Chapter 42- The smell of dessert
**Callums pov**
I walk in to the kitchen. Greta and a couple of omegas are preparing the breakfast I asked for to be served in the dining room. Cathy and Reece are bickering at the kitchen island about something I didn’t even care to find out about. Those two loved each other like siblings but they always got on each others nerves..like siblings I suppose.
I pour my self a cup of coffee, waiting for them to finish.
“So, how did it go?” Cathy asked
“Good, really really good” I answer, smiling and sipping my coffee.
“Whats that smell?” Reece is suddenly tense and comes up to me, sniffing me.
“Hey, back off!” I push him away and I even have to do it twice
“It smells like lemon curd…and whipped cream..” he says, looking confused.
“Probably something Greta made for breakfast then” Cathy says
But I look at Reece and I can feel Chase is at the surface, sniffing..
“Come, lets take a quick run before breakfast I say, pushing Reece towards the door.
“Wanna join siss?”
“Nah, never liked getting sweaty first thing in the morning, at least not from running she wiggles her eyebrows.
“Gross Cathy! I yell at her and I hear her bark out a laughter when I and Reece takes off.
**Hopes pov**
I have never been this happy in my life. Looking at Maya and my mom I have to pinch my arm to confirm this is not a dream.
We stopped crying a little while ago and now we are catching up. Maya is telling me about work, the kids and the parents. Mom is telling me about her new interest, pottery, and her dreams to have a little pottery store one day. They both ask me a lot of things regarding Luna, Callum, Zandra, the pack and Great Falls and they listen with big interest to my answers.
A soft knock is heard on the door before Cathy puts her head in.
“Hi! Can I come in?”
“Of course Cathy, come in and meet Maya and my mom!” I say
Cathy takes a few steps in before she freezes. She puts her nose in the air..
“Oh oh…” She whispers.
“Oh oh what?!” I say feeling a little worried. Maya and mom looks confused.
“Lemon curd and whipped cream”..she says and turns to Maya.
“What are you babbling about?” I try again and Cathy seems to snap out of it.
“Oh, sorry! Nothing, I just remembered forgetting to ask Greta to fix the dessert for later..for dinner..never mind..
”Hi, I’m Cathy, Callums baby sister!” She says and extends her hand to Maya.
“We heard a lot about you!” Maya says and put her arms around Cathy, followed by my mom.
While the three of them get to know eachother I jump in a quick shower. I can still feel the hospital all over my body.
Coming out from the bathroom, Cathy is the only one waiting for me.
“They wanted to freshen up before breakfast…and we need to talk, we might have a little problem” she said, biting her lip.
“What problem?”
“Nothing major..but earlier when I was in the kitchen with Callum and Reece..Reece froze and said he smelled lemon curd and whipped cream..”
“So?..you were in the kitchen?”
“Yeah, but I didn’t smell anything..neither did Callum”
“I don’t get it?”
“When I came upstairs, to you guys, I smelled it when I walked in the room”
“ You talking in riddles Cathy..Greta hasn’t served anything in here since yesterday and I promise you it was no lemon curd on the menu!”
Cathy looks at me and sighs out load
“Not always so smart huh?..Since you came here and since you learned about werewolves, what have you learned about mates?”
I think about me and Callum, the attraction, the sparks, the scent…Oh! The scent! Callum thinks I smell like roses and strawberries.
“There you go!” Cathy says when she see me catching up
“I think Reece smelled his mate and I think his mate is Maya” she continues.
“But..is that even possible? She has no wolf..she’s one hundred percent human”
“Its rare, but it happens..its like the Gods and Goddesses get bored and want to stir the pot so to speak”
“What does this mean? What will happen? I felt nervous for Maya.
“Reece has waited for his mate for a very long time and his wolf Chase..well, lets just say he earned his name for a reason. He will probably want to mate and mark with her as soon he lays his eyes on her, and since she is a human it can be messy”
“What do you mean by messy? He wouldn’t hurt her would he?”
“No, not on purpose, but again, he is a wolf, a beta at that and she is only human. I’ve already linked and talked to Callum, he will step in if necessary. But for now, we need to stay by Mayas side when she first meets him.” Cathy wipes her hands on her pants and stands up, coming over to me and hugs me.
“Dont worry Hope, it will be okay.” She tries to calm me, obviously hearing my increased heart rate.
We agreed to not tell Maya to avoid making her nervous. We picked her and mom up before heading down to the dining room.
Greta had done such an amazing breakfast. Eggs,both boiled and scrambled, bacon,sausages, fruits, cheese, several new baked breads and buns, honey, butter, soft cake, coffee, tea and different juices. It smelled like heaven!
We all sat down, pouring us coffee and juice and was just about to dig in when the door slammed open and Reece came in looking like an wild animal with Callum behind him trying to pull him back.
Reeces eyes were fixed on Maya who looked very startled and confused.
A load growl erupt from Reece.
“Mine! Let me go!” He roared at Callum, not letting his eyes off Maya.
“Miiineee” This time I could tell it was Chase due to the dark eyes and his elongated teeth and I could see Maya getting pale and scared.
“A little help here please” I heard Callum struggling. I knew Reece was no match for Callum and Chase was no match for Beacon, but Chase against Callum, well that was a problem and I realized Callum didn’t want to let Beacon loose, he didn’t want to scare Maya or my mom. Oh, my man, such a gentleman. Another loud growl from Chase snapped me out of it and I felt I had enough, Luna had enough.
I stood up and walked over to Reece and grabbed him by his cheeks.
It was almost like a burping feeling, like when you have emptied a big glass of soda in one go and you have to let out a load burp. But this was not a burp. This was a roar, a roar so load that it made the glasses on the table fall.
“EENOOUGH!!!” Amazed, I could feel Luna in every cell of my body and I let her loose to show Reece to back off.
Everybody except Maya and my mom fell to the floor, bearing their necks, even Callum. I crouched down to Reece and again took his cheek in my hand and let Luna continue.
“ Now you listen to me pup! If this beautiful woman is indeed your mate you will treat her as such. You will not force yourself upon her, you will not chase her and you will not scare her. I will not tolerate such behaviour. Am I making myself clear?!”
Reece nodded, still bearing his neck.
I stood up and I felt Luna calming down and going back to sleep. Callum was by my side in an instant, prepared to catch me if I passed out but I was fine, a little out of breath perhaps but fine.
Reece stood up as well, staring at the floor and I could feel he was embarrassed.
“I’m sorry Luna, it will not happen again” He said.
“ I know it won’t, and I’m not your Luna just yet” I said giving him a hug and earning a low growl from Callum.
“So, let me introduce you to my mother and my best friend” I said, turning around and walked back to the table.
After everybody calmed down and were back to normal we enjoyed Gretas breakfast. Anna and Thomas joined us and while Anna was nervus and clung to Callum in his lap, Thomas was telling everybody about his new video-game while stuffing his mouth with soft cake.
Maya and Reece hadn’t spoken yet but I could see them glance at each other.
After breakfast we all walked outside to show Maya and my mom our little slice of Great falls. We started around the packhouse and ended up at the mall. Maya accepted the offer of follow Reece to take Thomas and Anna to the Icecream bar, but not before looking at me, searching for any reason to say no, I had none. Callum said he had a quick errand to run, so mom and I stayed by the fountain in the middle of the mall.
“Its beautiful” My mom says
“It is. I believe her name is Serene, or Artemis..she probably comes with many names. She is the goddess to the wolves” I explain. I told her about Mateivia and Mateus, about Aayla and Serene and Luna and Ambrogio. I didn’t go to deep in the story but I also told her about my dreams and how they all made sense now.
My mother looks at me, I see unshredded tears and pain in her eyes.
“My sweet sweet girl I am so sorry this is happening to you” She says taking my hands in hers.
“Don’t be mom, I’m ok with it. I’m happy! And I’m so happy that you are here! I need you by my side when I go through this.”
She hugs me hard and then clear her throat.
“I’m not going anywhere, I promise!”
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*Author Note:
Thank you for reading!
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