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Luna

At night the house was a bloody havoc. There were more locals roaming around then the actual people who travelled here. And, I did not see a single familiar face, not even Ares or Axel nor any of the girls from school.

It made me think, was I even at the right place? Did everyone just bailed on me and left, but I was sure Ares won't do it- will he?

I wandered around the villa for a while, then decided to ditch the house and head for the lovely beach. Getting down the steps, Ares came in my view.

Shirtless.

My heart dropped dead, and I squeezed my eyes shut before opening them again to watch Ares excuse himself from his group to and make his way over to me. I couldn't help but relish on his barely there attire. He looked magnificent. It was the second time I've seen him shirtless in front of me, and the first time when I saw him shirtless was the time I stumbled in the pool with him.

Gosh. It felt like history now. So much has changed since then, literally,  so bloody much.

Transiently, my eyes scanned his well-defined body, segmented with definitions of hard muscle from his shoulders to his hips. A deep V that disappeared below white swimming trunks made my heart rate jump back to life again.

Ares wasn't a hefty muscular guy by any means- he was just lean and had the right proportionate amount of muscles at right place. Him being an athlete definitely boasted his physical appearance and with the mother nature gifted send-me-to-heaven good looks made him a complete catch and unachievable.

I unconsciously licked my lips, watching him make his way over to me with his head down, I'm the one he's walking to- when did my life turned out to become a Taylor Swift song?

Brushing all my thoughts, I just watched his jaw-dropping body. It was then that I noticed he stood a good six inches over my smaller frame. Despite me standing on the steps above the ground, he still towered over me. God- why did he have to be so tall?

I did not notice I was biting my lips so hard, until I tasted blood in my mouth. And he had recently gotten his body inked. A quote written on his ribcage,

the moon shined bright, secrets to spill, I hid her light, afraid she might kill

Okay, that does not makes sense. The only thought running inside my head was: what the hell did that even mean? Did it mean something to him? Personally.

And what further piked my curiosity was another tattoo which was a full moon touching the water, emerging below his trunks. Where did that tattoo begun?

Heat rose to my cheeks as I felt tension in my legs- the coils of lust making themselves acutely present throughout my body. I swallowed nervously, trying to get moisture back into my suddenly dry mouth, and immediately chided myself for having such a strong reaction at all.

He was sexy. Dangerous, fuck me without any mercy sexy. He was gorgeous and…so not mine.

A contagious smile flashed across his face as he offered me his hand, helping me get down the stairs. I couldn't help but match his expression.

“You are missing all the fun. C'mon, I'll introduce you to my friends.”

I nodded enthusiastically, honestly,  the only time I'll ever look forward to meet his friends.

“Ares.” A drunk brunette tossed her arms around Ares’s neck and hugged him.

“Penny.” He didn't try to remove her arms from his neck, and that pissed me off.

“What’s up, my man?” she asked. She then whispered something into his ear and giggled. “Where’s that blondie you wanted everyone to meet?” Her speech slurred.

“Right here.” He pushed her off him and pulled me towards him. “This is Luna West.” His green eyes swung to mine. “Babe, these are my friends.”

I recognised most of them from school. Everyone were too pretentious to even look at my direction in school and that proved when one of the guy who was in my advance biology class asked me,”Hey, are you in my school.”

Pretentious. I didn't bother to answer him. I just awkwardly smiled and waved at them and from the corner of eyes I saw Axel, who was directly staring at me with unmoving gaze.

“Will,” he said to a blonde guy who was busy vaping. His attention shifted to Ares and he quickly got off his seat and offered me the place.

I thanked him politely, and sat down with Ares standing by my side.

The group quickly resumed to whatever they were talking before I arrived. Clearly, none of them interested to make an effort to talk to me.

“Okay,” one of the vape smoking chick, said. “Let's play a game.”

“Game, really?”  

“Dude, shut up.”

“What are we, kids?”

“Count me out, Joey.”

Everyone combusted at the same time. Clearly, they thought it was lame to play games.

“Let’s hear her out,” It was Axel who said it. Smoke blew from his mouth. “What game are you suggesting, Joey?” His eyes flicked over to Ares for a quick second, real quick. If I was not watching him intently, I would have not seen it.

“Uhm…” I had a bad feeling about it. “We could share our craziest sex story and the winner will receive 7 minutes of heaven with me.”

“Nope.” Everyone groaned and the idea was quickly vetoed.

“Okay, then truth or dare.” Joey clapped her hands together. “C'mon it'll be fun.”

I doubt it. To play truth or dare with Ares and Axel can't be fun. For me. I wanted to back out of the game, and cursed myself for agreeing to come to this place in the first place.

What would I give to just relax in my bed, sipping an icy drink, occasionally completing my school work, watching Netflix and thinking about how it would feel if Ares wasn't….. this menacingly beautiful boy with a gorgeous smile, a deep dimple poking from his cheek, and that fuck-me hair with those piercing amazon green eyes. Ugh! Why couldn't he just be a regular person?

Ares took my hand in his, and we all sat down on the sand, forming a circle and to just fuck my luck, Axel was right in front of me, throwing a knowing smile in my direction.

He's up to something. I can't suspect his next move. Just a few days ago, I thought Axel and I were on the same team, but now I feel he wasn't on same team as me to begin with.

“Okay.” A blonde guy announced. “So, everyone knows how to play this and just to remind if you refuse to the dare or ask for another question for truth, then a punishment will be carried out.”

He was booed. “Hey, hey, rules are important.” He defended.

“What’s the punishment?” I asked, and everyone turned to look at me. Okay, why did I have to open my mouth in the first place? I was like an alien between these people.

“Nothing you won't be able to do.” A peppy voice spoke. I recognised her instantly. It was the girl who caught me and Ares making out on the counter.

From the looks of her, it was clear she didn't like me. Oh, girl, the feeling was mutual.

“I'll do your punishment if you can't,” Ares said, volunteering for me.

“No, that's not fair.” Axel pushed the topic further. “It's partial, and she's not a fucking five-year-old. Chill and let her tackle her own mistakes.”

Not wanting them to argue, I agreed with Axel for the first time. “I just asked what the punishment will be, that does not imply I want someone else to save the day for me.”

“Suit yourself.” Again, that girl just couldn't shut up. “Alright, let's play.”

Joey snipped the bottle, and it stopped at that annoying girl and Maria.

“Ooh.” The girl who's name I have yet to discover, rubbed her hands together, as if she had something evil running in her mind. “Alright, truth or dare?”

“Dare.”

“Okay.” She annoyingly stretched the syllable. “I dare you to kiss our papa Julio.”

“What?” Maria laughed. “You can't be serious about it. He's too old.”

“Hey, you can't back down.” Ares laughed and urged her to go forward with it.

“Okay, how does this work?” She asked. “Do everyone have be there to witness it or….”

She fished her phone out and passed it to Maria. “Here, take my phone and record it.”

“Excuse me, everyone.” Maria got up and went inside the house.

Everyone laughed and one of the dude said,”She'll probably give him a hard on.”

“I think he'll be getting more action tonight than his wedding night.” Another one added.

My face was in disapproval of this charade. I could not believe these people here. What will they get by troubling a poor man?

“Hey,” Ares whispered in my ear. “Loosen up, babe.” He lightly kissed my earlobe. “It’s just a game.”

I shifted uncomfortably when I watched Axel watching us intently.

The game continued it's course and I was thankful that the bottle never stopped at my direction. Ares dared some of the guys most obnoxious things I could think of, at one time he made Joey actually give everyone a strip tease, it was embarrassing for me to watch.

Never choose dare, Luna.

“Okay, it's Emily and Axel.” So, the annoying girl had a decent name. She looked more like a Megan or Candace to me.

It was Axel’s turn to choose between truth or dare and to my surprise he said,”Truth.”

I raised my eyebrow at him and he looked at me with his trademark smug-look.

Emily’s shoulders dropped in disappointment and I could see, she was waiting for her turn with Axel. Quickly regaining herself she asked him the most outrageous question I could imagine. “Out of all girls here, who would fuck senselessly even after she passes out and why?”

God! Why don't people have filter in their mouth.

To that question, he actually checked out all the girls and few of them, including Emily, made their breast look prominent. Girls, what happened to you?

You would have done the same few months ago. My subconscious reminds me and it's true. I was madly infatuated with Axel and for him even hypothetically, to choose me over others would made me swoon, but at this point it would just make me uncomfortable.

Before Axel could answer, Maria came running towards. “Guys, I couldn't do it.” She was breathless and had a wide grin on her face. “That man was fucking his wife, but I did record some of it, it was hilarious.”

“Show me.” Ben, the blonde guy, jumped with enthusiasm and snatched the phone out of her hand. “Old saggy breast sure can bounce well.” The video paraded around everyone and I avoided it like plague.

This is all so disrespectful.

“Hey, you need to get punished.” Someone reminded, I think he looked familiar to me. Maybe, he was in one of my classes.

Maria groaned and tried her best to get out of the punishment and soon it was decided as a punishment, she would have to get Emily’s name tattooed on her breast.

“Let’s track down a tattoo parlour.” Joey begun browsing nearby tattoo shops. “They won't ask for ID, will they?”

“It’s Cabo San Lucas, why would they ask for a fucking ID, dude?”

“Alright let's bounce.”

There's no way, I'm going with them anywhere. It's bad enough that I'm stuck in in a foreign country with these ruthlessly obnoxious rich kids.

“Count me out.” Before I could say anything, Ares did. “I'll keep the party going on here, spend some time by the ocean.”

“Don’t act like a pussy, cousin.”

Shut the fuck up, Axel.

“I'll stay with you.” I interlocked our fingers and was giddy when he didn't pull away.

Axel and few of the guys made gagging sounds,  but quickly left us alone and went out to create trouble. Soon before everyone left, I didn't miss the look of disgust on Emily’s face when she watched Ares being affectionate with me.

Sorry, sweetie. I can't help if he likes my company better.