Thread: Reign of Fire (Hellhound x Autore)

A gleaming office building greeted her as the cabbie pulled over to the curb. Autora handed the man a 50 and told him to keep the change. She always felt sorry for the humans having to work out in this cold. She could feel normal around them. At least they only stared for other reasons. She grabbed her purse from off the seat beside her before stepping out of the cab making sure the folders were still inside. The driver rolled down his passenger window and shouted a Thanks to the beautiful young woman, and admired her curvaceous ass as she walked away. The building stood four stories high and was covered in floor to ceiling windows that were tinted like a one way mirror. Bracing herself and giving herself a mental pep talk, Autora walked to the front entrance and went to pull open the door. It swung open barely missing her face and making her jump back with surprise. Sneering at her was Rulan, her step brother. He even made the hatred for her in his eyes seem sexy along with the clean cut black suit he wore. Like most Dragons he was built but not too thick. He certainly had his fair share of female and male admirers. Glad you could finally make it runt. It would not have been in your best interest to arrive after our important guests. One if his hands wrapped around her upper arm and pulled her forcefully inside almost sending her tumbling to the marble floor. Did you go over the files like I asked you too? Of course I did. She nodded and withdrew them from her purse. Handing them over she took a step back from him just in case he decided to lash out for some invisible mistake he was sure to find. You took care of any miscalculations with the numbers, correct? He was still scanning each page to make sure she didn't fuck this up. There was a lot of money and power at stake if their guests found any fault with what they were given. I did as you asked...despite it being last minute of course. She mumbled the last part even though she knew his hearing was impeccable. She hated being doubted by everyone or counted as incompetent. Fine. At least this time your not trying to by our guest with your flesh. Althought that outfit is a bit form fitting isn't it? Did you get fatter? The smirk he gave her had to humor and she wasn't laughing either. I'll try to do better next time, Brother. Her response was just as cold. She was getting sick and tired of being kicked around and for once she could feel her temper rising below the surface. Rulan watched the little girl and was stunned as he thought he saw flames in her eyes as her ire rose. He brushed it off though and growled under his breath. Do not call me that, especially here, you little freak. Our guests will be here any moment. Go up to the second floor conference room and wait. Set out refreshments for 5 including myself. He dismissed her with a wave of his hand as if she were a servant. Shaking in anger she wished she could tell him off. It rolled across her skin as a warm heat. She didn't say anything though and walked away. If she would have looked down though she would have seen a silver sheen cover her hands like scales. The conference room was floor to ceiling windows too so she could keep an eye on the street below as she scurried around and set up glasses and filled containers with different drinks and even found a few tins of cookies to set out. Standing beside a window while sipping at a small glass of water before her brother came up afforded her a view of a long limo that pulled up to the curb. Her brother rushed outside to open the door and she saw the Humans Governor and the Shifters King along with their spouses exit the open door. She knew who was coming but it still shocked her to see these heavy weights having anything to do with each other. As her brother closed the door to the limo something caught her eye across the street. A figure stood almost in the shadows and had something pointed towards the front entrance. It was too small for a gun. As she watched and focused she could see his fingers moving in a tapping motion. That's when she realized it was a camera. But why would someone be taking pictures of all this. She frowned and mumbled to herself. It deepened when she saw the figure turn and point towards the exact window she was standing at. Just who the hell was this and should she say something to Rulan about it.