Episode 9

Melinda....

I wake up from a short nap, I am so mentally and physically exhausted that I ended up falling asleep, I look at Brad who is focused on the road.

Melinda - We're almost there.

Brad - It's still a little while, are you okay? If you want, you can keep sleeping and I'll call you when we arrive.

Melinda - I am feeling a little better, don't worry. When we get to the guesthouse, I'll sleep.

Brad - I almost forgot, open the glove compartment, your necklace is in there.

I open the glove compartment and there is a box with a necklace and a kind of perfume, I take the bottle and ask:

Melinda - What is this?

Brad - It's an elixir, it will help boost the neutralizing effect of the necklace, you can use it as if it were a perfume.

I put on the necklace and spray the "perfume."

Melinda - Wow, it smells good.

Brad - It's made with lotus flower, it leaves a unique scent.

Melinda - It's my new favorite perfume.

Brad - Just don't forget to let me know when you're running low so I can get more from Detex.

Melinda - Okay, I will.

The drive was smooth, we were talking and admiring the landscapes that we had never seen before, with the necklace the pain lessened but did not go away, but this small truce reminded me that I was going to live my dream in a totally new world that I longed to know, and that the pain could not and would not overcome my happiness to be there and for the first time I felt ready for this new challenge.

... We arrived at the Flower Guesthouse, Brad parked the car and we entered the small reception, and a very nice old lady came to greet us.

??? - Hello, good morning, welcome to our guesthouse, how can I help you today?

Brad - Hi, good morning, my name is Brad and this is my friend Melinda, we are going to study at Norty West College and we rented two rooms here.

??? - Yes, yes, of course, I was expecting you, I'm Agatha, the owner of the guesthouse.

Brad - Nice to meet you.

Melinda - Nice to meet you, Mrs. Agatha.

Agatha - No need for the "Mrs.", my dear, just Agatha.

Melinda - Okay, nice to meet you... Agatha.

Agatha - Much better this way, haha, now let's go, I'll show you your rooms, you must be tired from the trip.

We walked towards our rooms while Agatha showed us the guesthouse, it's not luxurious but it's cozy, all clean and tidy, very nice. We stopped and Agatha showed us our rooms, which were next to each other, gave us the keys and a flyer with all the meal times, we thanked her and she left...

I entered my room and had a very pleasant surprise, it is bigger and better than I expected, I walk around the place, open the wardrobes and see the bathroom, everything I've seen so far is great.

Brad appears at the door, calling me to go to the car to get the bags, I accompany him to the parking lot and after about three trips we're done, haha, we could have done less but with the necklace suppressing our wolves, physical strength decreases, mine in this case because Brad looks like he's not even wearing anything, haha, but we also need to be careful not to alarm humans...

I decide to unpack my things right away, I open the suitcases, separate and store everything in the closet. I get distracted and only realize that it's lunchtime when I hear the sound of a bell coming from the hallway, I open the door and stick my head out and see Brad doing the same, I smile at him.

Agatha - Let's go kids, it's lunchtime.

I grab my cell phone from the nightstand, leave the room and close the door, and we head towards the dining room, but I notice that only Brad and I are guests.

Melinda - I thought there were more students.

Agatha - There are, my dear, as classes only start next week, they are at home, you arrived early, but soon this place will be crowded.

The mention of home made me remember that I will have nowhere to go during the holidays, and I couldn't help but feel sad. We sit down to lunch, I take a picture of me and Brad and decide to send it to my mother with the text: "We arrived safely, the trip was smooth, the guesthouse is great, I already unpacked my things and now we are having lunch, I love you very much and don't worry, I'm fine...". It doesn't take long and I hear the sound of the notification with my mother's reply: "I'm glad everything is going well, Mommy loves you very much and I hope you have fun."

I smile at the message, go back to eating and I have to say that the food is wonderful, I'll get used to this quickly, haha.

Brad - Mel, I was thinking about taking a walk after lunch, what do you think? Get to know the neighborhood a little.

Melinda - I think that's great, it's good to familiarize ourselves with everything before classes start.

Brad - And don't forget that tomorrow we have the visit to the College.

Melinda - How could I forget that? I've been dreaming of this day since I was a pup, haha.

Brad - It's true, I remember our games well, you just wanted to play hospital and demanded that everyone call you Dr. Melinda, haha.

Melinda - What can I do, it's always been my dream.

Brad - And I always thought this was your gift, I don't forget the day we were playing and Lara fell and got hurt, you ran to her, gave her a hug, and like magic, the injury disappeared.

Melinda - To this day I don't know how I did that, I never had an answer.

Brad - I always thought you were special.

Melinda - Special or not, after that day we suffered several vampire attacks and I was almost kidnapped and my father killed, and as a consequence I developed a nice anxiety attack.

Brad - And you never stopped to think why they wanted to take you?

Melinda - Honestly no, you know my crises were one after another, I was more interested in not dying.

Brad - It was a very difficult time for all of us.

The vampires were very insistent in their attacks, they were years of battles and in one of the last ones Brad was left alone, losing his entire family. I've known Brad since I can remember, our parents were friends and it was a terrible loss for all of us. I admire the man he has become, he fought hard to be recognized as the great warrior that he is, and even at only 21 years old he achieved everything he has with hard work, I'm just sad that he never found his mate, I really wanted to have been his destined one, but something inside me tells me that he will still find her and will finally have the family that he needs so much...

Melinda - But enough of sad subjects, we are here to start over, let's forget everything bad that happened (I raise my orange juice) let's make a toast, to the first day of our lives (Brad joins me and we toast).

Brad - I hope this new life is amazing for both of us.

Melinda - I'm sure it will be.

We smiled at each other and went back to eating, when we finished we got up from the table, went to our rooms, grabbed our wallets and left to get to know the Wall Street neighborhood...

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