couldn't have a repeat of what had happened six months ago. His power had flared up and he'd ended up involved in some business with a creature he suspected had not been human. No, if he had to suddenly appear somewhere he preferred it to be either Ruby's bedroom or Leonardo's study. Other than that, he'd rather travel in the regular fashions.
Staring up at the clock, he sighed. Ten more minutes and then all of his students would leave for a whole month. Time felt like it crawled by.
* * * *
Drew Dubowski stared out at the ocean. He loved the island, St John, even though he'd never pictured himself living in the Caribbean. Most of the time, he preferred cold weather locations. But the need to get away from Marina before he infected her with his dark side had pressed him to put some serious space between them. An engineering job for the new luxury resort they were building on St John had seemed like the perfect opportunity to use his skills and keep Marina at bay.
From the moment he'd stepped off the boat onto the island he had known he'd made the right decision. He couldn't feel her at all. For a while there he'd thought there was nowhere he could go where he would be free from the pull she had on him.
Drew walked slowly away from the beach, holding his coffee in his hand. He took a sip as Marina's lovely face appeared before his eyes. Biting down on his bottom lip, he pushed away the image. Why should he be surprised? He'd been completely connected to her from the time they were children. It wasn't like he could easily rid himself of the habit of obsessing over her.
Plus, it didn't help she was so darn lovely that all he wanted to do was lick her all over until he could smell his own scent covering her body. Yeah, he was a sick bastard.
He needed to stay away. St John might not prove to be far enough.
* * * *
Ruby couldn't believe what had happened. No matter how hard she tried to control it, she couldn't seem to stop it from happening. She looked down at her living room. It was filled from top to bottom with things that shouldn't be there.
She bit down on her thumbnail. This was bad—very bad. All she'd done was think about daisies. She liked daisies. During her daydream on the subway, she'd thought how wonderful it would be to have the cute French professor with the snotty attitude give her daisies. Not that he would do that. He preferred to stare at her with disdain.
Well, whatever he saw in her to dislike, he might be correct because she was clearly a freak of nature. This had been happening to her since she was a child. If she thought about something too long, she ended up somehow calling the object to her.
In this case, apparently she'd managed to decorate her entire room with daisies. Everywhere she looked—there they were. She'd also managed to acquire vases she hadn't had earlier.
Ruby paced the room. She did not need this right now. Who did these daisies belong to? Whose vases were they? She wanted to scream but she didn't need her nosy neighbors banging on her door or complaining to the building manager. The walls in her way-too-expensive New York City apartment were too damn thin.
At least it wasn't diamonds. Oh heaven help her the day she'd dreamt about diamonds. The whole city had searched for a jewel thief. The gemstone swipes of the century. It still baffled authorities why someone had 'taken' them and returned them in a bag mailed anonymously to the district attorney.
Were flower shops bare all over New York City?
She couldn't let anyone in her apartment until she worked out what to do, not even the cleaning woman who came once a week. This wasn't an easy disposal situation. Not like when she'd been a child and she'd found all her friends toys in her bedroom. A quick trip out back to shove the toys into the garbage cans had taken care of those items she hadn't meant to own.
"Bags."
Ruby grinned. Yes, that was what she needed. Very large, black garbage bags would do the
Staring up at the clock, he sighed. Ten more minutes and then all of his students would leave for a whole month. Time felt like it crawled by.
* * * *
Drew Dubowski stared out at the ocean. He loved the island, St John, even though he'd never pictured himself living in the Caribbean. Most of the time, he preferred cold weather locations. But the need to get away from Marina before he infected her with his dark side had pressed him to put some serious space between them. An engineering job for the new luxury resort they were building on St John had seemed like the perfect opportunity to use his skills and keep Marina at bay.
From the moment he'd stepped off the boat onto the island he had known he'd made the right decision. He couldn't feel her at all. For a while there he'd thought there was nowhere he could go where he would be free from the pull she had on him.
Drew walked slowly away from the beach, holding his coffee in his hand. He took a sip as Marina's lovely face appeared before his eyes. Biting down on his bottom lip, he pushed away the image. Why should he be surprised? He'd been completely connected to her from the time they were children. It wasn't like he could easily rid himself of the habit of obsessing over her.
Plus, it didn't help she was so darn lovely that all he wanted to do was lick her all over until he could smell his own scent covering her body. Yeah, he was a sick bastard.
He needed to stay away. St John might not prove to be far enough.
* * * *
Ruby couldn't believe what had happened. No matter how hard she tried to control it, she couldn't seem to stop it from happening. She looked down at her living room. It was filled from top to bottom with things that shouldn't be there.
She bit down on her thumbnail. This was bad—very bad. All she'd done was think about daisies. She liked daisies. During her daydream on the subway, she'd thought how wonderful it would be to have the cute French professor with the snotty attitude give her daisies. Not that he would do that. He preferred to stare at her with disdain.
Well, whatever he saw in her to dislike, he might be correct because she was clearly a freak of nature. This had been happening to her since she was a child. If she thought about something too long, she ended up somehow calling the object to her.
In this case, apparently she'd managed to decorate her entire room with daisies. Everywhere she looked—there they were. She'd also managed to acquire vases she hadn't had earlier.
Ruby paced the room. She did not need this right now. Who did these daisies belong to? Whose vases were they? She wanted to scream but she didn't need her nosy neighbors banging on her door or complaining to the building manager. The walls in her way-too-expensive New York City apartment were too damn thin.
At least it wasn't diamonds. Oh heaven help her the day she'd dreamt about diamonds. The whole city had searched for a jewel thief. The gemstone swipes of the century. It still baffled authorities why someone had 'taken' them and returned them in a bag mailed anonymously to the district attorney.
Were flower shops bare all over New York City?
She couldn't let anyone in her apartment until she worked out what to do, not even the cleaning woman who came once a week. This wasn't an easy disposal situation. Not like when she'd been a child and she'd found all her friends toys in her bedroom. A quick trip out back to shove the toys into the garbage cans had taken care of those items she hadn't meant to own.
"Bags."
Ruby grinned. Yes, that was what she needed. Very large, black garbage bags would do the
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