6. Find Her (Cassius Pov)

Cassius POV

“You still haven’t found her yet??” Venus screamed through my Bluetooth. How was I supposed to, anyone who ever met this Sol girl, didn’t know who she was. It was like she had been pulled from their mind. “No, but like I told you, it could take some time, I have to check all these fucking colleges.” I snapped at my sister. “Well hurry the hell up,” Venus droned.

“I am trying Venus” I told her, but she didn’t want to hear it and hung up in my headphones. Not even a freaking thanks. I struggled with my thoughts, why was I even do this? Oh right, a way to finish my father’s work. It was stupid but what else would I do with my life? My mother never had any ambition or at least not that I could remember. Nothing past superficial desires and then Sebastion and Venus wanted to do what my father failed to do so I decided to help them.

Not just his plan to rid the world of the northerns but the goddess herself, seemed like a bandwagon I could get behind. Though the last several years I had felt more like a dog doing my stepsister and stepfathers’ bidding than anything else. I rationalized once she knew she got what she wanted I would go find something to do. Maybe I could become a park ranger or something.

That sounded nice, being alone in the woods, and getting paid for it. I could help people every now and then, but the solitude would be nice. Or maybe I could become a weird wild mountain man. Then I wouldn’t have to help anyone. “Fuck!” I yelled slamming on my break. This freaking SUV slammed on their brakes in front of me and I almost hit the bumper. People were idiots

Finally, I reached the parking lot. I would do as I did at every college look in every class and do it several times for the next few days and then if nothing I would leave and move on. Maybe get some action here or there if I felt like it. As much as I detested being commanded by my sister, I had to admit there were perks of going from college campus to college campus. She really should have found out which college this Sol attended from Ben before he went and somehow got his memories of the girl erased.

I stood looking over the campus, it was pretty, but I felt it was far from the pack lands. It seemed weird her parents would let her go this far from school, but then again maybe it was her insistence. My mother always did say Kaya was a freak, maybe her daughter saw it and wanted to get away from her. Though my understanding was Cade, her father, was rather a good man until he met his mate.

But there laid my problem, that stupid mate bond. As if woman were not manipulative already our brain wanted to pull us to one, we didn’t even know. My mother was right, the mate bond killed genuine feelings. She said that happened with Cade when he met Kaya. He abandoned his feelings he had for my mother, so she ended up with my father Howie. I was relieved though.

I wouldn’t want to have a father that blindly fell for something so fake. It seemed naive, and I refused to be that it was a motive for helping my stepfamily. I replaced my helmet with my sunglasses and began to walk toward one of the bigger buildings. This was a pretty campus. I smirked as a group of girls walked by. It stroked my ego when they looked at me the way they did. Maybe I would stay a full week, sample the flavors?

A gust of wind pushed something into my nostril's vanilla and citrus. It was an intoxicating mixture. I knew I was to look around snoop trying to find this Sol, whomever she was, but the smell was divine, and I had to know the source. I followed my nose and then I saw her. Her long straight black hair hit right at the top of a perfectly formed ass. Her jeans hugged it, and I wondered if it was as it looked outside those jeans.

I watched as she turned and saw big brown doe eyes, my heart all but stopped when I saw the tattoo on her forehead, this was Sol, the one I was instructed to find. My head almost rolled from my body at the realization. My chest felt tight, like I was being drawn to her. Wait, fuck no, fuck no! I internally yelled, the fucking mate bond. Only the goddess could be as cruel as to pair me with her. Wait she was supposed to be dead why was I even feeling this.

I kept my eyes on her and as if she knew we were somehow linked she turned and looked at me. She obviously didn’t know who I was, nor that I was her mate, despite the close proximity. She couldn’t smell me, no one could. A little gift my sister gave me to ensure the safety of my trip, no one would smell me as a rogue, it allowed me to travel freely, but it also stopped my apparent mate from smelling our bond.

She kept walking and despite my better judgment I followed her. I needed to just snatch her, bring her to my sister and let her rid me of my newfound illness. Instead, I was following her like a puppy. I watched as her long hair swayed behind her, it had a perfect sheen to it. I wonder if it was as soft as it looked. “Get a grip” I told myself. And that smell, God that smell was perfect, feminine and sweet.

I wish I could slap myself for these thoughts, but no doubt the people around would find that weird and it would draw attention to me, and I didn’t need that. At least not now that I found her. She took her seat and I took my own a few rows back. My mind swirling, stupid thoughts filled me. What flowers did she like, was she a book worm like me? What did she do for fun? “Stop” I screamed in my head. “Focus get a grip just grab her and take her back to Venus.” My mind shouted at me. “But that would hurt her.” I responded to myself, as if talking to myself wasn’t bad enough I now had an irrational desire to protect her, I whispered. “I am so fucked.”