The Hidden Witch

Teal Eyes

(Ethan)

I can’t believe I have found my mate. She’s human and breathtaking, but I just don’t want a mate. I’m fine with how my life is as an Alpha and one of the best lawyers in the world. Many years ago, before I took the role of Alpha and was still in school, I wanted my mate, but after years of searching and not finding her, I lost all hope. I thought she was either married to someone else, dead, or not born yet, but I never thought she was going to be human. I have been looking into her file, but there’s not much. I can see she has a double major. She has her PhD and is a lawyer. How did she do it? I have no idea, but it must have been hard, yet she did it.

‘I want to see mate’ my wolf whines.

‘Shut up. It’s early. I don’t think she has arrived yet’. I growled at my wolf. He whines again and flops down. Ever since we found our mate two weeks ago, my wolf has been driving me crazy. Yes, it has been two weeks and I swear I can smell her intoxicating scent everywhere I go. Not to mention, today we’re having a meeting about a case I have been working on, and she’s on my team. Her first case, she won it and got her victim close to five million dollars. I was shocked, but I have to admit that she’s good at her job.

I go to my office and my eyes go directly to her office across from mine. I can see everything she does from here. Sometimes I have caught her skipping lunch and I have to order some food for her without her knowing it’s from me. I’m trying to stay away from her, but when she does things like that, it makes it hard.

“Good morning Mr. Locklear”, my secretary Ariana greets. When I first started here, she had a thing for me. That was until she met her mate and those feelings went away.

“Good morning Ariana” I said.

“The meeting room is all set up and ready to go” she says.

“Thank you. We will start the meeting at eight thirty sharp” I said.

“Yes, Mr. Locklear” she said, bowing her head in respect before leaving. I took a seat and heard the beep from the elevator, which meant someone was here or Ariana was going somewhere. My mate’s voice fills my ears.

“Good morning Miss Morales” Ariana greeted her.

“Good morning Ariana”, my mate greets back. I love her beautiful accent and those beautiful brown eyes. Her scent of peonies and roses is intoxicating. She opens the door to her office and walks in. Today she’s wearing a black pencil skirt that reaches just below her knees with a matching vest and a light blue button down blouse. Her hair is loose, showing off her natural curls. As if feeling my eyes on her, she looked up. I see she’s wearing eyeliner and some lip gloss. I wonder if it’s that strawberry lip gloss she always wears or if she’s trying a new one. I looked away, shaking my head a bit.

‘What is wrong with me? Why am I acting like this? This is why I didn’t want her here, let alone in my group’, I growled at myself.

‘Stop blaming our mate. It’s the mate bond, and you can’t stop it. I want mate’ my wolf says, making me growl again, but this time in annoyance.

‘Maybe I should reject her’ I thought to myself, which made my wolf roar in my head.

‘If you reject her, I will make you suffer and then kill you. You know we don’t get second chance mate’s anymore. This is a blessing, you stupid human’ my wolf said, and I growled out loud, making my mate look at me. I ran my hands down my face, letting out a sigh. I heard a knock on my door making me take a deep breath, which was the wrong thing to do because my mate’s intoxicating scent filled my lungs.

“Come in,” I growled. The door opened, and my mate walked in wearing those four inch round toe stilettoes that make her legs look longer. I wonder how those legs would feel wrapped around me- no, stop. I can't think like that.

“Good morning Mr. Locklear. I brought you some coffee since Ariana is a bit busy” my beautiful mate said, making me look at her.

“Thank you, but you don’t know how I like my coffee” I said.

“Actually, I do. You like your coffee with one small spoon of sugar or one cube of sugar with just a tab bit of cream and a dash of cinnamon”, she smiled, and I looked at the mug. That is exactly how I like my coffee. I heard the door to my office open, and before I could stop it, my wolf took over. He rushed towards her, closing the door, turning her around and pinning her to the wall.

“Mr. Lock-” she stopped when she looked into my eyes and noticed that my eyes had changed colors. I could hear her heart pounding hard in her chest. Was she scared? I can't tell if she is.

“My human might not say it, but I will. Thank you for bringing us coffee” my wolf said before leaning down and taking a good whiff off my mate. When my wolf looked at her, her ears and cheeks were red and our lips were only a centimeter away from each other. My wolf looked at her eyes and she looked at our lips. Before I knew it, she leaned closer, closing the distance between us. It felt like fireworks erupted. My wolf pushed me forward as he howled in my head. I couldn’t help but kiss her back. She was wearing strawberry lip gloss. She moaned and I felt my d**k harden. After a few more seconds, I pulled back. When she opened her eyes, her eyes widened when she realized my eyes had turned back to normal.

“Oh, God, Mr. Locklear. I’m sorry” she squeaked out before running out of the office, making my wolf chuckle in my head. She runs into her office and closes the door. Her hand goes up to her lips and I smirk when I notice her lips are swollen. I walked back to my desk and sat on my chair. I check my email before I head to the meeting room. As I enter, I see Skyler sitting in her chair typing on her phone. Gloria enters and the door to the meeting room closes, letting everyone know that the meeting is about to begin.

“Miss Morales, would you like to start?” I asked. Her eyes are wide, and I hear her heart beat faster when she looks at me. She clears her throat and takes a deep breath.

“Of course, Mr. Locklear. Thank you” she started and started giving out the briefing. Halfway through the briefing, she stops and brings one hand to her head. I heard her groan, and I looked around to see everyone was looking at her with concern. A gust of wind came out of nowhere blowing her hair around before it disappeared. Everyone begins to murmur, but my eyes are on my mate. She staggers before her eyes open, and she looks at me. My breath caught in my throat when I saw her eyes weren’t their beautiful brown anymore but a teal color just for a brief second before her eyes went back to brown. She staggers and I use my werewolf speed to get to her.

“Are you okay?” I asked. She looked up at me and her eyes turned teal again. I have no idea what is going on with her, but I need to find out. I picked her up and left the meeting room and into my office.