Chapter 18 - The Familiar Yet Strange Scent

>Yohan

This smell.

I looked around in confusion as I stopped in my path while having a run in the forest.

This scent, one I’ve never smelt before, completely foreign to me, yet with a huge amount of familiarity.

What was this?

Does this even make any sense? Why do I find it so familiar when I’ve never smelt it before?

Night had fallen and there was no moon in the sky. On nights like these werewolves are on their lowest power and no normal magical being can cross over to the human world, yet, there it was.

A scent I just had to follow. For an unknown reason it was attracting me. Something inside of me was very curious about it.

Quietly I crept up behind the trees as my gaze landed on a figure of a woman with a nice slender body and long wavy black hair.

I kept quite a large distance between us but still I could tell she was a powerful being. No wonders she was able to cross over so easily, but that wasn’t the thing that bothered me.

The thing was, there was an odd sense of familiarity coming from her but I had no idea what it was or why it was there.

A scent similar to mine.Not completely, like a very small portion of it.

Part of me was tempted to go over, stop and ask her who she was but the other part wanted me to leave.

I stood my ground as I saw her walk away, mist began to gather around her as she neared the dimensional gate.

Big forests like these are the only portal that connects the two worlds so of course she’d be leaving through here but I wonder why she came here?

Fae don’t have anything to do in this world anymore.

As the mist began to thicken and her body began to fade there was a sudden gust of wind that gave my position away.

As the wind carried my scent to her she shot her head towards me, her eyes wide open in surprise. It took her a moment to spot me but before she could say anything the mist took her and she vanished.

For some reason, it was an overwhelming moment.

I don’t know why and maybe I’ll never know why but all the fur on my body was standing up and I had no idea if I was excited or anxious but I was left with a deep sense of void in me. Like I was missing something.

***

When I reached home I found out Maya had already come back from her guardian’s house. She had just come out of the bath with her hair still wet. Whatever scent she had on her was now gone.

“Oh you’re back. Did you eat?” She asked me but I was still a bit disturbed. The anxiety just wouldn’t settle down so I went and sat down on the couch as her words went completely over my head.

Clearly I’ve never seen that woman but then what’s this odd feeling?

It keeps pestering me.

I’ve seen many fae before but none have ever bothered me.

Why then?

The way she looked at me...

She was surprised.

Surprised like she knew something about me...

She was going to say something.

But what?

A shadow loomed over me, “Yohan?” I turned my head to the side and came face to face with Maya with our faces only a few centimeters apart, “You okay? I called you a few times.” Drops of water fell down her bangs and I realized she still hadn’t dried her hair.

“I’m fine.” I said and smiled.

“Oh, okay…” She was still a bit worried, “Yohan.” She looked into my eyes,”Nothing.” She took a step back and was about to leave when I grabbed her hand.

“I’ll dry your hair.” I said and she looked back at me surprised.

“I-it’s okay.” I didn’t want her to leave so I pulled her onto my lap and wrapped my arms around her.

“Let me.” I asked her again, “I’ll do a good job.” She looked down and got quiet for a few moments, then handed me the towel she was holding in her.

“Okay.” She said in a low tone.

I took it from her hand and gently placed it on her head and began to rub softly. While I performed the act there was no conversation between us but I could tell she was nervous.

She kept fiddling with her thumbs.

Sometimes I find her very cute, just like this time, and so I couldn’t help but kiss her bare forehead.

She immediately shot her head up in surprise and I grinned at her.

Finally, I had calmed down a bit.

“That’s cheating.” She looked at me intensely.

“Is it?” I passed her a toothy smile.

She relaxed a bit and said some unexpected words, “Your eyes are really pretty.” Her gaze was set on them, “Like,” She gulped, “Really really pretty.” I could feel it, her gaze.

It was making me feel like my heart was dropping in anticipation. The kind of feeling similar to having butterflies in your stomach.

My hands dropped down around her waist and I hugged her, snuggling my face in the crook of her neck.

“You shouldn’t stare so intensely.” I said the words softly but saying them right next to her neck was unintentional. I saw her skin stand up as it came in contact with warm breath, “What if it sends the wrong idea?” My lips were so close to her skin even I felt it touch her neck. Barely brushing over when I talked.

She stiffened and my eyes went wide as I smelt something I definitely shouldn’t have. It was probably because I was so close to her body that I did.

She was turned on.

Note : It’s possible for werewolf mates to smell changes in hormones, especially when they are very close to each other's bodies.