The Road To Your Heart

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Maya POV

I put the last two bags in the back seats then closed the door and leaned on it. I can't get the sight of Eliane sitting in the empty apartment lost in her thoughts out of my mind. I close my eyes and take deep breathes to calm myself, I need to be strong for this.

After few minutes I get inside the coffee shop and walk to the counter. I order our smoothies then pull out my phone to check my emails, half way through it I felt eyes on me but I didn't give it much importance until I felt a presence behind me. I turn around abruptly to be greeted by a big buff guy in his mid twenties, blond messy hair and green eyes, his clothes were kind of ragged. He was standing too close to me so I took a step back without breaking eye contact, something about him and the way he was staring at me gave me goosebumps.

"What's your order sir?" the barista asked him. "Black coffee for my friends and I" he gave me a creepy smile, I looked behind him and saw at the way back table two equally ragged and scary guys looking back at me, but what made my heart skip a beat was the sight of one of them sniffing around. I looked back at the one standing by my side and found him breathing in the air around me with eyes closed, It's a thing I saw Eliane and some werewolf we met before do.

I took another step back and the guy opened his eyes, the green in them turned black. 'it can't be, how did they get so close to us'. I took a deep breath and started tapping on my phone pretending to be busy. I tried to look calm but I'm sure he could hear the erratic beating of my heart. "Have we met before?" he asked me with a smirk, I looked at him, his eyes were back to their original color, I ignored his question and went back on my phone 'Are they the one I saw the other day?no no no'.

He took a step closer to me and sniffed me one more time, "You smell very nice" his voice got deeper giving me a shill. I glared at him pretending to be offended, I'm not supposed to know what he and his friends are so I have to act as clueless as possible. He chuckled amused by my reaction, the green in his eyes was getting darker, "Sorry I didn't want to offend you lady, it's just that after a few weeks with just my friends and I, your smell....I mean your perfume is quite refreshing, is it lavender?", I swallowed hard, I don't wear perfume and Eliane said I smell like lemon..... he was smelling her on me.

"How about you join us for the night?", he took another step toward me. Now I'm way beyond scared, I've never been this terrorized before in my life, my feet are cold and my hands started shaking. "Sorry, younger guys are not my type" I don't know how I managed to reply without stuttering. I turned my attention back on my phone hoping he would take the hint and get back to his friends, but he took another step closer and leaned down and whispered in my ear "We'll make it worth it" his friends started laughing, 'of course they heard him, they've been listening in the whole time'. By now I could feel my heart beating in my throat, he leaned back with a smirk.

"Your drinks are ready" the barista put my drinks on the counter then turned back the coffee machine to prepare his order. I couldn't move and kept staring at him, what if I walk out and they follow me, what if they find Eliane, what can I do to keep them away? Nothing, I can't do anything at all. Should I follow them and lead them away from her? I kept staring not out of courage but because I couldn't feel my body anymore. I was frozen in my place waiting for him to grab me and drag me out.

I don't know how much time passed while we were staring at each-other, seconds or minutes, but to my utter surprise he took one step back and laughed at my despair, "Guess not tonight heh, too bad I like the fire in your eyes" he took another step back, grabbed the tray with three cups of coffee then winked at me, "We'll be here for a while......and next time.... I wont take a NO as an answer" his voice held a dangerous promise, then walked back to his snickering friends.