He lets me go, and again I walk away with my head down, feeling ashamed and totally confused at my feelings for that monster. Soon, I’ve been stopped in my tracks by Den appearing before me with a cruel look in his eyes.
“YOU FUCKING WHORE!” He growls at me as he takes me by the arm roughly and spins me to look at the Brothers’ and Parrise, who all wear shocked faces; Sallack cannot even look at me.
“You fuck Sallack, and Parrise at the same time, you then fuck Ruk! In my house! Then we get here and you are all over Theo, THEN back out with Parrise, kissing him in the fucking corridor! THEN! You kiss the man that’s fucking your best friend over, like you can’t wait to be fucked by him!!!” He roars in my face.
“That’s not true!” I shout in anger.
“Yeah, it is babe; you’re just a little slag! Fuck you Zara. No, actually, you carry on fucking everyone with power. You best pick yourself one, you’ll run out soon!”
“You spiteful little prick!” I hiss at him with rage building.
“DEN CARTER! How dare you speak to her like that, you have no idea what you’re speaking of!” Dallah screams at him as she walks up to him and slaps him hard across the face.
Everyone starts shouting and fighting as I leave the ballroom in a rush. Lifting my dress, I run up the mountain of stairs, needing to get away from everything. I am so ashamed, Den is right, he is always right; I look like a fucking whore!
When I get outside Dallah's room, I lose the will to stand, and slip down to the floor. One thing after another! Is the way my life will be from now on? If so, I don’t want it, how much can I take!
“Zara, come with me child.” Eric’s soft voice hits my ears. Looking up at him through clouded eyes, he leans down and picks me up to stand on my feet. He pushes me into his chest, soon followed by the feeling of the cold breeze against my bare arms. Pulling away from him, I conclude that we are on the palace roof, as I look out at the gardens below, which are covered elegantly with delicate white lights, illuminating everything.
“Can you take this all away, you’re strong right? I’ll do anything, please just help me?” I ask, holding my chest, as my heart throbs as if it is going to explode with mixed emotions.
“Destiny is a strange thing child. But you are needed, those men down there need you, the Princess needs you.”
“I’m a fuck up, I can’t help anyone. As much as I try, I can’t do this!”
“Yes you can, the boy over reacted, that’s all it was, he will regret his words, and you have to forgive them. You need to look for the book Zara, find the book!”
“What, don’t go. Who are you? Why do you keep helping me?” I ask him, desperate for answers.
He looks over his back, and then at me with a satisfied smile just as Ruk walks through the fire exit door.
“Ruk, how did you know I was here?”
“Eric told me where to find you.”
“You know Eric?” I ask surprised, while looking at both men.
“Not really, he came to me this morning and told me to look out for you, and something about a connection. Who are you anyway?” He finishes looking to Eric for answers.
“Ruk is your protector; you need to connect with him, for him to gain his powers.”
Ruk closes the space between us, and wraps me in his arms protectively, making Eric smile.
“Who are you? What do you want? Zara has been through enough, she doesn’t need some weirdo speaking shit to her!” Ruk tells Eric.
“Who has his memories?” Eric asks me with a frown.
“Parrise,” I tell him regrettably, as Ruk turns me in his arms.
“What’s going on, what memories did Parrise take?”
“I’m sorry Ruk.” I tell him with a sigh.
There was me thinking I could not be any more ashamed of myself.
Eric walks forward to us and tilts his head to the side as he watches Ruk closely, then places a hand on his head.
“Remember,” He almost sings the word to Ruk.
I look up at Ruk, and see him trying to work out what's going on in his mind, then, just like that, he throws me behind him and growls at Eric, not liking his closeness.
“Hush Wolf, you can trust me, the child does, so you will now, Ruk the protector of the chosen Charmer.”
Wow, that’s some title! Ruk the protector, I have a feeling that one day we will laugh at that one.
“You trust him beautiful?” He asks me with doubt.
“I do Ruk.” I tell him sincerely as I step to his side.
“Ok, what’s this protector shit? Are you telling me that I’m Zara’s chosen one?” He asks, with hope laced in his rough voice.
“No, not the one Ruk, you have your own chosen one out there to find. Do not let your lust for each other get in the way, you are not meant to be,” He tells us strongly, looking to and from Ruk and me, “Do you remember the story your grandmother told you as a child? Of the beautiful woman that needed a strong warrior to protect her?”
“How do you know that?” Ruk asks skeptically.
“There is no time for this, you two need to connect. When you are, only let the connected share the secret, do you understand?” He asks, waiting for our reply, which we both nod our heads wanting to hear what he has to say.
“Good. When you are connected, Ruk will unlock your powers child, as you will have your sister and you protector at your side, and in return, he will take on some of these powers as his own. Now, both hold your right hands on one another’s heart, and... Ah yes here we are.”
As soon as the last words leave his lips, there is thunder and lightning above our heads, we lock eyes with each other, sharing a confused look, then ever so slowly, his eyes glow a bright purple color. I stare at him in shock as the feeling of weightlessness tingles through me, as it would if you are levitating off the ground!
“What’s happening?” I ask Eric, but he has gone!
“Did it work? I feel normal.” Ruk tells me with his eyes burning brightly, looking unbelievably stunning.
“Your eyes, they are glowing a purple color,” I tell him, whilst putting my head to the side, taking him in. There was me thinking he couldn’t get any better looking, and Bam!
“Really? Yours are as well, but I didn’t want to freak you out,” He says now looking at me in awe.
“Ruk how do we get down?”
“I don’t know.” He says whilst shaking his arms, hoping to make his feet touch solid ground.
“I don’t think that’s going to work.” I tell him with a laugh.
I don’t feel connected, not like what I have with Dallah or Angus, but then how am I meant to know what being connected to Ruk will be like, when the only man who has the answers keeps disappearing.
“I’m sorry for this Ruk, I didn’t know that you where this protector person.” I tell him, as we still float several feet in the air.
“How would you have beautiful? You know, when I was little and my grandmother would tell me those tales, I always wanted to be the one to protect the woman from all evil. I have wanted to protect you from the first day I met you Zara. Don’t listen to Den; he was just jealous and angry. You are none of those things, and no one thinks of you in that way.”
“Ruk please don’t, don’t feel sorry for me. Let’s get down so we can talk properly.” I tell him with a weak smile, but soon laugh at the sight of us trying to touch the ground.
The fire exit door bangs open, soon followed by Ruk and I falling to the floor, with him on top of me.
“Oh shit, did I hurt you?” Ruk asks with a laugh, as I moan, holding my head with a smile in place, I’m not hurt, he knows this, as he lifts his 6.4 frame of pure muscle off of me.
“What are you two up to?” Dallah walks to us with a smile on her face.
“Dallah I’m sorry for what happen down stairs, I didn’t ...”
“Zara, there more important things to talk of, like why you and Ruk have are connected?”
“Ok, can you get Angus up her
e so that we can speak please?”
“Yes give me a few minutes,” She tells us as she disappears to find Angus.
I look back at Ruk where we both sit on the cold floor.
“I knew you were different Ruk, I always saw you as someone different, special.”
“Listen,” He pulls me close to him, “You and me are going to stop all of this with Richard and Dallah, ok. I have been searching for you for days; I even went to the vamps for help! I need you to tell me everything Zara, let me be this man I was born to be?”
“You want to do this?” I ask in shock, why would he want to get involved so deeply with all this, when he has the perfect life at home, he should have a choice in being a protector. He may be happy now, but what if it is more than he thought.
“More than you know, I’m so happy right now Zara, I promise I am. I can’t believe I have waited to connect with you all this time, what powers do you think we will have,” He asks coolly, but I can see the excitement in his eyes.
“I don’t know. I have started to feel strong, really strong actually over the last few days, but I look forward to seeing what we can do. This connection isn’t the same as the one I have with Dallah or Angus, I don’t feel your emotions, are you sure we did it right?”
“Well, I think we did, by the looks of this,” He tells me pulling up his shirt and showing the big tribal like markings covering his heart.
“Oh wow, that looks... um.... its, it suits you.” I say whilst blushing.
I jump to my feet as panic kicks in; I hope to god that I don’t have a big tribal looking tattoo over my chest. Ruk’s looks hot! However, on me, it would look gross. Pulling my dress aside to see if I have one, I’m overwhelmed with relief when I see nothing there.
“Do you think I will have one?”
“Probably, but in a smaller version, as you’re only little. Hey, come here anyway.” He says with a stunning smile.
I walk into his welcoming arms and breathe in his calming scent. He is a good friend, a gorgeous one that makes me blush. Nevertheless, he is a friend.
“I’m not little, it’s just that you are so big,” I tell him with a snort.
Chapter Eight
Dallah comes back with Angus only minutes later. We all sit on the roof and talk about everything that has gone on, everything! When I tell Ruk of what happened when I first arrived with Richard, Dallah ended up freezing him over 10 times to keep him from finding Richard, with revenge as the only emotion to guide him, but he kept fighting off Dallah’s power. Dallah and I managed to keep him with us with a little emotion blackmail.
We speak for hours, and head inside when the sun threatens to rise. I feel like a weight has been lifted from me now that the four of us have no secrets. Dallah and Angus were overjoyed when we told them that Ruk is the ‘Protector to the Charmer’, and that my powers have been unlocked, and of Ruk getting his own powers, even if we have no idea to what they are.
Dallah and Angus head back to their rooms, while Ruk and I go to his room to speak further.
“You’re staying with me tonight, so get comfy,” He tells me with authority. I think that the scare of finding out what has happened to me while staying here has made him paranoid that it will happen again.
“Ok, can I borrow a t-shirt please; I need to get out of this dress?”
“Yeah beautiful, I need to get out of this site as well. Here catch!” he says throwing me one of his t-shirts.
“I’ll get changed in the bathroom to give you some privacy.”
“Cool, thanks Ruk,” I say as I catch the T-shirt he throws at me, from his duffel bag that sits on the king size bed.
He walks into the bathroom and shuts the door, so I quickly drop my dress to the floor and pull the T-shirt over my head and jump on the bed, carefully taking my hair out and let it fall over my shoulders.
The bathroom door clicks open as Ruk walks through in a pair of boxers, that’s it!
“Are you blushing?” He asks me with a playful smirk.
“No,” He gives me a look, “Ok, yeah. Hey, sit with me. Let’s try out a few things?”
“Oh yeah, I like the sound of that!” He says crawling on the bed.
“Ruk, come on, stop it!” I scold him playfully.
“Ok, what we gunna try first?”
“Um... how about transporting?” I ask with a grin.
He laughs aloud before he closes his eyes and looks constipated.
“What the hell are you doing?” I ask with a raised brow, already knowing he is trying to transport somewhere.
He nudges my side, making me laugh.
“Ok, my turn!” I shut my eyes and picture the chair in the corner of the room, while imagining sitting in it.
“Fuck!” Ruk says excitedly.
Opening my eyes cautiously, I screech as I stand up and jump up and down in excitement.
“Oh shit, that is so cool. You try again.” I tell him as I jump back on the bed.
“K,” He says in a calm tone as he closes his eyes, I watch him closely for any signs. An hour later, we conclude that transporting will need a little work.
“Nope! Let’s try something else?”
“Oh levitating!”
I jump off the bed and stand there waiting for him to join me, He gets up slowly and rolls his eyes at me.
“You know this is such a girly thing to do.” He says with a sigh.
“Oh, don’t be a grump, come on.” I smile at him as he holds out his hands to the side and looks me in the eye. Then just like that, his feet lift off the floor as he floats a foot off the ground, he then comes back down, landing elegantly on his feet.
“Oh wow!” I gaze at him with wonderment.
I hold out my hands just as he did, but nothing happens.
Ruk holds his hands out to me with a smile playing on his handsome face. I take his hands in mine, almost shyly.
We levitate around the room laughing for about half an hour before I flop on the bed out of exhaustion as its nearly 7 in the morning, and we have been trying out our new powers for hours now.
“I need to sleep.” I tell him as I close my eyes.
“Ok, beautiful, move over.” He tells me as I roll on my side to give him half the bed. He pulls me close to him as he lets out a sigh.
“What’s wrong?”
“Lights.” He says, because we left the light on.
“Ok, I’ll get it.” I say as I sit up.
Then the light bulb explodes, making me jump out of my skin, and Ruk laugh hard.
“That was you?”
“Yeah, now that is cool!”
“Yeah, it is.” I say smiling as I lay back onto the pillow and Ruk’s arm comes around me to snuggle closer.
We fall to sleep almost instantly, but it isn’t a peaceful sleep, it’s full of the hate I saw in Den’s eyes as he spoke so nastily to me, he is right about a few things but the other things he said about me were just so spiteful. Dallah, Angus and Ruk, made me realize that Den was angry when he said those things, so tomorrow I will go and explain why I kissed Richard and what really happened with Ruk and Parrise. The kiss with Richard and my reaction to him leaves me a little confused, but I won’t let it worry me any longer, because that’s all it was, a kiss.
Waking up to banging, I crack open an eye and look straight at Ruk’s handsome face.
“Get up Ruk you lazy bastard!” Julian shouts while banging on his door and walking away.
I give Ruk a gentle shake to wake him, but he jumps out of bed ready for a fight.
I burst out laughing at the sight of him in his boxers and a serious case of morning glory, and wow, it’s serious!
“It’s ok, Julian was shouting for you to wake up,” I tell him trying not to look at him.
“Ok,” He says as he jumps back into the bed.
“What are you doing today?” I ask him, as I lay back down and face him.
“We are going to find this book, and get learning those words. You have to stay clear of Richa
rd; don’t be alone with him beautiful.”
“Ok, sounds good. I don’t want Richard, I don’t trust him. It’s just that I was so worried for Dallah; I gave that kiss my all. I know it was stupid, but I don’t want him Ruk, I hate him!” I tell him truthfully.
“I believe you Zara, come on, let’s get up and dressed, we must have slept most of the day away.”
We both get up from the bed, when I look at Ruk with a sigh.
“I only have that dress,” I say pointing to the crumpled up dress on the floor,
“Yeah?” He says not seeing the problem with putting it back on.
“I can’t wear last night’s dress. That’s asking for trouble,” I say bending over to pick up the dress from the floor.
“Zara, bend over again.” Ruk tells me.
“Nice try!” I laugh, and then stop when my t-shirt disappears from my body.
“Ruk!” I screech, while my hands fly to my breasts.
“Look Zara,” He tells me, as he moves closer and runs his hand over my butt cheek than up to my waist, making a shiver of excitement run through me.
Looking down, I have marks that match Ruk’s, but mine are very feminine, utterly stunning. It starts on my bum cheek and comes up to my waist in wonderful swirls and strange patterns’.
“Oh wow, it’s just like yours,” I say to him, where he moves so close that our bodies touch. I only have on a thong with my hands covering my breasts, as Ruk touches the markings on my waist, going completely quiet, almost in a hypnotic state.
“Ruk?” I question him from over my shoulder.
“They suit you beautifully. I’m so happy Zara, to be joining you in this journey. You’re my family now Zara, I feel complete for the first time in my life.”
Touched by his words, I look up at him with a sweet smile,
“Me too Ruk, I really do feel it, I couldn’t think or want anyone to be my protector more than I do you.”
He leans his head forward and rest’s it in the crook of my neck, bringing back memories of the time we shared the kiss, in my house back at home. We knew that the kiss meant nothing in the long term, but at the moment, it was perfect, I wanted to die in his arms and I would have died happy.
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