Trixie POV
We followed Jerica down the block to the Great Wolf night club. All of us bouncing with excitement as to what we were going to get into tonight. We parked close enough I could of wore heels without a problem. I will keep that in mind for next time if we decide we like it here and want to come again. Laughing to myself I still cannot believe Jerica gave the parking garage guy her number! Her was hot! Muscular and tall. I can wait to see if he reaches out to her later! We finally made it to the club there were two lines. But no sign directing how you should go. One line was empty and the other had a long one going to the end of the club. “Don’t worry, we will not have to wait.” She threw a wink at us but without question we followed her in the empty row to the front and the bouncer much taller here and built looked at her and just shook his head, handing her back the fake ID she just used to get in and grunted out “Go on in ladies.” Not even bothering to look at the rest of our IDs. Jerica giggles but walked in like she owned the place. The other three of us following her right in not as confident. But the music was loud and a song that we liked. The whole club was more modern and up to date than the one we went to last night. It was dark with colored lights all around and tables along the walls and looks like a VIP section across the room. The bar more to across to our left and a huge dance floor only about halfway full right now considering that it was only 10 pm I thought that was a pretty good turnout. The later it gets the more crowded it is usually – or at least that’s what I had heard from Jerica’s cousins. We made our way to the bar where a slender but tone man probably about mid-30’s greeted us. “What are we drinking tonight ladies?” Looking mostly at Jerica not too happily I might add. Jerica just giggled and turned to us. Abby being the boldest of us “4 shots of tequila and 4 beers please” With a soft smile at him. He simply nodded and started pouring the shots and grabbing our beers. We paid and found a couple bar stools and sat down. “Cheers! To a night we will never forget!” I said and our shots went bottoms up! Then placed the shot glasses on the bar behind us for the bar tender to grab. Then took a sip of my beer. It wasn’t long before the placed started getting more and more crowded. We were on our third round of beers when we were feeling brave enough to make it to the dance floor to dance to one of the hip hop songs playing. We made a square all facing each other as we began to dance and shake our hips and put our arms above our heads and cutting up with each other. Abby seeing that we had caught some guys attention only made her shake her butt more and shimmy more and giggle to herself. The song changed and I wanted another beer. “Do you want another beer?” I mouthed to the girls as they continued to dance around me. They all nodded in agreement looking to each other than back to me. I cut my way through the crowd making my way back to the bar that we came from when I felt the strong urge to piss. I had to stop right there and turn around looking for a restroom sign, only not to see one. Being on the outside of the dance floor seeing a waitress walking by I tapped her on the shoulder, turning around she asked, “What can I get ya?” “I don’t see any restroom signs, where is it?” I managed to get out while slightly doing a I got to pee dance. She pointed to the furthest corner from where I was – Of course. I nodded to say thank you and immediately started walking in that direction but not too fast to draw attention. I could see the VIP booths from here. There were 4 men in the one I passed, All very built and tan and handsome. The one in the middle looked right at me. He had dark brown hair just a long enough to lay over and a sharp jaw line covered in some stubble; His lips were plump like they were looking for someone to kiss. When I met his green eyes, they were staring fiercely through me. He must have caught me checking him out. I quickly chuckled and looked straight to the restroom. The faster the better. I couldn’t embarrass myself more and I didn’t think I could make it much longer without my bladder bursting. Once I was done using the restroom, I felt much better. Exiting the bathroom, I made sure not to look over at the VIP booth where dark & handsome sat so I wouldn’t further embarrass myself. Making it to the bar in a hurry. I asked Skylar – the bartender – we had learned his name after our second round, for 4 more beers. Glancing at my phone I see its about midnight and Skylar came back with 4 beers in his hands for me and I paid and headed back to the floor to the girls. Handing everyone their own beer and chugging half mine down, I hear a newer pop song come on that I recently liked! It made me start dancing again and jumping up and down when the bass dropped, and we all sung the words at each other. About halfway through the song the lyrics talk about going in circles, which queued me to start spinning in a circle; hearing the laughter it caused my friends I decided to continue and throw my head into it so now my hair is also flying around me. Feeling like I was in a music video I keep sing and spin around again only to lose my balance and trip on my own sandal and I can feel myself falling to the floor. Muttering “oh shit “ Only to feel myself be grabbed from behind only inches from the floor a hand went under one arm and an arm wrap around my back, abruptly stopping my fall but also successfully sloshing my beer all over me and whoever was kind enough to catch me. That’s when Jerica stopped dance and immediately stood frozen looking afraid behind me. The other two girl, Abby and Janet, just giggle and keep dancing. I feel the hands behind me stand me up straight and I turn around only to be met by some furious green eyes looking down at me. Well wasn’t dark and handsome also about a foot taller than me as well. And now also covered in half my beer. “Look, I am so sorry I didn’t mean to spill my beer on you. Let me make it up to you and buy you a drink for saving me from busting my ass and spilling this one on you!” I rush out hoping that it will smooth it over as well as make him look something other than annoyed and pissed off. So then I do the biggest smile up and bat my eye lashes “Please” I state and I can visible see his eyes soften looking at me. Jerica now turning her neck to him. “She is so sorry. We can leave and head home.” she interjects. “No.” He states just barely making eye contact with her and looking back to me. “She needs another drink.” Looking directly into my soul it felt like. Jerica nods at him and turns to the other girls looking almost sober now. I shake my head looking back at her, knowing I just embarrassed her; I would make it up to her later. Turning back to Tall, dark and handsome, he held his hand out toward the bar for me to lead the way. I smiled and lead him to the bar. “Hey Skylar, Can I get 2 beers please?” He turned around to me only to look at the man beside me and also to bare his neck to him. “Anything else Alpha?” he stated. “No, that would be all skylar.” Alpha, what a weird name? “ Is that your name?” I ask him, my face clearly scrunched at the idea. He laughed and shook his head. “You may call me Trevor” He looked down at me with a million dollar smile and I swear my heart skipped a beat. I couldn’t help but smile back up at him. “In that case you can call me Trixie.” He place his hand on the small of my lower back and I felt tingles where his hand was when he leaned in close to my ear and said “It is my pleasure to finally meet you.” Grinning back down at me. Finally? That made no sense but maybe Jerica knew him? Maybe she had mentioned me before? Skylar then sat the two beers down in front of us causing me to jump a little. I reached down into my purse to pay when I heard Trevor speak up “ Put it on my tab Skylar” Skylar nodded and walked away. I looked back up at him “I was suppose to get that, ya know? To thank you from keeping me from falling and your now wet shirt.” Trevor nodded “I got it.” Taking a swig of his beer and I did mine. “What pack are you apart of?” his questioned confused me. “Pack? I mean I came with a couple of my girl friends, I don’t know if you would call us a pack? But Jerica, Abby and Janet are who I am here with.” I looked at him, his face turning into confusion. “What? Are you from the city?” he asked. “No, I am from the town over.” His line of questioning starting to make me nervous. He took a deep breath looking right at me. I swear I saw his eyes flash golden and then just like that back to green. “How old are you really?” He was looking right through me. I coughed caught off Gard by his questions when Jerica joined us. “Trixie, I think its time we head back, don’t you?” I nodded quickly. Not knowing what Trevor was going to do next – maybe get us kicked out because we are all 17 using fake IDs. Did he know? Janet and Abby right behind her, I turned to him and saw he is burning holes into the side of Jerica’s head. “We weren’t done talking.” Jerica flinches as his words. Noticing her strange behavior and him asserting himself like that made me uncomfortable. “Actually, she is right we should head back. We have a little bit of a drive to where we are going for the night. It was nice to met you and again thanks for earlier and the beer.” I walked off with Janet and Abby on our heels. Only to get to the door to notice that Jerica was still standing there talking to Trevor. What the hell?Trixie’s POVThe thud of the punching bag echoed off the walls of the Blood Moon gym, followed by the rhythmic slap of gloves against pads. Sweat slicked Trixie’s forehead, stinging her eyes. Her arms felt like rubber, her legs heavy as stone. Trevor said nothing as he held the mitts steady, letting her pound out her exhaustion and rage in silence. They had been at it for hours now.Neither of them spoke. Words wouldn’t help.Trixie’s body gave out before her will did. She collapsed to her knees on the mat, panting hard, her knuckles aching. Trevor stayed still, watching, his chest rising and falling with the same fatigue she felt. Without a word, she got up and stumbled to the corner, grabbing a water bottle and chugging it down.She wandered toward the double doors of the gym, squinting into the hallway. Pale gold light spilled across the tiles.Sunrise.It was morning already. Her heart clenched painfully in her chest. Where are you, Jerica? And Janet? Trevor appeared beside her, s
Jerica’s POVMy head was pounding, and before I even opened my eyes, I knew my wrists were in cuffs. Cold metal bit into my skin with every twitch of my fingers. I kept my breathing steady, refusing to give whoever took me the satisfaction of panic. I focused on listening — was anyone in the room? Any movement? Breathing?I tried to reach my wolf, to sharpen my senses, but she was silent. I couldn’t even feel the distant hum of her presence. A cold realization settled over me. They’d injected me with wolfsbane. “Fucking great,” I muttered under my breath.The room was quiet. I didn’t think anyone was there, but I wasn’t letting my guard down. Slowly, I opened my eyes. It was dark, but not pitch black. There was a sliver of light cutting in through the top of the curtains, highlighting the dust in the air. Daylight. Morning, maybe? That meant I’d been out since at least 1:30 a.m.—and that was if it hadn’t been more than one night. I had no idea how long I’d been unconscious. No way to
Janet’s POVI pulled my go bag from under the seat and yanked out the makeup remover. The glitter from the fake lashes and shimmer eyeshadow smeared across my cheeks as I wiped my face clean. I reached up and tugged the ridiculous pigtails loose, silver tinsel falling like confetti to the floor of the car. "See if I ever volunteer for undercover again," I muttered, rolling my eyes.Every few minutes I turned in my seat to glance at Jerica’s unconscious form, still slumped awkwardly in the back seat. And of course he would be driving — Brad, Brody’s idiot younger brother, who was clearly one bad idea away from getting us all caught. He whistled tunelessly while tapping the steering wheel, like we weren’t hauling a kidnapped werewolf in a tutu and fishnets across state lines in the next couple of hours.Ten minutes later, we pulled into a long-abandoned warehouse lot. The building was unmarked and weather-beaten, but it had one key feature: a private garage with a hidden studio apartmen
Trixie’s heart pounded like a war drum as she stood in Trevor’s office. Her fingers trembled, clutching her phone even though she hadn’t received a single new message. Jerica wasn’t answering. Janet wasn’t answering. Her thoughts raced, dizzying and heavy with panic. “She wouldn’t just leave,” Trixie whispered, more to herself than to Trevor. “She would’ve told me. Told someone.”Trevor paced behind his desk, already issuing orders over the pack mind-link. The tone in his voice was deadly calm, but the tension in his jaw betrayed him. “Jake’s out tracking. Security is sweeping the club perimeter again. We’ve got people moving to the road checkpoints. A kitchen worker saw them leave through the kitchen.”Trixie pressed her palms to the cool wood of his desk and tried to steady her breathing. “We have to tell Eric and Melissa. Jerica’s parents need to know. What if it’s the hunters? What if they’re back?” Trevor nodded grimly. “It’s either them… or rogues. But this feels organized. Clea
The club was already pulsing with music and lights, the music was loud and bass heavy, and the dance floor was already packed. But Trevor waved over a bouncer, and they were escorted past the line and into the roped-off VIP section on the second level. From up there, they had a perfect view of the whole club dancers, costumes, lights spinning like a kaleidoscope. Moments later, a server approached dressed as a sexy nurse, complete with a short red-and-white dress, thigh-high stockings, and a clipboard for their orders. “Shots or cocktails to start?” she asked with a wink. The girls ordered fruity mixed drinks while the guys opted for bourbon or beer. As the server sauntered away, the group settled into plush lounge seating."Okay, everyone photos before we get sweaty!" Abby declared, already pulling out her phone. The girls grouped together with huge smiles, arms around each other. Jerica snagged Jake for a sweet couples shot, and then Abby handed the phone off to Joe to take one of
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