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plenty of time for that later, I'll make sure of it.

 
    When lunch was over I had her stand in front of me so
we could talk. It was almost time for her to return to
classes but there was one more thing before I let her go.
    "Look at me little Blossom."
    She looked up at me, so fucking beautiful, damn. Will
I ever get used to it? I hope not, I hope I never lose this feeling of awe
whenever I look at her.
    "I need to know, need to hear you say it, do you
want this, with me?"
    She bit into her lip in that way that was bound to
make me crazy before long, before nodding her head.
    "No baby, say it."
    "Yes, I want...this with you..." Done deal,
the last hurdle crossed. Now I can forge full steam ahead.
    "Good, now is there anything you need before I
leave you? I'll be back to get you later, should I meet you here?"
    "Here's fine, and no, I don't need anything,
just..."
    "Just what baby?"
    "Don't hurt me."
    Fuck, those words in that soft, hesitant almost
tearful voice was my undoing. How could someone hurt such a thing of beauty?
    "Come here Ashley."
    She came to me without hesitation, head down looking
at her feet. I wonder if I should work on that or if that was a big part of her
appeal? I didn’t want her to be this way with anyone else though. As my woman
she would be queen of the fucking city. I didn’t want her being shy and meek
with anyone else. The sharks I swam with would see that as a weakness and go
for the jugular. Then I’d have to get blood on my hands and that’s never good.
There you go again getting ahead of yourself Gideon. You’ve lost all sense of
propriety and what little bit of civility you had seems to have disappeared
entirely. Well that’s what happens when a lion has to protect his mate. I
imagine that’s exactly how the king of beast feels.
    "Look at me, you have nothing to fear from me, I
will never hurt you, not in any way, and from now on no one else ever
will."
    She swallowed deeply and I knew what she was thinking.
Okay then Gloves off, begin as you mean to go on. I
didn’t plan on keeping anything from her, and ain’t that a kick in the head? Me Mr. Tight-lipped Thorpe wanted to be transparent.
    "I know...do you understand?" I spoke the
words softly trying to take some of the sting from them. I didn’t want to
embarrass her after all, far from it.
    She’d looked into my eyes fearfully when I said I
know. She knew what I meant it was evident by the sudden tears that sprang to
her eyes. Fucking bastard, I should just make him pay for the hell of it.   As it stood I'm tempted to go back on my word
for the first time in my life.
    I don't think I will be leaving her in his house after
all.

Chapter 6

 
    Gideon

 
    I spent the time between leaving her and the end of
the school day pondering my next move. If I'd thought for one second that she
was ignorant to her father's true feelings towards her I would be able to leave
her there, but the knowledge in her eyes was my deciding factor.
    It felt as if I was walking a minefield, I knew
without a doubt that my Blossom would be the kind of girl who wanted the love
of her father. She wouldn’t want to just walk away from him and everything
she’d known; so how do I come between the two of them without losing her in the
process? How do I get her to see the danger without becoming the enemy in her
eyes?
    I'd started out wanting her body yes; it was her
beauty after all that had first captivated me. But there was something else
there. That softness of hers was drawing me in, that sweet air of vulnerability
had me wanting to wrap her up and keep her safe for always. This was more than
lust this was so much more than anything I’d ever done before. I’d never once
wanted to protect, to own to consume. Everything about her just made me want to
be everything she could ever want. Fuck I’m in trouble here.
    She wasn't something you possessed for a time she was
a treasure you cherished for a lifetime. That much I knew and I was determined
to be