Chapter 28
Chapter Twenty-Eight
Sam
I watch from the rooftop of the café, my binoculars in hand.
I can’t see through the heavily tinted glass windows of the building across from us.
I need to find a way to bug the place, but too many supernaturals work there.
I just need to see her, find out where they live, and I can plot my next move.
I have always loved Adeline, watched her grow into the marvelous woman she is.
It makes my stomach churn, knowing she is in there with those monsters, doing unspeakable vile things with them.
Her father would be rolling in his grave if he knew what had become of his daughter.
Some pet for their amusement. I have always watched over Addie since she was a teenager.
Adeline is unaware of the extremes I have gone to for her.
I followed her father and sister home one night after our monthly hunter organization meeting.
Her sister was always so loud at the hunter meetings, so eager to please her father.
Why Michael had chosen her over Addie was beyond me.
One thing I never understood about her father.
Why did he choose the outrageously loud and annoying daughter to share our secrets when he had a perfectly good child, one who was capable, sitting at home?
My father always said Michael chose Taylor because he was trying to give her some responsibility and calm her down.
She had been a problem child from the time I met her at that first meeting.
I was sixteen at the time, and she was a rude, stuck-up brat.
I planned on doing something to her, wanting to scare her off becoming a hunter.
Only when I followed them home on my pushbike, I discovered Adeline.
I peeked through her window by accident and mistook her for Taylor.
My father never told me Michael had another daughter.
Adeline was quiet and well put together for a thirteen-year-old at the time.
I peeked through her window, and she had her nose in a book while doing her homework.
After that night, I would secretly sneak over to watch her.
I thought it was a crush, only the feeling toward her grew stronger.
So eventually, I deliberately forced myself to befriend her friends in hopes of being around her.
It didn’t work; she always stayed home, and after Michael died, she was always too busy, their lives thrown into chaos while they attempted to salvage what was left. She worked herself into the ground.
Taylor tried to rejoin the hunter organization, but she stood no chance without her father.
She needed her father to guide her and show her the way we did things.
When she realized her dream of being a hunter was ruined, she spiraled, leaving Adeline and her mother to pick up the pieces and leaving me no chance to be with her.
Well, that was what I thought until a chance meeting through a mutual friend, and she was just as perfect meeting her in person as she was when I would watch her.
Now, looking at the sleek building of Colten Enterprises, I am angered at the thought that they have my Adeline. They have been in there most of the day. I just need to see her again, just a glimpse or even see them leave so I can follow them.
My phone ringing in my pocket makes me drop the binoculars, the lens smashing out. Cheap shit! I think to myself. Reaching into my pocket, I retrieve my phone. Staring at the screen, I groan. Fuck!
“Where are you?” my boss bellows down the phone.
“In Soya,” I admit.
“Why would you be in Soya? You should be checking out your latest project.”
I say nothing; there is nothing in those caves. Why he keeps sending us on a wild goose chase is beyond me.
“It’s that girl again, isn’t it? Michael’s daughter. Is this what you’re doing there? You followed her?”
“Yes, I am here for Adeline.”
“We have closed the Colten case, nothing sordid going on there. She is their mate. We have discussed this, Samuel. You need to back off before the supernatural council gets involved. We are not allowed to mess with their fated mates. Your infatuation with this girl could bring both organizations down. Now, get back here today!” he yells at me.
“Michael would be rolling over in his grave if he could see this, see what has become of her,” I tell him.
“Maybe, maybe not. You know Michael liked the Coltens. You need to forget the girl, Samuel. You have a job to do, and following her around is not it.”
I hang up, tired of his lecturing. He doesn’t know Adeline is supposed to be mine. I love her and will be damned if I let those parasites take her from me.
My phone rings again, but I turn it off, dropping it back in my pocket and looking back over at the building. I see the glass doors open, and out they come. Ducking down slightly, I keep my eyes trained on them, watching as they go to the underground parking lot off the side of the building.
Grabbing my bag and things, I race down to the hire car, hopping in and waiting for their car to go past.
I will have her. Adeline will be mine, even if it means killing the monsters she is with. If I can’t have her, no one can.