Alaric’s POV
We sat in the club, the air thick with unspoken words and tension. The music throbbed in the background, the kind that used to set our spirits alight, but tonight it was just noise.
Women danced on the far side of the room, their eyes occasionally darting toward us, trying to catch our attention. It has always been like that and we would have given them if not for the situation we were in.
Well, I won’t since I have a mate now.
They moved with purpose, each step a calculated effort to entice, but none of us were biting. They are barely dressed and I remember when that would give us a thrill.
Calix had just returned a few hours ago, and I’d suggested meeting here, the place where we used to spend countless nights, back before everything went to hell.
It felt like a
