© Claimed By Him ~ Elektra Orfanos

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~MeowForNow

Lavender and honey mixed together and coming from one source. Never before have I smelt a scent so sweet and all coming from the silhouette of one little girl walking in the group.

The girl with the heavenly scent was hidden in a black cloak so I had climbed up a tree to get a better view of her.

"Sam what on earth are you doing?"

I stared down at Mr Blanchard grinning ear to ear. "Don't you want to know who these girls are Charles?"

He smiled to himself bashfully. "I am no creepy stalker Sam. I am a gentleman."

"You spend your days with rotting corpses." At that he stomped his foot and suddenly levitated up onto the branch beside me. "You wolves are strange. Do you always just follow the females behinds until they notice you?"

"For other wolves maybe, however for me I'm impossible to miss." I replied smugly.

My friend snickered as we eyed at the pack of girls trudging up the hill. "Let me guess they flee in terror?" I gave him 'I'll get you for that' glare. He snickered again.

The girl sighed exasperated capturing our attention. "I'm not complaining I just have something important to say."

'And what would that be little one?' I asked mischievously. She gasped and tripped over stunned causing my friend and I to stiffen yet almost slip off the tree branch we perched upon. "Did she hear me?" I whispered.

"That's not possible." He's right that isn't possible but yet here she is looking around hectically for the source of my voice while all her friends ran to her in panic. I leaned forward on the branch to get a better view but I slipped and fell landing on my knees and cursed under breath. I pushed myself up onto my feet and the one girl standing away from the group glared directly at me her eyes glowing a bright green as if there's a light shining from inside her head. Immediately I can tell she's not human just like me but not like me.

She has no scent that can help me identify what she is.

"We're being watched Valerie." The girl I believe her name is Luna whispered.

"She's right." The girl with the glowing green orbs said her brow creasing. "Run!" Now that was a mistake because basic instinct for a wolf is to chase after what's running away from them.

"Should we have some fun with them?" I asked him excitedly and of course my friend disagreed strongly. "Are you insane?"

I smirked and ran after them.

"Sam!"

"I can't help it!" I shouted back.

Basic instinct...

I swear.

Besides there's something about the girl that is very odd. Her scent is very strong. I can actually taste the honey going down my throat but also the other thing that's most important. She heard the words I shared only for my friend to hear through our minds. She shouldn't have heard a thing but the wind rustling the leaves.

Unless she's a myth herself.

With my impeccable fast speed which no other wolf can match I ran after them. I managed to get so close to Luna that I could right now reach out and grab her hair but then I was knocked down by a powerful force my whole body smacking to the ground. I glanced up only to see the little moon girl leaping over the river to the boulder on the other side and rolled up back onto her feet to continue running as if it were nothing or effortless.

As if the jump was literally nothing. Must admit... A little impressed by the little Luna.

Meanwhile a pair of neon blue orbs glowed at me with a pretty girl attached to them. Another girl with glowing aqua eyes came up beside her long blonde locks flying with the breeze.

"Ladies." I started.

But they leaned down to my level and hissed ferociously at me with long pearl fangs.

"Keep your hands to yourself mutt." The raven haired girl warned threatening me and making me angry.

This is a misunderstanding. "I wasn't trying to..."

"Then don't come near her." The blonde spat. I growled because they interrupted me again not mention they're threatening me which is a big fault on their part.

Whatever these things are...

"I'd watch your tone of yours if I were you. You have no idea what you are messing with..." Taking a wild guess here. "You vampires."

They cackled like hags. "Now that's insulting." Raven said.

"Not to mention uncreative." Blonde added. Her clenched fist swung at my face and knocked me down. The hit was painful, it was not of human strength and when I glanced back up they were gone.

~*~*~

"Where's your pet parrot?" I whispered to white face behind the counter as I put on my black mask with small yellow feathers sticking out from the sides.

A growl erupted from the back of his throat as I walked through the curtains but I ignored him trying to find the lavender scent.

The little moon.

From afar I spotted the red dress dancing with the other three women with no scents at all. I took in her curvaceous shape that the gown fitted itself around. She is definitely not one of them she has a noticeable beauty that would make men turn their heads twice. The others, there's something wrong with them and if they're not human why are they up here with the rest of the humans surely they will go down to the real party.

"Eh? Seriously haven't you learnt your lesson by now about chasing girls?" My friend wearing a peacock mask asked sardonically.

"You act is if I do that on a daily basis." I replied still staring at the red masked girl with the tempting red lips. Why are they all colour coordinated?

"True you're more likely to chase a bunny since you lack the interest in the female sex."

"Don't say that you make me sound gay." I returned with a small smile.

"Well you're either gay or have ridiculously high expectations." He relied bluntly running his slender girlie fingers through his golden-brown hair.

"Shut up for a minute." I snapped. He scowled then ran after the big curvy blonde that had hit me earlier. The idiot managed to make her squeal excitedly and they bolted like cat and mouse around the club.

Unbelievable.

"Valerie?" Little moon girl said to the raven girl. "There's something I have to tell you."

"Whatever it is I'm sure it can wait, just check out the rooster mask over there checking you out." She replied. They both gagged at the fellow and Luna turned away from him quickly making me snicker.

Poor guy.

"I'm sure the rooster mask means he has a great sense of humour." Luna said trying to be nice.

"Does he want to make girls laugh at him or sleep with him? Because the mask is not helping with the latter." Valerie replied.

"Well there's goose face over there I'm sure they'll shag each other up." The emerald eyed one said and Luna burst out laughing. Her laugh astounded me.

"Now I don't pity him. Yay! No love making with roosters." I snickered unable to believe my ears.

Did she really say that?

"You would sleep with someone out of pity wouldn't you?" Emerald eyes cackled as Luna's laugh was melodious.

"I was joking." She snapped petrified.

"Sure you were." Emerald eyes teased.

"Satine!" Luna whined embarrassed. "Please I do have some taste."

"Oh please what experience do you have with men?" The raven haired girl asked.

"Should we go save Mari?" Luna asked avoiding the question.

They both snickered. "I don't think she wants to be saved." I followed their gazes to my best friend lip locking with the chubby blonde girl-myth-thing. Well it's clear if anyone has no taste it's my friend.

Behind the mask I could sense Luna blushing but she shrugged it off taking a drink from a passing tray and the girl with the red flames for hair pulled her arm and dragged her to the dance floor. Luna spun around and her blood red dress flying around her but she suddenly froze on the spot and glanced over her shoulder.

She can sense me watching her, or at least she can feel someone watching her so I decided to walk around and weave through people keeping a far distance from her to ease her. I don't really want her friends to come after me again I've already been humiliated once.

Luna twirled once her dark eyes scanning over people and she twirled again her eyes skipping mine for split second and I ducked away before she found me again.

"Excuse me sir are you alright?" I jumped as a woman covered in sparkling yellow glitter and a metallic toga came up beside me with a tray of drinks. "Oh Mr Nightly good to see you again." The wood nymph beamed.

"Sh, not too loud."

"Oh beg your pardon." She giggled. "But I hope you realise how suspicious you're behaving, you're worrying my mistresses."

"Do you know what that girl is over there in the red?"

"Even if I did I'm not allowed to give personal information like that and you're a dog can't you figure it out with your little sniffer?"

I glowered at her. "Alright what about those three..."

She sighed forcing a glass in my hand then kicked me down in a couch. "Mr Nightly take a drink, have fun or I will be forced to send you out. Again." She strutted off and for once my eyes didn't follow her like they usually would on any half naked girl.

I feel as if everyone is always telling me off as like I'm some little pathetic puppy, I have a reputation don't I?

"Mr Nightly?" A woman purred behind me and I turned around in my seat to stare at a girl behind her face hidden behind a leopard mask. She lifted it up off her face and her hazel eyes stared down at me suggestively.

"Delilah?"

"What are you doing in the human section?" Delilah is a she wolf from my pack, did she follow me out here? It's been years since I last saw her and the last I saw her was on my brother's lap.

"Drinking alone." She sat across from me at the table.

"Oh what's wrong?" She asked but she never gave me a chance to answer that nothing was wrong. "We miss you in the Pack." She said reaching for my hand then she squeezed it tight till it hurt. "You lying life sucking dog."

I snatched my hand away and growled warningly at her. "Either you leave me alone or you talk to me respectfully."

"You deserve none you monster." She snarled at me and I rolled my eyes. I just came here to get a drink. "I can't believe you did it."

"Then maybe you shouldn't believe it." I abruptly got up and walked through the crowd feeling her following behind me with two other wolves. Bloody hell how did they find me?

I pushed through the crowd and grabbed the closest girl near and pulled her to my chest to pretend to slow dance with her.

"Excuse me?" The girl in my arms tried to pull away from but instead I pulled her further into the crowd to hide. She stomped on my foot digging her heel into my foot making me growl.

"Let me use you for a second." I demanded in a whisper however I realised who I was talking to. Up close her brown eyes actually little gold flecks in them and she stared sternly with them.

"Use me? Are you out of your mind? Get away from me." She tried to pry my arms from around her waist. I would have if it were not for the wolves lurking around hunting me down.

"That's not what I meant." I quickly said.

"Go use someone else." She replied about to walk away but I can see Delilah and her friends coming closer so I panicked and hugged the girl close and used her to hide me and mask my scent with hers. "What on Earth is wrong with you?" She suddenly gazed at Delilah searching over people's heads and she ohed. "Wife?" She asked me smirking.

"She wishes." I spat disgusted.

"Ah." Surprisingly she hugged me back following along and I waited until I felt their presence grow distant yet even then I grew to comfortable and decided to see how long it would take for Luna to notice. I held her really close by her waist and rested my chin on the top of her head. "Is she gone?" She asked placing her head on my chest and her breath warmed my neck relaxing me.

"Not yet." I lied.

She sighed. "Why can't you men just tell us straight so we stop the chase?"

"Maybe I did." I replied amused.

"But you didn't did you?"

"Love was never on the table."

"Right of course." She said and I feel like she might be rolling her eyes.

"Are you judging me?"

"No your heartbeat goes rapid every time you lie." I perked my brow stirred. "Has she gone now?"

"She's glaring at us." I lied. "But I don't think she's fully convinced."

"What do you suppose we do?" She asked. I smiled trailing my hand up to her neck and she froze against me. I moved her face away from my chest brushed my nose over her forehead then rubbed my cheek against her flushed one. "Hm, let me think about that."

"She's not really behind me is she?" She asked with a nervous laugh in my ear.

"No she is." I whispered running my hand from her neck down her back. I tried not to let her notice me breathing her sweet scent and I can't help myself. Who smells like this other than an angel?

"You're lying again." She giggled pushing against my chest with her hand.

"How can you tell this time?" I tried to close the distance between our lips but she moved her head away every time.

Then she surprised me with her answer. "The girl behind you is wearing a mirror mask."

"What are the chances of that?" I asked sarcastically looking at the mirror mask. When I turned back to her she wasn't cheerful or giddy anymore.

"Get your dirty paws off me." She stomped on my foot again this time really digging her heel into my foot and I pulled back annoyed. She didn't spare me another glance she just weaved around me as I glared after her.

~*~*~

"How can the night be over I feel like it's just begun?" Luna said leaning on the raven girl's shoulder as they walked back down the hill. I'm keeping my distance feeling completely like a stalker and I'm not meaning to. This is official business I need to know who is capable of reading wolf mind links for the pack and I still disturbed by the dirty paws comment.

And she smells like honey.

Stop getting distracted.

"It's three in the morning! The night ended hours ago." Marilyn stated.

"You two head back I'll take Luna home." Raven said. Red head and Blondie nodded slowly backing away from them then suddenly they turned and glared at me.

Uh oh.

'What did we tell you to do?' Blonde questioned in my head.

'You don't scare me.' I growled.

"We'll see about that." The red haired girl whispered.

Yes, yes we will.