Free Riveted: Drawn Series Book 1 by M. A. Stone

on my lips, softly sucking on my bottom lip. I moaned softly and he
broke off the kiss, looking down at me. His face was inches from mine. I held
my breath as he looked into my eyes.
    “We will finish this later,” he whispered. I
nodded. He turned around and began to pull clothes out of his drawers.  I
could not wait until “later”.
     
    I kind of liked how I looked in his clothes. Chloe gave
me a look and then smiled. Rolling my eyes, I smiled back.
    “Did someone have a rough night?”she asked as I put my
bag behind the counter.
    “You could say that, but not in the way you are
thinking,” I replied. She giggled and I could tell she did not believe me one
bit.
    “What happened?”
    “Short version, Axel and I had a major fight and I left.
Jack took me in and I realized I did not have a key to Axel’s so Jack let me borrow
some clothes,” I replied.
    “You’re right. Definitely not in the way I imagined. But,
I might have some stuff you can borrow,” she replied.
    “Thanks so much Chloe, but aren’t you a bit on the short
side? “ I asked. She nodded.
    “My cousin Ember lived with me for a while this past
spring, she left a shit ton of clothes behind, some with tags on them. You are
welcome to them. She was your height,” she replied. I gave her a hug. She
hugged back.
    “Thank you Chloe, I appreciate it!!!” I replied.
    “Don’t worry about your brother. We have been privy to
his recent madness for a while now. I have kind of kept out of his way. But
things are escalating and it breaks my heart to see him go through this. If you
need anything, just let me know. I know all about crazy families,” she said.
She smiled and flitted off to her little piercing room and I saw her begin
to wipe everything down. I was in awe. I felt kind of warm and fuzzy inside.
    “She’s a total neat freak,” said Jack coming up behind
me. He handed me a cup of coffee. I smiled in thanks and took a sip.
    “Thank you so much!” I replied. He smiled. Matt walked by
him. He was eating a Power Bar. He nodded to the two of us and headed into the
back, a bright green book bag slung over one shoulder.  Jack turned and
leaned on the desk. We made small talk for a few minutes and then he trotted
off to the back too. The front door opened and a tiny girl with spiky black
hair walked in. She smiled at me. She had two cherries tattooed next to her right
eye and huge violet eyes.
    “Good morning. I have an appointment with Jack,” she
replied, her voice soft and sweet.
    “Okay, give me a sec. He just walked in, but I will tell
him you are here,” I replied. She nodded, walked over to one of the couches and
sat down. She picked up a magazine and leafed through it. I walked over to
Jack, who was at one of the drafting tables and tapped him on the shoulder.
    “What’s up?” He asked, as he stopped drawing to give me
his full attention. I looked down at his drawing what looked like two huge,
angel wings, spread in detailed, feathered glory.
    “That is amazing looking! “I replied in awe.
    “Thanks. It’s meant to go on either hip and end in the
back with an angel, looking over her shoulder with a kind of smirk or something
on her face, you know where the wings meet,” he said. Nodding, I look at it
closely.
    “Who is it for?” I ask. He shrugged.
    “I don’t know. It’s just a rough sketch right now.
Sometimes the ideas just come to me,” he replied, tacking it up on the wall
behind the drafting table.
    “You have a lady out front. She has an appointment,” I
said, as I forced myself to tear my eyes away from the drawing. It was
something to behold that was for sure.
    “Okay thanks,” he replied, looking at me and the drawing
again. He tapped me on the shoulder and walked away. What was it about that
drawing? I tore my eyes away it and went back to work.
    Jack and Matt were busy all morning. I was too,
rescheduling Axel’s appointments for the day. There was a steady stream of
people. Five or six of them