AVA

“You good?”

Caleb asked as we waited in line at the cafeteria for our lunch.

I haven't been okay since the new substitute teacher walked in, I've been feeling like something in me was trying to get up from a deep slumber.

“Yeah.” I smiled at him.

“I see you've got eyes on the sub?” He teased.

“No! why would you think such?” my voice came out a little bit sharper

“Well, I saw the way you were staring at him back in class.” He smirked.

“I wasn't staring at him okay, I just have this bad feeling about him.” I clasped my hands together in sincerity. I didn't want to hide the fact that the new sub gives me the chills, but I just had to tell someone and I still had about five more hours before I get home to talk to mom, so I just had to tell Caleb.

“Yeah, he did seemed kinda... different.”

I really need to find out really if it was just my subconscious playing a prank on me or was the New sub really my mate.

“Caleb, I'll be back. I need to check something?” I excused myself from him and ran out without waiting for his reply.

With slow strides, I walked through the hallway leading to his office. I needed to find answers. Arriving at his office, I looked through the keyhole but it was empty. He wasn't in his office.

I shouldn't go in there, it doesn't feel right, right?

“Ofcourse it does." A voice whispered in my head, “We need to know if he truly is our mate.”

“Who the fuck said that?” I whispered but nothing came forth, it must have been my subconscious.

Shakily, I twisted the doorknob and the door gave way. I walked into the office fully.

The smell of books hit my nose. Just like every teacher. But something else caught my nose.

“Basil?”

The sub likes Basil, that's really funny. A slight chuckle escaped my lips as the thought of someone like him, liking Basil lingered in my head.

I walked round his office, checking and touching anything that seemed suspicious. At the edge of the table lay a blue coloured thick file, it seemed weird and my curiosity got the best of me.

I walked over to it, my hands were trembling as I lifted it up. I flipped through the first page, then the second and third but nothing out of the ordinary seemed to be there.

Seems he was just an innocent teacher.

I kept the file back and just as I was about to take a step, I noticed a paper lying on the floor, it must have slipped out of the file. I picked it up and was about to insert it back into the file but yet I just couldn't give up on my suspicions.

...What if it contained my description or details about me, just what if...

“Really?” I voiced out after seeing the contents of the letter.

It was just a regular letter of acceptance by the school. Truly, I was just over thinking.

I held the doorknob, about to twist it when I noticed that one of his desk drawers was opened. I must have opened it while I was searching his office. I hurried back to close it, but then again something sitting comfortable inside the drawer got me.

It was just like the box I had received on my birthday but this time, it was not a box but a letter.

“What paper comes in black?” I furrowed my brows as I picked it up. I was about to open it when I heard his voice, he was approaching. I hurriedly tucked the letter into my shirt. I stood still, no escape route, beads of sweat formed on my forehead, my hands trembling. And just as the door knob twisted...

“Mr Logan.”

Someone called from outside and the door closed back.

“Thank goodness.” I breathed down, placing my hand on my chest as I felt my heart rise and fall.

I heard his retreating footsteps, I needed no one to tell me what to do, I speedily made a run.

LOGAN

I walked out from my hiding spot as I watched her leave my office. A small smile crept on my face. I had perceived her scent when I was walking back from the principal's office.

I walked into my office, observing the surrounding then my eyes fell on my opened drawer.

“Shit.”

I rushed over to it but guess I was too late, she had already taken the letter.

“Very clever of you miss Ava, I suppose it's about time I make it official.” I smirked as I stared at her picture.

“You're mine.”

I fell back on my chair.

After I had turned eighteen, I thought that finding my mate would be so easy, but as time began to pass, I thought I was not meant to have a wolf. But everything changed after I crossed path with Ava on her sixteenth birthday. I had just come out to the human world just to have a little fun when she walked into the club with the same human boy she has always being with. I followed her home and was surprised to find out that her mother was the human who was casted out from the pack.

I had to secretly follow her everywhere she went, untill a few months ago, when I made my intention known to her mother. Seems like I would be paying her a visit soon.

UNKNOWN POV

I waited carefully inside my car, I wanted for her to walk out of the school building. As the students trooped out of the building, I waited patiently. And there she was, walking gracefully as she giggled to what her friend said.

I watched her smile, it was really beautiful.

“We need her!” My wolf, Isaiah stirred like he had just woken up from a deep slumber.

“I know we want her but we just have to take our time. We wouldn't want her getting scared, would we?”

Something or should I say someone else got my attention.

It can't be, what is he doing here.

Logan Moon. What was he doing here?,

I traced his eyes and it was on her, my mate.

I gritted my teeth and huffed out as I whispered

“She is mine”

AVA

I sat quietly on my bed, staring down at the black piece of paper. Many thoughts raced through my mind. I gently picked it and opened it with a trembling hand.

And just like my black box, the writings were written in gold ink, it was carefully written down like though someone in the Shakespearean era wrote it.

You have finally found your mate, and we rejoice with you. We hear that she is a half wolf and human as well. Although it is forbidden that a wolf's mate is a human but nevertheless, you must make her yours. The council has given you five days to return to the pack with your mate.

My hands trembled as I held the paper, staring at the gold written words.

Does it mean that he was here to take me back to his people. I paced round the room, unsure of what to do, do I tell mom? Caleb?

Okay, Caleb might not be the option right now, but mom, she might freak out.

I slumped on my bed, staring at the ceiling. I just wish this whole thing was a dream and I was gonna wake up pretty soon. I was already getting tired of the whole wolf stuff, but what if I wasn't really one, or mom was just being unnecessarily scared or something.

The ringing sound of my phone jotted my out. I checked the caller but it was an unknown number so I didn't answer it but then it kept on ringing and I decided to answer it.

“Hello?” I said into the phone but all I received was silence. Then the caller hung up.

Weird. I thought.

Just as I was about to drop it again, it rang again.

“Hello?” I answered again but this time around, I could hear heavy breathing.

“Who’s this?”

“Ava.” The caller said in a hoarse voice.

“Who are you?” my voice failing me, as I asked. But the person didn't reply back. Could it be Mr Logan, No, it can't be, right?

“Mr... Logan?” I said, my voice shaky.

“It's not him!” The caller said, his voice laced in anger. Then I heard trashing sounds before the line went dead.

I pondered deeply as I tried to figure out who could have called me. It can't be one of Caleb's trick. And speaking of the devil, I picked up the phone and answered his call.

“Hey.”

“You’ve got anything to do tonight?” He asked in a pleading voice.

“No, why?”

“Okay. So I found out about this midnight car racing event and I thinking if we should check it out?”

“That’s illegal right?”

“I know, but it's just for tonight please?” He pleaded, I had no other choice but to accept my best friend's plea.

“Fine.” I answered and hung up.

My mind still laced on who the weird caller could be, but why did he get angry when I mentioned Mr Logan's name.

I huffed out, I actually needed to go out and clear my head, the past few days have been so stressful. I lay back on my bed, clutching the black letter to my chest before drifting off to sleep.

UNKNOWN POV

“Why would she call his name?” I growled.

If she called his name, does it mean that he has already approached her. But why would Logan approach my mate. That cunning wolf, he better stay off my mate. Logan Moon, you had better be careful, I wasn't going to take it easy on him if anything should happen to my mate.

“Get me every information on Ava Reed and what she is doing right now?” I commanded my men.

If Logan is after my mate, then I need to step up my game.

I walked to my wine cellar, brought out a bottle of Dictador m-city golden cities wine. It is a special type of rum which I take whenever I want to calm my nerves.

I really want to feel my mates touch, I want to mark her and claim what's mine.

“Ava, just wait for me.” I muttered as I sipped on the wine.

AVA

“Woah.” I murmured as I stared round the racing center. The lights, the sports cars, and the people.

The smell of gasoline and smoke filled the ear, the sound of engines roared.

Of course there was something that had to make it illegal, the smoking and betting.

It wasn't easy slipping out of the house without mom knowing, the past days, she has been really strict. Giving me curfew and lectures.

I held tightly unto Caleb as we made our way through the crowd. We finally made it to the front row, right on time as they were about to begin the race.

“So how do we know who is gonna win, like if the other rider doesn't plan something?” I screamed through the noise, my face laced with curiosity.

“See that big screen over there?” he pointed at a big screen at the corner and I nodded. “That’s where we're gonna view the whole stuff.” He explained carefully.

The race began and the noises, it was pricking at my ear. It made it impossible for me to hear, I needed space. I tapped Caleb but he was so engrossed in the race so I slipped out. My legs began to tremble and my eyes felt heavy. It was like I was about to sleep but I didn't want to. I began to feel dizzy.

I couldn't hear what people were saying properly.

I tried touching someone but I tripped and fell down. No one seemed to care, I stood up again and sat on a bench close by, my head heavy like as if I had just drank a bottle of alcohol.

After some few minutes, I regained myself and stood up but just as I was about to take a step forward, I lost my balance and fell back. But my back didn't hit the ground, I slightly opened my eye, someone was staring directly at me. But my vision was blur, I couldn't make out who it was.

“You’re safe now, Ava.” I heard before loosing consciousness.

AVA

I sat up on the bed as I stretched myself, trying to adjust myself to the environment. I stared round the huge room, trying to figure out where I was and all that happened. I was trying to get down from the huge bed when the door swung open and two men in suit and a lady walked in.

“Get her ready!” One of the men told the lady and she nodded. The lady walked over to me and tried to touch me but I slapped her hand away.

“Don’t you dare touch me.” I warned, pointing my finger at her. “Who the hell are you guys?”

“Boss will explain everything to you, so comply with the instructions and you'll be safe.” The man said again and I let out a chuckle.

“You’ve got to joking right?” the man continued to stare at me without any words.

“You actually want me to sit still and you do shit on me, common that's not how it works. S o you had better give me the right explanation that I need.” I screamed as I stared at the door, calculating the distance between where I stood and the door. I was gonna make a run for it.

I ran over to the other side of the bed, picked up my phone and held it up to their faces.

“If you won’t let me leave or explain who you are, I'm going to call the cops and trust me they are gonna be here so fast.”

“You wouldn't want to do that.” the man said still with a strong face. I have my chances now. And with that, I ran to the door, opened and ran through the hallway.

The men were running behind me but surprisingly I was way faster than them. I continued to run until I mistakenly tripped down the stairs, hurting my ankle.

I growled in pain as I tried to stand up but it I found myself falling down again. The pain was unbearable, I shut my eyes, trying to control myself.

“You really are stubborn, aren't you?” It was the same voice I heard yesterday at the racing center, the very one that called me yesterday.

My body stiffened, tiny goosebumps had already appeared on my skin. I was trying to open my eyes but my fears was betraying me. Then I felt him crouch infront of me, he touched my ankle, “You’re not going to open your eyes yet?” he asked and I shivered.

I slowly lifted my eyelids and I was met with the most prettiest set of eyes. A pair of Light brown eyes with long eyelashes were staring directly at my face. I shifted back to get a clearer view of the stranger and who I saw made my breath to seize. I placed my hand on my chest as my lips trembled.

“Xa... Xavier Blackwood.” I stuttered and he smiled.

“You remembered,” he continued to smile, “It’s nice to finally meet you again Ava.”

He stood up and damn he was so freaking tall. He stretched out his hands to me but I was hesitant to take it.

“I don't bite Ava.”

I still wasn't going to take the hand, so I helped myself up and heard him chuckle.

“You really gave my men a good run.” he commented as he walked upto a couch and sat on it. It was then that I realised that I had already reached the living room.

I tried to speak but no words came forth.

“Ava?” I heard but when I looked up, he wasn't staring at me. I limped over to another couch and sat on it.

“Ava?” the voice called again and when I looked up, he was grinning at me.

“Di.. did you just call me?” I stuttered.

“Yes.” He smiled, “Through the mind.”

I stared up at him immediately with my eyes wide open.

“How is that possible?”

“It’s either you're pretending or you don't want to believe it yet.” he said still grinning.

“What do you mean?”

“Ava,” he called calmly as he faced me, “We both know that you're a werewolf so things like that are common.”

My whole body shivered from what he had just said, how did he know that I was a wolf.”

“Because I'm one too.” He answered.

The hairs on my skin rose, my face went pale.

I was staring at my biggest celebrity crush, New York's sweetheart and right now, he is telling me that he was a wolf, how possible was that.

“Ava?” he called walking towards me. I slowly shifted from where I sat.

“You felt the spark, the day we met at the signing event right?” he continued, “we are mated Ava.” he said and I didn't know what happened but I just wanted to go home. Just wanted to get home to my mom.

“Take me home.” I murmured, my eyelids heavy. The tears I was trying to hold back was now making its way down my face.

He tried to touch me but I shifted away from him. “Take me home, please.” I pleaded.

“Ava, calm down.”

“Just take me home.” I screamed at him.

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“Mom.” I called out, running into her arms. Mom held me tightly like as if I had been gone for ages.

“You’re home now baby.” she whispered into my ears as she patted my back.

We stayed in that position for some few minutes before we disengaged. She sat me down on the couch and went into the kitchen. Seconds later, she came out with a glass of strawberry drink.

“Here.” I collected it and drank all the contents in one gulp. She sat beside me as she continued to stroke my hair.

“Mom I'm sorry.” I whispered through tears, my voice were breaking. Mom only smiled at me as I continued.

“I just needed to clear off my head, I promise I didn't want to go against your rules.” I sniffed.

“You have to go get ready for school, you're in your final year and we wouldn't want anything to disrupt you, go get ready for class. We have a lot to talk about when you're back from school.” She smiled at me again, motioning for me to go to my room. I nodded my head and walked into my room.

I stood in the shower, letting the cold water pour down into my skin. The memories of what Xavier had told me came flooding back. He was my mate. I stared at the two marks on my body.

“Fuck you prophecy.” I cursed at the goddam prophecy mom talked about. But how was it possible that I had being fated to two wolfs, could Xavier or Logan be lying?

“No they're not.” someone said but I swear, I was alone in the shower.

“Mom?” I called out but got no response.

I stepped out of the shower and wrapped the towel round my body. I came into my room but no one was there.

I was beginning to hear things.

I walked over to my phone and noticed the calls I had. Some were from mom the rest was from Caleb.

Then the messages from Caleb. I smiled as I read them. I was about to keep the phone when another message got me. It was from an unknown number, my hands trembled as I read the message.

“Stay away from Xavier, he is not what he seems to be.”