Page 3 of Fighting My Demons

“Huh? There is more to this shit?” Eli asks him, becoming annoyed.

I can practically see the steam coming out of his ears. I am almost tempted to feed off his energy. It is that strong, but I hold back.

“Yep, apparently they all now work here,” Cyrus answers him.

“What?” Eli asks, folding his arms across his chest, not looking the least bit impressed with the news.

“Shotgun the tech floor,” Blaine says.

“Fuck off, you cheating bastard. I am working on the tech floor,” Xavier says, shoving him.

Eli grabs the back of his shirt, yanking him back. “Will you bloody children stop? None of you are working here. You will kill all my employees.”

They will, but I won't. I have mastered my control. I only want Bella.

“You owe me a favor, and I am claiming it. I could have outed your father for his crimes, and I didn't. I never ask for anything, Eli,” I tell him, folding my arms.

Eli sighs. He knows I am right. His father killed his mother because he was tired of her ways. At the time, I ignored it and looked the other way, and now Eli owes me.

“Why do you want to work here again?” he asks me.

“Bella,” Cyrus answers for me.

“Bella, as in our tech manager Bella, the human girl?” Eli asks.

We all nod.

“No, absolutely not. She is a good girl, and you don’t need to be meddling in her life. What could you possibly want with her?”

“Her soul,” I admit sarcastically, though I also mean my words, and I want all of her.

I just don’t know why. Something intrigues me about her aura.

“Not in that sense. I want her. I just don't know why, but I do. You owe me, Eli. Just put me on her floor, or better yet, make me her partner.”

“I already have a manager. She is the manager of that floor,” Eli says.

Even better. I can share an office with her.

“Now you have two,” I tell him, refusing to back down.

“If you are putting him on, then you put us on, too. Come on, Eli. Don’t be a dick. Make it fair.”

“Don’t be a what. Would you like to repeat that, Xavier?” Eli asks, glaring at him.

Blaine smirks. He knows there is nothing a Lycan can do to him, but Eli would still kick his ass for the disrespect.

“No, I won’t have you fighting and causing scenes.”

“Six months. We can give her six months to pick one of us. Please, Eli,” Blaine asks.

“You want to make it a competition?” I scoff before shaking my head. They wouldn’t stand a chance.

“What are you scared of, Latham? That you will lose?” Xavier asks, with a smirk on his face.

“Please, I have a thousand years on you, boy,” I growl at him.

I could do this with my eyes closed while standing on my head. I am that confident. These young demons need to learn their place. We may be friends, but they are getting in the way of something I want.