Part 3
Three Months Earlier...
"Are you sure this is really a good idea?"
Charlize's eyes rolled as she pulled the tiger-print top over her head. She ignored Chiron hovering in the doorway. "I've heard the same story from Skye all morning. I don't need it from you too." She held up a short black leather skirt in front of her waist, then a pair of purple leather pants.
"And she hasn't gotten the fact this is way out of your league into your head?"
Charlize fought the urge to throw something at him. ~Why did I have to get stuck with a pain in ass for a soulmate~ she thought.
"And I suppose if the Council had called /you/ it would have been a different story." She settled on the skirt, slipped into it and turned to glare at him.
Chiron's elegant lips curled into a smirk. "Yes, because I'm more careful than you. I know what I'm doing."
"Well they didn't ask for you, they asked me. You and Skye are just going to have to deal with it." She shoved him out the doorway and slammed the door shut.
Why couldn't he ever be supportive of her decisions? Charlize had had been waiting for /months/ for something interesting to happen to her. About a year ago two Council reps had come to her hometown in search of new recruits. Charlize had jumped at the opportunity to put her name down. Only ages had passed and no work had come. For some reason her friends seemed pleased that the Council didn't want her. Then that morning the call had come. In an hour she was to meet with Mason Noir, a secretary for the Redferns, her own clan.
All Chiron and Skye had done was blather about what a mistake she was making. ~Idiots~ Charlize thought, tugging a brush through her raven hair. ~I'll show them~
The door opened. "Don't you ever knock?" she snapped as Chiron reappeared.
He shrugged. "Your limo's outside waiting."
"Thanks." She picked up her purse and brushed past him. He reached out and caught her arm, pulling her in close to him.
"Just be careful, okay?"
Charlize looked at him for a few moments, almost surprised at the serious expression on his face. "Nothing is going to happen to me." She kissed him quickly before hurrying out the apartment to the large shiny black stretch limo waiting for her. The Council really did it in style. Charlize couldn't help smirking as the driver opened the door and she settled on the soft leather seats. Her first real assignment for the Redferns. What could go wrong?
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Three Months Earlier...
"Are you sure this is really a good idea?"
Charlize's eyes rolled as she pulled the tiger-print top over her head. She ignored Chiron hovering in the doorway. "I've heard the same story from Skye all morning. I don't need it from you too." She held up a short black leather skirt in front of her waist, then a pair of purple leather pants.
"And she hasn't gotten the fact this is way out of your league into your head?"
Charlize fought the urge to throw something at him. ~Why did I have to get stuck with a pain in ass for a soulmate~ she thought.
"And I suppose if the Council had called /you/ it would have been a different story." She settled on the skirt, slipped into it and turned to glare at him.
Chiron's elegant lips curled into a smirk. "Yes, because I'm more careful than you. I know what I'm doing."
"Well they didn't ask for you, they asked me. You and Skye are just going to have to deal with it." She shoved him out the doorway and slammed the door shut.
Why couldn't he ever be supportive of her decisions? Charlize had had been waiting for /months/ for something interesting to happen to her. About a year ago two Council reps had come to her hometown in search of new recruits. Charlize had jumped at the opportunity to put her name down. Only ages had passed and no work had come. For some reason her friends seemed pleased that the Council didn't want her. Then that morning the call had come. In an hour she was to meet with Mason Noir, a secretary for the Redferns, her own clan.
All Chiron and Skye had done was blather about what a mistake she was making. ~Idiots~ Charlize thought, tugging a brush through her raven hair. ~I'll show them~
The door opened. "Don't you ever knock?" she snapped as Chiron reappeared.
He shrugged. "Your limo's outside waiting."
"Thanks." She picked up her purse and brushed past him. He reached out and caught her arm, pulling her in close to him.
"Just be careful, okay?"
Charlize looked at him for a few moments, almost surprised at the serious expression on his face. "Nothing is going to happen to me." She kissed him quickly before hurrying out the apartment to the large shiny black stretch limo waiting for her. The Council really did it in style. Charlize couldn't help smirking as the driver opened the door and she settled on the soft leather seats. Her first real assignment for the Redferns. What could go wrong?
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