The Love Story #35

Ash kept his voice cool and clear. He had to make it up to her, to try and bring back the spark in her eye she had before his kind robbed her of it.
Dave looked shocked. He was even more infuriated. “What do mean you can’t! It’s not a request, it’s a demand!”
“For me that’s not an option. Now that I have her, I can’t live without her. That would be close to impossible, no, it is impossible.”
Dave lunged forward, as if to attack, but his better judgment stopped him. Ash didn’t move. He may seem cool and collected, but if he had to, he wouldn’t hesitate to kill him. Dave relaxed. He knew he was fighting a losing battle. “She is all I have.”
“That, we share in common. The other thing we share is the need to keep her safe. I won’t let any harm come to her. You have my word.”
“I can protect her myself!” he yelled.
“I wasn’t asking for your permission, I was informing you. I would go to her now if I didn’t know you wanted to.” The room went quiet.
Dave and Ash had come to a silent understanding. Dave may not want him for his daughter, but he could do very little to change that fact. To Merilee, he was dead, and Ash was alive and the man she chose to love. And Ash was his Alpha. Dave had no choice but to obey.
Sabrina came crashing into the room. The men turned and looked at her, not amused by her interruption. She had been eavesdropping on them, again.
“You can’t let him keep seeing her! You are her father, forbid him!” She grabbed Dave’s jacket and shook him as she spoke, her eyes wide with desperation. Dave pulled her hands off him and straightened out his jacket.
“Sabrina, this doesn’t concern you. And I can’t forbid him. His mind is set. And he is the alpha of our pack. Merilee loves him, and I can’t cause her anymore pain.”
“This does concern me. Ash is mine! Your daughter is his mistress, she will never be anything more, and for the rest of her miserable human life, she will be just that!”
Ash’s voice was cold, a deep growl bellowed in his chest. “Tread carefully, woman, I won’t think twice about killing you,” he said between clenched teeth.
Sabrina turned to him, her expression threatening, “I won’t let anyone take you away from me! You are mine! I’ll make sure you stay mine! I should have killed her when you gave her to me!”
Dave reacted before Ash could. The silver in his eyes seemed to deepen, his arms spread at his sides with his fingers wide and curled at the tips, and his teeth were out and ready to tear into her if she provoked it. “I don’t hit women, but for you I’m willing to make the exception! If I so much as catch your scent within ten miles of her, I will kill you! Just a scent, Sabrina! Remember that!” The chill in his voice made Sabrina step back.
“If he hesitates, I won’t, I’ll rip you limb from limb. I won’t even think twice about it.” The acid in Ash’s voice burned her. She backed out of the room slowly, knowing very well she’d been defeated, at least for now.
Dave turned and looked at Ash. “It seems we’ll have to watch her round the clock, from Sabrina and Baku. I’ll go now. We’ll make further arrangements tomorrow.”
He added as he walked away. “I don’t know why you didn’t kill her when she turned. You knew beforehand she was annoying. I can’t imagine suffering her for over half a century. It’s only been thirteen years and I’ve wanted to rip that tongue out every minute she speaks.” He left the room and the sound of the huge double doors denoted he was on his way to Lee’s apartment.
“See, even he agrees with me!” Billy said victoriously. He and Dave never saw eye to eye on anything, but when it came to Sabrina they understood each other perfectly.
“This is so weird,” Joe said, he had been quiet for so long, they’d forgotten he was still in the room.
“What is?” Ash asked him.
“You are living with your girlfriend’s dad, having your every move with his daughter scrutinized. Did you know he’s been watching you with his daughter, us with Ann and Maria? We definitely need a new crib!”