Penny POV
It was hard keeping my eyes open when Alpha Aeric started the story about his skydiving experience in Saltamos Village in Barcelona.
We have been talking all night. No, Alpha Aeric has been talking all night, and all I and Alpha Lucius did was listen to the story that involved him and his brother.
I wanted Alpha Lucius to speak, and tell me about his life. Not that the information Alpha Aeric gives missed them out. It was just that I wanted to hear his voice and look at him for seconds more than stealing a glance.
Again not that I did not want to look at Alpha Aeric, but I just wanted to see both of them and see the different twitches on their face mimicking them on mine.
One thing was sure, Alpha Lucius did not talk much. He stared. He stared like he could see inside you - like an X-ray.
Drawing the back of my palm to my mouth, I yawn. Alpha Lucius's eyebrows twitch.
“Aeric, I think we should take our leave now. The club is about to close and I am sure Penny needs to get back to her house.” Alpha Lucius speaks with a deep rumble in his voice.
“Lucius…”
“Aeric…” They both slur their words stretching each other's names unnecessarily long.
I dont want them to leave. I rarely stay a long time with people. Those who speak to me, decide not to after several hours, and others just dont speak at all.
Sarah does, but then again she does multiple jobs for her sick mother and she is rarely around or too sleepy to speak.
“Penny, let me drop you at your house.”, Alpha Aeric says with the same, what was the word? Ahh ‘smile’.
“No, the bouncers in the club drop all the girls. And Alpha Damon will punish me if I do not follow the rules.”
“He won't. Trust me. Please come with us.” I nod my head. I think it will be ok to take a whip one time for both of these men.
“We will wait for you outside the club.”
I walk to the make-up room. Everything that happened inside the cubicle playing like a movie before my eyes.
I have never met men that did not want to touch me. True, Alpha Aeric did do that but it was different than the other men. I wanted the touch, it felt like fur against my skin comfortable and warm. Alpha Lucius did not touch me but his stares did. The way his eyes lingered on me did things to me from inside.
What things? I dont know.
I have never experienced them. I never knew a fire can light inside you, or your bones can prick you. Hell, I didn't even know a knot can form in your stomach. Yet, it all happened when I was in the room with them.
Pushing open the door to the make-up room I see all the girls sitting in their pretty circles looking at me from head to toe. Their faces pinch together, a flush of red on every cheek, pressed lips, and folded hands.
Amidst the pretty circles, Sarah flies from one corner of the room towards me.
“Penny are you…Ok”, she says spinning me in a circle and examining my entire body.
“Yes,” I say.
“Did the Alphas hurt you somewhere?”
“Why would they hurt me?”, I mean yes I did feel like a whip land on my skin with every touch but it did not bruise.
“What black magic do you do lifeless doll, that both Alpha Damon’s sons were in a single cubicle with you,” Amanda says trudging towards me with folded hands and tilted head.
“They are Alpha Damon’s sons?”, I question. My bone pricks me again from the inside.
Are bones supposed to prick you?
I squirm, twisting my body to make sure my bone does not dislocate to some different place. I press my fingers to my ribs counting the ridges on both sides.
One…two…
Well, they seem to be the same in number.
“Wait, dont you look too okay for someone who just had sex with two Alphas for seven hours straight.” Amanda bends towards me sniffing around me like a dog.
“You have their scent, but not the smell of their precious seeds.”
“I dint have sex with them”. Amanda scoots back, her lips tugging up in a one-sided… smile.
“We just talked”. I say and just like that her smile was replaced by a thin line. Her tongue rolled inside her mouth, her eyebrows twerking like our butts on the pole.
“What could the Alphas talk to with a whore?” She shoots balancing herself on one leg and spreading the other out.
“Maybe, they were examining their new step-aunt. You know the history between her and Alpha Valen.” The girls burst into laughter. A weird one at the least.
My body jerked to the side, my legs almost tangling within themselves. Sarah pulled me by the upper arm dragging me away to the changing curtains.
“Dont listen to them. So, tell me what did you talk about?” She clapped her hands pulling them below her chin and sitting on the stools.
“About their travel, their family, their college life,” I say grabbing my bag from the floor and pulling a long black T-shirt that ends above my knees.
“Really…”, she squeaks like a broken door.
“Tell me… tell me more”
“Do they have a girlfriend, or girlfriends. Oh! Wait if they had they shouldn't be here, no such handsome men without girlfriends. Impossible. There must be…”.
Sarah rants to herself.
“Ladies it’s time to leave”. The bouncers announce in the room, and heels click further away from my ears.
“Penny, the young masters are waiting for you,” they announce and heads snap my way.
“What! you are going with them?” she again does the same voice.
“Yeah, they said they could drop me.”
“So cute. I need all the details when I meet you.” I nod and she shuffles out on her heels.
Getting out I haul the heels in my fingers, walking barefoot on the ground. My eyes scan the tiles, the cold on them massaging my foot from the pins of the heels that dig in my feet when the same mix of scents radiates around me.
I look up seeing Alpha Aeric and Lucius leaning against a red car. My breath comes in breaks at their sight.
Alpha Aeric walks forward sliding his fingers in mine. He tugs at my heels curling his fingers along their end and carrying it in his hands. He pulls the bag from my shoulder, settling it on the other. Alpha Lucius walks to my side, his hand sliding to the small of my back. He pulls open the door to the car.
“Let's go.”
Two black cars fly from the underground parking followed by two vans hurled with all the girls of the club. The black cars stop behind the red one, with four burly men walking out with guns.
“Young masters, you said you needed our help.” One of the men says.
“We want one of you to drive the car.” The man nods his head, immediately walking to the front and settling himself in the front.
All the girls peek through the windows their heads squeezing through the tiny glass. Their expressions were back to puffy cheeks and crossed eyebrows.
Amanda walks out of the car, strutting, pulling her skirt up her thigh.
“Alpha kings, it's an honor to meet you.”, she twirls her hair between her fingers.
“I hope I could satisfy you the next time you are here”. Her voice dips down octaves, her fingers running up and down Alpha Lucius's hands.
I want to swat her hands away from him. Why would I want to do such a thing? But before I could find an answer Alpha Lucius does the same. I think all want to do the same thing with her hand.
“Leave”. He says rather growls in her face.
Amanda shuffles on her heels back to the van, climbing in and banging the door shut. Her face peeks through the window. Baring her teeth she looks at me and I look to Alpha Lucius.
“What happened Penny?”
“Will you choose her or some other girl the next time you come here?” I ask.
“I would always choose you in any and every situation, time, and reality.” He says brushing his knuckles over my cheekbones. My muscles twitch again spreading a smile on my face.
“Brother she belongs to me. Back off” Alpha Aeric leans and places a hand on my shoulder.
“Well, I did not see that happen”, Alpha Lucius says with a bite.
“I saw her first”
“I saw the world first, does that mean it belongs to me.”
“Why dont we let Penny decide who she wants?” Alpha Aeric says. Alpha Lucius shoves his hand in the pocket eyeing me.
“Penny” they roar simultaneously.
“Cant I have you both?”. They both look toward each other, their eyes turning sharp the next moment towards me. Lips parted they gulp, scratching the back of their nape.
Well, they really are twins. They do almost everything the same and simultaneously.
“Let’s… Let’s leave.” Alpha Lucius was the first to break the silence, he climbs into the car his hand stretched out towards me.
I take his hand climbing after Alpha Lucius. Sandwiched between them there is absolutely little to no space to squirm around. Their huge bodies brush against mine at the movement of the car. Their thighs press against my skin, the texture of ripped jeans and slack pants perfectly contrasting the amount of heat they transfer to me.
Electrocuted. Yes, that's how I feel.
Electricity courses through my veins, my thighs unknowingly closing tighter against each other. I feel a patch of wet fluid glide down my center.
Am I on period?
Wait! But it's not even the time of the month.
Alpha Damon’s POVThe forest grows darker, the swirls of the wind a color of white smoke penetrating my skin. The winds howl, trees laugh, the birds threaten, and the cold bites with every step I take.The land beneath my feet breaths sinking me deeper and deeper until I reach the end of the tattered black iron gate hoisting crows as the guards, bats as the protectors, and skulls as the deity.“Alpha Damon, the king of the wolves.”, The voice cold and shrieky echoes in the air, the smoky wind leaving my body, entering the gates marking the start of the territory of the witches.“To what do we owe your visit to the witches' territory.”I
LuciusAeric and I sit at the breakfast table, picking at the food rather than eating it. I dont know what is running through his mind. Mine is full of thoughts of Penny.Shocking. No. It is utterly astonishing how I behaved yesterday.Mindless.Drunk.Dazed.Most of it- out of control.It has never happened to me. Not in 24 years of my life as a human or a werewolf. My mate was the only thing I expected to affect me this way. Yet, she is not. Not my mate, and definitely not someone related to me.The last 12 hour
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AericBash me in the head with heavy metal, and I will get up hundreds of times to fight - again and again. Physical training teaches you that shit.Makes you strong, ready, and too coercive.What it does not teach you is- what to do when someone bashes you on the inside. Severe. Harsh. To the point that you do not have the will to get up and fight.Mom was the only one that actually acted like she was our parent. Not some trainer, who is turning the animals he breeds into fighters that can conquer wars.Us being werewolves does not help as well.People might expect the alpha kings to be burly, strong, and emotionless. That's not true.
Chapter 1Bright light escaped through the illuminated halo mirrors dusting a silver pixie over the skin of the figure staring into it. Icy blue eyes with an equally cold face reflected inside the mirror, desperately trying to practice the smile the women in the brothel taught her. Every day she diligently practiced hundreds of expressions that could give her cold face some structure. Expressions that can add life to her lifeless face. It was not that she wasn't beautiful. In fact, she was the epitome of beauty. Ice blue doe eyes sat perfectly on her small round face, complimenting her pale skin. Soft plump flesh bounced with a natural pink tint, as she trapped and left them from between her small pearl teeth. Dark brown hair teased her waistline. The bright lights of the room made her look like a goddess, ready to shower her proximity with abundance and happiness, but she was anything but a goddess in the eyes of the people. Penny is a stripper, in the largest club of Dark Night
Penny's POV“Penny, can you handle the client in the third cubicle? I need some desperate rest after my last session”. Amanda, a blonde girl dressed in a leathered gold bikini calls out as she enters the make-up area in the back. She slumps on the seat next to me, tipping her head back and massaging the small of her back with her long fingers. The freckles on her face glisten with small sweat dews as she creates an O-shape with her lips puffing some air out. I look at the clock on the wall; it’s almost the end of my shift but who doesn't like some extra cash in their pockets. So I remove the pumps, lining the bruise on my leg with a second skin patch, before trudging towards the door.“Penny, you just had a rough session with Alpha Valen”, Martha voices out, her eyebrows crossed in the middle of her face, and I just look at her. I don't understand what all the fuss is about. As strippers, we get clients for private dances, and sometimes the Alphas and the Betas that enter have sex
Aeric's POVLoud R&B music blares inside the club creating a symphony that sways hips on the stage. As Lucius and I enter the club, people freeze in their place eventually bending at their hip and bowing a full ninety degrees. Why not? We are the future Alphas of the Dark Night Pack. Alpha Lucius and the strongest Alpha Aeric, the undefeatable twins.My lips tug at the end lifting up in satisfaction at my own thoughts. You might think I am narcissistic. Well, I won't deny it. When you are as handsome as the Endymion even the moon goddess will fall for your charms. I snort walking behind my brother into the club Delirium with my head held high only to bang into a body before me." Ouch! Look before you stop", I say rubbing the edge of my forehead and looking at Lucius who suddenly stopped in his tracksLucius is a giant- standing five centimeters taller than me at six feet two and with bulky shoulders, he looks like a Greek God. Definitely, less than me - but his heavily built body c
AericBash me in the head with heavy metal, and I will get up hundreds of times to fight - again and again. Physical training teaches you that shit.Makes you strong, ready, and too coercive.What it does not teach you is- what to do when someone bashes you on the inside. Severe. Harsh. To the point that you do not have the will to get up and fight.Mom was the only one that actually acted like she was our parent. Not some trainer, who is turning the animals he breeds into fighters that can conquer wars.Us being werewolves does not help as well.People might expect the alpha kings to be burly, strong, and emotionless. That's not true.
LuciusMy heart is clenching, pushing at my ribcage constricting my breath from coming out.Before leaving the office, I thought I could keep myself together. Turns out it was a faux restraint that spoke, just so I could get up and away to meet Penny.I bet we did not think, we would be seeing her in this position. On the hospital bed. Still seemingly better - holding hands and out of the hell of a club after today.Wrath, jealousy, confusion - every emotion that I keep at bay clouds me.I dont remember a day I was so angry, that I hauled an entire man with just my fingertips. I dont remember a day I was soo jealous, just because I heard my brother’s name instead of mine
AericOne moment I am looking at this gorgeous-cant-take-your-eyes-off- face, and the next moment I am digging into her life history, geography, and even biology to understand why she affects me so much.Or should I rather say us?What is more shocking? No. It is utterly astonishing.Why did I feel a Deja Vu at the words?Whatever?Is that my goody-two-shoes-of-cold-face-brother is as affected as I am? No woman has affected me in that way.Again, no woman was as beautiful as her.I dont know what to say or think, but
LuciusAeric and I sit at the breakfast table, picking at the food rather than eating it. I dont know what is running through his mind. Mine is full of thoughts of Penny.Shocking. No. It is utterly astonishing how I behaved yesterday.Mindless.Drunk.Dazed.Most of it- out of control.It has never happened to me. Not in 24 years of my life as a human or a werewolf. My mate was the only thing I expected to affect me this way. Yet, she is not. Not my mate, and definitely not someone related to me.The last 12 hour
Alpha Damon’s POVThe forest grows darker, the swirls of the wind a color of white smoke penetrating my skin. The winds howl, trees laugh, the birds threaten, and the cold bites with every step I take.The land beneath my feet breaths sinking me deeper and deeper until I reach the end of the tattered black iron gate hoisting crows as the guards, bats as the protectors, and skulls as the deity.“Alpha Damon, the king of the wolves.”, The voice cold and shrieky echoes in the air, the smoky wind leaving my body, entering the gates marking the start of the territory of the witches.“To what do we owe your visit to the witches' territory.”I
Penny POVIt was hard keeping my eyes open when Alpha Aeric started the story about his skydiving experience in Saltamos Village in Barcelona.We have been talking all night. No, Alpha Aeric has been talking all night, and all I and Alpha Lucius did was listen to the story that involved him and his brother.I wanted Alpha Lucius to speak, and tell me about his life. Not that the information Alpha Aeric gives missed them out. It was just that I wanted to hear his voice and look at him for seconds more than stealing a glance.Again not that I did not want to look at Alpha Aeric, but I just wanted to see both of them and see the different twitches on their face mimicking them on mine.
Penny POVCold wind gushed in at the impact of the door against the wall, lugging a serene smell of Lavender and Spice with itself. The room crammed, a mixture of lavender, spice, orris heart, and woods blending in the air.I always heard we could smell a werewolf, but this was the first time I smell them in the air. The air around me felt congested, with the puff of air battling around yet blending in so well to create a symphony. And all I could do was to hold my breath for a second and take a long breath the other. The temperature of the room weirdly rose every passing second, passing an unbearable and squirmish heat down my body. It felt like the heat from a fire. The only difference - I felt the fire inside me and not surrounding me. My heart rammed against my ribcage, creating an incoherent sound of thumps against my brain. Sat in the lap of a silver-haired man, I look at the man with dark hair standing at the door. His chest heaved up and down, his eyes squinting at the reg
Lucius POVA strong smell of moonflowers and night jasmine struck my nostrils, as the bitter bourbon lingered on my tongue. My head immediately shot up looking for the source of the smell, but when Aeric pointed out that he smelled it too my mind went into a whirlwind of emotions. Possessiveness, jealousy, protective instincts, and every bubble of belonging burst in me. It felt like someone was snatching something that was mine. I am usually a composed person, and nothing so far has driven these emotions in me. And besides emotions, I have never felt an eager urge to act on them as well. When Aeric asked me whether I smelled my mate, I said No. Well, it wasn't a lie, but the question also told me that, the someone we smelled is neither his mate. An immediate relief flushed along my nerves at the realization, but when the smell grew stronger and unbearable my head snapped towards the right. There she was standing, the source of the enticing smell. The smell that particularly left m
Aeric's POVLoud R&B music blares inside the club creating a symphony that sways hips on the stage. As Lucius and I enter the club, people freeze in their place eventually bending at their hip and bowing a full ninety degrees. Why not? We are the future Alphas of the Dark Night Pack. Alpha Lucius and the strongest Alpha Aeric, the undefeatable twins.My lips tug at the end lifting up in satisfaction at my own thoughts. You might think I am narcissistic. Well, I won't deny it. When you are as handsome as the Endymion even the moon goddess will fall for your charms. I snort walking behind my brother into the club Delirium with my head held high only to bang into a body before me." Ouch! Look before you stop", I say rubbing the edge of my forehead and looking at Lucius who suddenly stopped in his tracksLucius is a giant- standing five centimeters taller than me at six feet two and with bulky shoulders, he looks like a Greek God. Definitely, less than me - but his heavily built body c