Chapter 85
VALENCIA’S POV
“So, are you ready to enter the party of one of the most notorious gangs in the state?” Aiden asked me, probably hoping to see some fear in my eyes.
Oh boy, now who is supposed to tell him that I have shed more blood in the last six weeks than he might’ve in his entire life?
Then again, it’s not like it bothers me at all. I am good at pretending to be naive and clueless.
Or that’s what I thought until I walked inside the venue and looked at the snipers on display.
What the hell?
Aiden and his dad held such high-tech snipers in this state? They weren’t even available in the entire nation.
“Isn’t that the famous Light sniper that is said to shoot a bullet at the speed of light with one of the best recoils and aim assist in the market?” I asked Aiden.
He looked at me for a few seconds before he held my hand and forced me to walk in another direction.
But why was he taking me there? I wasn’t even done admiring those pretty guns.
Weren’t they on display for visitors like us to admire?
“Aiden p>
“I am not even going to ask how and why you know so much about this stuff, but you better keep your mouth shut here. If they hear you being so detailed about such things, they won’t think twice before wanting to recruit you again,” Aiden said and I cleared my throat, remembering the last time.
I made a ’zipping my mouth’ shut action, and he shook his head at me before pulling me towards the entrance of some kind of hall.
It was marvelous.
I won’t lie.
Though Aiden said it was just a small gathering for one of the most influential and powerful in the state and his father’s associates (only the good ones who won’t attack anyone just for fun), it was decorated like it was some kind of high posh celebrity party.
The hall was big enough to have a building made on it. There was a large chandelier hanging in the middle of the hall, the kind of chandelier they show in movies.
Around 20 chandeliers, half of the main one’s size, decorated the entire hall.
It was a party for the rich no doubt.
And if they spent so much decoration, just how much they must’ve spent on food? The thought immediately crossed my mind, and I turned to the food aisle immediately.
However, before my feet could take me there, the enemy of my food and appetite, held my hand firmly.
“No, Valencia, you are not going to eat before meeting my father. The party has only started and no one is there,” Aiden said.
I wanted to pout, but I knew he was right in his own way, thus, I followed him to where his father had finally arrived and was standing with a glass of champagne in his hand.
“Dad,” Aiden said and the man immediately turned to me.
“Valencia, sweetheart. How have you been?” He asked before he shook my hand.
“Guys, you already know my son, Aiden. This is his girlfriend, Valencia,” Aiden’s dad said smoothly while I stood there feeling surprised.
“Haha, you joke a lot, dad. I told you I am still pursuing her,” Aiden handled the matter swiftly, and I breathed a sigh of relief.
Seeing how his grip tightened on my hand, my gaze followed the direction he was looking in, and seeing a well-built handsome man entering the venue, I couldn’t help but feel intrigued.
Where have I seen this man? He looked strangely familiar.
“Don’t go near that man,” Aiden said, and knowing all too well how dangerous people in this part could be regardless of being human, I nodded my head diligently.
However, it was almost as if that man heard us too. He started walking towards us with a big smile on his face, a smile that didn’t look harmful, but the vibes he was giving off were surely dominating, my senses could feel it. The man was trying to dominate Aiden.
“Pretty lady,” The man said as he nodded at Aiden in greeting before extending his hand towards me.
I looked at him, dumbfounded, not even moving.
“You don’t need to greet her,” Aiden said, wrapping his hand around me securely.
“There is no need to get your pants into knots, Aiden. I am greeting her because we have met before,” the man looked at me before he smiled, his eyes crinkling.
Have we met? But where? Aren’t supernatural people like us supposed to have a sharp memory? Why wasn’t I able to remember where I met him?
Could it be that just like my wolf my memory was defected too?
’Hey,’ Aurora immediately chimed in and I grinned at her inwardly.
“Come on, you are making me look like the bad guy here now. Don’t you remember? The black horse with the white patch?” The man asked.
Aiden looked at me for the answers.
And now that this man mentioned the horse, I immediately remembered where I saw him.
He was the owner of the stable where I went horse riding because I thought it was really cool how those heroines in those movies shoot arrows while being on the horse.
Well, I might not be some heroine, but what was wrong in wanting to live your dream? That was the reason I went to that stable.
It was after a week I met this guy. There was this black horse with white patches that was my favorite of all and I liked to ride it only, but that day this guy had that horse and we got into a little argument.
I wasn’t letting go of my ground and insisted on riding that particular horse only until the manager told me he was the owner of the horse and the stable.
To say I was embarrassed for acting that way would be an understatement.
However, this man was really thoughtful and said it was his honor that someone was this adamant about his favorite horse because his horse was quite loyal and didn’t really let just anyone sit on him.
Now how was I supposed to tell him that the horse probably let me sit on him because I was an animal myself?
“Do you remember now?” The man asked, a knowing smirk on his face, and I hummed before stepping ahead, not liking how he was looking down on my friend.
“Yes, I remember you,” I said every word with a smile before letting Aurora step ahead a little to exert some dominance.
I might not be anything in front of people of my species, but these were humans we were talking about. I was obviously stronger than them.
“I thought you were quite beautiful last time too but nothing and no one beats your beauty tonight,” The man said, and I smiled at him.
“Well, I wish we could stop and talk to you for longer, but I need to eat something now,” I said to him before pulling Aiden away.
As soon as we walked some distance, I looked at him with raised brows.
“What happened? Why were you standing there like you got the biggest shock of your life?” I asked, and he looked at me with an angry gaze, his glare surprising me.
“You rode his horse? The black one with white patches?” He asked, and I nodded my head a bit hesitant.
What was his deal?
“Is something wrong?” I asked and was about to ask him if he was angry because I was talking to him when he grabbed my elbow, his fingers digging into my skin, making me furrow my brows.
“Well, that horse was the one that took my best friend’s life and the reason I hate that man with the bottom of my heart,” He said, his glare only deepening.
’How dare he, a mere human, touch us like that?’ Aurora asked.
I tried to calm her down because Aiden was our friend.
However, when I smelt the scent of my own blood, I looked at where he was holding my hand, his nails digging, drawing blood.
I could see all the thoughts where I was thinking about not snapping at him, going down the drain.
“Aiden, you are hurting me,” I told him.
“Well, what you did hurt me too. I told you not to interact with him, didn’t I? Why didn’t you listen to me?” He asked, and I narrowed my eyes on him.
“I didn’t know what happened to you or your friend before you told me. How do you expect me to p>
“Shut up! Just shut the hell up, Valencia. You better not speak about it,” he said.
I was done with it. I wasn’t living here so that some other human could treat me like this.
With a glare of my own, I grabbed his hand and was about to jerk it away when someone beat me to it and removed his hand from my mind with a jerk.
And before I could react, I saw Aiden on the ground with his lips bleeding.
My eyes widened and I looked at my side where Carl was glaring at him.
However, he wasn’t the one who punched Aiden.
It was p>
Shadow?