CHILDREN OF THE DAMNED

Chapter 2

"Em!Em!" Beth yells at me as she clutches onto my hand and drags me towards the entry making me lose eye contact with him.

As soon as we entered the club we spotted our friends, Molly and Candice who were already waiting at the bar for us.

As we keep going through rounds of shots, I keep an eye out for him. He seems to have disappeared into thin air.

Throwing my head back, I swallowed another glass of tequila as Beth shimmied towards me, beckoning me with her fingers. She was already drunk while I was barely just buzzed. Alcohol affected us werewolves slowly. I shook my head at her, giggling at her terrible moves and slowly backing away from her.

"HEY! COME ON! YOU PROMISED EMBER. PLEASEEE !" She yelled over the loud thumping bass.

I let out a laugh and grabbed her hand, dragging her with me to the dance floor. There was no saying when I'd spend time with my friends again. No saying when we'd come out to party. Growing up sucked. But it was also going to open up the gates of the world for us.

We continued having a blast on the dance floor as Molly and Candice joined us, seemingly having ditched their dates for a while. Beth let out a little yelp when someone tapped on her shoulder. Axel smiled at her. His two other friends smiled and waved at the rest of us.

"May I?" Axel smirked at me, and I curtseyed and nodded as he grabbed Beth's hand and swept her away from us.

I let out a sigh as I hop onto a bar stool and ask for a glass of water. That's when i see him sauntering towards me from across the dance floor.

My mate hopped onto the stool next to me and smiled.

"Hey!" He plops an arm onto the bar and puts his cheeks in his palm as he smiles at me with those beautiful grey eyes of his. He had seemed so aggressive and brash and yet here he was, smiling at me like a child.

"Hey. The name is Ember. Ember Zane." I offered him my hand and sparks and tingles shot up our arm and I saw his eyes turn yellow, and I'm sure mine did too.

"Well, that clears all doubts. Hello, gorgeous. I'm Luca Giordano. Your mate."

"I'm glad I found you, Luca," his eyes glowed with joy "but what are you doing here? I haven't seen you in town before."

I found it weird that I saw him here today despite having been here for three years.

"Oh... I'm here with a friend..." He looked around trying to find his companion in the pulsing crowd. He shook his head.

"Anyways, tell me about yourself." He moves his barstool closer to mine to hear me better. It didn't seem good enough considering the loud noises coming from the background.

"Hey, there's a park just down the block, how about we go down there and talk? We'll come back in an hour." I say to him, rather loudly as well.

He nods his head and hops off his stool. I look around the club to see Beth and Axel kissing, I smile to myself. I feel Luca hold me by my elbow and gently pull me aside as a VERY drunk guy pushes past me. I hear a low growl slip past his lips as the drunk guy mumbles an apology.

I nod at Luca to follow me out the door and I explain as he falls into step with me as we walk down the block.

"Sorry, you see my grandmother was a werewolf too and she told me about how she and grandpa met. They were mates too of course. They were from the same pack and they always hated each other until things changed after the two of them experienced their first shift. I mean they still hated each other but not for long. So I didn't want our first conversation to be in a crowded and sweaty bar. I'd actually like to HEAR what you say." I laugh.