Valeriu Point of View

Camping in the middle of the woods, surrounded by nature, indeed did well on Veira.

One her feet touched the wet ground of grass and mud, her eyes went alive by a thousand times than they were before.

She has this beautiful smile plastered on her lips all the time and that was enough proof that she is enjoying the place.

Probably, it must be Dea who is enjoying it better given the category of species she belongs too. That very moment when I saw that unburdened smile, I decided I would get her a forest of her own in future so she can have her frequent runs.

The staff is equally enjoying the trip in the midst of green heaven that seems to be getting extinct slowly. We had just finished making each of our tents and set the cooking places.

Veira has a tent of her own, agreed she is the boss; while others shared paired up and shared a tent each.

I share one with Dan on Veira's insistence!

I guess she trusts Dan enough to try and keep Fragrance away from me. I like how she thinks, though!

But what is getting on my nerves is me being enslaved by my personal assistant. Here, I'm arranging our things in order by a side neatly in the cottage while he is enjoying a walk inside our miniature tent.

He has been walking here and there from the past fifteen minutes that it started to give me a headache even when my head is not present here instead indulged in some important thinking.

"You can't be serious." He started again and just like past few minutes, I ignored him.

"Are you going to ignore me?" Wow, few months under Veira's employ, he isn't even addressing me properly.

"I'm planning to, for now." I answered with a little shrug without looking at him. Unlike him, I have a lot of unpacking to do.

His and mine, both!

Life of a boss is weird these days!

"Boss " Ah, finally he remembered. I finally looked at him and noticed the anxiety has already eaten a half of his face.

He walked to me and knelt down before me, close enough for people to think our relationship otherwise.

"Boss, I thought this place is dangerous for Miss Lupus?" He started out loud but soon closed into me to proceed with a whisper.

"Hmm."

"And we are here for camping."

"Hmm."

"But why?" I handed him one end of the thick blanket while I took the other as we continued to fold it properly.

"Because Fragrance decided it." My simple answer must've caused a depression to him that he gasped like a fish out of water for minute.

Dan has been working for me from nearly seven years and this is the first time he is being this hysterical. I don't blame him though. I have my own purpose for daring this.

"But this is the forest surrounded by werewolves of Northern plains. Miss Lupus is in danger by them."

"I know." I said and before I hear a reprimand from him which I guess would be a long one considering how he took a long breathe, I continued to talk. "But they cannot harm her."

Dan fell in silence for a second before he asked why that is. "Because I made sure of it."

"Was that why you met Christopher Fuller the other day?"

"Yes and no."

"So you were there to protect Miss Lupus." Dan concluded and I shook my head in a disagreement.

"She doesn't need my protection, Dan. She is capable enough to brave through problems pretty well. However, what she needs is a support." My whisper was audible enough to reach his ears through the loud noises coming from around.

"You lost me, boss. I don't seem to understand how putting yourself in danger is a means of supporting her."

"You will know. Now let's join others before they barge inside." I was going to stand up but he pulled me down by my arm and insisted I complete enlightening him.

The insolence!

He sure is taking me as a friend!

"Do you know why I'm not very right in dealing with the directors but Veira was able to handle them well?" I asked and Dan did not even take a second to think before answering.

"Because she is much more powerful from them." There, that is why I thought it would take a long time to explain him the matter.

"No."

"No?"

"Nah. That is because she has a standpoint different that any of us. It's not the idea of being a werewolf with heightened senses and several other powers that makes her powerful over others. It's her standpoint that works for her. She is different from other, makes her handle the directors and any other human employees in the company pretty well."

"I see the point there. And?"

"And I, as her human mate, have my own different standpoint among werewolves, which is why I can handle them better than her. You see Dan, The rules, conditions, regulations and laws in each of our communities binds us respectively. But when you think careful the same laws doesn't work on the other community. The human rules don't apply as severely on werewolves as on humans and the same goes the other way."

The knowing glint that is starting to shine in his eyes tells me enough that he is starting to understand my analogy.

"So you are taking advantage of the rule that werewolves shouldn't include themselves with human society whatsoever and by doing so, you are not only holding their secret of existence, but also pulling out Miss Lupus out of the trouble in human way." I smiled with a nod when he finally understood.

What I believe is that a couple is said to be made for each other when they have each other's back.

Just like how I know she would be a better person to handle my company issues, not because she is smarter or intelligent than me or I'm incompetent but because the difference between us is our strength.

I believe in her judgment to handle humans just as I believe I can manage werewolves better than her.

When I think about having a future with her, I contemplated several times and finally I realized that what either of us need from each other is a partner.

Far from it, who we need, is a stranger. A stranger who can listen unbiased and a stranger who can be a partner when time compels but still a stranger who is familiar enough to break the comfort zone and know when to back off.

I have no complete idea of how Veira lead her twenty years of life. I do know she was alone all through her journey but the details, I'm still not aware off.

The girl who keeps her guard up around her heart even to her own mate that the fate destined for her solely, I can surely guess what might she went through.

The fantasy of a normal couple who thinks that life partners should be pieces of a puzzle that complete each other heedless to the pictures on the puzzles;

I want Veira and I to be the pieces of same picture that correspond each other or not!

Outside, in the middle of the premise is fire that is used to cook raw meat and vegetables. There is a small group preparing to fish in the stream nearby.

I scanned the arena but could not find Veira anywhere. Walking to her tent, I unzipped it and looked inside, only to find it empty.

Where has she gone?

"Sans, did you see Miss Lupus?" Sans, the one who works under the department manager shook his head negatively and went on.

Dan seems to be completely involved in conducting a funeral of the meat on the grill. Considering how the chunk will soon turn into ashes, there is no doubt he made no attempts to learn basis kitchen skills at all.

"Valeriu, you are finally here. Come on, let's eat." Fragrance invited me by holding my arms. She pulled me to the barbecue place and filled a platter with enough meat, veggies and some grilled chilies.

"Have you seen Miss Lupus anywhere?" I asked not caring for food.

"Ah yes, she went towards the stream a while ago." I got up and walked out from there wordlessly in search of the girl who has been anxious all through the way.

She is enjoying the place, nonetheless it is still a dangerous place for her and she chose to walk out alone in such circumstances.

I didn't have to look for her for a long time. Along the stream into the green forest is where I found her. Near the edge, sitting on a huge rock in her mighty wolf.

This is my first time seeing her wolf in the daylight clearly and boy was she beautiful. She was huge and white like she was weaved from snow.

She is absolutely beautiful!

She is sitting there in her wolf form looking over the depths of the woods and stream, enjoying the alone time peacefully. Thankfully, the thickness of the forest keeps the human visitors away.

I was contemplating whether I should leave her alone or should go to her when her beaded blue eyes fell on me. The wolf assessed me carefully with a glint of familiarity and joy clearly dripping from her eyes.

Suddenly, the huge white wolf got up from its sitting position and started walking towards in slow predatory steps.

Well, well, well, you can't fool me into scaring me Dea!

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