Chapter 28
Be was sitting in a cafe, sipping hot coffee, as she worked on herptop. She was auditing the
reports sent to her by one of the clients. No human who saw her would be able to guess that she was a
vampire. After all who would guess that a 80 years old vampire could drink and eat like a human.
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Technically speaking she should not be able to drink coffee easily. In fact she should have hated the
taste and texture of a coffee. However, she actually preferred the taste of the coffeepared to
human blood. She was the only one of vampire species who preferred to live off the human food
instead of the human blood. No one knew how it came about. Even Be herself was in the dark about
this unique condition of her body.
Deep engrossed in her work, she was
smiling lightly. She looked like a fresh faced, 20-something girl, when she smiled. Her smile could
easily captivate hearts of people and make them fall for her. She suddenly heard the phone ring and
saw the Caller ID. It was Maya who was calling her. She had fond memories with Maya and had a good
friendship with hers over the years. She picked up the call and put the phone to her ear holding it in
ce with her shoulder. She continued typing with her hands as she talked.
"Hello, little pup." she drawled with a smile. She loved to tease Maya.
"Hello, Batwoman." Maya shot back.
Hearing the nicknames took Be back to the day when she first met Maya. The otherwise calmdy,
Maya, was easily riled up when she called her a little pup. Challenging Be to a match, Maya had beat
the living daylights out of her.
It took Dn broke up their fight. He had to exin that Be wasn''t being derogatory towards
werewolves but calling her with a cute nickname, as ut was her habit. Only then Maya stopped fighting
with Be and apologized sheepishly. The incident, though embarrassing, had led to them forging a
ording to human folklore vampires can turn into bats and she was a woman. Be felt it was quite
"Batwoman? You there?" Maya asked concerned, when she didn''t hear anything for some time.
"Yes. Hey, How are you? How did you remember me after such a long time? I was sure that you had
forgotten me after you became a Team Leader." Be replied, the smile still lingering on her face.
"Okay... First of all, I am quite well and I hope you are the same. And secondly, I didn''t forget to connect
with you. You just became too busy jetting around the world solving your client''s business problems.
How is your work going on by the way?" Maya asked.
"It is what it is... Sometimes it''s good and sometimes there''s no work. It is one of the downsides to
opening a business consulting firm and having to stay on the down low in poprity." Be replied. She
had to stay out of business circles. Because if she became well known, then she wouldn''t be able to
exin how she didn''t age at all.
"How would you like to handle a firm at CEO level? No need to search for clients while worrying about
safety." Maya asked.
The offer sounded quite tempting to Be. If she had permanent work then it would be best for her.
Also if there''s no need for obscurity then she could easily use her knowledge to full extent and bring the
free dinner in this world.
"You will be reporting to me. I am the current owner." Maya replied.
"Is that it?" Be asked a bit relieved.
"Also a few years down the line, you will have to train a child in business matters." Maya replied.
"What? No way. You know I don''t interact with kids." Be denied vehemently.
"Bells... It is my nephew. And I promise that you will only have to teach him after he is 18 years old."
Maya cajoled her a bit.
"It is still too young for me." Be replied morosely.
"Come on Bells... I promise you won''t have to interact with him unnecessarily and I will never ask you
to babysit him when he is young." Maya tried once again.
"You promise?" Be asked.
"Yes, I do." Maya replied.
"I don''t know, Maya. Let me think about it." Be said with slight hesitation.
"You can also mess around with Ryder." Maya threw her little bait.
"Ryder? He is also there? That ungracious wimp, that toad of a vampire, that disgraceful being, that...
that..." Be muttered angrily.
"He doesn''t know that you areing. Don''t you think it will be a nice surprise for him, if youe to
stay here?" Maya asked, reeling in her bait.
"Oh... He doesn''t know, does he? Of course, I must give him a grand surprise. Alright, I ept your
offer Maya. However, remember your promise. No requests for babysitting will be entertained." Be
said and disconnected the phone promptly.
Maya nced at the phone a smile breaking out on her face. Xander was sitting in the same room with
her. He could hear both sides of the conversation due to his werewolf hearing power. He was shocked
when the vampire named Be started cursing at Ryder. He raised an eyebrow in inquiry when the call
was over.
Maya smiled and said, "Be and Ryder are actually mates. However Be is Ryder''s second mate. He
lost his first one in his early years as a vampire."
"Then why doesn''t Ryder ept Be?" Xander asked puzzled.
"A vampire''s mate is also his chosen unlike ours where we are paired by the Moon Goddess." Maya
exined.
Xander was even more puzzled than before and it showed on his face.
"Be is an anomaly. She is a vampire through and through however she eats like a human and she
found her mate like a were-person." Be exined further, "When Ryder chose his first mate, he
promised her that in this lifetime she would be his only partner. He remained true to that word until
Be came along. She took one look and one sniff of Ryder and proimed him as her mate. Ryder,
however, is a simple vampire and he refused to ept Be as his chosen one. He is confused when
around her and feels as if he is betraying his first mate."
"But... How did Be know that what she was smelling was the scent of her mate?" Xander asked.
"How do we know that what we smell is the scent of our mate?" Maya questioned back.
"The wolf tells us." Xander replied.
"Yes, the wolf tells us. But there are also other signs like desperate need to mate, unable to stay apart
for long durations, the pain in the heart when we are away for long time, dreams about the mate, etc."
Maya exined calmly.
"Right. Those signs... she felt it?" Xander asked.
"She felt it, she feels it, she would keep feeling them until there is a natural progression of their
rtionship." Maya replied.
"Oh.. I get it." Xander replied and then fell in deep thought.
Maya got busy with the reports of Council work and didn''t pay attention. Xander was remembering the
time when Maya and he stayed away from each other. He was also reminded of the fact that Maya and
he still hadn''t mated. His wolf was pining for Maya''s wolf. Sometimes he just wanted to take her
forcefully and say to hell with consequences but he also knew that he wouldn''t be able to hurt Maya
ever again. His whole body shies away from the thought of hurting Maya.
He nced at Maya thoughtfully, ''Does she ever feel the same? Does she feels the desperate need to
mate with me? Will our rtionship ever be able to be normal?" After staring at Maya for some time, he
left the room to get to the training field. It was time to get back to his work.
As soon as Xander left, Maya looked up and thought to herself, "I feel the same need but how do I
convey it? What if the repressed memories of trauma surface when we are mating? Will we ever be
able to be a normal couple?" A silent tear rolled down her left eye.