Caleb POV

Decided, I slowly walked toward him. He couldn't see me since he was presenting me his back. I didn't want him to run away, but startling him a little was one of my options.

I now stood behind him and shifted. His ears stood up and rapidly looked behind him. Before he could run away again, I wrapped my two arms around his neck. He fought to flight. He tried really hard to get out of my grip, but no matter what I wouldn't let go. I utilized all my strength to make him fall off his four legs as I straddled the deer. He was trembling so hard, my poor mate.

"Greetings, mate," I smiled lightly as I leaned near his ear. "Change back for me, would you? I want to see how beautiful my mate is in his human form."

He didn't stop trembling, but he didn't shift either. Couldn't he sense that I was his mate?

"Can't you sense it? That we are mates?" I said this time sadness filled my voice as my grip loosened.

When he didn't answer and closed his eyes, I couldn't take it anymore. It felt like he was rejecting me. It hurt so bad but seeing my mate so frightened made me worry... And I knew that the source of his fear was me...

I let go of him and shifted back to my wolf again. I slowly walked away from him. Did I get it wrong? But the smell... I sniffed the air again and the delicious smell came from the same deer, my mate.

Before I could disappear into the woods, I small human popped out of nowhere in front of me. I abruptly stopped walking as my ear stood up in alert.

"Wait! I'm sorry... P-please d-don't go...." the beautiful human said.

Sure, he was a little dirty because of the mud and all, but nothing a shower couldn't fix. When he took a step forward, I sniffed him and the same entrancing smell wrapped around me. He was trembling and hesitated a little before wrapping his arms around my neck.

"I-I can feel you..." he shyly said as he touched his chest.

I licked his cheek and tilted my head to show him to follow me. Fortunately, he understood. I went to the lake and looked back at him.

"C-can you shift?" he asked as he clung to my neck for some warmth. I shifted and wrapped my arms around his waist. He seemed so much smaller like that. "Thank you," he said smiling.

"What's your name?" I asked as smiling as I walked until only our heads were out of the water.

"Avi," he blushed as he answered.

"Avi, nice to meet you, I'm Caleb."

I helped him wash the dirt off as we continued to talk to each other. Soon, I felt like I knew him since forever. Avi was so shy and so easy to tease, my mate was perfect. We spent the rest of the day together until it was night time.

"Will you come home with me?" I asked as I watched the moonlight shine on his now perfectly cleaned skin.

"I don't know..." he answered as he looked back on the other side of the forest.

"I won't do anything you don't want me to, but I don't want you to leave," I tried to convince him as I took his hand into mine.

He looked hesitant, but after awhile, he accepted. We walked hand in hand until we reached my house. Fortunately, I was currently living alone. I opened the door and allowed him to go in first. Before doing anything, I went to take some clothes for him and myself. Not that I wasn't enjoying the view, but I could feel my mate getting more and more uncomfortable by the minutes.

As I got out of the closet all dressed, I gave some of my smallest clothes to him. "Sorry, I don't have anything else."

"Don't worry," he smiled before taking the clothes. I watched him dress up as he was blushing hard.

"Are you hungry? I asked after he put the clothes on and he nodded. "Do you want to eat something in particular?" I grinned and lead him back downstairs to the kitchen. As he sat down on one of the chairs, I opened the fridge and examined what I possessed.

"I don't mind, but I don't eat meat..." he shyly said making me look inside the fridge with a frown.

"How about I make some blueberry pancakes? I don't know what else to cook without any protein," I asked as I took out the flour, eggs, milk and blueberries.

"Yes, please. I love pancakes," he whispered the last part.

My mate loved pancakes. Note taken. I started to prepare the mixture for the pancakes as I could feel my mate's eyes on me. It was enough for me to get a hard on, but he didn't need to know that.

"Do you usually go out in the forest alone?" I asked while pouring the mixture into the pan.

"No, I usually go with my dad, but we got separated. I thought I could manage alone, but it looked like I was wrong," he admitted guiltily.

"You don't have to worry now. I'll protect you now," I flipped the pancakes a few times in the pan before sliding them on a plate. "Here you go, blueberries pancakes!" I put his plate in front of him as I sat down with my own plate of pancakes.

He hummed as he smelled the food and shyly took the first bite. Then, he started to scarf down his two pancakes. I smiled and gave him mine too since I wasn't feeling too hungry.

He looked at me before giving back my pancakes. "You have to eat too."

"I'm not that hungry, besides watching you is enough."

"We can share, I don't think I'll be able to finish everything on my own," he took one of the pancakes.

I smiled and ate everything in a few bites while watching my cute little mate eat. When he finished, I took our plates before putting it in the sink. I would wash that tomorrow.