Spellbound & Hellhounds by Nia Rose

Author:Nia Rose [Rose, Nia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Poisoned Apple Publishing, LLC
Published: 2019-04-03T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 19:

It took every shred of concentration and strength to get Bobo back home. Thanks to the blistering cold, he started to regain some of his senses, although not much, but enough to enable him to walk on his own two feet the rest of the way. Once out of the bitter chill of the streets, they headed upstairs to their apartment, and all of them practically fell in through the front door.

Bobo bee-lined a wobbly path straight to his room and caressed the wood under his enormous paws and kissed the door curtly as he turned the knob. “I wish to retire,” he mentioned before hiccupping, stepping back – whilst attempting to take off his loafers – stumbled on his footing and fell into his room.

“He’s home, I’ve done my job as roommate and owner.”

“One might even claim your job as a friend,” Leon teased.

She gasped playfully. “Never.” She fell back onto the couch, her legs randomly placed upon the cushions and her arms outstretched to the sides. She stared at the familiar ceiling of her home and sighed. “Thanks for your help tonight, Leon.”

Leon approached her side and stood perfectly still as he looked down to Vanessa’s sprawled out form. A long moment passed, and she was starting to feel unnerved under his unwavering stare and silence. Just when she thought he would say nothing, he said, “You’re welcome. I normally would have let you handle it yourself, but you seemed to … not be yourself tonight. So, I figured I would come rescue you.” He crossed the room and sat on the sofa on the opposite side of the living room.

“Gee, thanks, oh great and wonderful Leon. My knight in shining armor! I didn’t realize I needed saving.”

“I don’t think you’re understanding what I’m saying, Vanessa.” His tone wasn’t mocking or correcting her, it was different. It was a tone she hadn’t heard from him before. That caught her attention, and she turned her head to the side to look Leon in the eyes. Sometimes people say things, and you don’t really need to look at them to get what they are saying. But there are those rare occasions where, when a person speaks, you need to look them in the eyes to really hear them because the tone, the sincerity, the raw emotion is staring back at you from their gaze. “I’m saying, I have always thought of you as a pretty tough girl. You never really relied on anyone. From the first time you set foot into the Coven, you walked with such confidence and you seemed so sure of yourself. You never slumped your shoulders. You never looked down. You walked into the Coven like you owned it,” he laughed lightly and shook his head. “I never looked at you and thought of you as weak.”

All she could do was blink rapidly as she stared at him. Was he playing with her? Where was the punchline? He was going to laugh …

… Any minute now.

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