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She muttered, as she brushed a loose curl behind her ear. A move so feminine, and alluring Raijin had to take another step back.
Looking away from he said, “Don’t thank me, think of it as an apology for earlier. I shouldn’t have attacked you.”
“What—what did you say?”
Refusing to repeat himself, he turned away marching directly into the kitchen. Raijin walked to the Fridge pulling it open he spotted what he was looking for and pulled out the plate and set it on the table.
“A hag comes, and cleans and cooks for us.” By way of explanation, when she shot him a look of interest. “She will be here tomorrow, if you want something she’ll make it.”
“Right, because I don’t have two good hands of my own.” She said, sarcastically as she walked over to the counter. “Can’t I buy some food stuffs, and make my own food?”
He shrugged, “It’s up to you, Alek and I don’t eat much, for obvious reasons.” He didn’t bother explaining, their being an ogre and vampire were explanation enough.
Turning to leave, he paused. “I’ll take you to the market if you wish to go, but remember I can’t let you wander around; you’re meant to be hidden.”
“Yeah, yeah I hear you,” she said dismissively, as she placed utensils and a cup on the table. “You can go read, Mr. Ogre. Also, I forgive you.”
He grimaced at her name for him, but it was better than ‘asshole’ plus she’d accepted his apology. Leaving without another word, he headed upstairs to take care of the problem that he hadn’t anticipated in the shower.
Chapter19
Heart to Heart
TWO DAYS LATER…
SABINA
“Are you ready?”
Sabina looked away from the mirror to Raijin who stood behind her. She’d been eager to leave the cabin; it had taken two more days after their conversation to finally be able to leave. Being stuck in the house with two silent men wasn’t exactly her dream come true. Luckily, she’d been able to speak to Kahlia and Lanias, the two nights so she wasn’t feeling completely alone.
Turning around, she reached for her purse.
“You won’t need that,” Raijin said, as he left her doorway. “We can’t have you leaving a trail with your cards.”
She ignored him and grabbed it anyway, “I have cash.” She said, as she chased after him.
“You don’t take orders well,” he observed aloud as she descended the steps, “It’s better if you started to.”
They reached the landing, Sabina thought over how she should respond to the arrogant ogre. He had to be bipolar, he went from being someone she could maintain a polite distance with to a sharp-tongued harpy. She had turned to ignoring him at times, and at others treating him like a disgruntled customer.
She walked over to the door and grabbed the handle. “You know, Rajin.” She glanced over her shoulder at him, “You don’t have to work so hard at being an asshole. We know.”
He tilted his head, giving her a long look.
Sabina would pay anything to know what he was thinking. He was an enigma who’d shown her only two major emotions so far. Anger, and…she closed her mind away from the other, and facing the door she turned the handle and stepped outside.
Immediately she was hit with the overwhelming smell of spring. The sun beamed down and the cool wind felt good against her skin. Her vision was filled with a riotous amount of colors and bright greens, as if she’d stepped into a scene from the Secret Garden. She walked down the path made of flat stones, to the little wrought iron gate. She leaned forward to look across the earthen path to the rolling hills in the distance.
“Where are we?” She asked, in wonder her heart in her throat.
“A shire in England.” Raijin answered immediately.
Her hands tightened on the gate, and she felt a wistful smile come to her lips. This was a place that looked so much like the home of her youth she wasn’t sure how to feel. Her eyes closed, she could almost imagine her grandmother walking up the road, with the latest pastries she’d bought from the baker.
“Is something wrong?” He asked.
The question pulled her from her wistful imagination, she opened her eyes and shook her head. “No, I’m fine just remembered the town I grew up in.”
