After we ate and paid for our food, we asked the waitress for directions to the famous mansion, then got back to our car and started driving, searching for the biggest house from around there, according to Mary, the waitress.
It wasn’t actually hard to find it, since all the houses in DaggerStone were quite small and boring, the only one that stood out was actually at the outskirts and its huge roof could be seen from far away.
We finally made it there, stopping in front of two huge iron gates, each decorated with a huge S in the middle. I stopped the engine, intending to get out and look for someone around there, but got stopped in my tracks by the sudden movement of the gates, noticing they started to slowly open for us so I sat in my place, waiting to have enough space to pass through the gates, then started the engine and moved forward.
Once we got in, we looked around, realising it was actually a huge domain, spreading across miles away. There were two big gardens on each side, covered with all kinds of flowers and trees, complimenting the huge, three-storied imposing mansion that stood tall right in front of our eyes.
I stopped the engine and got out of the car, taking a moment to admire the breath-taking sight around us. I didn’t realise Ghost had already got out of the car as well, until I noticed him running past me straight towards the garden, then jumped right in the sea of flowers, rolling all over them. He then started jumping like a happy bunny, making us burst in a fit of laughter.
“What are you doing here?”
A deep male voice boomed from behind us, breaking the peaceful silence, making us both startle.
I slowly turned around to face the culprit and as soon as our eyes met, I froze in my spot shocked, not knowing what to say or do next. He was incredibly tall and intimidating, with a strong, muscular frame towering over me.His midnight blue eyes were boring deep into mine, cold and emotionless, making a cold shiver run down my spine.
It was like facing an angry predator, fiercely protecting its territory.His pink, full lips slightly parted, moments before that menacing deep voice rang again in my ears.
“Answer me,” He demanded, calm and steady, but obviously intimidating.
“We were...looking for...a job?” Kara managed to say as I was already too scared to speak anyways.
“What job?” He asked back, those piercing blue eyes never leaving mine, causing me to stand there, unmoving.
“A guy at the diner told us that you guys need some extra maids. So here we are,” Kara casually explained, while he continued to stare at me.
“I see. And why is there a dog ruining the garden?” He then spoke, pointing at Ghost, who by the way was still bouncing around in the flowers.
Oh crap, I totally forgot about him!
I mentally slapped myself, then turned to the side,“Oh my god, Ghost, get back here!” I shouted at the crazed husky.“Ghost?” The guy instantly asked confused.
“Yeah, she’s a total Game of Thrones fan,” Kara explained giggling.
“Oh...” He mumbled, while I was still looking at Ghost, who was heading towards me, but suddenly stopped in his tracks and started howling like a crazed wolf.
What the hell got into him? He usually howls only when he senses another dog, and I didn’t notice any other dogs around...“Oh crap...not again...” I mumbled, rolling my eyes.
“What’s wrong with him? It’s the middle of the day!” Kara muttered confused.
“I don’t know...Ghost, please stop it!” I shouted at him, already feeling embarrased.
Gosh, he’s gonna ruin everything...
I mentally muttered, turning my head to face the creepy guy once again.“I’m so sorry for that, I don’t know what got into him. I promise I will fix your garden,” I said, looking again at those burning midnight blue eyes, staring back into mine.
“Follow me.” He simply muttered, then quickly turned around and started walking, clasping his hands to his back.
We started walking and followed him close behind, staring at his muscular back while he continued to walk, guiding us towards the house.
The moment we passed the front large wooden doors a marvelous, classy large hallway was revealed right in front of our eyes, making us stare like two curious children.
The wooden floor was neatly polished, like the huge stairway as well, a big silvery chandelier hanging from the ceiling, adding a drop of elegance to the whole place.
His army boots were now thudding on the floor as he continued walking, snapping us from our daze, leading us upstairs.
We entered a long, red carpeted hallway with lots of wooden doors on each side, and after passing by some of them, he finally stopped and opened a larger door, motioning for us to get in.
We simply obeyed and entered the room, stopping right in the middle.
I quickly noticed the room we entered was actually a fancy office, that held a massive wooden desk, a small library behind it, a red leather couch placed right in front of a fireplace and a small coffee table between them.“Good day, young ladies,” A male voice greeted from behind the desk, causing us to snap our heads and look right there.
Wow, I totally didn’t notice that guy there...
It was a handsome, muscular blonde guy, wearing a fancy cream suit, sitting in a brown leather chair and smiling at us.
“What brings you two here?” The handsome blonde guy asked, leaning back in his chair.
“We heard that you need some extra maids. So here we are,” Kara boldly answered, placing her hands on her hips.
“And you came here, just like that? No resumee, no nothing? How can I be certain that you’re not here to steal or something?” He quickly asked back, gazing at us almost amused, crossing his arms over his chest.
“Hey! We are not thiefs! We are just two simple girls, searching for a job and a place to stay, that’s all,” Kara explained, frowning at him, “And, as in for the resumee, wait just a sec. I’ll be right back.” She briefly spoke, then turned around and bolted outside the office, probably going back to our car.
God knows what struck her mind...I mentally shook my head while still standing in there, in the middle of the office, while the fancy dressed guy was staring at me like I was dinner.
I then slowly turned my head to the side, noticing the other, bigger guy was casually leaning against the wall, staring at me as well, with his arms crossed, those huge muscles bulging through his black t-shirt, making him look even more intimidating.Jeez, maybe he’s the fancy guy’s bodyguard. That would explain why he looks so big and scary...
I mentally rambled, fiddling with the hem of my pink t-shirt as I was already starting to feel slightly uncomfortable, being all alone in there with the two guys.“Here!” Kara’s voice suddenly cut through the silence, making me sigh in relief when she finally came back with two sheets of paper in her hand, heading straight to the guy’s desk and placed them on it, right in front of him.
He then sat there in silence, for a few moments, analyzing the papers before raising his gaze and looking back at us.
“So...Kara Michaels and Julie Saunders...” He finally spoke, smiling at us.“Judging by the looks and info, I presume you, the one with the big mouth are Kara...” He pointed towards Kara,
“And she is Julie...” He then motioned towards me.“Yep. Indeed we are.” Kara winked, smiling at him.
“Now, did we get the job or not?” Kara then boldly asked, once she noticed he took his time and gazed at the both of us, thinking.
“Right...Here’s how we gonna do this. How about you girls work at the stables for the first week...That’s how we’re gonna know for sure if you really want a job. And after that, maybe we’ll change your posts.” He stated, smirking.
“Yeah, sure why not?” Kara shrugged careless, earning a confused stare from him.
Maybe he didn’t expect us to accept his offer so easily. But the truth was we were kinda used to taking care of animals and cleaning after them, since we basically did the same thing back at the old farm.“Great. Then it’s settled.” He nodded, once again giving us a pearly white grin.
“You can retire now. Logan here will escort you to your room and tomorrow morning he will show you where you will be working, so you can start right then. And if you also have any further questions, he will be answering as well.” He motioned towards the massive guy, who now straightened up from the wall and took a few steps towards us.
“Ok...” We nodded, then turned around and followed Logan, who was already heading straight towards the door.
“Come on, Amethyst. Let’s take you outside.” I cooed to the beautiful dark horse in front of me, lightly caressing her jawline then gently grabbed the harness and led her outside the stables, to the closed pen.Once she got in the pen, I let her loose and she started trotting along with the other horses around the fenced area, her black short hair shining in the burning sun, standing out among the others as she was the only black horse, the rest of them being all brown.I then hopped on the fence and sat on it, watching Amethyst my favourite run around, while waiting for Kara to get back from the restroom.It’s been three days since we started our work here, but she seemed rather distracted, constantly inventing some stupid excuses to bail on me and disappear, doing god-knows-what. It was very weird and it also started to bug me, since I was left to do mostly all of the job by myself. Not that I was mad at her, but she could’ve at least told me what was going on. I was her best and on
I was already in my bed and tucked in, remembering what happened today all over again.This was way too fucked up...First, I found out that Kara was actually sneaking to hook up with someone and second, Logan tried to kiss me...no, he actually succeeded. And surprisingly, I kinda enjoyed it...and I hated myself for that.I couldn’t understand, why did he do that? Why did he kiss me, if he actually hated me? It was pretty obvious that he hated me by the way he looked at me every single time...it felt like I was his greatest enemy.Maybe that was his way of showing me that he can do whatever he wants with me, since I was nothing but a mere employee. Or maybe he was just a sick fuck who was just trying to hit on me.Either way, I was not going to give him that satisfaction. I was not going to give up on my job that easily. I was not going to show him that I was weak. Never.Kara now exited our bathroom and strode towards her bed, drawing my attention to her.I have to ask her. I have to
“Jules!” Kara’s voice whispered, drawing my attention while I was trying to read a radom book I’ve casually stumbled upon the other day around the house.“Yes...” I replied, not bothering to turn around in my bed so that I could face her.“I have an idea.” She whispered again, for no reason, I thought, since no one could hear her, besides the dog who was soundlessly sleeping on the floor anyway.“Why are you whispering? Are you afraid that Ghost will hear you and wake up?” I jokingly commented laughing then turned around to face her.“No...” She muttered, clearly annoyed, “Now, what was I saying? Oh, yeah... Come on, get up.” She spoke, then got up from her bed and strode towards mine.“Why?” I questioned, staring at her confused.“Come on, you’ll see.” She muttered, then grabbed my hand, pulling me up to my feet.I left the book on the bed and she started dragging me out of our room, walking silently on her tip-toes.“Where are we going?” I asked, while we were fastly walking down th
That was very weird. Why would he get us out of the room in order to explain that guy who we are?We were just a bunch of friggin’ maids after all.Unless he had something else in mind. Anyway, it was getting way too weird.They were all a bunch of weirdos. I’ve heard before that there were others living in the house, besides Marcus and Logan, but never actually seen them before that night. And I could tell that they were acting very weird. Why would someone be so interested in two ordinary employees? And the way they were looking at us, like we were dinner...Like they were like one of those vampires from my novels and we were human dinner.Wait, what if they really are?Gosh, Jules...don’t be so silly, there’s no such thing...I shook my head, chuckling, amused by my own childish thoughts. How could I think about that?I have to ease up on those fantasy novels.I turned off the shower and got out, drying myself up and putting on my pajama shorts and tank top, prepping to go to bed. It
Logan“She saw you? What do you mean she saw you?” Marcus’s voice boomed through the entire office, anger rising in his eyes.“Will you please lower your voice, I don’t want every single one in this house to find out about this,” I calmly pleaded.I really didn’t want anyone else besides Marcus to know about that, because I knew that if they would find out, they would kill her in an instant, considering her a threat to their existence.“Are you sure she saw you?” He then asked yet again, this time lowering his voice.“Yes, I am sure. She was right in front of me, “I calmly replied, remembering the paralyzing fear in her emerald eyes when she saw my wolf.“Then why didn’t you kill her? You know the drill, whoever sees us, doesn’t get a second chance to live,” He stared back at me, obviously confused.“I know...But I couldn’t. I can’t do it. I can’t kill her...I just can’t. Not even my wolf could do it...” I quietly muttered, lowering my gaze.I really couldn’t do it. The look in her e
LoganShe sat there and cried over and over again, until her body finally gave up, falling asleep right there on the floor, with her forehead pressed against the door.Seeing her like that made my heart twist in pain. She was afraid of me, of what I was. And she was right, that was what I was. That was what I really was to her. A monster. A cold-blooded monster...I took so many lives before and didn’t care about any single one of them, because all I really cared about was satisfying my primal urges.I thought that humans were just supposed to be our prey, nothing more. And yet, she managed to make me think otherwise, and all that just with a single look.A single look changed my entire way of thinking.The way she looked at me the first time we met made my heart melt. She looked so small and fragile, so helpless and yet, so beautiful...And now she was afraid of me...And I hated it. I didn’t want to be like that. Not anymore. I wanted to show her that I could be different, only for h
After he brought some of my clothes from my old room, I hurried to the bathroom and changed my clothes into a pair of denim shorts and a plain white tank top, still wondering what did he mean by work something out.Was he going to follow me everywhere I go around the house? Maybe. Maybe that’s what he meant. But still, I really didn’t friggin’ care, as long as I could get out of that suffocating room.I wasn’t going to try and run away either because I knew better. I was perfectly aware of what he was, and that he could’ve easily caught me. And besides that, I couldn’t just leave Kara behind, all alone with these freaks.I knew she was already crazy about Marcus and wouldn’t want to leave this place and leave him behind. And I also knew that if I would’ve tried to tell her about what I saw she will definitely laugh in my face and tell me I’m crazy.So, that left me no other choice than behave and hope I wouldn’t get hurt, or worse...killed...I got out of the bathroom and noticed he w
My palms touched the hard wooden door as I pushed it open, revealing Kara casually sitting on the couch, aimlessly gazing around and as soon as her eyes landed on me, she bolted straight towards me, pulling me in a big warm hug.Obviously, she missed me just as much as I did.I sighed in relief, burying my face in her shoulder, almost on the verge of crying, suddenly feeling extremely overwhelmed by pretty much everything that happened lately.“Oh my god, Jules...” She whimpered, hugging me even tighter, holding me close for a few moments before she slowly pulled back, worriedly looking at me.“What happened? Are you ok?” She softly asked, gently tucking a strand of hair behind my ear, her vivid green eyes roaming all over my face like searching for any type of injury.“Yeah...I’m fine...” I quietly answered, silently relishing in her familiar, soothing touch.“Apparently, I have to stay with Logan now...” I mumbled, obviously unsatisfied.“What? Why?”“He thinks that these people are