Page 2 of Bodyguard Wolf's Fated Mate
"I don't like anybody telling me what to do. You might work for my father, but you still have to listen to me. I can easily have you fired with a snap of my fingers." Jasmine illustrated with her hand in the air with her thumb and forefinger together.
"That's more than enough. Try to play nice with one another while I'm gone. I will bring you something back from my travels but only if you are on your utmost good behavior. I don't want a repeat of last month," Jules said ominously.
"I promise that I will be a good girl," she said with her little finger stuck in her mouth while balancing on one foot. She was purposely showing how innocent she was but doing it in an ironic way.
"This is the last thing I need when I have business on my mind. Just try and not burn down the place. Can you at least promise me you'll try to make the best out of the situation? I should mention Caitlin is banned. Don't let me hear of you trying to ditch Luke to see her. He knows all of your secrets. I think he might be the devil." He put two fingers over his head with a smile on his face for emphasis.
"It's not like he has eyes in the back of his head. Just go and do what you need to do to make another million. How much is enough for you? When does your greed come to an end?" Jasmine expressed her displeasure with her arms folded and her upper lip quivering.
"I don't want to have the same argument every single time. This is what I do. I don't know how to do anything else. The one joy in my life is making a deal. Don't try and take that away from me. This leopard doesn't change its spots." He breezed past with this cold air of indifference.
"You say the same thing but never the same way. This obsession you have with money is unhealthy. It's the reason why the doctor told you to take a vacation to someplace topical to unwind. You don't know how to sit still for very long. Let's hope you don't drop before you figure out a balance," Jasmine warned in her own unpleasant way.
She was condescending and a little arrogant, but she was just trying to get through to her father. This was her way of telling him she cared without having to say the words.
They had a unique bond nobody could possibly understand. They loved each other in their own way without the intimacy most people showed their loved ones.
Her body language was screaming for a different kind of relationship with her father. Jules was oblivious to the signals. Typical of any man when dealing with the unpredictable emotions of a woman. They would say the same thing about a man.
I didn't get it and I didn't want to.
It was a wonder any of them could get together for any length of time to procreate.
He was gone to leave us to have this staring contest of wills. She wasn't budging with her eyes wide open. It was the first time in a long time I had found a worthy opponent.
Something flickered in her eyes for just a brief second. Nobody would have seen it but I did. It was a glimpse behind the curtain of her emerald eyes. It caught me by surprise and my heart stopped. It couldn't be, but there was no other way to describe what I had seen.
There was a reason why we couldn't stop staring at one another. It was quite clear she had no idea. The wolf had opened its eyes. It recognized something of like mind and wanted to reveal its presence even if it was fleeting.
Jasmine was like other girls except for one key difference. Underneath the pompous demeanor was a cold-blooded killer ready to strike.
She must've suspected something. She couldn't go her whole life without the wolf whispering sweet nothings into her ear.
The biggest stumbling block was how I was going to bring it up in casual conversation.
It was less than 12 hours before the full moon. It was going to be very interesting to see how she was going to handle the transition. Whatever she exhibited couldn't be witnessed by those under the same roof. She was getting to the age of maturity with everything that comprised including a taste for blood.
That unique trait was probably dormant and had only been aroused at certain times of the month. Her father told me her 21st birthday was on the weekend. That would explain the heavy dose of pheromones being directed at me.
It was mating season, and we were fated to collide in a tangle of limbs until we were both satisfied with guilty-looking grins on our faces.
Just how long she could hold out before jumping my bones was anybody's guess, but I was going to have to be on high alert.
CHAPTER 2
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JASMINE
I'm coming for you. There is no place you can hide.
A voice called out to me in a strange and compelling way. The words echoed on the wind through the trees. It caused me to stop in my tracks and listen intently. I was hungry to learn more. That anxious energy worked its way into the maze of my mind until I was no longer driving the bus, metaphorically speaking.
The sky was dark with foreboding black clouds converging until the moon was permanently blocked out. Wildlife became silent with only the sound of my beating heart penetrating the darkness. Putrid decay surrounded me from every angle.
It tickled my nose and I deeply breathed in the scent of death. It should have made me recoil in fear and repulsion. It didn't. It made me thirsty for knowledge.
You have nothing to fear from me. Everything will become clear. You will no longer feel alone. This is what you have been waiting for all of your life. The chance to be accepted. The life you lead isn't what it is supposed to be. All roads come back to your destiny.
