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The Little Wolf Queen Chapter 1

Chapter 1: The Connection

 Ava is woken up too early, is stared at by one of the boys on the hockey team and feels weird. Shawn goes to school, his nose is on overdrive and he finds his mate.

 The first thing she heard was the shrieking blare of her alarm followed by her stepmother Elena calling her name from downstairs. Groaning, she slammed her hand down on the alarm before rolling back into her sheets to enjoy the warmth, closing her eyes….and immediately opening them when she heard her door open.

 “Ava” Elena’s gentle voice came through her room. “Ava sweetheart, you gotta get up for school”

 “No” Ava grumbled.

 “Ava honey, school is important” Elena chuckled.

 “It’s not, I’m gonna make a killing being a grumpy judge on a talent show like Simon Cowell” Ava muttered from under her covers.

 “You still need to finish school, now come on and get up before-”

 “AVAAAAAA” came the loud voice of her three-year-old sister before a small mass crashed into her body with much more force than it should’ve.

 “Oof” Ava groaned upon the impact.

 “Chelsea!” Elena chastised the small girl. “Don’t do that, you could hurt your sister!”

 “Sorry Mommy” Chelsea said bashfully.

 “Don’t apologize to me, apologize to your sister” Elena scolded.

 “Sorry Ava” Chelsea smiled before throwing herself to hug her older sister.

 “S’alright kid” Ava smiled back before reaching for her phone to take a quick snapchat of her sister being all cuddly and cute.

 “Let’s get you both downstairs, gotta get you both ready for school” Elena smiled.

Reluctantly hauling herself out of bed, she remembered why she loved her blankets so much. It may have been spring in Canada, but the mornings could be chilly. Her sleep jumper and shorts were perfect until she removed the blankets, even on the carpet and with socks on, her legs felt slightly cold. Walking down the stairs somewhat drowsily with a big yawn coming up, Ava couldn’t help but smile as the twins stood at the bottom of the stairs with big curious eyes as they watched their mom with big smiles to match.

 “Oh, by the way, they ate the rest of the chocolate cake” Elena smiled apologetically. “I can buy some more from the bakery when I drop them off at Mum’s”

 “Elena darling” Ava’s dad called from the kitchen, “Where on earth is the cheese?”

 “Back of the fridge” both Ava and Elena answered at the same time.

 “You don’t suppose he’ll ever get his eyes checked, do you?” Elena quizzed gazing into the kitchen.

 “It’s Dad, what do you think?” Ava stated like it was obvious.

 Elena laughed her bell like laugh and took the hands of the twins while Chelsea grabbed Ava’s hand and pulled her down the stairs.

 “Morning sleeping beauty” Ava’s dad smiled fondly at his somewhat disheveled daughter.

 “Dad” she acknowledged. “Can you grab me that cereal?”

 Passing the cereal to his daughter, he watched her as she sighed upon looking at her phone. “everything okay?”

 “Yeah, but last two weeks of school and then summer. Which means feeling too lazy to do those last pieces of work that get me into the 11th Grade” Ava groaned miserably.

 “Just two more weeks baby” Elena smiled kissing Ava’s temple.

 “Elena do my work for me” Ava begged.

“You’re a capable woman Ava” Elena reminded her stepdaughter.

 “Fine” she grumbled.

 Eating her cereal, she was joined by an equally grumpy Jesse and a very sleepy Noah.

 “Do you want some of my fruit loops?” Jesse asked with a big yawn.

 “Nah that’s alright, you want any coco pops?” she asked him.

 “Just a spoon” he smiled dopily.

 While he got his cereal, Noah glanced at them while eating his wholemeal ham and tomato sandwich with his favourite cheese.

 “Those cereals have lots of added sugar in them y’know. You should eat something lo GI that has protein in it” Noah told them in his four-year-old “I know everything” tone before walking off to sit on the porch with their Dad.

 Narrowing her eyes in confusion, Ava reminded herself that he was four and not 30. Then she turned to Jesse as if he had an explanation, which apparently, he did.

 “He’s been watching the food network on his sick days” Jesse shrugged.

 Elena loved the food network. It made sense.

 Finishing her cereal, she went upstairs to throw on her jeans and Coca Cola t shirt and converse before heading to her mirror. She blended out her foundation and concealer before debating if he could be bothered with proper eyeshadow. Deciding she could not, she set her face with powder, bronzed her cheekbones and used the same bronzer for eyeshadow and contouring her nose before applying a nude lip and mascara. She almost forgot her highlight but then remembered that Katie was planning on polaroid’s at school today so she applied some.

 She threw her books in her bag, her tissues and bounced her way downstairs before making her coffee.

 “Well you certainly seem to be in much higher spirits” Elena smiled.

 “All things are possible with coffee and mascara Elena, all things” Ava smiled back brightly.

 “Wanna go and round up your siblings?” Her dad asked.

 “Sure” Ava agreed. “GET DOWN HERE MY ARMY” she yelled at the top of her lungs making Elena and her Dad wince.

 “I meant at a lower volume” Her Dad grumbled.

 “There’s too many to find individually” Ava shrugged.

 Just then, a mess of four children came hurdling down the hallway giggling and laughing while they raced each other to the front door.

 “School drop off time. Alex and Levi, just where do you think you’re going?” Elena said in fake sternness with her hands on her hips.

 Alex and Levi were meant to be waiting with Ava’s Dad. Instead they had their animal bag packs on and their jackets.

 “They’re coming with us” Chelsea stated proudly. “I put their jackets on and Jesse got their bags Mom”

 Raising her eyes to the ceiling, Elena sighed. “You can come to the drop offs but then we’re coming back home to say goodbye to Dad and the dogs”

 Giggling victoriously, they all packed themselves into the car and drove off to school.

 “Have a nice day. Two more weeks, that’s all Ava” Elena reminded her stepdaughter before driving off.

 Groaning in despair, Ava turned and walked her way through school.

 “Morning Ava” Monty smiled nervously at her.

 “Morning Monty” Ava smiled back.

 Monty was the socially awkward geek in her History class who seemed to have a crush on her. She wasn’t to alarmed by him, it was his friend Gavin, the extroverted creep who bothered her.

 “Babe!” she heard the exaggerated happiness in the voice of Heather Wilson, the school’s very own demon, as she rushed over to very sloppily kiss her newest toy, Dustin Kirk. Dustin and Heather belonged to the popular kids of the school. While Ava wasn’t unpopular, she didn’t have the whole “queen” status going on for her. She noticed that some of the hockey players were present, bit early for them. She spotted Katie’s older brother and then she saw Shawn Mendes with his friends Cameron Dallas and Brian Craigen. They played on the hockey team and were kinda cute. His mom was friends with Elena and her Dad. Karen was a sweet lady. But then she spotted the one who made her heart stop. Jake Henderson. All 5ft11 of his blonde-haired, blue-eyed muscle. Snapping herself out of it before someone noticed her staring, she walked around their group and onto her friends.

 “Hello Ava” Katie greeted. “How was the weekend, we didn’t see you at all”

 “Talk about missing the fun” Leah grinned. “I don’t think Laura’s ever seen so many shirtless men in her life”

 “It was a wonderful sight to behold” Laura smiled.

 “How was games night?” Stacey smiled.

 “Good, you know Elena’s parents, heavy on the food, heavy on the wine and heavier on the desert” Ava sighed contently.

 “You know I swear you’re never happy without food in your mouth” Laura laughed.

 “Food is good for the soul. And I need about all the soul I can get in these last two weeks” Ava muttered grimly.

 As the girls continued gossiping about the latest party, Ava couldn’t help but feel she was being watched. She looked up to see the last person she was expecting to be looking at her. Shawn Mendes was watching her with an odd sort of gaze as he caught her eye. Affection? Admiration? It was strange. Suddenly she felt this odd sensation in her stomach and slightly dizzy.  Before she could linger on it, the bell rang and their classes had begun.

 SHAWNS POV

 He was early to school today. Brian’s parents had taken his brother out of town for a specialist appointment for his little brothers hearing, so they were at school before the bell rang for once.

 He was watching Heather and Dustin be their usual selves and then he smelt it. That same sweet smell he caught lingering in the hallways. Except this time, it was stronger, much stronger. Overwhelmingly so. It was all his nose could focus on. A cross between vanilla and baking sugar. He took a deep inhale and turned to his left. A girl walking by seemed to radiate the smell.

 Mate. His inner wolf told him.  

 He suddenly felt dizzy, his hands were sweaty, his body was warm and he felt a tugging sensation at his stomach. The smell seemed to overpower all his senses as shivers went down his spine. Could it really be?

 She was small and she had black hair. All he could see was the back of her covered by a denim jacket and a backpack. When she had sat down, she was against the wall and her could only see half her face. Caramel skin. And then by some sort of mercy she frowned. Was she okay? Was something making her sad? Then she looked up, right at him and he felt his whole world shift. He got lost in her brown eyes and he felt a drop in his stomach and a fluttery feeling. It was her. He had found his mate. She looked so familiar, but did he know her? Did she know him? He didn’t have a chance to linger as the bell rang and he was pulled in one direction whilst she was pulled in the other.

 He had spent the whole day with his head in the clouds thinking of her and when he was leaving school, he saw her once more getting into a car with… no…Liam Beauregard? He was notorious for his womanizing ways. He didn’t do love or commitment. He was in simple words, a dog.

 Walking his way to Jake’s car, he stared out the window in misery. His mate with another wolf? A deplorable one at that.

 “Uhh dude, you getting out or coming home with me?” Jake laughed.

 “Sorry man, see y’all at practice” Shawn grinned, shaking it off. He wasn’t sure if he was ready to tell his friend yet.

 He was lying on his bed formulating a plan to murder Liam when his thoughts returned to her and all he could do was smile.

 He had found her. He had found his mate. And she was perfect. Petite in height, quite slim from what he could see, not that he’d care if she was otherwise. Black hair, dark brows, chocolate brown eyes and caramel skin with plump lips. She was stunning. He wondered if she was Spanish or something. She definitely looked it.

 Broken out of his thoughts by his Mom’s voice telling him to leave his bed and the sound of a car pulling up, he suddenly remembered his Mom telling him Elena Prescott would be coming over for afternoon tea today. Elena was one of the few wolves mated to a human in their pack. Her mate actually helped out by playing the role of pack doctor on Wednesdays. They were both nice people. Besides, Elena was Shawn’s favourite babysitter as a kid. He could ask her about her human mate bond. Rare but possible, as Shawn now knew. Or did he. Was she human? He didn’t have time to dwell as he trudged downstairs to greet Elena.

 After saying hi and being told to make tea by his Mom, he returned to smiled at his babysitter who now had 5 children of her own now if he remembered correctly.

 “Hey there Rockstar” Elena smiled.

 “Ellie” Shawn smiled brightly at her.

 “You and Aaliyah are the only ones to get away with calling me that”

 “we were the best kids you ever babysat and you know it” Shawn grinned.

 “Quite possibly” Elena avoided answering

 “How are you kids?” he quizzed, genuinely interested.

 “Growing” she said ominously. “and fast”

 “How old are they all now?”

 “Jesse’s five, Chelsea is three and Levi and Alex are 18 months.”

 “Man, your house must be loud” Shawn laughed.

 “You’ve no idea. The dogs are quieter than my kids and you can hear them bark from here” Elena said dramatically.

 Suddenly Elena moved and knocked her keys off the coffee table which Shawn immediately picked up for her before spotting the keychain and the photo on it. Of Elena, her husband, her kids and Shawn’s mate.

 “Ellie who’s the older girl? You’ve only got 4 four kids” Shawn observed.

 “Oh, that’s Ava, our biggest ray of sunshine. She’s not much younger than you actually, Lewis actually had four kids from his previous marriage, she’s his third child and second daughter” Elena explained.

 “Does she know about all of this?” Shawn asked.

 “No, we agreed to keep her out of it until necessary” Elena said. “We’ll have to tell her eventually because of Jesse” Elena sighed. “Her best friend comes from a wolf family too actually, Katie Beauregard”

 “Marcus’ daughter?” Karen asked.

 “One and only, her and Katie have been attached to the hip since she moved her. More like sisters than friends those two are”

 He couldn’t believe his ears. Elena’s stepdaughter was his mate. He’d hit the jackpot. He could find out everything from her.

 “I feel like I’ve seen her before” Shawn muttered. “Does she go to my school or something?” he feigned ignorance.

 “Year below you actually” Elena told him.

 “Oh, well if ever see the two of you I’ll make sure I come and say hi” Shawn smiled politely before turning to his Mom. “I have practice now, I’ll be home for dinner, just later than usual. Bye guys”

 Turning and running out of the house he walked his way to Kyle’s house two blocks over, smiling the whole way there.

 Ava. Her name was Ava Prescott. The name suited her. Just thinking of her made him feel all warm and fuzzy on the inside. He’d locked eyes with her for a split second but it was enough for him to know she was his mate. Beautiful chocolate almond shaped eyes and a gorgeous smile based off what he’d seen when she was dragged out by her friends, grinning at their enthusiasm. He didn’t notice much too overcome with his initial emotions and heart eyes.

 He did however notice Jason Lewis eyeing her up like a piece of meat as she got dragged past him.

Asshole.

 All Shawn knew was that he had to find a way to talk to her, get to know her and somehow manage not to freak her out in the process.

 He was going to be with his mate.

Part 2