The Girl He Marked

Book 1 Chapter 5

‘That was meant to be an invitation for you to tell me your name, I coax him, raising my eyebrow too.

His tempting lips press into a grim line and he sighs.

‘Jayce,‘ he states firmly and I nod. I decide to leave the car in silence now, he obviously doesn‘t want to

talk.

I look out the window and try not to breathe in his mouth–watering scent.

How does he smell so good? I focus on the trees whizzing past in a green blur but all I can smell is

him, all I can see are his large hands gripping the wheel, gripping me. I squeeze my thighs together

and push him from my mind.

What feels like hours later, we pull up a long drive in front of a very large manor house. Jayce doesn‘t

say a word, he just parks the car and gets out. I sigh and grab my bag, he is so unpleasant to be

around.

We walk across the gravel to the front door and Jayce rings the bell. The door opens and, a minute lat

er, a tall woman in her thirties greets us with a distrusting glare.

‘Can I help you?‘ She asks, eyeing us both up and down.

Her eyes linger disapprovingly on Jayce‘s inked arms which are wonderfully revealed by his t–shirt.

‘We have an appointment with Alpha Elijah? We have been sent by Alpha Damien from the East Moun

tains pack?‘ I tell her but my statements come out like questions due to my nerves.

‘Follow me,’ she replies. Published by Nôv'elD/rama.Org.

Her eyes glance over at Jayce one more time before she turns on her heel and leads us inside the mod

ern mansion. We follow her silently down a corridor. I look over at Jayce to see he is staring ahead, his

fists clenched again.

Does he have anger issues?

We wait outside one of the doors whilst the woman goes in and lets Alpha Elijah know of our

presence.

“You can go in now, she tells us and struts off down the corridor. I anxiously turn the handle and step

inside the large office.

Alpha Elijah is sat behind a large black desk, he leans back in his chair and puts his hands behind his

head. He must be in his twenties, he has golden, tanned skin and dirty blond curls. He greets us with a

beautiful smile, his eyes are deep navy but have dark bags underneath them, something is troubling

him. I. imagine he gets a lot of attention, it‘s a shame he‘s not my type.

I don‘t fancy him at all.

‘Alpha, I greet him and bow my head in respect. I sneak a glance sideways to see Jayce hasn‘t lowered

his head.

What a prick.

‘It‘s lovely to meet you...‘ He trails off and I realize I‘m meant to be introducing myself.

‘Myra, I tell him and reach out my hand.

He shakes it and grins at me. We all sit down and he leans his elbows on the table. He is completely re

laxed, unlike Jayce who sits rigidly next to me with his arms folded across his chest.

“How can I help you?‘

‘We have brought a contract that Alpha Damien would like you to sign. It‘s a renewal of the unity agree

ment, I explain as I take the forms out of my bag and slide them across the table to him. He picks them

up and briefly skims over them.

‘Damien got you doing his dirty work then? Are you his secretary or something?‘ He asks, but it‘s not

rude, in fact his tone is playful.

‘Something like that,‘ I reply, feeling uncomfortable under his bold gaze.

‘Well, I‘m sorry you‘ve had to come all this way for a signature. Would you like anything to drink? We‘re

having a BBQ tonight if you‘d like to stay, he offers and winks at me over the paper.

I swear I hear Jayce growl next to me before he muffles it with a cough.

‘Um, that‘s very kind of you, Alpha Elijah, but we must be getting back,‘ I reply awkwardly, forcing a

smile at him.

‘Of course, and please, call me Eli, he replies warmly as he signs the bottom of the contract.

I smile tightly and take the form off of him. As our hands touch, he reaches over and holds my left hand

between both of his large ones.

‘It was lovely to meet you Myra, feel free to visit my pack anytime, we don‘t bite, he flirts and grins at

me.

He really is very attractive, but blondes don‘t do it for me.

Tall, dark haired, inked guys however..

‘That‘s very nice of you, Elijah. Thank you for seeing us on such short notice.‘

I put the papers back in my handbag and hurriedly leave the room. Jayce and I get in the car in silence

and it isn‘t until we are back on the main road home that I lean back and relax in the seat.

‘He‘s...friendly, I comment sarcastically and look over at Jayce whose knuckles turn white on the

wheel.

‘I don‘t like him, he replies through gritted teeth and I raise an eyebrow at him.

‘Neither do I, I agree with him and this time it‘s Jayce who raises his eyebrow at me.

‘Why?‘

I‘m not a fan of cocky blondes,’ I say and look out the window. I‘m secretly really happy he‘s talking to

me.

‘Oh, really? What are you a fan of then?‘ He asks me and I look at him in surprise. His tone is friendly,

almost flirty...very un–Jayce.

“Hmmm good question, I reply and smirk at him.

I turn my attention back to the window and hope that he drops it. He does.

‘So, how does a human know about our kind?‘ He asks and the small, hidden part of me winces at the

question.

It‘s never not going to hurt when I‘m reminded of my weakness compared to my family. Even Dad who

was a human isn‘t anymore, it‘s just little old me.

‘My family are wolves,‘ I tell him, still concentrating on the view outside.

‘Really? Are you adopted or something?‘

‘No, my dad was human until Mum marked him,‘ I explain.

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I see him glance over at me out of the corner of my eye.

Are you an only child?‘ He asks and I resist rolling my eyes,

Typical that he‘ll barely say two words to me, but on this topic, he‘s bloody chatty Cathy.

‘No, I have an older brother

‘Is he human too?‘

No

‘That must have been hard to grow up with, he replies and I can hear the sympathy in his voice,