She Rules the Wolves Chapter 48

The next day Marcus was preparing to go to lunch and considering calling Cally and asking her to join him when his nose caught a whiff of world famous lasagna . All the people in the outer offices were diligently sniffing the air, showing any uninformed the the place was full of canids . With an inscrutable face Marcus waited for Sarah .

Sarah walked in carrying a large dish of her famous lasagna . "Marcus! Good I caught you! I thought it's been a while since I made you your favorite lasagna . " Marcus stood and took the large dish from Sarah . Sitting it on a coffee table . He went to a cabinet and collected plates, utensils, and glasses . Glancing at Sarah, ""What would you like to drink?" Since he had not uttered a word of greeting until this she felt a little hesitant, "Umm tea would be fine . "

Marcus brought out a pitcher of tea and a loaf of French bread . Preparing their plates and handing Sarah her drink; he sat . He started eating immediately . "Hmm delicious . Thank you . " He continued eating silently . After a few minutes of silence a fidgety Sarah finally asked, "You're going to make this difficult aren't you?"

Wiping his mouth he looked up, "My Dear Sarah, you have brought me lunch . We are eating said lunch . What am I making difficult?" "I, umm, you know, usually ask for something when I bring you lasagna . You usually ask me immediately what it is I want . " Nodding Marcus continued to leisurely eat . Still without any comments . Fiddling with her fork, Sarah gave up all pretense of eating . "Umm the girls . . . " "Who?" "Umm, Jessie and Abby and I were talking last night . Cally had casually mentioned meeting an Egyptian priestess in her past . She was distracted at the time . . . . . "

At this point Marcus was curious . Not so much by a past Cally had mentioned but what Sarah thought he could possibly do to help her . "And?"

Sarah could not look Marcus in the face . Taking a large gulp of her tea she quickly said while she had a split second of courage, "Cally was distracted by a handsome man and food . We want to try to use you to distract her and slip in questions . . . . " Looking up Sarah realized Marcus had a blank face of death . "Oh, Umm, No . What I meant was Cally was watching a naked man on tv . . . " *Blank face just got colder* "Cally was watching a sexy vampire on tv . Yeah, a vampire movie . It wasn't porn or anything . *cough* Anyway she casually mentioned a vampire from ancient Egypt and we want to see if we can get information she normally wouldn't share . "

"You want to use me?" Marcus ran the conversation through his mind again to make sure he understood . "Sarah, you have left me speechless . I don't know whether to feel honored that you believe Cally could be easily distracted by me or insulted that you want to use me as what? A gigolo?"

"Well we actually thought we would need you and food to distract her while we slip in a few innocent seeming questions . Maybe a fish fry or something down by the beach . You could wear a bathing suit . " Sarah was beginning to go into detail as to the plans she and the girls had come up with . She didn't realize Marcus had quit listening to her and was cleaning up their lunch . After a few minutes she realized Marcus was disposing of the leftovers and was washing out his and her glass . "Umm Marcus?"

"No . "

"No, you don't like the plan? Or no you won't do it?" Marcus looked over at Sarah, "I will not be used to take advantage of Cally . Now or in the future . I also don't want to hear you tried to use some other male to distract her . Do I make myself absolutely clear?"

Sarah grabbed the sides of her skirt in nervous fingers . Muttering, "Okay Okay . But Marcus she talked about a vampire from maybe thousands of years ago . Aren't you curious?" Marcus thought for a moment . It was a serious question deserving a serious answer but not for the reason Sarah meant . "Cally is a bright beautiful young woman . What she may remember from a time when she was not who she is now is not that important to me . "

Exiting guild hall, Sarah went back to the girls who after waking had started to look through the archive online databases for fairy related information . As soon as Abby saw her, "Jessie said we shouldn't ask Marcus . But just plan a luau and invite everyone . He said no right?" Sarah responded slowly, "He said he won't be used against Cally . He said we can't use other males to distract her and he said the sweetest thing . " "Oh, what was that?" "He said he doesn't care about the Wotan's past . he only cares about who Cally is now . " Jessie looked up from an article on the Faerie Dog (or Coin-Sith), "I had no idea he could be romantic . Are you sure you talked to Marcus?"

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