Episode 5

...Kevin:...

I spent the night thinking about what happened, and why my mate left. A thousand questions came to my mind. What if he doesn't think I'm good enough for him because I'm an omega? Or does he already have someone else? I don't know, but I have to find out, and I think I should ask my father to teach me to hide my wolf and my scent so there won't be any problems.

I get ready, and I'm ready to go to college. I go downstairs, and my parents are having breakfast.

Kevin: Good morning, family. How are you this morning?

Stephen: Fine, son, but I won't be able to take you to college today because the pack doctor is coming to check on your father. He's been feeling ill lately.

My father says with a mischievous smile, and I think I already know what's going on.

Kevin: No problem, Dad. I'll tell Fred to take me.

William: He left with your brother very early, so he can't take you.

He pauses to take a sip of his coffee and continues.

William: Mateo, your brother's delta, will take you to school. He's already outside waiting for you.

At that moment, his scent reaches me—that scent of pine and cinnamon apple. Oh, how delicious.

I didn't want to say anything to my parents so they wouldn't be alarmed, so I hurried out, and what a surprise my ride was.

There, in front of me, was Mateo, my brother's delta. He stared at me with his usual expressionless face and only opened the car door for me. I got in, and he started the vehicle and began the journey.

The silence became uncomfortable inside the car. He didn't say anything to me, and I was getting more and more scared. Maybe he doesn't smell my scent? Or maybe he doesn't like us.

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Iker: He's our mate. But he doesn't seem to want us.

Kevin: Try talking to his wolf.

Iker: Yeah, he seems disconnected too, although it's weird because I feel it. I don't know what's going on.

My conversation with Iker was interrupted when we felt my mate park the vehicle.

He got out of the car and walked about 20 meters away from it. Then he seemed to think about something and came back, opened the door where I was sitting, brought his nose close to my neck, inhaled my scent, and in a whisper said what I longed for so much.

Mateo: Mine.

I smiled happily. He had finally recognized me.

Kevin: I thought you... didn't want us or that you didn't feel our bond.

Mateo: Of course I do, little one, and what I wanted most was for you to know. It's just that we don't want to tell the others yet.

My smile disappeared as soon as he said that. Isn't it assumed that once he finds our destined partner, he must claim me in front of my family? This prevents anyone else from doing so.

He saw my bewilderment and continued.

Mateo: I want to do things right. Get to know each other first, then tell your family. You have to understand that I'm 30 years old, and you're only 17. Your father would kill me, and don't even get me started on Leonardo.

He lets out a little laugh, comes closer, and gives me a kiss on the neck.

Mateo: I really like you.

He says as he walks away, but as he walks away, I smell a different scent on him. It's strange that it doesn't belong to him—tangerines. It feels familiar, but I don't know who it belongs to.

I don't say anything; maybe it's nothing. I don't want to sound annoying.

Kevin: Okay, I won't say anything.

Mateo: Okay, let's go. I'll take you to school.

He smiles at me and then closes the door again. He gets back into the driver's seat, and we continue the journey.

When we arrived at college, I thought he would get out to open the door for me like he usually does, but not this time. He looks at me through the rearview mirror, and he has the same serious face he had a while ago, so I get out on my own and enter the school. I wave goodbye to him, but he just starts the car and drives away.

I felt hurt because, in a way, I felt rejected.

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Iker: Now what do we do?

Kevin: I don't know. He says he likes us, but he acts like he doesn't want us.

Iker: Try talking to his wolf, but I feel like he's in some kind of internal conflict. Do you think he likes someone else?

Kevin: I don't think so. He's our mate. He loves us. Let's just go to class. We need to stop thinking about this.

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After that, I went to my classroom, and all day I tried to concentrate in class, but I couldn't. I was distracted the whole time. The teacher scolded us a couple of times, but he knows I'm one of the best, so there wasn't much of a problem.

Even my friend Edgar noticed that I was distracted. He's a human, but we get along well.

Edgar: Dude, what happened to you today?

Kevin: I don't know. I'm a little distracted. You know, my transformation came early yesterday, and that's got me feeling out of it.

Edgar: I thought it wasn't until you were 18.

Kevin: That's what we thought.

If you noticed, he knows what we are since he's the destined mate of Sabrina, the youngest daughter of my uncle Jimmy and my aunt Meli. Yes, as you heard, my uncles have three children: Frederick, my brother's beta; Estefania, who comes after him; and Sabrina, the youngest of them. She's 22 years old. She confessed what we were a year ago, and he started basic training. After that, they adore each other, and he's happy. He's studying because, according to him, he doesn't want to depend on his in-laws. He wants to give my cousin a decent life, and it seems right to me. He's already marked because my cousin is a bit too jealous and possessive, so he's already whipped.

I tell him what's going on with my mate.

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