Ella's heart raced in her chest." Come in."Patrick Ray walked in and took a seat on her small couch."Dad. It's you." Ella replied dryly."Who were you expecting? Officer Duke?" Patrick asked." It is a hotel Ella. They aren't going to just allow a guest up to your room without calling you. Maybe he isn't coming!""Maybe he is just late." Ella snapped."Maybe he has diarrhea!" Patrick laughed."Maybe he is on the way." Ella rolled her eyes."Maybe he is dead!" Patrick snapped."Dad. Really now. Did you hire a hit man to kill an officer? I mean dad. How can you just ruin my date." Ella's eyes were large as saucers."No Ella. I rather you learn by myself. I won't be here forever to protect you." Patrick woke up and hugged his daughter." You look just like your mother on our first date."The telephone rang and Ella quickly ran to the phone."Miss Woods, there is a gentleman here waiting for you in the lobby." Jon's monotonous voice came through the phone. He sounded as if he was rather u
" What should we get you?" The waitress asked as she took out her pad and pen." A bottle of champagne." Officer Duke replied. " And...""And everything on the menu." Ella completed his sentence. " I want two small portion of everything on the menu.""Are you sure?" Officer Duke asked. " That's a lot of food for two people.""I was going to do this tomorrow. All alone. But it is nice to have some company to sample every dish. I need to know that we are up to standard before I go back home. I don't know when I will be back again." Ella dismissed the waitress."Ella. You forgot to call your dad." Officer Duke reminded her.Ella did as he said. Patrick Ray was happy that his daughter was at the restaurant, but he already knew this since his men had followed her.He wanted to be extra careful . He didn't want to ruin her date and asked them to be hidden.Ella stepped away from the table."Dad, I already saw the men in the black mini cooper." Ella said sharply. " I am sorry honey." Patric
"What's next Ella? Should we get all the weird things out of the way?""Well. Everything else here on the table are cooked items. It shouldn't taste too bad. Let's have a try at the muscles . I also haven't tried this as well. I am not quite the seafood person. I prefer my chicken and steak." Ella said taking a shell full of muscle topped with garlic sauce.She slurped it out and began to chew.Grabbing a napkin from the table , she spat out the mouthful of muscle. " It tasted like I was chewing salty sea sand with an overpowering taste of the bait that fishermen use."She watched officer Duke chew and swallow his muscle with ease. He sucked the shell and placed it in his side plate. " That was delicious.""That was awful. Even the garlic sauce couldn't disguise the fishiness." Ella barfed.After getting through the balance of the starters , Ella excused herself to the the ladies room. She had drank too much water and her bladder felt as if it was going to explode.As she exited the b
Ella wondered if this was a red flag!As quick as the question came to mind, it has left. She didn't want to think of Jason that way. He didn't seem as if he had bad intentions in him.It could all just be a coincidence Ella told herself, trying to make it sound as convincing as possible in her head.She pulled out a tissue from her bag and handed it to Jason," here, you can wipe your hand and stop the bleeding. This is a rather odd place to take me.""I just thought that Maybe you would want to see what happened to the gargoyle that attacked you." Jason shrugged."Maybe I would not want to visit a gargoyle that tried to kill me." Ella rolled her eyes.She looked at the time, it's already ten fifteen." I am an idiot, I wasted forty five minutes on something so daft. Let me take you to a special place." Jason led her to the car.He knew his plan had failed and he now needed to move on to plan b. He had thought, this would be quick but now he would have to work harder and longer for h
Laying under the blanket of stars she looked into officer Duke's eyes. She knew she would not commit the sin of adultery.Seth in her dream was definitely, Bobby.She closed her eyes once more, fast forwarding to the new beginning part of her dream."The good part of the dream"I dug into the lamb shank, sucking the juice out of the bones. The pregnancy had made me a savage. I sucked my fingers, watching Tyler cut up his food elegantly with the fork and knife.It made me think of the childhood movie that I had watched. Beauty and the beast, and I was the beast.He smiled and fed me a piece of his bacon and avocado wrap. I had already eaten more than half of the food from the picnic bag.I took a slice of cake and devoured a big bite. Picking up a napkin, Tyler wiped the chocolate from my cheek. I really felt like a clumsy dummy.Here in front of me was this rich,powerful,well groomed man, and then there was me. A country girl with no table manners. Tyler smiled and picked up a piec
"No. I was just revisiting my dream the other day. I just have this thing that I do. I analyse my dreams. I just feel it's like the universe telling us something. Do you find that weird?" Ella asked." No. I actually like weird. The weirder the better." Jason laughed.He was actually starting to like her company and didn't find it like the chore he had initially thought it would be, but he reminded himself to stay unattached.Ella laughed, " I thought I just scared you off."Jason laughed loudly and then touched her cheek. " May I kiss you?" Ella nodded and he leaned in for a kiss. Their lips met and their tongues were now entwined with each other. After a few seconds, they broke apart, panting to catch their breath.The kiss was intense and Jason did not expect to feel suck intenseness with Ella. It was supposed to be casual to draw her in to him but it made him hot and wanting more.Ella lowered her gaze. She was feeling shy at the fact that her breasts were now heaving and larger
"Call me." Ella said.That night Ella tossed and turned in bed. She looked at the time. It was only ten o clock and she was restless.After almost an hour of arguing with her unreasonable father, she let it go. She could not understand why he was being so protective. She was almost eighteen and yet he hovered over her like a five year old.She closed her eyes for a few minutes and tried to focus on the images that flashed across her mind. Was she really suffering from some sort of trauma? Or was she in some phase of life?She could help but feel so head over heels in love with Jason Duke. She wished her father would just accept her relationship with him.She couldn't understand how he could not be right for her. He was handsome and a man of the law. He was protective and respectful.His muscular arms sent shivers down her spine. She opened her eyes and looked around her room. Feeling as if a set of eyes were on her, she sat up, staring into the darkness. She looked around the room
"I'm sorry Ella. You are right. I am being really stupid." Jason hugged her tightly, tugging her shirt slowly up.Ella felt the cold air on her back. " Alright, that's it. Time to go."Ella stood up abruptly from the bed, which left Jason startled. He wondered if Ella was on to him but then she leaned over and kissed his forehead." I am kind of tired now. We should call it a night." Ella raked her hands through his soft hair.Jason stood up and held her in his embrace. " I really like you, Ella. I hope you will stay." Jason snuck out through the window and Ella locked it behind him. She looked at her phone an the bed , it was just after twelve o clock.Time went by so quick. She regretted why she had lied to Jason about being tired. Her eyes weren't even droopy.She wondered how officer Duke climbed up ten stories high but then she remembered he was a wolf. If his alpha wanted a woman, it would make a way to get to her.Ella felt relieved that her Luna didn't take over. She would be