Chapter 1:

"Hey Alex! What song are you going to be dancing to tonight?" Asked my coworker Kaiza. I smile at him and say. "You'll just have to wait and see now won't you?" He pouts at me. "But you're the last act of the night, and I won't be able to talk to you about your song choice afterwards because of the date auction tonight." I chuckle. "Then you'll have to just wait until tomorrow to talk to me then." Kaiza sighs with a grin. "You're no fun, but oh well." Kaiza is called up on stage and he waves at me before going out there, dancing to monster by skillet.

I take off my leather jacket, sitting in the dancers section of the club. I watch the people walking in and out. The host repeating. "Welcome, to nightmares pleasure, please take a seat and a server will be right with you." It was very repetitive, the same people came in every night, or once a week, and the new faces were all tourists. Then, he walked in… it was a man with strawberry blonde hair and bright green eyes. He had a lot of ear piercings, a couple eyebrow piercings over his right eye, a septum piercing, and snake bites. He was absolutely gorgeous. My breath catches in my throat when he glances over at me and smiles. I look away quickly, blushing like a mad man.

I could hear him chuckle from over the noisy room, the sound was a deep rumble that was oddly comforting, like silk along my skin. I shivered slightly when the manager looked over at me. "Alex, your up!" I walked over to the dj and handed him a homemade cd. "Track 3 please." I smirk and walk on stage, avoiding looking at the back table in the corner where the green eyed man was sitting. Adam Lamberts For Your Entertainment started playing in from the speakers and I saw Kaiza's eyes widen with surprise then he grins.

My hips rock to the beat, my body starting to move sensually. The crowd held their breath as I started to peel off my shirt. When it was off, the crowd started cheering and tossing money onto the stage, I did a few sexy moves on the pole then went back to the center of the stage. I glanced at the back table where the green eyed man was sitting, his eyes met mine and he smiled gorgeously, I blushed and played innocent as I started pulling off my shorts, wiggling my hips.

Finally I was standing on the stage in just my g-string and my boots. I accepted a 20 dollar bill from someone and let them bite my neck, their jaw locking on my throat, sucking until they left a bright red mark on my neck that would bruise later. The man in the back clenched his fists and whispered. "Why do you let them do that… you're so much better than that… I know you can hear me wolf boy…" I hid my shock, how had he known what I was? I could figure out this mystery later.

By now the song had ended. I bowed and grabbed the money and clothes off the stage and went back to the dancers section of the club. Accepting a blackberry cosmo from the bartender with a smile as I pulled my clothes back on.

The manager of the club, Draven went on stage and spoke into a microphone. "Now, the time you've all been waiting for, which lucky gentlemen would like to take Kaiza home for the night?" Money was instantly raised in the air for Kaiza, people started bidding and eventually someone won at $3,250. That was a personal best for Kaiza so I clapped him on the back and he grinned at me. "Good luck with the lucky guy you end up with tonight." He says and saunters over to a man with long black hair and tattoos.

Next it was my turn. Draven spoke again. "Who wants to take our lovely young Alex home for the night?" The bidding started and ended with one bid from the guy in the back. "$10,000." My eyes widened and Kaiza, who hadn't left yet turns around and stares between the man and me. He looks at me and mouths. –Who is that?- I shrugged, to shocked to do anything else.

I stood up a little shakily and walked over to the man. He smiles at me and grabs my hand gently, whispering. "We'll have time to talk over dinner." I just nodded, now that I was close to him I could smell wolf coming off of him. My eyes widened for what seemed like the 50th time tonight, if I was right then he was the only other wolf demon I had met besides my father. He pays Draven the money and Draven gives me my cut of the money before we leave.

During the car ride to his house I remain silent except for one question. "What's your name?" He smirks and answers in a voice that had a slight German accent. "Noiz." I nod and blush as he grabs my hand with one of his own. The bite mark from earlier was now a dark purple, but I ignored the dull throbbing pain. We finally pulled up to his house I gaped.

His house was absolutely huge, it was three stories tall and as wide as two full sized houses. "You live here all by yourself?" Asks, completely shocked. He nods. "I own a tattoo/piercing shop franchise. It rakes in quite a bit of money, and I'm going to need a big house for when I get a pack together." I tilt my head surprised. "Is that why you bid so high? You want me to be a part of your pack?" Noiz smiles. "That's part of it… come, we'll speak more inside over dinner."

I followed him inside and took off my boots by the front door. He led me to the dining area that was connected to the kitchen. "Do you mind if I just make something quick and simple?" He asks and I sigh. "As a matter of fact I do, you just spent $10,000 to get me to your house, I think I'll be the one cooking." I start to rummage through his fridge and freezer and cupboards. He looked surprised that I had offered to cook. In the end I made steak with mashed potatoes, gravy, and corn on the cob.

Noiz smiles as I set the food on the table. "What a pleasant surprise." I look at him defensively. "I live on my own, just because I'm a male stripper doesn't mean I can't cook." "I never said you couldn't, I was just surprised that you cooked for me, because of all the questions and suspicion you must be experiencing right about now." He said smoothly and sat down at the table. I sit across from him and start to eat. He takes a bite and chews it thoughtfully, as if wondering where to start. "I wanted to find other wolf demons like me… it isn't really that uncommon, most wolf demons have that instinct to be in a pack." He pauses to take another bite. "At first you were right, I just wanted you in my pack, to be one of the betas, but now… I know that we're meant to be…" I look at him quizzically. "How could you know that, the only wolves who are sure that their love will work out is the ones with soul mates. And they have the same birthmark in the same place…" My eyes widen. "Unless you have the rosewing birthmark as well…"

Noiz smirks and lifts up his shirt just enough to show me his right hip, sure enough there was a tan birthmark of a rose with wings coming out of it. I feel a rush of emotion towards him, all of a sudden I was a little scare, yet happy at the same time, I felt elated, yet hesitant. It was said that when two soul mates kissed for the first time, their souls would be forever linked, all their thoughts, their feelings, would be shared between them. Like a mind link that was so strong it could cross over 100 miles without being broken.

I blush and stare at my plate, my soul mate was nothing like me, he was successful, smart, drop dead gorgeous, and confident. Whereas I was a stripper, still in college, mediocre beauty, and not confident in myself at all. He grabs my hand from across the table. "I know what you're thinking, that you're not good enough, that you feel ashamed of your profession and life style… I feel the same…" I gape at him. "You!? Feel the same as me? How is that possible? Compared to you I'm just a potato, plain and ordinary."

Noiz's eyes are filled with laughter but his voice is serious. "You are beautiful Alex, you are special, you are talented. Don't let anyone tell you differently. Ever." I blush again and kiss his cheek. "You're too kind to me…" I look away, but he gets up, moves to kneel by my side, and gently turns my chin towards him so I'm looking him in the eyes. "There's no other way to explain how I feel other than this." He says and leans in, kissing me softly. I turn bright red as I feel his soul merge with mine, his thoughts coming into my head, about how much he cares about me, doesn't want to see me hurt, how he doesn't want me to be in my profession because he wants me all to himself.

My thoughts also go into his head, my insecurities, my hopes of becoming a vet, how my job was really helping pay for my schooling. And then he has a thought, that he could pay for part of my schooling if I found a different job and then when I become a vet then I could pay him back because he already knew that I wouldn't accept charity, even from someone I loved.

Wait! Did I just really think about love? Did I really love Noiz already? A loud voice in the back of my head screamed YES! And Noiz pulls away with a smile. –Should we take this upstairs?- He asks me inside my head. –Yes please…- I blush and nod, responding in the same way.