Chapter 3 TRACING HER

CHAPTER 3

ALEXANDER'S POV

I grinned with a serious frown worn on my face; my brows arched, and my keen gaze flickered over to the view of the house in which my newly founded mate, lily, lived. I had been waiting for what now seemed to be hours now and it seemed as If she wasn't going to come out. Her dazzling beauty had kept me on the edge of the bed, her eyes, had lit up my anxiety. My wolf had been disturbed by her, my mind still couldn't get off her, my inner wolf kept howling with impatience. I now lost hope totally, I had probably made a mistake in tracing her, this was likely not her abode, it had been a mix-up.

From among the other dust lingering in the air, I could only differentiate a smell, one I knew belonged to no one else but Lily. I watched with a keen gaze as the gate of her house opened and she stepped out. I turned in order for her not to see my face, she might have not seen me last night, but I felt it was wiser to cover my face.

As I stood outside Lily's house, my anticipation grew, hoping to catch a glimpse of her once more. The hours felt like an eternity, but finally, the gate opened, and she emerged. Wanting to observe her without being noticed, I concealed my face and trailed her discreetly.

My wolf urged me to approach her and reveal our bond, but I resisted. Instead, I observed her from afar as she gracefully moved, her hips swaying enticingly. A potent attraction pulled me toward her, making it difficult to resist the temptation to reveal myself.

"Walk up to her and tell her she is your mate," my wolf declared from within me, I opted out of the request immediately. No. I wasn't going to tell her immediately, I would watch her closely. I wouldn't tell her immediately, I would, foremost, watch her and find out where she's headed. I followed her in her stride, elegance was evident in her way of moving. Her hips swerved and that triggered my attention, I felt drawn to her by a bond stronger than our mate bond, this attraction was potent and thickly rich. I felt the attraction slowly feeding on me as I resisted the urge.

I watched, from the corners of my eyes, as she turned off in a direction of a poorly bricked road. I struggled with walking on the rough ground, she seemed to be walking perfectly without any grudges. I leapt in her direction and tried closely not to make too much of a noise, so she wouldn't turn back and find out that I was following her. She wasn't pathetic to him anymore, she seemed to be proud and confident, and those two features I'd fancied in her. I followed her with every step she took, every twist and every turn.

I watched as she halted in her confident stride and walked off into what he was surprised was a coffee shop. He followed her immediately running as he tried to meet with her, but the crowd of people going out and coming in this coffee shop was alarming. I followed, pushing physically, as I shoved off a man who had been nothing else but an obstacle. The man had yelled out something incoherent, but now it didn't matter, all that matters to me right now is meeting with Lily.

As I stepped into the coffee shop, I searched for lily with my gaze and immediately found her at the far end of the counter, standing beside a bulky masculine figure. I pushed forward and had settled down on a close by table not too far from me to enable me in eavesdropping on their conversation.

"Why are you late to work again, Lily?" The bulky man had bawled as Lily staggered back a little in fear. The man was her boss, it was obviously clear, with the authority in his tone and the aura, the point was unarguable. Storms of veins seemed to strike at a side of his head.

Lily's lips twisted. "I am truly sorry sir, I promise you that it won't repeat itself again." she begged the man with a quaver in her voice.

"Oh spill the beans Lily, one more time and I promise you a sack letter." the man threatened. Lily's face was now etched in fear, the reverence she had for her boss was now too clear.

"Get back to work this instant, or I'll change my mind." he rasped as she rushed towards a door I knew for sure led to the back kitchen. As she jammed the door, I had jolted out of my thoughts, I looked around my surroundings and planned on what to do next. I tried to force out an idea from my head, but nothing came. I looked down at the mahogany table in front of me, I inhaled the nice smell of coffee in the air- its brown thick smell had pushed into my nostrils. The smell of coffee had awoken an idea, one that would get me to see Lily face to face.

It was simple.

I just have to order a cup of coffee and Lily would be the one to deliver it to my table.

Then another thought came.

What if she wasn't the one to deliver it?

I would bribe someone to make sure she delivers it, I turned my head and searched for a nearby worker. I looked around and finally found a petite blonde lady taking orders from a couple whose table was the next to his.

"Hello." I waved at her as she faced him and glided off in the direction of my table, she paused when she was close enough.

"Hello sir, how may I help you?" She inquired with a quirk of her brows, she gazed deeply into the book in her hand in which she was scribbling down the orders of customers.

"Well," he started and went on, "Can you help me place an order for a cup of coffee and I need it to be delivered by Lily?"

"Why lily? We have other people to attend to you and besides, she is not available." The lady's face seemed to be starred in a deep frown. She looked as if she were offended by his words.

I dipped my hands in my pockets and brought out a chip of gold from my pockets, I threw it on the table as her eyes lit up with a fire of amazement burning wildly in her eyes. The lady's frown broke into a smile, she stretched her fingers and took the gold chip on the table and had inspected closely whether it was real gold.

After a minute of close inspection, she dropped the gold in her pockets and had said cheerfully, "Lily will be with you shortly."

I watched as she disappeared off into the door that led to the back kitchen. The door had opened some minutes later and Lily had walked out with a tray of coffee gripped tightly in her hands. She had walked in the direction of my table as she had dropped the tray on his hand and was about to leave when I caught her hand, stopping her in her tracks. As I held her, a ripe man-woman tension leapt from both our bodies, electricity sparked from within me.

Her eyes sparkled, shock swirled in a dark gathering, the glass cup in her hands fell down as it broke into pieces. Her eyes sparkled with surprise, and in my trance, the cup she held slipped from her grasp and shattered. The tension between us was palpable, leaving us both speechless and electrified.

"I am genuinely sorry-" she apologized, but I was too lost to respond.