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The Alpha Damien Chapter Sixty Nine
She wasn't the first one there that morning; Mark was standing next to the coffee maker waiting for the first pot to fill up. He turned to see who had come in this early and when he saw her he paled."Jesus! Elena, You look like hell! Oh, god, I'm sorry, you just startled me.""That's okay, mark. Don't worry about it."Her voice was soft and there was no emotion in it. She walked past him and went to her desk, setting her purse next to her chair. Mark followed her and was stood a few feet away, giving her some space."What happened, Elenw?"Mark was really concerned for her. He remembered when her parents had been killed and she hadn't looked this bad then. Obviously there was something horribly wrong in her life for her to look and act like this. She looked dead.She turned to look at him and tried to give him a smile, but she failed to produce anything more than a twitch of her lips."Personal life troubles."She pulled out her chair and sat down. She flipped the switch on her compu
The Alpha Damien Chapter Seventy
Elena never mentioned a boyfriend to anyone at work. She didn't join in the gaggle group that formed in the lunchroom. Then he thought about someone else who was gay, and how that until the day she told him, he had never known or even guessed that she had those kinds of feelings.Mark knew what kind of hell it was to live in this small town and in this area with that in your life. He had a sudden inspirational flash. He knew what might get her out of this emotional hell she was in right now. He'd have to talk to the other person first but he didn't think that it would be a problem. He smiled to himself; he was going to be able to help two people."Oh, Elena. I'm so sorry to hear that."He waited for a few seconds; thinking about what he was planning on doing and decided it couldn't hurt to try."I know you feel uncomfortable talking about this kind of stuff with me. I don't mind, really. Technically I am still your boss and I don't want you to feel that you have to tell me anything mo
The Alpha Damien Chapter Seventy One
"Yeah, I can do that. How will I recognize you?"Elena heard the smile through the phone line."Just look for the little blond girl who looks like she shouldn't be there. That'll be me. See you tonight. Bye."Elena didn't know what to think about that description. She immediately thought about the drive and how long she would be gone. She almost called back to cancel. She wanted to be at home just in case Damien came back. However, she knew that if she stayed home tonight in that empty quiet house with his smells and the memories, she'd go nuts. No, I have to go. She stood up and went to mark's office door."Thanks, mark, I appreciate your help with this. By the way, who is she? That was a slightly strange phone conversation."Elena watched as mark hesitated to tell her, and then grinned."She's my 'baby' sister. But don't let the voice or her looks fool you. She's a genius, and I don't mean in a casual way either. She's the smartest person I know. That's all I'm going to say. You'll
The Alpha Damien Chapter Seventy Two
"Hello, I'm Marie. Nice to meet you."There was that sweet lilt to her voice again, but Elena still couldn't place it."Hi, I'm Elena. Nice to meet you too."They shook hands and Elena was surprised at how warm and strong this little girl's hands were."What would you like to drink?"Marie had a small smile on her face, just a hint of one. Her eyes caught Elenw off guard; they were pale blue, almost white. They sparkled in the dim tavern lighting."Uh, I don't know. What are you drinking?"Elena wasn't sure if she really wanted anything, she was really here to talk, not drink. Marie had just little more smile now, when she turned to the bartender."Joe, fix my new friend here an Irish boilermaker."Joe gave her a look that Elena didn't know what to think of, and then he grabbed large pint glass and pulled the tap on the bar. The thick black beer rolled down the side of the glass and the dark tan head formed as it filled. He set the pint on the counter in from of her and then he put a
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"Yeah, well. Life sucks, doesn't it. All Mark told me was that you were a walking coma case waiting to happen and that you had mentioned a lover leaving you. If you want to talk about it, I am an excellent listener. I judge no one and I can only offer a shoulder to cry on if you need it.""Mark likes you and he told me that you were a nice person who didn't need another pile of crap in your life right now. So, here I am. I'm willing to call you a friend on my brother's word. He doesn't do that for just anybody, so you must be okay."Marie was looking at Elena with seriousness in her eyes that seemed out of place on that elfin face. Elenw thought about what she said and looked into her drink for a few seconds then looked back at Marie."Yeah, I could stand to have a good friend right now. I'm not sure if I'm ready to spill my guts about everything but I'm willing to talk to you and get to know you better."Elena was almost back to her previous dead state again by the time she finished
The Alpha Damien Chapter Seventy Four
Marie stood there looking down at the sleeping form on her couch. Yeah, mark was right. She's cute and sexy as hell. However, she knew one thing mark didn't. Elena wasn't gay. She knew that the second they made eye contact in the bar. Oh, well. She hated being the rebound girl, unless the sex was awesome, then it was okay.Marie looked down at Elena with a soft smile, yeah, she was really cute and she's just my type. Tall, strong and smart; the really long auburn hair in that braid was a bonus too. Those perky breasts hiding under that sweatshirt and those hips and ohhh those long legs! Those cute long feet, and those green eyes. Damn it! I have to stop doing this to myself.She looked at Elena's face and watched as she murmured again. She was irresistible. Marie couldn't stop herself. She leaned over and kissed Elena on the end of her cute nose, softly, just enough to make contact. She smiled and murmured again."Mmmhhhmm, I love you too, fuzzy-face."Then Elena's face went dark and
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Elena had opened her eyes and panicked. Where the hell was she? She didn't recognize anything. She was still dressed, so that's a good thing, she thought. She smelled coffee. She didn't hear anything but a few small noises coming from what she guessed was the kitchen.She looked around again; the house was definitely decorated by a woman. No man would have that kind of artwork on his wall. There were little knick-knacks on shelves and scented candles on the bookcases. Yeah, there's definitely a woman who lives here. Thinking this hard in the morning made her head hurt even worse. She moaned when a particularly bad spasm made her feel like her head was going to split open and her brain was going to fall out."Good Morning sunshine! How's the braincase this morning? Not too sore I hope?"Elena looked over to see Lena in a pair of short shorts and a tight t-shirt holding a steaming cup of coffee. Marie offered it to Elena and she took it carefully, trying not to let her shaking hands ma
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Marie's voice didn't have any more inflection on it with the first option as the second, so Elena took the offer a face value. Then she thought about work. Damn! I'm going to be late."Well, I'd love to stay and take a shower but I've got to rush home and get to work."Elena was looking for her shoes when she heard Lena chuckle. She turned to see what was so funny."You can't be late for work, dear. mark gave you the day off."Marie was grinning. Elena didn't remember marie saying anything to her about it."I don't remember mark mentioning that before I left yesterday."marie winked at her and grinned."mark gave me specific instructions yesterday. I was to try to get you to come out of your shellshock no matter how long it took and that if you had to stay overnight, he was going to give you the day off to do so. Well, I succeeded a little bit and you still have the day off. Oh, and he said to tell you that if you're worried about your paycheck, don't be, it's an extra day of paid vac
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"I forgot to eat dinner last night and camping always gives me a huge appetite. I'll burn it all off before the day is over. Well, maybe. You have brought some horses but when I go camping, I'm always on foot. So I normally hike ten miles in one day when I go out.""Oh, okay. Yeah, I'd eat that much too if I was going to hike ten miles."Gab just sat there and grinned as he sipped his coffee. Marcy and Elena finished their breakfasts almost simultaneously. They washed their plates and cleaned out the skillets. Gab doused the fire while Elena and Marcy drank their coffee. She watched Gab as he saddled the horses. She was still nervous about this exercise. She didn't know if the horse they would try to get her on would stand still enough for her to do so. She went through her calming exercises in her head, trying to still her nervousness. She figured that if she didn't feel nervous, the horse would be calm as well.They finished their coffee and went over to where Gab was waiting for th
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This was the truth, so she knew her voice wouldn't detract from her excuse. They both stared at her a few seconds; and then at each other, they shared a look together before they turned back to her. Marcy was the first to break the silence."I'm sorry to hear that. Again, I didn't mean to embarrass you."Gab was looking at her, and she could see that he was mulling something over in his mind; finally he shrugged and grinned."Well, I guess if you're willing to forgive our lapse in manners, then I'm willing to forget about it and just enjoy the weekend with a new friend."Elena smiled and let out a big sigh of relief."Thank you. I'm sorry too, I should have warned you, but it slipped my mind in all the excitement and rush to get out here."They all smiled their relief at the averted social faux paux. They started chatting about the next day's plans and Gab reassured Elena that she would be just fine around the horses. Eventually they all yawned, Marcy first and then the other two in s
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Elena blushed again and she saw Marcy shoot a look at Gab that was a mixture of surprise and annoyance. Goob just grinned and shook his head. He had wanted to surprise his wife with his new friend, and it had worked."I surprise a lot of people, Marcy. So don't feel embarrassed about it, you should have seen Goob's face when I shot that rifle for the first time and just grinned at him like a kid at Christmas. He didn't know what to say or do for a minute there."Marcy laughed and nodded, immediately taking to Elena's easy-going personality and humor."Yeah, I've managed to do that to him a couple times myself. Let me just get the rest of the food into the cooler and then we can hit the road."Marcy went back into her kitchen and Elena waited with Goob."Okay, Elena, we're heading for a friend's ranch and the roads are almost non-existent once we get into the higher elevations. Here's a radio for you to use so we can stay in contact if we get separated. It's got a 12-mile range out on
The Alpha Damien One Hundred- Forty Four
Damn, but at least with this one I can clean the outer shell of any accidental blood stains and re-proof it with a can of repellant. Hopefully it will pay off in the long run. If I go out every month and ruin a cheaper bag, I'd be spending more than this in four months time.The next morning she was happy when she went to work. Yes, I'm leaving but Rhoda won't be there to ruin my mood anymore. Charlenne proved herself to be as smart as Elena thought she could be. She had no trouble getting her acquainted with the software, but she needed to find some inspiration with the graphics layout. That's where natural talent comes in, you are either inspired or you are not. It's an artist part of the job, and this was where Charlenne had the most difficulty."Honestly, Elena, I've never thought about art or graphics. Can I take a class or something?""Well, yeah, you can. However, this is where you need to let your imagination flow and try to feel for the client. Find out what they are looking
The Alpha Damien One Hundred- Forty Four
"It's got a custom ladder sight and the wood has been reworked and reinforced to take the recoil of that brutal cartridge, they hand rubbed five coats of Tung oil into it."She really didn't know about the wood finish, but the ladder sight was neat."Okay, sold."He smiled and nodded. He got out the paperwork for her to fill out and he called in her ID and information and the NCIC check came back clear. He put the sling kit on the rifle and slipped it into the carry case and handed it to her."I do have one more favor to ask, if you don't mind?""Miss Brandt, anything for the lady who can shoot a Rossi .454 Casull and smile."Elena laughed."I need to find somebody who can teach me how to hunt and skin the animals. I want to go hunting so I can fill my freezer with good meat. I want to be able to do that myself.""Miss. you just went up three notches on my respect scale. I would gladly teach you how to do that. My wife goes hunting with me and I know she would love to have another wom
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He smiled at her confident response. Well, what the hell? Why not?"Okay, so you won't need a scope or at least a big one.""No, no scope. My eyesight is perfect.""Okay. Any preference on caliber or action?""Nope, that's where I need your expertise. I've never hunted before, but I really want to learn.""Okay, great. Well, in that case, um, have you ever shot a rifle before?""No, but I'm an expert with a H&K Tactical .45 ACP."His eyes widened again and he started laughing."Okay, I had that coming, sorry. Well, if you don't have any preference on action or caliber, I'm not sure where to start. How about I show you a couple of standard hunting rigs and you tell me if it's something you might be comfortable with, okay?""Yeah, that'd be great."He reached back on the rack behind him and pulled off a bolt-action rifle with standard iron sights. He handed it to her with the bolt open. She hefted it and put it to her shoulder. She looked at the bolt and then slid it forward and down, l
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"There you go mark, all your troubles are answered. It's my resignation. I quit."Elena turned, went to her desk and gathered up her things before heading for the door. Rhoda had just heard her announcement and she was pissed. She had wanted to get Elena into trouble and here she was walking out before that could happen. She had hoped to get her fired, but by quitting, Elena still held the high ground."Elena, wait a minute. Why?""Well, mark, I have had it with that little bitch over there. I was in a perfectly happy mood when I came to work today. But when she jumped me three seconds after walking in and implied that I was trying to get her fired because I wouldn't let her finish the interview, which by the way, lasted over two hours yesterday. Then she had the gall to grab me physically, which I told her was a really bad idea and to not ever do it again. Since I was planning on it anyway, that just put the icing on the cake and instead of in two weeks, I'm out of here today.""She
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"Me moving in with you, silly. I still want to keep this house. It's paid for, thanks to dad's life insurance policy. So all I have to pay for is the taxes and homeowners insurance. I will need it for the down time after my monthly trip into the woods.""Heh, the way you keep saying it like that, you make it sound like you have a bad case of the monthly cramps, not, well, you know.""See, even you can't say it out loud. It's like if we don't say it, it won't be true. Yes, Marie, once a month my PMS goes all to hell and I turn into a werewolf.""Yeah, okay. I guess maybe because I haven't seen you like that, it really hasn't sunk in.""Trust me,. Until Damien teaches me to control the shift, to become aware inside myself when I've shifted, you don't want to be anywhere near me. I killed and ate someone who was near me last time.""I'm sorry, Elena, I didn't mean to bring that up.""No, that's okay. If I keep these thoughts inside, it'll make it worse. I do know how you can make it up t
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Elena nodded that she had and took it out of the fridge for her. She finished cooking her bacon and eggs. She then smothered honey-butter on her toast. Marie watched her in awe and still wondered how she could eat so much. When she wiped up the last of the egg yolk with her toast she popped it into her mouth and hummed contentedly. She sipped her coffee and felt the rush of caffeine hit her system. Marie sipped hers and smiled, Elena had been right, it was very dark and very rich but it wasn't bitter at all."Well, now that I don't have the raving urge to fill my mouth with eggs and bacon, we can talk. I saw that look, and I'll eat that for dessert, now hush. I want to run an idea past you, but I don't want you to feel pressured in any way. I'm thinking of quitting at the Acantha and trying to find something in Helena."Marie beamed and snickered."You're trying to see if I want you to move in with me, aren't you? Well, the answer is YES! I would love it if you would move in with me."
