Tempting the Alphas

Zora POV

I cradled the cool beer bottle between my hands. I watched a group of Kaleb's friends playing pool in the corner. Pointer's Bar was packed tonight with local wolves all here to welcome Kaleb home after five years away.

"You'll never guess who's here," Cassidy hissed in my ear.

Cassidy's been my best friend for years. Kaleb was her older brother and apparently a powerful wolf. A lot of people loved him. I hadn't seen most of the people here since high school and brought back a few memories some terrifying others good.

"It's not the guy from the store is it?" I snickered.

Cass rolled her eyes. "Gunner Sullivan and rumour has it Dash Olsen is here too."

I swallowed. "You're… kidding."

Gunner Sullivan was the son of the Alpha in the werewolf community and also my high school bully. I shuddered when I remembered the night he dared me to jump into the lake under the exposing and unforgiving sunlight and then stole my clothes so I would have to walk back to the cottage reception naked.

I groaned at the memory. "Oh no."

Cass laughed. "He's fucking hot now, Zora!"

Gunner's always been hot but he's also arrogant and dominating. I hadn't seen him for five years he's probably changed and hopefully grown up. I know I have.

The bartender slid my best friend a glass of vodka. The strong scent went to my nostrils and I coughed.

"You're not thinking about high school are you?" She raised a brow.

"No, of course not. It was a long time ago."

I knew a part of me was anxious to see the guy who bullied me for being a human in a shifter high school but the options weren't many in this town in terms of education. Dash made my skin crawl. His cool blue eyes flashed in my mind's eye as I recalled the night he found me alone in the girl's locker room so many years ago.

Someone turned on the music. I kicked out of the daydreams and put on a smile.

"Let's go dance, shall we?"

Cass threw her head back and laughed. "Yes!"

I led my best friend to the dance floor and moved my body to the high-beat music. I dance like no one's watching. The days of being the little bullied girl are over. I'm a grown woman, dealing with grown woman things. Cass and I bumped shoulders as we danced and I knew were attracted attention. Especially, my blonde friend.

When Cass disappeared from my side I knew a guy had pulled her aside. I took a swing of my beer and giggled because it was predictable. Her brother was here so I didn't have to worry about her running off with a creep. Kaleb was dominant, sexy and extra sexy. I shouldn't be thinking these things about my best friend's brother but the heated stares he's been giving me since he got back sent my imagination into overdrive.

Imagined those strong rippling muscles pressed against my body and his full lips brushing my skin. I blinked a few times.

"I may be drunk," I said.

I walked to the bar and set my bottle safely in front of me before the sudden and intense feeling of someone watching me came over me. I turned around but everyone was either occupied with the pool game or the football game on the big screen TV.

No one was watching me but the sensation was so overwhelming I turned to leave the bar. I bumped into someone and gasped.

"Oh."