The Wolf Who Saved Me

Chapter 9 Mira

I spent Saturday night tossing and turning. I went to the bed the moment I got home from spending the day with Callahan Darcy. Trying to understand what happened at the restaurant. He saw my fear, it was written all over my face. Did that scare him away? I wanted to scream, so I reached over to my phone. I Wanted to call him. To make him explain what exactly happened between us, and realized that we never exchanged numbers. I shook my head, trying to avoid the tears that were coming to my eyes. Why was I crying over what happened? We had been on one date, and we shared a night together. That was it, why was I feeling like this? I got up and walked into the kitchen to grab a glass of water, hoping that it would clear my head. I saw Liz's note. She was with Deacon at his place, and wouldn't be home till tomorrow night. Leaving me all alone for the next 24 hours. I went back to bed, and tried to figure out what went wrong. The day was perfect, could it be the nightmare I had at his apartment? He didn't let on that it bothered him. But did it? Maybe he didn't want to be with someone who was damaged goods. That was what Tony told me, and maybe he was right. Maybe I was too damaged for anyone else. I tried not to think more about it. I didn't end up falling asleep until almost three in the morning. But even that sleep was restless, all I could dream about Callahan Darcy. And his face buried between my legs.

When I woke up eventually covered in sweat and there was a throbbing between my legs. I realized it was Sunday. Laundry day for me. Good, maybe getting my mind off Callahan and onto something simpler will help me sort ou all my emotions. The day flew by as I did all my laundry from the week before. As I was folding my last load of laundry for the night, my phone went off. I ran over and grabbed it. Thinking it was Callahan, I looked over and saw it was Liz. A pang of disappointment filled my stomach. I hit answer and put the phone on speaker phone.

"Hey girl, what's up," I asked. Grabbing more clothing to fold and put away. This would be the last load before dinner and some much needed wine. Then I think I will take a bath and then head to bed. Hoping I could actually get some sleep tonight.

"I was calling to see how your date went yesterday. And to tell you that I won't be home again. Deacon wants me to stay here another night," she said.

"My date went ok... And wow again? Deacon must be great in bed," I quipped. I heard her giggle through the phone. She almost never spent more then one night at a guy's place. This guy really must be different then the other guys she dated in the past.

"He is definitely different from the other guys I have been with. Why just ok? Did something happen between the two you," she asked.

"Our dinner was cut short when Callahan got a mysterious phone call. And then we had to leave. I haven't heard from him since," I replied.

"Deacon got a similar phone call last night. When he came back, he wouldn' tell me what happened. But he seemed different. More on edge then before. That is why I am staying another night," she said. I found that rather odd.

"Do you think they are hiding something from us," I asked. My suspicions were being aroused. I heard Liz laughing. Liz was not as suspicious of men like I was. But again she didn't have the trauma I did. But I never held it against her, she was the one person who could really help me put my life back together after Anthony. And I loved her for that.

"Try not to overthink it. It could just be business, from what Deacon told me. Callahan Darcy is crazy about you. Deacon told me he wouldn't stop talking about you," she said.

"I am just not sure, you know me. I don't trust men that easily. Especially after Anthony," I replied. She sighed through the phone. We always had this conversation when I thought about getting back into the dating world.

"Mira Beckett listen to me, Callahan likes you. Really likes you. He will reach out to you. Give him some time to come around," she said.

"I will listen to you Liz. You always know just the right thing to say. So tell me what is Deacon like in bed," I said. We often would talk about sex and the best things about it.

"Amazing, he knows just the right places to kiss or lick. Though he has this weird thing about my neck. And he calls me mate when he thinks I am not listening. Something about it is sexy but off," she replied. I thought about it for a second.

"Callahan has the same weird fascination with my neck too. I still have a mark there from he sucked on it," I said. But what did mate mean? It sounded animalistic to me.

"All men have their thing, you know this," she said. Just then I heard Deacon's voice in the background and Liz began to giggle. I am guessing he kissing some part of her body.

"I gotta go Mira, just please Callahan give some time," she said. And she hung up. I hit the end button, and turned on some relaxing music. I finished my load, and went to make dinner. I spent the rest of the night trying to relax. As I was changing for bed, I felt as if I was being watched. I looked over out the window and felt my breath hitch in my throat. There under the lamplight across the street was a black wolf. I walked over to the window to get a closer look, it was the same wolf from ten years ago, I didn't know how it was. But it was the same wolf. Those same golden eyes that seemed to shine under the lamp light. They seemed so human too me. But that wasn't possible, did wolves even live that long? A wolf must have gotten out of the Boston Zoo or something. But why did it choose to just there outside staring up at my window. It dipped its head, as if nodding to me. I shook my head, trying to rationalize what was going on around me. I turned and crawled into bed exhausted from not getting enough sleep the night before. That night I had dreams of wolves, and of Callahan. And Callahan becoming a wolf himself.

"I woke up the next morning exhausted. Between the weird dreams, I was tossing and turning for a second night in a row. Though I had spent one night in Callahan's arms, I longed to have his arms around me again. I looked over at my phone and jumped up. Shit, I was going to be late for work. I had overslept and slept through my alarms. I ran around my room throwing clothes on, and trying to tame my hair and put on some make up so I didn't look like an exhausted zombie. I made it to work with time to spare. And I found Renee beaming ear to ear at the receptionist desk. It was Monday, she seemed way too chipper for Monday.

"What has you so smiley this morning," I asked. I handed her the usual order. She took a sip, savoring her coffee. I took a sip of my coffee, I made them give me an extra shot of expresso. I needed it to get through my day.

"There is something in your office, you are going to want to see it," she said. I gave her a raised eyebrow and headed into my office. And I felt my mouth drop. There in the center of my desk was a dozen red roses. They were absolutely stunning. There was a small envelope in the center of the roses. I took the envelope and opened it. I felt my heart leap in my chest.

                                       12 Beautiful roses for the most beautiful girl I know.

I miss you

                                                                                          Callahan

I couldn't help but smile at his small note. So Callahan was thinking about me. And I hadn't scared him off.  I moved the roses from my desk to a spot near the window. To allow the roses to get sun. I sat at my desk and began my day. But my mind wandered to Callahan constantly. He hadn't run away, so maybe. Just maybe there was something there. That pull I felt with him, he felt it too.