Believe me now!

Chapter 7 The real magic begins

Sera pushed the pillow off of her head and peeked to see that Blaze was indeed still in her room, with his feet on her bed.

He put his phone down and moved over to her bed, laying down with a bounce. She rose up and fell back down from the movement.

He held her hand. He interlaced fingers with her long colorful nails sticking out. He noticed several of them were now broken from her trying to get to him yesterday. He rubbed the broken tips. She told him,"You owe me a manicure." He nodded.

He was chewing gum. He felt drawn to kiss her sweet lips, so he bent his head down tenatively to kiss her mouth. She wasn't very experienced at kissing. She was a little sloppy and somehow ended up with his gum in her mouth.

He held out his hand and she gave it back to him, smiling. "You kissed me!"

He laughed."Tell me what had your life been like? I mean I know the social media posts, but have you dated much?"

She shook her head- no. She had been on a few dates, one that ended with a strange psychic reading and the boy running far far away from her weirdness. He asked her if she wanted to read him. She told him it didn't work that way. "It's like feeling a sneeze coming on, you are ready, ready, ready but then boom it hits, snot everywhere."

He nodded, not understanding anything she said. "Okay let's get you packed." He had waited long enough.

She frowned."I told you I'm not leaving."

He pulled her close and kissed her lips. He slowly slid his hand to the side of her breast. He was oblivious to where they were now.

When he touched her, he lost all reality. He was sure that his little witch had felt it too. "We're getting married," she whispered.

He froze. "What now? Shouldn't we get to know each other a little first?"

"No," she said."I dreamed it. I see it happening. You are very handsome, and happy in your tux."

He cleared his throat and scooted away. Too fast for him. He opened her dresser and picked up her clothes, shoving them into a bag that he found in her room. "Well, let's say we do get married, let's practice the obey part."

She said," You have to ask my daddy first."

"Oh, cool," he said, "because I just did that." She scoffed. She threw off her covers and jumped out of bed to see her father.

Blaze figured that would get her moving. She ran out to the back deck. Her dad was working out there today.

She asked him,"Dad did you give Blaze, Uh Jason Blaze permision to marry me?" Blaze came sliding around the corner. Silver looked at him. He had not given him permision to marry his girl, he gave him permission for the witness protection program.

Blaze put his hands up in surrender. Silver rubbed Sera's hand he nodded at Blaze, trusting him. If he needed her to believe that he had given his blessing for Blaze to keep her safe. "Well, I am giving my blessings,"he said.

Sera was shocked, her mouth dropped open. She couldn't believe it was true. Carol came in at that time, she heard the conversation. She had spoken with Silver after he had a talk with Jason Blaze earlier. He told them that he had believed that it was necessary to put Sera into witness protection. They were all in.

Sera clapped her hands, we're getting married. Just as she had dreamed. "Wait a minute, you need to propose to me!" She was pushing him now. "I can't leave with you unless we are engaged, right daddy?"

"Uh,right pumpkin," he said. Blaze got down on one knee right there and then, taking a napkin ring from the table and putting it around her finger. "Seraphina Ann Haven, will you do me the great honor if being my wife?"

She threw the ring on the floor and turned on her heel. "Don't be silly, let's go." He went to grab her, you little minx, get back here, he yelled at her, then seeing her father stand up, he nodded and followed after her.

Her parents looked dumbfounded. She had been teasing them all the whole time. She knew her mom and dad wanted her to go with Blaze, she would obey them.

Sera texted Landen in the car to tell him about her visit from Blaze and her joke about getting married. He responded that he wanted her to call him later. She said she would.

Blaze drove her to a house in a small wooded area. It had a security gate and she saw a black motorcycle out front. The house was pink. "I haven't gotten around to painting it," he said.

She nodded. He ushered her inside. She looked around, it was definitely a bachelor pad. He had little Tupperware containers of motorcycle parts sitting around the coffee table.

He showed her to her room. It was a futon bed with a quilt and pillow folded up on it. She looked out the window. "My car!" He nodded. This was witness protection?

"Tell me what's going on?"

He sat down on the futon and pulled her down to sit next to him. He grabbed hold of her hand. He really liked doing that, she thought. He smiled. She melted at his dimples, his black hair, his full lips.

He said,"The other day when you saved my *ss. I had a mic on and was doing a sting operation. I think it was a set up. I want to share this with someone, I can't trust the brass, not yet till I figure some things out."

He went and got the tape recording."I trust you completely, we are engaged after all." She nodded, held up her index finger, "Uh, I never said yes, remember?"

He nodded,"I remember." He played the tape for her. The voice said,"Do it now!"

He said," do you hear that voice?" She nodded. "Who is it?" "I think it was my CO -Commanding officer, John Beard. I think he set me up."

She asked him to let her hold the tape recorder, she felt nothing. "Blaze, do you have anything that you might have worn from that day or an object?" She had wanted to try the object thing that she'd done at the doctors office for Dr.Corden.

He said," hold on-here!" He handed her a bullet that he had pulled out of her car. He'd already dusted it for prints. Sera held the bullet on her lap. She rubbed her temples now. Her eyes fluttered closed.

She saw a tall man, scruffy face, he wore a suit. He was pure evil, it was the same feeling that she'd had when she saw Landen lying dead in her vision. She opened her mind to try and focus on his face. She saw him load the bullets into the gun, he had hate in his heart and something else...greed. He needed money.

He wanted Blaze dead for getting in his way. She dropped the bullet on the floor. Blaze was there, she focused on him. He nodded,"you okay?"

She shook her head- no.Then he handed her a group picture of him and his whole police team. She pointed to John Beard, his CO. He nodded. "What can you tell me?"

"He wants you dead, he is pure evil, his motivation is greed, and he stinks like garlic." That last part floored him, she couldn't have known that. John Beard ate a ton of garlic. He was Italian, he was called Van Helsing behind his back, the vampire killer.

Sera took his hands and held them to her heart so that he could feel her heart beating out of her chest. She said,"Feel my heart racing now?" He nodded. "Now, think about my heart beating, tell it to slow down."

He said in a low voice, "Slowwww down." She turned her head to the side,"Really Blaze?"He closed his eyes. He felt her heart beat. He saw it pumping, he said "slow, slow, slow -over and over in his mind. He felt her relax. He could sense that had helped her. He opened his eyes.

She said,"This is very bad. This man has two faces. One is pretend, the other is evil. Underneath he is ruthless. I think you should contact him. Don't let him know that you are on to him. He thinks he is smart. He won't look for you if you are right under his nose, only then can you expose him. You're the only one. No one will believe you now. But they will, after you get evidence against him. But don't worry, you're safe with me here."

He rolled his eyes. "I'm supposed to be gaurding you, my little witch."

"If I am a witch, I put a spell on you and now your mine!"

He laughed, isn't that a song?"

"Oh, I almost forgot, I have to call Landen tonight. Do you ever have to wear a bullet proof vest?"

"Yes, I have a few." He assured her.

"I may need you to lend one to Landen." She smiled.