Gems

|| EIGHT ||

Adonis helps me stand up and I straighten my dress trying to look as normal as possible. My anxiety is on 100 right now as I'm trying to remain calm.

I begin to wonder if this is the same Vampire who was watching in a lot of the motels the other night.

Adonis and I walk hand in hand headed towards the exit. I can feel whoever watching us eyes dead on my back.

As we pass this table a woman pushes her seat back just a little and knocks my clutch out of my hand. The woman apologizes and I just assure her that it's fine.

I reach down behind me to pick up my clutch and I look up and I lock eyes with a man across the room looking dead at me with an intimidating expression.

The man gets up from the table and heads straight for us. Adonis grabs me by my waist and rushes me through the restaurant.

Once we exit we high tail out of the building hoping to grab Pandora and Major and get out of the city.

"Call Pandora now," Adonis commands as we try to find a quick place to hide. I call Pandora and she doesn't answer. I call her three more times she still doesn't answer.

"She's not answering," "Damn it! I knew this was a bad idea I should've listened to my gut,"

As Adonis is trying to come up with a plan in his head I remember Pandora said she wanted to go to the Ferris wheel. "The Ferris wheel that's where they are," I say. "How do you know that?" "Major wanted to eat before they went on the Ferris wheel so judging by the time they have to be in line now the Ferris wheel is a popular attraction,"

"Let's go move discreetly but not suspiciously," Adonis grabs my hand and pulls me through the crowd. As we're walking towards the car I notice that people are staring at us.

Beautiful men and women and I were guessing they must be sirens. "Adonis, you don't see all of these people staring at us?" I ask. Adonis looks around discreetly and notices the people staring at us.

"They're sirens and some are vampires," he says as we enter the parking garage. Adonis puts me in the car and flashes to the other side and gets in.

Adonis is already out of the parking garage when I look up at the windshield making his way to the Ferris wheel. "Why are you rushing? I mean I understand us practically running to the car but Pandora and Major should be fine right?" I ask.

"Supernatural creatures have a certain scent so strong that if we make close contact with humans other supernatural creatures can smell it. Vampires smell of rust, witches of natural herbs, sirens smell like the ocean, and werewolves smell like the forest," he says. "They'll smell Pandora and they'll smell you on Major,"

"Well, they'll probably smell you on Major which makes him a bigger target," "Why?" "Gems smell sweet. Your scent overpowers others because of order. Gems scents are made to let other supernatural creatures know when someone of higher authority is around,"

"That's why those vampires and sirens were staring at us because of me," "Yep, and I guarantee that they'll follow us," he says.

Adonis parks and hurrays out of the car. We see Pandora and Major at the front of the line next to get on. We notice there's a line to get input that doesn't stop Adonis from walking to the front of the line.

"What're you doing?" I say but he just ignores me and drags me behind him. "Sir you have to wait in line to get in just like everyone else," says the employee. Adonis looks at the line of impatient people than to me and turns his attention back to the employee.

Adonis stares deeply into the employee's eyes like he was trying to seduce him or something. "You will let us through and you will explain that we paid our tickets earlier over the phone,"