I was excited at the prospect of bringingSelina into my house and sticking it to Ernest, even if he might never learn about it.It had been a long time since I’d felt blood rushing through me like this, but I had a sneaking suspicion that, with Bianca at my side, I’d experience it with a lot more frequency. As my assistant, she would be a few feet away from me for hours at a time, flashing those huge, dark eyes my way, tempting me with a mere bat of her lashes.Great. I was hard again.ESTELE.Ethan restless sleep made my own impossible. He looks pale and weak and this scares the shit out of me whie I could feel the tension in Agnes body, I went to my son, stare at him for a whie , I kissed him on his forehead before returning to Agnes who now lay on the bare floor, I snuggled closer to her, hoping to calm her down, but even my nearness didn’t seem to help her, and as the gray outside the filthy window turned to a golden pink, someone crept into our tiny house.Instantly, I bolted upr
“no, You are like a sister to me from another parents, if you didn’t save me, will I be alive today, we got stuck here first of all because of I and my son, let’s stop talking about this , I will always sneak back here?”“ Let’s just stick to this plan,” I insisted.“ ou don’t have to pay back Selina, the moon Godess only used me to save you and your Child that’s all, Luck has kept you alive this long.”Agnes said.“ Moon Godess or Not, you are still my saviour” I said and stood up beside my son,I pull her into my embrace.I held her hand and walk her back to the spot she slept before Gideon sneaked in with Jeff’s offer.“ You should go back to sleep” We both lay down to sleep.Dawn had broken over Forny, illuminating all the dingy, disgusting flaws of Ernest’s ill-kept compound.On the hill sat Ernest’s home, a simplistic bungalow structure that spanned beyond the curve. All the windows were glass, not for beauty but to keep an eye on his conquests, living beyond in squalor.The small
“What should we do with her?”I pondered that for a moment. I couldn’t stand the thought of her being in the barracks, but I couldn’t invite her to my room, either.“Put her in my office. Have virgil sit with her.”He nodded once and hustled out of the master suite. Had he been in his animal form, his tail would have been between his legs, I was sure.Hastily, I found a tracksuit not my normal attire to the casino but I was worried that Selina might flee again now that she’d been contained. Sage wouldn’t force her to stay, but she was a much less threatening presence than the guards, and if I moved fast enough, I’d get to see what she wanted.She should have sent word through the messenger. She must have some kind of death wish hopping walls like this.Was she crazy or desperate?Again, the image of those wide, doe eyes filtered through my now awake mind, and I had my answer. Selina wasn’t going to stop until she got what she wanted.I knew that type well.It was less than half a mile
“Speak,” he ordered me, a lazy smirk touching his generous mouth. I was fascinated with the curve of it, the fullness falling into a drip at the lower point like a teasing drop, waiting for me to lick it up.Stop it! I’m here for my son and friend Agnes.That sobered me up, and I jutted my eyes back toward his blazing irises, clearing my throat.“I already explained to you that my son was sick and my friend owed Ernest because I was in Coma for six years, she borrowed money from him to take care of my son in those six years, the only way I could save her is paying off the debt and having her under your protection, my son needs to e attended to immediately or he could die while Agnes needs to payback her debt and her protection, I will pay back working for you” I said , he remained in his place, merely staring at me, expressionless.I felt disgusted because I expected some pity from him or some emotion.“He collects women! Mostly Virgins!” I moaned. “Doesn’t that disgust you?”“What J
SelenaDumbfounded, I watched Selena leave, lips parted to call her back, but I didn’t. I couldn’t believe the amount of resolve it took me not to chase after her.This is the best-case scenario. She goes, and she’s no longer my problem. This is good.I scoffed aloud, even before the words finished playing in my mind. The scent of her body lingered in my office, forcing my nose upward, following like a fifties cartoon character chasing after a pie on a windowsill. Yeah, I wanted her, but this was a physical pull, harder than what was in the base of my tracksuit, urging me to shift and go for her.Still, I managed to contain myself with a simple image.The mere thought of her name drew me back into the depth of my office and into my chair, forcing my restless body into a sitting position.More than two hundred years had passed since she was in my life, and the feeling still haunted me. Why would I ever endure such pain again?Mortals weren’t to be chased, shifters or not. Even if Sena
Maybe she’ll ignore the invite,I thought, the notion both nauseating and relieving.And that will be the end of that.Waiting for an answer was going to be excruciating.* * *There wa slittle sense in waiting around the casino at that hour of the morning, and I made my way home shortly after word was sent out to Selina.Of course, sleep was no longer an option, and I entered my open-concept kitchen to find one of my maids cleaning. Luve jumped when I stalked into the room, her eyes popping as she sized me up in the tracksuit.“Oh, Mr. Jeff,” she mumbled, dropping the sopping sponge back in her bucket. “I-I didn’t expect you to be awake. I’ll clean somewhere else.”I shook my head and sidestepped her equipment, heading toward the espresso machine.“Don’t bother, Luve. I just want a cappuccino, and I’ll head out to the pool,” I promised her. “I got woken up.”“Let me make you a cappuccino, Mr. Jeff,” she insisted, wiping her hands. “Please.”I started to protest, but she caught my hand
I shuddered violently, the stench of him overwhelming me. If I’d thought the lion shifter from the casino was bad, Ernest’s smell was a thousand times worse to me, probably because I understood everything that it represented. He was the embodiment of lust and sin, the worst of everything this world had to offer. I struggled to unhinge myself from his hold, but his fingers were like wire vices, digging into the flesh of my arms.As a Bear shifter, he was built solidly, his feline structure comparable to my lupine bones in many ways. If I’d endured the same amount of physical training that Ernest had since childhood, I might have been able to take him, but our youths had been very different.“Why are you out of breath, little one?” he murmured, his breath hot on my face, making my skin crawl almost clean off my bones. “Are you as excited to have me as I am to have you and your saviour?”“What? No!” I squealed, finally managing to squirm out of his hold.I stared at him dubiously. Did he
“Where are we going?” I demanded, holding my ground.Too many years of being on guard stopped me from following her, even though I sensed I didn’t have anything to fear from matt, it’s not in the same way I did from Jesse.“You won’t be working from the casino,” she explained. “I’ll take you to your workspace.”“Where is it?”“In Jeff’s house.”Heat burst through me.“His house?” I echoed, dumbfounded.That was an unexpected twist. Matt’s eyes flashed reprovingly, and my blush deepened.“His home office,” he corrected himself, narrowing hir eyes. “You will be properly outfitted there, and your duties explained. You won’t have free roam of the building. Please be mindful of your position.”A million new questions entered my mind, but Matt’s sour expression forced them all back into my throat, and I begrudgingly followed after him.“Is he going to be there?” I asked hopefully.He was the one that had offered me a position, and I wasn’t fond of the idea of having to explain why I was ar