Page 69 of A Female Alpha for the Lycan Prince
“This better be juicy…” Jazz smirks.
“Why do you think I have so many juicy things to share?” Aurelia wants to know.
“Well, because of your alpha heritage,” I point out.
“And you’re hot,” Jazz adds.
“You come off so mature,” Marilou adds.
“But if you’re a virgin, it’s nothing to be ashamed of,” Jazz hurries to say.
Aurelia blushes a bit. “I swear if anything we talk about leaves this room, or you tell my brothers…”
“Our lips are sealed,” I giggle.
“Okay… it was similar for me, like for Marilou. I… I tried a few things with a friend… you could say we had a friend-with-benefits thing going. You know, my family holds the mate bond in high regard, and so do I. I don’t want to get serious with anyone. So, I only dated loosely.”
“So, who did you date?” I ask thoughtfully. “You said it’s a friend?”
“Well, we’re friends now,” she muses. “Solely friends, with no benefits.”
Jazz, Marilou, and I exchange a gaze. “It’s Nox?” I ask curiously because they seem so close.
“No! Nox is like a brother to me.”
“Oh, maybe Terry?” Jazz wants to know, ignoring Tori’s grimacing. “He seems like such a sweet guy. He would never hurt anyone.”
“No, not Terry.”
“Then it’s—” I stare at her, eyes wide. “Goddess, Lionel!?”
When she doesn’t say anything, we laugh and squeal to the point that Marcel carefully knocks at the door and peaks inside. “Sorry, I just thought someone died because you screamed like crazy.”
“Get out of here,” Jazz laughs. “This is a girls-only zone tonight!”
He pretends to be hurt by her words, pouting a bit, but eventually retreats with a laugh. When he’s left, I turn to Aurelia again. “Sorry, I know we’re a bit too much sometimes.”
“No,” she shakes her head. “This is really nice. Before you came along, Tori was my only female friend. I was mostly hanging out with guys, and I enjoy that too, but it’s so nice to be with girls too sometimes.”
“So, back to the topic,” Tori grins. “I didn’t know you and Lion were a thing?”
“Well, we dated. That’s how we got to know each other,” she tells us. “Obviously, it wasn’t more than something casual. He is waiting for his mate too. Now we’re just friends.”
Jazz, Marilou, and Tori try to squeeze more information out of her. Meanwhile, I feel a shudder going down my spine. I’m not sure why, but I’m suddenly feeling cold. Really cold. I shiver slightly, letting my gaze wander through the room. When I turn to the windows, I can see it clearly. Two silver eyes, gleaming like they are illuminated by the moonlight, and a face lingering in the darkness.
A feeling of dread and horror fills me, my body tensing up for a second before I let out a scream. I scream and scream. The girls try to talk to me, but I barely notice them. The only thing I notice are these gleaming eyes, turning dark vile, that seem to bore themselves into my mind.
Marcel burst into the room. “What happened!?” he yells. “Val!”
I point at the window. The face is gone, but the presence still lingers, making me shiver.
“Fuck.” Marcel rips the window open to look outside. I can see how tense his body is all of a sudden. He closes the window again, pulling the curtains in front of it. “Stay inside, girls,” he orders. “I’ll link the guards.”
It only takes minutes for Marcel’s and Jazz’s house to be surrounded by other wolves. Jazz makes sure I’m wrapped in a blanket; I can feel her nerves. She doesn’t question what I saw, or if I saw something at all or if it was my imagination. She would never doubt me. Everyone needs a friend like Jazz in their life.
Eventually, Aurelia leaves the room and heads outside too. There are voices. Alpha Celine is suddenly there, and Elias is with her. Marcel leads them into Jazz’s room, and she kneels in front of me. “Where did you see someone, Valerie?”
“At the window,” I stutter.
