Chapter Two

The entrance hall was lit with golden light and upon the stone walls hung rich silks and tapestries. Long, wide corridors grew off the main hall leading off to different parts of the castle. In the middle sat a warm stone staircase leading to the rooms above and to the right of me was a set of golden doors engraved with ancient wolves.

Our heels echoed on the cool marble floor as we made our way over to the double doors, following the long line of people. My mother’s slim hand was on my elbow as she led me forwards. At the double door were three men dressed all in black. Two stood by the door handles, their hands resting on the gold while the other stood off to one side with a clip board in hand.

“Name,” he asked us with a stern expression.

“Lacy Alice Whit of the Diamond Moon Clan,” my mother announced gripping my arm a little tighter like I would run away. I winced as I watched the man’s steel gaze flicker over the pages.

“Where is the father?” the man asked suddenly looking up to meet my mother’s gaze.

Her face dropped. “He’s no longer around,” she answered.

“What do you mean? Were you not mated?” the man asked with a hard expression.

“No he was human,” she snapped. “Now are you gonna let us in?”

“What is the name of the Alpha?”

“My name is Alpha Carter,” a deep voice rumbled from behind. “Is there a problem here?”

“It is just tradition that the father brings his daughter,” the man said.

I turned and gazed at Melody. Her dress was ruby red and silky; it clung to his curves and had plunging neck line and no back. Her hair was all curled to one side showing off the right side of her long, slim neck.  Why couldn’t I look like her?

“Well he’s not around so either let them in or turn them away,” Alpha Carter snapped.

Callum’s POV

~*~

King Alexander II and Queen Sofia I

Request your Presence as an Unmated Alpha

To an honoured Tradition of our kind

The Unmated Ball in Honour of Our Son, Prince Robert

On Friday, the eleventh day of May at eight o’clock in the evening

We hope that you will find your soul mate within our walls to carry on your own blood line and our tradition

~*~

I shoved the invite in my jacket with an angry huff before grabbing the keys to my bike off the side. The stupid thing was happening in half an hour and I was late.  

“Hey Cal,” I growled low as I turned to whoever had shouted me. The flushed face of my Beta Bing met my glare. “I just wanted to say good luck for tonight,” he could sense my uneasiness.

“Great,” I muttered kicking open the door and set off breaking the speed limit.

Lacy’s POV

I sat low in my seat in the golden hall of The Unmated Ball. The King had just announced that everyone should dance; my mother had left me as soon as she got a chance and so far, like I thought, no one had asked me to dance. Music filled the air and the floor was covered with bright and colourful dress.

The women here were like demons waiting to prey on the innocent unmated men and tear apart any she-wolf that got in the way of her. I had watched two she-wolves almost tear each other throats apart to get to an Alpha male but lucky for him he had been saved by a girl in emerald green.

I had been studied the hall and one person caught my attention the most, she had golden hair that was twisted into an elegant up do and a black dress as dark as obsidian. However, this was not what had caught my attention about her, I had noticed that most people had given her a wide birth but would watch her out of the corner of their eye. It wasn’t until later on when she walked past me that I had seen what everyone was staring at the, the woman had eyes as red as blood. It had sent shivers down my spine but for some odd reason I couldn’t take my eyes off of her.

“Creepy isn’t it,” someone break me from my staring.

“What is?” I asked turning to look who had spoken.

The man that sat across from me oozed bad-ass Alpha, well that at least what he thought of himself with the sexy half smirk and the messy ‘I just had sex’ hair. It almost made me want to throw up. All Alphas tried to be bad ass and it most of the time it really didn’t work because they weren’t. However, this Alpha kind of did. He had had a square shaped face with a chiselled jaw line that was covered in ash blonde stubble and high cheek bones. He had deep-set eyes that gave him a brooding almost hooded gaze. His nose was long and crooked like it had been broken in a fight and his lips were full with a smirk gracing them. The guy had a dirty blonde coloured hair like a mixture between vanilla and almonds. He was kind of handsome but god he knew it.

“The daughter from the Iron Wolf Clan,” his voice was low and husky. It made me want to roll my eyes, typical Alpha.

“Sorry, I don’t know what you were on about,” I did. It was the girl with the blood red eyes and I knew that she was high ranking by the way she moved. The Iron Wolf Clan was known for its Warriors, they churned out the best and most made it to the Royal Warriors, there was only one other pack that out ranked them and that was the Blood Moon Clan who were famous for their vicious Alpha and barrack ways. If you got caught on their territory, then you would wish for death!

“I think you do,” he smirked. “Blake,” he stuck his hand out. I raised my eyebrow while he chuckled. “Not much of a talker, are we?” he shook his head. “My name is Callum, Alpha Callum Blake,” I rolled my eyes.

“Whit,” I said in a bored expression.

“What?”  

“My name is Lacy Whit,” he smiled, well smirked.

“Well Lacy Whit” he grinned. “Would you like to dance?” he locked gazes with me. My heart fluttered in my chest as we stared at each other. His eyes were intense, and unlike I had ever seen. They were cold like a Norwegian glacier but smoky grey like oiled gunmetal with a blueish swirl.

“Lacy,” a sudden shout broke me from our staring match. I looked away blushing as I heard him chuckle. “Lacy come here for a second,” Melody in all her glory asked beckoning me to follow her.

“Excuse me, my Alpha’s daughter wants me,” I said with a roll of my eyes. Callum chuckled low in his throat as I walked away.

“Lacy,” Melody grabbed my arm, glancing at Callum with something swimming in her eyes. I frowned as she pulled me out of the hall and into the empty hallway. “Oh my god Lacy,” she hugged me tight. “You must be terrified,” She gushed.

“What?” I frowned pulling away.

“You are a good actor, you acted fearless,” she smiled.

“I am sorry Melody but I have no idea what you are on about,” I said with a shake of my head.

“What?” she sounded outraged. “You don’t know the guy that you were talking to is?”

“His name is Alpha Callum Blake,” I said with a shrug.

“And? That is it?” I nodded.

“He is the Alpha of The Blood Moon Clan,” she looked around nervous like he was gonna appeared out of nowhere.

“Oh,” I now understood why she looked so scared. If he truly was the Alpha of the Blood Moon Clan then he was brutal and vicious. It was rumoured that he was bent on retribution after the death of his little Sister, but then other said that he had murdered her in cold blood. Either way he was an Alpha that you should not fuck with.

“Oh!” she screeched. “Is that all you can say?”

“Well he doesn’t seem so bad?” I shrugged telling the truth. I found him quite friendly in fact!

“Not so bad!” she looked at me like I was ill. “He killed an entire horde of vampires by himself!” she screeched. I winced in pain.

“Well it wasn’t on my own, I had a few people helping me,” Callum’s voice made both me and Melody jump but she took it to the extreme and even left a small scream escape her lips. “Bit dramatic sweet cheeks.” Callum chuckled as Melody blushed.

“Well you made us jump,” I snapped.

“Touché,” he chuckled again make his way over towards us. I noticed Melody stiffening next to me as he eyes widen in fear. “Err I don’t know your name but however you are can you leave me and Lacy for a second?” Melody nodded and practical ran away. “So...” he smirked.

“So what?” I said in a monotone voice.

“Not scared of me?”

“Why would I be?” I shrugged. “It’s not like you’re gonna kill me in a crowded place like this,”

He leaned in and whispered in my ear. “But we are all alone” he smirked against my eye, letting his lips brush against my ear. I shivered.

“Yeah well,” I shrugged suddenly feeling nervous and somewhat uneasy. “Anyway, I better be getting back to the ball,” I brushed past him, trying to make as much distances between me and this Alpha as I could.

Callum’s POV

I watched her re-treating back. Her emerald dress clung to her curves and I couldn’t help but stare at her bare back. I couldn’t help but watched her as her muscles shifted as she flexed her shoulder. I groaned she was too god damn hot for her own good. I concluded as I followed after her watching the curves of her ass sway. I smirked, thinking what I wanted to do to her. I would have this girl, she was gonna be my next conquest.

I watched her re-treat towards a woman dressed in dark purple as I lean causally against the wall. She had dark auburn hair the colour of sangria that draped in soft curls around her unblemished face. She had an oval faced face with high cheek bones that had a natural rosy flush to them. However this was not what had caught my attention, her eyes were the colour of sun bleached forget-me-not petals ringed with a rich blue, the colour of lapis lazuli. They were innocent and that met she was gonna be easy to get. Well, so far she was feisty and didn’t seem affected my good looks and I was also hoping that she wouldn’t find out what pack I led but thanks to that girl she knew!

The woman with champagne coloured hair and wearing a purple dance suddenly brushed Lacy off, shooting her a glare and whispering something in her ear. Whatever she said had Lacy walking away back towards an empty table. I grinned walking over to her.

“So alone again, I see,” I grinned sitting down next to her making sure that I was in her personal space, my breath fanning across her creamy face.

“Right,” her eyes narrowed as she shifted away from me but I hooked my foot around her chair leg so she couldn’t move far. I grinned as she frowned down at my foot.

“I don’t understand how a pretty girl like you, isn’t dancing?” I took one of her brandy coloured curls in my finger tips. It was silk under my finger tips as I lightly tugged at it. She glared slapping my hand away.

“I don’t understand why a pig like you is still harassing me?” she snapped out.   

I chuckled giving her a little pout. “Harsh,” I grinned. “Baby you love me harassing you,” I smirked.

“Don’t call me baby,” she barked. “Do I look like a baby?”

I chuckled letting my gaze flicker to her breasts. “No you’re not,” I grinned.

She gasped slapping at my chest “You pig,” she growled as I laughed watching her failed attempts to hurt me.

“Okay, Okay,” I put my hands up in surrender. “I’m sorry,” I gave her a small smile.

She stopped hitting me. “Whatever,” she huffed crossing her arms over her chest.

I grinned, standing up “Lacy,” I said.

Lacy’s POV

He said my name in his husky voice making my heart flutter against my rib cage. I was somewhat scared of him, not from his reputation but from the fact that he was too handsome for words and he was talking to me! Maybe I was over thinking things, but a man like this wouldn’t want to talk to someone like me. It was a fact, so why was he?

“Will you take a walk with me?” he asked in his deep voice. My head snapped up and met his steel gaze, a small smirk playing on those godforsaken lips. My gaze flicker from his eyes to his hand. He held out his hand, not aggressively but gently.

My brow drew together as I nibbled at my lower lip. Should I? My gaze flicker over to my mother as she talked with a group of males.

“Somehow I don’t think she will notice that you have slipped out with one of the most dangerous Alphas,” he chuckled.

I guess he was right I thought as I took a deep breath, and conjured as much courage as I could, I slipped my small hand into his rough, big hand. He grasped it full, tightening his hold on me and led me out of the Hall and into the crisp night air.

I gulped, why had I come out alone with the most dangerous Alpha of all time and why was I somewhat excited about it?