I always find it so weird staying in Esme’s room, but love visiting my cousin. She is so lucky to be able to come to university, not many she-wolves from our pack are allowed to leave pack unless it is for going to be with their mates, so for Esme to be allowed to go to university was pretty rare. Our pack was The Crimson Night Pack and was down near the southern borders, quite the distance away from the university Esme was studying at. I do wonder if that was part of the reason she chose this university, for it being the furthest one away possible she got accepted to. This was her fifth year there and she loved it. She was doing amazingly, and had really had to fight our Alpha to allow her to come and study, so she was truly making the most of her place here and doing so well. I was so proud to be able to call her my cousin. My Uncle, had helped argue the fight for her, to help her get permission to go and study so she would be able to go and study, and in the end the Alph
We have all got sorted and piled ourselves into three cars, getting a couple of our pack warriors to drive us into town to drop us off at the club/bar, like we usually do. They would be called back later to collect us too so we didn’t have to drive back after a few too many drinks. “Ah the Black Star club, where it all began…..” Dan says grabbing Indie round her slowly expanding waist as we approached the door. This is something he would say each time we came here now, with it being the place we first met both Indie and Lilah. It was sheer luck we both happened to be here that night, and our paths had crossed, but I imagine both of my friends are glad that they did. I don’t think either of them were ever unhappy before, but I definitely don’t think they were ever as happy as they are with Indie and Lilah by their side.Dan is maybe a little deaf now, as jeez was Indie loud at times! I think I was starting to get used to it, but she has whole levels of loudness I didn’t even kn
I can’t get over just how busy it is in here tonight. The queue at the bar is crazy as ever, I could be waiting forever, and that is just waiting to get served. And if one more person knocks into me, I swear I will karate chop someone in the head! I had already been elbowed in the ribs by some muscly guy pushing his way to the bar, and some other dude stood on my foot, though I should be grateful I haven’t got dainty shoes on tonight or it would have likely hurt a lot more. Esme told me to make a note of what he looked like and if I saw him again to accidentally on purpose stomp on his toe, I don’t think I would dare, but she made me laugh all the same. She probably would do that, she has that fieriness in her. And I bet if she did it with the heel of her stiletto it would hurt like a bastard too! “Lola, Chica, I just got to take this call, it’s about shifts next week, you stay in line, we got to be served soon. I will be back as soon as I can” Esme says to me, an apologeti
We are sat snuggled in the booth, Lilah is laughing at Indie, dancing away, giving it as good as any of the many drunk people on the dance-floor, despite the fact she has not drunk a drop of alcohol due to being pregnant. She is having fun, as she always does. And Dan is relishing everything his mate does.Manuel had gone to the bar to order more drinks for us all, as the bucket of beers we ordered when we arrived didn’t last long as predicted. Gabe and Jake are sat chatting.Lilah snuggles back up to me, I can hear her singing along to the music in the way that she does. I can’t help but smile, thinking back to that first night we’d met as she had done the same back then too….Suddenly Lilah sits up “ I need to go find Manny” she says.Wait, what? What was going on? “Erh, why?!” I look at her. Not sure I liked her rushing off the way she was, wanting to leave me to find another man. Though I know he is her friend. But instinctively the mate bond makes me jealous, not to mention my w
I stood by the bar, waiting to be served. Fortunately, with us being well known in here, I can walk straight to the bar and not have to wait too long to be served, missing out on the crazy queues that many of the people in here have to put up with. Even with the ability to get served quicker, it seemed to be taking an age tonight, so goddess knows how the people in the queues must be feeling tonight. The bar staff will be knackered tonight, though I imagine the bar owners would be happy with the profits. I have to say it was nice for us all to get out again, and have some fun. It had been long overdue. Things have definitely been hectic, lots to sort in pack and with the businesses. Setting up Indie’s art store alongside the property letting store too. And, of course, the new pups. And Anya’s trial. Lilah stayed so strong through that. I don’t know if she is putting on a brave face or if she just wants to move on, but I will be there if she needs me and she knows that. She is prob
She is beautiful, petite, caramel colour skin, with shoulder length, wavy red hair, big hazel colour eyes, with the longest lashes. Beautiful lips, a beautiful smile. But the scent…. The scent, just isn’t there….. Maybe it wasn’t this girl I’d scented… Maybe with the bar being this busy I was mistaken. Maybe now I had missed my chance at meeting my mate because I had thought it was this girl. “Manuel, this is Lola Castillo from Crimson Night Pack, Lola, this is Manuel Gomez” Lilah smiled as she introduced us. Crimson Night Pack? That is way down the south of the country! What is she doing all the way up here?! I smiled softly at the girl in front of me as she smiled shyly at me. I was unsure what Lilah had told her. Lilah, I don’t think it is her. The scent has gone. My heart feels broken as I link her. My heart had dropped as I had thought I had found my mate, and now I was facing the reality that I had not , that I had likely lost the opportunity to find her. That I had m
I chase Esme out of the bar, nearly tripping myself down the stairs as I go. She is sat at the edge of a flower bed watching me with a slow sexy smile on her face….she is gorgeous….“You want to go do that again. You made me laugh?” She raised her eyebrows as she spoke, her hazel eyes twinkling with sarcasm as she spoke. Ok seems I got myself a little firecracker for a mate….“If it means I get to find out what happened, then sure…” I smile sadly. She sighs, twisting her curly black hair round her finger “Best come sit down then, Guapo” I smile at her calling me handsome, but have a feeling this isn’t going to be good…. I go and join her on the edge of the flower bed, her eyes watching me as I move. “I’m sorry I ran Gabe. I panicked. I did not expect that…. This…. You…” she runs her hand through her hair in a panicked movement. I gently take her hand. “Hey, calm down, why are you scared Chica?” I don’t know why but I take her hand, and move her so she is standing, and bring her so
We are sat around the booth, Manuel is totally engrossed with his mate and I couldn’t have been happier for him… Lilah was telling me how nervous he was… quite sweet really…. He deserves to be happy… Indie and Dan are up on the dance floor. Indie has got him whipped… he never used to dance…. But again, I’m glad he’s happy… Lilah is snuggled up by my side…. My vision of perfection…“You ok Sweet?” I ask her as she looks worried about something. “Yeah worried about Gabe… you think something was wrong?” She pouts. I want to kiss her when she does that….“I’m sure he’s ok… though he’s not answering his mindlink” Jake says from the other side of Lilah in the booth. Hmmm that seems odd….“Manny…” As much as I wanted to give him privacy, I have to interrupt him.He looks away from chatting to his new mate with a smile. “Yeah” “Was Gabe answering you?” I ask. “He did to start with, but said to leave him to it so I did. Said she’s his mate and they needed to talk…” he says.Wait…. Esme i