“Thanks. I’ll do my best,” I reassured them. “I promise to keep you updated.” I hung up and noticed that Remi had responded.
Remi:Um, sure. When?
I couldn’t help smiling. I was so glad I found his room, not a hard thing to do with my magic, having access to find the information through the school system. It seemed that technology was easy enough for me when it involved my mate, and since I got his name from my meeting with Mr. Trent, it all worked out perfectly. His roommate assured me he would give him the note, after sniffing the air around me a little too obviously. I decided not to think too hard about that part, maybe it was normal here.
Just as I was about to reply, Nix walked in. “You found your mate?!” I was a little disappointed our rulers had told the others. I’d wanted to tell Nix and Charlotta myself. But I knew they worked freakishly fast whenever there was gossip involved.
“Yeah,” I grinned as he closed the door behind him. “He’s in one of my classes.”
“That’s amazing! What’s he like?” I couldn’t stop smiling as I thought about how wonderful Remi was, even without knowing him, yet. I told Nix everything, filling him in on my dilemma and that I’d yet to reply when I wanted to see Remi.
“Then reply, you idiot!” Nix blurted, shoving my slate against my face, like that would make me work faster. I laughed and started typing.
Juno:Tomorrow?
When the message was sent, I saw several new ones waiting from our team.
Nolen:Juno! I just heard from the rulers! They told me you found your mate! And that he’s from this world?
Evie:What!?
Charlotta:Congratulations, Juno!
Nim:I didn’t even know that was a possibility! Congrats!
Nolen:Neither did the rulers! They are all buzzing with excitement! They hope we all find mates here. Can you imagine if we can procreate with non-magic humans? This could be our answer to save our dwindling numbers and maybe the magic!
Sid:I can’t wait to hear more about your mate, Juno. Is he okay with you not being his kind of human?
I looked at all the messages and took a calming breath before replying.
Juno:Thanks! I still don’t know him that well and I need to research more about how these humans mate. Could you all help me with that? I need to spend my time getting to know my mate so anything you could help with would be greatly appreciated.
Juno:Also, I’m not allowed to tell him my true identity before I fully trust him. I’ll keep you updated on that.
A reply from Remi came through, diverting my focus to him as I closed the other messages down.
Remi:I would like that. I heard you’re new around here, so maybe the harbor? They have a few places to eat that aren’t too expensive.
He’d asked around about me? The thought made me smile. And he wanted to eat with me? I’d thought we would meet up to talk or something, but eating was much more intimate.
Remi:Or we can just walk around talking. I’d like for us to be friends.
Was he nervous? Maybe I was taking too long smiling like an idiot when I should be replying.
Juno:Food sounds good, I’ll pay. And I’d like to be your friend.
It sounded awfully childish, but I’d already sent the message.
Remi:You don’t have to pay, it’s not like it’s a date, lol
Oh. That left me feeling like shit. I was so out of my comfort zone here, not knowing how this mating thing worked for him. I kept getting mixed signals, but maybe he truly meant the friend thing as friends only. Was that how they treated their mates here? It was horrible.I wanted kisses, dammit!
Juno:Oh, okay.
I didn’t really know what to reply, so I opted for that and not what I truly wanted to write, which would be, “please love me and have my babies”.
Chapter Seven
