{Perfect by Ed Sheeran}

"Alright, 2 cappuccinos and a slice of chocolate cake coming right up!" Melody scribbled the order and went to the counter to deliver the order to Bella.

"2 cappuccinos and a slice of chocolate cake, I'll take care of both," Melody told Bella who quickly typed it out on the computer.

"Let me know if they order anything else," Bella says and Melody vanished into the Cafe's Kitchen door. She saw her mom making some pancakes for another customer.

"Pancake's almost done." Mom said as she readied the plate for them.

"I'll make this order." Melody says and prepares the drink. She cuts a generous piece of chocolate cake from the freshly baked batch. She smiled as she smelled the rich aroma of coffee and chocolate, feeling proud of her baking skills.

Cafe Corner was their family business for the last 4 years. It's an amazing place with delicious food and a cozy ambiance. Amara was the owner and founder of Cafe Corner. She started it all on her own to express her passion for baking and soon it became a successful business. While she innitially handled it all on her own before, she soon let her daughters work at the Cafe part time to help out, which eventually became full time for both. Bella was in charge of the bills and inventory while Melody handled the waitressing and the baking. They made a good team, complementing each other's strengths and weaknesses since Bella was more organized and practical while Melody was more creative and outgoing.

Melody carried the tray to the table, serving the pancakes to a young lady and the cappuccinos with chocolate cake to the couple who thanked her and complimented her on the cake after they finished eating their food and paid the bill. Melody thanked them and wished them a good day, then returned to the counter, where Bella was busy with the cash register.

"Another satisfied customer," Melody chirped.

"Good job sis!" Bella said and they exchanged a high-five. "See, you're a natural at this."

They heard the door's bell ring as two more customers entered. They looked up and saw two guys walking in looking around the cafe with interest.

One was tall and muscular, with a confident stride and charming smile. His skin was tan and smooth, contrasting with his dark black hair and eyes. He wore a casual shirt and jeans that hugged his body, showing off his impressive physique.

The other was the epitome of handsome for Melody, with a striking face and a fit body. Dark brown hair styled in a messy quiff that added to his charm and his eyes were piercing blue. He wore a leather jacket and a white shirt that accentuated his tan skin and broad shoulders.

Melody noticed they both had an aura of power around them and their scent was familiar to her but she wasn't sure how she knew. Both the sisters felt their hearts skip a beat as they stared at them. They had never seen them before, but they felt an instant attraction to them. They wondered who they were and what they were doing here.

They murmured to each other and the guy in the leather jacket pointed to them and approached the counter. Melody was about to walk away but his blue eyes met hers and she froze, mesmerized.

"Hi," he said, his voice was deep which made Melody's heart skip a beat.

"Hi," she said softly, for a moment she couldn't help but feel like it was getting hot inside and she couldn't breathe. His scent of petrichor and woods engulfed her. "We- Welcome to Cafe Corner. How can I help you?"

"We're looking for a woman named Amara. Can you tell us where we can find her?"

Melody was taken back for a second. Why were they looking for her mom?

Before she could say anything, she saw the guy beside him had his eyes glowing yellow which were locked onto her sister Bella whose eyes were glowing blue.

"Bella?" she asked uncertainly, not sure what was going on and if she needed to transform and protect her sister. The guy in the leather jacket also turned around and asked "Mike, what's wrong?"

"Mate," both Bella and Mike said in unison.

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"Omg Congratulations!!!!" Melody squealed, ran behind the counter, and squeezed Bella in a Bear hug. "Thank you," Bella said who was visibly turning pink after her eyes turned back to Hazel.

"Congratulations man," the guy said to Mike and gave him a bro hug.

After the hug, Bella reached out her hand and introduced herself. "I'm Isabella and you could call me Bella."

"Beautiful," he said. Bella was turning another deeper shade of pink and Mike realized he blurted out his thoughts and tried to save himself. "I-I mean Bella means Beautiful right? And you're beautiful too!" He profusely started to blush "And I'm going to stop talking right now."

"It's alright. And thank you, I think you look handsome too." Bella said softly and he was grinning.

"I'm Mike, short for Michaël." he introduced himself took Bella's hand, and kissed her knuckles.

"Like the angel? Saints, that explains how angelic you look." said back and Melody could've sworn she saw the guy's heart being hit with Cupid's arrow with the way he was standing whipped and in love.

"Awww you guys look adorable," Melody said grinning happily for them and Jayden simply shook his head amused.

Melody and 'Jay' looked at each other and Melody smiled as she held out her hand. "I'm Melody."

"I'm Jayden," he took her hand and shook it.

"Let's go inside, I want to introduce you to my mom," Bella said and they two let the two guys to their back kitchen where their mom was making some waffles.

"Mom," Bella called out to her and she turned around, her eyes widened as she saw Jayden and Michaël. A surprised smile escaped her, one mixed with familiarity. "What are you boys doing here?" The guys were grinning ear to ear.

"Thank god you recognized us, I tried to convince him that you had surely forgotton about us," Michaël said.

"Of course I will recognize you! How could I ever forget about you two? Come here!" Mom pulled them both into a group hug and the guys hugged them back as well while the two sisters looked at each other absolutely surprised.

Amara pulled away from the hug and regarded Michaël with a warm smile. "Look at you both, grown into fine men."

"We thought you were still in London," Jayden says with a big sigh.

"Well, we came back like 2 years ago-"

"And you never called!" Michaël complained with a huff. Mom smiled and ruffled his hair.

"What are you two doing here? How did you find me here?" Mom asked.

"Well we got to know through someone who gave us the info last night that they spotted you here at the Cafe. We decided to come and look for ourselves as soon as possible," Jayden replied.

Finally mom turn towards her daughters and said "Girls come here let me introduce you to them," she said "Michael Hayes and Jayden Turner from the Blue Moon Pack."

Melody's blood ran cold. The Blue Moon Pack. Suddenly the familiar scent made sense, she knew them all too well. She quickly spotted the pack's tattoo on Micheal's arm. She must have come across them near the borders of the pack.

Amara turned back to the guys and asked, "Did you two finish the rites and take over your positions?" she asked.

"Yeah.." They slowly replied hesitantly. "Then let me correct myself and reintroduce them. Meet Alpha Jayden Turner and Beta Michael Hayes of the Blue Moon pack."

Melody gulped, internally panicking.

Shit.

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~ Mila Blue 💙