Ilena

14

Confound that woman, I need to talk to her and she goes to sleep, I can’t handle hearing her make those noises and calling out what she thinks is my name. Its toture and I have a mate even if I can’t find her, I know she's out there somewhere. I just have to find my beautiful Ilena. But then why am I so tempted by this woman, she may be beautiful and smell...amazing, look amazing, god everything about her has me losing my mind. From the way that robe clung to her every curve, to the way she spoke to me about her decadent blood. Screw this, I've got to go talk to her and set things straight.

I push off of my perch near the window and head back into the bedroom. My hand on the door knob, I take a deep breath.

She's already in bed, under the covers, I sit down near her feet and gently shake her.

"Fox?" She questions.

"Yeah, it’s me. We have to talk about..." I'm struggling to find the right words but I'm sure they will come to me.

"Yeah." She says in that breathy, sexy voice, she has when she's tired and I can already feel myself growing. I have to keep myself together, restrain myself or at least try. Every night she's moaning and calling my false name, and every night I have to find solace in the woods away from her every temptation. It’s painful to be around her when I know she dreams about the man she thinks I am.

Suddenly she’s straddling my lap looking down at me, her eyes glow violet, she must still be sleeping. Slowly she wraps her arms around my neck and lowers her head to kiss my jaw line. How am I supposed to restrain myself now? I ball my fists at my sides trying not to touch her, but I can feel her bare thighs brushing against my legs.

"Ember..." I try to say.

"You know you want me too, it’s intoxicating." Her voice is so sexy, breathy and warm against my neck, her sharp fangs lightly scrape against my skin and I tremble beneath her. I want this, I want her, she's the only woman I've wanted in the past thirteen years, there's got to be some reason for that. A sharp sting on my neck and then, her warm wet tongue is licking the cut and her venom slips into me, sending a ripple of pleasure coursing through my body like nothing I've ever felt before in my long life. She's unbuttoning my shirt and rubbing her hands across my chest.

I can’t stop the low growl of a moan that escapes from my lips. I could remove her from me now, walk away and she would never know. But even the thought of that has me growling without consent, the beast inside wants this woman as much as I do. But I will not have her while she sleeps, I need to know she wants this too and she can only do that if she knows about Ilena.

"Ember." I growl loudly as I grab her sides and pull her away from me but not off of my lap. The violet slowly seeps from her eyes like color being pulled from water. She looks down at me sleepily but when she realizes where she is it turns to shock and she jumps off of my lap, walking backwards until she hits the wall.

"Did I attack you, oh my God, I am so sorry. Not that I don't want to, but you don't..." She rambles, it’s so cute it’s almost sexy, wait she said she wanted to.

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Oh, holy crap what have I done. He's sitting there on the bed lightly sweating, his shirt pulled open, what did I do to him. He stands, walks over to me and grabs me, pulling my body against his and kisses me softly, passionately. His full lips gently caressing mine as my body contours to his perfectly, making heat pool between my thighs. Oh god, he's so hot and smells so good, I want him so badly. Suddenly he stops and presses his head on the wall next to my head.

"I'm sorry." He says pulling away and goes to stand by the window.

"What are you sorry for?" I ask him frowning.

"I have a mate, I can’t find her but you’re the only woman I've..." He's at a loss for words.

"Right, no I get it, you've had this image of that girl in your head for thirteen years. I get how that can be hard to give up." I say with emotion that I didn't know I had towards this.

"It is...but I never told you anything about her." He says turning to look at me curiously.

"I had to know more about you, had to know you wanted more than just who I was. I know it's hard to think that, that girl could have changed, that she changed the day after you first met. So different even by the time you sent these." I said trying to explain and pulled out the jewelry he had send me thirteen years ago. His eyes widened and he looks at me as if for the first time. "Nolan, aren't you going to say anything?" I ask after it’s been quiet for far too long. He simply pulls me to him and kisses me, like a man dying of thirst and I'm the only drink in the desert. I slide my hands inside of his open shirt to feel his hard muscles. I seem to have forgotten until now that I'm only wearing my blue lace boy short and a black tank top, no bra, no pants. I push his shirt off of his shoulders and he pulls me hard against him as he walks around the side of the bed to lay us down on it, his body is covering mine as he nestles between my legs and kisses down my neck and onto my upper chest. Making me feel lightheaded.

Suddenly I hear the door slam open and Nolan is growling loudly at whoever it is. I move to look around him to see Evan with a seriously pissed off look.

"The Company is here for Ilena." He nearly growls at Nolan, Evan is never pissed like this.

"Who is the company?" I ask confused.

"Ask him, he called them." Evan accuses.

"Nolan?" I say sitting up as he moves away to stand near the end of the bed.

"f**k, where are they?" He growls back at Evan while pulling his shirt back on, to button it.

"Nolan, Fox, whatever the hell your name is answer me." I yell as I get up from the bed, but the room seems foggy and yelling at him just doesn't seem like something I would do, this is off, he is off.

"Look lady, I am not your lover boy. I just came for this." He says holding up a vial of my blood, when was he able to get that? Then his shape falters and I can’t really see who it is but Evan is running towards him. Everything is so foggy now, I can’t see anything.

"Ember?" I heard from far off like I was in a dream.

"Fox?" I ask trying to pull myself back.

"Yeah, it’s me. We have to talk about..." He says, does this mean it will happen again, did I see the future?

I move quickly, moving myself to straddle his lap, my eyes feel cool like the dream still possesses them. If the dream is real, I can’t just attack him I have to know the truth first.

"You know you want me too, it’s intoxicating." I breathe huskily and move towards his neck, letting my fangs grow, I lightly scrap the skin under his ear, next to his jaw line and wait a moment for the blood to seep out. I lick it and know for certain that this is an imposter. I let my venom flow and let him feel the pleasure but all too soon he will feel the pain.

"Ember." He growls loudly as he grips my sides and pulls me away from him but not off of his lap. But why, why if he thinks I'm sleeping, wake me if he can already get what he needs without doing so. I feel a sharp pinch at my side and there is where he is pulling the blood. I use my speed and snap his arm, removing the vial and syringe from his hand and practically leap myself across the room.

"You bitch." He exclaims and tries to rush me, I throw my electric spark at him, it hits him and flings him across the room and pins him to the wall.

"You are not him, I know what his blood tastes like and he is immune to my spark. So imposter who are you and why do you want to give this to the company?" I ask as I stalk towards him and his eyes get big and start to seem worried.

"All abominations must be dealt with in one way or another, the blood is proof of what you are, they are coming." He laughs venomously and then I can see the venom tightening in his veins making him squirm.

"Where is the real Fox?" I yell at him.

"I stole his thoughts and sent him the other way with a simple spell, really." He says and laughs maniacally. There's something I'm not seeing here, he's way too happy to be captured, even if he’s writhing in pain.

"Show yourself fool or you will regret defying me." I command him and give him a little more of a jolt, he groans painfully and his shade seems to shift slightly and then back again to look like Fox, why won’t he show himself? A loud bang from outside has the fool smiling once again.

"Your too late precious, there already here and they've come for blood, they will get it one way or another." He laughs again and I drop him hard on his face, knocking him out for a moment, hopefully long enough for me to throw some clothes on. I throw on my jeans from earlier and bra, and try to find my shirt, I could have sworn it was right here, I slip on my boots and I hear a groan from my captive, I circle the bed to find him trying to get up. I grab him by the back of the neck and practically drag him out of the house. My people are standing out there in a group in front of a larger group of men wearing robes, long black robes. The worm in my hand is laughing again, but I drag him still until I’m standing between Charles and 'Fox' and the robed men are in front of me.

"If you want something from me ask, don't send a worm to do a man’s job." I say in a commanding voice I shouldn't possess and zap the little creep once again dropping him onto the wet ground.

"We sent him," The one in front said pointing to the real 'Fox', "He told us there was nothing here, we had to send someone who would get the job done." His voice very monotone, devoid of emotion or soul really. I looked over at 'Fox' the angry look on his face telling me he tried to make them go away, still he should have told me they were on my trail if he was working for the enemy.

"Obviously he didn't, what is it you want?" I asked trying to sound commanding but also not provoke them more than already done.

"We want what is ours," He said motioning to 'Fox and then back to me, "And the blood we came for, we uphold the balance. If an abomination is created it must be destroyed to uphold our fragile balance and keep the future on track." I feel like a woman possessed, he wants to take my mate, even if he is still oblivious and kills me once he realizes what I am, not to mention they will kill Nolan if they figure out what he is. A sudden rush of power, has my whole body vibrating, humming with the strength of it. I don't know what I'm doing but my body or my power thinks it does.

"You will have nothing." My voice echo's and then my magic booms outward and everything goes dark, several moments pass and then I blink and I could swear I'm in my apartment, but not just me all of my people and the weird men in robes are nowhere to be seen, 'Fox' runs over to me, he seems worried but I feel fine, I think I feel fine. This would probably be where I pass out right, because I did something I'm not supposed to be able to do.