Chapter 55: Violet

The movie was about halfway through, and I could see why Greta loved this movie. It was suspenseful, it had action, it had horror, and it had a happy family that something turned sour. Even as a kid she would try to sneak into horror movies to our sleepovers. I didn’t have a problem with them, but sometimes it was too gory for my taste.

I could feel the intense heat of Simon next to me, his arm didn’t budge from around my shoulders. He jumped slightly from the scene. “Scared?” I whispered at him with a slight smile.

“Never, just startled.” He squeezed my shoulder. “You?”

“Never.”

“You guys aren’t paying attention.” Greta paused the movie and turned to us. “You don’t want to miss anything.”

“We were paying attention. I just had to tease your Alpha for jumping.”

“That is forgivable.” Greta said, turning back to the TV. Before she turned the movie back on, she looked at Jared then at us. “We are drinking wine!” She jumped up with Jared in tow. “We will be right back.”

Greta skipped out of the room with Jared who took large strides behind her trying to keep up.

“I can see she still has boundless energy. I’m glad that hasn’t changed.”

“It can get rather annoying sometimes. She always has to be doing something. Like if she isn’t doing something then she’s going to die. Like a shark.” Simon exhaled.

“Yeah.” I laughed; she was exactly like when she was a kid. I leaned my head against his shoulder. I could feel the electrode go between us and his heart pumping. I could get used to this. He literally gave me warm and fuzzy feelings. I shouldn’t get used to it though. I was just a passing fancy to him, he is the Alpha of a wolf pack, I’m a witch. It would never work. Not to mention he could be compared to a god, and I looked so average. The only thing different is I have purple eyes and the capability to throw someone through a brick wall.

“What are you thinking about?” Simon said in almost a whisper.

Before I could think, my mouth vomited out. “That this is nice but won’t last.” I could feel Simon tense up next to me, he took a sharp inhale.

“What do you mean?”

I sighed. “Come on Simon, first off you’re the Alpha of a wolf pack and I’m a witch.”

“Stranger things have happened.”

I looked up at him, he gave me a half smile and shrugged his shoulders.

“Ok, second is…well…look at us.” I gestured to him then to myself, but he looked confused. “You look like a straight descendant of a Nordic god, and I am plain with the only sightly intriguing thing about me is my eyes.”

“That’s not true at all. Have you seen yourself?”

“Many times.”

“Then you aren’t seeing what I see.”

“You’ll get bored with me and move on to someone of your kind.”

“Not true.”

“What you are saying is that you are serious about me. That you’re willing to take yourself off of the market for someone you just met. You don’t even know me.”

“All I’m asking for is time to prove it to you. You’re…” He stopped abruptly and thought about something but didn’t say anything else.

“What?”

“Nothing.”

“Seriously, something is going on and I want to know what it is.” I stood and stared at him. “First Greta, then Stella and now you? What is going on?”

“It’s really nothing. I swear.” He held my hand as I stood there staring at him.

“You know I could make you tell me the truth, right?”

“I can’t tell you just yet.” He said and held my hand tighter. “I promise that when I can, I will.”

I looked away from him. I was fuming. I don’t know where all this anger was coming from. I had this gorgeous guy saying he is serious about me, and I was angry. I have been lied to my entire life; it shouldn’t be a shocker that Simon was lying to me as well.

Simon stood in front of me, only inches away from my body. Every instinct I had was telling me to lean into him. Drink in his scent, throw my arms around him and not let go. But my stubborn side was holding me back. He put his hands on my shoulders and pulled me the few inches toward him so he could wrap his arms around me. The same thing that I wanted to do but didn’t.

“Like I said, I swear on my life that it’s nothing serious and as soon as I can tell you I will.” He said as he laid his head on top of mine.

I chewed on my lip as I thought over his words. “Fine.”

From a distance, I could hear Greta and Jared coming back from the kitchen. “Everything ok?”

I pulled away from Simon and looked at her. “Yeah, everything is fine.”

Everyone in the room froze and stared at me. I looked at each of them. Simon still held onto my arms and smiled down at me. Jared and Greta’s mouths were open wide and stared at me.