Chapter 15

Nari and Anne in the picture.

Leilas pov

He keeps staring at me, it's starting to freak me out. We have been here for 2 weeks and training with the pack for almost as long now, and whenever I risk a glance in Axels direction he's staring right at me with an unreadable expression. It doesn't seem to be hate anymore, but whatever he's thinking, it's definitely not anything good.

And whats even weirder, all the males in this pack is avoiding me like I have the plague. First, there was Lewis, after that day at the lake he started leaving the room whenever I walk in, and if I try to talk to him he gets a deer stuck in headlights kind of look and make up an excuse to leave.

Then the same thing started happening with other guys too, I would talk and flirt a little, and just as I think we have a nice tone they run away looking petrified. It's gotten to the point I can only interact with and train with the females of the pack. It's not that I really mind that, I get along with a few of them. I have especially been hitting it off with Nari and her mate Anne, they're both just a couple years older than me and a lot of fun to hang out with. The two of them along with Julie has been keeping my mind off the fact that I seem to be unwanted by the entire male population of the pack.

And tonight we are having a girls night, all four of us are going clubbing, and I can't wait. I need to drink, dance and fornicate.

After training is over we all pile into a car and head for the mall to get some clothes suitable for clubbing, and after some intense shopping we all find the perfect outfit. I end up with a thigh length bandage dress in two different shades of blue, the other girls went a more modest route, but we all look hot as hell.

Leilas dress

Since shopping made us all hungry we decide to head to the food court and get something to eat, and we all agree that pizza is the way to go.

"So, what is going on with you and Axel?" I've hardly gotten my ass on a seat before Nari fires the question at me.

"What do you mean? Axel hates me, and he has never even talked to me," I'm not sure what she's on about.

"I'm not so sure if that's whats going on though. I've known Axel for a long time, hell, I even used to sleep with him before I met Anne, and this is not normal Axel behavior." For some reason the thought of Axel sleeping with her doesn't sit right with me. Could I be jealous? He is hot, so maybe that's why I don't like the thought of some other girl being with him.

"I know. Its so weird," Julie seems to agree that he is acting strange, "Axel is a really nice guy, he's a good friend of both the Alpha and Carl so I have spent a lot of time with him. And I have never seen him behave the way he does with you."

"Well thanks guys, I feel so special to know that he hates me more than anyone! But whatever his problem is I am not going to worry about it anymore, this is our day and some asshole warrior is not going to ruin the mood." Right then the food arrives, so we start to stuff our faces and the topic shifts to the plans for the night.

When we get back to the pack house we head straight for Nari and Annes room and start to get ready, they even got a hold of a fake id for me, meaning I can get into a 21 club known for its wild atmosphere. And as we shower and help each other with hair and makeup we also start drinking, it takes a lot of alcohol for shifters and weres to get drunk, and we sober quickly, so if we were to only drink at the club the bill would get pretty scary. Julie obviously doesn't drink as much as us, she would die of alcohol poisoning, but she sure has an impressive tolerance too.

Carl drives us to the club, and after kissing Julie to the point of passing out he reluctantly let her go to stand in line with us, but not without some parting words, "Remember, if anyone touches you I will have to kill them, so try to make sure not to make me a killer." She just looks back at him with a blush and scurries off to stand next to us.

The line moves faster than I would have thought and in no time we are inside the club, the loud booming music pierces my sensitive ears, but I will get used to it so I keep moving further into the hot room. We get lucky and actually find a free table, as the rest of us sit down Anne heads to the bar. She comes back with a tray filled with shots, and when they're all gone we head to the dance floor.

The heat from the dancing and writhing bodies on the floor surrounds me as I start to dance with the girls.

After a while Nari and Anne break away from me and Julie and clearly go into their own little world as they move closer and dance in such a sensual way that they have most all eyes on them, they kiss, run their hands all over each other and grinds like they are in their bedroom. Soon Anne takes Naris hand and leads her off the floor towards the girls room, I wonder what they are up to? Or, maybe not.

Suddenly I feel arms snaking around my waist and I'm pulled into a warm hard chest, "Care to dance?" the owner of the arms is already dancing with me, so there's really no need to ask, but I decide to answer by leaning closer and start to move my hips to his.

I turn around and look at the face of my dance partner, and I approve. He's a little taller than me, blond hair and green eyes, nice straight nose and red, slightly thin lips, and human. All in all a good way to spend a night, so I put my arms around him and we start to dance. The music is a slow sensual beat and he knows how to move his body. Soon the music changes pace and gets faster, and we change with it, we smile at each other as we move to the beat and manage to shout some sentences to each other. I can see Julie dancing with some other girls she seems to know, and when I look at her she gives me a wink and a wave telling me she's having fun without me.

He turns out to be a nice guy as well as hot, so I don't hesitate to get closer to him as the night progresses and the beat once again slow down, this time we are dancing so close its hard to know where he ends and I begin, as he starts to grind his hips into me I grind right back feeling a hardening bulge starting to form in his front. "How about me move this to my place?" His hot breath on my neck and a tongue tracing the shell of my ear has me weak in the knees, so I'm quick to nod.

I turn around while I stay in his arms looking for the girls to tell them I'm leaving, but as my eyes land on Julie I know we have a problem. Some guy has his arms around her waist and he doesn't seem to be very willing to let go, Julie is pushing against his chest but he's not budging. Just as I'm about to get involved Julie is pulled out of the mans arms by a pissed off Carl, he's got murder in his eyes, as he charges at the man who was touching his mate. Luckily Nari and Anne are back on the floor and they manage to grab a hold of him and hold him back. The groper is human and Carl would have killed him with one punch in this mood.

Julie manages to wrap her arms around him and pulls his face to hers talking calmly to him and kissing his face and neck. The touch of a mate is said to be quite a powerful thing when it comes to soothing tempers, and I get to see with my own eyes that it really is, as Carl visibly calms down and wraps his arms around Julie, nuzzling her neck and breathing in her scent.

All these things happen in a matter of minutes and I'm still standing with arms around my waist, "Wow, that was intense, that guy is crazy jealous," a voice right in my ear pulls me back to the present. I feel lips on my neck and start to turn around, then suddenly the arms around me disappear. And no words can explain the confusion I feel when I see Axel on the dancefloor, with his hand around the humans throat, his eyes are yellow and he looks dangerous.

"What the hell are you doing, let go of him!" I grab a hold of his arm and try to pry him away from the poor guy, ignoring the strange tingling I feel as my hand connects with his bare skin.

Axel seems to feel it too, and he also seems to calm down slightly at my touch, but he gets in the guys face and snarls out "Do not! Touch what is not yours!" Then he throws the guy away and grabs my arm pulling me out of the club, Carl, Julie and the girls are trailing behind us.

I know I should have objected, but the feeling his touch gives me is just so pleasant, it distracts me from the anger I should be feeling at being dragged out like a misbehaving child.

As we get outside he lets go of my arm and turns to face me, "What the hell are you doing letting a stranger touch you like that?"

"That is none of your business, I can do whatever I want to do. You are no one to me, you have no right to scold me like a child!" His eyes shift from pissed to hurt and then back to pissed so fast I can't be sure if I even saw it.

"That's right, I am no one to you, just as you are no one to me. What was I thinking?" Now, those words hurt like hell, what is going on? Do I want him to be someone to me? He just turns away and stalks off.

"Ladies night is over, get your asses in the car," Carl barks out and I decide it's better to just listen so I climb into the car.

No one speaks on the drive home and I'm left wondering what that wolf is doing to me, why does he seem to have the power to upset and hurt me when no one else does?

I can't help but think back on a conversation I had with Kyle about him and Anders and the way he makes him feel. He said something about his touch making him feel tingles and how it soothed him and made him feel safe.

Now that got me thinking, cause tingles sound familiar. The few times I have touched Axel there have been tingles, and if I wasn't dreaming in the woods I felt a strange sense of safety and belonging. But I'm not sure what this actually means. It's not like we could be mates, after spending some time with the pack I have come to understand that mates are precious and to be treated with respect and love, not coldness and contempt. So where does that leave me?

It might be time to get to know Mr. Head Warrior a little better. And tomorrow seems like a good day to start.

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Always with the fighting, just kiss and make out, no wait, make up already!

That should be an interesting conversation. If only there was a way to listen in... Oh yeah, there is!

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