◼2.5 hours until midnight ◼

After about an hour, we finally made it to the party. Its just as loud and crowded as I expected. Remi has decided not to drink tonight with me.

My heart races as we walk through the crowds. I think back to what Remi said.

She had said I was in trouble. But what kind if trouble? Whos getting me in trouble? Do I know them? I try to stick close to my friends, just in case.

Remi drags me to the dance floor. She starts dancing, gaining attention from several guys immediately. A particularly tall and cute guy shyly walks over to her. He stands nervously behind her.

I tap her shoulder for her to turn around, to see him. She turns around and comes face to chest with him. She looks up to him and her face drops.

"Mate," he whispers, blushing. She turns red, and backs up into me. She grabs my wrist and runs away.

"Why are we running?" I shout as she pulls me through the crowd.

"I don't know!" She says over her shoulder, never slowing down. I plant my feet so she can't run any more.

"Remi. Don't run away from him," I beg her. "Go be with him."

"But I don't know him," she whispers.

"So? That's the fun part. You get to know him."

"What if he thinks I'm weird? What if he doesn't like me?" She's clearly scared of finding her mate.

"You're not that weird. He will love you, Rem. You're amazing," I pat her hand and pull her back towards him. He's still standing, in shock, on the dance floor. His eyes widen as he sees us approaching him again.

"H-hi," he stutters out. "I'm Collin."

"Hey. I'm Remi," she sticks out her hand for him to shake it. "I'm your mate."

"You're even prettier than I thought my mate would be," he says sheepishly. He's super shy. Remi is very outgoing.

"Thanks. I never knew my mate would be so tall," she places a gentle hand on his chest, looking up and smiling at him. He leans forward and kisses her.

I avert my eyes, cause I'm not about to watch my best friend maks out with her new mate. No thank you.

I walk away, looking for my friends. My eyes land on Maya, the girl Axel hooked up with at the last party.

"Hey, long time no see!" I approach her, smiling.

"Ember!" She squeals and throws her arms around my shoulder. "How have you been girl?"

"Eh, same old same old. You?" I shrug my shoulders.

"I'm doing pretty good. I've got something big planned tonight," she smiles eerily. I start feeling uneasy, but push the feeling away.

"So, how are you and Axel?"

"We... Were pretty good. I just saw him last night actually," she looks away. I feel like there's something else going on, but I don't call her out on it.

We continue talking until its only 2 hours until midnight. For some reason, I've got a starbge feeling when around Maya. She is acting strange.

"You know, I should probably go find my friends," I say, trying to get away from her.

"Ok, see you later!" She waves as I walk away, looking for my friends. Suddenly, my wolf starts going crazy. Harley is near by.

I start looking around, my wolf leading me. She howls as we near a bedroom. I crack open the door and peek inside. I gasp, flinging the door open all the way.

"Get off of him!" I scream as a tall guy starts wrestling with him. I rush over and tackle him. I start clawing and scratching at his skin. Harley sits up and pulls me away.

"What're you doing, Em?" He says, holding me back.

"Um saving you? He was hurting you!" I say, trying to get away from his grasp. He sighs.

"Ember, meet my brother, Carson. Carson, meet my mate, Ember."

I stop fighting his grasp.

"Oh. He's your brother?" I drop my head in embarrassment. "Sorry."

"Wow," Carson finally speaks up and winces at his fresh cuts. "You've got quite the fiesty mate there, dude."

"Yeah, uh sorry about that," I chuckle lightly. I feel terrible.

"I didn't really expect you guys to meet like this, but oh well," Harley rubs his neck, embarrassed.

"Its okay. Nice to meet you, Ember," Carson sticks out his hand. I shake it lightly. Harley still has his arms wrapped around my waist.

"I didn't know you were coming tonight," I revert my attention to Harley.

"I didn't either. This idiot over here dragged me to it," he kisses my forehead softly. He giggle.

"So, I feel awkward, and I hate to third wheel so peace out," Carson leaves pretty quickly. We wave as he closes the door behind him.

Harley and I stand in the middle of the room, alone.

"I shouldn't be with you," I whisper to him, knowing my dad would kill me of he could see me right now.

"That's too bad. I can't seem to stay away from you, Ember Elise Cast," Harley looks down at me and smiles. I smile back up at him.

"I love you," I say, my forehead pressed against his.

"I love you too," he whispers back. We pull apart suddenly.

"In other news, Remi found her mate earlier," I say excitedly.

"Really? That's great, who was it?"

"I don't know. His name was Collin," I shrug my shoulders.

"Ah. He's the quiet one," Harley nods to himself.

"We should probably go out there, and be social or something."

"We could. Or, we could stay in here," Harley says, wiggling his eyebrows at me. I shove him playfully.

"Yeah, no." I grab his hand and pull him out of the room. He whines the whole time I shove him out if the room.

I pull him onto the dance floor. He stands there awkwardly as I start dancing along to the music. I'm not even sure what song it is, but its got a good beat. Eventually, after some terrible dancing, he joins in and dances with me.

◼1 hour until midnight◼

"Its so close to midnight," he shouts over the music to me. I nod my head.
"I'm going to get a drink!"

"Ok!" I nod my head again as he wanders off to find a drink. Axel rushes over to me.

"Follow me!" He yells, grabbing my wrist. I raise an eyebrow, check over my shoulder for Harley, shrug and let him drag me away. We end up outside, on the porch. There's only two other people there, but they're too far down each other's throats to notice us.

"What is it?" I ask, slightly annoyed.

"Maya," he says looking around.

"Oh yeah. I was talking to her earlier. She said you guys were okay," I shrug my shoulders. I see no problem here.

"She's obsessed with me, Ember!" He throws his hands up in the air.

"What do you mean?"

"She showed up at the pack house last night, knocked on my window and threatened to break it unless I let her inside," he sighs in frustration, running a hand through his hair.

"Oh my gosh," my eyes widen at his story. I can't believe she would do that. She seemed so nice, so down to earth!

"That's not even the worst part. I let her inside, I kinda had to, and she jumped on me and practically ripped the clothes off of my body. I kept shoving her off, telling her to stop, but she wouldn't.... she wouldn't stop," he looks away, eyes full of tears. I lean forward and hug him.

"I am so sorry, Axel. I'll try to figure this out. Try not to talk to her," I look into his eyes. He's clearly hurt and worried.

"I don't want to talk to her. I don't want to see her. Please, Ember, don't tell anyone," he begs me, trying to avoid eye contact. I nod my head.

"I'll do everything in power to help you."

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Author's Note:

Wow. Its been so long since I've updated! I'm trying to make them regular updates, but I don't have a schedule.

I hope you enjoyed this *late* update!

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~Galaxy Potato 💞