Sparkle

chapter 2

Damian Black Pov

  The moment we pulled into the parking of Crucifix lot my wolf was on edge and it gave me a little anxiety. I was never usually one to be nervous but this was my first treaty signing since becoming Alpha So I guess that would make one nervous. I found myself staring at the red brick building the red neon light flashing above it and the crowd of people bunched up in a line that went around the building.

“D, you ok man?”  My beta Troy looked at me with a raised eyebrow.

“I don’t know something’s got my wolf wound up” I replied

“Danger?” Troy asked

“Hard to tell, be on guard” I told him as I opened my car door.

The second I got outside my nose was filled with a faint sent of rain and lavender. I was confused as it had not rained in days and there was no flowers blooming near here. But the smell was  so enticing it made my mouth water. The smell got stronger as we walked closer to the building. I was told by Lord Cole to skip the line and give the bouncer my name. So we did just that ignoring the frustrated yelling from the people in line.

“Name?” a deep voice laced with boredom asked

The man it came from was large and overly muscular he was bald but had a brown goatee with silver hair speckles in there.

“Alpha Damian Black.  ”  I answered calmly

He gave me a nod before opening the large black door in front of us the smell was slightly stronger as we went in it wasnt enough to hide the stench of blood and alcohol that covered the place. We walked cautiously threw the short dark hall into the club.

The place was bigger on the inside than it was on the outside tables lined all the walls we decided to head to a booth in the corner next to the bar

In no time a cocktail server appeared in front of us. She had curly platinum blonde hair and a wide toothy grin

“ Would you like something to drink gentlemen?” she asked the two of us but was only looking to me I could tell she was human by her smell she wore a black overall skirt with white t shirt underneath. Her name tag pinned to the strap resting directly on breasts read Ginger.

“ Will you let Cole Anders know that his 10’o clock is here” I asked giving her a polite smile

“ I’ll be happy to do that is there something I can get you while you wait?” she asked sweetly not taking her eyes off me

“I'd like two fingers of rum on ice please “Troy said reminding the server that he was also there. Ginger glanced at him giving him a polite smile before writing his order down

“ And for you handsome?” she turned to me and put her hand on my shoulder

“Jack and Coke” I smiled and scooted away from her touch.  Troy looked at me like I had grown a second head and he was right to do so. It was weird for me not to reciprocate a pretty lady’s advances. She jotted my order down  and then tore off the bottom of the paper and handed it to me. I looked at the scrap and saw her name and number with a bunch of stars and hearts around it.

“ Let me know if you need anything else mister…?”

I sighed did she really just give me her number with out knowing my name first?

“ Damian “  I nodded

“ And I'm Troy not that any one cares!”  Troy blurted out reminding her again of his presence She giggled at his outburst

“ I'm Ginger and I’ll be right back with your drinks “ she winked and slowly turned around walking away and swaying her hips. I rolled my eyes at her desperation

“ What was that?” Troy asked I knew he wasn’t referring  to the women hitting on me, that happens all the time. But I usually flirt back. I shrugged my shoulders

“Not my type I guess.” I said trying to be nonchalant about it but in truth she was my type. Hot females was my type and she was that. I was weirded out too

Ginger came back and this time her skirt was a little higher and her shirt was a little lower exposing more thigh and cleavages she leaned over and put the drinks on the table

“Ginger have you seen Ayame?” the Sothern woman’s voice startled Ginger as she jumped and turned around to face her. She knotted her hands behind her back and stood straight and tense.

The voices owner was a tall slender women with sandy hair and blonde highlights it was curled and longer than gingers. Her eyes where dark and her face was scrunched into a sour look as she glared at Ginger, arms crossed and foot tapping impatiently waiting for a reply

“Sh-she is with Mr. Anders, Ms. Roxxane “ She stutters out her reply “A-And, these two are here to see him.”

Her eyes shifted from Ginger to Troy and I

“I will let him know you here “ she plasters a fake smile and walked away clearly not happy that this Ayame person was with her master. Ginger had taken that moment to dart away.

The smell its stronger now. I whipped my head around to see where the source was and I find Roxane in the back of the room holding a door open for a moment then going inside and closing it. With the shut of the door the smell dissipate but not before caught hint that enticing scent with smell of blood and s*x with it. This made my wolf growl.

“Damian!” Troy snapped me out of my thoughts.

“ What's up with you?”  He asked concerned.

“This smell…” I started

“ Oh I know all the blood. At least they tried to clean and hide it. Anyway this won't take long.” He tried to reassure me but that wasn’t  the smell I was talking about. My eyes drifted back to the door where the smell came from. It grew stronger again when the door open and Roxane stepped out followed by Lord Cole.  the door closed but the smell lingered on Lord Cole. My Wolf growled again. I couldn’t understand why he was so angry. It took a lot of control to keep him from jumping out when Lord Cole started walking over to our table

“Alpha Damian its nice to finally meet you” he said warmly extending his hand when he approached us. I inhaled sharply and stood from my seat to return his gesture

“ Nice to meet you too, Lord Cole. This is my beta, Troy Everton.” Troy stood and shook Coles hand and retuned to his seat next to me. I couldn’t get over the smell that lingers on him it wasn't his smell. He emailed of graveyard soil and blood. I studied him carefully as he took his seat across from us.

“Lets get this over with” he started with a smirk on “ I have a show going on in the next room in about  20 minutes you gentleman wont want to miss ether our house band is quite talented if you like rock music. “

The smell of lavender and rain filled senses again it was stronger and not coming from the vampire. My head turned to the door again it had just closed. Where is that smell coming from?

“Alpha Damian? “ Coles voice shaped me from my thoughts

“Do you enjoy rock music?” he asked with eyebrow raised he turned his head to the door I was staring at and back at me a questioning look on his face.

“Who was in that room?” I asked ignoring his question

“ Ah “ his eyes lit up briefly and softened “ That would be the  singer of our house band, Ayame Chotsuki. You’ll have a chance to meet her as she will be going into the new revision of the treaty.” His voice became monotone as he talked about business. Her smell was all over him and it drove me mad. I had no idea why which made me even angrier.

I nodded at him trying to hide my unreasonable anger.

“where’s the restroom?” I asked I needed to get away to regain my control. Cole’s brow lifted again as he pointed to the next room

“Please excuse me” I hid my excitement when he pointed in the direction of the smell. I stood from my seat and followed my nose dodging the crowd of people before I found myself stopping in front of the stage.  She was standing in the center with a water bottle to her lips head tilting back chugging it as if she hadn’t had water for days .

Mate

Her eyes flew open and she started coughing. Her eyes scanned the room franticly before they landed on mine.

Mate!

Her eyes sparkled sapphire with emerald green exploading out from the middle. Her heart shaped face stared at me in horror.

Horror? I tried to say something but she ran to the back of  the stage.

I was about to Chase after her when someone grabbed my arm to stop me.

I flew around getting ready to punch anyone who kept me from my mate when I saw that it was Troy. He was shocked to see me fuming.

“Dude what happened?” Troy asked worried.

“Troy she's here! I found her!” I whispered yelled at him barley containing my excitement

“Who?” his brow furrowed in confusion

“ My mate” I jerked my arm away ready to go catch her when he grabbed it again. I growled

“ D, I know your wolf is excited but we have business if she works here we can get her info from Lord Cole. “ I breathed in sharply. He was right. And I think she does work here she was on the stage where the band was. Could she be the Witch Cole mentioned? Was she the lead singer? Her voice probably sounded like an angel. I stared at the back of the stage where I knew she was hiding. Troy started shaking me

“Pull it together Romeo” he teased I growled at him causing him to shut up

“Your right I'll find her later” I mumbled following him back to our table.