Chapter Fifteen
Brent's POV
I'm sure when I planned this but it was still difficult when Jacob was already looking at me with those hawk like eyes.
"You--what?!" he growled.
I just told him that we lost track of his mate, and that Lucianna can't be found anywhere. Tss… hold on a bit more, Brent. Let him be shaken…
"She run off fast while I'm taking care of the payment and--" I tried explaining again but he cuts me off.
"And where is Harley when this happen?"
I can hear Jacob's low growls in his chest but I can tell he was just trying to calm himself.
"H-He was off to the bathroom, he trusted me into protecting Lucianna and--"
"Idiots!" he shouted and stood up hastily that his chair fell loudly on the floor. Jacob was looking at me with deadly glare and his fangs are slowly showing.
Here it is, go, run off, find her!
That's what I prayed for but Jacob suddenly hissed, closing his eyes and tilting his head up, calming himself again.
Fuck, no.
"Tell the border guards to not let her go out of my territory and update me once she's sighted running away." he commanded calmly.
My jaw dropped. He was not going to run after her?
"They haven't seen my rebellious mate out on the borders. She was still in my pack lands, let her be."
I paled. How heartless!
With jaw clenched, I said. "You are not going to look for her, Jake?" I tried to sound normal. This plan should have worked, I foresee it that way but it seems--Damn you, Jacob.
"What for? The kitten will come home eventually." he said coldly and walked past me, exiting his office. "Finish the works I left, I will head home now."
Then he was gone.
I sighed and shook my head once alone. Fuck. My plan has never failed, I know I saw Jake got troubled for a while but he was quick to recover from it!
No. Don't be fooled, Brent. He quickly contacted the border guards and got his answer in just seconds. Jacob was shaken. The result might not be what I hoped for but this was better than nothing at all.
I sighed again and prayed for this plan to work.
'You fucker! Jacob cursed me multiple times! How'd it go?' Harley said in my head.
'Not what I expected. He is not that furious, don't mind the curses. I received a death glare.'
'No. You deserved that. Should I go to the tavern and look after her?'
'No. Let her enjoy her night. That is the least we could do for her.'
I sighed again and started continuing the paperwork Jacob left behind.
I think this is one of my punishment, huh? I thought as I eyed the piled of papers in his desk.
Lucianna's POV
The music was loud and people was already wild inside and outside the tavern. I've saw a bonfire party once at Regal pack but not like this! This one was huge!!!
When Brent dropped me here, no one interacted with me but I still felt the vibe of the party. Darkness has won over and the people are dancing, kissing and laughing around the huge fire outside the tavern. Meanwhile, the people inside the tavern are more on drinking and talking loud!
I am inside the tavern, and on my second glass of beer! Bobbing my head up and down to the rhythm of the loud music, my blood boiling with excitement and fun!
For a moment, I felt like this place was magical. I suddenly forget about the pain, I forget about Jacob and the hurtful memories he had given me.
I enjoyed myself looking at people having fun, and no one seems to know I am the Alpha's mate yet.
Oh well, I'm not expecting anything anymore. That's a blur to me now.
"Hi!"
I almost choked on my drink when a hot guy sat beside me. I'm seated at the bar and he took the vacant one on my left.
The guy looked… hot. He has a curly hair and bright smile, I can say he was well-bod, too. The way he hold his cup of beer and his biceps flexes, he must be a pack fighter.
"Hello!" I said, smiling back at him.
The guy bit his lower lip as he smiles, looking at me like he fancy my smile. Like, caught off guard by it.
After a second that seems like a minute of staring at me, he sat properly, facing me.
"Are you alone?"
I nodded. "Yes. You?"
He chuckled. "I am, too."
Then there was silence. I'm not good at conversation with strangers but there was something inside me that makes me shut up, too.
"Uh, I'll be honest." the guy chuckled and looked at me after shaking his head. "I've been looking at you for a while now, and I find you interesting…" he smiled, biting his lower lip again.
My eyes widened from his blunt words but I chuckled, too. "O-Oh, thanks. You, uh, look good, too."
I think I'm being hit on!
This was the first time a stranger eyed me this way. Most of the guys back home got intimidated with my skills of being a she-fighter. You know, typical male pride and such.
So it feels like this, huh?
Like something was boasting my confidence inside and being embarrassed at the same time…
The guy chuckled and stared at me again, as if mesmerized. "What's your name?"
I'm not sure if it was just me but there was something inside of me that makes me quiver inside. Argh, was it possible that a man was oozing with sexual appeal or something that even a mated wolf like me get swayed?
I cleared my throat when I realized that my lips are half-opened, mesmerized by him too. "Uh, I-I'm Lucianna." my hand extended to him as I try to hide the way he affects me by acting normal.
He looked down to my hand and licked his lip. His hand went up slowly, and grabbed my hand tightly but not too much. "I'm Justin, Lucianna."
Ugh!!!
The way my palm get contact with his, I felt something tingling down my core. Damn! What is this?!
I quickly took my hand off his grip and smiled nervously. "Nice meeting you."
He kept looking at me, staring, like he was trying to memorize my face or something.
"Got a mate yet?" he asked. "I can smell you belong to our pack but… I just want to be sure I won't be… messing… with someone else's." he smirked.
I blushed from the way I thought he will mess me good!
I might be inexperience but I know it was normal to us, wolves, to give in with the heat and pleasure--
Wait! Heat! I'm on heat!
This was why I have been feeling this way! I'm attracted to my opposite sex because I wanna get laid!
Jacob failed to ease my heat earlier and I know he planned to but because of our fight, he didn't.
Ugh! Fuck! This was also why Justin was attracted to me! He must have smelled it on me! The musk of yearning to be pleasured, the scent of my arousal!
Justin raised his brow to me. "So… are you mated? I can't smell a mark on you but I wanted to be sure."
Of course he won't smell Jacob's scent on me! It's been three days since he claimed me and we haven't completed the mating yet. And also why my waves of heat been coming day after day!
I'm not sure if I should be honest but the way my head filled with thoughts about Jacob, made me remember what he has done to me.
Which also reminded me about the plan I wanted to do. I wanna get even and I'm in heat, my thoughts are blurry that I can't think right.
Wanted to do wrong.
"Nope." I chuckled, "Are you?"
Justin's lips arched and formed a smirk.
"Oh, you won't find me here if I am, Lucianna." he uttered my name huskily and I almost groaned from how my heat has heightened.
Biting my lip unconsciously, I smiled. His eyes went to my lip and then his lips pursed, trying to suppress a smile.
"Wanna dance?" he asked while looking at my lips then back to my eyes. "Let's get closer…" then he stood up and extended his hand to me.
I know this was a hook-up, not a bond-related feeling but I want to try. I wanted to let Jacob taste his own poison.
Nodding with a grin, I took his hand and we went to the crowd.