Chapter 9

Chapter Nine

I knew I should listen to Louis as he told me to calm down, but when has a woman  who has been told to calm down had that actually work on her?

Looking back at the creature on the couch, his glowing eyes watched me.  He smirked and I looked at his teeth, watching them lengthen into sharp points.  I panicked, turned and weaved around Louis.  His fingertips grazing my arm as I ran.  I heard a roar much too loud for human vocal cords and a loud thump. 

My heel caught the rug and I dropped to the ground quickly springing to all fours, my pencil skirt making it next to impossible to stand up without assistance.  I looked back crawling as fast as I could towards the door, all the while cursing myself for choosing that skirt today.  

I couldn’t see anything but Louis’ legs as he moved behind me scooping me up and sitting me on my feet.  

“Amelia, calm down, you’re safe.”  His arms stayed around me holding me in place turning to show me that Marcus had pinned the other man to the ground.  He glanced at me and I let out a little shriek his normal dark eyes were gone just gleaming darkness, there was no sclera no hints of color just a glowing blackness.  

“Let me go.”  I said as I tried to pull away from Louis, I needed to get out of here and apparently start sending out my resume.  I had a strong feeling that if I made it out of here alive I wouldn’t be able to use Mr. Blackwell as a previous reference.  Still struggling I glanced back at the couch, the two other occupants looked, well they looked amused.  

I stopped struggling for a moment, my breathing sounded ragged to my ears.  I’d wait for Louis to remove his arms and then I’d try again.

“Finally,” he said in a tense gruff voice, his breath tickling warmly against my skin and I looked over my shoulder with a glare.  Then I started panicking again.

Glowing amethyst eyes peered out at me from my friends face, I shrieked pulling harder at his arms.  He let out a low growl of warning that spoke to me on a primal level, fear finally taking over and paralyzing me.  

Was this how I died?  

Sacrificed by my boss to these creatures, offered up by one of my best friends.  Who was also one of those things.  What had I done wrong with my life for it to end up like this?

Had I kicked puppies in a past life?

“Stop moving like that little one,”  Louis said pulling me closer against his body, I could feel the response my struggle had caused against my lower back.  I stopped moving, how could he be hard at a time like this?

What was wrong with everyone?  I glared back up at him and his jewel like eyes twinkled at me.  

“Nash, try that again and I don’t care if you’re on the elder’s council or not.  I’ll kill you,”  Marcus said, his words clear even though they had a strange growling tone to them.  I could feel the power in them rolling through my body, more powerful than the fear I had felt earlier.  

“She’s ours and I think you have your answer Vega.”  Louis said his arms tightening around me possessively as his hand curled around the front of my shoulder, his thumb caressing the exposed skin of my collar bone.  

My heart hammered loudly in my chest as Marcus climbed off of Nash, he watched me with a hungry look in his yellow snake like eyes as he stood up and I brought my hand up to grip at Louis’ arm still wrapped around me.  

I looked away from him to Marcus as he watched Nash, a curt nod towards Vega and Izar as they stood up.  Vega moved closer to Marcus, I could see the silhouette of her body through her thin white dress even in the dim room.  

“Reconsider, there are so few of us left.  A joining of our flocks would help us all, you don’t know what the future will bring.”  She said placing a hand on his chest.

Marcus looked down at her and shook his head.

“I am declining the offer, thank you.”  Marcus said, “Now if you will please see yourself out.”  

Vega dropped her hand as she shrugged, she walked over to Izar and looped her arm through his looking over her shoulder at Nash, I watched him snap to attention as her power rolled across my skin.  It was such a strange feeling, his eyes snapped up to her and I watched as he trailed behind the couple.  Feeling Louis let out a deep breath as the door closed behind them.  His arms loosened from around me and I looked back at Marcus, watching as his eyes changed back to normal.

“What is going on?”  I demanded, wanting.  No not wanting, I needed to know what just happened.

I looked back at Louis, his eyes still glowed as he pulled his arms away.  He scrubbed at his face with his palms and I gasped ashe pulled his hands away, his eyes back to normal.

“What are you?”  I asked stepping away from him, as I looked back at Marcus.