Amethyst (2 page)

"Thank you Paula, I think I will head up to
the store and get groceries. Then hit the diner for something to
eat, then crawl into bed and sleep for a day or so." Paula's
laughter filled the room making Amethyst smile. She liked Paula she
was warm, friendly and smiled the entire time she talked.

Walking out the door she stopped at the top
of the steps and looked up the street then down. "Not much to look
at but still it might be safe for a couple of days or so." Feeling
as if someone was watching her, Amethyst pulled her long hair
around to the front of her and slowly walked down the steps to her
vehicle. All the while she searched the area but saw no one.
Walking across the street to the grocery store the uneasiness
continued, but it was not a feeling of being in danger. A feeling
of being watched, her senses were on over load, she wondered
why.

Rain moved away from the front door, down one
of the aisles and out a side exit. His heart was beating out of
control, "Darn it any how, she is the most stunning woman I have
ever seen. I will have to get a better look at her! She knew she
was being watched; sense females seem to have with all the other
little quirks, idiosyncrasy and idealistic attitudes they have.
Things about the fairer sex he loved so much! Females don't think
like men, sometimes they don't make sense, and they can irritate us
no end, but the trip down the road is always well worth it, pot
holes and all." He laughed out loud!

After shopping for some groceries to make
sandwiches, she slipped over to the diner. She looked around the
diner not to many people in to eat. So taking a seat at the bar
instead of a table or at a booth seemed like the thing to do.
Booths ran down two walls and the floor was filled with tables.

A waitress in jeans, blouse and an apron came
to her immediately. "Can I help you?"

"Yes, a bacon and lettuce and tomato sandwich
with mayo and a cup of coffee please."

"Sure thing," the waitress moved to a small
window behind the bar, gave the order to the cook. Susan returned
with a pot of coffee and a cup. "My names Susan if you need
anything just yell."

Susan seemed really friendly, young around
her age twenty-one or two. Light brown hair that was short and
curly, straight white teeth showed when she smiled. It suited her
perk little nose and brown eyes. She had a small figure and stood
about five feet tall. Making small talk was fun. Well not in a bad
way. She had good things to say about the community, and the people
who lived here. She truly did love the society she lived in. She
seemed as if growing up here in this small town was her entire
life. Maybe it was she was happy with it, most young girls would
rather leave and head out to the larger towns. Myself I could leave
the big city and settle in a small area.

Listening to the waitress chat was
refreshing. Her mind now concentrating on what Susan was saying. "A
little over four years ago, two guys moved in named Rain and Pend,
they purchased some land five miles north and west and east of
town. Rain is single, Pend married a while back. Then some more
guys moved into the area. They are all to die for. Joe, Matt and
Raw, are single and Markus is engaged. The rest of Rains friends
are married I believe. It seems they attract women like sugar
attracts ants. I dated Matt for a while, but it did not last. They
all have this animalistic wild aura about them. They have a way of
making a woman feel like she is the only woman in the word that
means anything to them." Susan laughed when Amethyst gave her a
raised eye brow.

Amethyst spoke softly and sweetly saying,
"They sound absolutely yummy! Not interested in getting to know any
of the men in the area. I am here on vacation; won't be here long,
only couple of days more, then I will be moving on. Then on the
other hand, maybe I should; have some fun. It sure cannot hurt, but
nothing permanent," she said to Susan with a change of the mind

Susan laughed, and said, "Men do not grow on
trees in small towns like this one. Most of the young men head
south to the bigger cities where all the excitement is. Myself I
love small towns, you know everyone, and the crime rate is low if
nonexistent."

"If the young men leave, head south to the
larger cities, then why did Rain and Pend move into the area?"

Susan smiled," they came to work in the
lumber mill south of town. The lumber mill put an advertisement in
the big city papers for lumber yard workers."

Handing Susan cash for the meal and a nice
tip she thanked Susan and walked out. Getting into her vehicle it
was not long she was on the small road to the cabin. The cabins
were back a ways from the main house. "I suppose people like to be
left alone when on vacation. In a way kind of lonesome, but that
suits me just fine." She thought as her SUV moved towards cabin
number six.

Cabin number one set far to the left in the
woods a little and cabin two and three to the far right. There was
plenty of room between the cabins for privacy. Jack pines were over
eighty feet high and were cleared of lower limbs. Further down the
lane she came to cabin four and five off to the left and then saw
cabin six to the right and further down. Cabin six looked lonely
since it set back in the woods and further apart from the other
cabins. The cabins were actually real cabins made with logs and
mud. They were well taken care of and even had porches. In places
it appeared that mud had been replaced or repacked. The roof looked
as if it had been repaired recently with new cedar shakes. Looking
around a little more she expected to see a teepee or two. Then she
laughed at the thought of an Indian coming out of the woods heading
to his teepee. She could almost imagine an out-door fire and a deer
roasting over it; an Indian maiden waiting for her brave with a
child in her arms. Beyond the cabins was a medium size lake. More
then likely people fished in the lake.

Taking the key out of her pocket that Paula
had given her she unlocked the door and walked in. The floors were
bare of any rugs. The kitchen and living room made up one large
room with the table making a divider between the two areas. Dishes
sat on open shelves above the kitchen sink. Off to each side of the
open shelves were empty shelves, "she would place the groceries
there." A small frig finished off the kitchen. A picture of a bear
hung on one wall, and on the wall towards the bedroom hung the head
of a deer. Eight point to the antlers. "It suits my purpose for the
time being." she thought. "Hartman sure would not be looking for me
in a cabin that looked like it was built in the seventeen
hundreds," speaking out loud to the walls! She began to giggle then
frowned when she realized that these cabins could not possibly be
mouse free. Checking around her found no mice, or mouse traps.
Maybe to far north for mice it is suppose to get really cold up
here in the winter time.

The bedroom was behind with a bathroom off to
the right. The bedroom was large enough for a double bed and one
small dresser. A small throw rug was beside the bed. Everything was
very home like with flowered wall paper on the walls. A picture of
flowers hung on one wall. "It will do nicely for a time; it wasn't
going to be home for the rest of her life," she thought.

Heading out to the SUV she took her suitcases
from the back seat, suddenly she felt uneasy. And she did not feel
alone! Looking around carefully, placing her eyes on places,
someone could hide, she saw nothing. She wondered about being
watched. Dismissing the feeling, she dragged her suit cases and
camera bags into the cabin; closed the door and locked it. After
locking the door she leaned against it and thought," well; what is
the worst thing that can happen to you up here? Hell you're
probably the worst thing that can happen to the people." The
thought made her laughed."

Zand stood hidden out of sight as he watched
Amethyst take her luggage into the cabin. She was one of the most
beautiful women he had ever seen. Her amethyst eyes sparkled. He
had just got into town when he scented her coming out of a dinner
and watched her drive up a lane behind a cabin rental. Zand thought
well this job is over; he would call Mr. Hartman in the morning and
tell him he had found his niece and where she was.

After putting the groceries away, a good hot
bath to relax the muscle she felt better and not so exhausted. The
tub was pink as was the bathroom sink that sat in a wooden stand.
The design was from the seventy's. She slipped into her pj's and
crawled into bed. The bed was shear comfort it made her feel lazy
and she smiled. Thinking about the uneasy feeling she had earlier
she thought, "It is way too soon for anyone to have found me. I had
not stopped at any hotels or motels. Sleeping in the vehicle and I
paid cash for everything. Should be safe for a little while, or
will I?" She thought has her eye lids slipped shut.

Around two in the morning Amethyst woke with
chills running down her body. Slowly opening her eyes she searched
the bedroom, saw nothing and she heard nothing. The moon light
filtered through the sheer curtains on the window that hung open.
She did not feel alone someone or something was near. Slipping out
of bed and moving to the only window in the bedroom her eyes
searched the area outside. A slight movement of a shadow by a bush
her eyes began to focus on it. Starring she could almost make out
an eye, then two then one then none. "They were blue eyes, eyes not
easily forgotten." Shaking her head she moved back away from the
window but kept her eye on the bush. A flash of something moving
off to the right and it was gone. "I should shift and go check out
what is out side," she thought. The feeling that some one or some
thing was watching her was gone. Checking all the windows were
locked and double checking the door she slipped into the bathroom,
then back into bed. "Probably just a dog or some other kind of
animal, shifting and heading out the door to run into to a skunk
did not appeal to her"

Rain could not sleep so he took his truck
drove for two miles and parked. Deciding to take a run, once he
realized he was so close to the cabins he just had to get one more
look before he headed home. Sneaking up to the window and looking
in Rain felt like he was looking at sleeping beauty from the fairy
tale story. His jeans grew tighter in front as his male parts began
to swell. Even his inner wolf seems to be panting and wanted to
howl at the moon. Then he noticed her body flinch and her eyes
opened. Rushing away from the window he hid in the shadows and
behind a bush where he could watch the cabin, yet not be seen by
her.

Rain could not take his eyes off the woman he
saw in the window. Her being at the window had taken him by
surprise. She had the longest hair he had ever seen when he saw her
earlier coming out of Paula's and Ned's Cabin Rentals. He was in
the hardware part of the grocery store picking up some light bulbs
and was about to leave. As he reached the door handle his eyes saw
the woman leaving Paula's and Ned's. He stood there watching her as
she glided down the steps and to her vehicle. Then she had turned
towards the grocery store. At first he had thought she had seen him
through the small class window on the door. But when she had just
started picking up items to purchase he realized she didn't see him
at all. He wondered about the disappointment he felt at that
moment. She finally left the window he made a dash for the
forest.

"Some how tomorrow, he would find a way to
meet her, by accident," he thought has he trotted through the woods
at an easy gate. Heading back to where he had left his truck three
miles down the road. He shifted back into human form before
reaching the truck. Opening the door he jumped in with a smiling,
he knew would cause most women to want to be near him. Laughing to
him, they do not even understand why; they are attracted to me. He
didn't have to work at getting dates they seem to fall into his
lap. That was why he dated a girl name Kathy. She actually had
fallen right into his lap at the bar after she had tripped. Kathy
was getting to serious and it was time to move on. When he settled
down he thought, "It would be with a female wolf not a woman who
was all human."

As Rain drove back to the alpha house he
wondered "what was a beautiful female alone was doing so far away
from her pack. It surprised him that her father would even permit
her to travel alone. Some unanswered questions he wanted answers
too. Rain knew from experience that females in a pack were
protected within the pack. They were not allowed to run as they saw
fit. Their virtue was highly valued. No male wolf would ever commit
himself to a female wolf that slept around." To great a chance that
she might carry another wolf's cub. If a female was carrying
another wolf's cub then it was shamed the male mate would carry for
the rest of his life. No alpha would consider a female who was free
and easy.

The sun was streaming in through the window!
Waking slowly Amethyst felt so relaxed. "More relaxed she realized
then she had felt in a long time." The bed was so warm and
comfortable she turned over and closed her eyes. Memories began to
flood her mind. "Father your death was so unexpected, some
considered it murder; others an accident, no proof either way. The
funeral was large, father was loved and respected by so many. Her
attorney had taken care of everything for her."

Hartman, her father's business partner was
with her all the time. She appreciated it in the beginning, but
then he would not leave her alone for five seconds. He had become
possessive of her and her time. Then Hartman had cornered her in
the study; the day before her father's funeral. Hartman had asked
her to marry him, as if he were the last man on earth that would
have her. She had refused his proposal, had rushed up stairs to
escape him, to the privacy of her bedroom.