Someone for Ransome

Chapter 9

Vivianne

Mmmm… Bacon.

I love the smell of bacon, well lets face it what curvy girl doesn’t. I slowly open my eyes and realize that I am not at home. Then it all comes flooding back to me. The threat, the dogs, and then the nightmare. Not to mention all the sexy things that happened with Ransome in the middle of the night. With a smile on my face, I roll over and stretch my arm out, to touch the cold sheets on the other side. Instead of finding Ransome in bed next to me I find a note on the pillow.

            Dear Angel,

You looked so peaceful lying there under the sheets. I didn’t want to wake you. So take your time showering and dressing in the clothes that I brought over for you. Once done with all that come find me in the kitchen, I am making you breakfast.

            Love,

            R

            After reading the letter a few times I felt this warm feeling filling my heart and I am so scared of what it means. I mean I know what it means but I have only known him for a few days so it can’t be love right. Maybe it is all the good relaxed feelings running through me still that have me thinking like this. Pushing all that aside I make my way through a shower and finger comb my hair. I found the clothes he was talking about on in the sitting area of the room. It wasn’t anything special just jeans and a T-shirt, what grabbed my attention was the undergarments that he had gotten for me. The panties will leave my butt hanging out the bottom of them and they have the word “Angel” printed on the front. The bra was no better pushing my already large breast up into my face and the best part of this panty/bra combo was the color. Gold with black trimmings. I laughed at the silly man. Being possessive right down to my panties. Finally dressed and feeling presentable I followed the smell of bacon to the kitchen where I found Ransome standing at the stove, in just his jeans making pancakes.

            Damnit my body chose that moment to betray me. I thought we had a little pep talk before coming down here but nope that just went out the window with the smell of bacon. My mouth started watering getting ready for a taste of all that man flesh on display. And those angel panties…. Well, I hope he thought to get spares.

Inhaling a deep breath, he slowly turns with a grin that would make the Cheshire cat jealous, and a fire in his eyes that I know belongs to his dragon, “See something you like, angel?”

I laughed at him. I need to get on broad with the fact that there is no hiding a thing from Ransome. “I do actually, nothing gets me hotter than…” I could see his eyes go wide with what he thought I was going to finish that sentence with. Oh, this was going to be fun, “… a big stack of pancakes with huge pile of bacon on the side.” The look on his face was priceless. He gave me this look like someone told him that he couldn’t have a puppy or that Santa wasn’t real.

Laughing harder than before I make my way to the table and wait for breakfast to be done. Soon there is a plate full of pancakes and one full of bacon being set in front of me, with an empty one soon following. I wasted no time digging in. I placed three big pancakes on my plate and a handful of bacon. I liked my lips in anticipation while I poured syrup on all of it.

“What?” I asked when I looked up to see him staring at me again with that smile. I am surprised he could hear me due to my very unlady like way of talking to him, you know with my mouth full of food just chomping away. Hey, no judging I was starving.

“Nothing. I just really like a woman with an appetite and even more so when she isn’t afraid to show it. I love to cook and that is why I don’t hire someone unless I am hosting parties.”

“Well, Mr. Dragon Man, I love to eat. So, it is a good thing you like to make food. How do you think I keep up this gorgeous figure?” I respond sarcastically.

“I love your body and I will feed you all day long if you want.”

Just as I was ready with a comeback my phone goes buzzing around the table. Ella pops up on the screen.

“Hi, Ella.”

“Oh my God, you are finally up. I have been waiting a long time and this brute here told me I couldn’t go anywhere until his ‘boss’ gave the ‘go ahead’. And that had to wait till you were up and you the little Dragon Princess took forever to wake the hell up. Also, I am not wearing these clothes Vivi, I am not. You better get the big man to get me something else or I will walk out of here naked.”

“Okay, just wait a minute and slow the hell down. What’s wrong now? Why won’t you wear the clothes? They can’t be that bad… can they?” I asked with apprehension. Not sure I wanted her to start on another rant.

“Umm, yes they can be. Vivi I look like a nun. It is a full black dress with sleeves and a high neckline. What they hell!” covering the phone so I could giggle at her, I also shot Ransome the death glare.

“What did you send for Ella to wear?” I asked in the most pissed off voice I could manage.

“I didn’t. Nikolai offered to go to the store to get you clothes to wear today until you could go get your own. Why what did he do?” He was in boss mode now and I watched his facial features change as well.

“He got Ella a nun costume to wear out in public.” I stated. Thinking about what he said I was a little unnerved about the fact that Nikolai got my undergarments. “Did he get all my clothes?”

A belly laugh rolled out of his perfect mouth and then ended on a firm, “Nyet.”

“You think I would let another man see what is mine?” I can only shake my head as a response. “Exactly. I ordered those last night before I went to bed and had them rushed delivered this morning. Nikolai will take you and Gabriella to your place. Pack what you need for a few days the rest can be packed and delivered later. I don’t want you there too long. When you are ready let me know and ill have him here to get you.” He was back in boss mode.

“Just like that huh. It’s that easy, you snap your fingers and they just do what you want?” I was a little mad that he could just order people around like that but mostly I was mad at the fact that he thought I was just another one of them.

“Da, just like that. They are my clan, my brothers, and my employees. I tell them what I need, and they do it and in return I provide for them. That’s what I do.”

“Hello. Vivi, can you hear me? So, help me God if you muted me, I am going to kill you.” I faintly heard Gabriella ranting again from my hand. Sticking my tongue out. Yes, like a child because at this point, I had no comeback.

“Fine.” I grunt at him as he laughs and walks away to the sink.

“Sorry Ella, just wear the damn clothes and tell Nikolai that we are leaving now…. please.” I almost bite her head off; I was that frustrated with the dragon in the room.

“Okay, he says he can when the boss tells him to. What ever that means.” I give that death glare to Ransome for the second time this morning. “He said we are good to go, be ready. Bye.”

The doorbell rings a few minutes later and I am shocked at how quickly they got here. Swinging open the door I have to cover my mouth to keep from laughing at Ella, because she does indeed look like a nun.

“You look great.” I manage to squeak out without laughing at her. Letting them into the foyer.

“Yeah, yeah, yeah. The only good thing about this get up is the panty set I have on underneath. Wanna see?” She asks me with a little wiggle of her eyebrows and a look to Nikolai that makes me question their involvement with each other. But I will talk to her about that later at the apartment when we are alone.

“Yeah. My panty set is also something to be seen.” I say while laughing at the look Ransome is giving me. I continue to laugh as we all walk out to the car, but it dies on my lips when I see someone watching me from the iron gate on a motorcycle. Looking back at the house I see that Ransome and Nikolai are in the middle of a conversation and are completely unaware of the person at the gate. Ella is already in the car in the front seat, so she has no idea what is going on either. When I look back at the gate the person on the motorcycle is gone. I get in the car and see Ella tapping away on her phone and wonder who she could be talking to.

“Ella, who’s that?”

“Pris. She says Makism won’t let her leave the house and has given her Sylvie’s clothes to wear. Also, she hates his fiancé.” She relays to me while she continues to tap away on her phone. I settle back in my seat and watch the trees pass by. Before I know it, we are parked outside of our apartment complex. We have fifteen minutes and can only pack the essentials before he is coming in after us. I glance at Ella with a look like he must be kidding me right.

“So, you and Nikolai. You two seem to have hit it off last night.” I state as we make the journey up the two flights of stairs. She waits to answer until she has the door open.

“No. He is a pain in my ass. A hot, melt your panties, roll over on your back, hot but a pain in my ass all the same. He is so bossy and moody and look at what he got me to wear. Did he get you that outfit?” She asked me as she looked over my jeans and shirt. She was so frustrated over him that I keep wondering if there wasn’t something already there.

“Yes. He did.” As we walked in, I started to look over the apartment. I am not crazy just making sure someone is not hiding in the nooks and crannies. Gabriella headed to the bathroom to grab her essentials. I walked down the hallway to my room. As I opened the door and stepped in, I let out a blood curdling scream and froze to the spot. Gabriella came running in and somehow managed to miss hitting me as she skidded to a halt beside me. Nikolai was hot on her heels like he didn’t trust us to come up here alone.

“Vivi, what…..ooh fuck.” We both stand there looking over what used to be my bedroom. Now it was something else. The drawers were thrown everywhere and the contents dumped all over. My bed was torn apart and flipped all over the room. My curtains and string lights were torn down and shredded to pieces. But the part that got me the most was what someone wrote on the walls in what I hoped was red paint and not blood.

            Slut

                        Shifter Whore

                                    He is MINE

                                                Bitch

                                                            You will DIE

Ella was holding me before I even realized I was crumbling to the floor crying. When I glanced up, I caught sight of Nikolai on the phone to whom I can only guess is Ransome.

“We leave now. Forget your things, lets go.” I was okay with that and nodded in numb agreement as Ella and Nikolai carried me from the apartment to the waiting car. At a speed that was just on this side of dangerous we headed back to Ransome’s place. I stared out the window while the trees went whizzing by us, until the images blurred together, and I was seeing my room play in my head repeatedly. It looked like one of those old camera reels. My safe space, my haven, everything I have built for myself was in that room and now it is all gone. Invaded. Taken from me. As the images played over again I found myself crying harder and the car lurched forward as Nikolai stepped on the gas.

As the car skidded to a stop in the driveway, Ransome and the rest of the clan came running out to us. I didn’t even know Ransome had pulled me from the car until I heard him whispering in my ear and rubbing my back as he held me.

“I am so sorry, my angel. I didn’t think she would ever do anything like this.”

Pulling away from him was very hard and made my chest ach. But I didn’t want his words or his comfort right now. His crazy ex is the one who destroyed my life and the only safe place I had. I walk right past all the clan members, past Priscilla who is crying into Maksim’s chest, and right past Katerina who gives me a sad look. I walk right up the stairs and to my room where I close the door quietly and latch the lock. Only then did I let myself slide to the floor and start crying.

Ransome

I stood there frozen to the spot staring after her as she walked into the house and up to her room. I didn’t hear any doors slamming or any yelling, and I think that gutted even more. It was my mother who drew my attention when she carefully placed her hand on my arm. “Ransome, it is okay. She will be okay. You need to let her be for a bit she needs time to process what just happened to her. She is not used to all this attention. You can show her how serious you are and that you are not going anywhere by stopping this woman before she goes to far and hurts your mate.” My mother was always the voce of reason when my dad was ruling, and I can only think that it will be the same when my angel decides to take her place by my side.

With my blood running hot in my veins, I spun on Nikolai and boomed, “I want to know exactly what happened and I want to know NOW!”

“Woohoo! You hold on there a minute.” Gabriella says as she steps forward and to the right blocking Nikolai from me. If my mate’s life wasn’t in danger at the moment, I would find this a bit amusing. But right now, I want answers, so I look to Nikolai with some authority in my gaze.

Moving Gabriella out of the way he followed me up the front steps and into my office before speaking to me. “I let the girls go up to the apartment alone. I wanted to call Maksim and ask him again about letting Priscilla come over too. I was headed up the stairs and almost to the top when I head Vivianne screaming. I took off at runt and when I got to the apartment Vivianne and Gabriella were standing in the doorway to Vivianne’s room.” He stops for a minute looking at me, I don’t think he knows how to continue telling me what happened which is unusual for him. But I didn’t have to wait long for answer because the door to my office opened and I heard a small voice continue where he left off.

“All my things were ripped or torn or thrown all over the place. My furniture was all broken. And on my walls were words…. Oh God, there were horrible words written in red. I just hope it was paint and not someone’s blood. I am used to people saying mean things about me or to me, but this was different. All my things… I mean all things are, oh God what am I going to do.” Vivianne stood in the doorway to my office, with a blanket wrapped around her shoulders and her eyes all red and puffy from crying, as she told me what happened to her room. Even though I could see her struggling with what happened to her things, she still took my breath away. As I stood to go to her and offer some comfort while I figured out what to do, the phone on my desk goes off.

“This is Ransome.” I answer while keeping my eyes on her. Nikolai gets up and offers her the seat in front of my desk.

“Ransome, hello. How are you doing? I heard you are having a problem. Your mate called us and told us about what happened to the girl you left her for. She went to your girlfriend’s place to let her know that she was your real mate and found the place trashed. She called us letting us know that there might be a problem with our favorite dragon.” The voice on the other end telling me what I thought was a bunch of bullshit.

Alexei Petrov. One of the elders in the council was calling me to check in on my mate…. Hhhmmmm a little fishy but I wasn’t sure what I was going to do just yet. I could hear the amusement in his voice when he asked me if both the girls where okay.

“Alexei, I am warning you now when I get my hands on Onya, I am going to rip her apart after I let my mate kick her ass.” I spat into the phone before slamming it down into the holder.

I knew hanging up on the council was the wrong thing to do. No one ever did that. But at this point I didn’t care what they thought, because as soon as Vivianne and I mated we would be King and Queen. Then I could work on getting rid of those righteous assholes. The sound of me slamming the receiver down and breaking my office phone, had Vivianne jumping and whimpering. Realizing I needed to get my s**t together but couldn’t do that with her so far away from me, had me moving towards her.

“Vivianne, my angel, can I please hold you? It will sooth my dragon and will make me feel a little calmer so I can fix this thing.” Nikolai had understood the atmosphere with us and had left when I answered the phone. While holding her I could ask the hard part and find out what was on the walls that had her so scared.