ClarissaDacre had walked away from me, gone. I could have chased him but somehow my legs had lost the strength to follow him.Talia and Jake were bickering about something but I had no idea what they were talking about. As I fell to my knees, I felt the atmosphere around me change. The air suddenly felt dense and I had trouble breathing.A black mist suddenly began to whirl around me, blocking my view of everything around me. I blinked and tried to rub my eyes but I still could not see anything.The mist surrounded me like a cocoon, trapping me inside it. I tried to reach for Talia and Jake who had been talking behind me.But my hand only grazed empty air. “Talia…Jake”I shouted but there was nobody to answer me. The hair on the back of my neck stood up as I felt something near me.I threw a wild look around but there was no one near me. Fear began to crawl up my heart and again I felt the faintest brush of wind on my face, making me look to the other side.The mist cleared partiall
Clarissa Dacre and Silas were walking in, probably to also shove some food down their throat. They were still clad in their same clothes so I guess even they had not found a temporary place to stay. As Dacre was climbing the stairs, his gaze fell on me, and for a moment, he stilled. Silas, who had been climbing the small flight of stairs behind him, bumped into him and scowled, “Why did you stop?” For a moment, Dacre held my gaze and I thought that he would say something or come to talk to me. My face brightened a little but he simply turned to the side and occupied a table on the far end, away from us. They both walked past the table of the friends who had been gawking at me earlier. But, only now I knew that my choice of words had been wrong. What they were doing to Dacre and Silas with their eyes was gawking. They were simply staring at the two as if the boys didn’t even belong to the mortal world and were Gods who had decided to visit the puny realm of mortals. Silas turned
ClarissaWe finished our food and Jake got up to pay the bill. Talia saw him go away and hopped on the chair beside him.“Just what is going on?” She asked me and I looked at her in confusion.“What is going on?” I asked in the same confused voice,“Is there something you aren’t telling me, sis?” She asked and folded her hands on the table while looking into my eyes.“I don’t understand” I tried to say but the nervousness in my voice betrayed me.“Why do I feel you are hiding something from me? Don’t tell me you have fallen for that hottie.”I made an elaborate show of opening the cap of the bottle and pouring water out of it into a glass, “No idea what you mean.”I sipped water to buy some time as Talia began her interrogation.“I saw the way you two looked at each other, even at the council home and now here. At first, I thought you were glaring at each other in the council office. You were always looking at him and I thought you were scared of him so you wanted to ensure not to go
Clarissa I turned around and I saw Dacre standing behind me with a cocky grin. Up close he looked even more enticing and the clear blue of his eyes was reflected in the warm lighting of the mall. “At least you admit that you would not mind chasing girls” I replied and his smile widened. “Do you know what lies I had to tell Silas to come here? Poor guy is waiting by the ice cream stand or something while I am here, wondering what made you call me to a mall. I thought you might slip in the room number of your hotel.” I rolled my eyes at him and cleared my throat. “Funny. I almost laughed.” Then I took his hand and dragged him a bit farther away from the crowd to talk to him in a bit of privacy. “Miranda. I want to talk about her.” His shoulders immediately tensed and he asked me sharply, “What is there to talk about?” I placed my hands on my hips and asked, “You are hiding something from me and you lied to the council head too. Why would you do that?” He rubbed his chin though
ClarissaDacre had handed over my phone back to me after saving his number while I was melting because of his words. I could still feel his breath upon me and I took a moment to calm down my racing heart. I decided to go in and wash my face while the mystery which Dacre had posed me with keep churning in my brain.‘What had I asked him?’I groaned in frustration and tried to replay the events of the night at the pub in my head over and over again. Cool water splashed on my face as I looked at my reflection. My make up had mostly worn out and my hair was sticking out from all the directions.Goddess, I had been roaming around like a homeless person. I scrubbed my face and hands hard and got rid of the makeup and dust and smoothed my hair as much as I could.It would do me good to change my clothes and I knew that Talia must have found a dozen dresses for both of us already. That was an advantage of having a twin sister who loved shopping. She knew my size, she knew my taste and she al
ClarissaI had forgotten that I had somehow asked Dacre to be my daddy in the pub, a slip of the tongue which I am not sure if I wanted to regret or not.I turned beet red as heat pooled in my core and at the same moment, Dacre walked in too.Our eyes met and I was red but my sister Talia completely misunderstood the reason for my embarrassment.She came towards me hurriedly and rubbed my shoulders, “It's okay, don't worry”Talia thought I was getting worked up due to my father’s scrutiny. In parts, I was but I had turned red for a completely different reason.I tore my eyes away from Dacre as he walked into the villa through the massive doors that we had thrown open when we had dashed through the entrance to meet our parents.Dad gave him a nod and he bowed in return.“Greetings, alpha of the Bluemoon pack and Guardian of the north. I am Dacre Caldwell, son of Alpha Thaddeus Caldwell, from the Thornglass pack from the south.”It was customary for people to greet the alpha of other pa
Clarissa“Wh-what do you mean?”Dacre asked and I noticed the way his voice faltered… he truly sounded afraid for the first time ever since he had walked into our villa.“Yes, I know the rumors. I know your mother passed away after your father tried to give her various potions, supplements, and what not to make her bear a child. She could not and then she withered slowly, the guilt of not being able to bear an heir to the pack while your father went to some whorehouse and you were born.”Dacre clenched his fist and I could see the muscles in his jaw twitch when dad said that. This was news to me. And a shocking one at that!I had no idea if what dad was saying was true and how he could have found this out but it looked like Dacre had been punched right in the gut. His face said so.“That-that is not true”Dacre said and my father turned around. “Well, it may or may not be true. I haven’t dug deep into it but I know that there might be some truth to it. You are not a true alpha pair’s
Clarissa“How about you start with yourself first?”He asked and I blinked, not having the slightest clue as to what he meant.“You want to find out what secrets I have been hiding?”I nodded.“Well, then you should submit to me”He said and I noticed the way his voice turned husky.“Submit?”I asked in confusion.His lips brushed my cheek as he answered, “Your father offered me a deal and I will offer you one too. I am going to teach you secrets about your body, of how to pleasure yourself and you will help me not blow up my mission.”I was listening intently as his hand snaked around my waist.“I…I don’t follow.”To be honest, I was more aware of the fact that his hand went around me than the words spilling out of his mouth. That very mouth that I wanted all over me.I gulped and his eyes glinted with something dark.“You haven't awakened a wolf yet despite being close to eighteen. You are inexperienced on all fronts.”His eyes then traveled to my cleavage and my almost flat chest.