Breathing Fire

Mine

                                                    ~~~~~~~~~ Odettes' POV~~~~~~~~

I wish I could say I woke up fresh as a daisy. But between being a college student and my current job opportunities I have long since been a night owl. I stretch out in the artificial darkness I created for my nap. I begin to feel around for my phone to check the time and to be sure of no last minute work surprises. Yet it is worse than I thought as I stare at the time on my phone in alarm. It is 4:15pm and I have 13 missed calls. 2 from Massimo and 1 from Enoch the rest I gulp as I look at the 10 missed calls from Kys' number. I debate over whether to call him back and explain or just roll with it. I mean I hardly know the guy anyway. What business is it of his how long I choose to sleep for. Screw it I will call him back after I am dressed and ready to deal with people. If he really wants to talk he can do it on my time. I rise from my bed groggily. Still roaming in the darkness for my light switch. Finally flicking it on I walk to my dresser thinking on that man from work last night. That red haired Greek gentlemen, not many of those around here, and why was he so adamant about speaking with me? Maybe I can ask Ky and his father when I see them later. I grab my go to  outfit. My pink spaghetti strap top and my black maxi skirt with my usual black espadrilles. I try not to wear heels unless it is for work or a special occasion. I am tall enough as it is, being 5'7 as a girl is hard enough. In the right heels I am 6'. After quickly wrangling my hair into what I think is a moderately messy pony tail. I call Ky back, It rings for several minutes and I almost hang up before I hear a breathless " Hello?" My mind wandering as to why he sounds like. Imaging him from the picture from earlier, wondering if he had tattoos on more than just his chest. That I nearly didn't answer back for a moment. "Hello?"  He repeats bringing me back from my fantasy. " Uh Hi" I quickly recover " Why I didn't realize would that affect on you" I chide. I hear his light laughter in response and it sends shivers through me. " Oh and what affect would that be? " I pause for a beat " I did not call you to listening to your half hearted attempt at flirtation, especially when you are clearly occupied by someone." Still unnerved by my body's reaction to his voice. "Ouch, first let me just say if I were flirting with you, you would be with me right now. I don't do half hearted. Second that sounds like jealousy would you like to be the one in my bed with me?"  I cough in a half hearted attempt to cover my shock at his boldness. Before I could respond he continued " Choking on your words there princess? allow me to properly clear the air before we meet. I was not having s*x with anyone when you called I was working out. And I don't know about you but I would rather finish this conversation face to face." Feeling my ego bruising from his candor. I try to take control of the conversation again. " Finally something can agree on, there is a café near where I live Aphrodite's' Mythos. Meet me there by 4:45pm. By the way I would never be jealous of anyone you sleep with, because that implies I am attracted to you. And I would rather kiss a snail to be with you like that."  He laughs again and worse than a shiver. I liked the way it sounded "Fine Aphrodite's 4:45, I'll be there." "Wait!" I tried to stop him as he hung up. What does he mean he will be there, isn't his father supposed to be there too? Ugh why must he be so confounding. I decide to have a head start there so I can enjoy magnificent chai latte before I deal with whatever information I learn from them. I turn off all the lights and lock up everything twice. But considering how secluded my apartment is. It is unlikely anyone would think there is an apartment here anyway. I begin my casual walk to Aphrodite's it is only 15 minutes away from where my apartment is. The walk is lovely and aside from the weather I am kind of happy to pick a meeting place where I know I will be safe. Salome and Enoch both work at the café so should I need to escape at least I have back up. I smile to myself as I continue through the small cobble stone side walk. Thankful that of all the places my parents chose to raise me, it was this paradise. With beautiful trees swollen with ripe apricots and figs perfuming the air in the summer heat. No matter how hard my life gets I take pride in being able to find the joy in the little things, although maybe it is my fey nature that helps me to so thoroughly appreciate the green fruitfulness of nature. I continue my casual stroll just appreciating what little personal time I have as I hit the front doors of the charming little café nested in the heart of town. I walk in taking in the aromatic smell of fresh coffee beans and freshly brewed teas. I absolutely love the smell of this place every time I come in or even walk past on an extremely hot day. The warm breeze carries that smell for three blocks. I observe the length of the line hoping most of these people were here for take out. As I wait as patiently as I can I use the time to survey for the perfect table. I find exactly what I wanted by the window in the corner. Inwardly hoping all these people hurry up so I can sit and enjoy my tea before getting down to business. I had to be in line for what felt like forever, really about eight minutes. I finally get to the front of the line and grin as I realize it is Salome at the counter. "Hey, Can I get my usual with oat milk pretty please." I give Salome my best smile "Sure Oddie, this one is on me though. I know your birthday is coming up and Enoch and I wont be around family stuff. So happy early birthday you get a free chai latte." I didnt really know what to say. I smiled " Thanks Salome and Enoch told me a bit of what is going on. I hope it ends well for you guys. Oh and I am having this here." She nods as I move to quickly take the seat at the corner table I wanted. I take my seat and pull out my phone perusing f*******:. Wondering if I should be googling the men I am about to meet. I know they say they knew my parents but I mean anyone could say that. I sigh outwardly drink in hand wishing I knew what to do.  Before I even had a chance to use google. I feel a pair of eyes on me , I look up and see Ky standing beside me just watching me use my phone. I felt my self start to blush as I watched his eyes roam my face and body before I spoke. " You like what you see? Can you sit down please and isn't your father supposed to be here?" He continued to just observe me for a moment before sitting down. I really hope he couldn't tell I was blushing. He spoke " I can't imagine how much caffeine is in that beverage right now to warrant all of these questions. My father had other things to attend to today, so I am here to address whatever needs to be addressed today. And yes I do, to pretend you aren't incredibly attractive is an insult to you and would make me either extremely dumb or blind which I am neither." I feel my blush deepen at his words. I look at him for a moment just wondering what he must be thinking considering a few hours ago we were fighting in a cemetery. "Well, first lets clear the air then. Are those tattoos special? My dad had ones like those on his back and well he never really spoke about what they meant. Also I will never admit this again but your not bad looking yourself." He smiled " Is that why you have been blushing this whole time? I thought it might have been the compliment but clearly it is because you are every bit attracted to me as I find myself an admirer of yours.  And yes they are special. It is our mafia clan tattoos. Mine are on my chest and I have a large dragon on my back. But that one is a personal choice not work related." He answered " How much do you know of your fathers' past ?" I take a sip of my tea as I respond " I know he was a powerful mafia figure long before I was born, that he retired when my mom learned she was pregnant with me and his nickname was the florist which is ironically funny because that what he became when he retired. That he was also worried for my safety so he showed me somethings. But that is a conversation for another time." "What is it that you claim to know about there death that I do not." ky said nothing for what seemed like an eternity. " I am quite intrigued to know what he taught you. But you are right we came here to discuss what I know. Everything else can be discussed at a later date. My father seems to have found a man who claims to have been a witness that day but is refusing to talk. I do not know where this person is being held. My father is the only one with that information. I would give you this persons' name but based on what you were discussing with your parents earlier I can only imagine how you would behave with that information." I nearly spit out my tea. " It's Casey's f*****g father isn't it. It couldn't have been Casey he was stuck at school for extra credit. I don't need to wait for his dad to say anything. I can go grill that piece of s**t Casey. They tell each other everything. I can handle this myself." As I rise from my seat ready to go pull whatever I need from Casey's mind Ky grabs my wrist and I fall into his lap. " Calm down, my father knows what he is doing and rash behavior wont help anyone." I struggle against him though secretly enjoying the heat radiating from being this close to his body. " I don't need your help, or anyone else's for that matter. Now let go of me. I think I established I would never wanna be this close to you." He leans in and whispers in my ear " You say that but I can see the blush on your face and hear the sound of your heart racing in your chest. I really don't want us on bad terms. Your father was like an uncle to me.  Now if you promise to be a good girl and not run off I will let you go." I hesitate for a moment " I do not like you, get that through your thick skull. But fine and only because I have another question." I continue waiting for him to release me from his lap " There was a strange guy at one of my shifts yesterday, when I was working at Mystica. I never caught his name but he kept pushing wanting to talk to me. He looked really familiar but I am just not sure who he is. Do you think maybe you could help me find out if I give you a description of the guy?"  I look up at him expectantly " Well could I get an answer please?" He grins " Sure I will see what I can do on one condition." I wait for him to finish " I want a kiss." "Excuse me!?" I whisper yell remembering I am at a place where people know me. He waits for my decision. I look at him for a moment trying to decide if he is serious or if this is his idea of a bad joke.  f**k I could really use the help I think to myself and I mean he is really sexy. I take a long hard look at his sculpted features and before I could remind myself this is a bad idea. I feel his lips touch mine and it was like my body caught fire. I felt heat rise in me as he turned my body to face him, deepening the kiss. I groan. No one has ever kissed me or made me feel like this with a kiss before. It was like he was going to consume me. As I groan into the kiss he slips his tongue into my mouth sending shivers through my body as we continue to kiss for several minutes. Feeling his tongue maneuver around every inch of my mouth made me feel wild and different. Ky's hands wrap around my waist as he growls his hunger for me, I feel his erection growing in his pants. Causing me to clench and moisten in response I am not normally this kind of girl. He continued his assault on my mouth as I grew wetter and wetter. Ky and I made out till it felt like that was all there was ever going to be. Us in this moment kissing and yearning for each other. Feeling him get harder and harder beneath me made me ache with a want I rarely experience with another man. I moaned again as his hard member rubbed against my wetness. Finally I with what little self control I had left I broke off the kiss. Leaving me and Ky breathless. He stared into my eyes before growling " f**k Odette, do you kiss every man like that?" I avert my eyes feeling suddenly self conscious. " No" I whisper I could feel his hand under my chin forcing me to look into those wild cooper eyes. " I...I.... Ky please don't tell anyone. I know the rumors Casey has spread about me. But I am a virgin." I felt all the heat rise to my face. I can not believe I just made out with and told a stranger something so personal. He gasped. "Your joking right? I mean have you seen you? there is no way that is true." I just look away and start to rise from his lap. " Odette wait just sit down, I didn't mean you are a liar but in this neighborhood with your looks I am just surprised is all." I nod " So I will give you the description of this man and you will see if you can figure out who he is for me? I have to work at Mystica tonight so the sooner the better please." "Yes I will do what I can." He replies " Actually I will do you one better, I pull my phone out, I am a bit of an artist. I will draw of the picture on my phone and send it to you. I don't have to work till 11:30 so try and find out by then please." I grab my tea and take a sip before working on the image. After sitting in silence for several minutes I send him the picture. "There I send the image, just let me know." I rise from the table as he does the same. I turn to walk away when he grabs me from behind turning me around again. "I am well aware of what my reputation is as well. So please understand this is out of character for me as well." I stand in front of him very confused. When Ky leans forward and kisses me again. With the same passion as when I sat on his lap. It feel dizzying, as I felt myself getting wet all over again. What is this man doing to me. Ky breaks off the kiss this time. "I will call you tonight with any information I find. If not then I will see you at Mystica tonight and I will speak with you directly." I respond with what I hoped was a composed stoic look on my face as I quickly leave before I could say something else I regret today. I walk home numb to my surroundings. Replaying todays events over and over in my mind. Why on earth did I tell him that, worse still why did  kiss him that way. I could pretend the first time was just for an exchange of information. But twice I must be losing my mind to behave to so recklessly. Still replaying everything, knowing deep down I would do it again if I had the chance. No one ever kissed me like that before let alone awaken those kinds of feelings in me. Reliving the rush of his body against mine made me shiver despite the warm breeze blowing. Oppose to when I got to the café the walk home was slow and torturous. No matter how I tried to reason it in my mind. I couldn't explain my attraction to Ky or why I really hoped he came to Mystica tonight. Simply for the information I tell myself absolutely not because I wanted to know him better than I do. Though maybe this is a mistake, I mean there must be a reason why my father never told me about these men before.