Chapter 5

I had to wait for my dad to leave before I could start getting ready to go out. If he knew I planned on going somewhere he’d hound me until he knew all the details. I wasn’t going to explain to my father that I was old enough to go whore it up without the approval of my father.

Nikki wasn’t coming with me tonight. Normally she would be right beside me trying to sweet talk the bouncers into letting us into the club with the boys, but they were all at the Alpha’s house meeting Margaret’s family. I was not going to be involved with that. I didn’t need to meet the pack’s in-laws. That would have made everyone tense and made them all look at me weird…so it was easier to just avoid the whole thing entirely. The only thing I would have gotten out of it was having fun making Eddy squirm, but that wasn’t worth it. Plus I didn’t tell anyone I was going out. I didn’t want to be home, but I didn’t want to be around anyone who felt bad for me.

I just needed to forget about everything. I needed to be around people who didn’t know what happened that way they couldn’t act sorry for me.

I wanted to forget everything, and I would. I had $200 stuffed in my bra for booze, maybe some food, and my taxi ride home. I didn’t even bring my phone tonight. When Dad came home and noticed I’m not where I was supposed to be, I didn’t want him to get a hold of me.

There was an unusually long line to get into the club, but I went right in because of what I was wearing. I even thought I could see some surprise in the bouncer’s eyes since I was completely alone. I recognized him, so he might have recognized me. I was wearing a tiny red dress I’d be completely embarrassed about if my dad saw me in it. I went straight to the bar and started out with two tequila shots and a rum and coke chaser. I didn’t care if I mixed my alcohol. It’s never backfired before.

Then I went dancing. Throughout the night I had many dance partners.

It wasn’t until I had spent maybe $50 that I started getting free drinks. By then I was also willing to let a guy do body shots off me too. I was sure I’d probably wake up to my phone beeping from texts guys sent me. I gave a few a fake numbers just because they weren’t cute. This was the first time that I had been able to go out to a club and not worry about too many guys hitting on me. I wasn’t saving myself for some relationship or worried about how my friends would look at me in the morning. All that mattered was having a good time.

I knew I couldn’t black out because I still had to get home somehow. So I decided to burn some of the alcohol off by dancing. Then the sexiest guy I’ve ever seen started dancing with me. If I could describe the hottest guy in the world, it would be him. He had jet black hair and hazel eyes, I was sure, though, that some of that amazement came from the alcohol coursing through my body, but I knew he was not ugly and that he was super fit. I could see his damn muscles under his shirt even in this horrible club lighting. I couldn’t help but think that I definitely chose the right night to come out without any babysitters.

When I got close enough to him, I could feel the muscles under his shirt. He probably had money too because the clothes he was wearing were not cheap. They actually felt amazingly soft.

After about 20 minutes he gently took my hand and led me off the dance floor. I’d follow this guy anywhere he wanted to lead me.

“What can I get you to drink?” His voice was so deep and seductive it made me shiver. I had already drank so much that I knew if I had another right now I’d be head first in a toilet in 20 minutes. I didn’t want to pass up my opportunity here.

“Just water’s good for now. I’ve already been drinking.” Luckily, my words didn’t sound too slurred.

He smiled and turned to the bartender… who amazingly enough came right over. Everyone who had been waiting for a drink looked over, jealous. The girls kept looking at the guy holding my hand. There was something about him that made him impossible not to look at. If I hadn’t grown up around werewolves I would probably be staring at him too. Werewolves have this amazing ability to attract all the attention around them when they wanted it, and the older, more experienced ones could blend in like they were invisible if they needed to too.

He took my hand and led me over to one of the few couches where we sat and talked for a while. The talking quickly turned into flirting and when he finished his beer, we went to the dance floor again. He definitely knew how to dance. He was sweet and irresistible. I never wanted to take my hands off of him. He was playing his cards right to take me home tonight and we both knew it.

An hour and a few shots later we were leaving for his hotel for the evening. Although by the time that we got there it was already four in the morning and we definitely didn’t go to sleep for a few hours. This guy, whose name was Mac, was actually the best in bed I’ve ever been with. My list of bedmates wasn't very long, but he was definitely number one on that list. Eddy was amazing in bed, had always been, but Mac blew him out of the water. I really wished I’d found this guy before I had gotten together with Eddy. I would've tried my hardest to keep Mac happily with me. But now that I was a one night stand, he'd walk away and have no regrets.