The Second Covenant

He was still asleep when my cell phone started vibrating on the table. Funny how a werewolf with super sonic hearing could sleep through that. I reached over and turned it off. “Don’t you dare get out of this bed.” He grumbled, eyes still closed with his arm slung over my hips. “I have an appointment remember?” He grumbled more and drew me back against him. “Screw the appointment.” He buried his nose at the back of my neck and slid his knee between mine. “No way, I’m getting a facial, possibly a massage.” he hugged me tight to him, like kid with a teddy bear. “If you wanted a massage, all you had to do was say so.” I sighed and relaxed against him. “I told Molly ten, and I’ll be there.” I wiggled when his hand cupped around my breast, felt the firm rise of his morning erection poking me in the back. “You’ve got, like an hour and a half.” I smiled and wiggled a bit more. “Which is why I set my alarm for eight. Spare time.”

I barely made it out of the apartment. Lucky for me, the spa was only two blocks over. I walked because I needed the time to stop blushing. I walked into the spa and Molly was waiting for me with a smile. “Sorry, I um…had a little trouble getting out of bed.” She waved her hand. “It’s fine.” She led me back to the treatment rooms. “So we’ve got you scheduled for a bikini wax, right?” I nodded and felt my face heating, her brow lifted. “Never had one before?”
“Oh no, I have. I waxed while I was on the swim team. I was just um, wondering for a bit more…off.” Molly nodded and there was another, older woman waiting for me in the room. “This is Cheri. She’s our wax queen. You just tell her what you want, and once you’re done I’ll come in and we’ll start the facial.” Torture first. Good plan. “Alright.”


Two hours later, I was walking out of the treatment room, glad I’d worn loose pants and no underwear. I don’t care what you say, getting all the hair ripped off your nethers hurts like hell. Molly was walking me out when she asked me about the Thanksgiving at my house. “I just wanted to let you know before you started making final plans, my brother, he’s only a few months old and we don’t want to inconvenience you with a baby.” I rubbed her back gently. “Bring him on, my mother will love it. I promise you won’t get to hold him all night long. You don’t have to bring anything, just show up at around seven and in comfortable clothes. We’re not as hoity toity as we seem.”

Molly smiled and blushed a little. I asked her if she had any business cards and she handed me a few. “No, like a stack. I’m going to spread the word, Ipswich’s best kept secret.” I said and she blushed harder but smiled and gave me a stack. I was heartily surprised when Druex and Dax walked in. Molly I think was about to faint, she was blushing so hard. “Um…what are you two doing here?” I said and Molly cleared her throat. “I need to get ready for my next client. Thanks Cherish, really. Hi guys.” She waved and disappeared back into the haven of the spa. Dax frowned after her. “What did I do this time?” I shook my head and paid, leaving Molly a good tip before drawing them both outside. “You didn’t do anything Dax. She’s just really shy.”

He frowned harder and looked back over his shoulder. “She’s terrified of me.” I looked at Druex, who had slid up to my left side and had laced our fingers together. “It’s not you Dax. I promise. You aren’t sweet on my girl, are you?” He glared at me hard. “No.” I arched a brow. “Then why do you care if she’s afraid of you or not?” He curled his lip at me and growled. Oh yes, someone had a crush.

Druex sniffed the air around me. “You smell like baby oil. Where’d they put baby oil on you?” I looked straight ahead with a small smile. “I must not have rinsed all of it off after the massage.” I’d gotten a hand massage, but not with baby oil. My cell rang. “Cherish, it’s dad.”
“Hi daddy.”
“Are you busy right now?” I frowned at the serious tone to his voice. “No, everything okay?”
“What? Yeah, nothing happened. I was just wondering if you and me could take a drive.”
“Just us?”
“Yeah.”
“Sure, where we going?”
“No where in particular. I just wanted a chance to get you alone so we could have some father daughter bonding time.” I smiled at the love in his voice. “Can I drive?”
“Not a chance in hell. After the way you drove with Reid in the car, I fear for my life.” I laughed and he came to pick me up at Druex’s.