Sapphire: A Werewolf Love Story (3 page)

I LOVE ROCK N’ ROLL

SO PUT ANOTHER DIME IN THE JUKEBOX, BABY

I LOVE ROCK N ROLL

Without warning, she’s in my lap, and I can’t hear
anything but the beating of her heart. Mmmmm …I stare at her graceful neck as
her head tilts towards me.  I put my hand on her waist, and pull her closer to
me.  She jumps up and runs back to the stage and Ruby takes over. 

Collin leans in and mouths, “I think she’s into
you.”

I lift my glass and toast him. 

As the girls come back to the table, I pull
Sapphire’s chair closer to me.  She laughs and tells jokes until everyone at
the table is captivated by her. 

“Can I see your phone?”  Sapphire says with her hand
out.

I pull it out of my pocket and hand it to her.  She can
ask for my bank account and I’d give it to her.  I watch as she frantically
types something out.  Standing up, she hands me my phone but hits the talk
button first.  Her phone begins to vibrate, and I know it’s in her back
pocket.  She answers the call and shoots me a flirty smile.

“I told you I’d give you my number if you showed
up.  Now, I have yours too,” she holds her phone up showing me her screen.

My brain screams to run as fast as I can, my wolf
screaming not to let her out of my sight. 
She’s human…as in human, human.
 
I think to myself.  “Will you have dinner with me tomorrow, which is really
today?”

She presses her lips together in a grin and nods her
head yes.  Her list of positives is beating out the fact she’s human.  The way
her dimple only shows when she grins, and the way her dark hair gives her an
exotic vixen look.  The way she laughs at her own jokes and laughs harder when
she screws up the punch line. 

We walk with the girls outside and to our surprise
the girls walked over to the Tribal Police car parked by the doors.  Sapphire
runs back to me and gives me a hug and whispers in my ear not to forget to call
her in the morning. 
I’m going to need a good long run when I get back to
the farm. 

The officer driving the car looks to be friends with
the girls and happy to see them. 

I turn to Collin, who is propped up against the
building.  “Toss me your keys, I’m fine to drive.”

He makes a feeble attempt at tossing me the keys,
which is nothing more than him tossing them straight up over his head.  My
reflexes are fast, and he’s too intoxicated to notice.  I get him to the truck
and fasten his seatbelt.  I take his phone from his hand and text his brother
not to bother coming out to the casino.

SAPPHIRE

“Ruby, stop with the interrogations, I’m going out
with him.  Don’t ever complain to me about men, you drop everything for that asshat
Erwin.  Parker will call; he wouldn’t have driven all the way to the casino if
he wasn’t interested.  Trust me, he’s interested.”  I set the coffee cup I just
washed into the strainer hard enough I have to double-check to see if it
cracked.

“We’ll see,” Ruby smirks.

As if he knew we were talking about him, my cell
starts ringing.  I turn and stick my tongue out at her.

“Good morning Parker.”  I cross to my room to talk
to him in private. 

“Good morning Sapphire, it isn’t too early is it?”

His voice sends shivers through me.  “No not early
at all, we get up around seven.  Are you a morning person?”  I close my eyes and
lean back on my bed.  I try to picture his face as he talks to me.

“I’m a morning person.  I like to go out hiking in
the mornings before we tend to the crops.  I work at a farm.”

“I remember you telling me that last night.  You’re
a real cowboy…I like cowboys,” I flirt.

“Do you now?”

Yes!  Yes!  I love them!  “I do,” I say demurely.

We talk for another five minutes and agree to meet
at Zooka’s International Cuisine at seven tonight.  He tried to pick me up at
the house, it is one of my rules, don’t bring them to the house until I’m sure
about the relationship.   My mom lives next door and would find any reason to
come over if she sees a strange car in the driveway.  I’m not ready for Parker
to meet Pearl.

~~~~~~

I decide to wear a dress I splurged on a few weeks
ago, for nights like tonight.  It’s a fifties styled dress, cut low to show
some cleavage, and tight in the waist.  The chiffon skirt flares out, but not
too far.  At 5’9” dresses look shorter on me.  I’m confident about who I am and
how I look.  Other girls might think 145 lbs is too big, whatever, I’ve never
had a complaint.  I smile to myself at the thought.  Last week I stopped at
Pink Cleavage in the mall to buy the perfect bra and panty set.  It’s not as
though he’ll see what I have on under my dress…or will he?  You never know…what
if I trip and fall with my skirt flying up?  What if he ravages me and we make
passion
blush? 
Ravaging me wouldn’t be too bad.  Stop thinking about him like
that!  Oh, the way his hands were on my waist as I sang to him. 
 I shake
my head and run over to turn off the water for my bath.

“Girl, if he makes it through dinner without
touching you, he’s not human.  I bet you have that peach thong on you bought
last week!”  Ruby proclaimed.

I turn around and flip my skirt up, flashing her my
ass.  “I hope there isn’t a draft!”  I giggle at the face she makes at me.

“Draft?  Hell, a breeze will show him your hiney. 
You better go, you don’t want to leave him waiting.  Will you be home tonight?”

Raising an eyebrow, I shake my head in disbelief at
her.  “I’m planning on it.”

“Make sure you have your GPS app activated so if he
steals you, I can find you.” 

“What makes you so sure I want to be found?”  I
rattle my keys and turn haughtily towards the door.

PARKER

I drop Collin at his house and pick up my car before
heading out to the farm.  It’s almost four in the morning as I pull up to the
house.  Alastar the Phelan dog raises his head in acknowledgement I’m home.  To
my left, a branch breaks under the weight of someone’s feet.  The black
werewolf was almost completely hidden in the dark to the human eye.  To werewolf
eyes, I recognize Dolly in her wolf form.  She’s the General’s wife, she’s
gentle and sweet, and mothers all of us as though we were her own.  As the female
alpha, she patrols the woods before dawn to clean up any messes left by our
younger pack members.  I’m beta to the alpha, and I run with Dolly when the
General can’t, to keep her protected.  She nods at me and sprints back into the
woods, knowing I’d catch up to her in a few minutes.

We run for at least an hour before I head off to
bed.  I slept like a log for about two hours, up until my brain started
screaming for me to call Sapphire. 

~~~~~~

Sapphire pulls up to the restaurant promptly at
seven.  I watch her get out of the car, she pauses to see her reflection in the
car window.  She looks perfect in a short peach colored dress with her raven
hair flowing over her shoulders.  My wolf is pleased to see her, and he scolds
me for being away from her for so long. 

As she walks across the parking lot, the clicking of
her stilettos on the concrete drew my eyes to her feet.  A man who doesn’t
appreciate a woman in a pair of heels is dead on the inside.  Her muscular legs
are perfectly tanned to a golden hue.  The moment she spots me, her face
brightens as she smiles. 

“Hey you,” she says as she closes the space between
us.

I reach for her and pull her into a hug, the
material of her dress feels silky against my hands.  Her perfume is lighter
than the one she used at the game last night.  “You look fantastic,” I whisper
in her ear as we hug.

“Thank you,” she says and smiles up at me.  In her
heels, she is only about an inch shorter than me.  “I’ve never been here
before, you’ll have to help me order,” Sapphire says as the waiter fills our
glasses with water.  “Do you come here often?”

“My boss is friends with the owner; we come here a
couple of times a month.”

“Great, I’ll let you do the ordering,” she laughs
nervously. 

Through dinner we talk about the various happenings
going on around the city.  I asked her if she’d like to go downtown to walk
around the gardens.

“I’ll let the owner know that you’ll ride with me
and we’ll get your car later.”  The waiter drops the leather folder with the
bill on the table.  I give him a look and he lowers his eyes and walks away. 
Sapphire is as still as a mouse in a cat’s domain.  “Sapphire, if you’re not
comfortable riding with me, we can take your car or each drive downtown.”

She smiles and reaches her hand across the table and
takes my hand.  “Parker, I’m more than comfortable riding with you.  Dinner was
delicious and so is the company,” she smiles up at me. 

My wolf practically howled when she called me delicious. 
He’s going to be difficult to keep restrained around her.  I take her hand and slowly,
I take her delicate index finger to my lips.  The move is bold, but I have a
feeling she likes bold moves. I lick the pad of her fingertip, and hear her
catch her breath.  “I’m thinking
you’re
the one that’s delicious my
dear.”  She blushes but doesn’t pull her hand away.

“I guess you’ll have to wait to find out,” she says
and pulls her hand back. “If you don’t mind, I’m going to trade out my heels for
some sandals.”  Giving me a knowing smile, we both stand up and walk outside.

SAPPHIRE

After what felt like an hour, I pull up to the
restaurant and see him standing outside by the doors.  The building is freshly
painted salmon with a fancy awning.  I maneuver my Volkswagen into a space next
to a Prius. 
Here goes nothing
I think to myself as I step out of the
car.  I love that he is dressed in khakis instead of jeans.  Even better he is
here for me.  The guys I usually date think going inside Wendy’s to eat is
fancy.  Parker’s broad shoulders and huge biceps are magnificently showcased in
his Polo…the kind with the horse and jockey. 

The clicking of my heels is driving me crazy.  To
me, it sounds like I’m stomping across the parking lot.  I smile as he looks
down at my shoes; he probably thinks I walk like an elephant.  As I approach
him, he holds out his hand and pulls me into a hug.  He smells like Irish
Spring soap and fabric softener, a perfect combination. 

During dinner, I can’t help but admire his good
looks and easy spirit.  I dig the way his hair is wavy, and long enough to
graze the top of his collar. I love how he uses big words, but not in a way
that sounds pretentious.  He has a way of making me feel comfortable.  For
reasons unknown to me, it feels as though we’ve been a couple for a while.  To
the outsider, you’d never think we’re on our first date.  He suggests we go
downtown to walk through the gardens.  Thankfully, I threw a pair of sandals in
my car…there’s no way I could walk around in these stupid heels.  I’ve no idea
what I was thinking.  No, I do know what I was thinking….and it would make my
mother blush if she knew what a tramp I can be.

I reach across the table to thank Parker for dinner,
and assure him I’m fine with him driving.  Before I can register what he’s
doing, he lifts my hand to his lips and licks the end of my finger
.  He
licked me!  I liked it!
 My body shrieked and went into full alert the
moment his tongue made contact. 
Oh shit, oh shit, oh shit!  Do it again! 
Now.  Take me, here…on the table.
 His eyes blaze as I look at him and
smile.  My heart is racing and my body gets goose pimples at the memory of the
moment.  I’m walking into a web, one which will be hard to escape. 

My eyes divert from his mouth and back to his eyes. 
I swear they were glowing with heat.  I wonder if he’s this way on every first
date.  What a bunch of idiots to leave this fine man behind to be captured by
someone like me.  I wish I hadn’t turned down that glass of wine; I could use a
drink about now.  Before we leave, I excuse myself to the ladies room.  I send
Ruby a text to tell her I’m safe and it might be a long night.

HE LICKED YOUR FINGER?

He did!

THAT’S WEIRD!

No it isn’t, it was HOT!

WHATEVER - STAY SAFE AND DON’T DRINK AND
DRIVE!

OK <3 Phire

Ruby cracks me up with her inability to use lower
case letters.  Everything  she texts is always in all capitals.  My mom is the
same way, who says texting isn’t hereditary?  They’re both technology disabled.

As I exit the restroom, I pass an older man who
finds it necessary to gawk as he walks by.  Good thing I’m on a date, or I’d
have to tell him how disgusting he is.

“Is everything okay?”  Parker says with concern in
his voice.

I smile up at him in reassurance.  “Of course, and I
want to thank you for bringing me here.  The food and atmosphere are amazing. 
The company isn’t bad either,” I say and give him a little grin.