Reid, she materialised to where he was. She didn’t have to know, she could feel him.
Ensuring that no one could see her by concealing herself from mortal eyes she looked around. The office with people getting up and heading home was unfamiliar to her but this was where her power had brought her during her search for Reid. Nice place.
Her skin tingled and the back of her neck prickled as she heard Reid’s laughter. Moving towards the familiar sound, she paused before the open door then strode into the office, noting it was tight quarters. And he wasn’t alone.
Possessiveness and power both welled up inside her with a rushing force. Reid occupied the room with a thin, petite woman with dark glossy hair and an exotic look. Each fluttering eyelash, each coy smile the woman gave dropped Ashia’s mood further.
Could this woman be any more obvious? What truly bothered her was how Reid laughed with her and seemed to be having a fine time as they worked around one another.
This woman had the top few buttons of her shirt undone. Her pencil skirt seemed to be hiked up even more than it should have been and even if Reid were blind—which he wasn’t—he would have been able to have a front-row seat to the blatant view she kept offering him when she would bend towards him and touch his shoulder. Right before they laughed again.
She wanted to hurt something. Maim something. Destroy something. And starting with that woman right there beside her man was a brilliant place to begin, in her mind.
Forcing herself to leave, she flashed back to her house, body still shaking with the intensity of her anger. She let the dogs in and fed them then went to a chair she created out of thin air.
Anger still coursed through her body as she sat there on her cloud-soft chair with a golden goblet adorned with jewels in her left hand filled to the brim with the rich ambrosia she no longer drank as often. Today was a day to have it.
Cursing Devi for not being there, she pursued her lips and sighed heavily. How the hell was she supposed to do the right thing if she didn’t have any knowledge of what the right thing was supposed to be?
An ugly feeling of jealousy moved over her, towards Reid and Devi. She didn’t want to think about Reid so she tried to figure out why she had some about Devi.
Because she is off with her man and to see a best friend.
Would her brain ever stop with the unwanted commentary? She took a long drink and groaned in pleasure as the drink flowed past her lips. Still, it wasn’t enough to soothe her raging emotions. It was true. She and Devi had become good friends but they’d not known each other for very long. Apparently she and this Saffron woman had known each other much longer. It bothered her. And she really didn’t want to think about why that was so she turned her attention back to thoughts of Reid.
Unfortunately all she could see was that woman thrusting her breasts into his face as he worked. The sound of thunder boomed above her and she felt it resonate through her soul as her anger began to boil.
Reid had no business being so close to a woman other than her. She froze in the motion of taking another drink. She frowned. What do I care? He is a mortal. Nothing more. A distraction.
It wasn’t true and she knew the writing on the wall indicated he meant so much more to her than that. What would she do? Could it work? She thought of the first time she’d met Devi and the advice she’d given her.
‘It is possible for gods and humans to fall in love. So what one may believe to be a dalliance, of which they will eventually tire, could be the beginning of their everything. I hear you know when it’s love and even for us, with all our power and immortality. To be loved and to love seems even more important.’
She almost dropped her drink at the recollection. So what one may believe to be a dalliance… That was exactly what her time with Reid was supposed to have been. Nothing more than that. And
Ensuring that no one could see her by concealing herself from mortal eyes she looked around. The office with people getting up and heading home was unfamiliar to her but this was where her power had brought her during her search for Reid. Nice place.
Her skin tingled and the back of her neck prickled as she heard Reid’s laughter. Moving towards the familiar sound, she paused before the open door then strode into the office, noting it was tight quarters. And he wasn’t alone.
Possessiveness and power both welled up inside her with a rushing force. Reid occupied the room with a thin, petite woman with dark glossy hair and an exotic look. Each fluttering eyelash, each coy smile the woman gave dropped Ashia’s mood further.
Could this woman be any more obvious? What truly bothered her was how Reid laughed with her and seemed to be having a fine time as they worked around one another.
This woman had the top few buttons of her shirt undone. Her pencil skirt seemed to be hiked up even more than it should have been and even if Reid were blind—which he wasn’t—he would have been able to have a front-row seat to the blatant view she kept offering him when she would bend towards him and touch his shoulder. Right before they laughed again.
She wanted to hurt something. Maim something. Destroy something. And starting with that woman right there beside her man was a brilliant place to begin, in her mind.
Forcing herself to leave, she flashed back to her house, body still shaking with the intensity of her anger. She let the dogs in and fed them then went to a chair she created out of thin air.
Anger still coursed through her body as she sat there on her cloud-soft chair with a golden goblet adorned with jewels in her left hand filled to the brim with the rich ambrosia she no longer drank as often. Today was a day to have it.
Cursing Devi for not being there, she pursued her lips and sighed heavily. How the hell was she supposed to do the right thing if she didn’t have any knowledge of what the right thing was supposed to be?
An ugly feeling of jealousy moved over her, towards Reid and Devi. She didn’t want to think about Reid so she tried to figure out why she had some about Devi.
Because she is off with her man and to see a best friend.
Would her brain ever stop with the unwanted commentary? She took a long drink and groaned in pleasure as the drink flowed past her lips. Still, it wasn’t enough to soothe her raging emotions. It was true. She and Devi had become good friends but they’d not known each other for very long. Apparently she and this Saffron woman had known each other much longer. It bothered her. And she really didn’t want to think about why that was so she turned her attention back to thoughts of Reid.
Unfortunately all she could see was that woman thrusting her breasts into his face as he worked. The sound of thunder boomed above her and she felt it resonate through her soul as her anger began to boil.
Reid had no business being so close to a woman other than her. She froze in the motion of taking another drink. She frowned. What do I care? He is a mortal. Nothing more. A distraction.
It wasn’t true and she knew the writing on the wall indicated he meant so much more to her than that. What would she do? Could it work? She thought of the first time she’d met Devi and the advice she’d given her.
‘It is possible for gods and humans to fall in love. So what one may believe to be a dalliance, of which they will eventually tire, could be the beginning of their everything. I hear you know when it’s love and even for us, with all our power and immortality. To be loved and to love seems even more important.’
She almost dropped her drink at the recollection. So what one may believe to be a dalliance… That was exactly what her time with Reid was supposed to have been. Nothing more than that. And
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