Chapter 3 - Call to the Wild

Luca's POV

I saw her, I felt her and I found her.

Yes, I am the werewolf. I was in the middle of accompanying my friends to hunt but was quickly led astray by a scent. A scent so powerful. It was a beautiful floral fragrance with fresh citrus. Sweet but intoxicating. It drove my wolf crazy and I had lost control but I didn't care I needed to see.

My eyes were immediately drawn to a beautiful girl in a car talking about-

*listens*

'Plus, dad would have wanted us to.'

Not wanting to lose sight of her speeding away, I ran following closely on the sidelines. I had to see her, play with her strawberry blonde curls, listen to her say my name, feel her touch. God!

She's my mate.

Of course, she is. No normal human girl would attract me in that way. Surely if she were a werewolf she would have detected my presence. As they paused in the traffic, our closeness was having its way with me. The mate bond was practically eating me alive for not fucking her right here and now but then she looked my way and I melted. She felt it, she felt the pull. Instead of bearing a horrified face, she smiled. Her face was gorgeous. Her eyes glimmering just like her smile. She looked so pure, so innocent. I couldn't have her even if I wanted to. My life would just ruin hers. As she took a moment to do whatever it is that she did, I took the opportunity to run far, far away from her. I felt the pang in my heart as I moved away from her. But as I said, I can't have her.

*Hours Later*

I

Can't

Sleep

Without

Seeing

HER.

Every breath that I take, I picture her. The second I blink, I see her face. I wonder if she's thinking about me too.

Idiot!

Why would she think of you? She saw a wolf and got a weird feeling. That's not enough to keep her up at night. But it was enough for me.

'Get up and go find her you assh*le.' my wolf, Alex taunted me as I raised up and sat on the edge of my bed.

"I can't!" I muttered, "She'll be in immediate danger and since when did you learn to swear?"

'Since you started to swear.'

-Oof

'Who cares if she'll be in danger? One night staring at her sleep wouldn't do any harm.'

"You and I both know if go to her, I won't just be watching."

'You say that like I care, either way, it's a win-win for me.' he chuckled.

"Screw you, Alex!" I smirked.

'No! Dumb*ss! You have to be faithful! You can't have s*x with your wolf. Plus, I don't even like you that much. Ugh! You have so much to learn.'

I slap my forehead. I'm pretty sure the Moon Goddess made my wolf with a little extra uh... wackiness.

So... guess I'm going to look for my love.

Katie's POV

So guys! It's official. I'm a murderer.

M U R D E R E R !!!

If I didn't push Grandma Pearl, this would have NEVER happened. I went to my room and tried to sleep and instead of experiencing what Elena did when she killed The Vampire Hunter, all I could see were the blue eyes of the wolf I'd imagined. Yes, I'd come to the conclusion that I just really want to see a wolf and yeah. As I pictured the wolf, I fell into a deep sleep.

Cassidy's POV

Ahooooooooooooooooo!

What the actual J-Hope?! I opened my eyes and heard it again.

Ahooooooooooooooooo!

Oh...Ma...Ghawwwd!

I grabbed Mr. Pinkleberry, ran to Katie's room and banged on the door. "Kaite, I'm pretty sure there are monsters underneath my bed."

-no answer-

Thinking they must have gotten to her, I pushed open the door and she jolted up. "What the actual-" she paused trying to think of a name, "Jimin. What the actual Jimin F*ck?" she concluded rubbing her eyes obviously annoyed by me being here.

But I didn't care. I feel safer with her. So she was going to have to deal with it.

"What's wrong?" she asked regaining her big-sister attitude.

"I heard something!" I whimpered thinking it was still here.

She sighed. "Do you want to sleep here tonight?"

I nodded and dashed onto the bed like the long jump athletes on TV. She chuckled and began singing the same song from Frozen II which we agreed would be my new bedtime lullaby. Yes, seven-year-olds need lullabies too.

Where the north wind meets the sea

There's a river full of memory

Sleep, my darling, safe and sound

For in this river all is found

In her waters, deep and true

Lie the answers and a path for you

Dive down deep into her sound

But not too far, or you'll be drowned-

As I closed my eyelids, finally falling asleep, I heard it again.

Ahooooooooooooooooooooouuuuu!

We both jumped. "Y-yo-you heard that right!" I stuttered.

"Yes, yes I did."

She bit her lip. "What's wrong?" I asked, "It's okay if you're scared too."

Katie looked at me and smiled. "I'm not scared, it's just..." she continued hesitantly, "That howl, isn't from a dog, Cass. It's from a wolf!"

I mentally screamed while on the outside I shivered. "A w-wolf?"

"Yes. And I know this is going to sound crazy but I-"

"You want to go see it don't you?" I asked filling in the blank.

She nodded. "Fine, but I want to go with you."

She protested but eventually gave in. Oh boy! Here we go!

Katie's POV

"It's ironic isn't it?" Cassidy asked leaping over a rock.

"What's ironic?" I quizzed a bit surprised she even knew what irony meant.

"That you just sang All is Found for me from Frozen two and now we're literally walking... 'Into the Unknown'."

I laughed. We continued chatting until I heard the wood behind us snap. Cass and I turned slowly around to see him again.

His icy blue eyes. Black Fur. Exceptionally Big. But I couldn't put my finger on the breed. Wolves aren't even supposed to dwell in these types of places.

"Kayyy-tieeeeee!" I snapped my head towards Cassidy to see a liquid trickling down her legs. "Oh my God!" I chuckled, "are you serious right now?"

"I was scared, scratch that, still am."

"Go home, change, go to bed and wait for me."

"You don't have to tell me that twice!" she muttered as she bolted away.

I turned my head again to the wolf to see he was still there. His blue eyes staring into mine. So I did what any crazy person would do, and started talking to a wolf.

"So?"

Luca's POV

When her sister ran away because of her um, *chuckles*, incident, I decided to stay. See how she'd react.

"So?" she said in a cute little confused voice.

I gave her my best innocent wolf face and twisted my head to the side and let my ears flop. She giggled. Guys... I think I'm in love. She walked closer to me and even though I was, the literal wolf here, it felt weird to deliberately let a human come near me. But I made an exception for her. She was special...

Getting close enough, she knelt down and looked me in my eyes. I could tell she was a bit frightened, I mean what normal human wouldn't be. I extended my paw for her to hold. She smiled, obviously flattered by friendliness. She grabbed ahold of it saying, "Hi, I'm Katie but you already know that."

I nod my head as if telling her I understand, I'd speak, but I didn't want to scare her away. The bond I felt with her, was crazy. She was so tender and gentle. Her touching my wolf's body did things I never knew I could feel. Her eyes, goddamn, those eyes. She took her other hand and placed it near my ear on my head and gently massaged it. I swear, if I were in my human form I'd be having an erection. I couldn't help it as my tail kept wagging. She giggled so sweetly.

Before long our moment was ruined when she got a notification on her phone. I was more than ready to kill whoever that sick son-of-, oh, it's my future sister-in-law calling.

'Are you still with... the wolf?' I heard her sister say.

Katie responded, "Yes, I am. Are you done peeing?"

I mentally laughed.

'You better hurry. Mom's been restless. No doubt she'll do the 3 am checkup.'

"Ok, I'll be there soon."

She looked at me and gave me a sad smile. "I would love to stay, and play with your fur and find out why I feel... weird when it comes to you and also learn more about, you. But I can't, I have to go. Maybe when I come back for a stroll, you'll be here." she concluded hopefully.

I let out a soft howl and she patted me on the head saying goodbye.

My heart cried for her and she looked back, I think hers did the same too.

As she walked away, I returned to the packhouse. Wincing at the thought of school tomorrow.

On the bright side, I'd met Katie and I was pretty sure that I, Luca Reid was in love with a human.

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