The lights in the club strobed to the music. This little human rubbed herself against me on the dance floor oblivious to the fact that I could crush her in an instant. I could smell her want dripping out of her. Humans were too easy. I didn’t have anything against them, but I did prefer to not be around them. I found it amazingly odd that this was the only place within the city that was primarily for werewolves, humans, and vampires. It was quite odd. In my old community out west, we didn’t associate with vampires. We tested them and tried to find a solution for them, but according to the new pack I had just taken over, the vampires walk freely among us. While we don’t let them within our borders much they hold a primary purpose, and damn did they choose to congregate within this club. It was the biggest tower in the center of the city, with the bottom floor serving as a nightclub and bar. However, the second floor was mainly for vampires to come and go as they please, and the third for the werewolves, but there were rules to this club: 1) You can not leave with a human if you are paranormal and 2) No fighting. It was neutral territory if you will.
I see this beautiful woman enter out of the corner of my eye. She has waist-length black hair and stands at a petite 5’1. She’s not fat but she’s far from skinny. The tits and ass on her though. I turn fully to watch her when she turns and makes complete eye contact with me through the crowd. Her eyes held pupils like that of a cat. How odd. I tilt my head, intrigued. What and who was that wonderful feline-looking woman. Within an instant, she was gone. I noticed the tears in her outfit and smelt a tinge of blood in the air, but that could have come from anyone.
“Boss, it’s time to go….”
Markus my Beta, was always so loyal. When I decided to step down from our previous pack he followed. I had grown tired of the games. I felt antsy and wanted to move something new calling. My father, upset with my antics yelled every curse word my way. I didn’t care for the testing and capturing of the vampires, I didn’t care for any of the vile things he was doing. My sister adored it and lived for it with her conniving ways and her evil soul. I had researched what packs were weakest, and where. I had come across the Capsilium pack in the registry. The current Alpha at the time Derrick had no mate and no heir. The pack per se was in dire straights no matter how he looked at it, and I its saving grace. I arrived last week and issued my challenge. Derrick in his arrogance gladly accepted it, thinking I could be easily defeated.
“Now why would I want to leave this wondrous place?” I ask.
Silence.
When I had left Markus he was on the third floor happily drinking the absinthe away. I walk towards the elevator leaving the poor little human girl pouting away at my absence. I would follow the rules for now. I enter the elevator with two vampires. I stay my ground, although the vampires pay me no mind. The doors on the second floor open up and they step out, and that is when I happen to see Markus at the back in a full-blown argument with two vampires. I exit shaking my head, welp, that’s one broken rule waiting to happen.
“Markus, what is going on here?” I ask, walking swiftly through the vampires standing and watching the show.
“Is this your pet?” The pink-haired vampire asks looking toward me.
“He is my beta, love now what’s going on?” I answer.
“He said he was gonna take us and test us for rabies.” The other girl answered releasing her seething black aura my way.
I chuckled. “Now Markus why would you say something like that?” I asked finding the situation amusing.
“She asked if I had all my shots.” He answered his hackles coming out of the nape of his neck.
I laughed. This was a funny new town.
The tension in the room was rising. I could feel it and so could Markus. “Now, listen here love, let him go, and we will be on our merry way,” I say motioning towards the door.
I expected a fight. I expected something, anything, other than what had occurred. She backed up and watched him walk toward me.
“Don’t come back to the second floor.” She said, making eye contact, which I was not used to.
“Don’t assume I’m some kind of mutt to order around,” I answer walking with Markus to the elevator.
“There are rules in this club, and you either abide by them, or you leave.” A voice stated at the top of the stairs.
I stop. Now, this is interesting.
“Now, we all know rules are made to be broken.” I smile.
“Not in this area.” The wonderful vixen, with the eerie eyes, said reaching the bottom of the stairs. She had changed. She was in jeans, and a lace spaghetti strap top, that showed off those perky tits of hers. “We have rules.” She walked over to the bar baring her back to me. She didn’t fear me. Odd.
“Go to the car,” I tell Markus.
“Boss…” He sounded worried.
“I’m only going to be a minute, this is interesting,” I say.
Markus obliges and enters the elevators. I walk towards this intriguing woman.
“You are?” I ask, sitting next to her where she is leaning on the bar.
She flits her catlike eyes at me.
No answer.
“You’re really going to ignore me?” I asked, astonished.
“You’re just another werewolf, why would I answer to likes of you.” She said pushing off the bar and walking away up the stairs.
No woman had ever walked away from me. This town was odd. Completely odd.
Markus was parked at the front of the doors as I exit.
“Sorry boss.” He said looking down and shaking his head. “They got to me, this place is weird for sure.”
“Markus, how long have we known one another for?” I ask.
“Years.”
“Grew up together, and when I became Alpha you started calling me boss, I don’t like it… Call me by my name. Call me an asshole, but quit calling me boss.” I laugh.
“Alright boss.” He said, smiling, pulling into traffic.
Who was that wonderful vixen in the club? She didn’t smell Lycan, she didn’t smell vampire, but she definitely wasn’t human.
Two Months. Two months had passed since I had first arrived here. We were constantly working at showing the pack that I wasn’t the horrible monster that unseated their previous Alpha. I was the nice guy. Derrick had really fucked the pack over. Most homes were underkept and withering away when I had shown up. The pack never really earned their own money which was atrocious to me, it dwindled pack money to almost nonexistent. I had never seen anything like this. Back home. No. Not home. Back West, we had a banking system like the humans although it wasn’t as costly, with no APRs, no good credit bad credit, and definitely no taxes. You paid for what you had, and you damn sure weren’t going to pay me. My old pack invested in human affairs. I came with money, but damn if I hadn’t gone through half of it taking the pack out of the debt to the other packs. It was amazing. My first encounter with the other packs was with Agora, she was quick to remind me that my pack owed her back. Ridiculo
“Your Alpha is a piece of work ain’t he?” I ask walking back down the hallway with the burly werewolf trying to follow behind me. “He’s a good man.” He answers. “For that girl's sake in there, I hope he’s a good lay.” I laugh, I walk out of the front door and down the steps and turn to look at the werewolf. “Oh, and the next time you go in the club saying you’re going to test a vampire, think again.” “I misspoke but I won’t be asked about shots.” He shivers “I hate those things.” He looks down. “You’re new so we will forgive it this time lurch,” I say smiling. “Markus. My name is Markus.” He looks offended. “Markus.” I nod, turning my Dyna on. I get back to my club, walking in the back door. Dillan and Tracy are arguing over something already. Didn’t they just both clock in? “Hey!” I whistle loudly to get their attention “What the fuck now?” I ask holding my arms out at my sides. “Dillan says I ordered too much Tequila.” Tracy whines. “Tracy stop whining. Dillan wh
I sat in Morpheus' car watching the buildings go by. “She’s an odd one,” I say, not looking away from the window. “Odd?” Morpheus quips. “No Killian, not odd, strong. She went through a lot before she got where she is.” “What do you mean?” I ask. “Her father was the Alpha to the Zions. Her mother was human. She was abandoned by her mom when she was eight. She went from orphanages to the foster care system, to living on the streets, and showed back up here when she was 18 or 19, hungry, tiny, and broken. She looked and found her father, who already had his heir and his mate, and he kicked her out, with no help.” He shakes his head angrily. “As a new father, I can not imagine turning any child of mine out, whether it be Lycan or Vampire.” “She doesn’t smell Vampire,” I say. “No, she doesn’t. She doesn’t resemble them either. She was never a perfect fit in any world, but she is here. She stands tall and proud. I’ve witnessed her bloody for battle, where no one should have stayed st
The rain pelted my windows in the penthouse. I looked down to the city below. Rain brought memories back that were never good. Why were vampires and werewolves going missing? Where were they going? Why the hell did Morpheus insist on it being me that helps?I walked away from the windows, towards my bedroom. Maybe sleep would come to me, and allow me some form of peace. Nope. 2 am and my phone was going crazy. “What!?” I answer half asleep. “Katya, I am so sorry but you have to get down here. It’s a big ass brawl.” Dillan yelled through the phone. I could hear things smashing in the background. “Ughhhhhh, I’ll be right there.” I jump out of bed grabbing my boots. I stare at myself in the reflection of the elevator, oh this is great! I was in a hello kitty tank top and my Spanx shorts. I roll my eyes. My messy bun flopping everywhere. I attempt to fix my hair and fail miserably as the doors swing open and I see the pandemonium occurring on the second floor. “Enough!” I yell s
I walked in behind Katya to her conference room, looking at Markus who had refused to answer me through our mind-link. She sits down in the chair closest to Markus. “Okay, what gives?” She asks. “I wasn’t doing a thing, just having a good time and I overheard Grunt talking, and I didn’t agree with what he said,” Markus said looking at Katya. “Well, Markus what did he say? Honestly, this is the second time I’ve had an incident with you, and in my book, that’s too many. I started the club for everyone to have a nice place with no fights and just to chill.” Katya says, shaking her head. It amazed me that this badass fighter was sitting across from my Beta trying to understand what happened. She wanted to know the reasoning. I, myself, would have kicked everyone’s asses out and they could see where to go from there. Why did she want to understand? “Look, I didn’t agree with what he said is all. It escalated from there.” Markus answers shaking his head and looking out of the window.
Well, that was unexpected. I had only weakened to this point one time before, and it was my second fight against a forbidden; nearly cost me my life. Normally, the injections lasted longer than this. Why were they being so ineffective as of late? “Katya, hey, you okay?” Killian asked kneeling on one knee next to me. “Um, yeah,” I answer, attempting to get up, but my legs and feet had gone numb. Shit. “Then why are you on the floor?” Killian says, really showing concern. “Do me a favor, and push the P1 button when you get out on the fifteenth floor please,” I say moving my fingers to keep them from going numb. “When I get out on the fifteenth floor?” Killian scoffs, “And you’re just going to drag yourself around on the floor like a dog hit by a car?” “No, well not exactly,” I say, trying to think of a game plan. “Either, you let me help you, or we can ride up and down this bitch all night,” Killian says, sitting down next to me. I roll my eyes. “I was worried you were going to
I walked out into my living room to Markus and Killian eating my chips, and a sandwich that looked like it came out of a cartoon. “You’re pretty well stocked for a vamp.” Markus states taking a bite out of his sandwich. “I do eat food,” I answer rolling my eyes. “Wait, do most eat food,” Killian asks, looking confused. “Most don’t but can, I however do need it to survive,” I say walking over and grabbing a yogurt from the fridge. “Really?” Markus asks, surprised. “Okay guys, like seriously did you like never take a minute to look or understand vampires, oh wait nope vampires don’t mean shit right?” I say irritated. “Look, Katya, no we didn’t because we were raised to believe the vampire was less than, like most of our brother and sisters. We are curious, not because we are rude, but because we want a better understanding. Markus, and I, myself are not necessarily cold-hearted, and are open to change,” Killian states leaning on my island, “we are learning if you will, and unders
“You okay?” Markus asked as we were driving home the next day. “Yeah man, why?” I ask. “I’ve never seen you stay under the same roof as a woman, save for your sister,” He shivers, he felt the same as I about Sarai, “and not act on it.” “She’s different,” I answer. “Good different, or bad different?” Markus looks at my raising an eyebrow. “I don’t know man, different.” I laugh. “Ah, good different. I don’t judge, she’s interesting for sure.” Markus says. “So, you think it was Grunt that slashed your tires?” I ask changing the subject. “Yeah, I think it was that bitch, but nice try in changing the subject.” Markus laughed. “What? I was talking about your car.” I laugh. When we got to the house Amber was waiting, very upset. “What Amber?” I ask getting out of the car, and walking towards her. “What’s wrong?” “I heard through the grapevine that you stayed at the abomination’s place last night. Did you have fun?” She answered standing, crossing her arms. “Um, I’ll talk to you
My heart was in my stomach while I raced towards my house. I could feel her blood sticking to my body. I had to get ahold of Agora and see if there was a way for her to help. Most vampires would have already healed, but it seemed that Katya didn’t possess that healing power, or it was slower than usual. Maybe, she needed blood. I wonder when her last injections were. She couldn’t consume blood like a normal vampire, I knew that much, but, what if it was given to her. I slice across my chest with an elongated claw that shifted in my hand, blood started to pour out of the gaping wound, and I turn and press Katya’s mouth to it. “Come on Katya, drink it please,” I whisper to her, pressing her mouth to my wound. She stirred faintly but I still had to force her mouth open so blood could drain in. I entered my room and placed her gently on the bed with her still drinking from me. It was the most erotic thing I had ever experienced, had I not been distracted by her bleeding profusely from
I was sitting quietly in the bushes waiting to spot the elusive forbidden that had been circling Killian’s pack lands, they definitely had begun hunting us instead of us hunting them. What could possibly have caused this shift? It still irked me, I was missing something and that hardly ever happened. I heard twigs snap behind me. I shift quietly to turn around and give myself room to unsheath my sword. “Calm down it’s me,” Killian whispered leaning down next to me. “What are you doing here?” I hissed. “We discussed this.” “Eh, technically you screeched at me while I stood in shock that you smacked me upside my head,” Killian answered with a small smile. “I don’t screech.” I was offended, I never screeched. “It was a high octave.” “Shut up, I don’t like that you’re here.” “Listen, I need to do something, and actually feel like I’m accomplishing something, so I can go hunt somewhere else or we can work in twos like you told all your people they were supposed to.” “Them
I sat emersed in my thoughts of my childhood, and how Sarai had tormented me for my so-called weakness, how as I became older, my father joined her. My mother was my only friend in the constant darkness, but she too fled, and never looked back much like I had chosen to do. My phone started ringing bringing me out of my thoughts as I sat in the parking lot of Katya’s club. “Yeah?” I asked, slightly irritated. “They’re at a hotel that situated over one hundred miles away, why would she come this way, Killian?” Markus on the other end answered perturbed. “That’s what I want to know. Sarai never misses or loves anyone, what do they want? What are they doing?” “There is a bank conference there, but I thought your dad dropped the banking investments he was making?” “Dad said the best way to lose money was to depend on human banks, he pulled out of that shit over two years ago, he only invests in cars now.” “Would Sarai invest in banks?” “She is quite adept at money situations, but w
Normally, someone would say two weeks is a breeze, but this was far from a breeze. I kept picturing Katya, and her long black hair and cat-like eyes. What could I do? I hadn’t figured out if I would bow to her or not. She hadn’t reached out, I knew she wouldn’t, but a part of me had hoped she would. I was sitting here like a love-struck teenager, it was ridiculous. I could have any woman in this entire world, why did I want her and only her. She invaded my dreams, my every waking moment, nothing I did would stop it, nothing. Morpheus asked me if I would be willing to bow to her, and as much as I would say no out loud, I knew I would. I would bow in a heartbeat if she would be mine. I would bow to see that very rare smile. “Killian?” Markus knocked on the office door. “You have a visitor.” “Let them in,” I say, standing. Markus walks into the room, his face told me everything I needed to know. “Move you, oaf,” Sarai said, pushing past Markus. “Brother, you don’t look happy to see m
Two weeks had passed since Killian and I had argued. Well, technically I argued Killian listened to me argue. I wasn’t proud about hitting him, but he refused to listen; it scared me that he would put himself in danger for me. I didn’t want that. I was happy alone; wasn’t I? No, I was happy. I walked out of my bedroom to Luscious nervously waiting for me in my living room. “Knock much?” I ask, giving him a smile. “No door.” He answers, gesturing to the elevator. I laugh. “Good point. What’s up?” “So, um, I’ve been talking to everyone, and, um” he clears his throat rubbing the back of his neck, “we want you to be our person in charge. Would it be an Alpha?” “Why me?” I ask, I had figured it was coming. “You brought us together, who better to lead us?” “You?” I answered hopefully, making him laugh. “So when do we vow our allegiance, and kneel by our swords.” I roll my eyes. “I’m not your queen, dummy,” I say. “No? You’ve been our savior for quite some time, Katya. T
I had just finished putting my sweats on and was looking at the cuts I had gotten during the fight in the mirror when my bedroom door flung open. Katya stomped into the room slamming the door behind her, she was pissed. Oh was she pissed. She didn’t slow down she walked straight up to me and smacked me across the face. I had been in so many fights growing up, but this hit stung me to my core. “Are you dumb, or are you stupid?” She yelled. “Neither,” I answered, trying to contain my anger. “Well, that was a fine display of both of those things, Killian.” “I helped you, why are you mad?” “Because Killian, because you are an Alpha, did you for a minute think about what would happen to your pack if you died?” “As a matter of fact, it hadn’t crossed my mind,” I say leaning against the wall. “Does it ever cross your mind, what would happen to the vampires in your building if you lost?” “No, because I have measures in place, you dumbass.” She yelled. “Well, I’ll get measures in place
I enjoyed the silence that the night held. As a child, it would scare me, but as an adult, nothing in this darkness scared me. I could smell the rancid smell that the forbidden left behind. It smelt of sewer and death. This particular forbidden had been spotted by the night patrol for two days in a row, while it didn’t attack it sat and watched. It waited. This for a forbidden was odd, to say the least. Forbidden normally, so desperate in their need to return to their pack rushed most fences, and pack members. No one could figure out what they hoped to gain with re-entering, but it was something that was done over and over again. Until now. I felt eyes on me. I couldn’t pinpoint where exactly the eyes were at the moment, but they were there watching. This was different. I stood, dusting my jeans off; entering the field. “Come, brother or sister, let us reminisce, and enjoy some food and laughter,” I said, stopping and turning myself in a circle. I had never spoken to lure a forbidde
“I’ve been called many things, Killian, never special.” She scoffed. I had meant it though. She was special. She was like I had very much told Markus earlier, different. “It’s true,” I said shrugging and leaning back. She snorted, “Okay yeah. You bump your head before coming here?” She stood up quickly. “Now, is that all? I have to go.” “Where are you going?” I ask. “None of your damn business.” She says walking towards her room. Was she going to go see someone? Wait, why did I feel it was my business? “Katya,” I say, getting up and following her. “Hold up, I’m sorry I just want to know if it had to do with something I could help with.” I crashed into her room trying to stop her and caught her in her bra and lace underwear. Holy shit, she was gorgeous. “Are you kidding me?” She yelps, holding her t-shirt in front of her body. “Oh shit, I’m sorry,” I say turning around so quick I bumped into the door jam. I had fucked several women in my twenty-five years of life and never act
I sat on the bar looking at every single vampire on the main floor, staring back at me. “Okay guys, thanks for coming, so I’m letting you all know what I know okay. There’s something going on and our people are going missing along with the werewolves. I need you all to be aware of your surroundings at all times, when I find more information out I’ll let you know, just be careful.” I say, hearing the whispers startup. “Where are they going?” Velcon, an older vampire asked concern etching on his face.“We don’t know.” I hated not having answers but they deserved to know what was going on. “So, what are we supposed to do about all of this?” Luscious, another vampire asks. “You wait for us to figure it out,” Killian said walking in from the double doors that led to the club. “Wait for a wolf, to help the vamp?” Luscious laughed. “It’s always been us serving you, why would it change?” Luscious held contempt for the werewolves and was the first to fight one if anything negative was ev