Chapter 3
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Zara’s POV
Numb.
That’s the only word that could describe my situation at the moment. Sparks were flowing through my body and all I could do was stare at the man in front of me with wide eyes and for a moment I swear there was a look of longing in his eyes before it vanished as fast as it came.
“Shall we?”
Giving him a small nod, I tried to control my heart rate which was way too fast that I felt that it might come out of my chest. Goosebumps grazed my skin and my cheeks and neck were on fire.
Who would have thought I would have a perfect combination of red and black today?
Walking to the middle of the room, the man respectfully kept his one hand on my waist and the other was intertwined with mine.
The music all of a sudden changed to an extremely slow and almost a romantic type of atmosphere was created around us.
Oh God, kill me now!! Why in the heavens did they change the song now only?
Moving my eyes from the man, I turned to look at the person responsible for this and oh who am I kidding? Who else could it be apart from my ever so great best friend Nadine. There she stood with a sinister smirk and a mischievous look in her eyes.
She is gonna die today and that too with my hands.
I gave her a glare, mentally telling her to change the song but the lady only winked cheekily at me and left the music system alone.
“Is there a problem?”
My head snapped in his direction as I realized that he was still assessing my expressions. Blushing yet again I shook my head negatively and he nodded his head with a small smile on his lips.
We danced in silence on the same song, with him twirling me and steadying me when my clumsy self decided to make a show, we kept dancing for some time.
Finally the music came to an end and we stopped dancing. A small smile danced on my lips and the same was on his face. People started moving around us but as soon as my brown eyes locked with his, I was again pulled in a trance. A trance I had no idea existed until now.
We looked into each other's eyes, completely ignoring everything and everyone around us. The grip that he had on my waist didn’t waver even a bit as we stood there in a serene silence.
Suddenly I realized that I still didn’t no his name, so mustering up a little courage and half heartedly breaking the eye contact I asked,
“I still haven't got your name yet.”
“Alexio.”
Alexio…
Hmm, suits him…
“Are you a human?”
He shook his head and chuckled. Oh my, even that sound seemed like music. A little rough yet soft at the same time.
“Curious are we?”
The previous blush was yet to die down when he decided to add another layer of it on my cheeks and neck. I smiled shyly and ducked my head down, trying to block it from his view. He chuckled yet again and for a moment I thought I heard him muttering something under his breath.
“I am a lycan.”
Giving him a nod, I kept my head bowed but it seemed that he didn’t like it as he raised my chin and made me look him in the eye. He now had a scowl on his face that resulted in me frowning too.
“Never bow down to me.”
“I wasn’t bowing..”
I muttered but him being the lycan heard it loud and clear.
“Yes you were.”
“No.
“Yes.”
I pouted as we started arguing and for a brief second I thought I saw him gulping a little while staring at my lips.
Now that is way far of an imagination Zara.
Knowing that I might have mistook his actions, I ignored it.
“Fine, let's keep the topic aside and talk about something else, sounds good?”
Nodding my head rapidly, I then started asking him some stupid questions in an attempt to spend some time with him because one, I didn’t want to interact with these many people and two, I was secretly enjoying his company.
“So you have a twin.”
“That’ll be me.”
I jumped a little, startled by the sudden voice that did something to me. The giddy feeling that I was having due to Alexio now seemed to have intensified by ten times as I turned around to look at the person.
There stood Alexio’s twin wearing a black tux unlike Alexio who wore a navy blue one. Both had equal to none differences in between them if you look from a distance but when observing closely they did have a few features that didn’t match.
“The name’s Alden ma’am.”
He said, while moving his hand forward. It took every cell in my body to not shiver at the thick Romanian accent in his voice.
Trying to keep a calm posture, I gave him my hand for a handshake but the guy turned it around and placed a kiss on the back of my palm. I shouldn’t be saying this but the way his lips touched my skin felt so right yet wrong at the same time.
I could feel my cheeks and neck heating once again as Alden looked at me with various emotions in his eyes but I could decipher none.
We were so lost in each other’s gaze that I didn’t notice someone making his way towards me.
“Zara!!”
With a sudden jerk I pulled my hand and looked at my right side, only to find a grinning Karl making his way towards me.
Ahh!!! Just the thing I wanted.
Note the sarcasm people.
Looking back at the twins, I saw how both had their jaws clenched with annoyance clearly written on their faces. I could feel warmth radiating from behind me as well from the front, making me aware of the fact that I was standing in between the twins and one move will result in me being sandwiched in between the two.
Cursing myself internally, I slowly walked to my left side in an attempt to get away from the embarrassment that was on its way and even the guy that was trying to glue himself with me.
But alas, it looks like I was late.
“Zara, come dance with me.”
Giving Karl a tight lipped smile, I tried to deny the offer but he, with a sudden move, grabbed my wrists, tugging me to him. Due to the sudden move, the heels that I was wearing became disbalanced, resulting in me falling on my- wait….. My eyes remained closed as I awaited the fall but it never came, instead electricity seemed to be flowing through my body. Mustering enough courage, I decided to peep through my lashes only for my brown eyes clashing with the silverish blue ones that looked at me with utter concern.
I was on the verge of losing myself again in those hypnotic pools if not for a shrill voice disturbing our moment.
“s**t!! Zara, are you alright? I am so-”
“Leave..”
It was Alden who said the latter, while glaring at Karl with cold eyes. The glare wasn’t diverted my way, yet I involuntarily scooted closer to Alexio, trying to find some comfort from the dead silent that now surrounded us.
My move wasn’t missed by the twins as they both looked at me with worry. Alden’s cold eyes now held warmth as if he was trying to assure me whereas Alexio once again wrapped his hands around my waist in an almost protective grip.
“And why would I leave?”
Karl said out of the blue, disturbing our moment once again.
God! I have already started regretting giving him an invitation. But it’s not like it was in my control.
“Because she is with us.”
Since when?
“Do you even know her? I am her classmate and even her soul-”
He didn’t get the chance to complete his sentence as two low and deadly growls emitted from the twins. My eyes became wide and a sudden chill ran down my spine. Looking at Karl, I could see a visible amount of fear settling in his eyes as he took in the two very enraged lycans in front of him.
Taking small steps back, he then gave them a weird look and gave me a small wave and left us alone. I finally breathed a sigh of relief once he was out of sight.
The guy sometimes could be too stubborn for his own good.
“Ahm, suit yourselves. I will just go and check on my friend.”
Not giving the two any chance to reply, I quickly got out of Alexio's hold and left them alone and walked away in search of Nadine, all the while trying to ignore the two pairs of heated gaze on my back.
“Nadine?”
I called out but the girl was nowhere in sight. Where did she disappear all of a sudden?
Looking around, trying to find Nadine, something else caught my sight. Nadine’s parents, who stood at the far end, were behaving so..... alert? I mean… their posture and eyes were moving around the hall, as if trying to sense something. As if they were trying to spot someone…
Might be Nadine…
Not giving it much of a thought, I myself went on Nadine’s venture.
Not being able to spot her in the hall, I made my way out of the room. Sheer silence replaced the noisy chatter as I kept walking out of the building. I was about to take a turn when a sharp tug pulled me back but before I could scream for help, a cold hand was placed on my mouth.
“Shhh, it’s me, Karl.”
I heard him whisper as we came- more like he took me to a more secluded area.
“What the f**k Karl? Are you in your senses? What kind of act was that?”
I nearly screamed at him and pulled myself out of his hold but it looked like he wasn’t planning on leaving me as I was once again in his arms and he pushed me near the wall. Having him this close to me felt suffocating and disturbing.
“Stop screaming liebling.”(darling)
“What kind of sick act is this? Leave me, right now!!”
Hissing at him, I tried to move away but the guy was hell bent on keeping me captured.
“I told you I will make you mine, didn’t I?”
He whispered and started leaning in. Fear gripped my heart as I looked into his ruby eyes. His lips pulled in a thin line as he brought his face closer to mine. My legs stayed rooted to the place as my eyes looked into his.
“Karl...mo..move...back…”
I stuttered a little and tried to push him away but him being half vampire wasn't helping.
“And what if I don’t?”
Tears welled in my eyes as his face got closer after every passing second. My eyes shut themselves as my fear rolled in waves out of my body. I could feel his cold breath on my lips, when suddenly a gust of wind blew in front of me.
A loud thud followed and I jumped on my place at the sudden sound. Opening my eyes, I expected to come face to face with the same person but what met my eyes, had me gasping, both in relief and in shock. I hastily wiped off the fallen tears and took in the scene in front of me.
There in front of me stood two seething lycans, fully grown at that. Brown and black fur were visible through the torn clothing that they were wearing. Their mouths agape, giving a perfect view of their sharp and long canines. Their eyes were set on something on the ground and following their sight, I met a groaning Karl.
Not gonna say that I am feeling sorry for the bastard.
Moving my eyes from him and back to the lycans, my eyes made contact with one of theirs.
Brown clashed with Gold.
The same golden eyes that I saw last night.
- Writer
