There is no point arguing when he’s like this, I want to say ‘who made you boss of me’ but I think better of it as I don’t think he’s in a jovial mood after today.
“Ok Den. I love you and I’m sorry I worried you today.”
“How can you want a vamp Zara? I can tell that you feel for him by the way you stick up for him.”
“Den, I do feel for him, I remember the first time I saw him I could just see a vampire, but then I soon saw the man behind that. Parries is not the man you think he is, there is something about him.”
“For fuck sake Zara, if you think I’m gunna watch sit back and watch you be a pet, you’re seriously mistaken.” He says angrily.
He didn’t listen to what I was trying to get across, that is Den all over. I just want someone to understand why I feel this way to Parrise and Sallack after such a little time, and then maybe I could get my head around it.
I quickly shower and wash my hair, Den’s still sitting on the bed when I come out; he looks at me with an expression I can’t place. I sit with him on the bed, my body wrapped in a towel, while I towel dry my hair.
“I’m so sorry to have to of got you involved with all this mess Den.”
“You didn’t ask for this Zara. It’s what we got. We will figure something out babe, no one’s taking you anywhere, you hear me?”
“Yeah.”
“Right get ready, I heard Ruk come back in. I need to talk to him.” He tells me.
He always gets bossy when he is worried for me, he thinks if I do as he says I will be ‘Safe’. He is so dominant, but then he is a Werewolf.
“Ok, be nice Den, he’s a good man”
Den nods he’s reply, leaving my bedroom to find Ruk.
Chapter 10
Den
Walking into the kitchen, Ruk is sitting at the table, looking out the window. I do trust Ruk to help me watch over Zara, but I get a feeling there’s something he’s not telling me and there is something different about him, I just don’t know what, yet!
“Ruk can we talk?”
“Yeah, what’s up?”
“Ok, so here it goes, I know there something different about you, like… well, I’m not sure yet, but I feel you can be trusted with Zara! If you make me eat my words, I will eat you!”
“I wouldn’t expect any less Den,” He says as his lips twitch into a smile.
“So tell me more about the vamp.”
“Some can smell a Vampire; it’s a smell of death to a sensitive nose. You can tell when a Vampire is near by the strength of his scent.”
I nod, knowing that I have smelt the bastard a few times. I’m confident I would know if he came sniffing round Zara again.
“So how can I kill him?”
He chuckles approvingly; maybe he will come in useful then.
“Parrise is extremely old, many centuries actually. He is widely respected among his people here in America. He can be killed, but don’t be fooled, it isn't easy. You don’t live as long as he does without being extremely clever and powerful. The only way to take him down is by staking his heart and removing his head, but they have a great sense of sight and hearing. Older Vampires have greater power and speed than the younger.”
Ruk leans forward slightly, waiting for my reaction.
“Cool, where do I get a stake?”
“You will fit in well Den, very well.”
I just ignore his weird reply, and start thinking of what I can use as a stake. Zara would be pissed if I broke off a chair leg, as the furniture doesn’t belong to us. I’ll have cut down a tree in the nearby woods to make one. There is no way this old vamp is getting anywhere near my Zara.
“Right I’m going to change, help yourself to anything Ruk, Be back in 10.”
Running up stairs to grab a quick shower, but I’ll just check on Zara first. Opening the door, Zara’s sat on the bed drying her hair with her back to me, not aware of me standing there transfixed by her just in her bra and knickers. Her beautiful curvaceous body making my mouth water, her sun kissed skin smooth and perfect, her blond locks flowing down her back in perfect waves. Her butt is like nothing else I have ever seen, both my hands gripping her buttocks, while pushing her onto my erection, ahh wake up Den! A small growl escapes my lips. I should go really, but I love looking at her, fantasizing that one day she will pick me to love her, make love to her. She has only ever seen me as her annoying, controlling older brother. Now with all these handsome men begging for attention, I have lost her to them. She will always be my best friend I will not jeopardize anything for the fear of losing her, I will wait for her to come to me.
I can’t resist a moment longer, throwing myself behind her onto the bed. She Squeals out in surprise and slaps my shoulder.
“Den! Just you wait I’ll get you back for that!”
Very gently barely skimming her skin, I run my finger down her body, she’s trying her best to ignore me carrying on drying her hair, but I don’t miss the intake of breath as my thumb strokes her stomach as I see her cheeks rising into a smile. Turning to face me, her stunning big brown eyes gaze upon mine making my heart skip a beat from the utter beauty of her. Turning off the hair dryer, she takes hold of my hand and I try to control the growl that’s begging for release in my throat.
“Stop worrying Den, I’m fine.”
“Zara, did you know that Parrise is centuries old?”
Her mouth drops open, and I can see her mind working over time.
“No, I did not know that! That’s crazy?”
“Yeah it is, please beware of your safety babe, I couldn’t live without you!”
She sighs pulling me tightly to her. Feeling her heart beating against my chest and feeling her perfect breasts pressing into me. God she’s going to
notice my hard on any minute, damn get a grip man!
“I will Den, I promise.”
“Just let me hold you for a minute babe?”
“Nothing would make me happier,” She tells me. God I love her, she knows how important it is to me to have physical contact with her and there’s no way I’m getting up now, not until I can hide this bad boy in my boxers.
She wraps her arms round my middle, as I breathe in her intoxicating scent.
“I love you babe.”
“I love you Den, you’re the best friend anyone could wish for.”
Ah, when she says that, it breaks my heart a little every time. I want her to be mine, I have wanted her for years, but I didn’t want to scare her and rein our relationship. Growing up we were very close, we spent all our time together, looking out for one another, that will never change. I know that she is deserving of someone like Sallack or even Ruk, someone that can give her what I can’t, everything she deserves. Therefore, I took my heartache to any other girl willing to love me in the way I wanted Zara to, and still do.
I kiss her head and take a step back.
“I’m going to get a shower,” A really cold one!
“Ok, I’ll see you down stairs, handsome” She kisses my cheek tenderly.
If Sallack thinks he can mess around with her, he has another thing coming, me! I will hunt down any man who hurts her, just as I have in the past. Countless men tried it on with her and I could tell she didn’t want to be near them, so this is when I stepped in. Up until she started dating Josh, this really pissed me off. He definitely didn’t deserve her and I told him every chance I got. He was stupid enough to start sleeping around behind her back, so I had to show him he couldn’t do that to my Zara! By beating the shit out of him! I will do the same to any other man that thinks they can hurt my girl, no matter who or what they are. I will be the only man that can really love her, know everything about her.
Maybe one day she will look at me differently, that day is too far from my reach, I want her now!
She is MINE.
Zara
The three of us walk into the club just before 9pm. Den takes my hand and turns me to face him.
“Zara please be careful tonig
ht, I get that you don’t think he will hurt you, but he might not be alone. I need you to be safe.” He says with a sorrowful note to his voice. I don’t like what this is doing to him, he has been so happy settling in and now he’s world is turned upside down, because of me. I’m not worthy of him, never have, never will be.
“I will Den, I’m going to put my bag out back, and get to work before the others get annoyed.”
He lets me go with a sigh. I head to the office to hang my bag on the door with everyone else’s.
I take a moment in the dark corridor, thinking about Parrise being so freaking old! I know that Vampires are immortal, but that’s just crazy. I can’t get my head around why someone like him, would want me. Why would he fight for me to be his, as he could have anyone he wanted?
As I walk over to the bar to begin my shift, Julian greets me with a smile playing on his face.
“Zara, again you amaze me with your beauty.”
“Your such a flirt, stop it, I’m blushing like mad.” I play along, pretending to fan my face, and wink at him. I love the way Julian instantly puts me at ease.
“Come over to my side with me tonight. Ruk’s gunna take this side with Will for now.”
He takes my hand and pulls me across the dance floor before I can agree with him. I dance to the song playing while he has hold of my hand dragging me to the other end of the club, laughing at my attempts to get him to dance with me.
We work the bar handling drink orders for Sally and Dom, who are working the VIP over our end of the club as well as some of the tables in our section, while we serve people standing at the bar. It’s coming up to midnight as the club is now in full swing.
“I need to run and get more mixers; I’ll be 2 seconds k?” Julian tells me.
“Yep.”
He runs over the other side of the bar, to the door that leads to the stock room. Den walks over smiling at me, sitting down at the bar with his beer.
“Hey Den, you look like your enjoying yourself,” I say pointing to the group of men he has been speaking with most of the night, who I’m guessing are Werewolves. They look at little on edge, not to mention, sexy as sin! Definitely Werewolves, which would explain them looking ready for a fight, Ruk must have told them about Parrise and he’s ‘Visits’.
“Yeah they’re good people, you look happy, are you?”
“Yeah, why wouldn’t I be,” I say touching his hand and reassuring him with a smile. I get back to making drinks, wondering if Sallack will show up tonight Julian comes back with a crate of mixers and places them on the floor.
“Here, I’ll do that,” I say bending down to start putting the small glass bottles away in their place under the bar.
“Hey Den, can I have a word with you outside where we can speak privately?”
It’s Sallack! Should I stand up and say hello? No I’ll pretend I didn’t hear him, I don’t want to seem too desperate, he hasn’t asked about me.
I wonder what he wants to speak with Den about privately. I know in my heart he is the Alpha, and that Den is a Werewolf, maybe it’s about that.
“Ok that’s cool.” Den replies.
I wait 30 second to stand up, Julian smiles at me and put an arm around my shoulder in a comforting manner.
Chapter 11
Sallack
Walking out the front of the club with Den, I point to two chairs outside by the side of the club. We take a seat away from prying eyes.
“I want you to know that the pack and I will do everything in our power to protect Zara. I see how close you are to each other, but you will both be treated like family.”
I watch his face as I say the word ‘pack’ rather than friends. He nods his reply. I need Den to become one with his Wolf, as quickly as possible with that Vampire ‘Parrise’ sniffing around Zara. He needs to be able to look after himself and her if the time comes for a battle.
“Ok well thanks. I guess you know about that vamp. What are you? Like a Vampire hunter?”
“No I’m not a Vampire hunter, but I will hunt them if they come on my land.”
I feel bad not being here sooner but I have been searching for Dallah the Princess of the Light Coven, I have been trying to persuade her to see Den, to try to find out why he and his Wolf have not connected fully. Den has the scent and the traits of a Wolf, however, it has been hard to track her down, asking favors from other supernatural’s is a thing I hate to do.
“Will you come by my home tomorrow? I would like you to meet a few of the pack?”
Again he just nods, it’s natural to a Werewolf to use the world ‘pack’, I take that as a good sign.
“Yeah that would be cool, it will have to be after work though, about 5:30?”
I want to see how he reacts being surrounded by other Wolves.
“Ok that’s fine. How has Zara been?”
“Yeah she’s good at putting up a front.” He tells me, followed by a low growl. I feel bad not speaking to Zara when I came to the club, I could smell her overwhelming scent of wild orchid and warm cinnamon, but I’ve yet to see her.
That first time I saw Zara on the day she and Den arrived, I wanted her more than my next breath. To hold her, to kiss her perfect plump rose tinted lips while breathing in her overwhelming scent. Her beauty is like nothing I have ever seen, she is breathtaking and her body is like a gift from God. I need her to be mine, she is not one of us, but my Wolf goes mad for her, as do I.
I am a little angered at Ruk for revealing himself to Zara, I wanted to be the one introduce her to the pack and show her my Wolf when she was ready. To be the first to see her beautiful face when she saw wonder of the change.
The atmosphere changes and my Wolf goes on alert. Lifting my head higher, the smell of death hits me. Shit Zara!
‘He’s here again, keep close to Zara’s side Julian, and restrain her if you have to!’
I tell my Julian my Delta and my enforcers telepathically.
‘Zara is safe. He’s not in here, we can’t smell him, Dom and I are coming out.’ Ruk tells me though our connection.
“That smell? Is that fucking Vampire back again? Zara!” Den says angrily.
“No he’s out here. Julian is with her, she is safe.” I tell him with authority. Just then, Parrise walks through the opening of trees. My Wolf is trying to release itself; I push him back with all my power.
“Parrise, why are you here? You have been warned!”
“Sallack, nice to see you too! I do as I please, you know that! I want Zara, so I will have her,” Parrise tells us with a smug look. Den and I stand in fighting mode, growls tearing from our throats. How dare he come on my territory and speak of my Zara in this way, she will never be his, EVER!
Ruk and Dom come around the back of the building in Wolf form, howling into the night, warning the Vampire of their presence.
“Ah the dogs, I see you have a new pup! Does he know?” Parrise asks, looking from Den to me for our reaction.
“Leave or we will rip you apart. You will never lay a hand on Zara again!”
“Oh hush Wolf, I will have Zara in my arms, or shall I say bed?” He taunts with a wink. Fucking bloodsucker. When I get hold of him I will rip him apart. Just as I permit my Wolf take over, Parrise jumps up onto the club roof and disappears into the night.
“I WILL FIND YOU PARRISE, I SWEAR TO IT!” My voice booms, as I let my Alpha power extend through the night. Fierce anger ripples through me, then need to rip that smug fuckers head from he’s cold pale body overwhelms me. No one will take her away from me, she is mine and that is the way it will be from now on. It seems every man wants her for his own, even Theo, the Alpha from our rival pack. I killed his father and uncle when I was just 18 years old and I will tear him to pieces if he even looks at Zara again. Parrise is just as deluded to think such things, I will never see them together. I have heard tales of the life he leads, also the victory of his battles, gaining admiration from his fellow Vampires. I know he is powerful, but does he know that I am also powerfu
l! Parrise does not know of the things I have done, and will do to him and his people if they lay their hands on what is mine. I need to keep an eye on Den also, we all notice how close they are, he is always touching her, which really pisses me off. I’ll have to put up with it until we are mated, then he will know not to touch where only my hands should be, and if he does, I will have full authority to rip him apart. I will do the same to any Wolf, Vampire, Warlock or human who thinks they will have her as theirs. She will become my mate, and I’ll have her sweet little body lying beside me in my bed, making love to her, treasuring her how she deserves, forever. I will never give her up.
She is MINE.
Zara
“Let go of me Julian, I just need to step outside for a moment, please?” I plead with him for the third time, whilst trying to get out of his bear like grip. Why won’t the let me out? Is he speaking with Sallack telepathically?
“Zara you don’t understand. Just calm down?”
“I just need to see Den!”
“Their back look.” He points over to Den and Sallack walking in. Where are Ruk and Dom? I saw them go out the fire exit in the back of the building. I run over to them, hugging Den and checking him for injuries.
“Are you hurt, is anyone hurt?”
“He got away,” Den tells me angrily.
Thank God, now I breathe can easier. Even though I’m angry with Parrise for causing trouble with the Wolves I don’t want him hurt, there is something about him that appeals to me, like he really needs me, loves me, and as wrong as it is I think I love him.
I let go of Den and turn to Sallack, who is now frowning at me growling deeply. Ruk told me that Werewolves are extremely protective and dominant; they won’t tolerate another male touching their woman. However, Den is my world; I won’t stop consoling him when he needs me. Stepping up to Sallack, I bring my arms up to his neck entwining my fingers behind his neck and kiss his lips soothingly.
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