“Jules!” Kara’s voice whispered, drawing my attention while I was trying to read a radom book I’ve casually stumbled upon the other day around the house.
“Yes...” I replied, not bothering to turn around in my bed so that I could face her.
“I have an idea.” She whispered again, for no reason, I thought, since no one could hear her, besides the dog who was soundlessly sleeping on the floor anyway.
“Why are you whispering? Are you afraid that Ghost will hear you and wake up?” I jokingly commented laughing then turned around to face her.
“No...” She muttered, clearly annoyed, “Now, what was I saying? Oh, yeah... Come on, get up.” She spoke, then got up from her bed and strode towards mine.
“Why?” I questioned, staring at her confused.
“Come on, you’ll see.” She muttered, then grabbed my hand, pulling me up to my feet.
I left the book on the bed and she started dragging me out of our room, walking silently on her tip-toes.“Where are we going?” I asked, while we were fastly walking down the corridor, towards the back door.
“We are going to have some fun!” She stated excited, then dragged me outside the house, running towards the pool.
We stopped right in front of the big pool and she let go of my hand, then started taking her clothes off, leaving only her bra and panties on.
“Kara, what are you doing? I don’t think we’re allowed to do this!” I whisper-yelled, but she didn’t even bother to listen to me and instead, she jumped right in, giggling.
“Come on, don’t be such a wuss! Take your clothes off and join me!” She yelled once she resurfaced, giggling.
I stood there for a few moments, hesitating. What if someone saw us? We’re so gonna get fired...I mentally muttered, shaking my head.
“Come on, we deserve a little fun, don’t you think?” She asked again, fluttering her eyelashes.
I guess she’s right...we deserve a little fun after all...I thought, then made up my mind and quickly stripped off my pajamas then jumped right in, joining her.
We swam together for a while, splashing water all over the place and laughing, having so much fun for the first time in a while.
That reminded me how much fun we used to have back at the old farm and how we were treated like equals back there, unlike this place...“Kara?”
“Yes?”
“I miss Pops...” I whispered, feeling the tears gathering in my eyes. I was feeling so sad now.
“I know Jules, I miss him too...” She replied in a equally saddened tone, squeezing my arm.
“I think I’m gonna get out now...” I said, then started swimming back where we left our clothes, trying to get out.
Only as soon as my hands reached the ledge, my eyes landed on a pair of army boots sitting right in front of me, making my body freeze. I slowly rose my gaze and once again, met those midnight blue gems, staring right back into mine, shining brightly in the moonlight.
He was sitting in a squatting position, holding a towel in his hand and stretched out the other for me to grab.
Obviously, it was useless for me to try to run away or anything like that, so I did the only thing I could do and reached out and took his hand, letting him help me get out of the pool.Once I got out, he quickly stretched the towel and gently placed it on my back, his arms wrapping around me in the process. His body heat was now gently caressing my skin as he was standing really close, making my cheeks turn crimson red, remembering that moment in the kitchen.
But that moment didn’t last too long as I suddenly felt Kara’s hand quickly gripping on my arm and snatching me away from him, running like crazy and giggling, dragging me with her.
“Hey!” We heard Logan’s voice shouting after us, but we didn’t stop and continued on running around until we reached the front door and she quickly opened it and got in, still dragging me with her.
She was still laughing, but as soon as we took a halt, we suddenly froze, the sight in front of our eyes making us both turn red in embarrasment.
“Oh crap! Look what you did!” I whispered, still looking at the living room, where many pairs of eyes were staring back at us.
“Oh, gimme a break! It’s past eleven! I thought that everybody was asleep!” She whispered back, annoyed.
Soon after that, the door was pushed open once again and a very pissed off Logan entered, glaring at us.
“Uh oh...” Kara mumbled, gripping my arm even harder.
“Yeah uh oh!” I whispered back, glaring at her.
Great! Now we’re going to get fired, because of her stupidity! I was mentally yelling angry as hell, thinking we were gonna end up in the street once again.
“Logan, you didn’t mention we have guests,” A blonde, gorgeous girl with similar features as Logan’s spoke, smiling at us while she sat next to a handsome man, her arm tangled with his.
Maybe she is his sister, I thought, analyzing her features. Though her hair was sandy blonde, unlike Logan’s light brown, her piercing eyes appeared to have the same colour and her lips had the same shape, plump and pink. The guy next to her was clearly her boyfriend, judging by the way he kept her close to him, his hand resting on her thigh.“They’re not guests, Elyse.” He bluntly replied, then came closer to us, trying to grab my arm and drag me away, but got stopped in his tracks by Marcus’s sudden appearance.
“What’s happening here?” Marcus asked, walking down the stairs, fixing his tie, coldly gazing upon us.
Crap...we’re so fucked...
“Nothing important.” Logan answered, looking at him totally relaxed, making me stare at him, surprised.
Did he just try to cover for us?
His eyes then landed on Kara and his glare suddenly changed in a rather concerned look.
“Baby, what are you doing here all wet?” He then asked Kara, walking straight to her.Baby? Now he is showing his affection in front of everybody? Hmm, maybe he really wants to be with her after all. I mentally muttered, looking at the two.
“Baby? Marcus, you’ve got yourself a new toy and didn’t bother to tell us about her?” A squeaky voice spoke and I quickly averted my gaze from the two lovebirds back to the living room, only to notice another blonde girl, even more gorgeous than the other, only this one looked rather bitchy, standing in the middle of the living room, glaring in our way, with her arms crossed.
Judging by the way she was looking at us, she was clearly not the friendly type, unlike Elyse.
“She’s not a toy, Clara,” He answered rather annoyed, not even bothering to turn around and look at her.
But she clearly wasn’t satisfied by his answer by the way she was glaring at us now, even more angered.
“Then what is she?” She then questioned, nervously tapping her foot on the floor.
“That’s none of your goddamn concern, Clara!” He seethed, instantly cutting her off.
Wow...
Noticing the anger in his voice, she backed off and returned in her seat, letting it go. But now someone else took her place, a guy, to be more specific, looking about the same age as Logan’s and same height, only he was thinner than Logan.
“But why don’t you tell us already who they are!” He demanded with his arms crossed, taking a step towards us.
Logan’s body suddenly tensed at the guy’s sudden movement and moved closer to me, gripping my arm a little firmer but not enough to hurt me and slowly dragged me behind him, seemingly somehow trying to shield me from the guy.What the hell?
Marcus sighed, then turned around to face the guy,
“You’ll get your answer Derek...Now wait a moment.” He tiredly stated, then turned to look at Logan, who was still holding me so tight like he were afraid somebody will take me away.“Logan, take the girls back to their room.” He ordered and Logan obeyed as always, taking us both and leading us back to our room.
That was very weird. Why would he get us out of the room in order to explain that guy who we are?We were just a bunch of friggin’ maids after all.Unless he had something else in mind. Anyway, it was getting way too weird.They were all a bunch of weirdos. I’ve heard before that there were others living in the house, besides Marcus and Logan, but never actually seen them before that night. And I could tell that they were acting very weird. Why would someone be so interested in two ordinary employees? And the way they were looking at us, like we were dinner...Like they were like one of those vampires from my novels and we were human dinner.Wait, what if they really are?Gosh, Jules...don’t be so silly, there’s no such thing...I shook my head, chuckling, amused by my own childish thoughts. How could I think about that?I have to ease up on those fantasy novels.I turned off the shower and got out, drying myself up and putting on my pajama shorts and tank top, prepping to go to bed. It
Logan“She saw you? What do you mean she saw you?” Marcus’s voice boomed through the entire office, anger rising in his eyes.“Will you please lower your voice, I don’t want every single one in this house to find out about this,” I calmly pleaded.I really didn’t want anyone else besides Marcus to know about that, because I knew that if they would find out, they would kill her in an instant, considering her a threat to their existence.“Are you sure she saw you?” He then asked yet again, this time lowering his voice.“Yes, I am sure. She was right in front of me, “I calmly replied, remembering the paralyzing fear in her emerald eyes when she saw my wolf.“Then why didn’t you kill her? You know the drill, whoever sees us, doesn’t get a second chance to live,” He stared back at me, obviously confused.“I know...But I couldn’t. I can’t do it. I can’t kill her...I just can’t. Not even my wolf could do it...” I quietly muttered, lowering my gaze.I really couldn’t do it. The look in her e
LoganShe sat there and cried over and over again, until her body finally gave up, falling asleep right there on the floor, with her forehead pressed against the door.Seeing her like that made my heart twist in pain. She was afraid of me, of what I was. And she was right, that was what I was. That was what I really was to her. A monster. A cold-blooded monster...I took so many lives before and didn’t care about any single one of them, because all I really cared about was satisfying my primal urges.I thought that humans were just supposed to be our prey, nothing more. And yet, she managed to make me think otherwise, and all that just with a single look.A single look changed my entire way of thinking.The way she looked at me the first time we met made my heart melt. She looked so small and fragile, so helpless and yet, so beautiful...And now she was afraid of me...And I hated it. I didn’t want to be like that. Not anymore. I wanted to show her that I could be different, only for h
After he brought some of my clothes from my old room, I hurried to the bathroom and changed my clothes into a pair of denim shorts and a plain white tank top, still wondering what did he mean by work something out.Was he going to follow me everywhere I go around the house? Maybe. Maybe that’s what he meant. But still, I really didn’t friggin’ care, as long as I could get out of that suffocating room.I wasn’t going to try and run away either because I knew better. I was perfectly aware of what he was, and that he could’ve easily caught me. And besides that, I couldn’t just leave Kara behind, all alone with these freaks.I knew she was already crazy about Marcus and wouldn’t want to leave this place and leave him behind. And I also knew that if I would’ve tried to tell her about what I saw she will definitely laugh in my face and tell me I’m crazy.So, that left me no other choice than behave and hope I wouldn’t get hurt, or worse...killed...I got out of the bathroom and noticed he w
My palms touched the hard wooden door as I pushed it open, revealing Kara casually sitting on the couch, aimlessly gazing around and as soon as her eyes landed on me, she bolted straight towards me, pulling me in a big warm hug.Obviously, she missed me just as much as I did.I sighed in relief, burying my face in her shoulder, almost on the verge of crying, suddenly feeling extremely overwhelmed by pretty much everything that happened lately.“Oh my god, Jules...” She whimpered, hugging me even tighter, holding me close for a few moments before she slowly pulled back, worriedly looking at me.“What happened? Are you ok?” She softly asked, gently tucking a strand of hair behind my ear, her vivid green eyes roaming all over my face like searching for any type of injury.“Yeah...I’m fine...” I quietly answered, silently relishing in her familiar, soothing touch.“Apparently, I have to stay with Logan now...” I mumbled, obviously unsatisfied.“What? Why?”“He thinks that these people are
I sat crouched on the floor, hugging my knees close to my chest, my back leaning against the side of the bed as I blankly stared at the wall right in front of me, all those horrible events that happened only about an hour ago replaying themselves over and over again in my head.We’re trapped...We cannot escape this place anymore...We will both find our end in this house filled with monsters...Hot tears made their way down my bruised cheeks as I gently rocked myself, for the first time in my life feeling so scared and defeated...So helpless...The sound of the door being unlocked and opened suddenly jolted me out of my furiously spinning thoughts, my head instantly snapping to the side, noticing him striding around the room, sporting a huge gash across his left pectoral, yet also completely naked.Letting out a small gasp, my hands instantly shot up to cover my eyes, struggling to rid myself of that image.Too embarrased to even try to uncover my eyes, I sat like that for a few minut
LoganMate...mate...mate...My wolf kept chanting in my mind, almost jumping like a crazed wolf, lovingly staring through my eyes at the small beauty now passed out in my arms, pleased that his own scent now slowly seeped through every pore of her smooth skin.Still, my heart clenched in pain as I stared at the ugly wound now slowly healing on her slender neck, feeling so guilty for I have lost control over him and let him forcefully mark her after that horrible incident, the scent of another male lingering on her skin and the sight of her wounds provoked by him sending him right over the edge, breaking into a fit of rage. He fought me so hard, hell-bent on marking her as his after that sweet, discreet scent of her arousal reached our nostrils, both him and I barely containing ourselves from making her ours right then and there.I’m so sorry...I mentally whispered, holding her close, remembering the terrified look in her eyes, how her tiny hands struggled to push us away, the violent
My body lightly trembled beneath his, caged in between those muscly arms, deep dread slowly creeping up my veins with every passing second, widely staring up at those pitch black eyes.“Logan?” I weakly tried yet again, only to receive the same response; silence.His audible, ragged breaths heavily fanned over my face, my heart slamming wildly inside my chest as I laid frozen, too scared to even dare make a move.“Go and hide,” He muttered between gritted teeth, my eyelids fluttering for the fraction of a second as I tried to process what he just said, also noticing how he momentarily closed those pitch black eyes, seemingly holding his breath, seconds before he forcefully roared,“Now!”Without even wasting another moment, I clumsily scrambled from underneath him, quickly bolting straight towards the bathroom, then slammed and locked the door behind me.Anxiously looking around for anything I could use to defend myself, I ultimately noticed how every single object in that bathroom wa