Giovanni

Chapter 25

Giovanni Ellis:

It's warm in here. Maybe it's just me I don't know. But the second we got off the safety of the stage, everything became real. I was officially introduced at the Prince and the mate to the third most important person to our species, soon to be the most important. I am now a target and just that much has been proven by the amount of guards circling around me and the dirty looks i'm receiving.

It seems almost every fit male here between the ages of eighteen and thirty seem to hate me. Maybe i'm being paranoid because I know that somewhere in this crowd, Alpha West is waiting for me. He knows it's me. I avoided looking into the crowd too much while on stage to try and avoid the inevitable reunion between him and I. Thora squeezes my hand and looks up at me before we enter the crowd fully. Her eyes are full of question and I know what she is thinking. She worries for me too much. I try and calm my breathing before it gets to fast to control and I flash her a smile.

"Are we going in?" I ask her "Or do you just want to stare at me the whole time?"

"Oh please," She smacks my arm lightly "If anyone was staring, it was you. I look fabulous."

"Debatable. Have you seen my sash-belt thing? I'd say I'm winning the fabulous contest by a lot."

She gasp "Bold of you to assume that this is a contest i'm even eligible for."

A booming laugh escapes me and she laughs along with me "Trust me. It's a contest you'd win."

"You done blowing rainbows up my ass so we can go?"

"Wow!" I put my hand to my chest "First of all I asked you the same question about a minute ago."

"Lets just go," She slaps my chest lightly

"You're a lot more violent then I remember," I stall a bit longer

"And you're a lot more bold," she comments with a hint of confusion.

I shrug. Most of it's for show and the other half is just my sarcastic way of defending myself. "I'm trying."

"You're succeeding."

We walk into the crowd and all the joking is gone. We are instantly flocked by people, more specifically men. I can feel my throat start to close up as there are so many of them around at one time. I already hate men being so close to me but these men are practically touching me. All of them trying to get Thora's attention. Who knew they'd be so desperate for her. These were supposed to be Alphas.

Thora raises her hand in the air and makes a fist and instantly we are surrounded by guards instead of men on rants. Thora mutters a couple words I don't catch because of the ringing in my ears. If I don't calm down I know a panic attack is coming. Wolves don't have panic attacks like usual. Our wolves take over in a effort to help us out by defeating the threat. My wolf is going to take over and he's going to want blood.

The guards disperse leaving only two of them. One in front of us and one behind. Thora looks up at me and squeezes my hand. "Sorry," She mutters "Forgot how demanding they were for a second."

I subtly take a deep breath "It's fine. I just wasn't expecting it."

"Yeah, now they are forced to get cleared." She nods to the guard in front of us.

I nod as well and we walk a little further into the crowd. A tall man, almost as tall as me, with obsidian hair and purple eyes comes up to the guard. He says something to which the guard turns towards us. Thora nods and my eyes widen. Prince Alerick, who already wants my mate, is approaching at fast rate.

"Princess Thora!" He bellows happily, He grabs her hand and kisses it. A growl escapes me before I can stop is and his head whips to me "Prince," he pauses as if thinking "Giovanni? Was it?"