The Blood Moon Twins – Chapter 7

CAULDER

\tHarper was quiet in my arms. She had barely looked at me since we started dancing. Even though I held her in my arms, the distance between us felt greater than before, and I didn’t understand it.

\t“Are you okay?” I finally asked. I knew the answer already, but I didn’t know why.

ok at me for a moment, but she looked anywhere but my eyes.

f the other girls you’ve gone out with? Why did you ask me?” Her body was tense in my arms, and I wanted nothing more than to help her relax, but I knew I was the reason she was tense.

couldn’t keep my feelings to myself any longer. I wanted to scream to everyone that Harper was the one I wanted, but she already felt like a flight risk.

ly so brave and confident. She spoke her mind and wasn’t afraid to put people in their place.

e. I needed her to know exactly what she meant to me. “As far as I am concerned, I’m the luckiest guy here for getting a chance to dance with you. You are absolutely stunning and sweet. You have been my best friend my entire li

would ever fade with time. I hoped it wouldn’t.

to ask the girl you like to dance with you tonight, and you asked me to dance.”

er own. But that didn’t mean I couldn’t tell her that I liked her. I hoped confessing to her would be what she needed to see me the way I saw her or at least spark a small fire.

re dancing together.” She squeezed my should

, which told me she wasn’t opposed to the idea of me.

dn’t believe it to be true.

u.”

e started to smile at my words, but then she forced herself to stop. “Caulder, be serious. I’m not the type of g

us. Harper, I like you. I haven’t been able to stop thinking about you all day. Your eyes, your mouth, your-”

rely used that tone on me. “Caulder, I get that you have a crush on me right now, but your crushes last ten seconds. I’m not the kind of girl you can woo, hook up with, and then discard a week later. I’m the girl who wants a boyfriend. I want to go on dates, hold hands, go to family functions together.”

s together.” I smiled, amused by my own joke, bu

han normal, and I could tell she was genuinely upset by the conversation. This wasn’t how this was supposed to go.

ecord proved her right in every way. I knew there was nothing I could say to make her see that I was different, and telling her she was my mate would only make things worse. She would just think it was a trick, or she would end up rejecting me because she didn’t trust me. I had to show her I could change.

lly said. “You’re not like other girls. I actually like you. And your friendshi

that easily.

irls, but do you trust me as your friend, Caulder?” I spun her around the dance floor. Others were now dancing on the floor with us, so the attention had been pulled away from us.

way she gripped my shoulder. “Of course I trust you, but-”

e didn’t have any feelings for me at all, I would back off. But I hoped that deep down, some part of her could feel the mate bond, even if it was suppressed.

give you a chance.”

d instantly, my hea

er rolled her eyes. “Don’t ma

\t-

\tREMY

o I could run off the dance floor and hide to compose myself.

t tilted his head to the side. “I was

nobody wanted to dance with me.”

do you?”

t don’t see me that way.”

I wouldn’t want to be the poor sap facing Caulder after making his favorite person cry.”

d I wasn’t sure if I heard him correctly. Was he being serious?

l, and it was nice to study together. Even if he did think of me that way, it would be silly to go there now. We were both eighteen, and our wolves would have told us we were mates. Dating now would only guarantee heartbreak for when one of our mates even

lucky.”

n his gaze. The music stopped, and so did Bennett. He bowed his head and gave me a forced smile. “Happy birthday, Remy. Don’t forget to have the time of your life tonight.”

like I had hurt him. I hadn’t outright rejected him, but if he di

t to make sure I didn’t get in the way. On my way off, I caught a glimpse of Caulder and Harper. They were still spinning around the dance floor in a blissful moment. I knew the rest of

I would become the third wheel. The nights the three of us would spend together would suddenly become the two of them, and I would get left behind. My chest ached at the thought, and I was starting to wonder if I was destined to get left behind. I wasn’t meant to be the alpha of the pack, and Harper would end up taking over as Luna when they were both old enough. I didn’t have a future role in this pack. I wasn’t skilled enough to lead the warriors. I didn’t have the birthright to lead the pack. I would just be here, stuck a step behind for the rest of my life.

omething’s wrong,” Raven said in my head. Raven was my wolf, and I hadn’t heard from her much since my wolf emerged at the age of fourteen.

cared, and it made my heart start pounding in my chest.

linked back.

my head.

chill in my spine that simply wouldn’t go away. I could feel the dark presence lingering beneath the party, but it was invisible. I looked at the faces of the partygoers, but no one seemed to pick up on the pending doom.

felt the need to protect the people around me from whatever was comi

upon the moon before the entire thing turned red. It all happened so fast, and then when I blinked, the moon looked normal again.

shoulder, and I jumped and screamed.

. “Remy, are you okay? What’s going on?”

of the red moon.

t pounding and your panic as if it’s my own.”

also look really pale.”

still racing, but as I looked around, everything was normal. Did I just hallucinate all of t