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will call him. Peter,” she called over her shoulder. “Someone wants to put in an application.”
    A Sudir walked out from an office behind the lobby desk.
    Rylan stiffened as the color drained from Aviana’s face leaving her pale.
    Whatever was standing before her wasn’t a man. The desire to run was overwhelming but she held it together because Rylan was assuring her with his body language that he was in charge. The thing in front of her had a multitude of eyes and stood on floor legs.
    The receptionist gave him her best flirtatious smile not being able to see through the glamour. She turned and gave Aviana an ‘isn’t he handsome smile’ before going back to her work.
    Aviana was stuck. Her body wouldn’t move even as her brain begged her to turn and run. The only thing that made sense was Rylan standing in front of her. He shielded her without her asking or turning pleading eyes his way. It was a natural response, one she appreciated
    “Who was interested in the application?”
    Whatever it was knew she no longer wanted to work here around him.
    “My fiancée was looking for a part time job but I seem to have talked her out of it,” Rylan said.
    His fiancée? Later, she would have to examine the extra beats of her heart that didn’t come from the terror standing before them.
    “I would love to have some part time help. What does your fiancée do? She looks so…strong.”
    “She is and when I am done with her she will be stronger. Peter, you have a lovely receptionist; I would hate to find out anything happened to her.”
    Aviana’s heart sped up with pain before she pushed it to the side. So what if Rylan went for the unnaturally skinny kind, she wasn’t upset. She already knew he wasn’t for her. She knew he could have any of the women in Hollywood, why would he look at her?
    “Peter,” Rylan spit out his human name, “we’ll be leaving now.” Carefully, he built a shield around Aviana before taking her hand and urging her to turn around.
    Her legs walked woodenly as she made it towards the door.
    “What is their problem?”
    Aviana heard the receptionist ask the monster.
    “Some people see more than they should,” he replied.
    Aviana walked out of the hotel, finally able to breathe in deep clean, cold air.
    “What was that?” Her voice was soft, on the edge of hysteria but held together with determination.
    “We shouldn’t talk about it here. Let’s go back home.”
    Home. Something she hadn’t had in a long time. Her parents’ bright smiles and love filled eyes winked at her for a moment before they were filled with disgust for her.
    Disappointment sat on her parents’ faces when they found out she was pregnant. Not only was she pregnant but she refused to have an abortion. Her dreams of an Ivy League school and taking New York by storm went out the window that day.
    They made it clear they wouldn’t pay for her to go to school with a child in her belly. She even told them the truth about what happened. Weak was the word her mother used. You must have asked for it came from her father. She had been devastated. The final blow came when they kicked her out of the house when Mckayla was only six months old.
    They told her they couldn’t stand looking at that child. Either she gave her up for adoption or left. Aviana left with her daughter it broke her heart but she refused to let it break her. She had almost two years of community college under her belt when she walked out of her parents’ house. She never looked back, not even when she heard a rumor they were looking for her.
    They were right, something was wrong with her and now she was seeing monsters.

Chapter Three
     
     
    She walked into the bed and breakfast looking for signs of life. Victor and Selma were absent and so were Cal and Paige as well as everyone else. There were times it felt like a mad house, all of them together laughing, and other times it felt like a ghost zone with not even the squeak of an animal around.
    She