The Unwanted Wolf – Chapter 29

Turning around, I saw Mark standing right behind. A sense of relief filled me as he stood so close.

“Where have you been?” I asked. Mark was standing only inches away from me, but I didn’t want to move away.

Mark shrugged. “Here and there. I was waiting for my opportunity to snatch you for myself. I didn’t want to bother you while you were with Jori.”

ou like to dance?”

nt people staring.” I looked at the ground, feeling guilty. I wanted to dance with Mark. I wanted his arms around me, but I was scared.

ark grabbed my hand and pulled me in the opposite direction. “Let’s find a

still filled with lights and decorations, but there was a small corner behind an extravagant statue that no one else

e asked.

ery good dancer.”

want.” Mark just swayed us back and forth, not bothering with any fancy moves like Jori had. It was much more of my pace.

o both of them, but something felt different with Mark. I didn’t feel nervous with him so close.

n response to me. “Do you

to a few of them when I was younge

arents had hosted many years ago.

arties?” Mark asked. He continued swaying us back and forth. I could tell he was searching his brain for the memory.

hosted the Lycan ball in the town neighboring this one.” I thought back on that day. “I wasn’t having any fun at the party. I was too young to really participate, and my parents didn’t want me getting in the way. I was bored out of my mind. Then this family with two boys around my age showed up. My mother didn’t want me running around, but I snuck away to see if I could play

e icky.”

girl’s hair worked.”

miling so much. “You remember?”

. “How could I forg

n’t lie to me. Why would you have a crush on m

ieve I didn’t realize it was you.”

t either. To think we would end up here so many years later. It doesn’t feel real.”

spun me out from him. When he spun me back in, he grabbed my waist and dipped me. I giggle from the shock of it. Mark pulled me back up to him, and somehow he was closer than before. I wrapped both of my arms around his neck. “It feels lik

t his chest. It was racing, and I couldn’t tell if he was nervous or something else.

“This has been the best bi

d in mine.

ain with a blue glass heart attached to it.

myself tearing up a little.

lled my hair to the side as he placed the necklace around me.

shed clasping the necklace and then placed a soft kiss on my neck. Goosebumps ran down my body from the simple gesture.

ng my arms around Mark. “Thank you. I love this so much.”

eaned forward and brushed his nose against mine. “I just hope you are ha

with Mark, it was hard thinking about choosing Jori.

. Or maybe it was because I had met Mark first. It could even be because I had a deeper connection with Shadow than Moon. It could have been any of these reasons, or maybe all of them, but I d

eaker echoed throughout the party. I turned away from Mark, turning my attention back to the party.

ime alone is up.”

at Mark. I would rather stay here with Mark than go back to a bunch of people I didn’t know. “I suppos

me back to the party.

s!” Scythe said

in reassurance. I wished we were back in our corner away from prying eyes.

ront of Jori’s pack. Waiters were walking around, passing out glasses. When it looked like everyone had a glass, Scythe passed me a glass and grabbed the microphone again.

t today,” Scythe continued. “I’m grateful to see so many of you again, and I hope we can do something like this in the future. We are here because of this lovely lady here.” Scythe motioned over to me. “I am grateful to have met Adira, and I know many of you haven’t had a chance to meet her yet. I highly recomme

shouted happy birthday and then took a sip of th

e glowing, like literally.”