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When I turn back around, Gabriel is watching me.
Sucking in a deep breath I try to think of what’s the best approach here. I could run through my many characters and see which one sticks, but I think Nathaniel is right. Trying to read Beast won’t work. The best approach is to be real. Or as real as I know how to be.
“Do you know why Nathaniel calls me Fem?”
He nods but doesn’t speak.
I walk further into the room being sure not to crowd his space. It’s then I notice the pools of blood around him. I’m assuming some of those dead bodies Nathaniel mentioned were once in this room.
“I’m really good at reading men and being whatever they want me to be,” I go on to explain even though I’m pretty sure he already knows this.
His eyes narrow at my words but still he doesn’t speak.
“But I’m not going to do that with you.” Holding my hands out at my side briefly, I say. “My name is Albany. Tell me how I can help you?”
Those eyes that many consider vacant stare back at me. One of the things I did pick up from Beast is that he’s very smart. A lot of people also think just because he rarely speaks, that Beast is tuned out or not focused. I was seventeen when I met him for the first time, and even then, I knew that was a lie.
Beast is always paying attention. Even when you think he isn’t. I also know from my few times of being around him, he’s a straightforward kind of guy. If he’s freaking out, it tells me something serious is going on.
He’s silent for so long I start to second guess my approach to him, but then his shoulders relax and the tension on his face wanes. The man I walked in on is completely gone. It’s almost like he switched a channel and turned into someone else. Kind of like what I’ve been told I do.
A new thought runs through my mind. Nathaniel said that I was a last resort and they’d tried everything to calm him. However, the moment he saw me in the room, his aggression immediately ended.
“You knew he would call me. You did all this to get me here,” I say, pointing to the hole in the wall.
A smirk appears on his face letting me know my suspicion is correct.
“Sit down,” he demands in that low growl of a voice. “We don’t have much time and I need your help.”
chapter Fifteen
Changes
Summer
I wake up and stretch my arms over my head. My body aches all over. My joints are sore, and I feel like shit. However, there is a smile on my face.
Gabriel sexed me so good I don’t even remember falling asleep. After he came that first time, he was like the Energizer Bunny. He wouldn’t stop. I have no complaints though. However, I will have to do something about the many times he came inside me. Last night, I was on a high with him and threw caution to the wind. Today, I need to be a little smarter.
Rolling over to my side, I scream before sitting up on the couch. Sitting on the coffee table is a beautiful black woman. Her hair is long and parted down the middle. She has smooth brown skin with wide dark brown eyes and a button nose. She’s wearing a peach-colored silk blouse and black dress slacks with killer heels. Looking at her reminds me of the disheveled mess that I must look like.
At some point in the early hours of the day, Gabriel must have covered me up. A blanket has fallen down from my bare breasts and pools in my lap. I quickly lift it back up to cover myself.
“Who are you, and where is Gabe?” I look around the apartment, but there is no sign of Gabriel.
The woman reaches to the side of her and pulls out a folder. She opens it up and stares at it for a second.
“Two suicide attempts. One from an overdose of Tylenol at fifteen and then it seems you graduated to the harder stuff.” I flinch as she reads off my medical records. I won’t even question how she got them.
“You’ve been arrested six times, mostly public intoxication, a couple of disorderly conducts, and I see you have a possession of marijuana as well.” She closes the folder and places it down beside her.
Narrowing my eyes at her I say, “You don’t know me.”
She rolls her eyes. “You will be surprised at all the things I know about you, Summer Jones.”
A chill runs up my spine. Without asking, I know this woman is part of Gabriel’s organization. For a moment, panic fills my veins. Did I get distracted by the best dick in the world last night only to realize he played me. When he said he wasn’t going to kill me, it didn’t cross my mind that he could get someone else to do it.
“Are you going to kill me now?”
