Fairy Guardian - Caught Ch4

 Looking around the room, I saw it was straight out of a design magazine. Pictures placed perfectly on the walls of some kind of watercolor scenes. All the rich oak furniture matched with a white crackle paint on it. It was beautiful except no windows. Weird.  Oh yeah and the fact that a woman is looking at me as if I matter and got a job I did not apply for, unless maybe I did???

"Excuse me. Do I know you? Why am I here? And why is there a half fish man staring at me." He looks like I am his next meal. I guess Basil is his name, gave me a smile with all his jagged sharp little teeth. Shivers went down my body like a cold finger touched your back. Instead of being intimidated by him, I gave him one of my mother's queens of the world look. The fish man had the gall to look at me again but opened his whole mouth to show me his scary death face. 

"Basil, stop scaring her and leave so I can talk to my new.... friend?" Slight pause with a tender focus with her ocean eyes on my face. Why do I feel I am getting sucked into something that terrifies me but also draws me in. Like a alligator leaving its mouth open waiting for prey to just walk right in while it gives you death. "But master she could hurt you and I would not be here to protect you." The room shifted into a cold sense of doom and back offs sense. "Do you feel for one moment fish that I, a crowned princess of the Fey Realm, could be taken down by a simple pathetic human?"

Ok. That hurt. Not wrong but come on, is this part of her requirement strategy. Break the weak human until she relents based on her sucky life. Wait Fey. Human. Fish people. I had to get out of here. While they continue to argue, I made my way to the door and let myself out. Except there was nothing but a really foggy space. I was ready to turn back around but a hand grabbed me and took me.

It was like being in a elevator where you're just going down and your stomach starts to drop. As fast as it began it stopped. The hand had a face and wow. If I was not completely out of my mind right now, I pretty much would be drooling. Very tall, guessing 6' 4-5" with jet black hair, golden eyes, warm brown skin, and a body that just gives Vikings warrior.  "I am getting you out of here. Away from Anna. Do you hear me you stupid human?" I guess hot Fey man do not like to be ogled. So I kept it simple with a butterfly voice, "Ok."

By his looks I think he was expecting me to fight him.  It took his gigantic hand once more and grabbed my waist and held me close. A cinnamon and smoke smell wafted over to me and my memory hit. "Wait." Rolled his eyes, gave me that not patient grunt, he was waiting for me to bring my claws out. Instead, I gave him a little squeeze with my hand, "Thanks for saving me." I must have been feeling very secure or maybe because I will never see him again anyway. Kissed his cheek. The kiss was having your favorite ice cream and knowing you're out of your league. Straighten up and turned away from him. "How does this work? Just pop me in my apartment?" Currently accepting strange and moving with it. 

Clearing his throat, "I just have to know where you live?" My memory was hazy as it is, and for the life of me I could not remember anything. "I don't know."  Panic was coming on again. My brain felt someone move things around and out of my reach. "What is happening to me? Who am I? Did I die?" 

"Are you kidding me? She gave you Wormwort. Damn her and her scheming." Squeezing my waist even tighter than was necessary. I should have felt offended by his handling, but my heart felt lost. Lost is all I could think about. Elevator was back and a door appeared. Opening the door and shoving me with the force to almost toss me on my ass. I caught the bed with my right hand which throbbed. "Hey. You're a real jerk. Did your parents teach you manners? Clue. Shoving woman around is not a great thing." Forget his amazing hot body and smell, he was a straight up arrogant dirt bag. 

Looking at me with even more contempt and states in a snarly tone, "My parents tossed me in the woods when I was just born. So excuse me Mrs. human scum."  A tear leaked from my eyes because I have saw hate my entire life, but I knew in every part of myself he meant every word. "Why did you even save me at all if you hate me so much. What did I ever do to you?" Instead of answering me he looked over to the two other beings which had sympathy in their gazes. The fish guy was looking at me with something other than hate. Marked improvement.

"Anna. You gave her Wormwart?" Anna makes her way over to him and puts her arms around him and he stiffens. "Michael, you cannot come rescue me every time someone might inconvenience me." Walking over to me and grabs my waist and we make are way out of the room.  My feet were automatically backing up but when she opened the door the rest of her house appeared. Large A frame house with HGTV makeover touch. Everything looked almost too perfect. I love thrifting and finding different unique little nick knacks to give my own small space a little of me in it. This house screamed 'Never Lived In!"

"All of us lets take a seat and calm down and I will explain everything." I sat in the never-sat-in plush recliner. New smell came off it, but it was a pillow for comfort. Big Yarn yellow blanket got put in my lap with an encouraging smile from Anna. Again, feeling of safe and comfortable came over me until jerk spoke. "You know you cannot use your powers on her 24/7 Anna. At some point, she is going to want to leave. She was going to leave with me until you took her memories." Then I noticed the feeling came again, "Jerk face is right. Please just let me take everything in and deal with what comes with it." Not turning my face in his direction or trying very hard not to acknowledge his overwhelming presence.

"Fine." Taking her pale pink nails and drumming them on her white silk pants, slowly she started the tale of what it takes to be a Fairy Folk Guardian.