Twilight Requiem

Thank You, I Had Fun

After cleaning up the scene, Ivan and his team went back to their rented apartment to pack up their stuff. In Ivan’s room, he was packing his things when he saw the box of serum that his Uncle Creon had given him.

He remembered how he almost lost control of himself earlier when he let his anger towards the suspect get to him. He then decided to take a dose of that serum just to be safe.

He grabbed the box and opened it. The contents are small glass syringes filled with the serum. He took one and injected it into his arm. He took a deep breath, feeling the cold liquid flow through his system.

Once he is done, he discards what he used and puts away the box. He was closing his bag when there was a knock on his door.

“Yeah?”

The door opened, and Zack came in.

“Boss, we finished the mission quickly, so we think we should celebrate. We will be hitting the bar downtown,” Zack told him.

Ivan arched his eyebrow.

“Are you asking for permission to go, or are you inviting me to join?” Ivan responded, looking at Zack from head to toe, who was already dressed for clubbing.

Zack chuckled.

“Well, both,” he spoke.

Ivan smiled at him.

“Sure. You guys can go. Just message me where you are, and I’ll catch up with you. I’ll just finish what I am doing,” he told him.

Zack smiled and nodded his head.

“Alright. See you later then,” he chirped and left, closing the door behind him.

Ivan sighed and continued packing his stuff. Once he is done, he contemplates whether he should go out and follow the others.

‘What are you dawdling about? Go and get dressed! We’re going out!’

Casper barked.

“Should I? I mean, I feel like my bed is calling me now,” Ivan replied, and then his Lycan growled at him.

‘There is no time to sleep, human! The night is young, we are young, party like no tomorrow!’ his Lycan responded.

Ivan frowned.

“We are far from being young,” he retorted.

‘I don’t care! I want to go out! Get dressed and go out, damn it!’

Ivan was confused about his Lycan’s insistence on going out.

“Seriously, why do you want to go out? You don’t usually like this kind of thing,” he asked, wondering why the sudden change in his Lycan’s interest.

‘I don’t know, but right now, all I want is to go out. I feel like something great is waiting for us out there,’ Casper answered.

Ivan quietly stood in the middle of the room, thinking about what Casper just said.

‘Don’t be a statue and move it!’

Casper growled.

Ivan heaved a deep sigh and shook his head.

“Fine,” he mumbled and started getting ready to go out.

Once he is dressed, he texts Zack, asking him where they are. When he got a reply where they are, Ivan stuffed his phone into his jeans pocket and grabbed his wallet from the nightstand.

‘Just teleport to that place. I don’t have the patience to drive or be in a car. Quick! Take us there!’ Casper ordered.

Ivan sighed again and just did what his Lycan told him. He teleported towards the bar where the team was. He then appeared in the bar’s comfort room.

‘Why the comfort room?’ Casper asked in disgust.

‘This is the safest place,’ Ivan replied, and his Lycan started making a disgusted sound.

‘This place is very dirty. Do you have any idea how this place smells? It's full of human waste! And I am not just talking about number one and number two!’

Casper snarled.

‘I didn’t know you were a clean freak,’ Ivan teased him.

‘I am not, but this is just disgusting. Did you know –‘

Ivan ignored his Lycan’s ranting and exited the men’s comfort room and went to find his team. Passing through the swarm of bodies dancing, he spotted Zack and the others on the bar’s second floor.

He made his way there, but as he was getting close to the stairs, he bumped into someone.

“Sorry –“ Ivan mumbled and then paused when he felt a slight tingling sensation on his arm when he bumped into someone. Then a mouthwatering scent hit his nose like a truck.

It smells like jasmine and mint.

When he turned around to see who it was, all he saw was a woman with long black hair. He wanted to follow her as her scent was inviting him. But before he could take a step towards her direction, a hand landed on his shoulder.

“Boss,”

Ivan turned around, and it was Zack.

“You came. Come on. The guys are upstairs,” Zack said, leading Ivan upstairs to their table.

While Ivan follows Zack, his head keeps turning towards the direction where the woman went.

‘Casper, what was that?’ Ivan asked his Lycan.

‘I am not sure, but I want to smell it again. I feel addicted to that scent,’ Casper replied.

As Ivan sat with the others, they ordered more drinks. Even though human alcohol doesn’t really affect them, they still drink for the sake of drinking. Ivan would join their conversation, but most of the time, he was quiet and was just looking over the railings, looking down at the dance floor and the bar counter.

Ivan was scanning the crowd, looking for the woman he bumped into earlier. He inhaled deeply, trying to locate her using her scent, but the whole place was packed with different strong scents that he had a hard time finding her.

He was about to give up and just focus on drinking with his team when he finally got a whiff of the amazing scent he had smelled earlier. His head snapped up and started scanning the room below them.

Soon, his eyes fell on the black-haired woman coming out of the ladies’ room. Seeing her, it's like Ivan’s eyes just zoomed onto her face. She has sharp, cat-like hazel eyes, not too high a nose bridge that matches her cheeks, and her lips, which were plump, that made Ivan think about how it would feel if he kissed them.

She was wearing a black dress that was a size too small for her. When he saw her smile at the bartender, he both felt smitten by it and annoyed that the male bartender behind the counter got to see that smile up close.

‘How dare he look at her smiling?!’

Casper snarled at the same time Ivan stood up from his seat. Leo and the others looked at Ivan, wondering why he stood up. They asked him why, but he ignored them and just left. Confused about it, they followed them with their eyes and saw them going towards the bar counter.

Ivan just didn’t think about that moment. He just moved; his feet moved towards the woman’s direction like they had a mind of their own. When he was a few feet away from her, one word from his Lycan that made him pause, froze him on the spot.

‘Mate!’

Ivan’s eyes widened in response to what he heard from his Lycan.

‘What?’ he asked.

‘She is our mate! Get mate! Now!’

Casper barked excitedly.

Ivan could feel his Lycan bounce up and down, like an excited puppy for treats. He swallowed several times as his heart continued to hammer against his chest, and the addicting scent coming from his mate engulfed him.

Ivan then slowly approached the counter. He stiffly stood next to his mate, swallowed hard as he tried to calm his frantically beating heart and his excited Lycan.

He took a deep breath and ordered a drink from the bartender.

“Also, a drink for the lovely lady next to me,” Ivan told the bartender, who nodded and went to get his orders.

“Thanks for the drink,”

Ivan inwardly gasped when he heard her voice. He slowly turned towards her, and when he saw her, he could help but smile. At that moment, he felt helpless in front of her gaze. She looked more beautiful up close, and her scent, it is stronger and more addictive than he thought.

Ivan smiled as soon as he got a hold of himself.

“You’re welcome,” he replied.

The woman, his mate, smiled broadly and held out her hand to him.

“I’m Nyx, by the way,” she said, introducing herself.

‘Nyx? Like the goddess of the night. Figures as her black hair is as beautiful as the night,’ Casper spoke, completely smitten by his mate.

Ivan agreed to his Lycan. She is indeed beautiful, and her black hair is like the beautiful night sky. He then looked at her hand and grabbed it. The moment their skins touched, they both felt sparks and tingles, making Ivan smile.

“Nice to meet you, my name is Ivan,” he said.

Nyx just smiled as she pulled her hand back, clearly taken aback by the tingles when they touched. Before any of them could speak, the bartender gave them their drinks.

Nyx then took a sip of her drink and turned towards Ivan.

“So, are you from around here?” she asked.

Ivan looked at her and shook his head.

“I was just here for a few days.” He answered.

Nyx narrowed her eyes at him.

“Business?”

“Uhm, not really,”

Ivan’s answer intrigued his mate more. She turned completely towards Ivan, propped her elbow on the counter, and leaned closer to him, exposing her cleavage that made Ivan gulp.

“You are not a businessman, so what do you do for a living, Ivan?” she asked Ivan, who suddenly felt heat coming off his body.

“Uhm, a teacher,”

Ivan blurted.

He couldn’t think straight because of how close she is to him, and he scent is starting to drive his imagination wild.

Nyx, on the other hand, was surprised by his answer. She found him too good-looking to be a teacher. She smirked and spoke.

“You’re a tourist then,” she said, and Ivan nodded.

“Same. I am here for a short vacation.”

“Where are you from?”

Ivan asked, wanting to get to know more information about her, especially where to look for her. Instead of answering his question, Nyx just smiled at him and took a sip of her drink.

Even though Nyx did not answer Ivan’s question, they still chatted as Nyx was the one asking him questions. Ivan happily answers them and even orders more drinks while they chat.

A couple of drinks later, Ivan closed and paid their bill.

“This place is getting loud, let’s go somewhere quiet.”

Nyx said, grabbing Ivan by his collar as she pulled him out of the bar. Ivan just followed her like a lost puppy.

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Ivan groaned as he felt the warm sunlight against his face. He groaned again, grabbed the nearest pillow, and covered his face. Seconds after, Ivan sat up, eyes wide as he remembered the events that had happened last night.

He looked around and realized that he was still in bed, with sheets covering his naked lower body. Then he turned to the space beside him, expecting to see his mate, but it was empty.

‘Mate? Where is mate?!’

Casper frantically asked as Ivan got out of bed and put on his boxer shorts that were on the floor. Once he put it on, he walked over to the bathroom and knocked on the door.

“Nyx? Nyx, are you there?” he spoke, knocking continuously, but there was no response, and he couldn’t hear any movement from inside.

He then opened the door, and he confirmed that there was no one in the bathroom. Ivan clenched his teeth as he began to feel worried. He walked back to the bed and noticed that the only pieces of clothing on the floor were his. There was no sign of his mate’s things.

Ivan looked around once again, and that’s when he noticed a folded piece of paper on the nightstand. Ivan walked over to the nightstand and picked up the folded paper.

He unfolded it and saw a note in a very neat handwriting saying:

Thank you, I had fun.