Rediscovered

Chapter 3

We sat quietly with only the hum of the road as we drove. I didn’t know where we were going and how long it will take, but I didn’t care because it gave me time to think.

Jake was the first to break the silence “um, so this will probably take a while to figure out, so if you need anything my sister can help you.”

I turned to look at him in disbelief.

Why would a woman that I have never met be willing to help me?

“um… okay, before we get there I would need to go to a*****e and pick up some clothes since I know going back home to get a bag is probably out of the question.” He turned to me with a small apologetic smile.

“Yeah, I don’t think that would be possible. Not until we are sure you are safe.” He said this while glaring out the front window. Another minute or two goes by and this time I am the one to break the silence, trying

to make small talk and distract us from what seemed to be impending doom.

“So, you have a sister huh? Is she older or

younger than you and what’s her name?”

He smiles and says, “Her name is Sarah and she is younger than me by a few years. I think you two will like each other and get along great.”

I smile at his confidence.

We continue to make small talk and I discover his sister

is nineteen years old and his brother Derrick is twenty two making him the oldest at twenty six. His father and mother

live not too far from his house that he shares with his siblings.

“So you know some about me and my family, what about you?” I looked at him as he peered to me before looking back

to the road. “Well I don’t remember anything from before I was age fourteen.” He looked at me with a confused look so I continued.

“I was hit by a car and had a major brain injury, my parents did their best not to dwell on it and assured me that I had a wonderful childhood and I would be okay. Once I was

eighteen I left home and came out here to become a private detective. So besides the ‘being hit by a car’ my life has been

pretty uneventful. No siblings, and my parents live about seven to eight hours away.” As I finish my short version of my

semi boring life story we start to slow down and get off the highway. “Wow, I’m sorry you don’t remember any of your

childhood.” He sounded so sympathetic I thought my heart skipped a beat at his concern.

We turn down a dark road and drive for another ten or so minutes before a huge beautiful house comes into view. It

was two stories high with what I could only guess at least a dozen rooms. The tree line around the house gave it a ton of

privacy. “Wow,” I whispered. “It is pretty nice, it’s been in the family for generations. My family works from here sort of as our base of operations.”

He looked at me with a sly smile.

“What do you mean base of operations? What is it exactly

that you do? Is your family like a form of law enforcement?” I tried to sound light about it but it came out more of an accusation. He looked at me with a mix of emotions ranging from concern to fear to something else I can’t place, but he didn't answer me. Well that's not concerning, I thought to myself.

As we pull up I see a young girl skip out of the massive house with a huge smile on her face. She comes up to the car and opens my door. “Hey, I’m Sarah. Let me show you to

your room, you can borrow some of my clothes until I can take you shopping tomorrow.” She said in a single breath. I smile at her and say hi then I realized that Jake hadn’t called her to tell her we were coming or that I wanted to go shopping. How did she know? I turn my questioning gaze to Jake and he is staring at his sister with anger in his eyes that looked clouded over.

What the hell is going on? I looked back at Sarah and her eyes were clouded as well but she had a look of fear mixed with something else in her gaze while staring at Jake. “Um. What is going on?” I asked louder than needed to be sure I got both of

their attentions. They both quickly looked at me with apologetic looks. “Nothing, sorry.” Sarah said as she grabbed my hand and urged me towards the house.

As I stepped inside I couldn’t help but gawk at the beauty of the house I will be staying in for I don’t know how long. Sarah guided me up the large winding stairs down a hall

and to a bedroom that was almost the size of my entire house. It was beautiful, a large king sized canopy bed with a matching

dark cherry wood dresser and two night stands of the same wood. There was another door which I assume leads to a bathroom probably just as amazing.

“Ok, so there is some clothes in the dresser and closet you can wear, towels in the bathroom and if you get hungry or

thirsty the kitchen in downstairs directly across from the front door.” Sarah was about to leave when I grabbed her arm and

she stopped. “How did you know I was coming?” I asked her in a rougher tone than I intended. “Jake sent me a text” She took

a minute to answer but I didn’t believe what she said. Jake didn’t have his phone out the entire time we were in the car so what she was saying was impossible. I let her arm go, “Ok, thank you for the clothes.” She smiled and walked out.

I go into the bathroom and it was more amazing than I thought it would be. I shut the door and turn on the shower to a temp just hot enough for me to stand. I get in and as soon as the water hits my skin all my nerves unravel. I sit on the shower floor crying and I never want to leave the warm embrace the water brings me.

After some time the water starts to run cool so I finally get up and wash my body and hair quickly. As I get out of the shower to wrap a towel around me I hear a knock at the

door that caused me to jump a little. “Yeah?”

“Hey, it’s Jake… Are you okay?” He asked with what sounds

like sadness in his voice. “Uh, yeah, I’m okay.” I respond and hope it was convincing. Why does he care so much, I mean yea

we talked a bit but we barley know each other. “When you’re done, come down stairs so we can talk?” he asked but it

sounded more of a demand. “Uh, yeah I can do that.” I waited for the sound of the other door closing before I opened the bathroom door. I threw on some pajamas I found in the dresser and headed down stairs. As I came down the stairs a clock started to chime. I counted nine chimes which means it is nine o’clock.

Not really late but I was exhausted.

I manage to make it to the kitchen without getting lost and I see Sarah, Derrick and Jake sitting at the kitchen bar silently. As I walk in they all look up at me and Sarah smiles

while the guys just stare. “What? Is there something wrong with my outfit?” I asked but I knew that’s not what they were

looking at. At least not Jake, he had the look on his face like he wanted to devour me. It sent a shiver up my spine with desire

to let him. Gosh, what is wrong with me and my hormonal body? I barley know the guy and I keep finding myself wanting him to take me to bed, to make good on the promise his eyes are telling me.

Sarah clears her throat and Derrick looks away but Jake continues to stare. “You look beautiful” he whispers almost too low for me to hear. I see Sarah shoot him a look as he

quickly turns away trying to hide his embarrassment at to what he said. “Thank you” I say and take a seat next to him.

“So what was it you wanted to talk about?”

They exchange looks and Jake speaks first, “oh, um, we wanted to know if you wanted some pizza? We just ordered some and thought you would like to eat before bed since it was a long drive up here.”

“Um, yeah that sounds good. Thanks” I respond. Sarah gets up and starts going through the fridge before pulling out a few

containers of liquid. I saw a can of watermelon Redbull and I nearly jumped for joy. “Ohmygosh! Whose Redbull is that?

Can I please have it? That is my favorite flavor.” I look from Sarah to Derrick then to Jake who has a huge smile on his face.

He lets out a small chuckle before getting up and grabbing the can out of the fridge. “They are my favorite to, I have plenty in the fridge in my room so you can have this one.” He hands it to me and our fingers touch as I grab it and I felt electricity run up my hand through my body.

We stare at each other for what seems like forever before I hear Derrick clear his throat and Sarah give a little chuckle. “Th-Thanks”, I say and I quickly take it and look away. The pizza came and we sat there eating and talking when suddenly Sarah leans over and whispers, “I love your perfume.” With a wink and a smile. “I’m not wearing any

though, but thanks. The body wash in the bathroom works great on my skin.” She smiles wide and I can’t help but

wonder how random and strange that was.

I hear the clock chime signaling that it is now eleven o’clock. I stand and stretch my arms with a big yawn. “I think I am going to go to bed now. Good night” I turn to walk away

and Jake Grabs my wrist which sends another shock through

my body this time urging my body towards him, yearning for his arms around my body. I look at him and see that his beautiful sapphire blue eyes are staring straight at me. I watch as they trail down to my lips and it seems that he has the same urge as I do. I want to kiss his beautiful lips.

Before we could get swept away I yield my body from moving closer to him with all my will-power and give him what I hoped was a questioning look. “What’s wrong?” I ask. He

clears his throat before saying. “Goodnight, I hope you sleep well.” He smiled but it didn’t reach his eyes which now looked to be filled with regret and sadness. “You to.” I manage to get out. I wave good night to Derrick and Sarah before heading upstairs. I get into the large bed and pull the covers up to my neck and I drift off to sleep.

Dream 3

I’m in a forest surrounded by towering trees. It’s dark with only a few ribbons of moon light that had found a way through the tree leaves, but I can see with near perfect vision. It’s quite, the only sound is a slight breeze blowing. I am slowly walking around taking in all the sights and smells of the musty

air that is mixed between pine and moss. When suddenly I hear a growl from behind me. I turn to see where it is coming from but I don’t see anything. Just the trees and occasional bushes of flowers. The hairs on the back of my neck stand at the sound of another growl, but I have no fear. I look in all

directions to find the source of the sound when suddenly I am face to face with a large wolf. I didn’t see or hear him come up

to me. I am staring at this animal with not fear but another emotion I didn’t expect, Love. I don’t know why or how but I

feel so much love towards this animal. I look over his huge magnificent body and see that his fur is black, so black it almost looked blue. He lowers his head to meet my gaze and before I look into his eyes I realize just how big he is. His back

is nearly the height of my shoulders and his head ends up

above mine. If he wanted to he could rest his head on mine. I bring my gaze to his and his eyes are a deep sapphire with a

golden ring around his irises. Suddenly everything goes dark and I wake up.

**Jakes P.O.V.**

I couldn’t sleep last night so I went for a run. I stayed on the territory just to be sure I could still get to Marlene if she needed me. How am I going to tell her that we are mates

and that she is to be with me for the rest of our lives? I want to ease her into everything. Maybe she could learn to love me,

but that would take too much time and the longer I go without marking her the harder it will be to control the animal inside.

The sun is rising when I get back and I couldn’t wait any longer, I headed to her room. I knock on the door and can

hear her shifting in the bed. I knock again and could hear her grumble before getting out of bed and walk towards the door.

As she opened the door I could see her stiffen and a look of confusion on her face. “Is there something wrong?” she asked.

It was at that point I realized I needed a reason for waking her but forgot to think of one before knocking.

“Good morning. Did you sleep well?” I asked trying to buy some time to think

of what else I can say.

“Well I would still be sleeping if you

hadn’t woken me, the sun is barley up, and I am not usually up this early. So I guess I didn’t sleep to well then. How about

you?” she sounded upset but the last part I could tell she was trying to lighten the mood. By this time I now know what I could do to get her to talk with me but in a more private

setting. “I couldn’t really sleep, I am sorry that I woke you too early. I was hoping you would join me for breakfast?” she

rubbed the last remaining sleep from her eyes before trying to cover a yawn. I watched as her lips parted and I wished so

desperately I could kiss those lips. “Sure, as long as there is coffee.” She answered. I smiled at her and said, “Perfect, once

you are dressed meet me out front and we can go to the café in town. She nodded while closing the door and I turned to get ready myself.