Camilla's POV continues
His smile fades as he stares at me in awe, I look away for a second, scanning the room for Arielle.
Luckily, I found her just a few feet in front of me. “You might not be the best in your family, but I bet you're the cute one in your family.” I say walking away. I don't know if I said that to him to nurse the wound I opened when I called him out for trying too hard but I mean it, he is one of the finest teenage boys I've come across. He would be my type but he's not the fun kind of damaged, he's the kind of damage that I would find hanging from the ceiling fans.
I take a deep breath when I reach Arielle and pause behind her, I hear her bid the person she's talking to goodbye before she turns with a harridan look. “Seriously? Would it have killed you to last three minutes with him?”
I shrug in response and she giggles, “I thought we were going to meet boys and stuff?” I cross my arms defensively over my chest, “I have met boys, done stuff and if I'm being truthful with you, I'm not a fan of either..” I took a deep huff, “Plus he looked like he wanted to eat me.” I scowl.
She sighs, that sigh is all I needed to know I won this round, she didn't force me to interact with any boys, at least not tonight.
I watch her scan the room in an elusive manner, it's unbelievable how she can do this without anyone realizing she's looking for someone in the room, she flashes a coerced smile as she does so. Her smile turns authentic and highly optimistic when she finally catches sight of what she's been searching for, Ryan.
He stands with Alpha Lennon, they're having a conversation but Ryan is a gone man. His eyes were on Arielle before she found him, watching her with pride?
Yeah, that's it. Pride, love, joy and it's evidently extensive. That's the look of love Ashanti told me about, I had to see the rest for myself and so far, it's my favorite look.
When Arielle begins to move forward, a hand pats my shoulder and I smile too, another look of love. Love that's invisible and definite.
I don't have to turn to see her, she pops in front of me, her eyes are rolled back with only the sclera remaining visible and she lets out a hoarse "boo" sound that makes me laugh. I roll my eyes and sigh.
Tee has been coming around lately and seeing her here isn't really a surprise because she is always at the best parties and I guess this one is it. “Cute Tee, but I don't scare easily.”
She feigns shock, “As far as I can remember, Raquel scared you. Ra..Que..l.”
I rolled my eyes at her, Raquel didn't scare me that much. I could see right through her facade and like I said before, who she bullied before me deserved a breather. I will never forget the bathroom torture she put me through, I should have snapped then but I couldn't, it really hurt.
It didn't matter I was pretending, what Raquel did to me showed me just how easy it was for people to hate me. The old Camilla would have eaten her for past time but this Camilla is reformed, I don't hurt little depressed teenagers with Mommy issues.
“Why do you look hotter than the birthday girl?”
I snort, “Me, have you seen yourself? You look like you dropped straight out of my lesbian fantasies, if I were to have one that is.” I wink.
Tee blushes, her cheeks visibly red and she hates it but I love it, seeing her this happy gives me way too much joy.
Tee grabs my arm and leads me with her to where people are now gathering, I can see that we're late. Everyone is gathering to sing happy birthday to the birthday girl, Tee drags me to where Vanessa and Ashanti stand. They're looking hot, I guess they didn't try to dress down for the occasion.
Especially not Ashanti, her grey dress is a showstopper no argument. If there was a best dressed award here tonight, Ashanti would win it with ease.
Ryan and Arielle are snuggled up against each other across from me, his arm is holding her so gently, but possession is clear. Alpha Kennedy, leads his daughter to the cake, she's beautiful, there's a demeanour about her that is so innocent and graceful, like a princess.
Her hot father, God forgive me but he is a very fine man for his age, and his looking at her proudly, another look of love I know.
My father looks at me the same way, like I'm the purest and most delicate thing he has ever laid his eyes on. Alpha Kennedy must have paid thousands for the dress his daughter is wearing, like her happiness depended on that dress and he would never put a price on it. He is smiling so profoundly with his second wife beside him, she hangs onto his arm with a smile, hoping her touch can erase the memories of his first wife.
Hmph. Tough luck Callista, he will never forget his first love. As long as he sees her living through their daughter, you will always be the replacement mate and you know better than to kill his precious Sienna to erase the memory of her but it hurts, yet you understand. You loved her too, you were split in three but she was destined to die and you to live with the ghost of her ruling your marriage most times. You have three kids with him, but Sienna is a favorite, you don't mind because she's a good kid and you raised her like your own child but everytime you look at her, you realise she looks more like her mother tha-
Tee nudges my arm and I give myself a mental shake. She leans into me and giggles, “Bear, stop reading people for crying out loud.”
“Sorry." I whisper.
“But I wanna know what you think, are they depressed and is she likely to commit suicide because their third mate died but lives on more than she did when she was alive?”
I let out a little laugh and pinch her arm slightly. “Tee, behave yourself and no, they're living for each other. They just need therapy for a month or two and it'll be like before.” I whisper.
“Agh,” Ashanti groans, “Did she make the wrong wish or something?”
I follow her gaze to Sienna, the girl is lighting her birthday candles once again. I must have missed the part where she blew them out the first time, everyone is staring at the comical scene she is creating. Her mother Callista approaches her, whispering to her.
Sienna sighs,“I didn't get my wish, so I will be wishing again. What's so hard to understand mommy.”
Callista looks at her husband with a pleading look, Sienna is sort of embarrassing herself here. Remember that grace I said she had? Well there's still a little left as she lights the last candle on her cake. Callista gives up, leaving Sienna to her madness.
She crosses her fingers and grins, “One, two, three...” she blows her candles, opening her eyes to look at the entrance. Tee is mumbling something about Sienna's tiara and lack of blood supply to the child's brain.
The air here is thicker, the whispers around us are getting loud. Something inside me is unnerving, I don't like it. I search as Sienna's jaw drops, she lets out a high pitched scream. “Yay!” She claps, jumping up and down like that one dramatic teenage girl in a movie. The little grace I thought she had disappears, not a trace of it is left.
I follow her gaze out of curiosity, I want to see what's got the girl this excited. I expect to see a shiny new car, a horse or something else that is fancy.
When my gaze finally discerns what she's looking at I tense, holding onto Tee's arm for dear life. Sienna's screams of joy are now accompanied by several other girly screams, all unable to control their excitement because of the art in front of us. So much better than a shiny new car, I would scream too if I wasn’t so put together. Wait, I’m not put together, that’s why I quickly pull Tee in front of me as I watch him, God's greatest creation and the devil's incarnation.
My dark knight.
Most girls get a knight in shining armour but I got a dark knight, he doesn't wear armour, he wears casual clothing but he has a sword that has the ladies swooning and a face that even I'm jealous of, he's prettier than me in a goddamn painful way that has not just girls but women swooning over him. My stomach is experiencing that feeling again, the bees or is it butterflies?
I follow him with my eyes as he approaches Sienna with a little gift bag in his hand. When he reaches her, he hands it to her and places a gentle kiss on her cheek. “Happy birthday little princess.” He tells her, his voice raspy but consoling. My thighs clench involuntarily.
Yep, bees. It's the bees teeming in my belly right now and oh sweet moon goddess they fucking sting!
Sienna hugs Adrian, he hugs her back with one hand before pulling away swiftly, but that hug lasts eight seconds. Right seconds of torture for me but Sienna still has a smile on her face, oblivious to the devil dressed in anything but his true form. “Thank you, thank you. Alpha Adrian.” She tells him.
I liked Sienna when I first met her and tonight too but now, she's making me see exactly why Tee has the urge to cut the hands of every girl that touches her mate.
Log in with Google Account
Chapters
Favorite
Settings
