching to reach out and grab hers but I know it’s too soon for that. So far I’ve only gotten her to agree to the getting to know each othe
Cataleya’s POV- I knew this was a bad idea. All morning I’ve been getting texts and updates about the missing persons cases and I had a lot of work to do with those once I got home. I decided that I wasn’t going to tell Kade anything about it yet because it’s really not workable intel yet and so far the witch affiliation hasn’t been confirmed and no other evidence other than one little slip up from the rogue. I didn’t want to get my family upset if I said something and the wolves came down on us for it. I know Kade wants to ‘protect’ me but he would still have to tell his Alpha and that wouldn’t protect me at all. I didn’t want to put him in that situation unless it was completely necessary. Seeing him today, I could hardly contain myself. He looked so hot in his v-neck shirt that stretched just perfectly over his muscles and dark jeans that accentuated his muscular thighs. Plus he was acting so sweet after he tried to scare me. Yes I said tried because I had that shit locked. I cou
Alec’s POV- 3 weeks laterI’m happy to say that at least our football team is doing well so far. We’re in the middle of our last practice before our first game tomorrow and everyone is going hard. All my guys are starters so we will be on the field together as a unit tomorrow. I think we’re going to have a great season. After that first practice, Kade has been hyper focused and hasn’t slipped up a single time since. He’s hitting a lot harder but not enough to make people think anything was off. With our first game, I need to make sure that he’s going to be able to keep that control when all the adrenaline hits. “Hey Kade, you ready for tomorrow?”“Yes sir! Can’t wait.”“That adrenaline burst is gonna be crazy when it first hits. Just make sure you take a minute, deep breaths, and keep control.”“I’ve got it. I won’t let you down.”“I know you won’t. One more thing to think about though. Most likely your mate will be in the stands. She will most likely be sitting far enough away tha
Alec’s POV continued- The next morning my alarm goes off bright and early. I’m up pretty quickly, excited about the game today. I’m not usually a morning person unless I have something I’m looking forward to. Football just happens to be one of those things. I get up and brush my teeth and get dressed before heading to the dining hall for breakfast. We don’t have training today since it’s gameday, but we do need to eat a lot to be ready for the 3 hour game. When we get to campus there will be another breakfast for us there, but if we ate like we really wanted to in there, some of the humans might have a coronary. We run through at least twice as many calories as a human on a normal day so we always eat a lot, and even more on game days. After we’re done we all pile into our vehicles and head to campus. Kade and Zander are with me and I take the chance before we get out to talk to Kade again while Zander goes inside. “I know you’re tired of me harping on you about this again, but I ju
Alec’s POV continued- Everyone is celebrating together on the field, even though Dean does his best to stay on the other side of the field from us. A win is a win though and everyone is still jacked up heading back to the locker room. Even though it was a relatively easy game, we’re all still sweaty and gross so we need to get cleaned up and changed before we head out to meet our family and friends. Coach has some quick words about having a great game but not getting too complacent because we play a whole different team next week and we need to come just as hard then too. We will be back to practice on Monday. Even though it takes a while for everyone to get changed and go through all the media talks, there is still a good amount of family and friends waiting to congratulate everyone and celebrate the win. Since it was an early game we usually have a celebration barbeque back at the pack. Some of our human teammates also throw parties as well, but we usually only go if it’s a late g
Kade’s POV- My first game was in the books, and it was an amazing experience. The guys weren’t kidding about the adrenaline jolt when you first hit the field. And the crowd cheering for us all so loud that we could barely hear each other? Amazing. It was such a high, from the minute we ran out on the field together to the end when we met up midfield with the opposing team. I was even able to get 2 sacks to start my college football career without ever playing in the 4th quarter. But when the game was over and the adrenaline was worn down, I started to hurt for Cataleya again. It didn’t help that I would get subtle hits of her scent any time I was near Dean. Now that I didn’t have anything else to focus on she was all I could think about. I needed to calm my mind so I jumped in the shower to wash the game grime off and got dressed to head back home. It just shows how much of a pack we really are that all of us were done and ready to go around the same time.As soon as the door opened