"Talia! Can you quit staring at my brother for 30 minutes and help me finish this project? It's due tomorrow."
"Carly, can you not embarrass for once? The guys are sparing, and I was taking mental notes..."
"Don't act like it's some big secret that you have a crush on my brother. It's been this way for our entire lives. Can we finish the project?"
Talia Lawrence has had a crush on Carly's brother and soon-to-be Alpha, Cameron Michaels, for as long as she can remember. It truly isn't a secret, even Cameron himself knows it. He makes no unnecessary comments when Carly brings it up because he sees how uncomfortable it makes Talia. He's uncomfortable, too, but for an entirely different reason. He doesn't like that Talia is embarrassed, but he can't help but love how her cheeks flush and she pouts out her bottom lip at his sister every time. Cameron has a crush on Talia, too, but he's done a fine job at hiding it.
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At least, he thinks he has, no one has ever said anything to him.
He wouldn't admit it, of course, because werewolves tend to not date before finding their mates. It's just makes things awkward when someone turns 18 and isn't mated to their current significant other. There are exceptions, of course, but Cameron isn't one of them. He has waited this long for his mate, he can wait a little longer.
With his 18th birthday right around the corner, he will soon be able to find his mate, as long as she's also 18. But Cameron is secretly hoping it's another 2 years before his wolf finds his other half. In 2 years, Talia will be turning 18, and for the last few years, he's been hoping she's his mate. He can hold out that long. She's worth waiting for.
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Meanwhile, a young woman sits just behind the tree line, watching the exchange between friends. She's had her eye on the future Alpha for years now, and if she has anything to say about it, he will be hers, mates be damned. She's not strong enough yet, but she will be soon. She just hopes it's before he finds his mate, because that will make things a lot more difficult.