Her Guardians - A Paranormal Reverse Harem Romance(3)

It wasn’t long after our first meeting, maybe only a few months, when my mom sent him away. I’d been so hurt, I had stopped talking to her for weeks .

She never would explain why exactly she’d done it, only that he needed to get away… to recharge. It was like he was a dead battery she’d said, but I still didn’t believe she had been telling me the whole story .

Not only had his leaving broke my heart, I learned something extremely valuable that I never told anyone. Unlike others like me, I couldn’t pull from just anyone. I had to feel something. There had to be a spark to ignite the fire inside me .

“Ugh,” I groaned as I pushed away the memories. My mom was far from perfect, but I knew without a doubt, that she loved me with every ounce of her being. Which was also why she hadn’t wanted me to move out .

The second I heard the quick tapping of footsteps behind me, I couldn’t help but wonder if maybe she’d been right. Someone was approaching. Fear stopped me from turning around. It was probably nothing, but just in case I was wrong, I picked up my pace just short of a jog .

When I heard the footsteps speed up, I knew I was wrong. I was in trouble .





2





Roman





“J esus Christ!” I shouted as I slammed my palm against the steering wheel. Instead of my horn blasting how I really felt about the other driver’s poor driving skills, it made a rather pleasant little toot .

Embarrassing.

Everyone on the road was so selfish. It was as if wherever they needed to be was more important than where I needed to be. I could tell them with one hundred percent certainty, that it wasn’t. If I didn’t get to where I was going, it could mean someone dies. In this particular case, it would be someone extremely important .

“Stupid fucker,” I muttered as the driver made a left turn, forcing me to practically slam on my brakes .

I stepped on the gas and my phone buzzed. I looked over at it face up on the passenger seat trying to read the screen. Shit. My boss .

“Hello,” I said after swiping to take the call. I swerved around a car going incredibly slowly in the left lane. “That’s like super dangerous!” I shouted. “Move! Over !”

No time to flip them off .

“Sounds like things are going well,” my boss said, the sarcasm plainly obvious .

“Too funny .”

“Try to keep your road rage in check. It won’t help matters. Are you there yet?” My boss, Lorne, asked .

“I wish I could say that I was, but traffic is a killer tonight, it’s almost as if…,” I trailed off wondering if it was actually possible. Could it be magic ?

There was a brief pause on the other end. Then she cleared her throat. “As if what ?”

“As if someone is trying to stop me from getting there,” I answered .

“Do you see anything unusual ?”

I shook my head and then remembered she couldn’t actually see me. “No. But that doesn’t mean — ”

“No, of course, it doesn’t .”

“There isn’t usually this much traffic at this hour unless the stadium lets out, and I know there wasn’t a game tonight,” I said swerving around another car that pulled out in front of me. “God dammit !”

“I can sense it even stronger than I had before. I’m really worried .”

It pissed me off when I disappointed Lorne. She’d been good to me. “I’m doing everything I can .”

“I know, but you must get there as soon as you can. She’s in danger. I can feel it .”

The worry in Lorne’s voice was heavy. It wasn’t something I’d heard in her voice often, so when I did, I knew it was trouble. In fact, the only time that worry was ever in Lorne’s voice was when it had something to do with her daughter .

I’d seen her daughter around the temple, but Lorne had liked to keep her tucked away from us. Not because she didn’t trust us, but the fewer people she interacted with, the safer Lorne believed her to be .

If she could have locked her up in a tower for the rest of her life, she probably would have. OK, maybe it wasn’t quite that bad .

Little did her mom know how frequently Eve liked to sneak out. Whenever Lorne was out of the temple, Eve came out for a visit. She never really talked to anyone, but she’d roam around exploring her home .

I loved to watch her sneak around. But at the same time, she’d always seemed so… bored .

Lorne had given her everything she could have ever dreamed of. She’d had music lessons, tutors, computers… everything. The only thing she hadn’t had was her freedom .

That was until this whole apartment thing. I was shocked. Shocked .

Lorne had almost immediately put me on as her guardian. One of the few .

I’d been so honored to be selected. It was like winning some kind of award or trophy. I couldn’t remember the last time I’d felt that way. Maybe never .

The position can be quite dangerous but it was also highly respected. It essentially meant that Lorne trusts me… I couldn’t let either of them down .

Her daughter, Eve, was incredibly gorgeous. I often felt hypnotized whenever she was within ten feet, which hadn’t been often. Of course, I wouldn’t ever admit that to Lorne .