Chapter 1:
I knew that I was dreaming from the visions that danced before my eyes. The fur coats, the blackened cloaks, the knives glistening in the moon light. It was something that I never thought I would see. I knew that the four shadows behind me were not there to help me. I didn't know if they wanted to hurt me or were just simply there. My eyes traveled to the fifth one in front of me. He was hidden by the dark black cloak over his face and was over 6 and a half feet tall. His stature was something a woman would find attractive if it wasn't so domineering.
I moved to the right to the punch table and grabbed the crystal glass that was provided by the staff here at Lorimar Castle. The shadow of the men moved with me to the right, but the fifth still stayed in the same spot. I was confused and scared. I did the most logical thing at the time and sprinted away from the party into the garden. Big mistake. I found three men behind me and one in front the minute that I stepped out. The fifth was leaning on the banisters that lead to the maze. I didn't realize that I was trembling until the first man laid a strong hand on my left arm, same with the second man and my right arm. I tried to get out of the hold and knew that I wasn't going without a fight. It was then that I saw the face that of the man I was now considering tall, dark, and infuriating. He was built like a Greek god and I knew that my fight was futile. He looked into my eyes before pinching the nerve in my neck causing my world to go black.
I woke with a start in my room back in my time frame. The good old 2017. I could hear the planes coming in at the airport which was right down the road. My roommate Alex sat in the kitchen nursing a tall black coffee after partying the night away. It was something that was common for us since we went to college. No one really knew why we partied the way we did it was just the way we were.
"Hey Alex, How you feeling?"
"Like my head is going to explode. You headed to work soon?" She asked staring at me in my work uniform. My boss, Mr. Demios, was a multi-billionaire that hired me on once his father passed. I had been working for the company for 3 years now with him and I knew that if I didn't meet him in the office on a Friday at 7:30am it was going to be trouble.
"Yeah. I have to work until 4, but once I'm off we headed to Los Webious?" I asked making sure to have my heels all polished and my shirt the right length. I didn't want to make the wrong impression on my boss. Yes he was extremely attractive and was around 2 years older than me sitting at 28 years old, but that didn't mean that I was going to give him the pleasure of being right. The first time that he talked to me after his father passed was to tell me that he wanted me in his bed and that I would never be able to resist. That was 1 year ago and I was still going strong.
"Yup. Want me to meet you there Lil? I am going to see if my friend Nick wants to join us for the night."
"Sure Al. I'll see you there." I walked out the door and hailed a taxi from the curb.
The entire 15 minutes it took for me to get to work I thought about the man in my dream. He looked like my boss but more regal and more deadly. It kinda scared me at the same time of making me turned on. I quickly exited the taxi and made my way up the kitchen that was near my office. Mr. Demios liked coffee in the morning and always welcomed the fact that it was done by the time that he was there.
I made sure he coffee was done right and headed into his office. It was quiet in the morning and I liked the peace that it gave me. "Good Morning Ms.Lilly" my boss said waking into the office.
"Good morning sir anything I can take for you?" I asked heading over to take his coat. Once his coat was hung up and I faced him I could see the obvious danger that was lurking in his unnaturally blue eyes.
