Xavier
I reach the bottom of the stairs to find Zevrus standing in the living room looking outside the window. He turns around to face me as I approach him and extend my arm towards him "how's it going?", Zevrus shakes my hand and I gesture for him to sit' we sit across each other "all is good my friend, but I have some bad news" , I frown "what news?" , Zevrus tilts his head "Alpha Cyprus informed me that we have blood suckers in our territory" , I nod, "we have the same problem" ,Zevrus looks down "I imagined you already know, I did tell alpha Cyprus that if we sniffed them- then so must you, after all , we are not that far from each other" I nod again "well, in my case it's worse" he frowns "what do you mean?" I stand up and walk to the window "one of them broke into my house and attacked my mate" Zevrus bolts up and walks to me "WHAT?!" I sigh "yeah, they are testing the waters, last night my beta Beast came to me and told me that he found a den as he was doing patrols, I went with him to check , meanwhile my mate was all alone here, and one of those fuckers attacked her" , Zevrus shakes his head and looks towards the stairs "is..she ok?" I nod, "yeah, she is now, she cut her palm while trying to defend herself, that bastard licked her palm, and you know how their saliva affects their victims" Zevrus growls and makes a disgusted face, I sigh "I found her unconscious on the floor" I gestured towards the spot she was lying in, "she was freezing, and her temperature kept dropping, I had to lay next to her all night to keep her warm" Zevrus smirks "I don't think that bothers you" I smirked back "of course not, If anything – that was the only good thing that came out from all this shitty situation".
"Xavier?" both Zevrus and I whip our heads in the direction of the stairs, there stands Rita.
Rita
After taking a shower, I put back my black clothes on, I really need some clean clothes, I don't know where I could get any but I 'll ask Xavier later, I saw some women walking around, maybe they could lend me some. I decide to go down stares to make some coffee -then find Xavier and see if maybe he would like to go with me to ask around for some clothes. As I descend the stairs, I can hear two males voices having a conversation- I recognize Xavier's voice, and the other guy's voice which is deep and just as masculine, I'm not sure if it's the werewolf effect that causes their voices to sound so deep and gravelly, throughout the few days that I've spent here, I managed to learn that one of the distinctions between werewolves and human males – is that deep voice.
I reach the bottom of the stares, feeling cold all of a sudden, "Xavier?" , I could see him and the other guy standing in front of the window looking outside while they were engrossed in their conversation, as soon as his name left my lips, they both turned around to face me, instinctively, I took a step back, forgetting the step behind me, I trip and fall on my butt "Rita" , Xavier is right next to me in a second, his hands catch my waist , and he hoists me up to my feet, blushing, I look down at where his hands are, and murmur a "thank you" , he removes his hands and steps aside while extending his arm towards his guest "Rita, this is Zevrus, my friend" , my eyes follow the direction of his arm, and I look at one of the most beautiful men that I've ever seen, tall, light skinned, dark hair combed back, hazel eyes, a build that reminds me of a Greek God. Why are they all so handsome?
A growl from Xavier makes me jump and take a step back, once again I forget about the step behind me and trip, this time Xavier's arm reaches and wraps around my waist, pinning me to his side , he gives me a weird look , then as he looks at me he says "Zevrus, this is Rita- my mate" , Zevrus clears his throat, "a pleasure to meet you, Rita" , I shiver and turn my face towards him "likewise".
Xavier releases his hold and looks at Zevrus "is there anything else you would like to talk about?" Zevrus shakes his head and starts to walk towards the door "no, that's all, planned to give you a heads-up , but it looks like you already know everything" Xavier nods and walks behind him, they stand in the doorway "well then, stay safe, make sure to reach out if you need any help from our side", Xavier nods and shakes his hand "will do, you too". With that , Zevrus leaves, leaving me and Xavier alone.
Xavier
After Zevrus left, I turned to face Rita, her face was neutral and she looked up at me, I raise a brow "based on how your body…reacted...when you saw Zevrus, I believe you were happy to meet him", she blushes and her eyes widen, putting her hand on her waist she sasses "e-excuse me?" , I contain my anger, and decide to let it slide, smelling my mate's arousal over seeing another wolf made me mad, but I had to remember that she is only human, she is not familiar with how handsome a werewolf can be in his human form. It was a gift from the moon goddess for us, to make our mates feel attracted to us and not fear us. I smile at Rita "wanna go for a walk?" , at that she drops her hands and tilts her head "really? Where?" I shrug "figured I wanna show you around' since you are here, you should go out and observe" she blinks and smiles, and her smile made my heart do a flip, beautiful pearly teeth , and a dimple appears on the side of her mouth, my mate is gorgeous.
We walk across the perimeter , towards the woods and away from the houses , I want some privacy with my mate- it's time to get to know her more, and to let her see me , the real me, without fearing me nor my wolf. The whole time she's quiet, so I initiate "how are you feeling?", she looks up at me confused, I gesture towards her hand , "oh, um, better I guess, it doesn't hurt anymore and I think the wound is closing up", I nod "good", another awkwardly quiet moment, I sigh and stop "Rita, I know that you being here today – wasn't the result of a good start, and I can sense you're hesitance and fear whenever I am near you", I look down at her, her head is down, "but I want you to talk to me, I want to listen to whatever you wanna say, even if you may think that it might make me angry, I would still rather that you talk to me instead of you being quiet and distant", she keeps her head down, so I risk it- taking a step forward, I reach under her chin and lift her head up, I see tears in her eyes , "why are you crying?" , she sniffles and looks to her side "can we sit down?" I look around and see the fallen tree log, "let's go".
Sitting down, she shivers – I want to wrap my arms around her to warm her up, but I don't want to scare her, especially that we are alone out here, she hugs herself and sighs "you know, Xavier, you are right, this isn't normal" she gestures with her arms around "I mean NONE of this is normal" she flops her hands in her lap "all I wanted was to be a successful story to give to my boss, so that I could still keep my job, to be able to have food on my table and a roof above my head" she swipes away a lone tear "I bet my boss has already fired me, he did threaten me that he will if I don't get him a juicy", I look at her "how long do you have?" she looks at me with a frown "what do you mean?", I shift to face her "I mean when are you supposed to submit your story?", she looks down at her hands "a month, my boss said that if I don't submit the story within a month, I will be fired", I nod "why did you choose werewolves as a subject for your story?" she wets her lips "because it's what gets people going these days, either that or some old woman's lost and found dog", I snort a laugh "I get it".
Rita shivers again, I stand up "let's get you back inside the house, you're freezing" she stands and we walk back together, taking our time, I clear my throat "what if I help you?" she looks up at me then back ahead "how?", I shrug "I can give you a background on us, maybe arrange a meeting between you and a she wolf" she stops and stares at me wide-eyes "really?" I smile "yeah, why not?", she lets out a small laugh and shakes her head "I can't believe it" I face her "what do you mean?" she shrugs and continues walking "I mean, as an alpha, you're supposed to be extra careful when it comes to the safety of your pack, aren't you worried that I would give out your pack's location?", she's right, I think about her words for a second but then I smile "I trust you".