Bab 57: Chapter 52: Fergus and Mary's love story
Hamish was still in the kitchen with his mother when Erick burst in, with the food container still in his hands.
Surprised, both mother and son looked up to see Erick looking at them, with determination in his eyes.
Erick quickly walked towards Mary and said out loud, "Aunt Mary! I forgot that I was supposed to talk with you earlier!" he sat down beside Mary, his arms folded on the table. He ignored Hamish who was scowling at him for his rude entrance.
Mary frowned in puzzlement. She had no idea what was going on. And the fact that Erick looked desperate, it seems like it was something important. But what could it be? Even if it was something to do with the pack, Mary would be clueless because she does not always deal with pack matter. The only time she would be involved was if her husband would demand her presence or if the Luna [1] called for her company.
"What is it, dear?" Mary asked, patting Erick on the arm, calming him down.
"How did Fergus court you? Did you really fall in love with him at first sight too?" he asked.
Mary was silent for a moment and then she chuckled. "Where did you hear that?" she asked, still tittering, her dainty hand over her mouth.
"Fergus told us… years ago."
Mary looked over at her son to see whether Erick was telling the truth and laughed again when she saw him nodding in agreement.
"It's more like he was the one who fell in love with me. I brought him hell," she said, laughing.
Both Erick and Hamish frowned. "What do you mean?" Erick asked.
Mary leaned closer to Erick and tapped him on the nose. "What's with all the questions, little pup? Does this have something to do with your little human mate?" she asked teasingly.
Erick's mouth dropped open in surprise. "How did you know?" he asked. He did not think that he had told anyone. He only told his parents a few days ago.
She gestured towards Hamish, who seems to be busy looking at his empty plate, wiping the leftover frostings all over it.
Erick turned around towards Hamish and rolled his eyes. He did not believe that he would be busy all of the sudden. He then turned back towards Mary and said, "Yes. I need some advice."
"So, if you did not fall in love with him first… how did you fall for him? What did he do?" he continued.
Mary laughed again. Erick sounds like a two-years old kid with all his questions and whatnot. It made him look so adorable that Mary could not help but pinched him on the cheek.
Erick pulled back, rubbing his cheek as he stared wide-eyed at Mary for pinching him. What the heck? What am I? A kid that she can easily pinch? But he did not say that out loud because Mary was a sweet and friendly woman that he could not bear to raise his voice or get angry at.
"Well, let me tell you how it goes…" she said.
The day when Mary first met Fergus, she thought that he was quite adorable with his disheveled dark hair and stubble. He was walking nearby her bakery, with both of his hands in his pockets. He looked like he hadn't had enough sleep by the look of his bloodshot eyes that she could not help but approach him to ask if he would like some coffee. She had just made some coffee while waiting for customers when she first saw him outside her bakery. He wore a plain grey shirt and jeans but she noticed that there was a police badge on his belt so he must probably be working outside the office. He has broad shoulders with some nice muscles and long legs. Though, he was more on the thin side than the muscular side.
Although he was not that handsome, Mary felt some kind of attraction towards him. She doesn't know why but something about him made her feel happy and comfortable. It was a weird feeling, considering the fact that she does not really know much about the people in this town since she was new.
As she was studying him, she did not notice that his eyes had turned amber before it changed back to his usual eye colour.
She gasped in surprise when the man suddenly grabbed both of her arms and demanded her name. Even though she felt little tingles inside her body from his touch but she was so surprised by his sudden touch that she pushed him away.
Not noticing the sad whimper that came out from him, she scolded him for touching her. She lectured him about personal space and manners; saying how it was rude of him to touch her when they do not know each other. She did not care whether the people in this town were friendly but there were limits to being friendly. Especially when they do not even know each other.
The man immediately apologized and introduced himself as Fergus Cairns. He told her that he worked at the police station as a deputy police chief, which was a surprise for Mary because he looked young to hold such a high position. Despite his scruffy look, which was supposed to make him look decades older, surprisingly, she could tell that he was quite young.
He had looked smug and proud when Mary praised him for working so hard and diligent to get that position at such a young age. However, his smile died when she scolded him again that it was too bad that it does not teach him some manners.
It took Fergus more than two hours, trying to persuade her to go out with him but Mary shot him down again and again. She told him that although she finds him cute but it does not mean that he can use his cuteness to get her to go out with him.
Since then, Fergus came every morning before work to visit her in her bakery since it was already open at 6 AM in the morning. And after work, he would come again to send her back home. At first, Mary did not want him to send her back home in his car. So instead, he would walk with her to her house since she usually walked back and forth to the bakery. Her apartment wasn't that far from her bakery so it was a short walk, much to Fergus' disappointment.
It was quite a courtship for Fergus. He did not expect to have a human mate but it did not stop him from accepting her. Besides, she was adorable, friendly and polite, who wouldn't want her? It was also a bit of a struggle for Fergus to see her male customers trying to flirt with her. He nearly went on a rampage when one of them tried to ask her out. Lachlan had to come over and ordered him to cool down when he nearly got into a fight with the customer.
It was then, Mary decided to go on a date with Fergus. Yes, it was out of pity, at first. She did not know the existence of shifters so she was oblivious to what Fergus was going through. She thought maybe she should give him a chance so they did. Fergus was the happiest when she finally said yes. It took him hundreds of aster flowers [2], dates and other romantic stuff he could think of to win her heart. In fact, it was after a year of dating that they finally got together, much to the frustrations of Fergus' wolf, Elias. Elias had been pushing Fergus to mate her but he did not do that. Fergus respected Mary's decision and he was willing to wait for her.
It was his patience that actually won her over. Because from there, Mary knew that he was sincere in his feelings and she loved him for that.
After Mary had ended her part of her story, it left both boys awe-struck. They were surprised to hear this part of Fergus. They always thought that he was too easy going that he did not care about the romantic stuff. This only added more respect towards Fergus from his son and Erick.
Though, Erick did laugh in the end when he remembered Fergus' side of the story, making it seem like they fell in love at first sight. He was a bit happy that he knew that even Fergus had trouble courting his human mate. So, he decided that he should also be patient with Amber and that's what he was going to do.
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[1] It is what they would call the wife or mate of an Alpha.
[2] Aster symbolizes patience. It is also indicative of a love of variety. It also symbolizes elegance and daintiness. Taken from https://www.theflowerexpert.com/content/aboutflowers/flower-meanings
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