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Isabella's POV
BAM!
The door slams against the wall of our apartment, as Elizabeth and I hurriedly rush in. It has been two hours since the incident in town. After finally excepting the fact that we lost Luka's trail, I decided it'd be best to go back home and think of another plan to find Luka. Eventually Elizabeth (who by then was hysterical about losing him) agreed to come back.
"Where the hell could he be! We looked all over town and couldn't find any trace of Luka. I swear if that guy harmed Luka at all...I'm going to...DAMMIT!" Elly yells as she then puts her fist through one of the living room walls, splitting her knuckle a bit, and causing her hand to bleed.
"Elly calm down, I realize that your upset about losing Luka, but that's no reason to not only destroy the place, but hurt yourself in the process," I say in a calming voice, while closing the apartment door, "Now sit down on the couch and let me look at your hand." I state after getting the first-aid kit from the closet in the hall, then joining her on the couch to bandage her up.
"What if we never find him Bell, or if he's hurt badly... It'll be all my fault." Elly says with a quiver in her voice, as her eyes slowly begin to swell with tears.
"Hey now, Luka's a smart dog. I assure you that he wouldn't let some burglar wannabe get the upper-hand. So there's no need to get yourself all worked up. Okay? I reassuringly say as I gently apply disinfectant on Elly's wound and wrap her hand in fresh bandage wrap.
"Yah, your probably right, I'm getting myself worried for nothing. Thanks for helping sis," She thanks, as she then leans close to me and hugs me tightly. " I should give Jeff a call, and tell him to keep an eye out for Luka." Elly then gets up and heads to the kitchen phone to call Jeff.
I begin to put the emergency supplies back into the kit, all while trying to believe in what I told Elly was true, and that Luka really was okay. Knowing how crushed Elizabeth would be to discover him hurt or god forbid... Dead. It was at that moment, that I heard a knock at the door...
Ben's POV
After a couple of hours of searching the town with no luck, we both head to the apartment complex, where Jeff said Elizabeth lived, with Luka happily following along. Damien, while upset we didn't find her, was excited to see the kind of place his mate lived in and enthusiastically hoping to see her. I on the other hand was just hoping she also had my mate there as well, so I could finally get the chance to introduce myself properly, and find out her name.
"So Damien, what's your plan if Elizabeth's home?" I say with curiosity as we walk along to her apartment.
"Hmm, how about when we show up at her door I tell her in trade for Luka, she comes with us to the Pack and when she does I use some charm to make her stay forever." Damien says, so sure his plan was full-proof.
"Damien, we should take mothers advice and take it slow. Otherwise we'll just repeat the incident at the bar. " I state, trying not to roll my eyes at his dumbfounded idea of a plan.
"Ya your right. But I'd just love to see that fire in her eyes again, like at the bar. I also want to see her do more of her combat techniques, she seems to have potential. I can't wait to have a couple sparing matches with her, and a couple rounds in the bed doesn't sound too bad either. " Damien says the last part with eagerness.
"Try and keep it in your pants Dame. She hates your guts right now, and I highly doubt she'd be willing to jump into bed with you." I state
"Well let's just get her dog back to her, if what Jeff said to us about him being very important to her is true, I can only imagine how badly she's suffering. So lets go." Damien states as he heads towards the entrance of the apartment complex.
I head in behind him.
The lobby was impressively humongous. The floors were a freshly polished red marble, that left a pleasant lemony scent in the air . Clean black lounge chairs were aligned equally alongside the walls. Walls that were painted in a cream white and were covered with expensive paintings, along with a huge glass chandelier placed in the middle of the ceiling. The front wooden desk was dark brown with purple lilacs in fancy vases on top of it. The receptionist was a clean shaved man, wearing a black suit going about his business. By the looks of it, Elizabeth was doing quite good for herself, to be living in a place like this.
"Crap!" Damien says angrily, startling not only me, but the receptionist as well.
"What is it!" I state on full alert.
"Jeff gave us the address to the complex, but not the number to her apartment." Damien says with annoyance.
"What do we do now? The guy won't willingly tell us her room number."
"Oh, I bet he will if I..." Damien begins to state menacingly, but is cut short when Luka casually trots over to the nearby elevator and jumps on his hind legs to press the "OPEN" button with his nose and walks in the elevator, then turns to us gesturing us to follow.
"I'll be Damned." I state, impressed with the dogs actions.
"Well I guess the dog knows where he's going so let's follow him," Damien states getting into the elevator with Luka, "You comin Ben?"
"Ya, let's go see your woman." I state getting in the elevator with Luka and Damien, who now is smiling at that comment. The elevator doors close and Luka presses the twelfth floor button, We then wait patently to arrive on her apartment floor.
Damien's POV
The elevator doors open and Luka walks out as if he's done this a thousand times, it's at that moment something familiar catches my attention.
We walk down the hallway and I faintly smell her scent. My wolf stirs restlessly within me, begging me to find her and claim her. I follow the scent until I reach a door near the end of the hallway that's a few feet away to a staircase, room two hundred and one.
"Well I guess this is the place." I state.
"Go ahead Damien, knock on the door." Ben says, ushering me to the door.
"I know, I know, just give me a minute to think." I say haltingly.
"A minute? What happened to the confident man that believed Elizabeth would jump into his bed and everything would be great, Uh? What happened to that?" Ben says in a patronizing manner.
"I just don't want to mess this up. I already screwed up my first chance with her, and I don't need her hating me even more than she already does." I say arguably.
"Just knock on the door, and you know... the best part of her hating your guts already is that you can't do anything else to make her hate you even more." Ben says with a slight chuckle.
"Well that's encouraging. Lets just give her, her dog back." I sigh to Ben as Luka barks agreeably, I then hesitantly knock on the door.
A few moments later the door opens.
Ben's POV
"Hello, who is i... Well, well, well... If it isn't Tweedle Dumb and Tweedle Dee. So to what do I owe this not so pleasant surprise." My mate answers the door and states bitterly.
I make a silent blessing to the goddess Luna for the reunitement of my mate. I can't help but look her over. She seemed to have been recently exercising from what I could make out from her outfit. She was humbly wearing a slightly over-sized purple hoody, that although didn't leave much to the eye, couldn't conceal her deliciously, curvaceous hips and bodacious breasts that enchanted any man to grasp onto. She was also wearing tight, black, Nike running tights that hugged seductively against her womanly shaped legs.
Finishing the outfit was white sneakers. I noticed the shimmer of a silver, heart shaped locket necklace, that dangled innocently upon her neck. I couldn't help but imagine her sprawled across my bed completely naked with only that locket, making passionate love together, where we'd later lay in bed carelessly embraced in each others warmth. Pulling myself out of my thoughts, I then proceed to shove Damien to the side while he grunts disappointingly, I then face directly in-front of the wonderful being at the door.
"Well we thought it might be nice to return him to you." I say ambitiously, gesturing to Luka who then jumps on her happily wagging his tail, and starts licking her face.
