13. Call Me Esme

*Jade’s POV*

These past couple of days flew by really fast. It was the night before my party and I am not able to sleep. The excitement of meeting my wolf and shifting for the first time is keeping me up. I wonder how my wolf’s personality will be. Is she girly, or would she have a bad ass attitude? My thoughts are suddenly interrupted by a text notification. I smile when I see that it is from Levi.

Levi: Hey Jade. Not that I am being a creep or anything but I just finished patrol and was passing by your house, I noticed your light is still on. Why are you still awake?

Me: Thanks for pointing out how creepy that is LOL. JK, I guess I’m just too excited to meet my wolf.

Levi: Well, I could think of a few things that will help you clear you mind and relax.

Me: Oh really? And what do you have in mind?

Levi: Open you window and I will tell you.

I then hear a tapping noise at my window. I open it and see a smirking Levi. I then whisper shout, “Levi are you crazy? What if someone saw you?” He chuckles and says “Crazy, only for you and I made sure no one saw me. No need to freak out.”

I shake my head at him but step aside to allow him entrance in to my room. He is looking around my room looking at everything I have around. He then says, “I like you room, it suits you perfectly.” I say, “Thank you, and I would hope so it is my room after all. So, you had said you were just passing by my house?”

He starts rubbing the back if his head, a little nervous and says, “I actually wanted to see you. I didn’t see you today and who knows what will happen tomorrow. I just wanted to spend some more time with you just in case.” I nod my head and say, “I know.”

I make my way over to him and wrap my arms around his waist for a hug, he automatically responds by wrapping his strong arms around me. He embraces me tightly and we stay in this position for a prolonged number of minutes.

Levi breaks the silence by saying “You know whatever ends up happening tomorrow, I will always be there for you, no matter what. Even if it is just as a friend." He has become someone very important to me, to a point where I can't picture my life without him in it. I ask myself, could he be my mate?

I tell him, “I will always be there for you too. You have become someone dear to me, even if we have just started getting close.” He smiles down at me and places a stray hair behind my ear, he then cups me with both of his hands. We stare into each other's eye not wanting to break eye contact.

Levi then says, “I know I usually don’t ask, but since it could be the last time, can I kiss you?” I let out a breathy, “Yes.” He doesn’t waste any time and presses his lips against mine, he kisses me softly and slowly. Hiss kiss is sweet and gentle.

We only separate to catch our breath. Levi then places his forehead against mine, our breathing is quicker than usual. He sighs and says, “Your mate is sure one lucky guy.” I laugh at that and say, “And whoever you end up with will be one lucky girl.”

He chuckles and says, “Well whoever she might be will have to put up with you being in my life. I cannot picture a life without you in it.” I say, “I feel the exact same way.” He sighs and looks at his watch. “As much as I would like to stick around, I should get going. Your wolf will awaken soon and I want to give you two privacy.”

I take a look at my own watch and see that he is right, it is almost midnight. I say “Alright, I will see you at my party tomorrow, then.” He responds, “Of course beautiful, and I will be expecting a dance with you.” I chuckle, “Absolutely, hope you can keep up with me.” He smirks, “Oh, I will. Goodnight, Jade.”

He bends down to peck my lips and I say a quick “Goodnight.” He makes his way to my window and jumps out. Since we are werewolves a jump from a second floor does not hurt us. I see Levi’s running figure start to disappear at a distance.

I suddenly hear a thud and someone walking. I turn to where I heard the noise and see that it is Julian. He is looking towards where Levi left, he then looks up towards my window. He shakes his head and scoffs before walking away. I just ignore him; I can't let his attitude affect me.

There are only a couple of minutes left till midnight and I am anxiously waiting for the clock to strike twelve. When it finally does, I start to feel a tingling sensation all over my head, it progressively gets worse until it suddenly stops.

I suddenly hear a feminine voice a few octaves deeper than mine. She says, “Hello Jade, my lovely human." Her voice clearly has a Spanish accent and that makes me very excited because I love speaking Spanish. No one in my family speaks it, I decided to learn on my own after I heard Emilio talking in Spanish. I instantly fell in love with the language.

I say in my head, “Hello, what is your name?” She answers, “My name is Esmeralda, but you my human can call me Esme. Isn’t it silly how both of our names are some type of stone.” I chuckle and ask, “Esmeralda is emerald, is there a reason for you having that name?”

She says, “Well, why do you think your name is Jade in the first place.” I answer, “Easy, I was named after the color of my eyes.” Then it hits me, “Wait Esme, don’t tell me, your eyes are emerald green.” She chuckles “Good guess my human. I am glad you speak Spanish it would have been awkward having a human that only spoke English.”

I say with excitement, “Me too, now I have someone else other than Emilio I can speak to in Spanish.” She sighs and says, “I hope mate speaks Spanish, that would make him even sexier than I already picture him to be.” I chuckle at that and say, “Well, let's hope the Moon Goddess hears you out.”

I then get lost in thoughts remembering that our wolves are always present inside us but they are dormant until the day before a werewolf’s eighteenth birthday. I can't help but try to clear the curiosity that has been killing me recently.

I ask, “Esme, do you happen to have any idea what the dreams I have been having mean?” She sighs and says, “I am not sure, each time I see the dream I sense that the person is desperately searching for something. But I can say I have felt a pull towards whoever they belong to.”

I say, “I hope we figure out what they could mean soon. Each time I have the dream it makes me even more restless. It is constantly on my mind when I am not distracting myself with anything else.”

She says, “I know my human, for now don’t worry about this, I can also tell you that I dint sense any bad energy coming from them.” I nod and say, “Okay, I will trust your judgment. So, onto another subject, do you think Levi is our mate?”

She answers, “I really don’t want to make any assumptions on who my mate could be. I believe that everything will come at the right time. But enough of that, we should get some rest. We will need to be fully charged for tomorrow. Buenas noches, Jade” (Good night)

I settle myself in bed and pull my bedsheets over me and say, “Buenas noches, Esme.” I fall into a deep sleep with a smile on my face.

I am suddenly pulled by in to a familiar scene, the only thing I am able to see is a set of glowing silver eyes. I get closer trying to see if I could steal a glimpse of who they belong to. I find myself asking the question I always do. “Who are you?” No response, as always.

I stare at the eyes for a moment and notice that they start to change into a stormy grey color. I then hear a deep male voice with a Spanish accent say, “Please, don’t give up on me. I am searching for you and I will find you, I promise.” His voice sends a shiver down my spine. I can sense the desperation and determination in his voice.

I ask, “Why are you searching for me?” No response. I am suddenly pulled out of my dream by the blaring sound of my alarm. Well, what a nice way to start my morning.