The Queen of the Rogues

The Phone Call

“Are you guys eating again?” Queen Christine asked them as she bustled into the kitchen. She gave Amanda a kiss on the forehead. “How was your day today?” She asked her.

“Good,” Amanda spoke with her mouthful, causing Kyle to laugh and nearly choke.

Queen Christine laughed and rolled her eyes playfully. “You children,” she sighed.

“I do have a hell of a lot of homework though,” Amanda added. “School is busy and it’s only 2 days in,”.

Her mom hugged her from behind. “I think it’s nuts that you’re in university, but I’m proud of you for doing this,” she told her honestly.

“Hey sis!” Heather and James came into the kitchen.

“Hey!” Amanda rose and hugged her sister quickly. “What’s up?”

Heather looked at James who nodded encouragingly at her. “We are just planning my Luna ceremony for this weekend, and I was hoping you could take me dress shopping since that’s more of a you thing” she smiled at her.

“Eeeeeek! Of course!” Amanda hugged her sister. “I would love to take you shopping!”

Heather was right, Amanda loved dressing up her little sister. Heathers eyes lit up. “Thank you!!!!! Tomorrow?” She asked hopefully.

“Of course!” Amanda exclaimed.

James sighed in relief. “Thank you for doing that,” he told Amanda. “I was terrified she was going to make me go,” he laughed nervously.

Amanda laughed. “I’ve got you both!” She exclaimed.

Amanda excused herself and dragged her book bag upstairs. The textbooks were getting heavy. And she had 1 more new class tomorrow.

She was sitting in the sun on the balcony , reading her criminology textbook, when her phone went off.

“Why is it that during this whole boring meeting, all I can picture is your beautiful brown eyes?” The text read.

Amanda suppressed a squeal from the delight of his words. Feeling flirty, she typed her response.

“The same reason I’m supposed to be studying criminology and the only criminal thing I can focus on is how dead sexy your blue eyes are” she responded boldly.

She waited for a response. But instead, her phone rang. She felt her heart flutter again, seeing his name come up. With nervous fingers she answered the phone.

“Hello?” She answered timidly.

“You are killing me beautiful,” Jake said, and Amanda giggled and swooned at the sound of his voice.

“In fairness - I believe you started it,” she laughed, feeling a sense of relief at the sound of his laugh.

“Amanda - since the moment I heard you cussing out the map of the school, you have captivated me,” he told her.

Thankful that he couldn’t see her blushing.

“When will you be back at school?” She asked nervously.

“Tomorrow,” he said and she could feel his smile through the phone.

“Doesn’t feel like soon enough,” she teased him.

“Tell me what pack you belong to and I will be there in an hour. Anywhere. I don’t care,” he whispered.

She stayed silent. She had promised that she wouldn’t let anyone know who she was. “I… I..”she stammered over the phone line.

He drew in a breath. “It’s ok. That’s wasn’t fair of me,” he quickly retracted. “It doesn’t even matter. I just want to see your beautiful face,” he breathed heavily into the phone.

Amanda drew in a breath. She had only known him for 2 days, but Jake was taking a hold on her.

“You will,” she promised him.

“You know how easy it is for me to find you in that massive school?” He asked her.

“You’re a “class A” stalker?” She giggled.

“You’ve been reading too much criminology,” he sighed and she could feel him rolling his eyes, causing more giggles from Amanda. “It’s your scent. It’s like my brain needs it to function. It’s intoxicating. The mix of honey and vanilla and raspberry…Your scent is my drug. I am addicted. I can find it anywhere.”

She drew in another breath, her fingers on her pendent.

“And when our hands touched - I don’t believe it was just static,” he whispered heavily. “It… it was something more,” he was at a loss for words. “But it felt like it was being suppressed? You know?”

Amanda chewed her bottom lip and nodded, then quickly realized he couldn’t see her nod. “I know,” she whispered back.

“Can I meet you out front tomorrow?” He asked her.

“Do I have a choice?” She teased him back.

“Ya let me rephrase that. What do you take in your coffee? I will see you at 830?” He corrected himself with confidence making her laugh.

“One cream in my coffee and I will be there,” she told him.

“It’s a date!” He exclaimed.

They both sat in silence for a moment. There was a knock at Amanda’s door as her sister poked her head in. “Amanda - dad is looking for you!” Heather exclaimed. “He said you have to be on the training field for 430” she warned. Amanda sighed.

“You train?” Jake asked her, overhearing her sister. “I’m impressed” he added.

“A girl has got to be able to take care of herself”, Amanda said with a smile. She could practically feel him smiling back at her. Those beautiful blue eyes. Damn.

“I should let you go then,” he whispered. “I just don’t want to,”.

“Then don’t,” she whispered.

He was silent. “Be careful of what you request beautiful,” he finally said.

“Would I be able to take you out sometime - like on an actual date?” Jake asked her carefully.

Amanda sighed. “I’m not sure how that would look - my situation is complicated,” she started, before trailing off.

“I get ‘complicated’, beautiful,” he laughed softly. “But if the opportunity ever arises, please consider me?” He asked her.

“That’s a deal,” she was beaming.

“Be careful with your training and I will see you tomorrow” he told her.

“Talk to you soon, Jake”, she breathed into the phone.

“Bye Amanda”, his voice was barely above a whisper.

Amanda ended the call and noticed only then that her hands were shaking. She had only known this man for 2 days, but he had captivated her. She wanted to be near him. She craved his touch. Amanda took a deep breath. She turned the camera on her phone to selfie mode and snapped a few images of herself. There was one that was perfect. She was staring lustfully at the camera, just a hint of her cleavage was showing. Her long dark hair was perfect, her eyes lustful and her a hint of a sweet smile curled on her heart shaped lips. She sent it to Jake before she could change her mind.

“Holy. s**t” was his only response.

Amanda giggled and sent back a heart emoji, before quickly changing into her sports bra and shorts. Tying on her running shoes she thought about Jake. She hoped her dad would see him as a worthy mate for her. If of course, he did turn out to be her mate. Shaking her head she cleared the thought. She tied her long hair up in a high pony and ran down the stairs and out the door to the training field, where her father and other warriors were waiting.