"No, no, no!" Kadence refused, shaking her head sending her long light brown hair flying. "I can do it by myself."
"Ha!" Eli laughed crossing his arms. "You. Can't. Fucking. Walk." He repeated extra slow. "What part of that don't you get?"
"I can hop." She argued crossing her arms too.
"Yeah, right. Your just gonna jump a foot in a half over the bathtub." He snorted in frustration.
"I can get myself in the shower and that's that!"
Kadence sat on Eli's bed, her ankle propped up, and a stubborn look on her face. There was no way in hell he'll be helping her in and out of the shower. Even if he wouldn't see anything, she still didn't need his help. She didn't need anyone's help!
"You'll do what I tell you." He stated catching her eyes and clenching his jaw.
Eli was close to breaking. This woman was going to drive him up a wall. All she did was argue with everything he said today and make sarcastic remarks. He had a lot of patience, but it was the end of his first day with her and it was barely hanging on by a thread. The only thing that she would see soon was his temper.
"No." She kept his gaze and pressed her lips together in a firm line.
"I'm giving you one last chance." He closed his eyes and took a breath. "Let me help you." He said eyes closed and praying she said something that wasn't stubborn.
"No."
That simple word shoved him off the edge and he was passed the point of talking. As calmly as he could force his body to move, he simply walked over to where she lay and roughly throw her over his shoulder in one fluid motion.
--
It was maybe ten o'clock when Liam had hugged her goodnight and left her at Alec's door. Emma understood that he had to. When James called Liam he made it pretty clear that she had to be back in Alec's possession and that he was going to rip Alec a new ass for letting her leave.
But, now here she stood in front of his door and paralyzed. She couldn't believe what she had said to him and now she was afraid of his reaction now. Her hands even shook at her sides. He was just plain scary. Come one, you're being ridiculous! She told herself. With a deep breath her arm slowly extended and she knocked at the door daintily.
Seconds turned into eternity as the door opened ever so slowly.
There stood Alec, all 6 feet of pure sex and muscle. The picture she had in her head of him never could quite get his devilishly good looks right. Of course all he wore was the same pair of black jogging shorts he wore earlier that hung low on his hips, exposing an uncomfortable amount of the deep 'v' his hip bones created. He was still scary.
After a few seconds of intense staring he took a step back and motioned her to walk in. With quick strides she passed him without hesitation.
"I'm sorry." He said suddenly breaking the silence as he shut the door. "Just to let you know I don't mean it. I'm being forced to say it."
She was taken aback for a second and then she saw a vampire lounging on Alec's couch over in the corner of his room. She could only guess that was James. He was a handsome man of course with dark brown hair and eyes to match and was awfully well dressed. He sat there in black dress pants and a white button up with sleeves rolled up to his elbows. He stood up as Emma paused in the hallway.
"I'm James Allenton." He said striding to her to take her hand. "I'm filling in for Collin for a little while." He muttered releasing her hand. "And frankly it sucks." He said eyes fixed on Alec and jaw clenched.
Alec smiled widely back at him.
"Now I'll be going." James walked away and gave Alec another intense stare as he passed. The door slammed and they were alone.
"Jesus Christ, get in the shower." He crinkled his noise. "You smell like you rubbed yourself against Liam."
"Maybe I did." She snapped back at him as she brushed passed him and into the bathroom.
She caught a look of anger in his eyes as she passed.
--
"Collin," Annabeth murmured.
