Fuckâ Adryan thought as he remembered that he had never told Jade
about the next day's events for which he had preparing for the past two
days.
"Good luck with that, Alphaâ with that said, Violet takes her departure.
Jade had been hauled up in Adryanâs house for the past two days, she
hadn't gotten around to going out yet because she was skittish going
out and facing the pack members alone, all on her own, Violet seemed
busy with her beta female duties but visited once a day to check in. She
had resorted to cleaning the house, baking and taking care of a very
fussy Adonis. She hadn't seen much of Adryan too after their pack tour
her first day, when she asked Violet about it, who gave her a sly smile in
reply but said that he was busy preparing for something which was
supposed to happen soon.
Jade has found solitude in the outdoor balcony Adryan's house had.
The balcony was made up of wood, like the rest of the house. This part
of the balcony had a feminine touch to it, with small plant pots here
and there, with flower. She wondered if it was Adryan's idea or maybe
someone else's. like Adeena?, Jade immediately shakes her head, no,
she wasn't going to go there yet now that the thought had entered her
mind, she was curious.
The wooden railings out looked the forest, there were lamp shaped
lights strung up, with wooden chairs with a tiny wooden table in the
middle giving it a cozy touch. Jade would sometimes spot wolves
running through the forest below at night, but she mostly loved the
feeling of cold air against her skin, caressing her with its gentleness.
Sometimes she would even bring Adonis outside.
Today she sat on one of the wooden chairs reading Pride and Prejudice
by Jane Austen which had caught her attention when she entered into
Adryan's own personal library, growing up Jade had heard many people
talk about the book, but being blind she didn't ever get the chance to
read it until now. Adonis was sitting on the blanket Jade had spread out
for him, his toys seemingly more interesting than anything.
Adryan closed the door to his office, he inhaled and tried to catch the
scent of strawberries, and he was successful when he found the
lingering scent of strawberries coming from his right, following the
scent he came across the outdoor balcony, his favorite spot in the
entire house.
Through the glass door, he could see Jade's complete attention fixed
on the book she held in her hands, her hair danced around in the air as
the wind blew, causing her to tuck a few stray pieces of hair behind her
ear. Adryan's eyes moved towards the tiny figure, who seemed to be
enjoying himself as he played with his car and airplanes.
Knowing that he didn't have much time to rely on the message, he
takes careful strides towards the balcony, being careful not to alert Jade
or startle her.
It seemed like she was lost in a world of her own as she read the book,
since she hadn't noticed his presence, but someone else had. Adonis
stared up at Adryan, his toys long forgotten, his next actions shocking
Adryan immediately.
Adonis crawls on all his fours towards Adryan's direction, his tiny fists
holding onto Adryan's legs as his blue-green eyes stare up at Adryan's
ocean blue ones.
"Up" he says demanding Adryan to pick him up, startling Adryan
further with his actions. Adryan just stares at him, dumbfounded.
"Are you going to stare at him all day long or are you going to pick
up?" A voice interrupts his internal battle, Adryan turns his head to see
Jade standing beside the wooden chair she was sitting in, she might
have heard Adonisâ voice, causing her to discard off her book.
When Adryan still doesn't do anything, Jade herself walks up to where
he and Adonis were, she picks up Adonis herself, who immediately
squeals at her actions.
"You know, I don't know why you dragged me back here, to your pack
when you were going to do was leave us in the house, you never tried
to get to know your son, and now when heâs asking you to hold him,
you stare at him like he's an alien of some sort." Jade says at Adryan,
who now seems to come out of the trance he was earlier in.
"I-" he stutters causing Jade to raise her eyebrows, clearing his throat
he speaks again, "I have never held uhh, a child" Adryan says and looks
away immediately, Jade's eyes widen in realization at his words, now his
earlier actions making sense to her.
"Oh" Jade says dumbfounded not knowing how to reply, after a few
seconds of thinking she speaks up again, "I could show you?!" Jade
offers.
"Yeah, that would be great!â Adryan says immediately, causing Jade to
lightly smile at his enthusiasm.
"Here" she says, turning Adonis in her arms so that his front was facing
towards Adryan, "outstretch your arms a bit" Jade guides him, as he
follows her directions, "now place both of your hands under his arms,
so that you are holding his sides. Do it gently, you don't have to hold
him too tightly where you squeeze him". Adryan finally holds Adonis in
his hands, who stares up at him in wonder.
"There" she backs up.
Adryan stares at Adonis who leans his head on Adryan's shoulder, the
actions caused a warm feeling inside him, Jade smiled as she watched
the pair. Backing away, she turns to walk back to her earlier position on
the wooden chair, only to be stopped by Adryan.
"Wait" Adryan says.
"Yeah?" Jade asks questioningly
"There is an event being held tomorrow" Jade tilts her head to the side,
not knowing where this was going "I wanted to introduce you both to
the pack members officially, so there would be a pack initiation held
tomorrow at eleven at the training grounds..." Adryan trails off, wanting
to know her answer.
Jade stares at him for a few moments, she knows that this was to
happen some day, since Adonis was supposed to be the future Alpha,
he would have to be initiated into the pack officially since he wasn't
technically born within the pack grounds, all members born outside the
pack house to be officially initiated to the pack, be accepted by the
Alpha of the pack. Since she wasn't born in The Blood Moon Pack, Jade
would to have to get initiated. She wanted to be where her son was,
even if it meant being an official part of the pack.
"We will be there at elevenâ she says, her response shocking Adryan, he
was prepared for her to argue back but her compliance shocked him.
"Is that it?" she asks him, "yeah" he answers back.
"Jade" she looks back at him over her shoulder.
"Wear something white.â she smiles back at him in reply, causing his
heart to skip a beat.