A Ray Of Hope
Corey's P O V :
It's six in the morning. I woke up and went to the bathroom. Last night's sleep was the best sleep I ever had in the last two years. I saw my reflection in the mirror. My subtle beard was complementing my face. I remember my mother always used to say any woman or man would be so damn lucky to have me as her or his mate. My parents loved me unconditionally till their last breath. They died protecting me from the evil eyes of our own pack. My eyes teared a little thinking about them. I immediately pushed all those thoughts out of my mind. I knew they wouldn't want me to live like this. They have given me my life twice. I knew better to live it to the fullest. That will be my present for them. All I ever hoped was that they were in a better place watching over me. After taking a shower, I made my way to the hall. It was eight now and the kids were asleep. I went to their room.
"Luke buddy come on get up" I said gently in his ear, stroking his hair. He stirred in his sleep.
"Come on buddy, it's wakey wakey time" I said, and he looked at me half asleep, rubbing his eyes.
" Five more pleassse" he whined.
I chuckled at his response and let him sleep for five more minutes. Half an hour later, both Luke and Lizzie were ready for breakfast. They were both delighted to see the sandwiches and the sunny side-up eggs. They were half done when Mr. Walker walked in.
"Morning Grandpa", Lizzie said happily.
"Mooorrring Graandpaaa" Luke tried to say as his mouth was full of the cheesy sandwich.
"Morning my little Pumpkins" Mr. Walker said he was clearly happy seeing both of them were so happy in the morning.
"After breakfast, Corey here will take you shopping" Mr. Walker said, and they both nodded happily.
Izziie look Hulk", Luke screamed, seeing the mannequin, which was a hulk. We were at a mall in the children's section and let just say Luke was more than happy to see a hulk.
I took Luke to one of the employees.
"Hello sir, how may I help you" she asked.
"Hulk dress" Luke said impatiently. I chuckled at that.
"Do you have any hulk costume of this little guy's size" I asked her and she nodded.
"I will be back in a second", saying that she had left.
I looked down and saw Luke was glaring at me. "What happened? Do you want any other dress" I asked in a panicked voice.
"I am not little, I am big as Hulk" he said by raising his hand and showing how big he is.
"Okay big guy" I said, and he smiled.
After buying Luke a Hulk and an Iron Man costume, we all went to the girls' section. Lizzie was searching for some princess dresses and we ended up buying several of them. Nonetheless, the kids were happy and I was also. Luke was saying something but I couldn't hear those as a strong minty smell assaulted my nose. I felt Riley stirred in my head.
" Riley, what's wrong ? " I asked him.
" Mate.......... Mate is here " Riley answered, making me freeze.
No no no, this wasn't good. I was not supposed to meet my mate, at least not this early. I have a lot to do. I have to get out here before my mate finds me. Somehow, I convinced the kids to go home.
" Night buddy ", I said, and kissed his forehead. After making sure both Lizzie and Luke were asleep, I went to my room. I still couldn't wrap my head around the fact that my mate was in this town. Riley was being an ass to me because I ran away before actually meeting my mate. I knew it was a childish thing to do because sooner or later fate would bring us together. But before that, I was not ready for this whole mate thing. I was different than the rest of my kind. That was the main reason the pack which took me in and took care of me for the past seventeen years started hunting me after I shifted. The very reason both my parents were dead. I saw humans were always talking about how being different meant you are unique or better. I never agreed with that. In my case, it was the opposite. For me, being different was a curse, the very reason for which my life turned up side down.
Alex's P O V :
I didn't know what to do. I mean what would even a kid like..? My lazy ass brothers dumped this on me. We all agreed to buy some presents together but at the last minute they both bailed on me. I was having a hard time choosing something for a newborn baby. After getting help from a nice old lady, I settled for some toys, cars, dolls and every possible thing a kid could like. I was going to the food court when a breeze of air hit me along with a scent. A scent crazy enough to wake up my sleepy wolf. I calmed myself and took another whiff, smelling that particular smell. Mate my wolf growled and I practically ran from where I was to the source of the smell. I made it to the parking lot but I couldn't find the source. My face fell but at least I knew my mate was here somewhere. We weren't mate less. I sighed and went to our office.