~ALEXANDER~
I glared across the cafe shop, but he wasn't anywhere to be seen.
Did he get cold feet? Did I do something wrong? I hope not, it took too damn long to find him.
I let out a sigh, rubbing my eyes. Maybe I came off as too strong, but when we chatted this morning he seemed eager to see me, or maybe it was me reading it wrong.
From the day he saw him up In that building, my breast would not let me rest, keeping me up at night, wanting him. I knew I had to find him, had to meet him. But I didn't have a lot to go off on. All we remember were those beautiful green eyes like a musty green lake flowing down the stream.
When I finally saw him yesterday, he was more flawless than I could ever imagine, and all I wanted at that moment was to pull him in my arms and give him the world, everything I had to give.
I couldn't do that though, that would freak him out, and that was the last thing I wanted to happen right now.
Unlike us, humans like to take things slow, and like to know somebody first before they develop any kind of feeling towards them. As much as I wanted him in my arms and wanted to mark him as mine, I had to wait and follow at his speed.
Whatever he wants, I'll give him, because I'm his and he's mine.
I'm never going to leave, no matter what.
His scent hit me first, before the sound of opening doors.
My head snapped up just in time to see him enter the restaurant. When my eyes set on him, I could hear a growl within me, my beast happy to see him again.
Our mate.
Fuck, he looked so fucking gorgeous, tucked away in black baggy jeans, a white dye t-shirt with a vest jacket over it, and a grey Snickers. You could tell that his ginger curly hair was combed back, but it still looked like someone had run their hands through his hair.
That's what I want to do.
He stuck his hand inside his pockets and stared around, looking for me. I snapped out of my strand and stood up, walking towards him. When our eyes met his features instantly softened, probably because he thought I didn't show up and I smiled at him.
" Hi," I spoke.
" Hi," he smiled back at me, Those perfect pink lips stretching to show what teeth. God, he was so perfect in every way.
" I was afraid you weren't coming, but I'm so glad you're here" I showed him our booths, which already had our drinks on them.
"Sorry I'm late, My cousins were kinda sick from last night's drinking so I had to make sure they were okay" he sat down and stared at the chocolate milkshake in front of him
" You ordered? How did you know what I like?" he looked up at me.
"You're not the only want who can study people" I smirk at him.
"Who said I can study people?" he questioned, raising his eyebrow at me.
"Adrian, you knew what drink I would like by just looking me over, and you knew exactly where I was from by just hearing me speak. You don't have to tell me that you've been doing it for a long time to be that accurate" I lean forward, wrapping my hand around my coffee.
In reality, I've been asking around and learning through people about him, but he didn't need to know that.
" Maybe, but last time I checked it was a crime" he admitted.
He was trying to appear nonchalant, but I could hear his heartbeat going crazy in his chest. I have to admit, he was a good actor, but the heart can't pretend.
"Of course, it isn't. I think you're amazing actually, it's almost like A superpower" I took a sip of my coffee.
"It's nothing special," he said, drawing the milkshake closer to him to take a sip. I just watched as he wrapped his lips around the straw, taking a long sip. He was trying to calm down his heart which was beating faster at my words.
I'm trying to make him comfortable, so I decided to change the topic to something else.
"So, I hope your sisters are doing better," I said, picking up my coffee mug.
"Yeah pretty much, still hanged over though"
" I figured, Everyone was going hard last night"
" Which reminds me, you said you were here on vacation, but you didn't tell me why you chose to come to Canada, to Nunavut of all places," he asked, taking another sip of his milkshake.
I felt my body stiffen, but I made sure not to let it show on my face.
I'm here for him, I came here for him.
He can't know that yet tho.
" I'm more about exploring new places, and I am more likely to explore places that most people don't go to because that's where the treasures are" I stared into his eyes " I'm glad I did"
He blushed, breaking eye contact with me and looking down at his milkshake. His heart was beating faster too.
That was partially true, I do explore places, but it's not me, it's my beast.
Dregnors and their beast have completely different minds and emotions from each other, completed by different memories.
When we shift, we don't remember anything from our beast, and our beast doesn't remember anything from ours either.
It's more or less like two people living in one
Body.
But in the case of an emergency or something that the other side had to know, but could share memories.
It isn't easy. In fact, it's extremely painful. That's why it's reserved for important things only.
Like the fact that we've finally found our mate.
I know it must have been confusing for my beast, it takes the human side to connect before the beast can finally acknowledge the other species as mate. But our beast knows that said person is important, but they just don't know why.
I rested my jaw on my hands, watching him sip his drink. I could watch him all day, every day.
" So, why did you move to London from Ireland?" he asked, looking up at me from his drink.
I shrug " Honestly, I'm not really sure," I sat back on my seat.
He tit his head at me and I chuckled " I guess it has to do with the war going on in my hometown at the time. I can't frankly remember much from it but I knew it was between two different races. We had to leave to save ourselves" I replied.
That was also partially true as well, there was a war, but it was between the vampires and dregnors. This 20-year war was because of who Ireland would belong to. The vampires claimed to own the lands, and the dregnors disagreed. and in the end, we all just decided to share, after millions of lives were lost.
Thankfully, we signed a contract to never fight again as long as we followed the rules laid out in the contract.
" I'm so sorry" he mumbled, looking sad.
For me.
" It's Okay, I didn't lose any family members to the war anyway. But because of it, I hate wars" I responded.
"Me too, I lost my uncle to war and I watched it destroy my aunt. To me, war will always be ego-driven, all because men couldn't just sit down and talk it out like adults"
" I'm sorry for your loss," I said. I could see the hurt in Adrain's eyes as he spoke about his uncle and all I wanted to do was hug him.
But all I could do for now was to reach over to cup his hand in mind, squeezing lightly for comfort.
Was I being too forward? Maybe.
His eyes widened at our contact, and I could hear his heart beat faster, but thankfully he didn't rip his hand out from mine, instead, he gave me an awkward but understanding smile.
I always forget that humans like to take things slow, and at this particular moment, I absolutely hated it.
That was one of the differences between both species. I guess it has to do with the fact that they're afraid of spending their lives with the wrong person. But we degnors always know our soulmate from the moment we lay eyes on them. And we can't move on from that person cos we only have one, and we can never love another person again.
" Thank you" he mumbled, and I could tell he was trying not to blush.
Gods, he's so fucking adorable.
" Are you hungry?" I asked, my hand still in his. He nodded, and I smiled at him before letting go.
I signaled to a waiter and she headed our way. After she took our order I turned to him, a smile still on my face.
" So where were we?"
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I rolled my eyes as Adrian busted out laughing, holding his stomach.
"It's not funny" I mumbled, but he just laughed harder.
"You peed your pants on the first day of school, how is it not funny?" he giggled.
" Because it was humiliating for me. I had to be home-schooled after that because I was too afraid to go to school after that" I admitted.
He busts out laughing again.
"Stop!" I whine, crossing my arms over my chest.
" Okay, okay" he raised his hands in surrender, trying to hold back his giggles.
I couldn't help but smile at his giggles. He was just so cute and his smile was just so contagious.
Gods he was so beautiful, why was my mate so goddamn beautiful.