Chapter 6: A Night with Deamian

ROSE

Later on, in the day, after checking up on Ryker again and then again- it was just because of Carina, at least, that’s what I told myself- I decided that I would in fact go to the party after a heated argument with him. He just couldn't stay out of my business and the troubling part of it was that I was slowly becoming addicted to our little quarrels... And it was only day 2 of knowing the idiot. So, I told him I'd go to this party and just to tick him off, implied that I would be dancing in the arms of strangers. The downfall of many mate pairs was their jealousy and possessiveness. All I did was use that to get under Ryker’s skin.

That however was not my actual plan. My actual plan was to-

"Are you done yet? I want to see what you look like!" Carina yelled. I just groaned, irritated by her childishness, and continued to run the straightener through my copper brown hair. I had to admit, I looked absolutely breath taking. It was a stark contrast to black trousers and white button-up shirt I wore earlier. I wore a skin-tight silver dress which sparkled and ended mid-thigh. It also had a wide slit running from the hem to just above mid-thigh and paired the dress with a pair of black heels. I wore subtle dark make up with dark matte red lipstick.

Once I was certain that my shiny copper hair was pin straight, I switched the straightener off and went to open my door. Carina stood there, looking lovely in her navy-blue dress which hugged her chest and waist tightly and then flowed into a lace sheet of material which covered the underneath piece. She was really beautiful, and her red hair was tied into a messy bun.

As she saw me, she froze, completely struck.

"Who are you and what have you done with my best friend?" She asked gasping.

I rolled my eyes and said, "I've taken her life and claimed her title as my own."

She seemed to frown at this and said, "You are so not funny. Come on let's go, you have the address, right?"

I nodded and followed her out of my house, locking my door tightly. Henry and Layden were already outside waiting for us. Layden was a tall handsome young wolf, in charge of weaponry control and he also helped Henry with training my pack.

Henry looked up, completely shocked at my "transformation".

"Wow alpha, you look-"

"Amazing, yes I know, now just get in the car so we can go. Sheesh you're annoying!" I said as I passed him and got into the car.

The drive was long and boring for most of it. I kept on making sure with Carina that the "package" was "secure". The package being my unwanted mate and secure being him safely tucked away in his nice and cosy confined cage.

We drove past a few more packs, hidden by the woods. Soon we reached the human part of the world. The part which always seemed distant from our hidden existence. We drove towards a city which had a thick, distinctive smell of factory fumes and all the synthetic particles floating in the air... but still, beneath that was the scent of food stores and home cooked meals and sterile offices and buildings.

"When last have we seen humans!" Carina said.

Not long enough, unfortunately. I hated humans almost as much as I hated omegas. Okay... I didn't hate them, humans just irritated me. They were so oblivious and so... stupid. Yes, that's the word. I watched in wonder as they crossed the street or walked on the pavements. Everything about them was so ordinary, so... normal.

We turned a corner and arrived at the club the party was to be held at. People stood in rows and rows to get entry to the grand building. The outside was decorated by neon lights and shiny contraptions. Is this what Deamian had himself invested in? Clubbing lavishly.

"The invite says that we should cut the line and tell those guys our names," Carina said, pointing at the unusually large men standing in front of the grand entrance.

I nodded and had to drag our "dates" to the front. They were such... idiots. Staring curiously at the humans, drooling over the beautiful women or just being in their own world. And they wondered why I was so mean. How could I be nice to such... morons. Although, they were the closest thing I had to family. Especially Henry and Carina.

"Carina Forbes, Henry Chase, Layden Parker and Rose Lupus." I said very monotonous. I could feel eyes on me, hungry human eyes. So, I turned towards the hungry stares and glared the deadliest glare that I could muster up at the group of human men. Their eyes widened and they looked down in fear, so I smiled and crossed my arms in satisfaction. Once the bouncer had checked his list and found our names, he let us in. I had to say that the place was massive and beautiful. There was a bar with about five bartenders all mixing liquids haphazardly into glasses. The floor was covered with bodies which pressed together as the humans and a few wolves danced together to the

loud blaring of the Electro pop and EDM music which was played by a DJ dressed thickly in gold. The luminous lights flashed from green to red to blue and back again, following this exact cycle the entire time. Above us, I noticed the VIP section where beautiful women and well-dressed men sat on soft sofas and drank to their heart's content while talking about the struggle for money and sneaky ways to keep their businesses running… and of course, recent romantic endeavours. However, amongst those men sat Deamian whose blues eyes were already fixed on me. Guess our scents stood out like sore thumbs. He smiled, realising he had caught my eye, and motioned for me to come join him. I turned towards Carina who seemed just about ready to attack the bar and pulled her by the collar of her shirt before she made a break for it. I then tried looking for the boys and then felt like murdering them when I found them flirting with the humans. Like I said, morons.

"ROOOOOSSSSSEEEE! It's a party! Let's have some fun!" She whined.

"No!" I yelled out, dragging her upstairs towards the VIP section-by her ear, might I add. She however refused, and so I eventually had enough of her.

"You know what, I'll go talk to Deamian while you and the boys have fun. I can't believe you guys are so... incompetent!" I said and then let her go. The boys were more than happy and so was Carina, who rubbed at her ear and then ran off after them.

The VIP section was guarded by yet another bouncer. As soon as I neared him, Deamian told him to let me in. He lifted the rope and I entered. Deamian was standing there, looking absolutely gorgeous in yet another black suit which looked incredibly expensive. He smiled at me and took my hand, which I retracted and said, "I'm a big girl, I don't need you holding my hand anymore."

He chuckled and began walking towards his sofa with me following him. I could see the people sitting in his company shift their attention to me. The men, looking at me with admiration and hunger and the women staring at me in jealousy. I just shot a glare at each, Not liking the eyes on me.

"Leave." He boomed in a loud, firm voice. I had to say, it made me feel slightly attracted to him... only slightly.

The people left and Deamian invited me to sit on the couch. It was soft and comfortable and black.

"You look ravishing." Deamian said as he drank in my appearance.

I scrunched my nose up at him and frowned at his blatant and open staring.

"My eyes are up here." I said, I then crossed my leg over, exposing my leg as the slit in my dress widened, "And besides, I wanted to show you that I'm capable of looking nice."

But his eyes stayed on my legs. So, I clicked my fingers again, "Deamian!"

His head snapped up and his eyes met mine.

"Sorry." He mumbled.

I just shook my head and asked, "Why am I here?"

He smiled and leaned back, a smile decorating his beautiful face. 

"Catch up with an old friend," he said. Then he turned to face me. I was clearly not buying that.

"Really? That's the most terrible lie I've ever heard come out of your mouth. During your seven years of hiding did you ever contact me? No. You weren't even there for my parent’s funeral! So, don't come here and tell me that now, after seven years, you want to catch up!" I yelled.

I saw his face flash in guilt.

"I know I have been missing for seven years... And I know how you must've felt-"

"No, you don't, you don't know how I felt, because I never abandoned you. You were my best friend!"

And there it went. All the old emotions, flowing out, everything I kept in regarding him... But this wasn't it, I wasn't done, and now that the emotions were out, I couldn’t bring myself to take them back. So, I continued. "I cried and cried at my parent's funeral and I waited for you. I waited for my best friend, for your shoulder to cry on. But you never showed up. You weren't there for me when I needed you. You weren't there when they-" but I stopped myself and shook my head, he didn’t need to know that part. "You weren't there for me."

By then I was out of breath, and I was shocked. I didn't expect that... I didn't expect myself to let go so much, to show him my pain. It was a giant mistake, something I never did. But after all the recent events... It was too much to keep in. For a split second I let my walls down. For a split second, my mask dropped.

So, I did the only thing logical, I got up and attempted to leave. Attempted. I was stopped by a hand which wrapped around my own. I turned back and gazed into crystal blue eyes. There was something about them that seemed-

"Rose I'm sorry... I didn't know I hurt you that badly. I never left because of you, I left because of my mother.” Deamian paused for a moment, searched my eyes longingly, and the continued. “Now please, sit down and let me attempt to make this right.  The reason I invited you here is to try to fix what I did... that's why I even saw you that day my mother came. I didn't mean to just leave you like that. To leave my friend like that." He said.

I shook my head and said, "Well it's a bit too late for your great epiphany. You weren't there when I needed you, so I learnt to rely on the only person I know won't let me down. Myself."

He let my hand go, and it fell limp against my side. I just looked at Deamian. For a split second, just a split second, as I looked at his guilt-stricken face, I could see my old best friend. And so, I sat down, not willingly, but compelled by the emotional side of me. The side which unfortunately was long buried beneath my cold heart but now threatened to peak out.

"You know, I'm glad you left... I wouldn't have become as strong as I am today." I said to him, genuinely grateful. He looked up and sighed.

"Will you ever forgive me?" He asked.

I shrugged. "I don't know. I don't forgive nowadays. I don't have it in me."

He nodded, "New Rose. This is going to take some time getting used to."

I nodded and gave a faint smile.

"So, now that we've gotten that out the way, let's dance."

I looked at his outstretched hand confused... then realised he was being Deamian. Lighting up the mood and trying to move on, even though we both knew this would eat away at him. So, I took his hand and followed him to the dance floor.

I was completely blown away by his dancing. The song was slightly slow and good for dancing together. He grabbed me by the waist, dipped me and ran a free hand against my exposed skin on my neck causing my hairs to stand on end and shivers to run down my spine as his soft hands moved lower down my back. I had to admit... I liked it. I couldn't deny the fact that what Deamian was doing was making me feel things I should not have. He then pulled me up and I was pressed up against his chest, staring up at him. His eyes... they reminded me of Ryker, and for a spilt second my mind drifted to my mate, cowering and in the cold basement. That was, until Deamian's hand gripped my thigh and pulled it to his waist as he once again dipped me and pulled me up and then twirled me. He was amazing. He moved so slowly and gently. Like he knew exactly what he was doing. His touches were completely keeping my mind off Ryker and I hated myself for liking this so much. This wasn't me. I didn't like things. But then again, this was my escape, my escape for only one night. Tomorrow I would be Rose Lupus, cruel, heartless alpha, ruling the biggest pack ever, unfeeling, and loveless. But now, now I was just Rose. A young lady in the company of a handsome young man who knew how to dance.