Owned by a sinner

𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘴

JAMES POV

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I can't stop thinking about her, I want to touch her so gently as if she were a flower, hold her as if she were mine. I cannot keep going like this I have to stay away from her. I'm not this kind-hearted man who dances with young women and has dinner with them, for fuck sakes I'm a murderer! She has this choke hold on me that I can't seem to let loose of. Every day I want to get closer to her, smell the shampoo lingering from her hair. But dammit I can't I mean... she's one of my best friends' daughter I cannot do that to him. I  suddenly remember the conversation we had that night when he decided to tell me about Sophia's accident and how she needed a place to hide for a while.

I remember getting a call from an unknown number, I was still getting used to these so-called cell phones. "March.. you there". I heard a familiar voice coming from the small voice box that I held up to my ear. "Ah Matteo, how are you old friend", I spoke in a pleasant tone happy to hear my friend on the other line. "Not so good James..It's Soph, she had an accident and I'm afraid that she's going to get found out if she stays here any longer". I heard the fear and concern in his voice he sounded like he was on the verge of tears. I kept hearing him sigh and choke on his words and I started to get irritated. "Come on man, speak!", I finally yelled as I couldn't take the tension anymore. "She..she almost killed someone today James..", he spoke as if he was being watched or heard.

I stopped in my tracks and thought to myself for a second. I know of Matteo's family curse, how some of the women become immortal and have rage like a mother bear ready to kill anyone who touches her cubs, she was dangerous and she didn't even know it yet. "Send her here, I'll look after her and make sure that she doesn't get into any trouble".  I said to him as I paced back and forth in my dimmed room. "James..are you sure, when we tell her about the curse..who knows how she'll react..she might fall into it over time and become a cold-blooded killer". He said with sadness in his voice I could tell that he was going through a lot. "Yes I'm sure Matteo send her over here as quickly as possible and I'll make sure she is safe". 

"Thank you James I owe you my life..promise to keep an eye on her". He said with a soft tone in his voice. I'm not the kind of man to be all kind and passionate but I am a good friend. "Promise", is all I could say to him before he hung up the phone. I grabbed my jacket and decided to head down to the lobby to tell Liz to prepare a room for her. Who knows how this is going to end.. hell I barely even know the girl and now she's going to be living in the hotel for who knows how long. I just hope that she isn't as beautiful as Matteo made her out to be. Because if she is, it's going to be very hard not to touch, I'm a man who likes to play.

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SOPHIA-PRESENT

I woke up to the sound of my alarm going off right in my ear and I almost fell off the bed. I quickly grabbed my phone and shut off the alarm because holy hell is that thing ever annoying? I looked at the time and I had slept until 12:30. I decided to get up pick my clothes out for the day and take a shower. I always try and start my day with showers it calms me down, wakes me up, and gets me ready for the day. I looked out the window and noticed that it was a sunny day outside so I decided to grab a dress from my closet. I wanted to make myself look semi-presentable since I haven't been doing that since I got here. I've only really dressed up when I was with March.