Evelyn’s POV
“Shit,” I groaned as I clutched my head in pain, it hurt like hell and I stood up and went to look for pain relief for my gnawing headache. I didn’t know how long I have been here.
I was confused, everybody was skeptical and acted like I was in some kind of plague, and I even felt weird.
My boss ‘Alex bolted after our little conversation hours ago and I remained in the room like a prisoner of my own mind.
I didn’t know how much time had passed and I felt useless, out of place and needed a time out.
He didn’t return and I had made myself a meager meal of pancakes and eggs with ingredients I had found laying around in the kitchen. I roamed the room and touched things I was sure he would have told me not to touch if he were present.
I thought of the man from the other night and my undeniable attraction to him. I didn’t remember a lot from my earlier life but I was sure I didn’t have weird attractions to just any man.
I also didn’t get paid for the same activity I had indulged in with him.
‘I think they’re called whores’ I thought foolishly to myself as I stood up from the ground and headed to the large bedside table. I came in contact with a squared foil and I quickly dropped it back when I realized what it was.
I opened a wardrobe and saw it was a picture gallery, I picked it up and went through it, scaling warily through it. I was bored and just like my other memories, the basic knowledge of how to operate a TV had fled me.
“Let’s see how this goes,” I muttered as I saw a picture of my boss, he was a very handsome man and I wondered why I didn’t feel that strong connection I felt with the other man at the bar.
Speaking of which, the next page of the photo album was a picture of the both of them, Alex in a casual outfit looking dangerously handsome and he was looking more professional, he had a lab coat and stethoscope around his neck.
Was he a doctor? I thought to myself and caught myself smiling, I didn’t even know this man!
“That would make him ten times sexier,” I dropped the book and attempted to remember who I was again.
The only thing I could say was “Evelyn Silvermane,”
“Who the hell am I?”
There was a knock on the door and I stood up immediately, I hesitated, he didn’t give me any particular order on answering the door and finally I walked over to the door.
I swung it open and a lady stood dressed in a hot red dress, she was very beautiful in a bold and artificial way.
I didn’t know how to act and what to say so I looked at her in obvious question, she seemed not to like it.
“Who are you and where is Alex?” She asked me and I didn’t know how to answer. She walked in and stood staring at me with pure undiluted hatred. “Can’t you speak? Where is Alex?”
Should I say red or Evelyn? I didn’t know which one Alex preferred.
“Hello, I’m Evelyn. Alex is not home, who are you and should I leave a message for him?” I asked her unsure of what to say. Was this his girlfriend? He didn’t strike me as one to have a serious girlfriend, he seemed like a one night kind of guy.
Her gaze skirted over me and I kind of cringed. “I’ve never seen you before, are you a new maid?” She asked, making sure you had a little more sting to her tone.
“No, I’m not a maid. The same question goes to you, are you a maid?” I asked her and I wondered where I had gotten the confidence from, she gasped and I saw that she was surprised.
“Allow me in! I want to wait for him there,” the lady ordered and I didn’t have any plans of letting her in.
“Tell me your name and I will deliver a message for you.” I insisted and she looked like I had just poured acid on her.
“How dare you?” She roared and nothing could have prepared me for the slap that landed on my face next.
Jason’s Pov
“Next stop, Gloss home!” The announcer shouted and I wondered when the feature had been added.
I was on the train to Miami, I was traveling more than I was used to and if this wasn’t running from your problems I don’t know what it was called.
My phone beeped and I groaned before slipping out from the folds of my coat, it was a message from Alex.
‘Where are you? Respond ASAP’
I sighed, how do I tell him that I was midway back to Miami, right now it was only leading my pack that really mattered to me, everything else was confusing and confusing and hard to decipher.
‘On the train. What is going on?’ I responded simply and wanted to return my phone in my pocket before I resignedly told him.
‘I am on my way back to Miami, I need answers from the seer on when my alleged mate would get back her memories and be herself again. I can’t go to New Zealand without these answers.’
I laid my head on the headrest and quickly put on airplane mode on my phone and tucked it into my coat, he wasn’t going to convince me otherwise.
I tried not to think too much of Evelyn but recaps of that night were ringing in my head. I had a feeling that in three years time if we weren’t together they would still be in my memories properly stored away for my sad times.
Red? What sort of name is that, he would have beat up Alex if he wasn’t his friend and made him swear never to call her the name again.
Though sex with her had been different, no limitation, no restriction, just pure unbridled lovemaking.
I had come alive
If it was the Evelyn I knew that had been present that night, I would have crowned it the best love making of my life, but It almost felt like I was with a totally different person.
“Aye, Tinkerbell, I think the train has reached your stop.” The lady next to me quipped and immediately I gathered myself, I stood up and picked up my coat and my overnight bag.
“Thank you very much,” I muttered before stepping out of the train, clutching my things to me as I got done, i needed to find a better alternative for transportation.
I knew for one that it wouldn’t be long before the hunters came looking for me and I was ready and awaiting their attacks.
They were the least of my problems. I pulled out my phone again, Alex had sent a follow up text.
‘I am expecting a visitor tonight, I’m over in Duval and Evelyn is alone, would you please check on her. Freya can be really nasty.’
I immediately dialed his number, he picked on the first ring and I went into a full tyrade immediately his voice came on.
“Who are you expecting?” I asked him, trying not to sound too extreme.
“Melissa, sorry I didn’t mention I was leaving the city.” He apologized before I could raise the hell I so badly wanted to raise.
“Crazy Melly?” I echoed as I flagged down a cab, he drove at full speed and I was satisfied.
“Just check on her please, I had important issues to attend to.” He responded and I knew he was lying. There were no important issues otherwise he would have told them to me.
“Hope whoever it is, is well worth it.” I growled and my wolf quickly calmed me down. What’s the worst that could happen?
We got to the hotel and I went up to the penthouse. The smell of alcohol and barbecued chicken wafted from the bar as I walked past it. I had my bag stapled against my arms as I took the stairs two at a time.
The halls were eerily quiet and I waded through with cautiousness. Alex’s door was ajar and I walked in, I could hear sounds from the bathroom and I hurried there.
‘What did you say!’ I heard a rasp feminine voice say and then there were gurgles, I was unhinged when I heard Evelyn’s voice choke out in pain.
‘Please let me go!’ I went red in rage, I kicked the door open and Melissa was so engrossed in drowning my mate that she didn’t even notice.
Her heart piercing scream was my undoing and I pulled her off Evelyn, it took all the patience I have ever gathered not to lash out at her.
“What the hell is wrong with you?”