The Unforgettable Night

ZAILA

My pounding head spins as I look around at my surroundings, and I instantly regret drinking so much.

Panic courses through me when I can’t immediately recognize my surroundings. I can tell I'm in a room; the light coming in through the window is blinding as I try to figure out where I am.

The last thing I remember is the annual Alpha meet-up, a masquerade party I attended with my family.

My sister and I sneak out to meet with the other future Alphas. My father always insists I need to get on good terms with them, seeing as I am next in line and will have the pack handed over to me at the end of the year when I turn eighteen.

But I can’t remember how I got into this room. I groan, rubbing my eyes and the alcohol burning in my system is still making me confused.

When I try to roll over, though, suddenly, I become aware of the heavy arm draped over my waist.

My head whips to the side, and I pray that the heavy arm belongs to my sister and that we have both passed out somewhere.

But realization hit me , and I tried to contain my scream of horror when I found a naked man lying beside me.

He isn’t just any man either, but the 'Blood Alpha' himself, Alpha Brian of the Blood Moon Pack.

This man owns half the city and is from a rival pack. My father is going to kill me if he finds out.

“ Moon goddess” I whisper under my breath before looking down to find myself naked.

The slight discomfort between my legs makes me painfully aware that I tossed my virginity out the window and have absolutely no memory of it.

So much for that being a magical moment. He must be a shit lay, I chuckle to myself.

Of all people, it had to be him.

My phone vibrates on the floor beside the bed, causing me to nearly dive off to retrieve it.

My sister’s face pops up on the screen. I quickly answer it, whispering into the phone, mindful to keep my voice low. “Hello?”

“Where are you? Dad is going to lose it. I told him you’re with me, but he's asked me to come home” she shrieks through the phone.

I glance around before looking out the window, trying to figure out my location. Shit.

I realize I’m still at the hotel where the Alpha meet was held. “Still at the Crystal Hotel,” I whisper, and she pauses, for a moment. “Oh my God, please tell me you didn’t fuck an Alpha dickhead?” she whispers, knowing what Dad will do if he ever finds out.

Alpha Brian ’s reputation is scandalous and terrifying.

I look over at the man called God lying in bed beside me, completely passed out and unaware of me standing, gawking at him.

I would love to see the horror on his face when he wakes up, but he just might get in line behind my father and kill me, too. Shit, they may even conspire together to make my death exceptionally horrific.

“No, of course not. I just fell asleep in one of the rooms here, completely alone,” I lie, hoping Kyra believes me. I won’t get her caught up in my minor issue if Dad asks her; she sucks at lying. She doesn’t know she can’t get in trouble because of me.

“Shut it. If Dad asks, tell him you stayed with Arielle and me. I'll have Arielle pick you up on the way; be there in five,” she says, hanging up.

I quickly look around, scooping my clothes up off the floor and squeezing into the skin-tight little dress. I toss the stupid-ass fairy wings in the trash can in the bathroom.

Looking in the mirror, I try to fix my makeup—my face is still covered in ridiculous amounts of glitter, and the eye mask that was painted on my face by my sister still conceals half my face.

I chuckle to myself, knowing the Alpha will probably wake up just as confused as me and wonder why he is covered in glitter.

I vaguely remember talking to him, finding myself drawn to him for some reason.

But now, as I gaze upon his paralyzed form, I can’t help but wonder who took advantage of whom.

I give him one last glance, scoop up my heels, and grab my clutch purse before rushing to the hotel door and swinging it open, only to crash straight into Alpha Brian ’s Beta.

I smack into his chest, and he stumbles back, staring at me. I recognize him from last night’s introductions, though thankfully, he seems to have no idea who I am, as I was at the back of the room when he was introduced.

I'm grateful for the paint on my face because he might have recognized me as my father’s daughter without it, which is the last thing I need.

He smirks at me, clearly finding it funny that I am running from the Alpha’s hotel room. “My Alpha in there?” he asks.

I drop my head, hoping he doesn’t recognize me, and quickly nod.

I step past him, trying not to touch him. “Are you alright, or do you need a ride home?” he asks, making me stop.

“What, do you give all your Alpha’s one-night stands a ride home?” I chuckle at him, and he smiles. “Only the pretty ones,” he says, and I roll my eyes, waving him off before taking off to meet my sister.

We need to hurry home before my dad sends out a search party to run through Oceanview City to retrieve his daughters.