I sifted through the crowd with my eyes before I saw Femi at one of the food tables. She was holding a plate of cheesecake and it looked like she was really enjoying it.
"You're already on dessert, damn," I said, walking up to her, chuckling.
"It's just to get my body going. To make me less nervous and more hyper I guess," she said, taking a break from her cheesecake and giggled.
"You shouldn't be nervous. I think his pack is going to like you. The council will take a little convincing but you'll be fine." I said reassuringly.
"I think you're just being biased because I'm your mate," she said, laughing.
"Okay perhaps, but I still think everyone will like you. If they don't, you can always just curse em' to Hell." I said, grinning.
"Yeah, true but I'm just taking advantage of my power if I do that," she said, taking a bite out of her half-eaten cheesecake.
"Do you ever break the rules?" I asked amusingly.
"Well, yes in fact I do. Remember that time I kicked Strawberry and Turd's a*s? Good old times." she said, chuckling.
"Oh, how could I ever forget that amazing time. When you got in trouble and you said you literally broke the window in the office to escape. Jolly times." I said, mockingly.
We were interrupted from our pleasant conversation by the booming voice over the microphone. We all looked toward the stage, Draco standing on top with another guy, which I presume was his beta.
"Thank you to everyone who could make it today. We have some really important news to announce tonight." Draco began.
"I've been mateless for who knows how long but that has finally come to an end." he continued, gasps being heard all around. Even Femi and I gasped, just to fit in.
"Now, I won't point her out in the crowd because she's quite shy," he said, chuckling. The crowd booed in response.
"At least tell us her name!" yelled someone.
"Should I? Should I not?" he said, toying with the audience for a bit. Classic Draco.
The whole crowd started chanting "Tell us!" over and over again and it was a hilarious sight and sound. It felt like a concert.
"Alright alright, you impatient little wolves. I'll tell you. Her name is..." he began, drawing it out. Everyone was on the edge of their seats. Well, we were all standing but you get the vibe.
"Her name is... Billy Bob Joe!" he said enthusiastically. The people just booed again. He just laughed.
"Come on, just tell us!" yelled Femi from beside me, amusingly. I'm guessing she did that to give him the signal that she was comfortable with revealing her name.
"Okay, okay. For real this time. Her name is Femi Cross." he finally said.
"You're toying with us again, aren't you!" yelled someone.
"Yeah, there's no way your mate is the child of Satan's!" yelled out another person.
"Believe it or not, I'm telling the truth. She's in the crowd but I doubt you guys know what she looks like," he said, shrugging his shoulders. Everyone began looking at one another, suspicious.
Leave it up to Draco to draw things out longer than they're supposed to be. Even the werewolf council was looking disapprovingly from their fancy seats.
"I will tell you what she's wearing then. She's wearing-" he said, but suddenly stopped. The smell of horrid rogues wafted through the yard and it seemed that they were coming at an alarming rate.
"Get the wolves who can't fight into the bunker. Everyone else who can, stay with me to fend them off." he barked out to everyone. They started jostling relentlessly but his beta went right to work in calming them and leading them back to the packhouse.
Most of the males and some females were still here so we had a decent chunk to fight them. Of course, Femi and I were still here because obviously, we knew how to fight.
"Maybe you should take off your heels. They would slow you down." I said to Femi, nodding at her feet. She took them off and threw them carelessly somewhere else.
"Are you sure you want to do that? They seem expensive." I said worriedly.
"I think you forgot that I'm rich," she said while cracking her neck.
"True. I'll just buy you new ones anyway." I said, grinning while she just rolled her eyes at me.
"Okay! Is this everyone that can fight?" Draco asked, his voice booming with authority. Everyone nodded at him.
"Very well then, you know what to do!" he said and everyone ran out in different directions, some shifting into their wolf.
"Sorry guys. Maybe I should have just gotten it over with. And sorry for dragging you into our pack affairs." Draco said, jogging over to us and sighing.
"It's fine with me. I love fighting anyway. Good job up there. Really got the crowd going." Femi chuckled and ruffled Draco's hair up.
"I try," he said, laughing.
"I love kicking a*s," Femi said menacingly, cracking her knuckles.
Well, someone sure likes shedding blood.
~Femi's POV~
We were well into the fight with the rogues but they kept coming. Good thing I had safety shorts on so I could freely jump without flashing them my underwear. I think that cheesecake was also giving me some hyper energy.
Draco, Axel, and I were all fighting together, looking out for each other's backs.
My dress was soaked in blood but you couldn't really see it. I need to look up how to remove blood stains later. This was one of the few dresses I would wear willingly, just for fun.
I saw in my peripheral vision that someone was fending off rogues all alone, trying to protect a child at the same time.
"I'm going to go help someone!" I yelled over my shoulder at Draco and Axel.
"Be careful!" yelled Axel from behind me, me already sprinting toward the kid and the person. The closer I got, I realized it was one of the council members.
A rogue was aiming for him while he was still fighting another wolf so I leaped up and placed a kick at the wolf's face, the body landing with a thud.
It shook its body then aimed for me this time. I charged right at it and touched it with my hellfire. Its body was now reduced to ashes.
Very impressive right? I figured out how to use it in different forms and control the intensity of it. I even managed to make it into a sword shape with the help of Dimona and my dad. I also managed to make it into a solid, which was what I did for the handle of the sword so I could grip onto it.
Anyway, back to the rogues. The council member was looking at me in awe. I saw a wolf about to ambush him from behind so I leaped up again and wielded my hellfire sword, slashing at it. The ashes fell to the ground with a thud.
"I'll take the kid to safety," I said, picking up the little girl gently. The guy nodded at me after he finally got himself together.
"Hold on tight, pretty girl," I whispered to the doe-eyed girl looking up at me. She clasped her hands tightly around my neck and I went off into a sprint. As expected, stray rogues attempted to attack me but I just sprinted past them, taking the girl to safety was my top priority.
The packhouse was in sight but a rogue was lunging at me right in front of me. I couldn't do much as my hands were full, so I resorted to spitting out the hellfire from my mouth. Yes, I learned to do that too. The acidic feeling went up to my throat and out through my mouth. Bullseye. And disgusting, I know.
The door was in sight so I bolted right towards it, stopping to open it. I carried the girl inside and closed the door behind me, seeing Draco's beta pacing around.
"Hey, you," I said, waving at him. I put the girl down as he walked towards me, relief in his eyes.
"Thank you so much. Her mother was so worried about her," he said gratefully. I nodded at him and was about to walk off but he stopped me.
"Are you...Femi Cross by any chance?" he asked nervously.
"What do you think?" I said, smirking, whipping out a sphere of hellfire.
"Miss Cross I-I mean Luna, it's a pleasure to meet you." he stuttered out, admiration in his eyes.
"Same to you," I said, smiling, before turning around and going back out the door. Coincidently, there was a rogue waiting just for me so once again, I wielded my sword straight from thin air, then slashed at it.
I went back into battle, feeling even more excited than I was before. So excited that I started laughing maniacally in enjoyment. Man, that cheesecake was the good stuff.
*Author's Note: I'm kind of craving cheesecake now. Anyway, I hope you have a nice Valentine! Or maybe whatever holiday you're celebrating at the time you're reading this. Time to get diabetes from eating too much chocolate haha.*