MATE SHE NEVER WANTED

CHAPTER 2 – Thorin Grecon

I

While walking to his nearby boarding house after his last afternoon class, Thorin’s eyes grew wide as he saw a woman carrying a child at the side of the street, about to be bumped by a speeding truck, whose brakes seemed to be not within the control anymore of the driver.

Thorin immediately thinks to stop the truck before it hits the woman with a baby. Just like that, the truck stopped to the driver’s astonishment, considering that his break was not working anymore despite his repeated tries to stop it. To top it all, none of his feet was on the brake when the truck suddenly stopped, inches away from the woman with a baby in her hands.

The truck driver immediately alighted from his truck, kneeled and cried in front of the woman with a baby. He was so thankful to God for stopping his truck on time, enough to save this woman and her baby. He is shaking in fear not for his life but for the life of the woman and the infant on her hands.

The woman too was so shocked that she could not mutter any word and all she could do was to cry while hugging her child. 

Thorin ran towards the woman and the baby.  “Are you okay Ma’am?” he asked as he noticed that the woman is shaking and is slowly fainting. Immediately, Thorin grabbed the baby in her hands, put her on his right hand while grabbing the woman with his left hand to prevent her from falling on the ground. 

With that the truck driver instantaneously stood-up and helped Thorin to prevent the woman from falling.

From the onlookers around, someone called an ambulance to help the woman. It was Galadriel. 

Galadriel saw the truck about to rampage the side street and to hit the woman with a child on her hands but to her surprise, the truck suddenly stopped saving the woman and her child from the said accident that may cause death to both of them.

From nowhere also, Galadriel saw Thorin running towards the woman and her child and she witnessed how he helped them.

Alesha jumped with happiness as she also witnessed Thorin’s heroic act, to the annoyance of Galadriel.

“Alesha stop. He just helped the woman; easy, anybody can do that, even the weakest, okay?” Galadriel reprimanded her wolf with squinting eyes.

But Alesha never listened to Galadriel and continued to rejoice while chanting, “That’s our mate, brave and strong, kind and wonderful.”

Galadriel could do nothing but to tap her forehead with dismay before she continued to walk in a nearby boarding house, where she is staying during weekdays. Every Friday afternoon, it is already her routine to go home and then return to the boarding house again by Monday morning since her first subject is in the afternoon.

II

When the ambulance came, Thorin was able to breathe clearly. The paramedics hurriedly put the woman inside the ambulance while his companion, who looks like a nurse, carried the baby. 

As the driver started the ignition of the vehicle, Thorin followed the ambulance with his eyes and in a flip of seconds, he decided to think of giving the ambulance, one hard push and automatically it would be in front of the hospital already.

The ambulance driver made a quick blink of his right eye as he felt something inside it; his mouth opened wide when, like a flash, he noticed that they were already in front of the hospital. As far as he can remember, he just started the ignition of the ambulance. “How come we are here already?” he murmured, wondering and shaking his head.

Thorin smiled when the ambulance disappeared from his sight. He knew that it was already in front of the hospital.  He continued to walk then went to his boarding house which is just nearby the school.

He was near his boarding house when Thorin spotted a lady wearing their University Uniform. He could not be wrong; she is the same pretty woman he bumped into this morning.

Thorin saw her stopped in one of the elite boarding houses for females, which is of a condominium type; just beside his boarding house exclusive for males. Her boarding house and his boarding house have the same owner. The features of their buildings are almost identical.

“Wow, so we are even neighbours.” Thorin chuckled.

Thorin walked with head bent as he passed by Galadriel’s boarding house. He was however being noticed when Alesha, Galadriel’s wolf was able to sniff his scent that she wriggled trying to come out of Galadriel’s body.

Galadriel almost jumped when Alesha tried to wriggle. She herself was able to feel the presence of Thorin. Galadriel looked around and there she saw Thorin entering the boarding house beside her boarding house.

Alesha is rejoicing knowing that their mate is just around the corner. Galadriel became pissed-off with her wolf.

“Alesha, can you calm down? You just smelled him and then you are already acting like a harlot!” Galadriel reprimanded Alesha who just wiggled more.

Galadriel rolled her eyeballs with desperation. She does not like Thorin to be her mate but Alesha seems to be willing to die for him. 

“Alesha, what’s with that Thorin that you seemed to be madly in-love with him already?” Galadriel asked her wolf with irritation in her tone.

Alesha was dancing around when she answered. “He is our mate, kind and wonderful. He will be the strongest Alpha of the North of Rome.”

Galadriel sighed upon hearing Alesha’s reply. She could sense her overwhelming feelings towards that man named Thorin and she feels fear for that. How would she fight Alesha when it comes to that man? Her pull mate towards Thorin is strong too but her mind wanted otherwise. He could not be their mate. She is looking into a man born with an Alpha blood, who could be as strong as her father. Thorin is human and weak. Galadriel shook her head and looked out of her window. The sun is already hiding from the clouds and night is soon to overflow the world.

“Moon Goddess, I hope you did not forsake me for giving me a mate like Thorin,” she whispered.

Thorin on one hand felt like rejoicing. Heaven seemed to bless him today. As he looked out of his window, his eyes suddenly sparkled. In the window, just fronting his window, he saw her, looking-up as if talking to the clouds.

“Galadriel,” all he could say as he fixed his eyes on her. He is nineteen already and this is the first time that a woman caught his attention. At this very minute, he vowed to make her his, no matter how much and what it would cost him.