errible nightmare, but it wasn't. It was all too real - the monsters th

, hadn't drunk fresh blood, nor eaten fresh meat. He'd seen

o? It was a questio

, unable to look at him in the same way. I was plagued by terrifying thoughts. What if everyone

f the bar stool knocking over a glass of wine. It shatte

George" I panicked trying to

e napkin away from me and our hands touched. I p

en in place. His warm, welcoming face I'd seen so many times

ay, Willow?

t so obvious that I was scared of him. I needed to co

g a lot of that z

logize. Mum'

you keep worrying so much, you'll not get the

m doing my

"It's all going to be over soon. Those

lly," I

re with George. He ripped the flesh of a deer and drank its blood, he chewed it and swallowed it, that kind of man coul

re you still st

tion. If he hadn't hurt me for more than a year that I

re remembering yesterday. He moved to my locker and then stoppe

be wrong? Di

mumbled. "This job require

" I wh

st worker here and you work very hard to make a living. Also, you have a sick mother and bills to pay." He stop

about the job to you." George open

bladder. Luca?? The same Luca?? No! He saw me yesterday, he fucking saw me. Why

ld George back as he was le

eorge whispered and left. Was it just me or di

as I walked towards him. He was standing behind the small counter of the

ing, sir,"

," he c

I thought he had saved me yesterday, but now he was back. I

he was way different than what I had seen yesterday, but I still knew it was him, his eyes sold him out - an eye the color of a stormy sky, with flecks of silver and flecks of charc

He fucking knew I was the one. He called me a mouse yesterd

that had been running through my mind since yeste

hen I mentioned his name, his gaze fixed d

pee, there was no way he woul

you call me here, Mr Luca?" I wanted to pretend

hing to me…" he played with his drink b

met you, Mr Luca. I have no idea what you're talking about." I

an the fangs I saw yesterday. He spoke in a confident voic

his nails tapped the counter

ng..saw no o

as scared of George now, but I was more scared of what these mon

sn't scare

watch but I didn't want him to catch me staring. "You tiny liar."

ret is safe with me." Oh boy, I was the one panicking right

ost pulled back in fear, but his grip was so soft it was pointle

ied up and my heart beating steady. Maybe he wasn't the monster I thought him to be, maybe

like this couldn't have a kind hea

minutes, I broke the silence. "George said you

in and the sweet scent of wine filled

at Juggy Bar. If

red his throat. "Except you're w

drifting places. "I d

a family dinner tonight, I do not trust

dding. "And y

response

people were not humans and it would be a huge risk to believe him. "If

the real me yesterday." He snickered,

nded lik

me and I felt horrible about letting him down, but I needed to save myself from th

ca stopped me. "How long hav

e months. Why?"

total?" He asked. I raised my

antly. "…about forty thousand pounds. Big flex by the way to

ou." He gulped his drink comp

ouldn't help but laugh

tle? Oka

you kidding

nd placed it on the counter. "You are allowed

l features. I looked down at the card, his name was boldly embossed on it- Luca Carver. This

of firing me from Juggy and leaving me stranded? Were they pay

to get a good hospital, my school loans would be paid, rent too, an

you're looking for a way to punish me for walking in on you last night, but I pr

You mesmerize

eve and I pinched myself to se

oney real

ay bigger than me so I had to look up to meet his eyes. "A ride will be waiting for you a