Chapter 10: WHY WOULD I WANT TO WORK WITH YOU?

There was a knock on the door. That knock had woken Amara up from her nightmare. By now, Sarah and Frank had started in engage in a fierce fist battle so she didn’t bother to ask any one of them about opening the door and her mother was out for work. Amidst her weak state and throbbing head, she struggled to get on her feet and staggered towards the front door.

As she opened it, she was greeted with a familiar scent of Mongolia flower, this time it was stronger and even more attracting. Amara knew immediately who it was, but she had to look up at him.

Ethan stood there, arms behind his back, head low, eyes fixed on her. Greeted with such a handsome face by her door, Amara’s ear tips turned red, but unfortunately, this handsome man was the one she loathed.

His face still elegant, and he still held such intimidating aura, but something was indeed off about him today. On his long slender hand was a gift bag.

“What do you want?” she asked.

“We are partners aren’t we? I heard you are sick so I came to check on you,” as he said this, he walked into the house leaving Amara dumbfounded and lost, still standing by the door. She was shocked by his sudden care for her and he even walked in without her permission.

How rude.

Closing the door, Amara walked over to take a seat, she staggered as she did. Ethan noticed this but paid no attention.

By now, Sarah and Frank had already stopped fighting as soon as Ethan came in. Sarah immediately rushed over to where he sat, looking at Ethan, then at Amara continuously before grinning widely, “ouuuu, I take back what I said the other day when your taste in men would suck, may I know this gentleman’s name?”

Ethan turned to look at Sarah and Sarah drew back, she was stunned with such beauty in front of her, her heart raced as she stumbled for Frank to hold her.

Frank laughed. “Looks like we need to give them some space,” he told Sarah who was still looking at Ethan with a shocked face.

Amara couldn’t help but laugh. “He is just my colleague, Detective Ethan Blackwood. We are walking on the case together,” she said.

Sarah hump-ed arrogantly, “of course you won’t find such treasure like that.” She moved closer to Ethan and smiled. “I am single.”

“Shameless,” Amara blurted out.

Ethan’s lips curled up into a smile and Sarah almost fainted, “wow!” she exclaimed.

“What is your name?” Ethan asked Sarah.

“Sarah, this is Frank, my twin.”

Frank waved at him and turned to smile at Amara, before leaving. Amara wanted to call him back to take Sarah with him, but he was already long gone.

“Such a beautiful name,” Ethan said smiling. Sarah lost it, she was about to sit beside Ethan when Amara cleared her throat.

“He is here for business matters, now shoo!”

Sarah scowled, “you clearly down want such a handsome man, why can’t I have him?”

Ethan laughed at the scene playing before him. “I am no one’s property,” he said.

“Such an independent man, if I have my way I would have used love potion and taken you away with me,” Sarah blurted out. Ethan rose a brow and busted into laughter.

“Such a confident young woman,” he said, “I am interested to know you more.”

Sarah blushed.

Amara had had enough of her nonsense, but somehow seeing Ethan giving Sarah all his attention was infuriating. The first time she met Ethan, he paid no attention to her all. Now he had just met Sarah and he was returning her flirt with such a charming voice. Amara boiled with anger. This was unfair. Why can’t she have his attention.

She watched them flirt about playfully for a while and Sarah even collected his number. Amara snapped, “just how old are you han?”

Sarah pouted, “He likes me,” and Ethan nodded.

Amara shook her head,.“To your room, we have important matters to discuss and I need to sleep.”

Sarah smiled before running up the stairs. While her footstep was gone. Amara and Ethan sat there in silence for a while, before Ethan chuckled faintly.

“She has quite the character,” he said.

“Who are you? Flirting with my sister?” Amara tried her best to reduce the anger in her voice.

“What is wrong with that?” Ethan asked clueless, but Amara let out a huge sigh. She was feeling feverish and didn’t want to stay up for long.

“Why did you come? To discuss leads? The president said you got some suspects?” Amara asked and Ethan nodded, his playful mood now gone. This angered Amara even more. Seconds ago he was all flirty around Sarah, now he was back to his cold aura around her. Seeing her self in such a pathetic state, she loathed herself. Why did she want his attention so bad?

“Indeed, just several guys that I had brought to the organization yesterday. People said some are dealers of dangerous drugs and substances, they smuggle in and out of Silverwood in general. So if such a poison was in Silverwood there is a possibility that it was smuggled in by them. We need to start from somewhere right?”

Hearing this, Amara scratch her head and nodded, “yes, but how did you find those smugglers?”

Ethan smirked, “I have my ways, but you need not worry. Even if none of them had caused the damage, they must have smuggled a deadly poison like that into Silverwood on someone else’s orders,” he said. He had said this, but deep down Ethan knew that this wasn’t an ordinary case but a supernatural case. All these was just for the time being. Besides the smugglers would still face justice for illegal works. He had killed two birds with one stone. All he wanted now was to know more about the lady in front of him. He had never been so interested in a mortal before. This was a first.

Amara sighed, “so you are on the road, why not just leave me be. Why come here?”

“Because we are partners, we are to work together, no?”

Amara smiled coldly, mouthing the words ‘walk together’ like what he just said was a joke, “why would I want to walk with you?”

Ethan was taken aback by this. “Why not?”

Amara folded her arms. “Last time you treated me like I was invisible, you don’t remember? Or you suddenly lost your memories overnight?”

Ethan smiled at this. He did remember, but that was how he was. He hated meddling in mortals business but this was an exception. He was just there to see what had happened to his Lady Jane everyone else was nothing to him. In fact he never talked to anyone mortal, they weren’t even worthy of his presence, but this one, this specific mortal, Amara Morgan, turned out to be more than he expected.

Suddenly, Amara clutched her head groaned painfully, “it hurts,” she cried.

Ethan just sat there, he didn’t want to do anything at first, but he was there for a reason and this special mortal was in so much pain. No matter how heartless he was to mortals, he could not let this one scream in pains. She had survive a strong possession after all, and that alone was enough to tell that she was indeed different from the other mortals.

Ethan finally rushed forward and placed his hands on her head, sending warm energy into her body, ceasing the migraine. It took a while before he let go, but Amara seized his hands, so tight that his hands turned red after a while. She stared at him, her face pale, her hazel eyes in a daze filled with an indescribable expression.

Ethan frowned, this was another possession, if he let this unfold again with her in such a state after barely surviving and recovering from the last one, she would die.

He channeled another ball of light on his other hand, bit as he was about to take action, Amara caressed his cheeks tenderly, her smile soft and warm. This gesture made Ethan dumbfounded. He wasn’t expecting this.

“It wasn’t you fought my love,” Amara said, her voice fading, soft, yearning.