"HOLY SCENT!"
Those words popped into Ariel's mind after smelling his smoky body that was almost crushing on her. Ariel's breaths went unsteady owing to her heart that went hither-thither as her eyes pierced his burly body. The grip on her shoulders was triggering a fire in her.
Ariel was getting ecstatic for reasons unknown to her. His face was a perfect one and his full lips were very tempting to Ariel. Ariel didn't even realize that her mind was noting down the intricacies of Vincent's body without her eyes even blinking once. Her mouth hung open and she was breathing through her mouth.
Vincent was angry to hell when he saw someone intruding into his cabin. But all his anger vanished in the sweeping wind and what was left behind was a warm fuzzy feeling as he caged Ariel in his arms.
His red eyes were on fire that could scare the living daylights out of any living soul but they became cold as they met Ariel's sky crystal eyes. His mouth was all set to curse her a few moments back and was now tight shut as he studied Ariel's body starting from her face.
Vincent's gaze started off from her eyes and took a pause at her lips which felt like melting honey before resuming and traveling down her body. His heaving body owing to anger was now as calm as the blue sea.
Ariel's mind finally started working. The first thought that crossed her mind was an obvious one. "Who is he?! His scent is amazing and so is his body how did he pull me up to the balcony?"
Her eyes trailed to his burly arms as she thought, "They have so much strength! It's a miracle indeed!"
Her scent that triggered havoc a few moments back was now playing a different role.
Vincent thought, "Her scent is arousing!!"
Vincent's mind was working but not as fast as compared to his heart. He had been around so many she-wolves, some because of his mom forcing him to attend countless mate matching ceremonies, others because he would be chased by them, but never did he feel the urge as he was feeling at that moment.
Vincent released Ariel's hand so that he could take off the only obstacle that was hindering him from seeing her beautiful face; the mask. Ariel was infatuated with his beautiful eyes, but the moment they gleamed bright red, she was stunned.
Ariel said to herself shockingly, "Oh my Goddess! Is he the Alpha? Alpha Vincent?" As his sturdy fingers moved over Ariel's plump cheeks, she came back to reality. She flinched a bit on his electrifying touch and stuttered, "Uh…um!!"
Her stutter pulled Vincent's mind to the situation. He blinked his eyes and regained a grip over his wolf that felt restless from within. He cleared his throat and brought his face close to hers, his eyes gazing at her with suspicion.
He asked sternly, "Who are you?! What's your name?!"
The stern tone of his was a bit scary for Ariel and she blurted out the truth, "A... Ariel?!"
Vincent let out some air from his mouth before putting up another question, "Okay, Ariel…"
Ariel was drawn to the present, but listening to her name from his mouth put her back to her dream world and she didn't hear him.
After completing the question, Vincent waited for a few seconds for her to answer. On receiving no reply, he snapped his fingers in front of Ariel's face bringing her to reality.
He reiterated his question, "Ariel, why are you here?! This cabin is a restricted place. No one except for my close pack members can come here. How did you end up here?!"
His eyes got wide as he came across one thought and he poured down the same in words with a suspicious tone, "Is it that you are from some other pack and are here to spy on us, to leak some important information?!"
Vincent grabbed her arm and pinned it behind her. Pulling her to him, he barked, "Which pack are you from? Tell me!!"
Ariel was baffled at being crushed like that. She shook her head and said incessantly, "No! No! I… I am not a spy! I am from this pack, my Alpha!!"
Vincent was not ready to let go. He scrunched her wrist mercilessly and shook her.
Vincent growled, "Dare you lie to me! Each and every pack member knows this wing of the academy is not a visiting spot! Then how come you landed here?!"
Ariel went breathless. Her eyes became watery with the very thought of being caught. She was not ready for another punishment.
She cooked a lie, "My Alpha, believe me! I am your pack member! I wanted to pee and the loo downstairs was heavily queued. So, I thought of sneaking in here!!" After squeaking out the lie, Ariel felt stupid.
She thought to herself, "Really, Ariel?! What an excuse!"
She thought it was her last moment to stay alive before being punished by the Crystal Blood Pack and being thrown out of the Red Moon Pack. But Vincent loosened his grip. She could feel his eyes behind that golden mask calming down.
Vincent let her loose and there was a moment of silence. Ariel was confused as to what was happening until Vincent broke into laughter. He chuckled, "Really?!"
Ariel was downright embarrassed. She said meekly, "I am sorry my Alpha for disturbing you, I shall go to the loo downstairs. I am sorry!!"
Ariel slightly bowed her head rather than giving a formal one owing to the lack of space between the two.
Vincent took a step away from her and spread his arm pointing out the way inside the cabin.
He said with intermittent chuckles, "Okay, you may leave now!!"
Ariel quickly bowed and walked into the living room with her head low out of embarrassment. Vincent followed her and occupied the couch crossing his leg and his elbow resting on the armrest of the couch.
Ariel felt he was still watching her and it clicked in her mind that her pace was not in cue with the urgency to pee. She stopped abruptly for a second and then started walking with her trembling feet. Seeing her crossing her legs for a second made Vincent laugh.
Vincent preferred laughing silently and after chuckling, he called out in an authoritative tone, "Wait!"
His tone forced Ariel to stop and she cursed herself under her breath, "Oh no! What the hell did you just do Ariel?! I think my acting skills are poor! Did he catch my lie?!"
Vincent said, "Ariel!" Hearing her name made Ariel turn around to face him.
Vincent had a cool expression on. With his eyes motioning to the restroom, he said casually, "Why the heck are you walking off?! Seeing your condition, I doubt you would be able to hold your pee! Use the restroom."
Vincent pointed out his finger and said in an authoritative tone, trying not to laugh, "Second room on the left!"
Ariel bowed her head and involuntarily followed his direction, but Vincent butt in again!
He said, "Keep that clutch of yours, here!" Ariel twirled around and followed his gaze which fell upon the glass table. Ariel bowed her head and reluctantly left her clutch on the table.
Vincent who was sitting casually with his back pressing the couch became alert. He sat upright with his head tilting to the right to see if Ariel was out of his sight. Next, he bent down to grab her clutch from the table.
At first, Vincent was reluctant to open a female's clutch.
"I know it's bad to check someone's personal stuff, especially of a female!!" His eyes were a bit confused but then were clear as he announced, "But for the safety of my pack, I got to check. What if she is an infiltrator from a rival pack?!"
With that Vincent opened the clutch. He took out her cell phone and said, "I don't think what I am doing is wrong. She intruded my cabin and I will check out her clutch! Tit for Tat!!"
Vincent was about to check her phone, but he got a call. It was from Robert. He received the call. Robert said, "Greetings, my Alpha! Everyone is assembled and eagerly looking forward to your performance. Osborne asked for you twice."
Vincent threw Ariel's phone on the couch and closed her clutch and kept it on the table.
Frantically rising up from the couch, Vincent said, "Okay, I am coming!"
He walked off but stopped after a few steps. He said to himself in a low tone, "No! I can't trust this crystal blue beauty! What if she is hiding her true self and behaving innocent purposely?"
Being one of the strongest Alpha meant you are special to the Moon Goddess and so was Vincent. He was granted a lot of powers and in that situation, he decided to use the power of hiding.
Vincent took a few deep breaths to prepare himself for the act and later on he closed his eyes.
His burly arms stretched out and he mumbled under his breath, "Oh Moon Goddess, usher your special Alpha with the power to hide all that is important from the unknown werewolf!"
He opened his eyes and his outstretched hands were soon carrying a magical yellow light that looked like a ball. Vincent moved his fingers over it before throwing it. The light ball hit the wall opposite and got splintered into a straight ray of light that traveled to all the corners of his cabin.
This power of hiding meant that all the important stuff would be still there in its place, but they would become invisible to the person for whom this power is exercised.
Vincent walked out of the cabin and took the elevator.
Ariel got out of the restroom. The time to pee was utilized by her to prepare herself to face the Alpha, but to her shock, the Alpha was not around. She gave up the thought of looking for him and grabbed her clutch and got out of his cabin leaving her cellphone behind.
Vincent was all pumped up for the performance. He got off the elevator and was walking the long passage that led to the open ground where the concert was scheduled.
Someone with a black shawl covering the face and upper body was following him. Vincent took a pause and turned around to see if there was anyone around, but couldn't see anyone.
He said to himself, "I could smell a familiar scent. Let it be, this passage might be used by the werewolves leaving their smell behind!"
Quitting the thought that danger was lurking, Vincent got back to walking. The shawl person peeped from behind the pillar. The person resumed following the Alpha. Vincent turned around again and this time, the person slipped inside the room.
Vincent felt something was off and decided to walk back to check who was nearby. He started walking but suddenly the person grabbed his hand and forcibly pulled him inside the room and banged the door shut!