Kendra Human Mate

First day of school: Part one

KENDRA

At the edge of the woods, Kendra smelt the most fantastic scent. The water lilies. That was the scent. She felt drawn to it. Turning up her nose to sniff more of the scent, she walked further into the woods, tracking the scent. The smell was acting elusive. The further she walked towards it, the further it drifted away. But Kendra couldn't help but want to know the source of the scent, so she followed. She heard a twig snap by her right and turned in that direction. She caught sight of a long blonde hair and called out but got no response; instead, the female fled from her. She gave chase but never caught up with the person.

When she opened her eyes, Kendra sighed and realized it was just a dream.

Why is she dreaming about some weird girl? She has been having these dreams ever since she turned fifteen, and they have been recurring more these past few days.

Kendra rolled around on her king-size bed to look at the fancy alarm clock, a gift from her mother on her fifteenth birthday. It was a prank gift, and the irony of it was that Kendra had never needed the alarm to wake up. She was an early riser.

The clock read five minutes before six a.m., the exact time her alarm was supposed to go off. This time, she beat her alarm by five minutes. Kendra always keeps track of the time she wakes up before her alarm goes off, which is fun.

She got off her bed, her feet falling on the pair of black fluffy bedroom slippers at the side of her made. She tightened the rope of her nightwear and turned to make her bed. Kendra hates messy beds and always dresses her bed whenever she gets up from it.

She made her way into her bathroom to begin her morning ritual.

Today was Kendra's first day of senior high school, and she was looking forward to it. She might be the only one among her mates who is actually looking forward to going to school. Unlike her fellow teenagers, Kendra loves school and loves to study.

Being the smartest in her school should have made her a nerd, but she was one of the most popular kids in the school, so she didn't get bullied for being smart. And secondly, she was hot.

She was taller than an average girl at five feet nine, with a slim athletic build that she honed through years of training with the pack warriors. Her hair was midnight dark tresses that fell in straight waves down her mid-back. Her eyes were icy blue like the ocean, courtesy of her father. She had a well-sculpted oval-shaped face, high cheekbones with a chiselled jaw, and the only flaw in the glowing perfection of beauty was the crooked nose, which she sustained during one of her training sections. And the time she spent outdoors because of training gave her skin a golden hue tan.

Kendra closes her eyes to absorb the experience of the hot shower pouring over her head and trailing down her long frame. One of her best times during the day is in the shower, especially in the mornings.

She enjoys it because it affords her the space and tranquillity to get lost in her thoughts. This morning, her thoughts were occupied by the dream she had last night.

This is the third consecutive day she has had a dream.

" What do you think it means? " She asked Azera, her wolf.

I am as clueless as you, her wolf responded.

Kendra sighed. She hates mysteries; she always wants to know the end. Whenever she is watching a movie with her family and the mystery becomes too much for her, she quickly fast-forwards the movie to the end just to know what happened. She is impatient like that, and this tends to frustrate her family. That is why it is prohibited for her to handle a remote when it is movie time.

Kendra sighed again. Not solving the mystery of her dreams was making her frustrated.

She exited the shower and wrapped herself with her large ash towel.

Kendra's favourite colour is Ash, so her room is painted Ash, and the ceiling features an artistic design of spirals and exotic art.

When people walk into her room for the first time, they get creeped out by the drawings on her ceiling, but Kendra likes it. It makes it less dull when she has to stare at her ceiling, and Kendra does that a lot, especially when she is trying to think.

Kendra opened her closet. Everything was well arranged and categorized. Just like she hates a messy bed, Kendra can't tolerate clusters and loves to keep her things in order.

Kendra's eyes went from her lines of tops to shirts, then jeans and skirts, trying to figure out what to wear. It was the first day of school, and she needed to look her best. Kendra doesn't play with her appearance and always wants to appear at her best. After all, she was the most popular female in school; she had to look the part.

This morning, she chose a white off-shoulder long-sleeve cropped top that left her flat tummy with her belly ring visible, tight skinny black jeans and white Converse sports shoes. She left her hair wild and free and a little makeup on her face.

Satisfied with her looks this morning, she decided to make her way downstairs. When she picked up her black Gucci handbag from her collection, her eyes caught the time on her alarm clock.

It was seven a.m., which meant she woke earlier than usual. She woke up early because she loved to take her time getting dressed.

Downstairs, her family was already up, along with a few pack members having breakfast.

Before entering the kitchen, she smiled at the ones in the shared dining room.

" Wow, it smells nice in here, " she said, going to her mother, who was cooking at the stove.

Though they have cooks who can cook in her mother's house, Luna of the pack loves cooking for her family.

She kissed her mum on the cheeks before sitting in one of the seats in the kitchen.

" Are you ready? "her mother asked with a huge grin as she served me the pancakes she had just made.

" Ready for what? " Kendra returned, distracted by the food in front of her. Kendra doesn't play with her breakfast.

She can forgo any other meal but breakfast. If she doesn't get her breakfast, she will be cranky all day.

Kendra picked up the ketchup bottle and sprayed all her pancakes until they were dripping. She looked up to see my mother making a disgusting face at my food.

" You were saying, " she reminded her with a grin. It was funny how much her mother disliked how she ate her pancake, telling her she was making a mess of beautiful food.

Her frown brightened out into a huge smile again. " I am saying your eighteenth birthday is in a few days, and you know what that means. "

Before Kendra could answer, a loud, deep voice interrupted as two men made their way into the kitchen.

" A huge ass celebration cause is not every day that the only daughter of the alpha of the Black moon pack comes off age, " Bronx muttered with a big grin curving his face.

Bronx was a tall, big man at six feet six inches and the betta of the Black Moon pack. He and his family lived in the next two-story building, close to the packhouse.

" And her mate, " another voice added.

Kendra smiled at the familiar voice. It was Cody, her best friend, the beta son. He was tall like his father, with shaggy blonde hair that looked like something the wind had taken a trip through and twinkling grey eyes.

Kendra sighed at the mention of a party. Her eighteenth birth day has been something she had been looking forward to since she was five and saw her parents interact with each other, the love they had with each other along with the other mate's pairs in the pack made Kendra long for the day she will meet her mate.

She didn't want a party but knew protesting was useless; her words would only fall on deaf ears. She would let them have their fun, she thought, as her mind took her to the more important thing: finding her mate the next day.

Every wolf that reaches the age of eighteen finds its mate the next day after its eighteenth birthday.

Kendra wondered what her mate would look like if he were from her pack or neighbouring packs.

In White Creek, her town, there are four packs. The Black Moon pack, which is her pack, is the smallest but the strongest. Then we have the Blue pack, the Gray moon pack, and the Red moon pack.

" Are you ready to leave? " Cody asked, snapping Kendra out of her thoughts.

" Yeah, " Kendra said, standing to her feet.

They both entered the garage, where she parked her Black Lamborghini car.

We are the strongest pack and also the richest because of the various business investments our pack makes both in town and abroad.

Cody went to his red Ferrari car and drove out of the garage with me following him.