Chapter 10

Chapter Ten

“That’s a complicated question.”  Marcus said as he moved closer to me, I backed up bumping into Louis.  His arms snaking around me again, looser than before.

“Not really,”  I said pushing Louis’ arms away, “This morning I thought that was an easy answer.  At lunch I would have said the same thing, now I need to know.  What are you?”

“The CEO of Tarak Blackwell, I’m also your boss.”  Marcus said as he stepped closer, his dark eyes searching mine.  “I like you Amelia.”

Louis cleared his throat from behind me and I jumped looking back at him, his eyebrow was raised at Marcus, a frown on his lips.

“We, we like you.”  He corrected, locking eyes with Marcus.

“We do.”  Marcus repeated and I turned back to look at him.

“That doesn’t answer my question.”  I said stepping out from between the two of them.

“I’m a dragon and Louis is part of my flock.”  Marcus said moving over to the corner of his office, I watched him as he grabbed three crystal tumblers and started to pour an amber liquor into them.  I normally wasn’t a fan of drinking at work, but this seemed like a good time for a hard drink

Dragons.  

Freaking dragons, who apparently liked me.  What was I supposed to do with that information?

I looked back and forth between Marcus and Louis, biting my lower lip.  What was I supposed to say?  Did they really expect me to think dragons were real?

This had to be some elaborate joke, I looked up towards the ceiling and turned around scanning the room.

“What are you doing little one?”  Louis asked and I could hear the smirk in his voice.

“Looking for hidden cameras, I mean this is all some elaborate prank right?  Dragons aren’t real and that creepy eye thing you guys did was an awesome special effect, right?”  I turned back to look at Louis as he accepted the drink from Marcus.

“Right?”  I asked again and he chuckled.

“Seems she’s not bothered by the two of liking her.  Us being dragons though, that’s the issue.”  He said with a smile before bringing the tumbler to his lips and taking a sip.

“Here Amelia, drink this.”  Marcus said handing me my drink, I looked down at the crystal tumbler and frowned.  What if this was part of their trick?

I glanced back up at Marcus and then back at the tumbler.

“How do I know it’s safe?”  I asked making him raise an eyebrow at me.  He took the drink from my hands and fixed his eyes to mine as he took a sip/

“Does this help?”  He smiled handing me back the tumbler.

“A little.  If your a dragon, should be drinking alcohol?”  I asked with a raised eyebrow.

“Why wouldn’t I?”  He asked, his lips tilted up in a half smile I wasn’t used to seeing.  It gave him an almost boyish charm.

“Flammable liquid.”  I watched as his grin deepened at my words.

“I’ll be fine,” he said, his eyes twinkling as I accepted the drink.

I lifted the tumbler to my lips and took a sip of the drink, the whiskey making me pull a face as liquid fire seemed to roll down my throat.  I gagged and moved to sit my drink on Marcus’ desk.

“Gross,”  I grimaced before turning to look at the two men behind me.  

“You get used to it,” Louis said as he leaned against the back of the chair that Marcus had been sitting in earlier.  Marcus stood off to his left hand side, looking at the blonde haired man, with a half smile.

“So back to the dragon thing, are you like fire breathing, people eating, stuff of legends or something else?”  I asked, trying to sound calm but I could feel the icy grip of panic still creeping up my spine as two sets of hungry eyes turned to look at me.  I could feel my eyes widening as something low in the pit of my stomach coiled up like a spring.

I stepped backward, my hip bumping the desk.

“Something like that,” Marcus replied with the familiar half smirk playing across his lips as he finished his drink.

“What Marcus means to say is, we do breathe fire.  We don’t eat people-”  Louis said, his words cut off by Marcus’ deep chuckle.

“At least not in a way they wouldn’t enjoy very much.”  His voice was husky and I could feel the heat of my blush creeping up my neck and cheeks at his words and his tone.  I had never felt both fear and arousal at the same time, it was an odd feeling.

“What he means is, we don’t eat humans like the legends say.  A lot of the old legends are filled with useless information designed to throw humans and hunters off of our trail.”  Louis said before taking the last sip of his drink.

“So you don’t turn into huge beasts that fly?”  I asked, as I slowly inched towards the door.  I could get out of here, grab my purse and disappear, it would be easy.  Or at least thats how the movies made it seem, so I hoped it would be easy.  

“We do, there are many things out there Amelia and I suggest you stop trying to escape this office.”  Marcus said using the voice, I bit my lip looking away from the door as he spoke.