Chapter 211 Chapter 211

Chapter 211 Chapter 211
Exactly forty five minutes later we are piling into her Toyota 4-Runner which is perfect for combating the winter weather we experience here in the Northern Lakes pack, which is located right next to Lake Erie, on the border of Ohio and Pennsylvannia with my dressed in a long sundress and strappy sandals, with a large sunhat to cover my eyes as we enjoy the last of this nice summer weather before things change to falls and freezing winters.
Opening the sunroof and feeling the warmth on my skin as it seeps into my bones is doing the trick of relaxing my nerves as we wind through the pack grounds to go to our favorite little diner in Geneva, right outside the pack territory. "Thanks for making me get ready, "I say to Hazel as I lean my face into the sun and letting my arm hang out the window, the air running through my fingers. "Happy birthday!" I singsong as I look at her my mood starting to lift and the nausea plaguing me earlier finally subsiding.
"Sorry for being a gloomy guss earlier," I say with an apologetic look, "I don't know why I am so nervous."
"I don't know why you're so nervous," Hazel sighs in agitation, as she rolls past the territory's gates "he's been yours since he moved here, I don't think you have anything to worry about." She snides, her tone clipped as she pulls into the diner parking lot pressing on the break a little to hard.
"Did I do something wrong?" I ask, unsure where her hostile attitude is coming from all of a sudden. "I am sorry if I made this morning a little bit difficult..." I start pondering as my voice trails off.
"Just stop Nora," she whips her head around o look at me, a fire burning behind her eyes, "you're throwing a fit like a child when the Goddess is about to hand you the most perfect man on a platter! Get over yourself!" She chides as she shrugs off her seat belt before before shuffling out the door in a huff slamming it behind her with ab unnecessary ferocity causing me to flinch.
Following behind her, completely bewildered by her outbursts "What did I do?" I ask, confused why she is acting like this as I follow behind her into the restaurant to our normal table at the back, "Am I not allowed to be nervous? What if he isn't my mate, Hazel? Did you ever think of that?" I demand.
A snort escapes her lips, as she rolls her eyes, as if It told her the lamest joke in the world. "Yeah, right." she mutters sarcastically, "it'd be a cold day in hell before perfect Nora doesn't get the guy."
"What the hell is your problem?" I snap back at her, my anger steadily rising as she rolls her eyes once more as we both plop into the booth.
"You!" She retorts, "Your're my problem Nora! You get everything, and here you are complaining when you know that the Goddess has paired you with--" But she stops midsentence as the dinner door opens behind me, the bell hanging on the door giving away the newcomer. Hazels grey eyes are wide as her nose sniffs the air wildly looking t someone standing behind me.
Looking behind me, I see Dillon enter with his younger brother Alex behind him. Dillon's eyes are wider than saucers and his nose sniffing frantically as he searches for the scent his attention finally focusing on me with a wild look upon his face that has Viola whimpering frantically.
A warm smile covers my face, until I realize he isn't looking at me but rather the person sitting behind me, whipping around I see Hazel staring at him with that same moon eyed look as they zero in on eachother as if in some sort of magnetic trance. I know what's about to happen, what words are about to come out of their mouths but like a car wreck I can't force myself to look away. I need to see it happen. I need to hear them say the words so that I can confirm it's real and not some cruel twist of my imagination.
Once they're less than a feet apart the one word I had been dreading they would say, passes their lips, "mate," while they stand their gaping at each other with obvious lust and desire written on their faces. Had that attraction always been there and I was too stupid to see it?
They stood there staring at each other, never saying a word while I stood their like an idiot watching my best friend and boyfriend basically eye fuck each other in a diner full of people. Feeling as if the room is closing around me, suffocating me slowly I stumble over the booth trying to run away from the room.
My clumsiness finally pulling them from their trance as they both call out to me begging me to stay so we can discuss this, but I pay them no mind, as I push my way out the dinner door ignoring the pitiful stares for the other wolves from our pack. Knowing the way gossip spreads all of Nothern Lakes will know about my humiliation within the hour.
Continuing to ignore Hazel and Dillons cries as they try to get me to come back to the diner and talk about this like adults I take off into the forest behind the dinner. Running as far from the eyes of prying humans, not caring that my lungs are burning in anguish as hot tears of humiliation and heartbreak stain my face.
After five minutes of aimless running I pray I am far enough away shifting into Viola, letting my large white paws pound into the earth as I pick up speed pulling me further away from the dinner where I found out my boyfriend is mated to my best friend. My utter despair allowing for a mournful howl to escape past my lips as I continue running further into the forest and away from my hurt.