Ember
I woke up the next morning with my dream from the previous night weighing heavily. Seth being here felt so real. It was almost like I could smell his essence. Almost as if there were a honey smell. I realized yesterday that Carter also had a citrus smell. Two of my favorite scents in the world. I had gotten washed up and dressed for the day. It was a beautiful Sunday morning. I checked my cell and saw an email from Moonlight. I scanned over the email and was super happy about what I had read.
” Fuck.. Yes!”, I cheered. I got the job. I was most afraid that they would reject my application due to Seth’s hatred of me and my rejection of Carter yesterday. So why would they approve it? I wondered to myself. No worries. I got the job. That was all that mattered. The pay was very decent, starting off at twenty-five an hour. The higher I rose in the company, the more the wages increased. I still had my green dot account and routing number, so I filled in that information. I wanted to open a bank account soon, but I knew deep inside Ryder was looking for me and wouldn’t stop until he had me. Once he had me, he would either punish or kill me, or maybe even both. There was no telling. He was a fucking psychopath.
I went to Jax’s door and knocked. He opened the door, dressed in a business suit.
” Let me guess, you got the job”, he said, seeing the huge smile on my face. I threw my arms around him and shrieked.
” This is the best day of my life”, I said, and he hugged me back, laughing.
” I’m happy for you Ember, but you need to let go of my suit. I have a meeting with the bosses”, he said. I let go of him instantly.
” Sorry, Jax”, I said. He walked back into his apartment, and I followed. I leaned against the kitchen wall.
” Why do they have you coming in this early, and on a Sunday no less”, I asked. He looked at me and paused. I could tell he was trying to choose how to word his answers.
” I. Uh. I work as their assistant for other companies they own”, he said. ” Pays more than the restaurant. Sometimes, we have business meetings on Sundays”, he said. I nodded.
” That sounds really cool.”, I told him.
” Yea. “, he said and cut the subject. I decided to go back to my apartment. There was something I wanted to do, and I figured it was only fair.
” Well, good luck with the bosses. I’ll see you at work tomorrow.”, I told him.
” See you, Luna”, I heard him say as I walked out, but I ignored it. It wasn’t the first time he called me that, but I just assumed it was a nickname he created for me.
Once I had gotten back to my room, I texted Carter.
Just got an email about my employment. Thank you so much. This means a lot to me.
Not at all. I knew I wanted you for the job the day you interviewed. I also want to apologize for yesterday. I wanted to take you to dinner to let you know you got the job. I realized I may have given the wrong impression, and that was not my intention.
I forgive you. I am sorry I turned you away so quickly. I want to get more familiar with the job and I know that means getting to know more about you as my boss. Lunch today?
Fuck me. Did I just ask bachelor Carter Moonstone out for fucking lunch? I saw the dots as he was writing back. Anticipation flowed through my body like fireworks.
Sure. I have some business this morning that should not last long. I’ll pick you up at 2pm. I smiled at that.
See you then. I kept telling myself over and over. It’s not a date. It’s not a date. I looked through my closet, wondering what to wear for the occasion. Why the fuck was I so nervous about this? It was just lunch. Lots of people have them. My eyes dropped on an outfit in my closet, and I knew it was perfect. Here we go.
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Carter
” The fuck are you smiling?”, Seth asked me. Seth, Jax, and I were currently at the packhouse, and Seth was going over his plan to find a way to capture Ryder’s human plaything. It was a sick and sadistic idea but considering Ryder had been employing spies on our side along with kidnappings and killing our men, it was time for us to play just as dangerous as him.
” Did you get a name?”, I asked Jax. He had been corresponding with our contacts on the other side.
” Amber Maze.”. ” My contact said she ran off from him. They have not learned why though. It is said she is on our side of the border.
” That should make it easy to track her then. Find me everything you can on Amber Maze. ” Seth said to Jax. He stood up, nodded to us, then left. I pondered on our situation.
” I really want to say fuck this whole peace treaty thing.”, I told Seth. He nodded in agreement. We only respected it due to the spell that was put in place the day our grandfather made the treaty. If one of our bloodlines crosses the other’s, it will end the entire bloodline of the line on the spot, hence why we can’t cross over.
” You know the consequences if we were to do so. We would die, Carter” Seth said. He sat back in his chair, going over something in his head, no doubt.
” If we find this Amber Maze, then we find his weakness. It is the most logical way of doing this. Once he acknowledges defeat, the spell will be broken and we can take over his side completely, freeing everyone from his control over there.” I told him and he nodded in agreement. Ember popped into my mind. I pondered on just how close Ember and Amber sounded the same, but there was no way my Ember is who they were looking for, so I put the thought out of my mind. The thought of us meeting for lunch made me super happy, and I got up to head to the room to get changed. Seth followed me.
” You still never answered my question from earlier. We’re basically officially linked now because of the bond. I can feel what you’re feeling. ” Seth said to me.
” I, dear friend, have been invited to lunch with our beautiful mate this afternoon,” I told him. I saw his eyes narrow as I picked out my outfit for the day.
” Consorting with humans. I thought I would never see the day”, Seth said to me, as I was getting dressed. Ember was almost an hour away and I prided myself on being on time.
” This isn’t just a human, Seth. Whether you have accepted her or not, she is still my mate too, and I look forward to getting to know her. Plus, if people find out she is our mate, who do you think Ryder’s forces will come for?”, I told him, while getting dressed. I heard a growl from his wolf side, but he tried to hide in it in a fake cough.
” Let him have her for all I care. The quicker she is out of my hair, the better”, he said, and I growled at him in a warning. He was treading dangerously close to fucking up the bond and I would kill him or anyone else before I let them hurt Ember. He is my best friend, but she is still our mate. He smirked at me, not feeling the slightest bit intimidated.
” Relax, Carter. I will make sure no one touches your precious mate”, he said to me before leaving the room. No matter what he said, I already knew he was starting to feel his want of her as well. I smelled her on him last night, which meant he visited her. She was most likely asleep, but the smell was still there. Her mate’s scent of fresh home-made apple pie was like an addiction, and I could pick it up easily now that I had met her, and the bond had taken place. I needed to see just how much she knew about our kind, because something about her sort of seemed a bit off to me, and I needed to know just what happened to my friend, Seal. Killing two birds with one stone.