Audrey walked back to look for Bradley and he was grinning from ear to ear like a kid who just won a Piece of Candy. He told Bradley all about it and they were both happy.
That night at the dorms, it took Audrey a long time to fall asleep as he kept smiling and feeling hopeful again. He hasn't felt this alive ever since he lost Sophie to his twin brother. In his mind Stephanie would be a perfect mate for him so he would want to take things slowly with her even if he knew he already liked her besides she doesn't know he was a werewolf yet. So he wouldn't want to jeopardize his plans with her just yet. After a long myriad of thoughts, Audrey finally got some sleep.
In the morning, he was woken up by his roommates alarm, he stood up from his bed and went into the bathroom to have his bath singing to an Edsheeran's song "Castle on a hill" playing in the background. However his bath was heavily and rudely interrupted by a call from his Twin brother who was angry about the fact that he went to a city as far as New York and couldn't even call them to let them know he had gotten there safely, he apologized to Derrick and told him all about his adventures since he arrived New York.
Derrick sounded so excited for his brother, after the whole exchange of pleasantries between brothers. Their father requested to speak with Audrey and reminded him of his initial plan of leaving his family and to tell him to never forget who they really are and mix up with Humans. He assured his father that everything is fine and the plan is still a go.
Taking a final look at the clothes he was to wear and the map in his possession, he set out for campus heading towards the building he was to have his lectures on, on getting to the lecture theater he also met tons of freshmen who were as clueless as he was. So he decided to ditch class that morning and called Stephanie. He invited her to go have breakfast with him at a popular restaurant. She agreed since she had no class that morning.
On getting to the restaurant they ordered a cup of coffee and some pancakes. He then asked her " So I want to actually know who you are, you seem like this mysterious lady who just disappeared anytime someone tries to walk up to her '' she laughed and mentioned that she didn't know how to socialize so she prefers being on her own.
As he talked and talked , he couldn't help but be mesmerized by her beauty, her lips, the way she talks, the way she moves her hand, her tiny hazel eyes, the way the breeze blows on her hair and it covers her face, the way the flowery gown she's wearing suits her comfortably.
He had zoned out completely that he didn't realise that she had finished narrating everything about her life, how she came to New York from Boston, how her life almost ended tragically after she was raped , the real reason she actually left Boston to start over in New York.
He felt really bad to have missed out on such vital information on the girl he intended to take for himself. He apologized profusely to her and promised to make it up to her someway. She didn't seem convinced with his response but at the same time she was kinda happy that he didn't get to hear that part of her life because she didn't want to know how he would have reacted to it, maybe he would have distanced himself from her or maybe not even talk to her again.
After the meal Audrey confessed to her that he actually ditched his class for her so whether she likes it or not is important to him and he would like to know more about her. This made her heart melt and she felt so alive for the first time in a long while. They then went for their respective classes, on getting there his lecturer was already in class teaching them. He couldn't even concentrate on what was being taught in class as his mind was just on the mini date he just had with Stephanie. He plans on taking her out for more dates and he intends on making her his girlfriend but he didn't want to move too fast.Audrey's life in college revolved around Stephanie and his fellow werewolves as his main Intention of coming to college was to find a mate for himself and that mate would hopefully be Stephanie.
It was a bright morning and Audrey woke up due to his Roommate's constant alarms urging him to wake up. He finally did so after so many grumbles. It happened to be the first day of their freshers orientation, on the college manual they were all given, they were expected to be seated at the college hall by 10am for the Vice Chancellor's address but Audrey didn't care for any of the things going on for him it was a moment to see Stephanie and bond with her once again but little did he know that there will be no time for that in the hall.
So when he got there he looked out for her and sat down beside her, they were both making a hell of noise during the program and they were punished with unpaid labor work for the rest of the week meaning they were both going to miss all the programs scheduled off the orientation week.
Audrey was assigned to the library while Stephanie was given a part of the Senate building; they barely saw each other all week and this made Stephanie really miss him as he often knew what to say when she was in a bad mood.
After the Labour experience, Audrey was sitting in his room reading a particular novel when he got a buzz from Austin that there was an urgent meeting in which all werewolves must be present. Shivers ran down his spine when he heard the news because they don't usually have gatherings like this except it's an emergency.
On getting there, there was plenty of food and drinks as they were still in their human form,after a while they had to transform into wolves to meet his twin brother and his father. The committee then broke it to him that he had to find a mate before the full moon began.
He was startled, "How the fuck am I supposed to get a mate before full moon, it was almost here" He angrily said. "We don't know but it's important to find one immediately before the full moon," another werewolf replied as he stomped out of the place angrily and went home to clear his head.
He didn't want to jeopardize his plans with Stephanie, "what if he ended up falling in love with him and she wasn't his mate" he thought. He elapsed into more as the more he kept thinking about it the more it baffled him, she didn't even know his real identity.
After the whole brouhaha that happened at the conclave meeting , he confided in Austin about his fears and concerns, they spoke about the likelihood of her being his mate and the possibility that she might not be his mate it then dawned on him that he had to act fast else he was going to lose Stephanie and might not have a mate before full moon. After the talk, he decided to invite her to dinner and maybe pop the question to her because he realized he had fallen in love with a human and the chances that she might not be a suitable mate for him are high, so he wanted to take his chances. He picked up his phone and dialed her number "Hi Stephanie, Good afternoon so errm I was thinking maybe we should hang out tonight, maybe a dinner or something we could visit a restaurant for dinner then you can come over to my place for movies, my roommate won't be probably around" she sounded excited and accepted to the offer. So he was going to pick her up around 7pm so they could head for dinner. E
"He admired her beauty and thought to himself how beautiful she was so instead of entering his family house he approached her they became friends and secretly fell in love with each other. They kept their secret away from everyone in their respective families because they knew that if the secret should come out a war would break out" "Their love was so strong that they risked everything to be together even at the expense of their own lives, when their relationship came out to the public the chief's son was publicly executed right before her eyes, she watched as his head left his body and rolled over to her side. She was made to watch as his throat was being split by his father and his body twitched and fell to the ground" " With tears in her eyes she vowed to bring revenge on everybody involved in the killing of her lover, she cried for days hoping to find a way to get revenge on everybody and she promised that no one would be spared. Unbeknownst to them she was carrying Apsi's child
On seeing that there was no hope of seeing Mirabel that night and no hope of finding a place to lay her head that night, she resorted to the last option she had which was going home to meet the man who had "ruined" her life at least he wouldn't hurt her in her state and that's the only place she can find a bed to sleep off her problems maybe when she wakes up it will all turn out to be one big nightmare. She got to her Dorm and found Audrey reading "Little fires everywhere", which happened to be one of her most favorite novels in this world. "Out of the books in this world it had to be the one she loved the most that he had to be reading," She thought. At that point she wanted to bawl her eyes out and scream at the top of her voice because it seemed the universe had this all planned out. She had two options either bailing out on him again and leaving him to face the cold alone or summoning her courage for the second time and walking up to him, telling and yelling at him to get out of
"Nothing, he replied", " Werewolves live like humans too unlike vampires, and they can look like regular people too". He told her not to be scared as they would navigate through that phase with her together,and she rolled her eyes at the statement. He then told her that they would need to go to Cleveland to meet his parents and other prominent Werewolves are. She was actually expecting that they would visit Cleveland but this soon, she was not down for it. She didn't want to meet that part of his life just yet and she wasn't ready to embrace that part of her life too and going to Cleveland means that it will eventually happen. After much persuasion and begging, she reluctantly agreed to follow him to Cleveland, she needed things to be sorted Out, if going to his hometown was going to provide answers then so be it. After she had agreed to follow him to meet his parents at his house, he walked out of the house feeling funky and happy. She then arranged her room and laid on her bed, list
"So I wanted to find out if you knew about it and kept it from me too" she said further "Could this be a trap or something, or was she using him to find out the truth about Audrey's real identity?" he thought out loud. He thought he was saying things in his mind not knowing he had said that out loud and she heard but she denounced it and told him that it was Audrey himself that told her he was a werewolf. It then dawned on him that it could be the reason why she was behaving weird in the restaurant the other time. He decided to answer all her questions as she seemed anxious about it. "Yes I am a werewolf" He said. "It's funny how Audrey told you about him and never mentioned my name" he mentionedm " We go way back, I mean Audrey and I we come from a long lineage of werewolves " he said. " And yes, to effectively answer your question, I knew Audrey was a werewolf." "Wow" she said and sighed, " I don't even know what to make of this" she stated. " Why did you guys decide to keep it from
"I knew it was a waste of time talking to you" she said "Steph calm down, you are too hot-headed" She said while laughing. "I just wanted to ease whatever you are going through, I mean you just came out of a trauma and now this" She said "Trust me if I was the one I would have gone mental by now" she continued. "O don't know why love has to be this complicated" Her best friend continued. "So when are you going to meet the Parents?" She said and waved her hand to show that she was being sarcastic. "Why did you do your hand like that now" Stephanie said "Ahah now I wasn't being sarcastic" Mirabel said while laughing. "Did I say you were being sarcastic now, if not that you know what you did would you have said that" Stephanie said and laughed too. She knew her best friend and she knew her best friend was one of the most annoying people ever, and she knew when the girl was lying or pretending to listen to her and at that moment she knew what her best friend meant with the gesture she did
They both left the room and Stephanie hugged Mirabel goodbye. Immediately she saw Mirabel leave in the distance, she knew she had to go back to the room,so she wouldn't keep Audrey waiting. As she got to the room, she went to her Kitchen and made a cup of coffee for both of them, which they both drank in silence. "I love you , I really love you Stephanie" he said "I didn't mean to hurt you or turn you into a werewolf, we aren't even sure you are one yet" he continued. "But I actually have good intentions towards you,and I want you to be my mate and lover for a very long time" he continued He went on and on with his expressions of love for Stephanie, which made her blush so hard that she felt like her inside wanted to burst. She felt butterflies in her stomach all over again, she wasn't supposed to feel like this but why was she feeling this way, she thought. She then walked up to meet him on the chair and sat down on his lap while caressing his cheeks, reassuring him of her love for h
"I think I'm in love, I think I can feel it, way back when I was young I heard about love , I never believed it and then you changed my mind in world record time, you said Hello and I said baby don't tell me good-bye cause now I'm in love and can you believe it that being in love is just as easy as breathing" She said while singing at the top of her lungs. Her best friend just laughed at her and continued pressing her phone. They both left the hostel and Stephanie went for her class while Mirabel visited her mum, the main reason she came to New York. After her class, she decided to take a personal tour of campus. She needed some time alone to think about what she was about entering into and maybe Audrey was worth it. Worth risking her whole life for, and worth changing her personality for. She didn't know if she would miss being a human or if being a werewolf would interest her too. She walked around campus that she forgot she had an assignment to submit to her lecturer the next day a