Scarred Protector(17)

             She then made her way to the room they had been attacked in and grabbed her laptop and some photo albums. She looked around and then at him.

“I suppose this may be the last time I’ll see this place. Have the guys put the snake in the van.”

“Yes. I’m not sure what Marge will think of it, though.”

“Let’s go then.” They headed out the front door to find a woman dressed in a yellow dress with a green scarf wrapped around her head. She was talking to Suzie.

“She’s here, I can feel it. You must let me see my niece.”

The woman turned and headed toward Evie with arms wide open. Heath positioned himself between them. The woman did not look intimidated as she glared at him. Evie peeked around him.

“Aunt Georgia?”

Heath reached out with his mind to sense the woman’s intentions but came up against a blank wall. Georgia looked at him like she knew what he was doing.

“Let me know you mean no harm, and I will let you meet.”



“He is your man?” she asked.

Heath looked to Evie, unsure for a moment what her answer would be. She nodded. For some reason, he felt proud she had acknowledged him as such. The block was lowered immediately, and he could feel only concern from this woman for her niece. He also sensed power, but not of the Midworlder kind.

“We should leave here and return to my home. There you both can talk.” Heath made sure Georgia sat in the front of the car while he had Evie in the back with him. He liked to be in control, and the fact this woman’s mind was like nothing he had sensed before concerned him. Then everything involving Evie concerned him. Including his growing feelings. Evie squeezed his hand as she smiled at her aunt. She leaned across and whispered in his ear.



             “I want her to like me. Is that crazy?”

“She’s family. It’s not foolish at all to want that.” He stared at their joined hands. Family to him was the group of people who shared his home. The truth was that he had never let himself be close to any of them. He had learnt a long time ago of the pain involved in letting someone near. He clasped Evie’s hand, and she smiled at him. He was being a fool, and that was not a term used for him by anyone accept Marge, who could get away with it. Georgia was humming a tune, and he wondered of its significance. If the woman thought she would be allowed to be alone with Evie, it was not going to happen.



The gates of his manor opened, and they drove through. For a moment, he would breathe a sigh of relief to be back here. Charles would not be giving up so easily, and he didn’t want to take Evie out of the house again until he had a better idea of what was going on. Once they entered the house, he guided Georgia and Evie to the library where they could talk. Suzie and Tiny followed them. Georgia sat down and creased her brows as she took in the scene. Evie stood next to him, staring at the woman who said she was her aunt. Heath thought he would make the first move.

“I would like to take this opportunity to introduce myself. I’m Heath Blanchard and these are my colleagues, Suzie and Tiny. Welcome to my home.”

“I’m Georgia Withers, Evie’s aunt. I believe we have some questions for each other. I want to know what you are and why you have my Evie.”



             That was not the question he had expected. “What makes you think we’re any different from you?”

“I can see the glow around you. Your spirits aren’t human. You’ve done something to Evie as well.”

“They haven’t hurt me. I trust them,” Evie said.

They didn’t have time to waste, and Heath removed his jacket and closed his eyes as his wings sprouted from his back. Evie took his hand in hers. Georgia gasped and then burst out laughing.

“The spirits are looking after you, Evie. You have looked into my mind, Heath. I am honored to be in your presence. You know I mean her no harm. Please, may I hug my niece now?”



Heath nodded and retracted his wings but stayed close as Georgia came across and embraced Evie. He turned to Suzie and asked her to get Marge to make them some tea. Georgia and Evie sat down still holding the other’s hands. He now felt the odd one out, but would not be leaving them alone together just yet.

“I’m so sorry I didn’t come back before. Your father sent me a letter a few weeks ago, but I didn’t realize he was so sick. I went to your house and your neighbor said he had died and that they hadn’t seen you.”

“I was attacked the night Dad died, and Heath saved me. The attackers weren’t human, like him, but they were evil.”

“You don’t seem surprised at our existence, Georgia,” Heath said. The woman seemed to be taking everything in her stride, and yet, she had just discovered the existence of supernatural beings.

“I follow Obeah, and we take notice of the angels in our lives. To find you protecting my niece makes me very happy.”



Marge came in and set the tray down with tea and biscuits. Heath made the introductions and noticed his housekeeper paying close attention to the newcomer.



             “I was wondering if you could prepare a room for Evie’s aunt.” Marge nodded and left the room, shaking her head with disapproval.

“Tell me what has happened to you, my dear. I sense a darkness I’d like to try to remove.”

Heath wasn’t about to let Georgia try anything just yet. “We have a healer coming. If she can’t cure Evie, we’ll talk about it again.”

“That would be my choice, surely not yours,” Evie said, as she glared at him and raised an eyebrow.

“He’s an angel, Evie. You should listen to him. He knows things you and I cannot know. When did this darkness arrive?”



Heath could see Evie bite her bottom lip as if she didn’t want to recall what had happened. He sat next to her and took her hand in his and reached up to touch her face, turning it toward him. There was fear there, as if the darkness would soon be unleashed.



“I’m here. I won’t let it control you, no matter the cost.” He could see her eyes watering as she looked back at him.

“It was five years ago, and I had a life like everyone else. I was at university studying and had friends and would go out and have fun. Get drunk and have boyfriends, go to parties. I was on my way home one night−I wasn’t drunk or anything−and was waiting at a stoplight when a car slammed into me. I remember the lights coming toward me and then nothing else. I woke up a month later from a coma. I thought it was brain damage at first. Then I started to see all the angels and demons on people. It got so bad, I hid myself away from the world. There is something else I haven’t told Heath.”

Heath raised an eyebrow as he looked at her. Evie looked at the tray before them and pointed with her finger at a teaspoon. It started to shake and then moved up so it hovered a foot above the tray.

“You’ve been holding out on me.”



             Evie flicked her finger and the spoon flew across the room and embedded itself in the far wall.

“It hasn’t worked for the last few days, but this morning I dropped my cup from my tray and managed to stop it in midair. It also started when the darkness came, so I don’t like to use it. I thought they might be connected in some way.”

“You’re full of surprises. I think that could come in handy if our friends ever plan to return,” Heath said.

“It didn’t work. When I tried to make a letter opener hit Charles, he stopped it.”

“Maybe we can train you. In the meantime, I’ll get someone to show you to your room, Georgia.”

When Georgia left, he turned to Evie. He could not believe she had such a power and had not told them. What else was she keeping secret?

“Don’t you ever keep secrets from me. If we’re going to beat this darkness, we need honesty. I thought I told you that.” He was yelling, and he could see she wasn’t pleased. He reckoned if she could have managed it, she would have hurtled something at him from across the room.

“I dealt with this for five years before you came. Stop playing the bossy father figure. I was going to tell you, but things happened,” she yelled back.

She stood with her hands on her hips, angry, and glorious. He loved the fact she was not intimidated by him.

“I hardly know you, but I want you and will not lose you, but we must have honesty.” Her anger was gone as she ran into his arms and kissed him. She placed her arms around his back and pulled him close, as her mouth opened to him. His tongue searched her mouth as he ran his hands up and down her spine. He wanted to take her now, right on the floor with her aunt just out of the room. He had always been in control, but he didn’t want to be anymore. He scooped her up and took her over to the couch, and laid her down. Unzipping her top he revealed the lacy bra beneath. He pulled it aside to see her taut nipple before him and ran little circles with his tongue around her tight bud. He sucked hard as she buck beneath him, and he lay on top of her pressing himself down on her body. Her hand was going to his pants to undo his belt. He needed to be inside her now. His cock was so hard it hurt. She groaned as he bit her nipple, and the sound sent him over the edge. It also brought him back to reality as he slid off the couch to the floor.