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Lucian and Arabella Gabriel
Chapter 34“Hey, Adora. Where have you been? I’ve looked all over for you.” Gabriel rushed to catch up with Adora as she passed his gate.Adora smiled faintly as she looked down at Gabriel’s hands. “You gonna whack me with that, Gabriel?”Gabriel’s gaze followed Adora’s. In his hands, he still held the Sword of Truth. He forgot to put it down when Adora walked by. He rushed back to the gate after raising one finger to tell Adora to wait for him. She did not. Adora continued walking to her quarters. Gabriel had to rush just to keep up with the woman.Adora sighed when Gabriel caught up. She did not want to lie to him, but Mother forbade her to tell anyone. For all of It’s purity, jealously was one emotion that The Realm had in common with earth. For centuries Mother tried to weed it out, but it was stubborn and would not go. There were a few that was jealous of Mother’s affection for Arabella. All Adora could do was tell Gabriel a partial truth.“I’ve been busy doing Mother’s bidding. Y
Lucian and Arabella Feel So Right
Chapter 35Arabella stared into Gabriels eyes. Adora coughed to remind the two that they were not alone. She glared at Gabriel when he glanced at her and grinned. “I think Gabriel was just leaving.”Suprised, Arabella looked at Adora. In the short time she had know Adore, never had she been rude to anyone. Now here she was being rude to this wonderful hunk of a man.“Oh, no, I don’t have to leave. Matter of fact, I’ll stay around and walk you both back to your vehicles.”“We take an Uber to get us home, Gabriel. No need for you to go out of your way for us.” Again, Adora was rude. Arabella could only shake her head. Maybe the two weren’t that good of friends.“Better still, Adora. I’ll drive you home.” Gabriel was back to looking at Arabella. At the cabin, they had no problem communicating, yet now, he could not think of a thing to say to her. He dreamed of this moment so many times and now that it was here, Gabriel remained tongue tied.Arabella looked at Adora, trying to figure out w
Lucian and Arabella Gabriel’s Picnic
Chapter 36Arabella was in the kitchen making tea when the knock came ot her door. She knew it could not be Adora as that one took off early to hike up to the falls and take pictures. She wanted to portray the falls through the day to see the different shadows and lines. Arabella begged off a hike; she just wanted to sit back and enjoy her tea. She was surprised to find Gabriel at her door.He looked at her with a sheepish grin and looked down toward his feet. She looked to where Gabriels eyes strayed and there, at their feet, stood a picnic basket. Arabella looked back up into Gabriel’s eyes. The God’s help her, she could fall into those beautiful eyes and die happy. Arabella jerked her head to banish her thoughts.She looked at Gabriel and could swear the man was laughing at her. His eyes seemed to twinkle. “Adora’s not here, Gabriel. She is off hiking somewhere and our mountains don’t really work well with cell phones, so I can’t call her.” “It’s not Adora I am looking for fair la
Lucian and Arabella Triangle
Chapter 37Lucian stared at the couple in their cozy little picnic. Anger stirred in his breast when he saw the smirk on Gabriels face. The man looked pretty smug from where Lucian was standing. Arabella looked at Lucian in surprise and a little anger herself.“You know, Lucian, when someone doesn’t answer a knock at the door that usually means one of two things. One, they are not at home and two, they do not wish to be bothered. Now, which one do you think applies here?”Arabella’s reprimand Lucian who became red in the face until the tip of his ears looked like they could catch fire. He threw her mail down on the table with no regard for the food that sat there. Anger rose but Lucian kept his voice level.“There’s your mail, Arabella. I suggest you notify the mail office that your address is not at Jack’s home.” Lucian kept his cool but inside, he was seething. Marcus had not been able to find out anything about this guy, it was as if he was a ghost. It just did not sit well with Luc
Lucian and Arabella Gabriel and Adora
Chapter 38“What are you doing here, Gabriel? I’ll bet Mother doesn’t know what you are up to. Hades, I don’t know what you are up to but maybe Mother would like to know where you are at.” Adora was furious and jealous.Her loyaltes were being pulled in different directions. She came here to find out what was so fascinating about Arabella that Mother protected her and now, Gabriel. What to do about Gabriel.“Don’t preach to me, Adora, I’m sure Mother doesn’t know what you are up to either. By the way, what are you up to?” Gabriel side stepped Adora’s questions and threw a few of his own back at her.”You’ve been around her a lot, Adora. Don’t you find her an unusual human?”“Well, yes but … ““No buts about it.” Gabriel cut Adora off before she could utter another word. “She is as different from humans as we are. I don’t know what it is or why she exists quite frankly. Arabella is an anomaly, don’t you see that Adora? Does that not interest you? We, you and I and many others, come to e
Lucian and Arabella Co-Conspiraters
Chapter 39It was time to do something drastic. Lucian tried everything he could think of to bring Arabella back to him. He was at his wits end.“I can help you if you’ll let me.” Lucian took his eyes off the dance floor and Arabella. Adora was standing beside him.“What are you talking about?” He was taken slightly by surprise. Then he laughed at himself. There was no way this woman knew what he was thinking.Adora gave him a mocking smile and pointed to herself. “I know what happened to you two and I know what is happening now. I seem to be in the same boat as you. Maybe, Lucian Alexander, we can help each other.”Lucian stopped staring at Arabella and turned to face Adora giving her his complete attention“What do you mean by saying we are in the same boat. I’m not sure I know what you are talking about.”Adora sighed; Lucian was going to be difficult and make her spell it out for him. Fine!! She would do just that.“Gabriel is mine.” Adora was blunt and to the point. “He has always
Lucian and Arabella One Step at a Time
Chapter 40Arabella posed in front of the full length mirror admiring her new red dress. She turned to look at her back side. The dress swooped low in the back while the front was mostly lace with an under shift to keep her skin from showing. the material clung to her curves like a second skin. Red stiletto hills complimented the outfit. There was one thing missing to complete the ensemble.Taking the heart necklace from it’s jewelry box, Arabella held it up to her dress. The missing stone was obvious but Arabella wanted to wear it anyway. The complete outfit help draw the eyes away from the empty setting. She made a mental note to get the jewel back from Lucian. One upon a time the necklace symbolized their love; now it was just a beautiful ruby necklace..Arabella checked her makeup in her compact; touched up her lipstick and descended the stairs where Gabriel awaited her. They were going on a real date; something Arabella had not done in years. Dinner and a movie. Arabella smiled a
Lucian and Arabella Gabriel Comes Clean
Chapter 41Arabella placed the red heart necklace around her throat. Gabriel was taking Arabella dining and afterwards they were to hit a club downtown. She smoothed out the hearts as she thought about the missing heart and where it was. She felt a twinge in her own heart as the memories of Lucian came pouring in. Arabella did not try to stop them; it would have been a useless endeavor. She could not believe she had been so young and naive. Well, she wasn’t naive anymore; or young.Finally shaking away the memories, Arabella continued to get ready for her date. For some reason, she was not really looking forward to it. Arabella and Gabriel has been on several dates. He was a wonderful story teller that had Arabella laughing or close to crying. It sounded like Gabriel had been quite the world traveler. So why was he in Boulder? It must be boring after all of the adventures Gabriel pursued.Gabriel sat in Arabella’s living room having some of the same thoughts as Arabella. She asked him,
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