Ash: Love Me Harder - Alien Paranormal Romance by Serena Simpson Page A

stifle them and she knew Dante and his brothers were good for every word Dante uttered. She once again had a family. Ash came over and tucked her into his body. She cried on his shirt. She’d have to take over the dry cleaning bill if she kept getting his clothes wet.
    “Are we ready?” Dante stood with an easy smile. His body morphing back and forth between a slim build and a more muscular body builder.
    Damon rolled his eyes. “Pick a shape big brother, and tell us where we are going.”
    Dante settled somewhere in between, he was slim like a swimmer but packed with more muscle.
    “We are going to meet Quintus; he will draw up the paperwork.”
    “Shouldn’t we call and ask him first?”
    “Let me take care of that,” was all Dante said.
    Ash walked her back to the front of the house where they had parked the car. Dante and his brothers had piled into two hybrid jeeps. The jeep emblem was easy to see, but it was definitely futuristic. The fact that they had them meant jeep was still in the running for great SUV’s.  Ash took off.
    “We’ll meet them there.”
    “I hope he’s there.”
    “Quin is there, don’t worry about it.”
    She sat back and watched as the beautiful landscape of the brothers’ world disappeared as she entered the human zones which were beautiful in their own right, just not like what they had.
    “Ash, are all the brother’s properties as great as Dante’s?”
    “Yes. That’s one of the things about being Created, each set of brothers think alike in certain things. Housing is one of them. I have yet to meet a group of Created who live in radically different housing. Security is another. We encourage each other when it comes to security, constantly upgrading. Once the first brother finds a mate our senses heighten further. When Aran made the decision to leave, he upgraded every one’s security starting with mine because I would be staying behind. When he was done, I thought I was living in a fortress. I complained once to Dante after Aran was gone. He called his brothers because he wanted them all to be able to laugh at me at once. I got it. Family protects family no matter where they are.”
    Brook nodded with a sad smile. Family protects family, like hers protected her. All these months of bitterness gone in a moment of time. She should have known but she was too busy kicking and screaming because she wanted to meet with Ash, but her dad knew there wasn’t time for it.  Her life or a visit to the man of her dreams. He cared about her life more.
    Ash pulled into the ground level parking space.
    “Ground level?”
    “Quintus has a theory; if you’re too chicken to put your feet on the Earth then you’re too chicken to do what is necessary to take care of yourself. One day we will come and sit across the street. It is amusing to watch desperate people of power touch their feet to ground for the first time.”
    Brook climbed out of the car and looked around. The landscape was immaculate; there was a beautiful park across the street. The street was clean with nothing but their car and the cars of Dante and his brother parked before them.
    The building gleamed white with metal accents that threw color at the white making it shift colors as the sun rode across the sky. This portion of the city was beautiful.
    She took a deep breath and turned to Ash. “Let’s do this.” They walked into the building.

Chapter Thirteen
     
     
    The inside of the building was sleek and sophisticated. This was no fly by night operation. He had been here for years; she could tell by the details. The pictures and artwork complimented each piece of furniture as if it was hand-picked and thought about. The placement of everything was impeccable. The furniture caught the sun without having it glare in your face. The blackout screens were on about forty percent because nothing higher was needed. Whoever Quintus was, he took the time to make his waiting room both comfortable and