Cecilia's Wolf {Rewritten}

14 | Cecilia's Wolf

Jackson

I was so relieved that Cecilia agreed to go to breakfast with me. After the fight between her cousin and I, I wasn't sure if she'd want to go anywhere with me today, and I don't think Rafe and I could handle that, to be honest.

She'd really rattled us with the phone call when Bane had her in the alley. I'd been sitting in my office, going over an updated treaty before signing it when she'd called. At first, I'd been happy to see her name, but when I answered and was greeted with Drabek's voice and not hers, I'd completely panicked.

I'd ran outside to my car, knocking over anyone that got in my way, no time to slow down and figure out if they were okay. And then, when I was only a block away, she'd told me to go home! Rafe was pissed at me for the rest of the night for listening and I was pissed at myself as well.

Then, I'd shown up to her house this morning and the whole place reeked of vampire! I'd hit the doorbell, fear icing my veins as Rafe growled menacingly. Visions of Ceci and her parents being attacked by vampires had me ready to tear down the door before Ceci had opened it.

I'd been so relieved that she was okay that it had taken me a minute to realize that she also smelled like the vampire. Everything had gone downhill from there. And when Ceci had ran away from me, crying, I felt like my heart had been ripped out of my chest. I didn't know what I had done, but I knew that I'd done something.

I hated the fact that I had agreed to be civil with her vampire cousin, but I would have done anything to take that fear and pain out of her eyes. I still wasn't sure that it was all because her cousin and I had fought, but I didn't want to bring it up again.

There had been enough tears and sadness for one day. The rest of the day, I was going to focus on making sure she had fun and completely forgot about this morning. Starting with breakfast.

"Are you ready to go?" I asked her.

She nodded. "Just give me a second to clean up," she replied, blushing slightly. "I'm all blotchy."

Her eyes were still red and her nose and cheeks were puffy as well, but she still looked beautiful. Knowing that she still wouldn't want to go out like that, I just kissed her forehead and opened my arms so that she could crawl off my lap.

"I'll wait for you downstairs," I told her.

She smiled at me over her shoulder and nodded.

While she headed into the bathroom, I made my way back downstairs to wait for her in the living room. She probably wouldn't be long in the bathroom, but I knew she probably wouldn't be satisfied until she didn't look like she was crying anymore. I figured I might as well be comfortable while I waited. I laid my head against the back of the couch and closed my eyes.

It was only a couple minutes later when I heard Ceci tiptoeing into the living room, trying to sneak up on me. Smirking to myself, I stayed where I was, letting her get close. When she was right behind me, I jumped up quickly, pulling her over the couch and on top of me.

She screamed, landing with a giggle and stared down at me with wide, gorgeous eyes. "How did you know I was there?" she asked. "I was being super quiet."

I laughed up at her. "I'm a werewolf, babe. I could never mistake your scent or heartbeat."

She made a funny face at me. "You realize that's creepy, right?" she asked.

"It's not creepy," I disagreed. "Rafe and I are just very attuned to you. It's so that we can keep you safe."

She shook her head. "It's creepy. But that's okay, because you're too handsome for me to care."