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“Hello,” Addy said to the group. When I chanced a glance up, I realized that he was turned in such a way that he could ignore Latif and Blaine.
Blaine put his arm around Latif's shoulders and neither of them said anything but I could see the hurt in Latif's eyes even if he was silent.
And as the evening went on, Addy didn't say a word to them.
I wished there was something that I could do. I hated to see my friend in pain. It was hard to believe that Addy was being so cruel to him out of hate though.
I glanced over at him and the moment I did, his bright eyes caught mine. For a second, I couldn't look away.
Had we ever been this close before? Close enough that I could see the pattern in the orange of his irises, a vibrant yellow, like a sunburst.
Beautiful, I thought, and forced myself to look away even though I could feel the heat of his gaze on my face. He was so close to me. Almost close enough to kiss.
The thought should have shocked me, but it didn't. Over the years, I had imagined kissing Addy in an array of situations knowing that not a single one of them would ever happen.
If I kissed him right now, there would be chaos. We would be in such big trouble with everyone. Maybe he wouldn't care though. After all, he'd been awfully rebellious lately.
Would I care?
Unable to stop myself, I glanced at him again.
The light was nearly gone now, but I could still see his serious expression, his boyish features, and the way that he looked at me.
It felt like my heart was about to beat out of my chest when his gaze flickered over my face. I couldn't be imagining the way his eyes lingered on my lips.
“Any moment now,” my al-mother muttered, reminding me where we were.
I bit my lip and turned my eyes toward the sky as true darkness enveloped the crowd.
All but one night of the year, there was at least one moon shining on us. Seeing the stars, so bright and twinkling was breathtaking.
I had always loved the New Moon festival.
There was something magical about the silence that fell over the nassa, the sense of community and of belonging here in this moment together.
But this time, my awareness went only as far as the alpha at my side. All of my senses were fixed on him. I could feel his every movement, his every breath, on the air.
He seemed nervous.
Perhaps he was feeling the same things that I was. Things that we both knew were not acceptable...
A hand suddenly touched mine in the dark.
I didn't move or react at all as Addy's warm fingers laced with mine.
Oh Goddess... this was so wrong. This was the very reason alphas and omegas were never allowed alone together.
Perhaps it was just pheromones like people said, but I could not deny that I wanted this small touch and countless more.
I shut my eyes just as the band began to play a slow, haunting melody.
As the song began its crescendo, the first of the fireworks burst into the sky, illuminating us and I carefully pulled my hand away, placing it in my lap.
I wouldn't look at Addy, or at anyone else, either. Part of me was annoyed with him—he shouldn't have done that. The rest of me was annoyed with myself because I shouldn't have let him.
He didn't acknowledge me again until halfway through the next song when he shifted closer to me, close enough that our shoulders bumped. Before I could pull away, he turned his lips toward my ear and whispered into it.
“I need to speak to you.”
