“Adelaide.” I ignore his call and keep walking. “Adelaide, come on, let’s talk this out.” I don’t know why this hurts me the way it does but I know it does. How could he keep that kind of information secret? It’s not like I'd understand half of what caused it anyway but at least, just so I could know, he could have told me so I could be aware of it. I interacted with Fenrir on that ship. I thought something was odd about him, but it was Cain all along and he didn’t say anything! I wallowed in fear and blamed myself for so long and he was around me all the time that happened. Did he find it pleasing to see me in that state? Was he happy to know I felt horrible and wondered constantly about where he was? “Adelaide.” Cain’s hand wraps around my wrist and I snap it away. “Don’t! Touch me right now okay? I’m angry, you shouldn’t be touching me while I'm angry.” People stop to look at us in the hallway but I don't care about that. My heart twists and constricts and I don't know w
She blinks and when she looks at me, it’s with a bewildered expression on her face. Her voice is almost a whisper when she speaks but I hear her clearly.“Excuse me?”My words get stuck in my throat but I say them all the same.“I said I'm sorry. I apologize for what I did to Cain…. I wasn’t meant to do that. I panicked.”Adelaide blinks yet again and she releases a disbelief-filled huff of air. Her expression tells me everything I need to know.She’s surprised and she can’t believe her ears, but she’s also scared.“You’ve never apologized for anything in the past.”Her voice is in that whispery-like timbre again and I nod.“Some things have changed since we first met.”Adelaide stares at me and I can see the disbelief when it enters her eyes. That courage she’s known for, the courage to be brave even when she knows it can be provocative, that courage rises in her and she scoffs.“Nice try. An apology won’t make me forget what you did.”“But it’s a start isn’t it?”Adelaide freezes a
Lyros is acting strange.“Let me.”I don’t argue with him this time as he takes the strings of the dress from me. For some reason, this dress has strings to tighten it upfront. They crisscross across my stomach and like that isn’t enough, Lyro has to face me to do them up. I’m not sure if he’s suffering from a brain concussion or if he hit his head on a rock. He looks fine…….He looks perfectly okay yet he’s chosen today to act crazier than he ever has since I've known him because an apology? I’m still not sure if the memory of that in my head is a dream or a hallucination. My eyes drift to him and he’s still there. He has the strings to the lacing of this gown in his hands and he looks at them intently, fumbling with the tiny strands of fabric as he tries to figure them out.A scoff almost escapes my lips, but then he looks up.Lyros’s eyes glow from under thick heavy lashes and I feel like I'm looking down at him and looking up at him at the same time.His hands have paused on
“How is this….. happening ?” Lyros grins but doesn’t reply to me. He simply keeps on walking and sticks his hand into his pockets. People stop to look at us as we pass by and they’re not just people, they’re humans. We were in Raleigh a second ago, so unless Lyros is deceiving me with an illusion, then we really did just leave the border and step into the human world. That should be impossible. Normal Lycans can barely leave unless they are banished by their King, and werewolves cannot leave at all since there hasn’t been an Alpha King in forever. Walking through the border shouldn’t be something anyone can do, but Lyros has done much more than that. We’ve crossed thousands of miles in a mere second. “Excuse me, Miss.” I flinch and the female in front of me looks startled. She has creamy white hair and has her phone in hand. Her clothes are human clothes and she’s so clearly human I cannot deny the fact. “I just wanted to say you look really pretty. I like your dress.” I mana
I eat until I can eat no more.Everything on the table was delicious. Every other thing they brought out from their kitchens was also a hit, there was nothing that didn’t hit the standard and even surpass it.I had so much I can hear my stomach rumbling from how full it is and through all this, Lyros watches me like I amuse him.It’s not the bad kind of amusement and it’s not the type that makes me feel he thinks I am silly or disgusting. He just looks at me like he enjoys watching me and it’s strange that it’s happening.The human waiters bring drinks for us later, including something so sweet and refreshing that it leaves me feeling blissed out and relaxed.I almost feel like I've been drugged or something, because how am I here, sitting with Lyros and not feeling like I should kill him or rip him into shreds?“Is something confusing to you?”I nod and Lyros sits up.“Can I hear what it is?”“So you can do what? Confuse me even more?”Lyros grins and leans onto the table, propping h
She wakes me a few minutes before noon. The sun is beating down the side of my neck and my head pounds with the beginning of a headache, but it stops the moment I see her.Adelaide has changed out of the dress I had her get into yesterday and now she’s in something else. Shorts that barely cover the entirety of her lap and an oversized cashmere shirt. She’s seated in one of the larger chairs and she has her dainty feet put up. A book is in her hand and from my position on the floor, with her legs raised like that, I can see the tender flesh of the body underneath all that fabric.“You’re awake.”Adelaide tries to keep the enthusiasm out of her voice but she only ends up sounding half bored and half excited. I nod and push myself off the floor, groaning at how my body sends tight little flares of pain to my brain.“The waiter suggested we wake you up and take you to one of the beds here. Did you know this is also a hotel?”I smirk and nod “I should since I own it.”“You fell asleep on
Lyros takes us back to our room. I only see him bathed in flames for the briefest moment before he transports us and it’s an instantaneous transportation.The only thing I feel is a brief waft of air hit my face and that’s it. I extract myself from his side and walk over to the windows.Raleigh stares me back in the face and I wonder how long we’ve been here for me to feel this relaxed we’re back.I dash to the wardrobe and when I feel Lyros’s stare on me I answer with one sentence.“I have to change.”I don’t even know why I picked this outfit in the first place. The waiters offered to get me a gown and all that, but I didn't know them and I didn't trust them at the time. Looking back on that now I can realize how dumb it is that I ate the food they served me but still felt like they would hurt me with fabric if they could.And Lyros owns the place….. Good to know.“Are you leaving to train?”I shake my head and turn to look at him.“I’m going to go find Cain, Safira, and Rhys.”Lyro
Cain asks me to tell him everything and I do.I tell him of Diane and how I've been visiting her in my sleep.Yes, on command, and yes, she’s as sad as the books portray her to be but that’s not what time records her as.I tell him Queen Diane, wife and mate of Supreme Lycan King Ashryn was a badass who was filled with magic and possibilities.I tell him she fused with the Lycan’s flame and I watch him listen to me. All the confusion I have about the matter comes gushing out of my mouth and Cain notes them down. I see it in the way he nods and smiles at my words like I am something precious to him.Like every moment I spend with him is precious.“You think Diane did something to Ashryn didn’t you?”I nod slowly and sink further into the bed they’ve put here for him.One night and half a day away from this place and he’s been quarantined. Rafie wants to find out exactly what kind of magic has been altering Cain, but I don't care.My heart feels settled now that I'm with him.“How poss