Animal attraction

Chapter 8 - Is this about the Parsnip soup?

ALEX POV

I had the worst headache all day and being in this crowded room with Sasha glued to me like a clingy, love sick puppy was doing nothing for my mood. I smiled and made pleasantries with everyone. Shook a lot of hands, made a bunch of small talk and did my best to hide my murderous mood. I took a sip of water praying that this headache would ease up just for tonight and started to forget my trail of thought as soon as she walks through the door.

My mouth literally drops to the floor as I see her hand in hand with a red headed girl I forgot the name of.Her hair was scooped up on her head, exposing her beautiful neck. As she descended the stairs I could see her curves moulded to the most exquisite skin tight black dress with thin Straps encrusted in tiny little pearls.The dress hugged every single, delicious curvature and ended just above her ankles. I see every unmated wolf and red blooded simple human man eat her alive with their eyes and I I have to fight to keep my composure. Not this again, I didn’t have the strength. Why would she wear that dress it should come with a f*****g warning sign. Did she want me to kill every male in here. We locked eyes and my temper and headache immediately granted me a sweet release. I see her eyes look to my left and a look of hurt flitter on her face. Oh god was she jealous of Sasha? Did I like that she was jealous of Sasha, did that mean something? Did I imagine that? ‘Just got talk to her’ Zeke popped up. Something grabbed my attention as the mayor came to shake my hand and I reluctantly severed my eye contact with her.

The next time I look up to search for her I see her surrounded by unmated wolves, huddled in deep conversation, roaring with laughter with some i***t Beta from Sasha’s pack. I mind link Cas and every male in my pack before my temper ends the whole night.

‘If anyone so much as breathes Aurora’s way I will personally rip your throats out. Take it as a direct threat and order from your Alpha’.

As I relaxed into my night, feeling a lot better about keeping Auroras army of suitors at bay I felt someone poking me in the back. God she was even more exquisite up close. But she was pissed. She demanded we speak and I lead her away, excitement bubbling inside me.

‘Why do you hate me’ she blurts out and I couldn’t help but hear sadness in her tone.

‘Why would you think I hated you?’ I ask bewildered.

‘No, but you must hate me to want to make me feel so s**t about myself?’ She continued.

‘How have I made you feel s**t about yourself?’ I asked , genuinely bewildered by where the f**k this conversation was going.

‘Why would you tell KC to stop talking to me? Do you think I’m so unworthy of being shown any attention or decency that you had to belittle me to scare him away?’ She accused.

‘Wait what? When have I belittled you? Why would I belittle you? Why would you feel s**t about yourself ?’ I had more questions than answers.

‘Look Alex, I just don’t understand what game you’re playing. You’re here with your beautiful blonde girlfriend having a great time. Why are you sabotaging my night. Do you dislike me so much, is this about the Parsnip soup?’ She asked.

My heart skipped a beat at hearing my name on her lips. And then guilt started to seep in. She’s right, I’m here parading Sasha on my arm like some exotic pet and at the same time scaring away any guy that gives her attention. But surely she knew she could have any guy she wanted?

‘Look it’s heard for me okay’ she interrupts my trail of thought. ‘I’m already super awkward to be at this event, I already feel like I’m crashing the party and shouldn’t be here and the second I try and be social and have fun you’re messing with me. It’s been a hard few years for me okay Alex, I’m really just minding my own business I don’t know why you’ve taken such a dislike to me’ she finishes, looking at her feet, her shoulders dropped and deflated.

God Im such a d**k. What the f**k was I doing. I read her file, she’s been in foster homes her entire life. She was abandoned at 3 years old and had been alone every since. She’s jumped from job to job working whatever she could until she put herself through community college. She had a boyfriend, some loser nightclub LA i***t for a couple years and now she was here. God knows what she had been through in between and now here I am making her feel unwelcome and unwanted.

‘I was jealous’ I stated. She deserved honesty and clarification. It’s the least I owed her. I never wanted her to feel rejected or unwanted. God I had been a d**k.

‘What?!’ She gawped ‘Jealous of what ?!’ She asked. Not quite able to make sense of my words.

‘I was jealous of the guys staring at you and I was especially jealous of that i***t flirting with you and you enjoying it’ I explained further. I small blush creeping up her cheeks.

‘Why were you jealous?’ She asks, genuinely confused at what I was saying. Jesus Christ what’s wrong with this girl, she really thinks I’m messing with her?

‘I’m jealous because I want you to flirt with me like that Aurora, I’m sorry for doing what I did. There was no excuse for that. I never intended to make you feel played or rejected’ I apologise sincerely.

She just stared at me, her mouth slightly ajar and I groaned inwardly. She was killing me.

‘So..’ she trailed off.

‘So?’ I shot her a questioning look.

She took a step closer to me and looked up from behind her beautiful eye lashes and our eyes locked gazes once more.

‘So what are going going to do about it Alex’ she asks, her question loaded with heaviest of artillery. She drops her gaze for a second to my mouth and I lose all composure. I grab her by the waist pulling her closer until there is no more space between us. We are so close our noses are grazing each other’s as I tuck a strand of hair behind her ear and gently tilt her chin up before diving into a kiss. God her mouth feels better than any of my dreams, her sweet breath filling and swirling around my tongue. I could feel the heat rising in my body and we deepen our kiss and just when I feel like I’m about to explode with emotion I feel as though my head has split open.

I tear away from her kiss abruptly and drop to my knees, doubling over in pain. What the f**k did she do to me? That kiss felt like a lightning bolt that split my head in two and not in the nice way. In the excruciating pain kind of way.

‘What are you doing, stop Aurora’ I gasp as I clutch my head in pain, I feel like I’m going to pass out.

‘Oh my god Alex, what’s wrong what’s going on what’s happening to you?’ She shrieks hysterically. She reaches towards me and every touch is like a scolding hot metal rod. I scream out in protest against her touch.

‘What are you doing?’ I struggle to stifle my pain. My vision disintegrating into blurry spots of light and in that moment everything goes black.