Who Hurt You, Bloom?

BLOOM

I stormed around the living room with a deep frown on my face, my fingers clenched around my phone firmly now.

Of course, now I have to hold all my things closely because Dante Romano now exists in this Pack!

I held back the urge to let out a small scream in frustration. He just got back, I was just standing close to him after six whole years and nothing has changed.

I mean, actually, a lot has changed too. His body... That body had changed too much and his cologne, that had changed too.

Heavens, how did I even notice such a tiny detail?

I stopped in the middle of the living room and looked around the place, trying to find Hunter or Daria but I couldn't find any of them.

I looked behind me to be sure Dante wasn't behind me and I breathed a small sigh of relief when I realised he wasn't.

But now, I was standing looking lost in the middle of a party with those I was familiar with nowhere to be found.

I decided to make my way out and probably go sit by the car instead but I had barely taken four steps when someone stopped in front of me.

"Hii" She smiled sweetly at me but I knew better than to appreciate that smile.

Sylvia. Daughter of the beta. Charming, kind and the perfect daughter in the eyes of the public.

"I didn't know you'd want to come to Dante's welcome party. You have always been vocal about how much you hate him, or are you just pretending?" She asked, that sweet smile not leaving her face as she spoke.

"Hi, Sylvia. I would really not like to do this with you tonight. If you are bored, go and dance please. I am not available to be picked on tonight."

"Oh, darling Bloom" She took two steps closer to me, standing close enough to whisper to me.

"I saw you running after Dante just now. Be careful about dreaming too wild, darling" She whispered and I sighed, shutting my eyes and wondering what pathetic luck I had tonight.

"Who exactly are you interested in? I thought you liked Hunter? Dante is back and suddenly you are interested in him too?" I asked and for a second, Sylvia's sweet, kind smile turned into a sinister one.

"Well, you just wouldn't understand, Bloom. You are just a little wolfless girl running after herbs and medicines." She placed a hand gently on my shoulder. "Until I pick the man I want, you should stay away from both of them. They both belong to me until I decide to release them to the public"

I just shook my head lightly. "I have nothing to do with Dante and I will never have anything to do with him"

"Good. Exactly how it should be" She said and before I could tell her not to play around with Hunter, she was off, greeting a group of friends with that same fake nice and yet elegant smile.

"What a night" I huffed and walked towards a corner of the room. I leaned against the wall and just watched the party go on, my eyes still trying to find Hunter or Daria.

Minutes passed by without me getting a glimpse of any of them and the party was starting to get more intense and more energetic.

The dancing was starting to get a little wilder and I would have enjoyed watching if the music wasn't so loud that it was giving me a slight headache.

I left the corner I had been staying at and decided to search for Daria so I could get the car keys from her and at least go stay in the car.

But even as I walked past the dancing people, I could still feel someone's gaze on me and somehow, I didn't even have to look to know who it was. Feeling his gaze on me when we are alone and even when we are in the middle of a crowd was an oddly familiar feeling.

I hated how familiar it felt. I hated everything about tonight already and needed this night to be over.

I stepped out of the living room and continued searching around for Daria until I got to the pool side. There were a few people there but Daria wasn't there and I was just going to leave when I saw it.

My grip around my phone loosened and it fell to the floor, by my feet as my gaze fixated on the sight on the other side of the pool.

I recognised that back too much. I had treated that back multiple times, gently tended to it several times and now her hands were around that back.

Hunter and Sylvia were kissing like they simply couldn't do without each other.

My eyes filled with tears and my heart ached before my brain could try to feed me with any logic.

The instant I felt warm tears roll down my cheeks, I wiped it away quickly and grabbed my phone from the floor before sprinting away from the pool.

My heart ached worse as I ran, more tears pricking my eyes and my lips trembling slightly as I tried not to let out the tears.

He wasn't even mine. Hunter wasn't mine and yet watching him kiss Sylvia broke me like he was cheating on me.

He didn't owe me any loyalty. I knew that but I simply couldn't control how I was feeling right now.

Sylvia's smug face flashed in my head as I ran back into the living room but running into a room full of partying people was stupid and I bumped right into a hard chest and before I even saw the face, I instantly recognised the cologne.

Somehow, my brain had registered his scent so quickly amongst all of the scents in this room.

I raised my head up to look at him and he was staring at me with his brows slightly arched with worry. His eyes searched mine and I saw his eyes darken right before me.

"Who hurt you, Bloom?" His arm wrapped around me protectively while his eyes threatened destruction in a way that almost scared me and yet made me feel strangely warm.

I wanted to shove him away and just go off to someplace quiet until I got a better hang of my feelings but I didn't do that. Instead I raised my hands to his face.

"I asked you a question, Bloom. Who dared to hurt you?" He questioned again, his voice deep and low but I just cupped his face in my hands.

His brown eyes looked into my glassy eyes enchantingly and my gaze flickered to his lips. Sylvia wanted to have them both at her beck and call. She wanted to have Hunter and she wanted to have Dante too.

If she wanted Dante, she shouldn't have touched Hunter. She... She shouldn't be kissing Hunter if she wanted Dante.

I wasn't thinking straight and I knew it but I also couldn't help it. Maybe it was the desire to snatch Dante right out of Sylvia's grasp tonight or maybe it was just how perfect Dante's lips were looking right now.

Whichever it was, I let my hands grab his collar and I pulled Dante Romano down and did something I never thought I would do with my childhood bully.

I crashed my lips on his.