"You caught yourself. I bet you didn't dent the wall."
I let my body glide downwards. I asked as my feet touched the floor, "Was I supposed to?"
"Someone normal would've gone through three buildings. You barely touched the first wall. You're good, better than you think." Then she reared back to throw her power again. This time I saw it coming.
The power radiated from her toes and rose through her body. It built in power until she released it at me.
CHAPTER FOURTEEN
"Do my eyes deceive me or is that your missing girlfriend's roommate down there? And is she sitting with a wolf?" Gavin glanced over his shoulder where Roane was sitting at his desk. Then he looked back down at the booth below.
Roane glanced up from his paperwork and stood beside his best friend. The view was massive, writhing bodies below, flashing lights everywhere, but he saw where Gavin had his eyes trained and there she was, Emily. She looked different, serious and gaunt, but there was a glow about her too. The guy next to her had a lean build with a round baby face, but his eyes weren't babyish at all. They had seen too much. He was scanning the nightclub, on the prowl with an intelligence that told Roane he wasn't there by accident.
Gavin grunted. "He's got balls being in your establishment."
Roane narrowed his eyes and watched how the wolf leaned over and placed a kiss on Emily's jaw. He lingered there, sending a possessive claim to the rest of the club. "He knows that he's being watched right now."
"Of course he's being watched. He's a wolf in enemy territory."
Roane walked back to his desk and grabbed a small dagger that he tucked into his pocket. "Come on. Let's get this over with." As they walked to the door, Roane held it open and then murmured in Gavin's ear as he passed by, "You know he's the Alpha, right?"
Gavin halted and wheeled around. "What? Why didn't you say something before?"
Roane shook his head with a small grin. He kept going and made his best friend follow at a slower pace. "He's here trying to get her scent. And I'm guessing that he knows who I am too."
"The roommate knows about you and Davy. I spilled the beans the last time I was there."
"You told me." And he had, followed by an apology every day since Davy had gone missing. It'd been three months and no one had a lead where she'd gone to. Gavin had included a detailed account of what had happened, but promised that she'd been fine when she shoved him out of her window. The roommate and a witch had been there with her, but no one could figure out what happened. Roane had listened to all the testimonies they gave to the police. Emily and the witch, along with another wolf, had been knocked unconscious. None of them could explain how Davy had gone. No vampire caught her scent. No wolf could either, but Roane had a very strong hunch that the Alpha had been persuaded to try again. If the Alpha wolf was in his club, he was at the end of the rope.
"You think he's here for a brawl?" Gavin asked in his ear, treading close behind him as they both weaved around vampires and drunken humans. Some were laughing. Some were drinking. Others were doing more.
"He might be the Alpha, but he's not stupid. He's outnumbered five hundred to one. Emily's desperate to find Davy." Then they turned one last time and the Alpha sensed them immediately.
He could smell Talia's blood, or the blood of her mother on him. It clung to the wolf like a third skin and it made his own stomach churn.
As they drew near the booth, Roane waited till Emily looked up. As soon as she did, she gasped and shrunk back in her seat. Gavin smiled brightly and slid in next to her. Roane sat beside him. They pushed the couple to the far end of the circular booth till the Alpha was directly across from Roane. Both of their gazes were locked on each other.
Emily glanced between them. She was nervous. Roane could smell it. He also felt her desperation. Her hand fell to the Alpha's lap and was gripped by his. He held them in a comforting hold and Roane grinned. "Should I give congratulations to the happy couple?"
Emily flushed and skirted further underneath the table.
He broke eye contact with the wolf and locked onto Emily who wanted to look anywhere, but at him. It was then, seeing a blush on her cheeks, that he knew she still had feelings for him.
The wolf's nostrils flared, smelling her desire, but he didn't comment. Both Gavin and Roane smelled it.
"Emily," Roane said softly, but with a twinge of authority in his voice. She shouldn't avoid this and he wanted to remind her of that. When she looked up and held his gaze, he knew she registered his meaning. She even sat up straight and squared her shoulders back. Her hand still held onto the wolf's hand with a death grip. "You know about Davy and me."
She cleared her throat and took a deep breath. "Yes. Yes, I do."
Gavin looked between them and then at the wolf. He rolled his eyes. "This is boring and awkward. Someone start talking or I'm leaving."
"Uh…" Emily seemed at a loss for words. "I…" Then she shook her head and shrunk back in the seat.
Roane was taken aback. He remembered an assertive nerd from his classes on campus. He knew she'd taken a liking to him, but he also remembered how she was never at a loss for words. Davy had respect for her roommate, how she never feared tough situations or what to say, even if the truth was the hardest to deal with. This was not that girl. Then the Alpha held out his free hand and sat forward.
"My name is Pete Young."
Roane shook his hand, feeling strength and confidence. The Alpha was strong, the strongest he'd ever met in a wolf, but he was young. And he didn't know all the pieces, though he knew too much for Roane's liking.