Trying Not To Love You ~ JHTBY Book II

3. Paramore

                        Gaige's POV

The final bell rang, officially ending school and I hadn't seen Aria all day. I doubt that she even came back to school. I walked out of my class to my locker and grabbed my bag. Jason was waiting there for me.

"Hey dude, what happened with your mate?"

"Long story man, I'll have to tell you about it later, right now I have to worry about finding two Paramore tickets for this weekend," I said and he looked at me like I had just flown off the deep end.

"Really? And your mate is basically running from you like you have the plague?"

"Yes. I'll see you later," I said and walked passed him and out to my truck. I got inside and the first place that I headed was ticket master. When I got there, I walked up to the counter and I noticed the girl with blonde hair that was checking me out. Normally, I would probably smirk and try flirting with her, but now that I found Aria, her lustful gaze didn't sway me. At the most, I was slightly disgusted.

"How may I help you sir," she asked me leaning over the side of the counter, letting me get a clear view of her breasts.

"Yes, I need the closest tickets that you can get for Paramore this weekend," I said and her face brightened.

"You a fan," she asked with a smirk and smirked right back at her.

"Yeah, so is my girlfriend," I said. The girl scowled at me and I laughed to myself.

"I'll see what I can do," she said and walked off to the back. A few minutes later she came back with a couple of tickets. "I have two tickets for row one in front of the stage," she said and I smiled.

"That will be great. How much?"

"They are $400 a piece," she said and I nodded. That is a little much, but I really didn't care at this point.

"Ok, how about backstage passes?"

Her eyebrows raised and she looked over at a screen and then back to me, "Those are $800 a piece," she said and I nodded.

"Give me two of those, too," I said and she nodded handing them over.

"That will be $2466.50," she said. I pulled out my card and she swiped it and handed over the tickets and the backstage passes. "Thank you , sir. You have a nice day," she said bitterly and I blatantly laughed as I walked out the door and got back into my truck. I looked at the clock on the dash and saw that it was now 4:15pm, so I drove down to Alpha Ace's pack house.

After a few minutes, I crossed into the territory and pulled up to the huge pack house. I have to admit it was way bigger than my pack house, but I guess that is what comes with being one of the richest packs on the northern continent. I parked my truck and knocked on the front door. To my surprise, Halle opened the door. "Gaige - uh, I mean Alpha Harlow, what are you doing here?"

I cleared my throat and looked at her, "I have a meeting with your Alpha. He is expecting me," I said and I slyly pulled the tickets out of my pocket and let her see them. She smiled and I smiled back at her. "Can I go to his office now, I know the way," I said and she nodded. I walked up the stairs to his office and knocked on the large wooden door.

"Come in, Alpha Harlow," he said and I opened the door and smiled at him.

"Please, just call me Gaige," I said and he nodded.

"Likewise. Now about my daughter. Have you seen her in the last few hours?"

"No sir."

"I figured as much. Well, we just recently found out what it is that makes her different. She is the Luna Royal," he said and my mouth dropped open. Out of all the things that I thought, the Luna Royal never even crossed my mind. But now that I really thought about it, it actually made sense. I mean, why else would she find her mate at seventeen? "That would mean that if she doesn't accept you, her mate, she has a very high chance of dying. Gaige, she is my baby girl, please, you have to save her."