Prince Meliorn

CHAPTER TWO

Layla's P.O.V

"Are you going to 'Blue Moon' tonight, Layla?" my best friend Emely asked as we were on our way to our next course. We both started our art studies about a month ago and haven't really had much time to do something together since then, as we had to get used to the new college life. The new club "Blue Moon", which opened only two weeks ago but is already very hyped, would be a nice distraction from the dreary everyday life. "Nico could smuggle us in. Logan, the club owner is a friend of his," Emely tried tried to persuade me after we took our seats in the classroom. Nico is her boyfriend, with whom she has been together since graduating from high school. I knew she hasn't spent any more time with him for a while, so I probably would feel like the fifth wheel on the scales if the three of us went out. She sees me at least every day as we share a room and have most of our classes together. Nico, on the other hand, she probably missed a lot. "If you want, you can go there alone with him, spend some time together and so on..". I winked at her.

"Oh nonsense, no you don't bother us and I have a date with Nico again tomorrow anyway. So let's have a bit of fun tonight."

"Well, I'm in it," I finally gave in. "Yay". Emely grins broadly.

"But woe betide, I'll be left alone afterwards," I warned her, even if I meant it as a joke.

"We will not. Promise". She laughed. The professor entered the room and shortly afterwards we began to concentrate on the lessons. Today's theme was to paint a landscape. Beautiful valleys, rivers and dense green forests I conjured up on my canvas like in a trance. There were also victorian houses and a palace. Wow, my imagination has come across me quite nicely. I've never seen a place so beautiful before. It's like i've drawn what I've seen in a vision. I could swear that I have dreamed of such a place a few times. But why? I've certainly never been there before. Or can I just not remember it? "Wow, that looks fantastic, Layla," Emely enthused. "I wish I could draw and paint as good as you. My trees always look like broccoli".

"That's still going to happen. You can draw people better than I do," I assured her.

"Well done, Layla," Professor Kinsley also praised me.

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After class, Emely and I decided to go on a short shopping trip. I needed a new dress. "This one looks great!" I heard Emely squeal as I left the dressing room in a red tight-fitting dress that reaches me to the middle of my thighs. "You absolutely have to wear this dress tonight". The dress definitely underscores my feminine virtues and if you believe other people, I don't look bad with my long, dark brown hair, which is naturally slightly wavy and emerald-green eyes. However, I never see in myself what other people see in me. I feel more like myself as an average. "OK, let's buy shoes quickly and get ready," I said as I started putting on my old clothes again.

„Yes, Nico picks us up in a few hours. After a long time, I‘m finally back in a festive mood. I am so excited about it“. Emely seemed to be really excited and that was a little contagious. I was excited to see what to expect tonight.

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Emely, Nico and I were finally at the Club „Blue Moon“ and we were immediately thrilled by the atmosphere that prevailed here. Everything was very chic and modernly furnished, the music was great, people dancing everywhere and the dimmed, colorful-flashing lights gave the atmosphere the last touch. As promised, Nico has smuggled us in without a long queue because he knows the club owner. "Well, Logan is a bit weird at times, but he always knew how to throw great parties. No wonder it's going well when he opens a club," said Nico when we sit at the bar with our drinks.

"How is he weird?" I asked him. I've been with him and Emely at one of Logan's parties. They are really legendary and the occasion was the birthday of his cat if I remember correctly...

„I don't know for sure. Something about him reminds me of a character from a Harry Potter movie. One day I was almost hit by a car while crossing a road. It popped up at an increased speed as if out of nowhere,“ he begins to tell. „But then something strange happened. The car could never have braked in time. It should at least have hit me in some way. But it suddenly stopped jerky and did not move an inch. I still saw the shocked face of the driver through the window and the facial expression looked frozen. Neither the car nor the driver moved, almost as if time had stopped. I quickly walked down the street and then noticed Logan standing on the sidewalk, raising his hand. It may sound crazy, but it seemed like he had brought the car to a halt. But when I saw from the corner of my eye that the car was finally moving away, Logan just asked me if everything was ok. After making sure I wasn't hit by the car, he just walked away,“ he concludes. „That's crazy but I think you just imagined it. The car certainly braked in time“, said Emely.

„Yes, it may be. I don't believe in magic or anything like that. but it seemed strange. Both the car and the driver suddenly did not move a single inch. As if something or someone had frozen both for a short time. Sounds crazy, I know“, Nico said thoughtfully.

„Well, you were in shock at that moment and you were definitely stressed. It can happen that you imagine something“, I tried to bring some logic into the matter. I've always been a rational-thinking person.

„Yes, that's true. But imagine if Logan really had stopped the car as if by magic, saving my life. That would be quite crazy. But no matter, it will have been only imagination. Hey, do you Ladies feel like dancing?“ Nico changes the theme.

"Oh yes," Emely and I squealed at the same time. We go to the dance floor and soon after Emely and Nico danced closely together and had fun. In the meantime, I have also received company. A cute, blond guy has been dancing with me for a few minutes. I was not in the mood for a one night stand at the moment. That’s not my thing anyway, but a bit of dancing, flirting and having fun never hurt and I know how to get rid of guys who get too intrusive. When I snuggled up to the blond man with my back and butt while dacing and having my arms around his neck, I suddenly saw the door to Logan's office open from afar. Logan, the club owner came out, followed by another man in blue jeans and a black shirt. Wow, who is this? The man was tall, had black hair and he seemed to radiate a certain power. Even from this distance, I could see that he looked incredibly handsome. Something about him attracted me. Logan and the mysterious good-looking guy seemed worried about something as they talked. Suddenly, an incomparably beautiful scent hit my nose. What is this? It smelled of pine and raindrops. I can‘t explain it to myself, but Somehow I've always had a sharper sense of smell. I keep smelling things sometimes that others can't. I left the blond guy, whom I have already completely forgotten, to follow the scent like hypnotized. I don't know what's going on with me right now, but something in me doesn't give me peace until I find the source of the fantastic smell. Suddenly I bumped into something hard and noticed shortly afterwards that it was a chest. "Oh sorry," I appologised, and took a few steps back to see the person better. I suddenly run out of breath as soon as I saw the hot guy. I knew that "beautiful" is not the ideal term to describe a man but handsome is too understated to describe him. He was well over six feet tall and muscular but not too bulky but just right. A perfect mixture between muscular and athletic. He had silky, jet-black hair, beautiful blue-green eyes and facial features like from a fashion catalog with a chiseled jaw. He was wearing jeans and a black shirt that fit perfectly on his body in all the right places. His black hair was slightly wavy at the ends and you could get lost in the blue-green eyes. They reminded me of the ocean. It was only now that I realized that it's the same guy Logan talked to. An inexplicable feeling came over me the longer my eyes looked into his. An electrifying and tingling feeling, as if a lightning bolt had struck me went through me and there was also l**t. I pressed my thighs closer together when I felt myself getting wet. What the hell was going on here? I've never felt anything like this before. At least not so intense and for someone I've just met. What was going on with me and who is this man? I've never felt so attracted to anyone as I've been drawn to him. He looked at me intensely. His facial expression changes from shocked to astonished to.. Joy? "Mate!" I heard him suddenly wispre. The background music was very loud but for some reason I understood him anyway. Mate? What did he mean by that? Something told me that he didn’t mean it in the sense of „friend“ or „buddy“ as it is in Australia for example ...