Bryson POV
While running late for my lunch date with my sister at the resort and finishing up making my round the resort making sure that all the warriors are at the post and patrolling with having any breaks in our boards. I am running up the mountain and Bronx stops mid step and lefts his snout to the air and sniffs. My beast is extremely anxious and starts whimpering and pacing as he is sniffing the air and the ground. With gruff he takes off in a sprint following the scent that is driving us both crazy. I have never smelt something that sent my beast over the top.
What is that tantalizing scent? Honeysuckle and vanilla?
He slows to a sleuthing pace and crouching to stay hidden, zoning in his eyes on his target. Leaves are falling around me, a breeze fills my nostrils and I purr. I could breathe in this scent for a lifetime and never get tired of it. A twig snaps and I hear humming from the trail just north of where I am at. I ease up to the trial, this particular trail is used for patrolling the resort, not one that guest would be using for hikes. I spot a woman with long blonde hair, slender waist, hips that sway with the wind and legs so defined a blind man can appreciate them. I sneak up to the trial to get a better look at the woman I see form behind, captivated by her figure I stepped on broke a twig starling her and make her jump. Did she see me? Did I scare her?
She jumps, slips and tumbles down the slope. I run to her and make sure she is okay, her head snaps in my direction, our eyes met….
"MATE!" Bronx yells, her eyes are round and the color of the blue ocean, long eye lashes that make my heart melt.
I watch her while she is brushing herself off, she turns around, a small gasp comes from her. She stands and takes a step towards me, she doesn't appear to be scared. Any other human would be running and screaming for their life, but her heart rate tells me she is calm. As she moves towards me, I stay as still as possible, so I do not scare her way. I want to feel her touch. I want her to trust that my beast will not hurt her.
She kneels down beside me; I relax into her touch. Her touch is like a lightning strike hitting my body cause fireworks to exploded all over my fur. I her in a whisper ask "Are you hurt?" I shake my head no. "You can understand me?" she asks with a small smile appearing on her face. I sit up, stretching taller, towering over her as she seats in the leaves. She is so petit, so beautiful. I want to take her in, so I walk around her sniffing her as I do. She looks at me with eyes that say everything that her voice does, "You are beautiful" Why am is she not afraid, can she feel the bond too? Can she feel the sparks the way I do? "Can I touch you?" she whispers again as if she is afraid she will scare me away. I turn my body to face her, I cautiously sit in front of her and sniff her neck and then lay my head in her lap. I want her to touch me again, it's like a craving that I cannot satisfy. As she starts to fub the top of my head I feel like I am put into a trance again and full relax into her and let out a loud purr. She jerks her hand bank with a panicked look on her face. I let my ears fall and whimper, I didn't mean to scare her. She just doesn't realize how her touch affects me. So, I do they only thing I can thing to let her know that she is safe, by taking my snout and push it into her hand. I watch her as she closes her eyes with a sigh and then I feel her other hand start to pull me to her face. She places her forehead on mine, and we just feel each other's emotions for a moment.
She takes a deep breath and lets out a sigh. "Why are you here? I mean why are you here with me?" I look up her confused, she can't feel it. She doesn't understand. "Why did you choose me?" she asks. Oh, love, I didn't choose you. You were made for made for me. So beautiful, so perfect and Mine. I let out a small whimper as I start to smell the blood on her. She must have cut herself when she fell down the hill. I sniff and nudge her arm where I see several cuts that are dirty and bleeding still. She holds her arm up as if she understands what I want her to do.
I am an Alpha, alpha's have the power to help with healing with we lick and clean a wound. I hope I don't scare her when I do this. I let my tongue roll out and slowly start to lick her wounds, I watch her in hopes that I am not scaring her. She is watching me with so much intent in her eyes.
"How did you do that?" she squeals in excitement. Suddenly, she stretches out her arms with a long yawn, I get up and circle her realizing that me healing her has made her extremely sleepy. Must be a side effect. I curl around her and allow her to lay back and rest on me. Her breathing slows to a pace of full relaxation, she snuggles into my body and I am loving this feeling. I can't help but to sniff her hair repeatedly. I will never get enough of this woman.
I link one of my warriors to bring me a pair of shorts that we stash all over the territory. He shows up about 10 minutes later and sends me a questioning look. I link him telling him she is my mate and tell him to let her lean into his beast so I can shift back to my human form.
I lift her up and she opens her eyes just long enough for me to see the most captivating blue eyes in history. Her rose colored lips curve up to give me a slight smile and then I feel her lean into my chest, start to relax and snuggle in closer and get comfortable. I love the way she feels in my arms. I slowly make the 10-minute hike back up the trial, at the same time I link Reggie to have her meet me at the trail head near the resorts tree line.
"Sis, do you know this woman?" I ask. Reggie is the resorts manager so she should know if she is a guest or not.
"She is the healer I talked to Christian about. What happened?" she explains to me.
"She is my mate," I watch my sisters eye grow three times their normal size with a huge smile on her face "I found her walking on one of our patrolling trails that's not marked. I thought that I scared her to death, but she didn't run. She came to me. Reggie, she wanted to feel my beast." I look down at my beautiful mate and smile knowing she was not scared of me.
Reggie tells me where she is staying and I carry her to her cabin, walking in I smile and kiss her forehead and lay her on the couch. "Rest love. I will never let you go now that I have found you. You are home." I kiss her again and leave her cabin to speak with Reggie so I can learn more about my mate.