Fireworks (New Species Fanfiction)

Chapter 8

Flame watched CJ sleep with a small smile on his face, he wanted her to stay with him. He knew how human women didn't like having decisions being made for them so he had to figure out a way to control himself and convince her to stay.
Other males have gotten their mates by growling and keeping them with them but flame was worried that if he did that it would cause her to fear him. That was the last thing he wanted.
He crawls into the bed and pulls her into his arms making himself and her comfortable before falling asleep to her steady breathing.
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CJ woke to the sound of a heartbeat near her, she smiled softly before looking up to see flame sleeping peacefully.
She couldn't help but laugh at the sight, he was attractive even when he slept. CJ hated to admit it but he made her feel sexy, made her feel like even when she was talking about her passions it was the most attractive thing ever. She felt like she could be with him, but the thought of that scared her. She hadn't dated since Jake, she's never want to.
She eases out of flames hold as a searing pain races through her arm, she holds her arm with tears eyes.
She had forgotten about the incident and was still not healed, looking over as blood starts to come from her would flames eyes snap open as a menacing growl is torn from his lips. He gets up and looks her over, she could see him sniffing at her.
"Blood" was the only thing he could get out before tearing off her shirt in a swift movement, she gasps cupping her breasts.
Flame moves quickly getting up and fishing out the first aid kit, he swiftly disinfects her wound and wraps it tight.
She couldn't even protest when he pulls off his own shirt and places it over her small frame.
"Flame?" She watched him amazed, it was like he's done this a million times. She felt a spark of jealously at the thought of him touching another woman.
Flame could smell the jealousy on her, he grinned to himself. It seemed that convincing her to mate him wouldn't be as hard as he thought. He went to the stove and started to cook some breakfast for both of them, she watched him leave with a blush on her face.
"Shit..." She cursed when she realized what was going on, she wanted to smack herself. She knew this was a one night thing, it was just sex and she had to deal with it. She sighed softly at the idea of him bedding other women made her want to cry. She grabbed her phone and clicked on the only message she got, it was from Dave.
'Hey, I'm leaving you in their care! Don't worry ok? Just do the classes and have fun your job is always open for when you come back :)'
She laughed at the message, Dave always knew how to cheer her up. She wished on many occasions that he was actually her father instead of the one she has.
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"Don't touch that!" her fathers thick Spanish accent snapped her from her admiration of the chemicals in front of her.
She turned to watch him as he angrily walked over to her, he was a chemist but he wouldn't let her watch or touch anything he had. She was so entranced by them she couldn't help but sneak into his lab to look at times. This was the first time he had caught her.
"This isn't anything for a girl to touch! Go to your mother and clean!" He hissed patting her rump roughly as a spanking. He was a large man, in width not height, he was very angry often as well she would hear him and her step mother arguing.
She turns to him with a frown on her face and watched him in defiance, it was the wrong move and she knew it the moment she saw his face. Her father hated when people didn't listen to him, unluckily for him she had her mothers courage and defiance.
Her mother passed after she was born and all she knew was that her mother was like the wind, strong and independent. She loved going from place to place but her father made her settle down and have a child with him, he soon regretted that when his wife passed after childbirth. He married another woman soon after, CJ hated her. Her step mother was a nice woman but she couldn't take her fathers yelling, she was like a frightened fawn and it irritates the 4 year old.
CJ grew up having to take care of her step mother who was frail and emotional, she also had to help clean and take care of the new child on the way. She had a younger brother but she couldn't say she was too fond of him either, he was her fathers prodigy. He wouldn't teach CJ about the chemicals he worked with but when it came to her younger brother her father fawned over him.
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She frowned at the thought of her family, she didn't hate them but she certainly wasn't ready to run back to them and forgive them for how they treated her. She needed to prove to herself that she wasn't a frail flower, if flame wanted her.
He was going to have to catch her.