Protect but never serve

Chapter 11 - The truth

"You want to tell me your secret because you want my help?" Elijah asks
"I want to tell you my secret because I trust you enough. It just so happens I need your help. I was going to tell you soon anyway" I explain
"So tell me" he says
"Not here lets go back to yours" I say and he nods. I grab my bag and we drive back to Elijah's apartment. We sit down on his sofa and I sit close enough to him that our legs were touching. I turn to face him bringing one of my legs up onto the sofa.
"Elijah I'm The Raven" I say, it came out fast and Elijah looked shocked
"Your the vigilante?" He asks surprised and I nod
"Yeah. I became her a year after starting my business. I wanted people to have a hope, to know that someone out there wants to help. I don't kill unless I have no other choice. I'm good at it and I love helping people." I tell him
"You've killed people" he says still shocked
"Haven't you? Being in the military?" I ask
"Yes but that was during a war" he says
"And I killed in self defence." I say
"The police want to hire you" he says
"I know" I say
"Then why haven't you accepted their offer?" He asks confused and curious
"I protect but never serve." I simply say
"Good answer" he chuckles making me smile and relax a little
"You want my help?" He asks
"I'm helping the police. A class of kids were kidnapped to be sold. They lost the trail and asked for my help. Me and Tommy have been working to find them. We've narrowed it down and tonight I'm going to search the containers at the docks" I tell them
"Tommy knows?" He asks
"And Nick. Only the three of you know" I tell him I was looking at my hands as I fiddle with my fingers
"I'll help" Elijah says and I look up at him surprised.
"Really?" I ask a little excitement bubbles up inside me as I jump onto my knees and grabbing ahold of his hands
"Yeah. Do I get a cool costume like yours?" He asks smirking
"It's not a costume it's a disguise" I say and he laughs
"I knew you were going to say that" he says then he moves closer. Our faces inches away from each other. I could feel his breath against my lips. "What time do we go to the docks?" He asks not moving back
"We go to Tommy's at 6. We gear up and leave" I tell him not realising I was holding my breath.
"Are you uncomfortable?" He asks keeping his straight face on
"No" I whisper and he smiles "are you?" I ask
"Never" he replies making me smile. I feel Elijah's hands move out of mine and onto my waist. I move one of my hands up to his cheeks, both of us looking into the others eyes.
"I want to kiss you so badly" Elijah says
"Then why don't you?" I ask the butterflies in my stomach doing backflips
"Because I work for your parents and I will get fired if they find out" he says pulling his hands off my waist.
"Why is that bad?" I ask refusing to move my hand. Instead I just bring the other hand up to his other cheek.
"Because then I won't be there to protect you" he says bringing his hands up to grab ahold of my wrists and pull my hands off his cheeks. He looked sad and defeated.
"Then they won't find out" I say moving swiftly and quickly placing my lips against his. He tense up but quickly relaxes into the kiss. I feel his tongue run along my bottom lip and I open my mouth inviting his tongue in. I bite his lower lip and fiddle with the hair on the back of his head. He lets out a low moan and pulls me onto his lap. I run my hands down his chest while his fall nicely on my ass. I tug at his top and groan wanting it to be removed. Elijah leans forward pulling his top off, he quickly throws it on the floor and joins our lips back together again. My hands run down his chest again, my fingers tracing the outline of his muscles. When I get to the bottom I pull my own top off, his hands run up my bare back. His hands were slightly cold making me shiver.
"Sorry" he whisper and I laugh
"It feels nice" I smile. Then I kiss along his jaw and down his neck. His fingers run under my bra strap but he doesn't rush to take it off. I suck and nibble at the base of his neck causing Elijah to moan softly in approval. I giggle and he moves me so I was lying on my back along the sofa. He runs his hands down my side making me grab his wrists in a reflex.
"You're ticklish" he smirks
"Yes and I will kick your ass if you tickle me" I warn him
"I don't doubt it" he says into my neck. He returns to kissing and nibbling at my neck, while my hands run over his back. I was ready to rip the rest of our clothes off when there was a knock at the door. Elijah let's out an annoyed sigh as he grabs his shirt and heads to the door. I also grab my shirt which was actually his shirt and throw it back on. I also sit up and cross my legs on the sofa.
"Mrs Eastwood" I hear Elijah says and my eyes widen. Both me and Elijah had marks on our necks and our lips were slightly swollen.
"Jade you need to come home now" she says coming over to me.
"Why?"  I ask
"Because I have asked you too. Your father and I have decided we want you to stay home unless you have work" she announces to me
"What? No way" I say
"We are your parents and you will do as we say" she says
"I'm 22 years old and I will make my own decisions. You hired a bodyguard why do I need to be at home?" I ask her
"I think we should speak in private" she says
"Tough I'm staying here" I say crossing my arms over my chest.
"We are getting you a new bodyguard. It's obvious that he was just trying to get into your pants and it looked like it worked" she says grabbing my chin and turning my head so she could see the bright red mark burning on my skin.
"Get out!" I scream at her and she looks at me startled "I'm not a little girl anymore. You don't tell me what to do. Me and Elijah haven't slept with each other and even if we did it's none of your business. Tomorrow morning I will be moving out. I can't live at home with you anymore, constantly watching over me. I hate being treated as a child and I will not put up with it anymore" I tell her. I had for the first time in my life made my mother speechless.
"Your father won't be happy about this" she manages to say then she leaves Elijah's apartment and I drop my head to my hands and just burst into tears.