Help me save him

Ava’s POV

Jaxon immediately put me down. “I asked you not to come back, but clearly you never listen now, do you?” He grumbled with his usual demeanor as he walked towards the Cabin.

I followed by his side immediately, afraid that the Dog would bite me if I even strayed from his corner. I was still terrified, and who wouldn’t be afraid of such a huge dog?

“Are you injured?” He asked softly as we walked inside.

He turned to me, a look of concern flickered in his eyes. His stare was gentle, the anger gone, but still no smile.

I didn’t answer, I was too disoriented to answer. Too many things were happening at once and my brain was trying to keep off.

The sight of the half naked Demi god before me was not helping.

“Sit down!” He commanded, pointing to a chair close by.

For some reason, all I wanted to do was obey. I sat down, watching him closely.

I watch his large sweaty muscles contract as he cracks open a coconut and pours the milk into a cup.

“Drink this, you are unnerved. I can hear your heartbeat from here, it should make you feel better.” he muttered, handing me the cup, my eyes meticulously tracing the veins on his arm while he did this.

I accepted the cup and without delay, gushed it down; the coconut water was delicious, better than whatever it was they sell to us in Chicago.

I felt more relaxed, just like he had said I would.

“It is nice, thank you.” I finally spoke.

He hummed without responding, and then began clearing the coconut shells. I turned my eyes to the dog sitting at the entrance, panting with his long tongue out.

“Is he yours?” I asked, perhaps a foolish question.

He didn’t respond to that; acted like he didn’t hear. My attention derailed again. I couldn’t help but stare at his well defined abs. I was tempted to ask about his tattoos but I already knew the response I would get; complete silence.

“Fine! I am sorry for the things I said, and for coming back here.” I apologized, knowing those were the words he was waiting to hear. “I didn’t mean to annoy or defile your orders, I just wandered off with a need to vent and somehow found myself back here,” I explained in honesty.

He finally looked at me again. “I saw you raging past, soliloquizing like a crazy woman. What happened back there at the mansion?” He asked in a low voice.

I got up immediately. “You saw me?” I asked in curiosity.

“Yes… I was on top of the Coconut tree when you walked past.” He admitted.

I frowned immediately, rushing to him. “So you saw me walking right into your very dangerous dog and you did nothing?!” I yelled.

“I did something… I came down and saved you.” He replied nonchalantly.

Good lord, what kind of man was he?

“Are you going to tell me what made you so mad or not?”

I folded my arms and rolled my eyes at him. “It is your Brother, I found him in bed with Amira.” I confessed.

“Oh.”  He muttered casually.

That was his only response as he turned away to the other room in the cabin.

I chased after him. “Just oh? I just told you that I saw your brother in bed with your cousin's girlfriend, why are you not surprised?”

“Because I am not. Liam was never over that girl and you should know that, after all you are his girlfriend.” He chuckled, his voice dripping with sarcasm.

I rushed to walk in front of him. “She is using him, Amira doesn’t love him but he is blind to a fault! He can’t see it for himself, ” I said.

“Hmm… Maybe.”

“I have to save him from her, will you help me?” I suddenly asked.

He paused and stared at me, a look of surprise on his face, then blatantly… He said no!

“What? He is your brother, she will ruin his life if he keeps chasing after her. Not just his but that of your cousin Josh as well.”

“Don’t care. Don’t wanna know.” He muttered and turned away again.

I couldn’t believe he was being less concerned. What even could the quarrel between the two brothers be?

“Hey! Don’t be so mean! You are his brother, if you speak to him, he might listen to you.” I chased after Jaxon again. “Why won’t you help?” I persisted, reaching out to touch him.

Jaxon grabbed my arm instantly and pushed me back to the wall, gently pinning my wrist and back to the wooden wall.

“I do not care what my brother does with his life, he is an adult and can make his own decisions. So don’t bother me anymore with this, Miss Taylor! Do you understand?” he growled at me.

I froze, my heart racing. He was standing very close to me, his body bare and wet with sweat. I could feel his warm breath on my face, his eyes slowly moved to my lips and as if wrestling with demons, he reluctantly looked back up at my eyes.

Those gray eyes, I had never seen a more intimidating pair of eyes. And when I summoned the courage to look into them, I never wanted to look away, afraid that they would vanish.

“You are hurting me…” I whined, finally feeling the pain from his tight grip on my wrist.

T. B. C!