Once she let Roman in, they walked down to the basement. Something felt way too familiar about this house for him. He shook it off.
"Do you know which wall?", he asked.
She nodded and pointed to the right wall. It was a good thing for them the realtor was doing a few upgrades on the house. Roman grabbed a sledge hammer and went to work on the wall. Seeing the black box, he lifted it and took it out for her. A Phoenix symbol was on it.
"What?", she asked.
She noticed he was looking at the symbol.
"You're a Phoenix?", he sounded amazed.
She looked down. He looked at her.
"I've never met a Phoenix before, I mean there's a family living nearby but they keep to their land and we keep to ours", he said.
"Bella?", she asked, meeting his eyes.
He nodded.
"My mother was Brie Bella", she said.
Roman connected the dots. Brie had disappeared awhile back, no one had seen or heard from her.
"Now you know", she said.
"Why were you so afraid to tell me?", he asked.
She bent down to open the safe before standing up to face him.
"A Phoenix has three possible mates. Two have come before you, my grandmother hid me from them, warned me to stay away from them. All they want me for is for the power that comes with mating with me. I was afraid that's all you might want too", she said.
"I don't care about power", he said.
"But I don't know that. So, the reason you can't smell me is", they heard the front door bang against the wall upstairs.
They both looked up. Roman reached out and pulled her behind him. Heavy sets of footsteps were heard.
"I have to get what I came for", she whispered to him.
"Make it quick", he whispered.
She bent down and unlocked the safe, putting everything from inside it, in her bag. She stood and grabbed Roman's arm. He looked down at it, he couldn't help but feel a pull.
"Oh little lamb, we know you're here. Come out, come out where ever you are", the creepy voice said.
"Bray", Roman growled.
"You know him?", she asked.
"Is he your mate?", he asked her.
She shook her head no.
"No, his name is Luke Harper", she said.
The basement door opened. They could hear someone take a step down. Nova closed her eyes, hoping she could teleport them, but it wasn't working. Roman noticed the window Nova came through.
"Run, I'll find you", he said to her, lifting her to the window.
"What? No, I'm not leaving you", she said.
He cupped her face.
"I can handle them, but you need to leave. Find Dean and Seth, go Nova", he said.
She climbed out the window and ran, thunder and lightning in the dark clouded sky, rain pouring hard. She saw her car, but the engine had been ripped out. She heard noise coming from the house, howls, and barks. She ran to the park her mom would take her too. She had found a cave once, she could hide there.
She slid down the cave wall, making a small flame on her hand to light the cave. She was cold and wet. How did she get in touch with Dean and Seth? It's not like she could call them, she left her cell phone in her car.
Dean was pacing the living room, the rain outside never letting up.
"Something's wrong, I can feel it", he said.
"We don't know where they are, I can't smell her. Roman maybe, but not in the rain", Seth said.
"I have to call Becky", Finn said.
A second later, the front door opened.
"What do you mean she ran off?", Becky asked angrily at Finn.
"It wasn't my fault love, their Alpha scared her off", Finn said, pointing at Dean and Seth.
Becky sighed.
"I have to call my grandmother and she's not going to be happy with any of you", she said.
Nova knew the rain wasn't going to stop till she calmed down. She couldn't, Roman was either hurt or worse, dead. She heard a whine and pointed the fire towards the opening of the cave. A huge black wolf limped in and stopped. Roman shifted back. He stood tall, wet, and naked but Nova didn't notice that right sway. What she did notice was the bleeding gash on his chest.
She stepped over to him.
"You're hurt", she said.
She noticed the steam coming off his shoulders.
"Does it hurt?", she asked, before touching it lightly.
"It's healing, so no it doesn't", he said.
She nodded, noticing the rain stopped before it hit her.
"Oh, um, you're naked", Nova turned around.
She heard him chuckle. She removed her hoodie and handed it to him.
"If you don't mind covering your junk", she said.
"This isn't going to fit me", he said.
"I know, just cover yourself", she said.
"All covered", he said.
She nodded and passed him.
"Where are you going?", he asked.
"To find something to make a fire", she said leaving.
She grabbed sticks off of the ground when she remembered that donation box by the bathrooms here at the park. Finding the bathrooms and the huge box, she broke into it. Finding some sort of clothing for Roman. Old sweats, they were going to fit him a little short, but at least it covered him.
Closing the box back up she went back to the cave. Roman was leaning against the wall. She tossed him the sweats.
"Put those on", she said.
"Where did you get these?", he asked, tossing her sweater to the ground.
"Donation box", she said.
She fixed the wood in the middle and started the fire. Roman was dressed, he handed her back her hoodie.
"Um", she said.
"Yes it was near my junk as you put it, but I also know you're cold. Besides you'll smell like me, whoever is after you will stay away", he said.
She swallowed before taking it and putting it on.
"Was I your first naked man?", he asked smirking.
She blushed.
"No", she said way too quickly.
He chuckled.
"Its alright if I was, I prefer my woman to be untouched by other males", he said.
"You're healed", she said, moving towards him again and touching his smooth chest.
He couldn't help but shiver at her touch. She removed her hand.
"Sorry", she said.
"It's okay", he said smiling.
"So, you can turn into that Wolf whenever you want?", she asked curious.
He nodded.
"You said you were a Hellhound. Aren't those bad?", she asked.
"Yes, but only to those who have done bad things", he said.
"So you kill people?", she asked.
"No, I don't really use my Hound", he said.
She nodded and leaned back against the wall with him. They were silent for a few minutes, watching the fire crack.
"You think people will like me in Agartha?", she asked.
He looked at her, her eyes on the fire.
"You'll fit in perfectly", he said.
She turned to meet his eyes.
"If I go with you, where would I stay?", she asked.
"With me, in my home", he said.
"But what about", he cut her off.
"She's going to have to deal with it, at least till we find out who my actual mate is", he said.
They both felt that pull again, that connection.
"Rain stopped", Roman said.
"You just noticed?", she asked.
Truth was Roman's entire focus was on Nova and the urge to touch her. She looked away from him and outside to the cave.
"We should get to my apartment", she said.
"I agree", he said.
She turned to look at him again and that's when he leaned down and kissed her. His lips moved against hers and it felt right. His warm chest pressed against hers. She could feel the heat through her hoodie. He pulled away, meeting her eyes.
"We should go", he said.
She nodded, he didn't wait for her. He was acting like the kiss didn't effect him. That was her first kiss. Maybe she did something wrong, she thought. She sighed and grabbed her bag, making sure to turn off the fire.
Roman was outside in the cold, hoping that the weather could help bring down his unwanted predicament before she saw it. He heard her walk out, but didn't make eye contact with him, just walked ahead.
"Are you coming? We have a long walk ahead of us", she snapped.
"Are you mad at me?", he asked her.
"No, I'm just cold and wet. I need a warm shower", she said.
Roman groaned.
"Don't talk about being wet and showering", he said.
She was confused and turned on her heels to face him.
"You know what, yes I'm mad at you. You kiss me, which by the way was my first kiss and you walk away like it was the worst thing to happen to you.", she said angry.
"I didn't realize that, it wasn't you or well it sort of was but it's not what you think", he said.
She sighed in frustration.
"Alright, let me put this into words you can understand. If I kept kissing you, if I stayed for another second there with you, I would have made you mine in every way", he said.
She took a step back.
"Oh", she said blushing.
"We can't mate Nova, not till I know which one of you is my mate", he said.
"Why?", she asked.
"Because once we do mate, that forms an even stronger connection, it would make you my wife", he said.
She nodded understanding, before she could ask anything else, they heard a baby crying. Make that two babies. They both turned.
"You hear it too", Nova said.
Roman looked at her.
"Babies crying?", he asked.
She nodded.
"I need to find them, they need me", she said.