The man standing to take me upstairs looks at me with no expression. His voice is strong, yet even and unmoving… “Miss Brooke”.. I look at him – he is a tall gentleman with dark eyes and styled blonde hair. His face looks as it is chiseled in stone, his eyes on me. “You are late”
I not nervously. He simply says. “Follow me”.The elevator ride is surprisingly fast. I find myself on the 35th floor in a matter of seconds. He walks in front of me and opens a black heavy double door with ease. There is a large corridor with artwork that looks incredible and I wished for a second I had a moment to admire it.. He walks briskly and I am struggling to keep up.. The second door is locked and he presses his palm to the screen on the right. It slides open and I follow into what I presumed was an office.. “Mr. Locke”… the man next to me says to the figure standing by the window, his back turned to us.. I see a large male figure in a dark gray suit, easily a man much taller than my brother. 6.7, 6,9 perhaps. “Your 11:00 interview is here”, the blonde man says. “Thank you, Valor”, I hear a husky voice. “Leave”. “Yes Mr. Locke” blonde man says, no emotion in his voice… And he is gone.. I stand in the doorstep not knowing what to do with myself.. Mr. Locke does not move … I look around and realize that the whole side of this floor is turned into his office… It is elegantly decorated.. The white marble statues of two ancient warriors flank each wall .. One holding a bow and another with a large sword.. The desk in the middle looks larger than my kitchen with black slab on top and minimal décor… There is a sitting area with beige and tan furniture and few chairs to match the neutral decor, but I stay frozen as I do not know what to do at this point… I hear the husky voice again.. “Miss Brooke, you are late”. At this point, I have somehow lost the ability to speak and my voice comes out softer than normal.. “I am sorry, I.. ““Enough!!!” he says his arm raised in the air… “You are here now, we will make do” and with that he turns towards me..The days were going slow.. I have been wanting to go back to Bavaria and spend time with my son, but the work in California was becoming more demanding by the minute, the work more demanding, and there was something else. There were things happening in my realm I could not explain and that put both me and the Beast on edge. My patience was growing thin and I was not a man to be played with. A lot was going wrong and after all this time, a lot going wrong was not something I could tolerate or afford. The meeting of the Council was in two weeks and there was a lot to prepare for… Things have been changing faster than we thought. The unexplained attacks in our European strongholds were increasing and we could not find its source… I have reached out to the vampire covens to find the source of this or to benefit from their seers, but so far, we got very little back as a result, which in itself was unheard of. Short of my brother’s Oracle and the crones I employed for centuries, Vampire magi
Emma’s POV More I stood there; more nervous I became. This place was starting the creep me out in a way. Mr. Locke’s voice sent shivers down my spine and not the good kind either – his words literally froze me in the spot and I felt hair on my hands stand up. I could not move – I felt as if I were glued to my spot. There was an inexplicable force in his tone, something I had never heard from anyone before, something dominating, raw and primal, yet controlled and directed. What was more interesting is that he did not even really raise his voice. I simply could not move and stood there. I felt like a statue and for a second wondered if he froze those warriors in their spot too… Not knowing what to do with myself or what to say, or where to look, I was fidgeting with my hands, trying not to show my stress and anxiety. I was grateful to the gorgeous red head lady as I indeed did wipe sweat from my face in the elevator, but it was coming back on, the little beads of it already appearing
Kal’s POVMy anger is still simmering within me, but I have an interview to do, I thought to myself. Compose yourself Kal, stop scaring humans. I knew my aura could affect them too, I knew that I came across as scary – it took millennia to control my burning rage and anger at times. And now, I am here with this tiny human girl, who looks like a mess every way from Sunday. Oh well, I thought. Yes, she is late, and yes, she is human, but my Seer has never been wrong. For centuries, the old crone has served me well, and I had no reason to doubt her now. Although, looking at the tiny human with messy hair and inability to speak, standing like frozen statue in front of me, I was starting to wonder. I moved slowly as not to scare her, I thought to myself. “We are scary and she is afraid”, Beast, my dragon half chimed in. Her big eyes were staring at me.. She clearly has not moved from where Valor left her. Not sure what was happening to her hair, and I could not decipher if that was the lo
Lily’s POV Mateo was an excellent driver and one of my sons whom I absolutely trusted with everything. Coming from the long line of Alpha werewolves, he was extremely loyal and fierce individual. Ever since he came of age, he was always with me, just as his father before him, and his before him, and so many in their family line. His family have been some of my guardians from the dawn of time, and now was his turn. I smiled thinking of him as a young pup, he was mischievous and always got himself in some type of trouble. Those days were gone, and even though he still held onto his sense of humor, his sense of duty and loyalty were always at the forefront. It took us about 2 hour drive to get to the cabin in the woods. I could have teleported myself within matter of seconds whereover I want, but over time I have grown accustomed to human forms of transportation. It helps me relay to them, understand them better, and blend in most importantly. The drive was uneventful and scenic, and it
Emma’s POV Mr. Locke’s energy hit me the moment he turned around. His aura filled the room and froze me in my spot. I could not move; I could not breathe. There was something so forceful about it, something so dehumanizing, overpowerin. It felt surreal, as if he was a vortex sucking energy and air out of the room, out of me, out of the universe! His golden-brown skin glistened in the light of day coming from outside and his orbs shone with a dangerous fire I have never seen in the waking world. The realization dawns on me – I have seen these fires, albeit only seen in my dreams, something akin to my constant nightmares really that I was having lately, and more frequently. It felt as if I were were staring within a bursting volcano from my nightmares and I did not know if I was hallucinating again or if this was real or stuck and there was no way out. Maybe all this is a dream, I thought to myself. Maybe I am at home sleeping and Ari will come and nudge me, purr softly and it will be
Emma POV I nod my head and finally muster a courage to respond in a coherent sentence. “Absolutely, Mr. Locke, thank you again for the opportunity and I apologize for being late”. He nods but does not say anything. Instead, he opens a folder sitting on his desk and pulls out some paperwork. “Before we even begin discussing my expectations Miss Brook, I have some documents for you to sign. I chair The Comet Enterprises and as you can understand the nature of my businesses can be very sensitive. We have completed initial background check of you prior to you entering this building as agreed when you applied”, he said with a soft smile. I nod but say nothing. “Now, Miss Brook I have some non-disclosure documentation for you to sign, the non-compete documentation and of course your service agreement stipulating your benefits, compensation, and the requirements of this job”, he continues, in a curt but professional tone. I nod again and extend my arm to gather the paperwork. “Take as mu
Kal’s POV “VALOR!!!! VALOR!!!!!” I scream through the mind link, wanting to kill him at this moment!! “How did this happen???? VALOOOOOOOR!” I roared now! “YOU SAID YOU DID A BACKGROUND CHECK ON HER!!!!” His confused and scared voice comes through. “My King, yes, of course I did. She is human after all, it was not that complicated. Her information is readily available for the right price. She is struggling for money, some debt, but otherwise she is clean”, he read out his report. “She has ..”, he tried to continue, testing my patience and my willingness to forgive fuck ups!! “Yes Valor, I KNOW SHE HAS A BROTHER!”. He was getting scared, I could tell by his energy and his voice, not fully knowing what he did wrong, but he most definitely knew he did something wrong. “It was in the notes my King he says”, trying to somehow sounds reasonable in order to calm me down. “NOTES???? FUCKING NOTES?? YOU THINK I WOULD READ NOTES ON SOMETHING LIKE THIS!!??????” I screamed wanting to ring his
“Could it be?”, I thought to myself. My heart was pumping, my thoughts were racing, my mind was all over the place. “Catherine had a child. And mother found her… And she lives. I must go to her. I must protect her; I must give her everything she deserves. I must be there for her, like I was not for her mother”, I said to my wolf who was roaring in my head at the thoughts. “We will protect her, we will die for her, we will not make the same mistake again”, Etu my wolf said. My blood is boiling and the only thing holding is me in place, not running all over to find her is bond to the mother. I felt present here in time, but my soul has already gone to find her. Etu was still roaring, wanting nothing more than to go to her. The guilt of Catherine’s death still stayed so heavily with me. She saved my life. I could not save hers, I thought to myself pain gripping my heart yet again, just as any time as I thought of this. She was unique – my little sister and my best friend. From the moment