Why Did She Run Away?

Roman’s POV

NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! Caleb war roaring in my head.. Running like a mad wolf he was looking for her. I saw which direction she ran over into but when we reached that clearing she was nowhere to be found.. The air still smelled of her scent, and I was suffocating. “This is ALL YOUR fault!!!!!”, Caleb was snapping at me.. He was angry and so was I.. For years, I have suffered without the Queen Luna. For years, I looked for her in every visiting pack, every time I would leave anywhere. I searched through the kingdom, I even searched in human world. And now, there she was – in my literal back yard and we found her.. Only for her to run away…

“You likely smell of WHORES!”, Caleb was now screaming. “Our mate smelled you have been whoring around, that you have been unfaithful!!! THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT!!!”. “She was not close enough to smell us!!!!!!”, I snapped back at him.

“SHE IS A WHITE WOLF, YOU ABSOLUTE IDIOT”, Caleb was now going for blood. If it was possible for my own wolf to kill me, I am sure I would have been dead ten times over. It is true that the legends spoke of enhanced powers of white wolves – they were rare and always came with some type of extra power – a seer, dreamer, healer. In some cases those powers were combined. My mother, Queen Luna Angela, was one such rare wolf. I never knew the full extent of my mother’s powers as she was taken from us way before her time. But I knew that she had them, and that likely our mate had them to. What they were was a mystery at best at this point.

“She may REJECT US, all because of you!! You and your philandering ways!! You, always thinking with your dick, not your head”.. Caleb was not letting on.. I had nothing to say – I could not say anything in return. I knew she wolves were exceptionally sensitive to things like that and somehow I never thought that conversation would ever be the one that is first discussion with my mate, whenever I would meet her.

“You DO NOT think”, spat Caleb, still looking around maniacally. She was gone… All I could see were paw prints – and then they disappeared. It did not appear that she shifted into her human form, just disappeared. If I did not see the footprints, I would think that my mind was playing tricks on me – yet her smell still lingered, as did Caleb’s howling.. We searched some more and ran around to burn off some of the new found anger and disappointment.. I was upset, but at the same time happy. WE HAVE A MATE!! I was not cursed, my mate did not die! We have a MATE!

“Yes, but we do NOT KNOW WHO SHE IS?”. Caleb was seething. “We know she is not a she wolf from the pack, as we know all the people in the pack”- he was rationalizing. I was trying to think back – I do not recall approving any visitors or any relatives coming to see anyone. I did not recall any traders or merchants coming through this week either. Who was she??? I thought for a second that perhaps she were a part of Lady Jasmine’s entourage – I knew she had one even though she did not present them. However, my mate was a she-wolf not a she-Lycan, so that also did not add up. Lady Jasmine’s guards were Lycan only – King Malakai did not trust anyone else around his precious daughter.

“Who is she??”, Caleb kept insisting and I did not know what to say.. “Did you talk to her – to the wolf side???”.. I asked him genuinely curious.. In a lot of instances the wolf sides had a very strong connection almost instantly. “I tried to talk to her, tried to pull her or even ask her name.She did not tell me.. She just said she was real”.. “What?? You asked our mate if she were REAL?”””
“Yes Roman, I much like you, almost lost hope.. I had to be sure”.. he said.. “She has to know – right”, I kept asking him, now my heart sinking even deeper.. “She had to have felt the mate bond – she has to know we are her mate”, I was now panicking. What if she did not feel the bond.. What if she disappeared simply intimidated from our aura or my size – what if she did not recognize us!! “She knows we are her mate, moron”.. Caleb was now exasperated.. “She had to have felt it”. mate bond is undeniable he continued. “The key question that we have to ask ourselves” he was saying as if he were explaining this to a child.. “The key question Roman, is WHY DID SHE RUN AWAY FROM US – HER FATED MATE???” .. “WHY RUN?”