Female Alpha's Warlock Mate

Chapter 6

Lina's POV

"Okay. Then we shall do one thing. We file a document and then send the letter to King Caleb Malloy? Stating we need approval for the pack's new business??" I ask Uncle Luke.

For now, he is my beta. I would soon choose either Andrew or Blake. Maybe I should start considering them already. Blake and I just have months difference while Andrew is an year and half older.

And the pack's new business you are wondering about? Ever curious where we get the money from?? For the clothing, occasional vacation and all? We export some rare herbs and medicinal plants to human land claiming we are wild life professionals even though I highly doubt it is not even a term on human land.

But as long as they receive what they want, no one questions. At the same time, it is on us to regrow what we give others. Just to keep the cycle running. Today we are planning to export and sell rare flowers that can only be seen surrounding our pack lands.

I see Uncle Luke nod and write that down on his note pad. I go through few documents and complaint files of my pack. Nothing unusual. Which also means it is still fine. Complaints mostly include water scarcity and all when they clearly forget this is not rainy season, nor we are storing water.

We use the water source of nearby lake.

"And then?" He asks.

I look over my table and shake my head. That means we are done for today's office work. I would probably take a stroll along the pack lands and go home. Calling it a day has always been my favourite part.

I walk through the pack village. Looking at the people walking home happy and tired. Everyone wants to get on bed so bad. I smile to myself. Comes in both ways! (To you dirty minded people!!! Include me too!)

I walk back home and notice it is eerily silent. Guess everyone must be sleeping already. I walk to the fridge to see if there are any left overs but there is none! I take an apple and a chilled bottle of water.

Once in my room. I throw the apple and water on my bed and rush to my wardrobe. Grabbing a pair of PJs, I run a bath. I instantly feel my muscles relax all thanks to the hot water. I close my eyes for a while and all I can think about, strangely enough.. is Mr. Donovan Fade.

It has been two days since I found out that he is my mate. We decided that we would give it a try, but I don't see he is willing to.

Before I open my eyes I feel someone staring at me. And the scent of gunpowder fills my nostrils. I open my eyes and look around. He is not here. But my senses are tingling so hard. I wrap a towel around my body and walk out in an instant.

I see him sit on my bed eating the apple as he looks around. My eyes go wide. How did he get in here?

"What are you doing here?" I ask him.

It is then that he finally looks at me. Drops the half eaten apple. His eyes on.. well.. the towel around me. And suddenly, I am nervous standing this way before him.

I run to the bed and grab my clothes. I usually like to throw clothes on myself outside the bathroom. I mean... This is my room and no one invaded my privacy this way!!

Once I am dressed, I walk out of bathroom again and look at him. I see he drank the whole bottle of water, and I don't know why.. I smile to myself. He is equally nervous I see.

"Okay. How did you?" I ask him again.

"It's my ability!!" He shrugs.

"Ability?" I ask him.

I like the fact that we are comfortable around each other. I don't know if it is the mate bond working or whatever. But I like the feel of this.

"Yeah. Warlocks have different abilities. Not every warlock is the same unless they belong to the same family. Then again, that is rare too!" He says.

My eyebrows shoot up! My mouth hanging open.

He looks at me more like stares at me. I guess this is him silently asking me what is wrong.

"This is the first longest sentence you spoke to me" I tell him.

"And you are the first" he says with a nod.

My mind and body takes it as a cue to react the same way again, but only with blushing being the add on.

Before he quickly catches on it, I plan on changing the subject.

"What kind of abilities?" I ask him.

He shrugs before staring at the ceiling as he answers, "Magic, power absorption, teleportation, invisibility.. every other such thing"

He is back to cutting his sentences off. The fact that he just said every other such thing instead of saying what those are says that.

"So you have the teleportation ability?" I ask and he nods. Then shrugs again.

My stomach grumbles at the same time. I awkwardly smile and him.

"You haven't eaten yet?" He asks.

I shake my head.

"Can you make food out of air?" I ask him with high expectations.

And I had to pinch myself because I saw him smile. Just a little.! Then again, he shakes his head.

"What a waste of your powers!" I roll my eyes.

I then walk down to the refrigerator to see if I can find anything. If there is anything that I cannot handle at all.. that would be my hunger. At least give me some chips and I would be fine!

After a good few moments of search, I find ice cream pint. A pack of chocolates. I then grab m&ms and walk back to my room again.

"You would faint with sugar rush!!!" He says as soon as he looks at what all I have in my hand.

I roll my eyes, "Do not disrespect food and my diet pattern!!"

He raises his hands in surrender. I offer him a bar of Hershey's chocolate and he politely declines. Before I scoff he takes m&ms and I nod my head.

"Wow" he says admiring the colours.

"Don't you have these in your world?" I ask him.

He shakes his hand as he pops a yellow one into his mouth. His eyes go wide at the taste. I feel bad. He is missing out a lot! I really wish he comes here often so I can show him how it is here.

We silently eat whatever I brought and once done, I look at him. He is not eating anymore. He is just staring at me.

"What?" I ask him.

His hand comes to me while I sit there frozen. His thumb reaches my bottom lip and he wipes what I think is ice cream. My heart beat picks up the rate.

His hand retreats again and he wipes his hand to the tissues on the table. He looks at me and takes in my state. With realisation, he goes still again.

I don't know what has gotten into me. But I gently push away the wrappers between us in a swift moment and sit before him. I give him no time to react as my hands go straight into his hair and my lips landing on his.

He freezes and does not move. He is eight and half centuries old so it would be a lie if he says he has not kissed anyone before.

I move my lips against his and the sparks fly like fireworks. I am sure he must be feeling those too because he closes his eyes completely drowned in the feeling.

I want him to react. So I push my body against his and he instantly hugs me. I smile into the kiss and tug the roots of his hair.

I pull away when he does not react and look at him.

"What? You don't want to kiss back?" I ask him trying my best to cover the hurt building up in my chest.

He hangs his head low. Wow! He does not like. Okay.

I slowly sink back into my place earlier and sit silent.

"I want to" he whispers after a good few moments.

I look at him and he is still hanging his head low. I was about to ask him to look at me but he does it before I ask him. His deep black eyes looking at me as if silently asking me to drown in them.

"Then why didn't you?" I ask him.

"I don't know how to" he says.

I smile at first. And then looking at his face like a scared puppy, I couldn't help but start laughing. Oh My Goodness I really cannot believe that was his first kiss!

"That was your first kiss?" I ask him and he slowly nods.

He is just so adorable but I only wish he smiles more.! I take in his appearance and he is still dressed in black.

"Do you always wear black?" I ask him.

And he nods again.

"Wow! Don't you feel hot?" I ask him again.

The last time I saw him.. more like the first time, it was white shirt and black pants. This time, it is black shirt and blue jeans. Black is the common one here.

"I just like it" he shrugs again.

"Won't you .. umm... Like.." he finds ways for a word that I am sure of but I want to play a little.

"Like what?" I ask him.

"That.. earlier.." he says again and I bit my bottom lip suppressing the smile.

"Earlier? Oh! The m&ms you need?" I ask him.

He rolls his eyes and drops the topic. I know this is too soon but I can sense that I am already starting to fall for this man. Of different race or not.

"You really would stand up to your word? Giving this a try?" I ask him.

"Yeah. Why?" He asks again.

I shake my head and lay down on the bed. I look at him and then pat at the empty space beside me. He takes his shoes off and joins me. My body itches like a piece of iron places beside a strong huge magnet. I want to hold him and want him to hold me but I resist myself. I don't know if he wants it this soon.

"How was your day?" He asks me.

I raise my head a little and look at him. No one really cared so far. By the time I came home, everyone went to sleep. It's not like they don't love me, but my family feels like I would find them when in need. So when I don't find them, they feel I am all okay.

So my mate asking me this feels a bit warm here in my heart.

"Tiring" I whisper followed by a sigh.

"Mine too" he says.

"What did you do?" I ask him.

He does not answer. I let it slide. I don't know if it is the customs of warlock world or whatever. I don't want to push him already. We are just getting started in this relationship. I would rather take this slow.

"Which is why you kissed him!" Nora smirks.

I shove her to the back of my head and I hear her laughs. I did not know I was blushing until he asks me about it.

"Do you always get pink when you blush?" He asks.

What a nice question!

"You are no fun!" I tell him.

A good minute of silence later, he turns towards me. He does not speak anything so I turn towards him too. In hopes I can make out what he is trying to tell me in silence.

"Was it hard?" He asks me out of blue.

I smirk. I have heard this pick up line. Blake was using this on some girl. And it went like.. was it hard? for you to leave heaven just for me?

I found that too cheesy and pointless but I want to hear Donovan say it somehow.

"What was?" I ask him and wait for his response suppressing a smirk.

His right hand cups my cheek and his thumb runs along the scar I bear. I see it as a sign of my strength but at times, I just want to peel my own skin hoping it would disappear.

"This" he says.

At fourteen, I won a battle for my dad. Then opponent Alpha Miguel in his wolf form threw his paw at me. I moved back just in time but his nails dug into my left cheek somehow. One of the nails dug deeper than others. Leaving this scar. That awoke the wolf in me by the way! I shifted at fourteen.

"It's ugly, right?" I ask him holding his right wrist.

He shakes his head and he does something that I did not imagine. He pulls me closer to him and kisses me on my forehead.

"Now that I am here, I will make sure no one would hurt you again" are the only words I hear before falling asleep with his arms around me and the sparks lulling me to sleep.