Cassie POVI drove home like a mad woman, weaving in between cars and avoiding pedestrians - although I can honestly say that it was all a subconscious effort. My mind was fixed on the man I'd left behind at the hotel. That stupid, self centred son of a bitch! No, that wasn't quite right - his mother wasn't a bitch. I liked Vasilios's mother. She was a dear woman who was as much a mother to me as she was to her own son. The dark mood which had struck me the moment Vasilios's presence was known, followed me into my apartment building. I stomped up the stairs, swearing in every language I knew as I made my way to my apartment. I stopped outside my door and started fumbling in my backpack for my keys, still swearing under my breath. “Of course, I should have known,” I heard behind me, the haughty tones of derision evident in the woman's words. Slowly, I stood back up and tried to steel myself against the confrontation I knew was coming. “Anna,” I smiled sweetly, “I wasn't aware tha
Cassie POVI didn't sleep. I couldn't sleep knowing that a guy who only knew me as Crystal the stripper suddenly showed up outside of my apartment building. By 2am, I gave up trying and started watching movies instead. Feeling nostalgic, I put on Greece and was flooded by the memories of the last time I had watched it - and how my drinking game with Eliana ended in one of the most embarrassing moments of my life. With Vasilios spanking my naked backside before tucking me into bed and telling me to be a good girl and go to sleep. Arg! Fucking Vasilios! I switched over to some other random movie, something where people were being killed by a crazy clown. At least that didn't remind me of anything - although I'm probably not going near any circuses for a while. At some point I fell asleep, only to be woken by a banging on my door. Groggily, I peeped through the peephole to see the glorious red curls which could only belong to one person. “Oh no, did you forget?” Amy asked, pushing pa
Cassie POV“Hey Cass, Boss wants to see you,” Greg said the moment I walked through the door of the nightclub on Wednesday evening. I sighed inwardly and made a beeline for his office, climbing the stairs two at a time. “Cassie, come in and close the door,” I heard Boss's booming voice as I approached the office.I silently obeyed and closed the door behind me with a click. “What's up, Boss?” He looked a bit pained as he sat back in his chair. “Tell me, are you alright?” I was a bit taken aback. Boss wasn't exactly the most insightful individual I'd ever met and he usually just told people to keep their private life outside the doors of his club. “Yeah, I'm fine,” I said slowly. “If it's about the bottles of shooters that I dropped, I promise I will pay for them.”“Oh, no no no. It's got nothing to do with that, but damned right you'll pay for them,” he replied, his New Jersey accent thickening as he spoke. “It's just that a man was looking for you here last night. One of the guy
Cassie POV“Jessie!” I practically shouted, frustrated that the woman was obviously so busy with some guy that she didn't even hear me calling her name. I heard a rustling sound behind me and spun around to see Boss, his face partly obscured in the darkness.“Cassie? Aren't you meant to be attending to Mr. Costa's party?” he asked as he stepped closer.I don't know why I did it, but I stepped backward as if to get away from him. “Yeah, he asked me to get him a bottle of brandy and I forgot to ask which one he liked. I don't want to look like an idiot so I wanted to ask Jessie if she knew,” I embellished the truth slightly. “The guys said she came out here for a quick smoke, but I can't see her.”Boss shrugged and pulled out a box of cigarettes, putting one in his mouth before he lit it and crumpled up the now empty box. “Costa drinks d'Usse cognac,” he replied, taking a drag of his cigarette before he threw the empty box at the open dumpster. He missed miserably and it bounced off
Cassie POV“Hey, can I give you a lift home?” Damian asked once he had cleared the club and asked the bouncers to guard the alley until the police team could collect evidence. I shook my head, “can't leave my bike here. I have my second job to get to tomorrow.”He looked at me quizzically but didn't ask further… and I wasn't going to volunteer the information. “Alright, then I'm going to follow you home to make sure you get there alright,” he announced, taking my backpack from me as we left the club. His hand rested on the small of my back and I could feel the intense heat of his palm through my shirt. It's something werewolves don't really notice, but their body temperature is definitely warmer than humans - great in Winter, but it must be awful to sleep next to one in the Summer. “Fine, you can follow me home,” I agreed somewhat begrudgingly. He smiled triumphantly and I pretended not to notice as he helped me put my jacket and backpack on. As my bike roared to life, Damian jum
Cassie POVHave you ever had a dream so vivid that you were sure it was real, only to wake up and have this empty feeling when you realised it was just a dream? Well, I guess Vasilios's presence in my apartment triggered some subconscious thing in my brain, because I dreamed of my wedding… although, it wasn't the wedding I had experienced in reality. No, this was the type of fantasy thirteen year old me would have dreamed up.Pure white tulips decorated the dais in the middle of the packhouse garden where the entire pack waited with breathless anticipation of the happy event. Vasilios, handsome and proud as he stood at the bottom of the flower-bordered aisle waiting for me to glide effortlessly to his side in my over-the-top wedding dress. Yep, definitely something thirteen year old me would have dreamed up - in the days before the guy I loved cruelly stamped all over my heart and showed his true colours. I guess dreaming about him was better than dreaming about Jessie's lifeless co
Cassie POVThere's something about exotic dancing that made me feel powerful in a way nothing else ever did. Maybe it was knowing that the men and women who watched were undeniably affected by me, or maybe it was that I felt sexy. Either way, it was an addicting feeling. And having Enzo sitting a couple feet away with his eyes wide as dinner plates and his mouth clenched shut probably was the highlight of my day. The longer he sat there, the more unsettled and nervous he became. His hands kept combing through his hair and he must have had at least five drinks by the time Amy came out of the dressing room to do our rehearsed “Crystal and Amethyst” duo. We had barely completed our second sequence of moves when Enzo swallowed his drink in one gulp, stood up and charged out of the door. It took all the strength I had in me not to burst into giggles at his hasty departure.“Who was the guy you were torturing?” Amy quizzed me as we returned to the change room. “And if that was Vasilios I'
Vasilios POV I read the message from my father for the hundredth time, resisting the urge to snap my phone in half - but only barely. “Congratulations on finding Cassandra. I trust that you will have her back before the Full Moon Celebration,” the old man challenged me. “It would be a pity to pass the alpha title on to your cousin, but that will be the consequences. Don’t disappoint me.” Titan growled in my mind, the mere thought of losing his alpha status making him grumpy. “That won't happen, big guy. I promise,” I reassured the wolf, hoping that I wouldn't be made to eat my own words later on. Pouring myself a cup of strong coffee, I stepped out onto the balcony to watch the sun rise between the skyscrapers which New York City was famous for, and wondered how on earth I was going to progress with Cassandra if there was another man in the picture. And there was no doubt in my mind that the no-good smooth talker of a boss she had was interested in her. Sure, there was a mur