Gabriel never really wanted a mate, but each time he saw one of his pack members with theirs he ached for one. He saw how happy and content they were, he never thought to find the one who he would want as his mate. That all changed when he first saw Cassie, a young and beautiful girl with long thick black hair that curled at the bottom, the most dark brown eyes and the most full lips he had ever seen. All that strangely matched her pale skin, he wanted to put his hand on her body, wanted to know how it would feel, how she would react to him touching her. She had only been living in town for a day and boys where already standing in lines for her. She ignored them and that pleased him, knowing that she didn’t care for all those boys. But there was something strange about her; she came to live with her mother Sofia who was a member of the Shadow pride, nobody knew why they’d come to live here were the Storm pride ruled. The day they arrived Sofia had a long talk with Zach, alpha of the Storm pride, nobody knew what they’d disgusted behind closed doors. That’s the day he saw Cassie and the day he never stopped thinking about her and the way she’d made him feel. But to his disappointment he rarely saw her it was like her mother hid her away in that house of theirs. “Hey Gab, you still in there?” Gabriel came out of his thoughts to find his long time friend and fellow pack member waving a hand in front of his face. “I’m fine Zane” He brushed his hand trough his brown hair, trying to forget the girl he never could have. “Thinking about her again aren’t we” it wasn’t a question but a statement, Gabriel didn’t have to ask who his friend was revering to. Zane had a feeling that Gabriel had a thing for Sofia’s girl, although he never shows it if she’s around.” No just looking for a cute thing in here” he turned his head and saw a brunette throwing him her cutest smile. “She looks good to bite in to” Zane saw the brunette Gabriel was revering to, she sat not far from them, she wore a very low cute dress that fit her well. “If she’s your kind of girl” Gabriel hated when Zane started to act like that “fine I’m out of here then, it’s not like I have anything better to do” He gave Zane a nod and left the bar.It was a cold evening, but it didn’t bother him, then he picked up her scent. She smelled like roses mix with strawberries and vanilla, he saw her walking just a few feet away from him. He picked up his paste and was beside her in less than a minute. “Hey Cassie” she looked up startled, but smiled as she recognized him. Dammit he so badly wanted to press his lips against hers instead he smiled back at her. “Mind if I walk with you?” it seemed like she was hesitating for a second before she gave a nod in agreement. It was hard for him to form words when she was so close to him, with every breath he took he inhaled her scent, he wanted to wrap his arms around her and tug her close so he could smell her sweet scent even better.Control yourself Gabriel; he said to himself what would she think of him if he did wrap his arm around her, he was o-so tempted to find that out. But not today, not now, but one day maybe just maybe… they’d walked the rest of the way without saying a word to each other. Gabriel couldn’t come up with a thing to say, so he just watched her and saw every detail. From how her skin seemed to glow in the moonlight to how her brown eyes looked even darker in the night. She broke the silence between them “I’m home, thanks for walking with me” she turned around and was walking to the door when she stopped and looked back at me. I hadn’t moved, still waiting for her to go inside. There was a faint smile on her face then she said a quick “Goodnight Gabriel” and was already inside. I was amazed at how fast she’d move, but she still looked elegant and sexy.