Charming The Warriors (The Charmer)

by Sanderson, Danielle

  “Please Zara; there are things you don’t know.”

  “We will get the Vampires on our side,” Ruk says with desperation. She looks into Ruk’s eyes and strokes his face lovingly.

  “You are very special Ruk, I love you dearly, but it won’t work. When I’m bonded to him I will return to you.”

  She’s lying; I can feel her lie crawling over my skin. Why is this happening. He doesn’t love her how could he, putting her through this nightmare?

  “We can’t leave you here, Julian thinks you’re coming back. He loves you Dallah, really loves you, we all love you like a sister. We have all been worrying about you!”

  Her face falls as she drops to the edge of the bed, silently crying. No, I can’t have this happen to her. She does not deserve this to happen to her.

  “Don’t Ruk,” I say to him gently.

  I can feel her heart tearing, she loved him all this time and they won’t be able to be together because of Richard.

  “If I spend time with him, I might be able to change him?” I whisper to her, knowing Ruk can hear me but hoping no other ears can.

  “Hush Zara, do not go there!” She growls out.

  How can she not expect me to try anything I can.

  “Ok.” I say, just to make her happy.

  “Zara, I can feel you lying. Ruk you need to make sure she doesn’t do this, stay with her all the time!”

  She is giving Ruk a look that is so scary, I actually shudder. She is so powerful, but she won’t fight Richard for the sake of our lives.

  “I can feel you lying too. Dallah for fuck sake come with us!”

  “What’s going on with you two?” Ruk asks with a frown.

  “Please take my hands. I beg you don’t make me feel the way you did Zara, I can’t lose those I love.”

  Emotion black mail! this is what it’s come down to for her to make us leave. Ruk and I hold hands, and lay ours in Dallah’s reluctantly while I say, “I will be back for you, I will do anything and everything possible. Richard can go fuck himself!” I say loudly, knowing the little bastard is listening in. he doesn’t scare me, he should, but he doesn’t!

  Chapter 26

  I sob into the grass outside the house, Screaming with anger that has filed my entire being. Ruk picks me up and sits on the porch step with me straddling him. I Hold on so tightly I may be hurting him. He lays his head in my neck, knowing the closeness helps.

  “Shh, we will figure something out beautiful.”

  “I know. I just don’t want her to go through this alone?”

  “She won’t, I promise you.”

  We sit silent for an hour, my mind going from Dallah to Sallack. I lean back a little and look into Ruk’s beautiful eyes, which are clouded in desire. I want to be close to him, to feel him, to give us what we both need to forget. Nevertheless, I climb of from him, not wanting to change what we have. He pulls me back down on to the hardness, speaking calmly he says,

  “I know you’re not meant for me Zara, but let me help you forget him, just for a while. Let us just be together one time. We love each other.”

  “Yes, I love you Ruk, but I can’t hurt you like that? I don’t want to give my whole self to another man again like what I did for Sallack. I’m scared.”

  “I know what you saying, but I want you, I need you. Nothing will change. Let’s make each other forget, just kiss me, I won’t push you to make love to me Zara?”

  “Ruk it’s not that easy, you could be….” Ruk’s silent’s me with a tender, mouth watering kiss. I open to him, our tongue’s glide over each other’s like silk. It is Ruk I am kissing holding onto, not Sallack, Ruk. He stands holding me tightly to his body, carefully carrying me up stairs and laying us on the bed, keeping our bodies pressed together. My heart beating rapidly, I have not had such a feeling for so long, my body is craving this so desperately. Ruk is giving me back the beat in my heart, the love we both need ignites into passion. He pulls my top over my head breaking the kiss. He sits up on his knee’s unclipping my bra letting my breast’s fall free as he lets a sexy growl escape his lips as he removes his shirt I take a deep breath through my mouth readying myself to close to such a stunningly handsome man. He leans back down on me taking my mouth again and holding my breast that fits perfectly against his hand. I hold onto his wide shoulders needing him desperately as his mouth travels down my neck to my breast and gently suck’s. The pain is gone, I only feel need. I push Ruk to a sitting position, he looks at me eyebrow raised, getting up on my own knees, moving forward slowly I climb onto him opening my legs to wrap around him. His mouth descends on mine as his tongue darts into my mouth and I willingly let him enter; my nipples harden from the amazing feel of our naked chests rub together. One of Ruk’s arms hold’s the back of my hair gently pulling while the other hand slips down the back of my jeans, massaging my buttocks. I moan louder as I’m pushed harder into him. My hand is holding on to his powerful shoulder as the other is laced in his hair, pulling him harder into me. I just want to climb into him and feel him all over me, safe, loved. Ruk’s pushes his erection against me, even through our jeans the feeling is orgasmic. All negative thoughts now replaced with the joy of being here with Ruk. I want to be locked in his embrace for the rest of my life, feeling nothing but pleasure. We carry on this way for at least 20 minutes and every second is as breathtaking as the last.

  “Zara, you here?” Den shouts out. I pull back from Ruk the both of us in a state of lust.

  “I’m with Ruk, we will be down in a sec,” I tell him, my voice deceiving me completely.

  “Ok babe,” He reply’s having no idea what’s happening between Ruk and I. I kiss Ruk’s mouth again and hold him tightly not wanting to let go.

  “Beautiful we need to go down.”

  “I know.” However, we both have not moved, I don’t want to let go of him, but I know I have to.

  “Ruk you are amazing.”

  “Ah, beautiful Zara,” He says, with real emotion behind it. We both find our tops dressing quickly and quietly. Once we are dressed, I step up to him unapologetically aroused, feeling as if I’m dreaming.

  “I will cherish this moment all my life Ruk.”

  “You took the words out of my mouth beautiful.”

  We lean into each other, lips gently touching as his tongue plunges into my mouth; we pull apart hearing Den banging about down stairs.

  We head down stairs to the kitchen, where Den is always found cooking or eating after work.

  “What you two been up too?” He asks suspiciously.

  “Ah you know, just hanging out.” Ruk say’s shrugging his shoulders, Den walks over to me and kisses my head and holding my shoulders to look down at me.

  “You look a little better babe?” He says sniffing the air discretely.

  “Yeah, I’m good.”

  I give him a smile, but just the thought of why I look better takes my mind of Ruk and back to Sallack. My smile fades as does Den’s, he walks back to the pan on the stove banging around and growling lowly. Ruk holds out his hand to me with a smile, I take it happily, as he pulls me to sit on his lap. The contact is easy on my pain, I have to stop myself from leaning in and kissing him again, he is so tender towards me.

  After speaking with them for an hour, I take myself out on the porch and look upon the woods by the house, lost in thought, when Ruk comes to me, looking a disheartened.

  “What’s wrong?” I ask him worried.

  “Do you want me to come back tonight or have I ruined our friendship?”

  “You couldn’t ruin anything Ruk. You made me forget, even for a little while, I love you for it Ruk. I want you to stay here, if that’s what you want to. Waking up with you makes me feel safe, you make me feel safe Ruk.”

  I lace my arms around his middle and tilt my head to see his handsome face.

  “Tell me what going on, Zara please tell me what is happening?”

  “I'll tell you Ruk, you have heard and seen too much. Once I tell you. Please don�
�t hate me for keeping it from you?”

  “Why would you say such a thing, no matter what it is, my feelings will never change towards you. I will stand at your side. Always.”

  “Let's find somewhere to sit, this might take a while!”

  I tell him everything I know about myself, about Dallah being my sister, Angus and our connection, my new found gift of dream walking, everything I have been told, and everything I have learned. I had to tell him, I needed him to know, to understand. After all, he had seen and heard, it was not fair to keep him in the dark. When I finish, he just stares at me with a blank expression.

  “Ruk?”

  “I’m so sorry, you have had to go through all this. Us fighting over you, your heart ache. I knew there was something special about you. I won’t let any man break your heart again beautiful, it won’t happen.”

  “God you’re amazing Ruk, you know that right?”

  “I do now beautiful.”

  He presses my head to his large chest, holding me tightly.

  Sitting in a room full of people I love unconditionally, are Den, Ruk, Julian, Dom, Mickey, Angus, Parrise …,

  “Where is Sallack?”

  A collection of growls echo through the sitting room. Even saying his name, wondering where he is hurts deeply. Den walk’s over to me by the window and speaks quietly,

  “We thought it best he didn’t come, we can’t see you like you were last time babe, it breaks our heart.”

  “I’m sorry, but I need him here. He should be here.”

  “Ok he will be here any second.”

  “I wanted you to know before this Den, I’m sorry I have been keeping things from you, from you all.”

  “I trust your reason’s babe. I’m here for you always.”

  When Den goes back to lean on the wall, I feel before I see Sallack enter the room as his power overwhelming me.

  “Zara?”

  I turn to lock eyes with him. Why does he have to be so stunning, so perfect? Why did he have to rip me apart in the worse way? I want him with me at my side kissing me, telling me he wants me and only me. For him to tell me he won’t hurt me again and really mean it.

  “Go now!” Parrise says harshly from my left, only two steps away. I walk up to him with my hand on his cheek.

  “Parrise, I can do this I need to do this?” I whisper close to his ear

  “Little one, I need to know if it gets too much.”

  “It already is Parrise.” I tell him as I walk back to the window looking out, trying to catch my breath and dull the tears. Turning round, Sallack is staring at me with his intense eyes while everyone is looking upon him with anger, and disappointment.

  “I need to tell you things, but first I need you to stop being so hard on Sallack, I know your angry with him for what he did, but it was to me. He is your Alpha and brother, it hurts to see you like this. If you forgive him then maybe I can.”

  “I want you Zara, all of you?”

  “Please Sallack! You’re killing me. You abandoned me!”

  I shut my eyes to clear the vision of his beautiful face. Strong arms wrap around me and his mouth comes to my ear. shivers runs through my blood from his closeness.

  “You can do it babe, I’m with you all the way,” Den whispers in my ear. I turn around seeing them all looking distressed. Where the hell do I begin! Will they hate me for keeping it from them? Will Dallah be angry with me? Yes! However, she is not here and I need them to understand, I want them to understand.

  Ruk stalks up to me, I already know he is not happy about me telling the others, he thinks it’s too dangerous for me, but I don’t care. I need to get Dallah away from Richard so if telling my secret help’s them understand then it’s what I will do.

  “Please Zara, not this way?” He whispers almost silently.

  “They have to know, to understand. she needs me Ruk,” I whisper back, tiptoeing to kiss his cheek as a tear slips from my eye.

  “I love you Ruk.” I tell him honestly.

  He nods his head once, stepping to the right of me. If I tell them I am a Charmer, they will understand the connection I have with Dallah, then I can explain to them why she is giving her life for ours. I won’t involve them I just want to tell them I will be going to find and bring her back.

  “NO!” Parrise’s voice boom’s through the room, making everyone jump. With speed not seen by the human eye, he is standing not an inch from my face.

  “Parrise?”

  “No, you will not speak of this. Come with me.”

  I do not get time to reply before he takes me from the room, leading me by my hand out side under the moon light. When we are out of earshot he speaks,

  “My little Zara, how could I not see the truth in you my love?”

  His fingers lace through my hair, bringing me close to him. Our lips nearly touching, his eyes glossing over as he speaks gently to me.

  “Zara, I know you trust all the men in the room, but a Vampire with power much like mine could read this information of any mind belonging to any one of the brothers’. You need to trust me my love, do not speak of this to anyone. I will teach you to block your mind also. Ahh Zara, I can’t lose you ever again. I love you little one.”

  How could I be so stupid? I didn’t even think about any one finding out in the way Parrise reads me. He is right I can’t put their lives in danger like that.

  “I didn’t think it through, I’m so desperate to get Dallah back, she needs me Parrise. I can’t, I won’t give up on her.” I cry, feeling ashamed I was about to put their lives in dander.

  “I never believed in the Charmer stories, but here you are, in my arms, and in my heart. Love, open your mind to me fully, show me what’s happened to Dallah.”

  I close my eyes and think back, from the moment I lay eyes on him, up to today, only leaving the kind stranger from the other night. After a few moments I open my eyes to see Parrise looking at me, face full of sorrow.

  “Love, how could you go through this alone, it’s too much for your fragile heart, little one.”

  Tears stain my cheeks as the memory’s come flooding in, but they are not mine, they belong to Parrise. His arms hold me even tighter as I feel his love for me. His wanting to care and protect me, the first time he saw me outside the bar, the time I said goodbye to our love that night. He was so hurt!

  I fall to the ground holding my head, as his large body comes down to my level taking my face in his hands, I look at him seeing every emotion dancing in his ocean blue eyes. He sees me as perfection he loves me wholeheartedly. I’m not perfect!

  “I am so sorry Parrise, I never meant to hurt you. I did love you then, I do love you now. I’m not this person you see me as, and don’t say I am, because I am not perfect,” I say through my tears.

  “Don’t be sad my love, I wanted to show you how I really feel towards you, so you know that I love you for you, not for the Charmer you are.”

  “Are you the one for me Parrise?”

  “I don’t know love, it’s something you will have to find out yourself, but you are the one for me. I will never love another the way I do you, my love.”

  “ZARA, YOU OK BABE?” Den yells.

  “Yeah, sorry Den I’ll be there in a minute,” I tell him, before he walks back into the house, seeing that Parrise and I are speaking privately.

  “What do I tell them?” I ask.

  “We will go back in, but let me speak to them. I will work out how to get Dallah back I promise, the Dark Prince will pay for touching you in that way love, you should have told us the truth of that night.”

  “I couldn’t let you all go after him in revenge; I want you all safe, just like you all want me safe.”

  “I will speak with the brothers’, do you Trust me to speak with them love?”

  “I do.”

  “Good. Firstly to block your mind from entry you need to imagine building a wall in front of you brick by brick, but do it so quickly, it should only take a second or two, try it.”
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  I do as he asks, as fast as my mind will move the bricks in front of me, only two seconds later, I think of Parrise biting my neck. I watch his face to see if it has worked. He chuckles, whipping me to him again; fangs elongated licking one of his sharp fangs.

  “Love, you left a gap!” He lightly scratches his fangs down my neck, sending bolts of panic, but the excitement overrides the Panic. He lifts his face back to meet mine, his stunning eyes frosted with desire.

  “I can’t Parrise, I love you so much already. I’m not ready for what you want from me, I can’t give myself to you.” I tell him sadly as I caress his cheek and with my thumb I press lightly on his right fang, indivertibly pricking my thumb on the blade like tooth.

  “I’m Sorry, I was curious, I didn’t realize how sharp they are.” I tell him. He lifts my hand back up to his mouth and places it in his mouth, sucking gently. His eyes completely focused on me, as they change from the stunning blue to an overpowering red, making him look even more breathtaking. Pulling out my thumb, he licks the small cut, sealing it.

  “Love, let’s go before I strip you naked and love you the way you should be, here on the grass.”

  He is the most erotic man I have ever laid eyes on, a true Vampire. Not frightening but magnificent!

  Chapter 27

  As we enter the living room, all eyes are on us. Sallack’s eyes land on Parrise’s and mine hands held together, I try to let go, not wanting to upset him, but Parrise just holds me tighter.

  We walk to stand in front of the brothers’, when I hear Parrise in my head, which makes me jump, and at the same time I see confused faces from the brothers’, properly wondering what the hell is going on.

  ‘Build the wall Zara, no gaps. Double check, I’ll give you 4 seconds, love.’

  I build it without bothering to ask why, I trust him to do the right thing for us all. I look for gaps, nothing! Parrise nods his head to me, telling me I have done it. In a tender, calm voice he speaks to the brothers’,

  “Brothers’, listen to me now. Zara is well. Forget about her wanting to speak with you tonight and anything after that. Ruk do not remember the truth of what Zara spoke of today and of your seeing Dallah. Remove it from your mind until I tell you otherwise. Pack brothers’ go home tonight knowing Zara is safe. Zara is tired, so all say goodnight and go home.”