Hi,
For those of you visiting my blog this is day 21 of the A to Z Blogging Challenge.
Today’s corresponding letter is “U”
Today I chose the names Una and Ulf. There were some very unusual male
names, but I liked this one because it sparked the idea for the scene.
Enjoy today’s post and remember to let your imagination soar
when you read.
Have a great day.
Julia
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How was he supposed to approach a woman he’d never saw
before two minutes ago? Oh, he knew about her all his life, but . . . Different
didn’t cover what that meant. He’d spent his entire teenage years wondering
what taking a girl to the movies would feel like. It wasn’t an option for him
and earned him years of snarky comments about his sexual preference. Kind of
hard to dispute the claims when he couldn’t tell them to. Oh, he could’ve told
them to shove it, because they still had to find the miss perfect, and his had
been picked out for him from the day he was born.
“Ulf,” his father squeezed his shoulder, “what bothering
you?”
“I don’t know what to do.” He expected his father to laugh,
but he didn’t. He gave him the encouraging words he needed.
“Son, I know the feeling. My wolf wasn’t fated to your
mother, but she was chosen for me by my father when I was six.”
Ulf had heard the story many times from both his father and
grandfather. It wasn’t odd for an Alpha Wolf to choose his son’s mate early in
his childhood. Doing so was considered a guarantee that there would be a male
child born to the next Alpha in line.
“How did you approach mom?”
“Good question.” His father looked around the area then
leaned forward. “I squared my shoulder, stood up tall, plastered a smile over
my quivering lips, and walked right up to her and held my hand out.”
“You were nervous?”
“Of course. How could I not be? Like you I’d never
interacted with a girl or any kind during my young adult life.” His father
tugged him into his side and squeezed him. “All you have to do is walk over and
let nature take its course. You two were destined for each other from birth. It
was your and her bad luck that you came from two different wolf clans. If that
hadn’t been the case, you two would’ve grown up side-by-side.” His father
pushed him forward and nodded towards the silky wavy blonde haired woman. “She
looks as nervous as you. Get going and ease her mind.”
He took a moment to study her and saw what his father spoke
up. Her hands were clinging to her light blue purse straps and she kept
bouncing on the balls of her feet. She sucked on her lower lip and scanned the
area.
Was she nervous or scared? Maybe a bit of both. If fear,
then was it because of meeting a complete stranger or being in a strange area
filled with wolves of a different clan than hers? No matter what the case, it
was his job to settle her and his inner wolf demanded he quit wasting time and go
meet the woman who belonged to them.
Ulf took solid steady steps over to the all leggy woman and
cleared his throat when he was near her. She spun around and smiled at him,
showing a set of pearly white teeth, but what caught his eyes the most was the
bluish-green eyes glowing.
“Hi.”
“Hey. My wolf knows you?”
“Mine knows you as well.” He held his hand out. “Names’
Ulf.”
The moment she put her hand in his, the nerves vanished and
the fear of having no idea how to ensure they had a wonderful life together evaporated.
All he felt was peace and contentment. Oh, and the need to get her away from
all male prying eyes until she bore his wolf mark.
“Names’ Una.”
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