Chapter Three

Clarissa

I wondered how my twin had the energy to get ready like a diva and threw her a skeptical look, “You know I won the bet, right? You are going to drop Kyler’s topic.”

Talia was applying eyeliner when she asked, “Just what is your problem with him? What did he ever do to you?”

“He is a show-off and there are rumors he got some girl pregnant by forcing himself on her. I am just doing my sisterly duties.”

Talia shrugged off my concern, “Girls are more than willing to let him impregnate them as long as they can secure a chance to be his luna.”

“Whatever. I just don’t like him. Find somebody else.” I got up and studied my reflection in the mirror.

I was dressed in a backless tank top and jeans while Talia was wearing a short dress that perfectly hugged her curves.

She had done a good job of taming my wild hair that now fell down my shoulders in waves. I looked fine but she truly looked like a diva.

I looked at the clock and it was almost time to head to the party. We got into the car dad had gifted us on our last birthday and went to the pub.

We came of age at sixteen but we awakened our wolves at eighteen and some were late bloomers who even awakened their wolves in their twenties or never did though those cases were rare.

Neon lights sparkled in the background, and bold letters shining in a bright blue color read “The Madhouse.” 

I let out a breath and let my sister drag me inside. The bouncers who were also werewolves let us in without hesitation.

We were the daughters of Alpha Hayden and Luna Madeleine of the Blue Moon pack, the strongest pack in the north after all. We were also the only twin pair of siblings in the area so we were hard to miss.

As soon as the big doors opened, the noise of foot-tapping music and the scent of liquor hit my nose.

Talia and I walked in as we tried to find our friends amidst the crowd. The Madhouse was a pub frequented by almost every other kid of our community and if rumors were to be believed, also by other supernatural creatures though I had yet to come across one.

My eyes fell on Kyler who was sitting in a booth with his friends. A girl was sitting on his lap and practically licking him in an effort to make him kiss her.

He did not thwart her advances and his hands rested on her waist while his eyes crinkled at a joke one of his friends had cracked.

Kyler waved at us and I was going to pretend that I did not see him but Talia rushed toward him like a moth to a flame, leaving me with no choice but to follow her.

Talia extended her hand towards him to shake it, much to the girl’s chagrin who was sitting on his lap.

“Hello, Kyler” Talia said sweetly and he acknowledged her.

“Hey there…Tania, right?” He asked and the girl sniggered at that. 

Talia’s face fell but she recovered quickly, “It’s Talia. Nice to meet you.”

He gave her a wink and replied, “Oh sorry. It's a sin for me to get the name of a beauty such as yours wrong.”

I could feel Talia’s heartbeat galloping with the strength of a hundred horses at that compliment. I tried hard not to roll my eyes and Kyler’s gaze fell on me.

“Hey there, you are her sister right?”

‘As if you cannot tell that by looking at our faces,’ I thought in annoyance but managed to say, “Clarissa”

I was glad that his attention didn’t stay on me for long but then it shifted to Talia. I also noticed that he was still holding onto her hand and my idiot sister had not let it go either.

“Miranda, how about you make some space for Talia,” he said to the girl who was wearing a purple jeweled hairpin and sitting on his lap. 

To my horror, Talia happily replaced Miranda who stomped away, shoving me in the shoulder hard on her way out.

“Hey, watch out” I snapped and the group broke out into a laugh. I was glaring holes into the back of my sister’s head who was completely enamored by that jerk.

‘So much for winning the bet’ I thought and decided to go get myself a drink. I was soon going to be of age anyway and there was nobody who would say no to the daughter of the strongest alpha in the north.

“I’ll be at the drinks section if you need me,” I informed Talia and walked away. I could not stand and watch him roam his hands all over my sister either way.

As I stormed towards the drinks section, someone bumped into me, nearly making me fall to the ground.

“Watch where you are going, weirdo,” I called out to the boy who had bumped into me but he didn’t even mutter an apology. 

His hands went behind my back and lightly brushed my waist to steady me. His fingers touched my bare back only for a minute but I felt a spark jolt through my skin.

He was wearing all black from head to toe and had I not seen a person, I would have almost imagined that I had walked into a wall. My hand had rested on his black leather jacket but I had felt all stones and bricks underneath them.

He was buff, he was smoking hot and he was smiling at me. And he smelled like the forest and mint.

For a second, I feared that he was going to make a cheesy comeback or scowl but he merely helped me get back on my feet, winked at me, and muttered, "I'll take that as a compliment"

He had clear blue eyes that complimented his face and the black color that he wore only made the color of his eyes look a deeper shade of blue. I had only seen his face for a minute but boy was he handsome...and his touch had been smoldering hot. 

His fingers had only grazed my bare back for a second and he had quickly let go of me and continued to walk ahead.

How would it feel to have his hands on me a little longer? To have him undress me?

I thought and scolded myself. What was I thinking?

Wild images of how he would take me to bed began churning through my mind and I shook my head. Maybe, I didn’t need to drink tonight as I was already high.

My eyes flitted to him and no wonder, a lot of people were turning around to look at him, girls crashing into him in hopes of initiating conversation, forgetting the boys they had come to the pub with.

I only looked at him stupidly as he walked away and another girl bumped into him and he caught her in time to break her fall. 

She was curvy and was wearing a tight red dress, if it was a dress, to begin with. Her neckline was deep and she took his hand and brought it towards her chest, pressing it into her boobs while muttering an apology….a heartfelt apology based on the way she was holding his hand close to her heart.

He shook his head and said something that made her blush.

She giggled and he smiled at her before turning to look my way, not at all surprised to see me still staring at him.

He then gently freed his hand from her grip as he looked at me for a second longer than necessary.

Again, he winked and I immediately knew what he must have thought of me. That I must have bumped into him intentionally, just like the girl had thrown herself at him too. 

'What an asshole' I thought.