Her saucer eyes followed him everywhere. Being near her was a lot like tipping the balancing world, to measure one’s footing, when all it wanted was to spiral Evan out of control- a spiral with no recovery, only impact. Pale silver eyes rimmed of kohl lashes blinking at him every few minutes of the flight until he excused himself to get both of them something to eat. She displayed no novice qualms at flying, so his theory disproved itself. She wasn’t nervous flying. And now that they had landed, the airport security once again having checked them, with mild surprise at their lack of baggage. Thankfully, they didn’t comment. They were both Morrocans, returning to work here for six months. Minnela and Connel Gerber, oil company engineers relieved to be back home. That’s the look no one questioned. It implied they traveled back and forth from Morocco enough times a year, they had made themselves a home in the Eastern African country. Now she was sitting at the bench, haplessly surveyin
The heart he'd thought he had cut out and buried long ago wrenched into a warped shape, twisted and broken- like a striga breaking out of it's grave- all wrong, it didn't belong there. The human was so aghast at his behaviour he tried to pull away. But the animal was in on a secret- it knew how she tasted. So it growled and pulled Jodie closer, taking her weight with him to stand up. They only broke apart when he realized they had gathered an audience. 'Be charming.' His wolf sing-songed, licking its imaginary paws. He liked getting into trouble, leaving the human to solve it. The flower lady shared a concerned look with the cap seller. When he walked past them, his lips curved in an apologetic smile. He made sure the dimples stayed even when he spoke."I am sorry. My wife and I found out we are pregnant. We've hit some… road bumps," wasn't that the irony, "in starting a family together. We liked the prospect of starting young. Right, love?" He pressed a kiss to her head. Thankfully,
"Yes. Nobody stays here so we don't make it a home." Slew of properties littered the whole US. Mikhail probably had remembered them like digits. He handled the tertiary necessities. Noah had too much on his plate-almost always, and Rhys was busy running his web of spies. He wondered what she'd do if he told her she had also been spied upon, both of them, when they entered New York.The room was average. A vintage bar stool below the french windows leading to kitchen garden. But it was all smooth lawn, cut grass."So you pay someone to mow your lawn?" He was grateful she was talking but her small talk was terrible. Of course someone was being paid. She spinned a few times, then pointed at the ceiling when she saw no staircase.When he didn't answer, she shrugged and picke
"Come here." Wolf eyes gleamed between slitted lids. He was resting against the wall, and she perched on his lap. "Let me know if I am doing anything wrong." What did he mean....? Evan looked engrossed in her neck. She should've thought this a weird fetish but coming from him, she couldn't help but think he was tracing the blood flowing beneath her jugular, an eye solely concentrated on her life force because the feverish need in her to do the same, to feel him alive, to feel herself alive beat a rampant thud. Evan tasted the column of her neck. The move dark and wretched and shamelessly animal, like Evan, her body went pliant. She gripped his shoulders. Her breaths coming out in uneven pants when his teeth grazed the sensitive skin, and he bit. It was both elation and pain. But she liked it. For the first time, she was okay to let the other person lead. She never thought it'd happen naturally. Oh her instincta fought still, but she wanted this too much to act on them."Stay with
Silas promised her answers after they both had grieved Gregory."What are those fire-y stones?" Her wolf sniffed disapprovingly. Nostrils of a wolf pick up copying scents on inanimate objects all the time yet she found nothing. Silas cracked a smile. Her face felt caked in remnants of sleep to return him one."They are brimstones." He held one out on his palm. She didn't understand but her eyes darted in the dark of soon arriving dawn. Why was he treating it so carelessly? What if naked eyes were exposed to its power?"How come I feel I should know what this is? Does this have power, like in biblical sense?" She remembered something of church. Myths from Bible. There was that word-myths. Silas rocked back in his chair, his sigh drowned the creaking noise."No Vanessa. Not the Bible. It does have power though. Power separating body from soul." She had promised herself on her way up, for the sake of piecing together a past to survive the future, she will not act like her world turned
There was a neatness in the way she sliced through air, previously missing. It was magic- unbridled magic. Greggory had warned him oof something there about but it stayed plastered to the back of his mind. Only now, he felt.... enchanted. He'd alter the ramifications if he could stop using Disney language. Noah found himself staring, it seemed so impossible that she existed in this time and place. Vanessa fixed her hair, they buzzed with electricity, more frizzy than before, she worried about the drool at her mouth. She was late to another one of the meets. Noah was going to be there, dark and brooding, at the head of the table. At the heels of embarrassment followed anger, why should she care at all? They were in a designated war room, filled with high tech gears, electronic appliances she always feared would short-circuit of their own accord. She stepped inside the doorway, with hinges hanging useless, because there was no door and beelined for her seat next to Silas. Noah hadn't
His sweatshirt was good, but it wasn't him. Infact, it drove the point home- he was walking with her now, showering her with just enough attention so she won't look for it elsewhere, but drawing an opaque wall if she chose to come closer."If that wasn't a risk-baying for blood and everything. Would you believe my idea was sound?"Distance was his niche, one he had perfected to the T. Yet, nothing had prepared him for this. Same girl, more vibrant, thrumming with endless energy, he could feel her brain jostling, heart galloping. The nervousness in her scent, mixed with determination. And that kindness in green eyes. The simple kindness that needed to be protected.It'd be so easy, it was tempting- to bury her head in the expanse of his chest. Noah had aged since she last saw him, so h
His sweatshirt was good, but it wasn't him. Infact, it drove the point home- he was walking with her now, showering her with just enough attention so she won't look for it elsewhere, but drawing an opaque wall if she chose to come closer."If that wasn't a risk-baying for blood and everything. Would you believe my idea was sound?"Distance was his niche, one he had perfected to the T. Yet, nothing had prepared him for this. Same girl, more vibrant, thrumming with endless energy, he could feel her brain jostling, heart galloping. The nervousness in her scent, mixed with determination. And that kindness in green eyes. The simple kindness that needed to be protected.It'd be so easy, it was tempting- to bury her head in the expanse of his chest. Noah had aged since she last saw him, so h