Beautiful Creatures Series

Chapter 37: 15

After his shower, Darrell threw on a pair of worn jeans and had taken a cold beer from the fridge and sat out on the porch swing. He had been out there for hours. He watched the sun go down over the mountains. It was dark now and out here in the country; the only source of light was coming from inside the house. He stared up at the starry sky. He had been nursing the bottle all day. He still had half a bottle, only now it was warm.

After the sun went down, the door a few feet away opened, and Katelyn came out with a bottle of beer in her hand. She walked over to him and offered Darrell the beer. He looked at the bottle. “I thought you might like a new one,” she said. “This one is cold.”

He reached out and took it, giving her the half-empty bottle. Katelyn put the bottle on the floorboards and took the seat next to him on the porch. She rested her head on his shoulder and watched the stars with him. He actually liked having her seated next to him. It was a comfortable silence, which was nice. He had never just sat with a woman. He would have never guessed it felt so good.

Her affection was comforting. She had not runoff. She had not fought with him about the matter. Now she sat with him. She was giving him time to get over the horrible thing he had just done. She did not recoil from him, and that gave him home. “I didn’t want to have to kill him,” he spoke softly.

“I know.”

“That’s not who I am.”

“I know.”

Darrell sighed heavily. “I get it.”

“Get what?” She asked, lifting her head to look at him. “I get why you don’t want to marry me. Why would you want to marry a monster that kills your kind?”

“I don’t think you are a monster.”

“Why not? I am.”

Katelyn placed her hand on his chest, just over his heart. “I know your heart. You are a better man than Nigel ever was. You are not afraid to do the hard things if it means you can protect the people you love. Life is complicated. But I’m going to walk the path with you.”

Darrell was confused. “What?” Was she saying what he thought she was saying? Did he dare to hope?

Katelyn smiled. “I’m going to marry you.”

Darrell grinned. “Really. You think you can handle this crazy life?”

“To be with you, I will adapt.”

“You just made me a very happy man.”

***

decided to tell them she was moving into his house and then after a few months, she would tell them they were getting married. Katelyn knew she was doing the right thing. Even though their time together had been brief, the imprinting had Katelyn feeling as if they

secret for now. The pack was not ready to accept Katelyn, and he wished to give them more time to warm up to her presence in the

found her parents looking concerned. Her mother stood up as they came into the room. “What is going on?” Katelyn

Nigel,” the authorities must have found his body. That was

looked at

He crawled to the highway where a motorist found him. He’s in the hospital in critical

had no idea how they would get to Nigel while in a hospital. All Katelyn knew was, he had to be silenced. “Look, that’s a horrible thing for him, but beyond common human sympathy, I don’t give two shits about

for so long. How could you

sleeping with Karen.”

for you too. After the disgraceful scene you made

the right thing. If Karen was already cheating on Scott, she

your flesh and blood. You owe her more loyalty,” her father

me. So is Nigel. The only person

don’t care,” Her father snapped. “I don’t want ever

going to do the right thing and stand by her man. “I’m

marry this man?” Her mother barked at her. “You

for each other,” Katelyn snapped. “I love you, Mom, but you are small-minded. I’m leaving, and I’m not coming back. I’ll send someone for my things,” she said as

Darrell climbed into the truck. “If you leave with that man, don’t ever speak to us again. Do

at her.

his. “Let’s get

shifted gears, and they drove off. It was hard to leave. She would miss her parents, but she was going to stand by Darrell. She loved him too much not to. As they drove, she noticed how distracted he was. He was worrying about Nigel waking

are thinking about

he was dead. I can’t even imagine how he

just have

Killing him on the side of the road is one thing. It gets marked as a traffic accident or an animal attack. Killing him in a hospital in the middle of Aspen will attract the police and the media. It will be called murder, and somebody will have to pay for that. It is not as easy as walk in and walk out. I have to go

his business paperwork. When they walked through the door, Gordon came out of the small back office to greet them. He was smiling. “Well, isn’t this a surprise? I see you still have the human with you,” Gordon then offered Katelyn a sympathetic smile. “No insult intended, Darling. It is just that you are a serious breach to my pack’s wellbeing,” if he believed that he was not going to like what they had to tell him. Darrell frowned, sharing

want to tell Gordon about Nigel. Nervous, Derrell ran the tip of his tongue over his bottom

Gordon yelled, his eyes flashing with

hospital in critical care. I don’t know how, but

eyes stopped glowing as he regained control of his rage. “Ok,” he said, doing his best to stay calm, “is

“I don’t know.”

“Alright. First things first. Someone has to go to the hospital and find out if he is conscious and if he is whether or not he is lucid. I want to know who he has talked to,

The Novel will be updated daily. Come back and continue reading tomorrow, everyone!

Comments ()

0/255