Finding His Luna

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" All the more reason to make sure

This one is special. You're twenty-two, right? That's a good age to celebrate anything."

"Sorry. I had a long day at work today, and I'm exhausted. I'm going to have to pass. Thanks, though."

I tried to maneuver around him, but he

grabs me by the waist and steers me

toward his waiting friend.

"I don't think so. You're not ditching me again."

When I try to escape him, his grip becomes painfully tight.

"There's no way out of this, Serena. You're all mine tonight."

When I glare at him, his cheeks flush with anger, and I suddenly feel a knife

poking into my hand.

"Don't embarrass me. You'll regret it.

if you do." He warned me. And thanks to the knife, I had no choice left but to go with him. I know he won't hesitate to use it, his thoughts have already proven that.

His friend slips into the front of the car

while Matthew yanks me over by the arm

and forces me into the backseat.

"Hey, Vincent, you don't mind playing

chauffeur, right? My girl wants me to sit with her."

He slides the knife to my side, keeping it hidden.

" Serena, this is my new friend Vincent."

Vincent nodded at me and then started the car.

" It was nice meeting with you. "

Mathew looks like the guy I see all the

time in Detroit. Vincent, though... he's

different. He has manners, though, and I'm more thrown off by his manners.

then the compliment, but I don't have

time to dwell on it, because Matthew snakes his fingers up my thigh.

"And tonight she's all mine," Matthew said. He is smirking while he is looking at me and, I swear, I want to punch him so badly, but the knife in his pocket tells my brain to make an unexpected decision before I even know that silence is the best defense now.

" What do you think, should we hit up club Dazzle? " Matthew asked Vincent.

"That's a bit rough for her. Let's go

someplace better. What about Rainbow lounge?" Vincent replies.

My head started spinning. Ideas.

If he plans to take me to a club before dragging me back to his dorm room-or whatever cheap motel he plans to r**e me in-I might have a chance to escape.

Especially if I can get h... drunk. But

I have to get him to let his guard down first, which means playing along a little.

"Are we going dancing? I've never been to a club before."

Batting my eyelashes at him might be a

bit much, but he falls for it enough that

He slides a possessive arm around me

again. He looks down at me through hooded eyes and speaks in a low, husky voice.

" You never told me you liked dancing."

The lustful thoughts I'm picking up from

He is enough to drown me. Swallowing back my revulsion, I force another smile and shrug.

" I guess I'm too shy. I'm not good at it, though. l just like dancing."

Matthew shivers and graces me with a

The vision of the two of us is grinding on a crowded dance floor. His hands are holding me in places that shouldn't be touched in public. Let's just step on the rainbow lounge." He said.

" Actually... If you're going to take me to my first club, I want to go to the Dark World."

Matthew's jaw falls slack, and Vincent

Glance sharply at me in the rearview

mirror.

" Dark World? Girl, you've got a lot more spunk than I gave you credit for. But baby, you are way too sweet for a place like the Dark World. And Hell, I'm way too bad for that club." Matthew said to me.

"It's not so bad. A guy who comes into the store I work at goes there all the time. He says it's intense."

"Serena, the Dark World is dangerous. Crazy sh*t happens there... Unexplainable sh*t. They say it's cursed," Matthew said.

" It's all rumors." I rolled my eyes, faking a confidence that I didn't feel. I don't doubt the place is cursed, considering the creatures that run it and have their fun within its walls. Neither of the guys in this car knows what kind of true monsters frequent that nightmarish place. Humans believe they are the only intelligent beings in this world. They're wrong. I learned that for myself when I was only six. I came across one of them and found the dark world of those creatures who stayed hidden behind in the darkness.

" Are you scared?" I taunted Matthew, hoping he would not be able to refuse. Vincent finally speaks.

" Aren't you scared?"

He pins me with an intense look that I

can't decipher. I don't like the way he's

staring.

" Why would I be scared?" I replied to him, and he didn't say anything further. I've made him suspicious, and it's never good to have someone curious about me. There's too much I can't explain. Too

A lot I can't hide.

" Don't be a p***y, Matthew."

I could hear him clicking his tongue, it seemed like I'd hurt his male ego. Come on, take the bait.

"All right, fine. I'll see if my friend can get us in."

" I can get us to the club," Vincent said.

" That's great, man. "

Yes, that's it! Indeed, guys like to be

challenged. My lips curl into a smile of victory as I turn to look out at the car

window. But it somehow scares me that Matthew has that kind of friend because more humans don't get to step into the dark world club easily. Once we arrive, Matthew and I head for the back of the line, but Vincent shakes his head and walks straight toward the

bouncer. The way the people in line watch us as we bypass them makes me shiver.

Some are curious, and others are annoyed.

and some smile pleasantly at us. Those are the ones who frighten me the most. It's the friendly ones that you need to watch out for. Guarding the front door is a man nearly seven and a half feet tall and at least half as broad. If I had to guess, I'd say he's a troll, but don't care to get close enough to find out.

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