Chapter 2
Mr Jack thrown the wine glass in anger after he heard the news that Nathan Scot escape death after he had shot him dead and he wonders how he was able to survive the the gun shot, Mr Jack tried to imagine if he hadn’t shot himself then he would have thought maybe his bodyguards deceive and he still imagine how he escaped death, his wife Mrs Hampson walked closer to him holding her glass of her wine.“ How can this be possible? I thought you said you shot him dead?”she said.“ Yes, I did, I don’t know how it happened, I don’t know how he escaped death”Mr Jack said.“ This seems like a magical to me or maybe someone use black magic on him to wake him up, I don’t even know, I am just trying to think deep but nothing is coming to my head” Mrs Hampson said.“ I will send Victor to spy on him to know wether the news is true or fake because I am still yet to believe this fake news” he said and he called on victor and he told him to go spy on Nathan of truly is alive, Victoire went immediately.An hour later, Nathan and his bodyguards and team drove inside with a lot of escort e entering the house, they got down from the car and Ella looked at around and she was amazed by the house, Jerry stare at her and he had asked her to come with him inside the house as they all entered the house, Victor was inside his car and he made a video of Nathan to show to Mr Jack that Nathan is truly alive.Nathan’s maids welcome him back to the house, he looked at Ella.“ Welcome to my house” he said and Ella smiles.“ I don’t even know your name sir” she said.“ How come you don’t know me, everyone knows me as one of the popular billionaire, Nathan scot” he said.“ I am sorry but i don’t know you sir” she replied.“ I told you that this girl is weird and I don’t know why you chose to bring her here” Jerry said.“ I am not weird, I just don’t know him” she replied.“ She is not dressed like a normal human being” Jerry said and Nathan called one of his maid Rosa.“ Yes sir” Rosa said.“ Take her to the guest room and provide her with a new dress” he said and Rosa took Ella to the guest room and Jerry stare at her.“ Do you have your eyes on her?” Nathan asked.“ Hell no!” Jerry said in anger.“ I will be upstairs in my room to take a shower, the investigation of my survival starts now” Nathan said and he went upstairs to his room ti want to have his bath.Rosa and Ella entered the guest room, Rosa brought out some dresses for Ella to choose.“ You can tell him if you need anything” Rosa said and she nods her head, Rosa walked out of the room, Ella stare at the dresses and she went to the mirror look at them how it will look in her, she did her magic and all the dresses Rosa provided for her were short and she would be uncomfortable in it.she was amaze to see lights in the room, she was not used to it because in her world they use candles but she has to get use to it if she wants ti live in the human world, she practiced her magic by letting the light to switch off and on, she was amazed by it and she continues, and her mum appeared to her through the mirror.“ Mother!” She said her mother was happy to see her again after several days she was banished.“ Ella! It’s good to see you again daughter. Tell me how have you been?” Her mother asked.“ It’s thought in the human world mother but I guess I will cope” she replied.“ Do not worry Ella, I will make sure you are back to our world, your father is trying to convince the councilor so you can come back because you are a princess of this kingdom” her mother said and Ella noticed someone was coming.“ Someone is coming mother, you need to go” Ella said.“ Nobody must know that I am witch and I have magic in the human world” she said and her mother disappeared and she stopped, Jerry entered without knocking and she was scared, Jerry stare at her.“ Why are you not dressed up?” Jerry asked, Ella stare at the dresses, she can’t wear them because they are too short and she would be uncomfortable on them.“ Well that is because I will be uncomfortable on them, I need a new dress and there must be long as this, i am wearing right now”she said.“ You are so weird girl, you dressed like a princess, I don’t understand you” Jerry said.“ My name is Ella and not girl” she said.“ Alright! Ella! How did Nathan came back to life?”he asked.“ You didn’t tell me your name” she said.“ You haven’t answered my question. Alright my name is Jerry” he said.“ It’s nice to meet to Jerry” Ella said.“ I need an answer to my question” he said.“ I don’t know how your boss came back to life” she said.“how did you know is my boss?” Jerry ask.“ Well, it was easy to know that is your boss” she replies.“ He is my boss and also my best friend, you were the only one with him after he got shot, he open his eyes to see you, there must be something you know, trust me we won’t hurt you” he said.“ I know nothing about what you talking about, I guess it was just a coincidence, I came to his rescue when I saw on the floor the same time he opened his eyes” she said.“ I don’t believe you” he said.“ You have to believe me” she said.“ Swear on your parents life” he said and the guard came into the room.“ Boss Nathan had asked I should bring the girl downstairs” the guard said and they both stare at each other.Chapter 3Victor showed the video to Mr Jack and Mrs Hampson that Nathan Scot is truly alive and they were both upset.“ How can this be possible? I shut him myself, this can’t be possible”Mr Jack said and Mrs Hampson try to think.“ How could be this possible? I guess we need to investigate about this because Nathan must die, he killed our only son” she said in anger.“ You should not worry, we will find a way to bring him down” he said.“ What surprised me the most is that, he does not even have traces of bullet on his head and no mark. Tell me Jack! Are sure you shut the right person?” Mrs Hampson asked.“ Of course! I did. He was the one I shut. This is not my imagination at least it was on the news” he said.“ This looks like a prank to me. What if Nathan had made fool out of us?” She asked.“ You are right about” he said and they both stare at each other.Ella and Jerry went downstairs and Nathan was surprised to see Ella in the same red dress.“ I thought I told Rosa to give yo
Chapter 4It’s the next morning, Ella woke up, she have her bath, brushed her teeth and she dressed up in one of her Barbie pink dress, Rosa came in and saw her dressed like a princess.“ Ella! What are you wearing?”Rosa ask.“ Don’t you like the dress? I am off to work” she said and Rosa laugh.“ Why are you laughing?” She asked and Rosa was still laughing.“ Don’t tell me you are dressing this way to work because it’s not going to work for boss” Rosa said.“ I can’t dressed up in what you gave me yesterday” she said.“ Why can’t you Ella?” Rosa asked.“ Because I will feel uncomfortable” she replied and the driver knocked and Ella had ask him to come in.“ Good morning Miss Ella, boss had asked me to drive you to the office” the driver said.“ Where is Nathan?” She asked.“ He already left fir office” the driver replied.“ What about Jerry?”she asked.“ He left already! Tell me are you set to go to work now because, Boss had said you shouldn’t be late for work in your first day” the
Chapter 5 The driver drop Ella and Ruby in the grils store, Ruby chose sexy dress for her and she had asked to to try a yellow bodycorn dress and she was looking so sexy and pretty in it.“ Wow! You look so good on this dress” Ruby said but Ella was looking shy and uncomfortable ok the dress, Ruby noticed.“ Losing yourself, you are looking so beautiful, we should leave now” Ruby said and they both left but Ella was still looking shy on the dress.An hour later, the driver dropped them back to the company and they both went down from the car, Ruby took her back inside the company and the staff stare at her, she took her to Nathan’s office, Jerry saw her and he was surprised to see that she was beautiful girl, Nathan raised his head and he saw her, she was beautiful, he admired her and can’t take his eyes off her, Ella was shy and she shook her head down her feed.“ Wow, you so beautiful” Nathan said and Ruby smiles.“ You did a nice job Ruby” Jerry said and Ruby smiled.“ Yes, she d
Ella If Wolfi Anonymous were a real organization, I’d be standing at the front of the room staring out over in the mirro waiting for her Wolfi to appear in the mirror , “Hi, Ella.”Although maybe Wolfi is too strong a word. I like to consider myself more of an observer. A witch,, really, of life. Or more specifically, of other people’s lives. Just because they have no idea I’m watching them is beside the point. I lean back in my witch wold wold as a princess while my fingers pluck at the torn leather of the arm rest. I should probably upgrade to something less tattered, but this one has the perfect imprint of my ass and it’s comfortable. It’s a pain breaking in a new one.My gaze drifts to the giant computer monitor on my desk. One of many that fill my small inner sanctum I keep cut off from the outside world. On the screen are four video feeds separated into quadrants. Each square displays different angles of two different locations. And four different people I might have developed
My jaw clenches so hard, it’s a wonder my teeth don’t break. A better man would care that his much younger step-sister had just been used to pay a debt, but that’s not what pisses me off. It’s the fact that Ruby lost more of my money to the Hampson. Whatever pittance my worthless step-Da has left is also my money. Just as soon as I take care of him. He has no idea how many of his men have turned their backs on him. Lost respect for him. Their loyalties have switched to someone who has what it takes to gain control of Dublin. Who doesn’t give a fuck about truces. That someone is me.I’ve bided my time. Made more and more money, garnered high-powered business associates, and earned the respect—or perhaps, fear—of those who will soon belong to the most powerful organization in the city. The Hampson have ruled for too long. It’s time fresh blood reigns. I don’t intend on that being Ruby, Jack Hampson, or any of his sons either.“Do you think he’ll marry her?”“Ruby?” I huff out a breath.
“Is my guest settled?”“Yes, sir. She was just starting to come around.”“I take it she didn’t come quietly?” Which should be obvious considering the condition he brought her in, but I want to know what to expect when she wakes. Fear or rage? I’d prefer the latter rather than dealing with tears.Cray coughs and Diana glances away before meeting my eyes again. “I believe her exact words were ‘you can tell Mr. Hampson to go fuck himself’.”The silence hangs for a beat and then I throw my head back and laugh. My two men share a glance. I’m not one for laughing. They probably didn’t think I even knew how. It does sound a bit rusty. But at least my question has been answered. I should expect one pissed off woman when she finally awakens. And based on the banging and yelling that reaches me, that would be now.“That will be all.” I dismiss the two men who leave the room with a brief nod and walk out the front door.Taking my time, I wander out of the kitchen and through the rest of the hous
To my surprise, he doesn’t have a rebuttal. Instead, his expression clears and he dishes out his own helping. The rest of the meal is eaten in silence. Which is fine by me. I’m not sure I could speak civilly anyway. For the moment, I’ll play nice—or as nice as I can make myself play—and when he gets bored, I’ll go home.Despite my head start and my hunger, Nathan is finished before I am. He sets his silverware on his plate and pushes it away from him. He rests his clasped hands on the edge of the table. “Did the clothes in the closet fit?”I’d inspected the entirety of the bedroom and bathroom I’d been given after he had left earlier. A ridiculous amount of women’s clothes—none to my taste—were hung in the closet. If they were there for me, then my captor doesn’t know shit about me. I didn’t touch a single article.“Don’t know. Didn’t try them on,” I mumble through a mouth full of food.Nathan’s jaw clenches and he inhales deeply through his nose like he’s trying to breathe in patienc
“Oh, yes.” I wave my hand around in a flippant gesture. “I’ve managed to take two naps and walked at least three miles back and forth across the floor of this well-appointed prison cell, thank you, very much.”His lips flatten. “Perhaps, instead of a prison cell, you might think of this as your…home away from home. A vacation, if you will.”I laugh without humor. “If this were a vacation, I’d be sitting on the beach in the Maldives, under a large umbrella, drinking a stiff cocktail brought to me by a stunningly gorgeous Italian named Raffaele.”Nathan cocks his head. “I don’t really picture you as a beach go-er. I see you more on a yacht, cruising around the Mediterranean, lying on the deck completely naked, soaking up the sun, while I bring you a large glass of red wine and rub lotion on your back. And front.”The picture he paints appears unwillingly in my head. I can almost feel the sun heating my skin—I’ll ignore the fact that I burn like a lobster—and a dark shadow forming over m
He took her straight to the bed, laying her down and putting himself on top of her, holding her there with his far greater weight, size and strength.She thought about blasting him with electricity, but of course she might electrocute herself as well, and she’d just done her hair. She didn’t care to have it teased up like a hedge by static. She told herself that as he moved his mouth, went to work on her throat, turning her world fuzzy on the edges as he pulled open her shirt with an impressive, breath-stealing jerk. He took possession of her breasts, cupping their weight, thumbs sliding over the nipples under her thin bra as he went down under the waistband of the skirt she’d pulled on, found her mound and slid over it. The moment he sealed the heat of his palm over her clit, she nearly came off the bed, arching into him and grabbing his biceps. “Nathan. ”“Got your attention?” he asked.She was set to be mad at him for overwhelming her with testosterone, a way that proved nothing, b
“Then I guess you’ll be the one carrying me up those stairs. ”She must have said it aloud. She wet her lips, stared up at him. “Don’t do this. ”“It’s happening. Deal with it. You promised to marry me. You’re not going to get out of it so easily. ”“Yeah, well, I promised you coffee and doughnuts this morning. See how that turned out?” Her voice was fainter. His brow creased and the pressure of his hand on her chest increased.“Be still, baby. Just close your eyes and let it happen. ”He built the power in that circle so fast and strong, it was overwhelming. This was what he knew how to do, what came as easily to him as breathing. It didn’t matter that he was hurt, that he’d lost blood. Nothing disrupted his focus. She had to open her eyes to watch him, because as a magic user she couldn’t not watch him pull off one of the most awe-inspiring pieces of magic there was. She’d had to do it with complicated potions, chants, working with elemental energies and dipping into the Dark well o
Nathan. She gazed wildly into that opening, seeking him.“Ella, down. ”She dropped as the net of green flame passed over her. It snagged her flailing arm, snapping the net back like a rubber band. It wound around her biceps, growing outward to cover and pin her to that ledge, drag her over it.“Serrate,” she snarled, swallowing the pain as the spell’s detonation, so close to her, flashed over her skin. Hell, she hadn’t even put on her SPF 40 moisturizer this morning. For some crazy reason, the macabre image of a makeup party she’d attended with Ramona years before flashed in her head. The perfectly made-up hostess explaining, Every night you don’t take off your makeup before bed ages your skin three days.Wonder what she recommends for a thousand degrees centigrade at a ten-foot distance?The green net parted as if sliced down the middle. Scrambling free, she leaped to another ledge of rock, an incisor over that gaping hole. She spun in time to see Nathan engage Asmodeus again. He wa
He wasn’t waiting for her to change her mind. Whether or not he was half-asleep, Nathan knew his way around her body. He’d already shoved the covers impatiently down to his thighs, using those long, strong arms to lift her into a straddle. She could only hang on as he found his way under her skirt. She’d pulled on a silky pair of panties, but he simply caught his forefinger in the crotch panel, moved it aside, and pushed that thick hardness inside her. She was sore from last night, and he knew just how gentle and rough to be, inexorable in his demand, but tender in his care of her.“I love you,” she whispered, realizing how many aspects of their relationship had experienced that special, magical combination.His eyes opened then, the blue color full of emotion and that morning languidness that was a pleasure all its own. Bringing her down for another kiss, he constricted his other arm around her waist so she was full hilt on him. He allowed her very little movement, instead working hi
“And yours. ” He squeezed her.“I think she would have been remarkable. ”“She is remarkable. A soul can’t be killed, Ella. The energy just goes elsewhere when the mortal form can no longer contain it. ”“But I want her here. ”“I know. ” Crossing his arms over her chest, he held her close as she wept. She was grieving, letting go. Leaning on his strength to do it. Pressing his face into her hair, he shared that sorrow with her. “Do you think she would have been a princess, wanting bows in her hair and her room all in pink?”“Probably. Since pink always makes me think of Pepto Bismol. ”As a teenager, Ella had been a tomboy, his shy girl with alert eyes, always wearing jeans and T-shirts on her slim, boyish form.“Nope. ” Ella changed her mind. “I’m thinking cowgirl. She’d love horses, and I’d have to fuss at her to take off her boots before coming in the house. We’d live somewhere with lots of land so she could have her horse. She’d probably want to rescue horses, and before we knew
She’d forgotten so much of that in the intervening months, but, watching his reaction, it came back in full flood. It surged up in her even more strongly when he finally spoke, his husky tone taking her breath.“What’s her name?”“I wanted to call her Wolfi. Because she was perfect, just like a rose. ”He swallowed, his voice thickening. “Ruby and Wolfi. My girls. ”She was crying now, too, silent tears coursing down her cheeks as one meager but powerful teardrop made its way down his. Lifting her fingers, she took it away, a treasure so full of power that it was as much magic as what she’d spun in here. When he looked down at her, something shifted inside her. Something painful, like a boulder rolling off a vital organ, letting it function for the first time in a long while, difficult and rusty though she might be at using the squashed thing. She couldn’t deny the Dark part of her was still on maximum-security lockdown, but for this she couldn’t keep the regret and pain out of her vo
She shook her head, lancing his heart, which was already feeling like a pincushion for a legion of spear-wielding gladiators. “No. I won’t let her go, Nathan. I won’t. ”He had to swallow down more arguments like jagged glass, because she broke into those painful sobs again. Her tense body sparked with energy, ready to fight to the death in a battle she knew she’d lose, because she thought she had nothing but the fight left to her.Damn it. He pulled her back into him, struggled with her, then firmly mashed her against his chest until she went limp, cried there. Suppressing a sigh, he stroked her hair, kept stroking until she hiccupped a few times, settled down.The plain truth of it was she was brilliant. And young, so very young. Ella was a twenty-six-year-old woman who’d been treated like worthless chattel by her insidious mother all her life. All that intelligence and baggage rolled together, the trauma of losing a child all by herself…. He knew she had strength— Lord and Lady, in
Taking her hands, he guided her over to the bed. Laid her down on it and himself behind her. He opened his robe, draped it over her and pulled her into the warmth of his naked body. He crooked his knees up behind her. As he did, his still-firm cock nudged her buttocks. Following instinct, he gripped her thigh, a mute command. With a tiny sigh, she let her thighs loosen and he slid back into her, lodging himself deep, holding her there on him while she quaked at the intimacy of that connection, what it symbolized.“I’m here,” he said softly. “I’m a part of you. Tell me, Ella. Close your eyes and tell me. Tell both of us. ”It took a long time, and he had to ask a couple more times, but he made sure he did it gently, a quiet sound in the dark room, like a request from her own mind.“Eight months,” she whispered at last. He had his arm under her head, and her hand crept into his palm, her fingers tangling with his own. “She was eight months old. I could feel her, moving inside of me. Som
“Blessed be Thy heart, which never fails, even in utter Darkness. ” She was standing now, her lips pressed to his chest. When she tilted her head up for the final kiss, he bent to her, because of the difference in their heights.“Blessed be Thy mouth, which gives comfort and strength in its Truths. ”A brief, gentle touch. Then Ella stepped back, her gaze focused and intent on his. As two coven members came forward again, she lifted her arms straight out to her sides. They used them to lower her to her back on the altar table.Rubby had removed the blue cloth and now she laid it on Ella , the translucent fabric settling over her with the weight of a feather. Ella stretched out her arms and legs, forming the Pentacle symbol as Nathan knelt between her legs once again. Rubby blessed the athame and Christine the chalice. Christine gave Ella the chalice, and Nathan leaned over her, placing the blade in the cup.“As the Lord and Lady are joined, so, too, are this cup and athame, representi