Consequences Series Book 2

I rubbed my eyes with my palms, trying to rid myself of the extreme tiredness I was feeling. I had been in this hospital a total of forty-eight hours straight, and my body just felt like giving up. Even as a werewolf, there was just so much my body could take.

I jotted down the necessary information on the patient I had just examined and placed the file on the table. I looked at my watch, which read 4:30 a.m., and mentally prayed that I could get at least an hour of sleep. Just when I was about to thank the Goddess for the silence, I heard a knock on my office door. I turned around to see my colleague Dr. Smith, whom I usually called Anna, leaning against my door with a small smile gracing her face.

“I hear you’ve resigned, something about going back to your hometown?” she asked with her arms crossed over her chest.

She was about the only person I could consider a friend since moving here. A woman in her early thirties, with long blond hair that she always kept tied up. She had rich brown eyes that always seemed so curious about every single thing. She had a pale, yet rich skin tone, which turned a bright shade of red when she was furious or embarrassed. No doubt, she was a very beautiful woman, just not my kind of beautiful.

“Yes. I’m leaving in a few days. I just have to get my paperwork in order,” I replied and turned around and continued to sort out my desk, which wasn’t really much, considering I was a bit of a neat freak.

“Have a drink with me, you know as a farewell. I’ll probably be busy in the coming days, so I won’t be able to see you before you leave,” she said with one of those smiles that always seemed to throw men off their balances yet did nothing to me. It was probably why we stayed good friends all these years.

“Sure. I’ll meet you outside.”

I swirled my glass around as I felt my eyelids begin to droop. I had lost count of the amount of drinks I had, and with my current state of exhaustion, no doubt I would pass out any minute.

“So, do you have someone back home?” she asked, taking a sip of her drink and grunting at the burn.

“What makes you say that?” I laughed and took a sip of my drink.

“Well, considering the fact that you’ve never gone on a date, and you’re in your early twenties? It would only make sense,” she said as she turned to look at me.

“I do…have someone.” I took the last gulp of my drink and placed the glass back down.

“His name’s Drew. It’s his birthday in a few days. Which is why I’m going back. The plan was always to go back around this time,” I said as I smiled at her, watching her eyes go wide and her cheeks a deep shade of red.

“He’s? Oh…,” she said before she too, gulped down her drink.

“Well, Drew is a nice name,” she answered and chuckled.

I smiled as Drew’s face appeared in my head. Throughout these years, he was all that I thought about every single moment of every day. With each second that passed by, I missed him even more. It felt like an eternity that I was away from him.

I missed him so much, to the point that it actually began to hurt. Being away from him for so long felt like I lost a part of me. Simply because, despite his young age, no one knew me like he did, no one understood me like he did.

The look that would come from his bright blue eyes whenever he saw me always seemed to brighten up my day no matter how shitty it was. Or the stupid but cute things he would say that never made any sense, but to him, were words of wisdom. It was all those little things that made me fall deeper and deeper in love with him until it consumed and took over me.

Before I knew it, my entire life revolved around him, and being away from him for so long was pure torture. Not knowing how he was doing, or what he was doing, not even knowing what he looked like now was driving me insane. It was like I was completely lost without him.

His birthday coming up had my stomach and nerves going haywire. For one reason in particular. He was turning eighteen this year, the mating age.

While I was away from him, I hadn’t found my mate upon reaching the age of eighteen, which made me believe even more that Drew and I were mates. The more I thought about it, the more electrified and exhilarated I became. I could hardly wait to become one with him. With the man I have been in love with since I could remember.

I had kept myself pure all these years, wanting my first experience to be with him. I wanted him to be the one to give me that outstanding pleasure I always heard about, and with the approach of that time, I was completely nervous.

I knew he was the one I wanted to love and spend the rest of my life with, simply because I always counted down the days until I would see him again, I daydreamed about him all the time because I would rather be spending my time with him instead, but most of all, just the mere thought of him made my heart race and my pulse speed up.

I said goodbye to Anna and stopped a cab, getting in and telling him my address. I leaned against the window and watched as the buildings passed by. Somehow, it reminded me of the moments in our life.

They pass by so swiftly that we barely take notice or appreciate them, and once they’re gone, there is no way of getting them back. It made me realize that every single moment in life is something priceless, and I wanted to spend all of mine with Drew. Telling him every day how much…