-Later that evening-

It was almost time for the party and all of Alice's sisters finally made their appearance. They were all introduced to Cole and were let in on the drama that they missed. They all hugged Alice, assuring her that they were on her side and that they supported her.

Alice was in her old room with her three sisters fitting into her dress. She looked over to her sisters who were also dressing into their dresses.

As Alice was ready to leave the room, her sister Liliana stopped her.

"Hold it!" She said as she stopped in front of the door. Alice quirked a brow at her. "Yes?"

"You're not seriously planning on going out looking like that are you? Your boyfriend is out there! You gotta turn it to eleven!" She said as she pulled her sister to the vanity available in the room.

Alice sighed, she knew Liliana was going to fight her on this if she refused so she let her do her thing.

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-30 Minutes later-

"And…done!" Liliana announced.

Alice looked at herself in the mirror and was surprised at what she saw. Her long black hair was spun into tight curls, she had black lipstick with red outline around her lips, she had a nice shade of blush on her cheeks, she had gold eyeliner that had hard sharp wings, and she had black eyeshadow on her eyes. She was given a gold necklace that Liliana had and was given golden cuff bracelets.

Alice looked at Liliana with a bright smile. "Thanks! I'm sure Cole's going to love this!" She said happily.

Liliana flipped her blonde hair. "Of course!" She said with a smile.

Alice looked over to her other sisters and saw them chatting and going over accessories and sighed. It was time to go see Cole. For some reason the thought of going to see Cole looking the way she did now made her nervous. She looked over to Liliana who had two thumbs up, signaling her to go. Alice swallowed hard. Time to go.

She left the room and went down the hall, her heart pounding. As she walked into the living room she found her dad and Cole having a casual conversation. Cole glanced over and saw Alice and was awestruck. He couldn't look away, he thought she was beautiful. Alice looked Cole over as she saw his outfit and couldn't look away, she thought he was very handsome. She especially liked the spikes on his shoulders, he even had his hair brushed.

Cole went up to her and held her waist as he kissed her deeply. Alice blushed as she felt how passionate the kiss was. Cole purred as he nuzzled her neck.

"You're so beautiful.." He growled seductively.

Alice blushed and nuzzled back. "You look good too." She said to him.

"Alright, alright, cool it you two." Charles called out.

Alice quickly slid away from Cole, turning red. "S-Sorry." She meekly said.

Charles came up to Alice and pecked her cheek. "You look good, sweet pea."

Alice smiled, she then looked around. "Where's…You know?" She asked.

"She went ahead of us to the party. I stayed behind to make sure you guys were all ready." He explained.

Alice nodded. "Elise and Alexis won't stop talking about their accessories and Liliana is probably putting up the last touches of her make up." She said.

Charles couldn't help but chuckle. They seemed to always care about how they looked before a big party, maybe they take after their mother in a way?

Soon the girls came out after some time and everyone piled in their cars and began driving to the party location.

While Alice and Cole were driving, Alice couldn't help but steal glances at Cole, he took notice.

"You're staring." He cooed. Alice blushed heavily. "S-Sorry.. Y-You just..look really good…" She admitted shyly.

Cole grinned slightly. "So do you." He flirted. Alice looked away shyly, Cole was amused as he watched her squirm. Alice glanced over to Cole again and looked him up, that's when she noticed it..his excitement. She blushed. He must really like this outfit she was in. Shyly, she reached out and touched it, Cole glanced over to Alice for a second.

"You're playing a dangerous game…" He warned.

She bit her lip, and slowly rubbed it slowly. Cole growled lowly as he felt her soft hands.

Alice stopped as she noticed that they were approaching their location, Cole however, wasn't happy that she stopped. As they parked and Alice was getting ready to leave, Cole stopped her.

Alice looked over to him and was intimidated as she saw the hunger in his eyes. "C-Cole..we have to go." She said to him.

Cole grabbed Alice's hand and put on his erection, Alice blushed heavily. "W-We can't! W-we gotta go!"

Cole growled, but Alice didn't let up. "I promise, we can fix that later, we just have to go do this first." She said to him. Cole wasn't happy about it, but he let her go. After Cole managed to calm himself down somehow, the two left the car and went into the building.

Alice looked around, the building was huge, and very fancy. As they walked into the main room, Alice took note of all the people and was immediately intimidated, at least of all the women. They all seemed to be more fancy looking and more beautiful than her in her opinion. Cole took notice of her uncomfortable face and put his hand on her and gave it a comforting squeeze. Alice smiled at him as she felt secured.

As Cole and Alice were conversing, approaching them was her mother. She was dressed in a gold silk dress and had a golden mask that had sharp wings and she had a black and gold walking stick. Angela nodded at them.

"Alice." She nodded.

"Mom." Alice nodded back.

"Try not to embarrass me tonight, I have very important work friends at this party." She said in a snooty tone.

Alice sighed heavily. "Fine." She merely said.

"Good." Angela said as she left them on their own.

Alice sighed as she slammed her head into the table they were sitting at. Cole took notice and put an arm around her.

"Remember, should you want to leave, all you have to do is tell me." Cole said

Alice nodded as she picked up her head and sighed. "Why does everything have to be about her image? Why can't she just be normal?" She groaned.

After some back and forth with Cole, Alice's sisters approached their table and sat by them.

"Hey there!" Liliana said as she rubbed Alice's head. "Not going to mingle with the people here?" She asked.

Alice shrugged. "I don't know any of them so I see no reason to." She said honestly.

Liliana chuckled a little. "I guess, they are all of mom's dumb work friends and some of Derek's too." She said as she glanced at all of the people.

Derek, was the girl's step-father and he was filthy rich, he didn't care about the girls growing up and all he cared about was Angela, who cared only about his money. It was a weird relationship they had.

"Speaking of, where is he?" Elise asked.

"He's probably buttering up to mom over by the buffet table." Alexis said as she flipped her black hair out of her eyes.

Alice rolled her eyes, she didn't really care for him and never liked hearing about him.

Liliana glanced at Cole, she couldn't help but realize how handsome he looked and decided to have a little fun with him.

"Hey, wanna dance?" She flirted with him.

"Lil!" Alice called out.

"No." Cole said coldly.

Liliana laughed out loud. "I'm just joking guys, relax, I'm not the type to flirt with a taken man." She said to them. "But you are cute, better watch him Alice, these women might take him if you're not looking." Liliana said with a wink before running off with her sisters.

Alice laughed uncomfortably as she watched them leave. As they left she sighed as she couldn't help but dwell on what she said. All of these women were gorgeous compared to her. She rested her head on her hand as she started overthinking about it, and Cole took notice of her face. That's when she spoke.

"Hey…Why are you with me..?" Alice asked suddenly as she looked at the panther male.

Cole didn't understand the question and was left confused, then she continued.

"I mean…I'm not that pretty…there are so many other attractive women here, and my body isn't that attractive… I'm not as skinny as the other women here..And I'm not even that interesting.." She explained, delving further into what she meant.

Cole grabbed Alice's hands tightly. "Alice.." He breathed out. "I'm with you because you captivate me. I don't care about any other woman in the world. They all pale in comparison to you. You are the only one for me, You are gorgeous. You are caring. You are selfless. You are everything that captivates me, and most importantly you. are. Mine! All mine!" He said as he claimed her lips, Alice blushed heavily as she kissed him back, her heart was pounding as she heard his words, tears welled up in her eyes as she let his words ring in her head. He didn't care about anyone else..all he cared about was her.

As Cole deepened their kiss, they heard someone clear their throat, Alice quickly pulled away and saw her father.

"H-Hey dad.." She nervously said as she couldn't meet his eyes.

"I just wanted to see if you were doing okay, Derek was apparently looking for you." He said awkwardly.

Alice rolled her eyes. "Mom probably told him about this fabled 'sex circle' I'm apparently in." She groaned. "I'm not going to talk to him, he's not my father." She admitted.

Charles nodded, he knew he couldn't force her to do what she didn't want and didn't push it.

"Well, try to have fun, I'm going to tell Derek you're busy." He said as he walked off.

Alice sighed heavily as she watched him walk off, she glanced at Cole and took notice of the fact that he was staring at her. She blushed and looked away.

"Y-You're staring.." She said shyly.

Cole purred as he continued to stare at her. "Is there a problem?" He teased.

Alice shook her head. "I-I guess not..it's just a little embarrassing." She admitted.

Cole's tail curled and swished around playfully as he watched her squirm. Before Cole could continue his teases, an unrecognizable man approached their table. Alice immediately recognized him, it was her step-father. He was wearing a white and gold tailcoat with a white and gold mask, and he had a white and gold walking stick.

"Alice." He called out.

"What?" Alice asked impatiently. Cole took notice of her impatient demeanor and put a hand on hers and gave it a comforting squeeze. Derek looked at the two with a quirked brow.

"Is he one of them?" He asked.

"One of what?" Alice asked.

"One of your…harem boys." He clarified.

Alice sighed heavily. "I'm not going to bother explaining it to you, you probably won't even care like mom, so either get on with it or leave me alone. I've had a long day today and I'm tired." Alice said as she put a hand on her forehead.

Derek's eyes widened at Alice's tone and huffed as he adjusted his tailcoat. "Well. If that's how you feel, then don't count on me when your animal men decide you're not good enough for them." He said as he stomped off.

Alice groaned as she slammed her head into the table. "Why do they even bother with me if they really don't care." She asked herself aloud.

Cole put an arm around her and held her close to him. "Would you like to leave?" He asked.

Alice sighed as she lifted her head and rubbed her forehead. "Not yet, I at least want to try to make the most of this." She said honestly. "I'm going to grab something to eat from the buffet table real quick." She said as she left Cole to his own devices.

Cole watched her leave, he kept his eye on her as best as he could as he watched her do her thing, that was until he felt a hand on his shoulder, he glanced over and saw a woman. She had a flirty smile and sat at the seat next to him.

"Hello." She greeted.

Cole nodded at her, not bothering to speak to her.

"Not the talkative type huh? I like that." She flirted.

He looked her up and down and wasn't impressed, she was small and petite and had a pixie cut.

"Would you like to dance? I could use some company." She said with a wink.

"No thank you, I'm already here with someone." He said as politely as he could. After all, he didn't want to do anything that'll upset Alice.

The woman giggled as she ran a hand up his arm. "It's alright..she doesn't have to know." She said with a wink. "C'mon, I'll take good care of you." She said as she flashed him some goo-goo eyes.

Cole, growing impatient with how this woman didn't take no for an answer, decided to get up and leave her to her own devices and went to find Alice.

Alice, was fighting her own battle, she also had someone flirting with her and was very uninterested.

"...Can you please listen? I'm already here with someone." Alice said impatiently.

The man didn't let up and put an arm around her waist and smirked at her.

"Listen, he doesn't have to know sweet cheeks. Just give me a chance." He said as looked her up and down.

As Alice backed up she bumped into someone, looking back she saw Cole, and he was very unhappy, but he didn't growl. He didn't threaten him yet. He knew if he had started that he'd probably get them kicked out and didn't want to embarrass her.

"Is everything alright, Alice?" He asked calmly.

Alice glanced over to where the guy was and noticed he had left and looked back at Cole with a small smile. "Yeah. I'm okay now." The two went back to the table they were sitting at and ate and talked amongst themselves.

After some talking, one of Alice's sisters came up to them. It was Alexis.

"Hey! You're not going to dance?" Alexis asked.

Alice shrugged. "I don't know, I'm not that good at dancing and don't want to look like an idiot." She admitted.

Alexis rolled her eyes. "C'mon, a slow song is on and you have to at least have one dance with your boyfriend, you can't just sit and talk the whole time!" She pointed out.

Alice blushed at the thought of dancing with Cole and looked away. "I..don't know..what if I look silly?"

Alexis giggled. "You won't! C'mon! Take his hand and go dance with him before someone else takes him!" She said as she teased her sister.

Alice didn't like the thought of that happening and glanced at Cole, who seemed to be just listening to their conversation. He felt her staring and looked over to her.

"Would you like to dance?" He suddenly asked.

Alexis wagged her brows. "Oooooo you can't avoid it now! Go and dance with your man!" She teased.

Alice turned red. "A-Are you sure you want to dance with me? I might look dumb.." She said shyly.

Cole held your hand. "You won't" He reassured her.

Alice smiled shyly as she pushed a hair out of her face. "O-Okay.."

Alexis watched Alice and Cole go onto the dance floor and watched them dance with a smile, she was happy that her sister finally found her happiness.

As Alice and Cole did their slow dance, Cole couldn't help but keep staring at Alice and the fact that she was in a mask, it was incredibly arousing to him. Alice noticed his stare and shyly looked away.

"Y-You're staring again.." She shyly said.

"You're beautiful tonight…" He said as he purred.

Alice blushed heavily. "Y-You really think so?" She asked.

He nuzzled her neck with a loud purr. "I know so." He said coolly.

"You seem to like this whole…mask thing." She pointed out

"Masks are everything." He said. "I love wearing mine, I love looking under yours, is there anything more exciting?" He said as he said the last part in a low seductive tone.

Alice blushed, he seemed really excited about her wearing a mask.

After a while of dancing, the music took a turn and was more upbeat than the previous classy slow song, Alice and Cole went and sat back down at the table and Alice sighed.

"I think I'm just about ready to go home." She said.

Cole put a hand on hers. "Want to head out then?" He asked.

Alice nodded. "Yeah, I'm tired and there's really not much for me to do here, I don't really know anyone enough to talk to them and my sisters are probably dancing with people and my parents are probably mingling with the guests." she explained.

Cole nodded. "Alright, Let's go."

Alice went to her mother and explained that she was leaving.

"Already? We haven't had any cake yet!" She protested. Then she spoke again. "Also, you have to apologize to Derek, what you said was absolutely unacceptable and he is hurt!" She huffed.

Alice rolled her eyes. "No, I'm not going to apologize, he was the one out of line and called Cole one of my harem boys, and that was unacceptable." She explained.

Angela's eyes narrowed at her. "No? No?! You..You..!" She clenched her teeth hard. She was trying not to make a scene, but was failing hard, people were looking over as they heard her yelling.

"Derek was rude! I'm not apologizing for something he said!" She snapped.

Angela grabbed Alice by the ear, hard. "Listen here, you are not going to embarrass me, especially right now! Go. Apologize. Now!" She whispered harshly.

Alice pulled herself away from her mother and glared. "I'm not apologizing, I'm leaving." She said as she turned and before she walked away she spoke without looking back. "Oh, and keep in mind what I said about any attempts to contact me, I'm serious about that." She said as she walked away leaving Angela fuming.

She approached Cole and he took notice of her pissed off face as she rubbed her ear.

"Are you okay?" He asked.

She sighed. "My mother was being a pain again. But don't worry, I'm okay."

Soon the two walked out of the main room and as they walked down the hall, Cole couldn't help but notice a pitch black empty room and began to get ideas.. Maybe it was because he was still excited with the fact that Alice was dolled up but he couldn't resist and stopped Alice from walking any further.

Alice looked at Cole curiously. "Yes?"

Cole directed her eyes to the empty room, Alice looked and was confused.

"What about it?" She asked.

Cole purred into her neck and gave her a few kisses and nibbles, Alice then got the idea.

"N-No! No way! We could get caught!" She protested.

Cole growled. "We'll have to be quick then…" He said in a low tone as he began to pull her to the dark room.

Alice blushed heavily. "B-But we can get caught! There's literally a party of people in the other room!"

Cole didn't say anything as he pulled her into the room and pinned her against the wall of the dark room. He purred into her neck as he ran a tongue up her neck, Alice shuddered.

"I'll be quick.." He purred.