Jax drove down the underground garage and parked.
The mall was only open for a few more hours, but everyone was out of school and work now, which meant it would be packed.
They walked through the garage, the smell of fuel and metal more prominent than anything else. On the escalator, they saw a little girl holding a balloon, asleep in her father’s arms.
Lola smiled and looked lovingly at the girl’s closed eyes and pouted lips.
“This way,” Jax said when they reached the first floor. He turned around the cotton candy stand at which Lola looked and drooled. Her favorite thing about the mall, whenever she came with Melissa, was the food.
Further down, they had a stand operated by an older man who sold caramelized almonds. That was the first thing Lola b
After a thorough shopping spree in all of the major brand stores, they were finally done, and Lola was exhausted. Melissa was giddy and energized from the hard work they had put in, and she could go another round, but Lola put her foot down. They slumped down in the seats after having ordered food, and the bags were in piles next to them.Lola took her bag and took out the credit card. She handed it back to Jax. He looked at the card and pushed her hand back softly.“Keep it. It’s yours,” he said.The shock of the gesture was evident on her face.“I’m not keeping it,” she laughed and put it on the table for him to grab.Jax leaned back in the seat. “Look at the name of the cardholder.”Lola carefully reached out and grabbed the card. She turned it over and saw the name on the back. Lola Graves“What?” she gasped.“It’s yours, and it’s unlimited. Whatever you need, whenever you need it,” Jax explained.She couldn’t take it. It felt wrong to own someone else’s money. Her first thought,
The air swirled around them, and the breeze that before felt like an appreciated caress was now beginning to sting against their skin.“Say something,” Lola begged after Jax had stood stoic for over a minute.“You’re a Doe,” he whispered into the wind.“So you’ve heard of them?” she asked.“Only in fairytales as a child. Nobody ever spoke of them as something in existence,” he replied.Lola chuckled. “You mean like werewolves and vampires?” she said jokingly and raised a brow, but Jax was not amused.“Lola, do the vampires know?”She gulped and nodded. “Yes.”He ran a hand over his face. “That’s why they’re here, why they’re after you.”She nodded again.“How?” he asked, and his hands fell to his side.Lola took a deep breath and prepared herself. She would tell him everything now, the whole truth and leave nothing out. After she was done, he would do with the information as he pleased, and the control would be out of her hands. She was quite literally putting her fate in his hands.“
Lola dragged her fingers through his hair as Jax got on his knees in front of her.He undid her jeans and pulled them down. The sky was getting dark, and the moon showed itself.He kissed down her inner thigh and looked up, meeting her eyes as he pulled her underwear to the side, and his tongue slid over her clit.“Oh my god,” she moaned and fisted his hair when the pleasure spread through her body and every nerve tingled.His finger entered her, and he moved it slowly. After a while, when he noticed she was comfortable, he entered another finger and began thrusting harder as his tongue moved between her folds and put pressure on her clit.Lola squeezed her legs around his head and panted as her walls clenched around his fingers.She bent over, her fingers pulling in his hair and core tightening as she came on his fingers. Jax rose to his feet slowly. He gently removed his fingers and pulled her pants up as he rose. He grabbed her waist, pulling her hips out toward him. Lola looked at
The door opened up into the dark room. Lola had been restless, laying on the bed for the past two hours, waiting for Jax to return with news.All the ways that this could unfold were paved out in her mind. If her blood worked, it meant that she could not only heal vampires but also other supernatural creatures. Jax now knew she withheld a piece of the truth from him, and with the latest attack on Ember, she began counting her days in Wild Cliff.Jax walked in. His shirt was seared with blood, and his face had fallen in front of his tired face.He marched over to the bed with heavy steps and slumped down on it. Jax turned his body. He grabbed Lola’s ankle and pulled her to him, he moved her legs, so she was positioned on top of him, straddling his waist. He buried his face in her chest, and she wrapped her arms around him.Jax was, for the first time, vulnerable around her. Her heart was beating out of her chest in anticipation. Had it not worked? Had her blood made it worse and sped u
The morning began with rain and an ominous darkness. Nevertheless, Lola and Jax lay in bed with the drapes wide open, looking at the trickling rain and the cloudy skies. Lola rested her head on his chest, and he was running his fingers through her hair.“I like this color,” he said and pulled a lock between his fingers.Lola smiled. “I like you,” she said and listened as his heart began to beat faster.The house was waking up, and the door downstairs opened and shut as people came and went.“Lola,” he said.Lola fixed herself on the bed and put her chin on her arms as she gazed up at him. “Yes?”“Don’t let anyone know about your blood. Tell no one that you can heal humans or supernaturals. You need to keep that secret buried deep.”Lola furrowed her brows and nodded. “What did you tell your parents and Ash?” she asked.That question had been on her mind since last night, but other things got in between a few times, and the question vanished.She smiled when she thought about what they
By the end, Melissa was sitting on the floor with her back leaning against the closet, and her eyes were the size of saucers.Lola stood a few meters away. She was chewing on her fingertip and picking off flakes of dead skin in nervous anticipation of Melissa’s reaction. Lola dropped her hands and fiddled with her robe. Her hair fell over her shoulder, and she started pulling at the strands.“Please, please, please say something,” Lola said, dropping her hands and begging for words from Melissa. Any words would suffice right now.Melissa leaned forward and brought her legs to her chest. “Vampires are real,” she said, her voice was hoarse.“Yes,” Lola said.“Werewolves are real.”“Yes.”“This house is filled with werewolves, and their neighbors are… werewolves.”“Yes.”“The Blackwoods are werewolves.”Lola winced and nodded. “Yes.”“You have magical blood that heals them, and it heals the vampires.”“Yes.”Melissa looked up at Lola, finally making eye contact. “And you killed your fami
Lola stood up from the floor. Melissa did a double take, reluctantly tearing her eyes from Ash, and following Lola up on her feet.“Something just happened didn't it?” Melissa said when she felt the air shifting around them.“No nothing happened. I don't know how your sister survived.” She said and looked at Ash. He rose and strode over the floor whilst Lola took a step back to keep the distance between them. He saw that she was wary of his closeness but Ash continued to walk until he had her pressed abasing the closet door. He stopped, reached out his hand, and grabbed the waistband of her robe, sliding it between his fingers. “Never in the history of our existence has a werewolf survived a bite from a vampire. Enter you.” Lola tried to see if he knew something, if Jax had told him but she wasn't sure.“Why don't you just appreciate the fact that your sister is alive and not question why or how? she’s alive, isn't that all that matters?” Melissa said, including herself in the convers
After that day by the roundabout, Jax wasn't seen much. He was kept busy by workload both pack-related and also the multiple businesses that he was being groomed to overtake. Lola was spending more time with Melissa each day and their friendship went back to what it had been. It had been five days since they sat on the bench at the roundabout and the university was opening tomorrow on Thursday. They took advantage of the school being closed to renovate the classrooms and polish up the lab. The mayor, Mr. Clan, was much celebrated for this decision and the students were glad to take the classes remotely. Melissa and Lola however had seen these few days as a vacation and said they’d catch up once school started again. They sat in Melissa's living room and waited for her parents to come home. Lola had been invited to stay for dinner and Mrs. Clifton had expressed how much she had missed Lola’s company. They played a game of Joker and Lola won for the second time when the door opened