~Malcolm's POV~
I woke up this morning with a banging headache. 'that party last night was one hell of a banger. That's for sure!' I think to myself. Tyler my best friend always throws the wildest parties but then both of us hardly ever drink at these parties. Well I didn't used to until I lost Lilly. I went down a very dark path that quite frankly I'm still going down. I have been drinking my weight in alcohol. Wait, is that even right? Anyway, I've been getting very drunk lately and it actually feels good. It gets me out of my misery for a while so did hooking up with any random girl that threw herself at me. It was fun while it lasted but none of them could ever match up to her. It's just so hard living without her. I've heard about second chance mates before but they were mostly a myth. I have never seen anyone who was lucky enough to get a second chance mate after losing their mate.
I was currently dating this girl, Stephanie. She was sweet but then she had a very bitchy side. Especially when it comes to matters about me and other girls. She would just go full-on mean girl. But then I have to get my ass up and go to school because I have classes to attend in order to finish my master's degree. I take a quick cold shower and gather my stuff and put on the darkest pair of sun glasses I own. I had to get a plethora of sunglasses when my downward spiral began. So I drag myself to the car and race off to school. I barely get into the parking lot when I hear this annoying shrill, bland girly voice. I don't even need to look back to see know who it is. "Malcolm baby!" you see Steph was your basic plastic Barbie doll wannabe that you see in those cringey high school movies or those very arrogant and annoying secretaries to the big time conglomerate bosses. "Hey, Steph" I say with as much gusto I can muster. "Ohhh, looks like someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed today. Want me to help relieve your stress?" she says suggestively which riles me up. I can't believe that's the only thing that's in her head. I mean I knew she's always been an airhead but really? Sometimes I wonder how she got into BSU. But then I remember that she's the daughter of a rich guy who's some very important Alumni or something. The guy basically built half the school campus. Okay that's an exaggeration but still. He donated the library, the nature center and some other bourgeois center. "Steph, I'm not in need of that today. Im really not in the mood." I say. "Are you sure, baby?" "yeah" "okay then. Come with me. I have to go to the administrative building. I've got this stupid pile of papers to submit. I don't even know what they're for. Ugh. I just gave it to the assistant daddy hired for me." She answers cockily. I was pissed because she was just making a mess of her very comfortable life that was given to her on a platter of gold. Even though I have rich parents, I still worked my ass off. "aww, no babe. You know I don't really like walking around. Plus, I have class in like 15 minutes." I say to her, trying to find a way to escape. "But babe, you know you're like my security blanket. None of those crazy guys will catcall me as I walk through the hallways. Please baby??" She whines and gives me the puppy dog eyes I really can't resist. I still walk with her even though everything in me is resisting it.
She gets to the counter and does her thing. But then she has to wait for a few minutes and I also have to wait with her because….. but then my phone rings and I walk away to answer. It's my mom. calling me to come home for the millionth time because of this crazy ball they want to throw again because of me. I zone out while she's talking giving her the usual generic answers like an AI robot. And suddenly this marvelous scent hits me. It smells like chocolate and mint. I literally begin to float towards the scent. I get closer to it but someone stops me and slaps me across the face. "What the hell? Who dares to hit me?" I say. Well it was more of my wolf talking. I mean who wouldn't react like that when someone was trying to stop them from meeting with their mate. Wait, did I just say mate? "Babe, I'm sorry. I thought some evil witch had cast a spell on you. you were literally moving like a zombie. I was so scared, baby." Steph says. 'Damn! I forgot this fool existed.' I think to myself. She begins to do her fake stupid cry. At this moment, I don't know if I should be pissed or compassionate because she slapped me and then now, she's crying and doing this puppy dog eyes. I growl, frustrated and then this little thing rams into my back. Again I perceive that amazing scent. I turn around so fast. I still don't know how my neck didn't snap. Werewolf reflexes, am I right?
She looks up and she's this cute little thing with a large mass of curly dark brown hair with honey brown eyes and freckles scattered across her face. I could swear she was the most beautiful thing I had ever seen. 'no way…' Tobias, my wolf says. 'it's not possible. Lilly is gone. How could she be standing right here in front of me?' I wonder. My wolf loses all sense of reason when we hear her say "mate?" he growls but since I'm his host and I still have control, I try to snap myself out of the daze. I her Steph say some mean things to her and I really want to snap her neck at the moment but if I do that, not only will I confirm the crazy rumors that have been making the rounds about me, I would also scare my mate. Wait no. I shouldn't be acknowledging her as my mate. I had one mate and I did something stupid and I lost her. I lost the only person that meant the world to me because of my stupid anger. Just then I did something I knew I was going to regret. I told Steph to stop talking and I walked away. I walked away from my mate. Ughhhh! I really need to stop calling her that. As I walk away I feel like my heart is being ripped out of my chest. Everything in me is screaming for me to go back to her. But I honestly can't. Not right now. Even if she is my mate, I'm too damaged for her. I'm not good for her.
Steph begins to berate me for staring at her and not telling her off. Saying she was a tramp gold digger and so many other extremely mean things. "WILL YOU SHUT THE HELL UP FOR ONCE, STEPHANIE?!" I yell. She's taken aback because I've never ever yelled at her. I begin to rant and tell her off for all the stupid and dumb things she does. "you know what Steph, I'm done. I can't do this anymore." I say to her frustrated. "You're kidding, right? Why? Because of her? That basic chic? How dare you? it's not like she's your mate or anything. Even if she was, I'd feel really sorry for her. You'll just get her killed again." She says spitefully and walks away. I wanted to bash her head in so bad and then I heard someone screaming. The screams were coming from the direction I came in. I run back hoping nothing bad had happened to her. As I got to her, my greatest fear was confirmed as I saw her lying on the floor while Gale's brother and a redhead were trying to revive her. I got closer to her and as I touched her, her body instinctively moved towards me and I picked her up while her redhead friend was screaming at me trying to stop me but she didn't recognize me and then Gale's brother held her back and explained who I was to her.
I drive her to my house and call my pack doctor, Steve. I lay her on the bed in one of my spare rooms. Then I go take a cold shower and then go to the kitchen to make myself something to eat although I can't even taste the food. I sit on the couch, Pondering on what to do with myself while I waited for Steve.
Hi guys…. Its Shae. Are some juicy secrets gonna come out soon? I dunno. Anyway, please vote, and comment when you're done reading. Tellme what you think about the characters. Who's your favorite so far? Lemme know. See you in the next chapter. Bye loves.