Transparent by Soccerluv4 (: (best classic books to read txt) 📕

Sage was not one to embrace couple gestures like that too well. Zack on the other hand, was a total PDA fan.

I could feel the awkwardness in the air, and I’m sure Sage and Zack did as well. If they did however, they didn’t let on.

“Well, you guys wanna go dance?” Zack asked quickly, grabbing Sage’s hand.

“Oh I don’t know…” I began, but Reece interrupted.

“Sure,” he answered, looking at me.

I stared, dumbfounded, before nodding slowly.

We all walked off towards the dance floor, Sage and Zack ahead, Reece and I in tow.

My mind was reeling. I couldn’t let him touch me again, or who knows what I’d do. That night in the kitchen was just a taste of the way his hands made my body feel. I wasn’t about to dance with him among a group of sweaty, drunk, and hormonal people. It wouldn’t end well, for the both of us.

When we pushed through the hordes of people and arrived somewhere in the middle of the group, Zack spun Sage around so that her back was facing his front, and began dancing with her. He wrapped his arms around her torso and put his head in the crook of her neck, while she placed her arms on his.

Catching the drift, we both awkwardly looked away from them and at each other. He barely glanced at me before looking at something behind me and pushing past.

I spun around to see what he was doing, when I saw him grab the arm of an attractive girl and start grinding up against her. I barely had time to process what was happening before he turned back and looked at me, a smug smile on his face.

My hands balled into fists at my side and my eyes were seeing red.

I watched in complete horror as he took the girl by the hand and brought her against the wall, dancing with her way too close. My heart lurched watching them both, and I could feel a painful lump forming in my throat.

Before I could react, however, I felt an arm slink around my waist.

I turned to look at who it was, and saw an unfamiliar face.

He was an attractive guy, with ruffled blond hair and baby blue eyes. He smiled at me, showcasing his straight, white teeth. The slight smell of alcohol wafted from him, with a mix of some strong cologne.

“Hey babe, wanna dance?” He mused, squeezing me a little tighter against him with the arm that was still wrapped around me.

I looked back once at Reece and the other girl and frowned. If he was gonna play dirty, so was I.

I turned back to the guy and smiled.

“Sure” I answered, turning to face him and placing my hands against his chest.

“It’s too crowded over here! Wanna go over to the wall?” I shouted over the music.

He smiled again, and let go of me, grabbing my hand and leading us over to the wall.

I caught sight of Sage looking at the both of us. She frowned when she saw me, but at the moment I didn’t care. My wolf was furious for Reece’s betrayal. It didn’t matter that I’d been treating him like crap for the past few days. What he did was far worse than anything I’ve done, and I was determined to set him straight.

The blond guy then led us to the wall, propping his back against it. He then pulled me towards him and slid his hands onto my hips. He rocked us back and forth to the sway of the music, putting his head into the crook of my neck and leaving a trail of kisses up my neck.

I was revolted by his touch. The only touch I wanted was my mate’s, but it didn’t matter. He was too hurt by what I’d done to care anymore.

I frowned at this realization. What if he was just done with me? What if that girl wasn’t meant to make me jealous? What if he was just trying to move on?

I looked to my left, spotting Reece a few feet away among some others. He was still by the wall, with the same brunette. She was really into him, by the looks of it. I felt myself burn in anger, but before I could comprehend, I felt his eyes veer up and connect with mine.

The shock I felt when Reece stared at me was dull compared to the anger I saw in his eyes when he saw the blond guy kissing my neck.

His eyes transformed to a coal black and I felt my heart rate skyrocket. Maybe this wasn’t the best way to handle things.

He pushed the brunette off of him, much to her disgust, and advanced towards us, his gaze never breaking contact with mine. I gulped nervously, and broke eye contact with him to look at the blond guy.

He was still kissing my neck, moving his hands further down my body and curving around my butt. He gave it a little squeeze, and I yelped slightly.

The blond looked up at me and gave me a smirk.

“You like that babe?” He grinned, glancing down at my lips.

He advanced upon them, and I quickly tilted my head, his lips just barely grazing the outer corner of my mouth.

Before I could react, I felt an arm slide around me and pull me back, towards a warm, hard chest.

Tingles shot up my body and I groaned. This wasn’t good.

Reece pushed me behind him and pinned the poor guy to the wall, his forearm pushing across the guy’s chest.

“Touch her again, you piece of shit, and you die,” he threatened, his face inches from the blond.

“S-sorry bro, didn’t know she was your chick. My bad,” he stuttered, putting his hands up in surrender.

Reece still had a strong grip on the guy and I knew I had to do something before he killed him.

“Reece,” I urged, placing a hand on his arm, “Please stop.”

He loosened his grip on the guy for a second, and the blond took that as his cue to get the hell out of there.

“Oh well that just sucks doesn’t it? Your guy got away. Too bad,” he snarled, his wolf still on the surface.

Reece turned around to face me, his eyes still a stormy black, and laughed mockingly.

“Reece, I-” I began.

“You what? You’re sorry? Well too late for that!” he bit out, his face red.

“Reece, please, I didn’t mean-”

“You know what Cassie? Just stay the fuck out of my life! You’re a poor excuse of a mate anyway,” he snarled again, and pushed past me.

I saw him storm out the bar and felt tears well up in my eyes.

What did I just do?

Chapter 8

 

 

 

“I can’t reach his cell,” I growled angrily, pacing back and forth outside the bar, while the others watched me sadly. Unfortunately, since he wasn’t part of my pack and we hadn’t, uh mated yet, I had no way to mind link him. The connection was still too week between us if he was this far away.

“Shit!” I swore, when his phone went straight to voicemail.

“He was really mad,” I turned to Sage and Ellie, tears forming in my eyes, “Oh god, what if he ran off? What if he got into an accident?”

“He’s an alpha Cass, don’t worry. He probably just went somewhere to blow off some steam and turned his phone off,” Sage tried to reassure me, but I didn’t think so.

“I don’t know. I-I just need to know he’s safe,” I whispered, staring out at the street ahead, silently willing him to just show up out of nowhere.

Call it mate instinct, but I just didn’t feel okay with this. I felt like something was wrong, and I know that if he’s hurt, it’s all my fault.

“So, I just checked with the bouncers and they said they saw a pretty angry looking guy storm out of the bar, get into his car, and drive off. They don’t know anything else,” Alex interrupted my thoughts, joining the group.

“Do you know the guy well enough to know where he could’ve gone?” Keith asked my brother, who just shook his head.

“Maybe he’s back at your place?” Zack piped up.

“I doubt it. The bouncers said they saw him drive south of this road. The pack house is up north,” Alex answered.

“Hey, you okay?” Alex asked me, placing a hand on my back.

“Yeah, I’m fine,” I answered quickly. The last thing I wanted was Alex to know that the reason I was feeling rattled was because Reece and I were mates and I could feel something was wrong.

“Why did he even storm off anyway?” He asked.

I gave Ellie and Sage a look to keep quiet. I did not need my brother freaking out about what just happened back there, along with the whole mate thing.

“Who knows?” I shrugged, “All I know is, I have a bad feeling he may be in trouble.”

I ducked my head down and scuffed the sidewalk with my shoe. I could feel it in the mate bond that something was up. My wolf was feeling unsettled, and she rarely ever felt that way, unless something was bothering her.

“We should go look for him,” I offered.

Before anyone could reply, however, I saw Alex’s eyes glaze over. After a few seconds, he mindlessly nodded and turned back to us.

“That was my dad,” he informed all of us, talking about his mind linked conversation he just had, “Alpha Parker has gone back to his pack to handle a few things that came up. He told us to head home now.”

A part of me knew that was somewhat true, but my wolf was still agitated. I could almost see her metaphorically pacing back and forth with worry. Something didn’t seem right.

That was how I felt the entire way back. I just stared out the window, feeling the cool glass press against my forehead. Alex, who was driving my car, just glanced at me every once in a while, but I just ignored him. There was too much on my mind right now.

How could I let that guy kiss me all over? I could still smell the human’s scent on my neck. He may have been hot and the perfect revenge, but I should’ve followed my head, not my crazy jealous wolf hormones.

I thumped my head slightly against the window for my stupidity and earned yet another glance from Alex.

“You sure you’re okay there Cass?” He joked slightly, his eyes briefly leaving the road to check on me.

“Woman issues Alex,” I groaned, hoping the excuse would stop him from asking anymore questions.

His mouth pulled into a straight line and he looked back to the road. Satisfied, I continued to mope about my stupid decisions for the rest of the ride, which thankfully, was a quiet one.

When we got back to the pack house, Alex’s car was already parked in the driveway, and Ellie, Keith, Sage stepped out of the car. Zack came out of the driver’s seat and walked over to us, placing the keys in Alex’s hand.

Alex and I said our goodbyes to the others as they boarded their cars and left. I followed Alex into our pack house, solemnly staring out at the woods as if Reece would come back any second.

The inside of our pack house was