The Chosen.

Allure

Pulling my arm from my hoodie pocket i reach down and grab Tom's big hand. He doesn't look at me but i can see a smirk, he knows i'm being territorial right now. Approaching the party we notice there's not as many people as there usually is at these type of things. Maybe about 10 people sit around the fire on various sizes of wooden benches.

Several of them gingerly greet us, Faith seeming extra excited to see me. I don't know what it is with her but she seems to be drawn towards me. Don't get me wrong the girl is nice but i can't help but to wonder what her deal is.

I take a seat on the step below Tom sitting between his muscular legs adorned by baggy jeans and leaning back so he can put his arms around me.

"M'lady" Zeke bows in front of me as he hands me an icy bottle of beer. "and... Tom." he narrows his eyes, thrusting a beer towards him. I giggle at his playful animosity towards Tom for saying we slept together in his bed. About an hour after we eventually told them the truth and had a big laugh about it.

Pulling my sleeve over my hand i struggle to open my beer so Tom trades me for his open one and kisses me on the top of my head. Looking up and back at him behind me, i pout my lips out and pucker them up for a real kiss. Leaning down he presses his lips against mine, his ice cold hand placing itself over the front of my neck. A chill runs down my body due to the coldness of his skin and the steaminess of his kiss.

Looking around i notice the girl who touched Tom that first party glaring at us. I chuckle to myself slightly. I contented of her jealousy of what i have. Brady sits beside her, his hand rubbing her thigh as he talks intently to some other boy. Her hatred for me is starting to make a lot more sense.

Faith comes over with a friend of hers, who for the life of me i can never remember her name but at this point i'm too embarrassed to ask. The girls sit and talk with us a little about our jobs we've been given. The girl says she works in the kitchen and mentions being envious of Faiths higher position in the group. I notice Faith's demeanor shift at the mention.

"What do you do?" I ask Faith.

"Uhh.. i work in the kitchen and i do some stuff for Ruth." she tries to seem casual about the whole thing, blowing it off like working directly under the boss is no biggie.

"Okay... deets!?" i get excited, though no one knows about my prior eaves dropping but my friends i still am allowed to be curious.

"Just some organization and things..." her eyes get shifty. She's hiding something and i'm going to use her interest in me to pull it out of her. Taking my hand from Toms leg i slide it on hers. Looking into her eyes i pretend to be really interested in her job. My eyes sparkle, my lips in a smile drawing her into me.

"Oh tell me more!" i ask sweetly. I can see her getting nervous under my hand so i tug it away from her. The absence of my touch pulls her into my grasp even more and she starts to spill immediately.

"Ruth has a lot of people working for her... They do things like out there." she gestures towards the garage door that lets out to the outside world. A place only a few of us go. It's not that we are trapped in here but there's not really any need for the outside world anymore, there's nothing out there...

"ohh. What do they do exactly?" I brush my tongue over my lip sucking my bottom one in softly looking at her with innocent eyes. Her gaze is magnetized to my teasing display.

"They look for... stuff" Her last word in almost a whisper. I lean forward acting like i'm trying to hear her better but i just want to apply some more pressure. Her body tenses for me and i can see her picking at the skin around her nails. I feel Tom poke into my side telling me to back off a little so i obey sitting back into his legs.

I smirk at her timid demeanor and take a swig of my beer as i cross my legs. "What kind of things Faith?" Her mouth opens to tell me as soon as i ask but when her name flows off of my lips she sucks in a bit of air. "Just these coins." She tells me in a trace, allured by the way i carry myself.

My mind starts racing. She couldn't be talking about the coin that we found... Right? My mind flashes back to the elderly man in the road. I still see his deranged look sometimes floating through my mind while i'm trying to sleep. I remember Bills polished fingers running over the emblem on the front of the small coin. The distinct T with two little lines below the top cross of the T.

"What kind of coins?" Everything about my voice had now changed, i'm panicked. The worry on my voice breaks her away from her daydream. "Uhm" she bites her lip scared to give away anymore than she already has.

"Faith." i demand of her. She immediately folds to my wishes. "i don't know... i just know they're valuable."

"Is there a weird T on the coin?" i ask holding my breath as i wait for her response.

"How did you know that?" the color leaves her face as she looks at me in shock. i feel Toms body stiffen below me as he realizes what i do too. My eyes shoot to Mia and Zeke who sit beside me and i whisper to myself "Holy shit."