The rain was coming down so hard that I could barely see the stripes on the road in front of me. I had thought that just maybe my luck was changing but now I wasn’t so sure. Here I was in the middle of nowhere, miles from the last town, with no real clue as to where I was going.I had always thought I had my life in pretty good order. I had been popular in school, made good grades, things had just seemed to work out for me. After graduation, I had moved to the city with my high school boyfriend and for the past five years, I had thought I was living the dream.Six weeks ago however I discovered that my dream was actually a nightmare. The man that I had thought I would one day married came home telling me he had met someone else and was moving out. I had been shocked left staring after him as he walked out of my life as if I was nothing more than a passing fancy.I was left with nothing and no one. I had been laid off from work and he had insisted that I di

A week had passed by before I ever knew it. My dish and internet service had been installed earlier in the day and I'd spent most of the remaining morning rearranging furniture. I knew it was silly but moving things around made the house feel a little more like it was really mine.Lucien had yet to make a reappearance but that didn't stop me from thinking about him. I hadn't built up the courage to keep running to the cemetery instead I had started running up the long drive to the mailbox everyday. It wasn't that I was afraid of running into Lucian again, I just wasn't ready to find out what was doing all of the howling in the woods at night.I was sitting on the couch in the living room searching for any local jobs when I heard a loud booming knocking sound from the front door. My heart instantly dropped as I jumped up tiptoeing to the door almost afraid of what would be on the other side. Taking a deep breath I opened the door unable to hide the grin that appeared on

Lucien pulled up in front of the office at exactly five o’clock. I had gathered my belongings meeting him at the door. Looking up at him I arched my brow, “and what exactly have you gotten into since lunch?”He smiled at me, “he was now covered in dirt and grease but still managed to look fine as hell. “had to work on one of the machines.”“Looks like the machine won, ” I said as I followed behind him. Hoping in the truck I looked over at Lucien as I buckled up, “Jax is a mess.”Lucien laughed, “that boy is a full-on train wreck.”I looked over at him, “so tomorrow I need to be here at 9?”Lucien’s smile faded, “yeah if you want. I won’t be here tomorrow.” I nodded at him about to speak when he started talking again, “my brother Damien will be in tomorrow. He shouldn’t be in the office too much.” I looked at him wondering wh

Fresh out of the shower I change into some black leggings and an oversized shirt. I debated on if I wanted to watch tv in my bed or go downstairs to the living room. The simple fact that I had left lights on downstairs ended up sending me down there.Sitting on the couch with my favorite blanket I flipped through the channels settling on a movie I had been wanting to see. It still had a few minutes before it would start so I got up and started a load of clothes. As I passed the backdoor I couldn’t help but stare at it for a second before returning back into the living room. It creeped me out to think about how a stranger had been in my house.The movie I had picked out was a scary movie, probably not what I should have picked out after just having an intruder. It had turned out to be scarier than I had bargained for. I was literally watching it with one hand over my eyes and the other hovering nearby when my phone rang making me jump.“Hey,” I

Monday morning I made good on my word and moved a small table a chair in the corner by my desk so Jax could work on his home school assignments. He wasn’t thrilled at all but he didn’t try to fight me on it. I’m sure he was more afraid of Lucien’s reaction if he upset me than me, myself.Walking to the back to start my coffee I couldn’t help but glance at Lucien’s closed office door. I already missed him, with Jax at the house yesterday our goodbye had been short and sweet. I didn’t even get a real kiss goodbye.Coffee in hand I walked down the hall pausing to look outside. Paul and Damien were outside talking. Just seeing them made me wonder how Lucien got along with his father. Although his dad would come and go as he pleased Lucien never talked about him. Just the one night he had to leave early to drop by his house.Damien looked catching me starring at them and arched his brow, a cocky smirk on his lips. Averting my