"Luke!"
"Luke!"
"LUCAS!"
Melania quickly rushed home after running into Calen. She had to tell her brother the news. She knew Luke had searched for a few years but gave up. But now, the search is about to end.
"WHAT! I'M IN THE STUDY!" Lucas responded hearing Melania's shouting of his name. Luke was unpacking boxes that contained files from the last company he worked with. Putting the files into the desk he went to greet his lycan sister.
"There you are!"
"What is it Mel? You sound like you saw a ghost or something." Lucas replied.
"I have to tell you something, but you have to sit down for this. Because what I am about to tell you is HUGE!"
"What is it Mel-you know I don't like surprises!" Luke said sitting down and crossing his arms.
"I found him!"
"Who?" he asked.
"Maybe this will refresh your memory." Melania raised her right hand to her brother to smell. She knew what she had on her hand was precious treasure.
Grabbing Melania's hand, Luke took in a hard sniff. The sweet smell of gardenias hit his heart like a ton of bricks. The memories of him being injured and being rescued by his future mate all rushed back.
"CALEN!"
"Where is he?"
"Where did you find him?"
"How did you meet him?"
"WHERE IS HE MELANIA?!"
Luke's inner wolf rose. The beast within wanted to be released to find his lost love. The years of waiting and searching have been long and in vain. And now, after a decade, Lucas' mate is soon to be found.
"Calm down my brother. I'll tell you everything."
"Calm down! How the hell can I calm down when Calen is out there...I need to find..." Rushing through the study Luke was stopped by Melania.
A growl from inside of Luke emerged. He felt threatened by his own sister by keeping him from Calen. He didn't like the years of waiting and wasn't about to wait again!
"What's going on?" asked Marko seeing the commotion that was going on in the study.
"I found Luke's mate and now he's growling at me."
"Look, I'm sorry to growl, but I've waited all these years Melania!"
"AND...you can wait just a bit longer with that I'm about to tell you Lucas."
All three sat down on the couch waiting for Melania to give the details about Calen and his whereabouts. Luke started shaking his leg not wanting to waste any time. The prolonging of the info was driving him nuts and he wanted to scream.
"I went to that little café down main street. While there I noticed 4 people at one table. I over heard one say something about their company being sold and someone not quite ready to be manager. I instantly knew they were talking about us buying Smith's."
"Keep on." Luke urged.
Rolling her eyes, Melania continued.
"Anyways, one of the guys there asked the other one about a pet wolf he had. So I immediately tuned in. that guy responded by saying that yes he had a pet wolf and that it was hurt. He also said he rescued the wolf and took it home. Then said that the wolf ran off a month later."
Lucas felt a surge of regret and shame for leaving Calen the way he did. But being gone for a month, Lucas had to go back to his pack. Not only to return but to finish off his healing. Being with the teen sped up his healing process and this in itself was a rare occurrence. He has never heard of any other lycans being able to heal themselves quickly without their pack. He attributed it to Calen being his future mate.
After returning to his pack, Martin, sent Lucas out with a few others from the pack to find Braydon. The search for Braydon lasted for four months. Longer than what Lucas expected. When Martin called off the search, Lucas went back to find Calen. The shear excitement of it was only to be turned into sorrow. Upon returning, Calen graduated from high school and went to college.
"When the guy asked Calen what the name was; I literally froze in my seat when he said 'Lex'. I had to get up to meet him and somehow try to touch him to get his scent."
Tightly shutting his eyes, Lucas couldn't help but smile huge. He is so close now to finding his mate.
"I haven't said the best part about it all Lucas...he works for us!"
"WHAT?! What do you mean he works for us?" asked Lucas standing up in excitement. Each second that passed buy felt like torture. He wanted to know where Calen is NOW!
"Well when I met Calen, he said he worked at Smith's along with a friend of his. He is the assistant manager there."
"This is a dream Mel. I mean this isn't happening. You are telling me that you met Calen...MY Calen. The Calen who rescued me. This is my Calen we are talking about right?"
Standing up to meet her brother, Melania grabbed his shoulders and gently squeezed them. She saw the happiness in his eyes light up. It has been years since she saw that look. Her own heart lifted with joy. This was a long time coming.
"Yes this is YOUR Calen. Have I ever steered you wrong?"
"No Melania you haven't, but I've waited long enough. I need to find him."
"Lucas I know you have waited this long, but you will need to wait a bit more. I mean if you running up to him now acting like a kid hyped up on chocolate, who was hit by cupid's arrow, he's going to think you are just a tad weird." All three laughed.
"Also there's something else. He was going to be the manager of Smith's, but he declined it. From what Lisa said, he was going through something personal but she didn't elaborate. Seeing him in the café, whatever it is, I saw it in his eyes. I could sense the pain and it left a lasting impression on him."
Lucas' inner wolf whimpered at the thought of Calen being hurt. It also became on the defensive. Knowing that someone hurt his make sent Luke's inner wolf in protection mode. He hasn't even seen the guy yet and already he wants to grab him and hold him and protect him from every bad thing in the world. If he could just get Calen into his arms, he could make everything better.
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"Ok Miss Velarde, your son seems to be in perfect health and has some good weight on him and is growing fine. Since he is already 1 years old, I would start giving him children's liquid vitamins just to help him out more." suggested Dr. William Roman. New to the town, he was eager to get to work and build up his patient list. Natalie was smitten with the Dr. Raul was right on him being blond and good looking, but she didn't expect him to be down right gorgeous: dark green eyes, dimples, baby faced, tall with a muscular build. It was all Natalie could do to keep from staring.
"Thank you Dr. Roman."
"Here's a lollipop for Miggy. Now remember in three months you will have to bring him back for his second set of shots." exclaimed the doctor to Natalie. Admiring her beauty. William was taken aback by her. Natalie was of average height and slender. She has light colored skin, dark brown eyes, and dark brown hair that went past her shoulders. She was the epitome of beauty. Natalie did some catalog modeling in high school, but quit to concentrate on school.
"So how do you like being the new kid in town?" Natalie asked.
"So far its been good. I was a little worried about being the new doctor in town after Dr. Riley retired. I wasn't sure how people would have reacted. But so far it's been good."
"That's good to hear! Dr. Riley has been here forever it seems. He was my doctor when I was a baby and has done Miguel's check ups when he was born."
