The banquet

                                         

Stephanie’s point of view:

I'm getting crazy lately, it's almost a week but I can neither sleep nor even find peace or rest. Different situations that always end the same way, me dying while not knowing who that wolf is.

These nightmares keep on hunting me, not showing any kind of mercy.

Earl seems to notice it too, he is a bit worried about my health. He even suggests taking me to the pack for more care, but I keep on turning him down.

Usually, I would be happy with his suggestion, I mean I miss my family, friends, and all our pack people. But something is pulling me against going out of this city. It was as if it was fated for me to be here in this city, at this exact time.

While I was lying on my bed lost in my thoughts, the sound of my phone got me back to the real world. It was a message from my Earl; he was reminding me about today's banquet.

He is going to pick me up two hours from now. Which banquet am I talking about? Well, let me tell the whole banquet story.

Two days ago, I received a message from the company informing me about a banquet organized by the CEO himself. It's to celebrate the launch of the beauty campaign I was shooting for.

Perhaps it's a good thing to go to that banquet - I mean in such a time when everything does not seem to be totally fine, it's good to have a bit of fun after all.

After taking a shower, I've decided on wearing a non-shoulder black dress. I put on some makeup as I managed to put all my focus on the red lipstick I'm putting on my lips. I didn't put much effort into my hair, as I decided to keep it loose. Last but not least, to match it all together, all I needed was some black high heels to complete my entire look.

Earl's point of view:

I keep on trying to call that witch Keyla, but there is no answer so far.

The last time I've been in touch with her was about three days and she was talking non-sense sh*t about a '' Cursed Luna '' turning into a Dark one, also about a sort of prophecy related to the one called the '' Dark Luna '' and some sh*ts about the end of the world. Just after muttering some weird sh*t, she cut off all sorts of connections with me. Which causes me to lose all sorts of rationalism that was left during these last few years, I decided on leaving the city and going back to our pack.

As much as I was sure that my Stephanie would love the idea of getting back to our pack, I was shocked by the fact that she denied my idea, which makes things worse than ever.

I guess it's all because of the mate pull since she already has met her real mate, I guess that she's more drawn to be close to him, which actually means that our bond is likely soon to be broken.

I don't know why I'm even irritated by this; we love each other since forever, and I don't think a stupid bond could really destroy what's between us.

That's exactly why I'm taking my beautiful lady by myself to that banquet, to show that stupid mate of her–who’s probably going to be there, that she's fine with me, not with him. To show him that she is still alive while with me not dead because of him. The most important is to show him who's the one in charge.

Stephanie’s point of view:

Just as I finished getting ready for the banquet, a message from Earl popped up on my phone screen. My love is already here waiting for me, I took the hint to go down so that we leave.

He was waiting for me next to his black Audi, wearing a black suit that seems to be a match to my dress. He looks super-hot in that suit, I've always believed that the black suits him better than other colors. Rather than being hot, he kinda looks cute with that dumbfounded look on his face. I got to say that I'm not the only one hooked over here.

I was a few steps away from him when he came over and grabbed my wrists around him while attacking my lips. It wasn't either a soft or a hard kiss. All I know is that it was the perfect one.

Without even thinking about it, I found myself responding to his kiss. After what seems like forever, we broke apart breathing hard from the impact of the kiss.

Although my makeup was ruined, I couldn't help but smile while being trapped between my lover's hands.

For sure, I wasn't the only one happy with that kiss, I still can notice a glimpse of pride and rejoice in Earl's eyes. None of us did say a thing after the kiss. The whole ride was peaceful and quiet.

Besides looking at each other as a new couple, both of us seem to be lost in thoughts.

I couldn't help but think about how lucky I am to have Earl as a mate, he's everything I ever wanted, and I’ll ever ask for.

While I was looking in the window, I've noticed that we've reached our destination. The house where the banquet is held was right in front of us, it looks heavenly beautiful.

In my entire life, I've always believed that our packhouse is the most beautiful mansion I've ever seen. Guess I was wrong... So far, this one seems extremely beautiful. The classical music from inside the house reached my hearing, taking me down to another world.

It seems weird, but I've heard it before, in one of my dreams. It was one of those dreams where I ended up dead.

While getting inside, holding hand to hand along with my mate. I couldn't help but notice that the inside of the mansion was no different from the outside.

A magnificent, huge, divine hall was all filled with many people that I do recognize as the company employees.

I've also noticed that many of the human females were looking at my mate, which caused me to tighten my hands around him.

A smile crept into his face while bending down between my neck and ear, he then places a soft kiss in between.

Before even recovering from the impact of that kiss he whispers softly inside my ear

'' What was that? Should I recognize this move of yours as a sort of jalousie impact sweetheart? ''

Wait ... what??! How did he notice?

Lost in my denying thoughts I was, that I didn't notice that he didn't finish his talks yet.

'' None of them is near to your beauty. Besides, my love for you is stronger than anything in this world. ''

I looked at his beautiful green eyes, and without even thinking I spilled it out

'' I love you Earl, more than you can imagine...''

Before I finish what I was saying, the noise of crushing comes from nowhere. While raising my head, the stranger that I've met in my photo shooting session was coming in our direction.