"Shift backâ Adryan says to Vince for what felt like the thousandth time,
but the reply he got was unfortunately that of the numerous times he
had asked the question or more like ordered.
âNot until she wakes upâ came his usual reply.
It's been five hours since everything went down and Jade had been
unconscious all this while, Vince was getting worried and paranoid as
she wasn't waking up, Hence the reason why he wasn't letting Adryan
take back control and he wouldn't until she wakes up and he see's for
himself that she was okay.
It was a task on Adryan's part to hold Vince back from taking full
control of him, and from attacking the pack doctor and other pack
members whenever they took a step in her direction. Vince would
immediately growl at them like a rabid dog until they got the message
and stepped back.
Thankfully, Blaine, the pack doctor had said that she was just in shock
and it would take her some time to wake up.
Vince's huge hulking frame was resting beside the bed she laid on.
Keeping watch and occasionally staring at her from time to time.
"Quit it" Adryan chides.
âQuit what?" Vince questions.
"Quit staring at her like an obsessed creepâ
âShe's our mate, and I can stare at her as much as I want, as long as I
want toâ Vince snaps back. There were times when Adryan wanted to
throttle Vince, because he was someone other than Jade, who always
talked back and angered him, which is kind of funny because Vince is
his other half, his wolf. So basically he was angering himself.
"Stupid Dog" Adryan says annoyed.
'Uptight Assholeâ Vince counters back.
"Mu-" before Adryan could insult his wolf back he hears the rustling of
covers, his sharp ears immediately picking up the small noise. Vince sits
upright on his front paws, hoping for her to wake up any minute.
It isn't until a full minute later, when Jade finally wakes up. Opening her
eyes and realizing that she was in her room in Adryan's house.
She sits upright with a slight groan. She doesn't notice his presence
until Vince decides to whine, causing her head whip so fast in his
direction, he thought she might've twisted it."
Her eyes widen in horror as her green eyes catch his blood red ones. A
gasp leaves her lips and she suddenly scrambles away from the bed in a
hurry.
Vince watched as she ran towards the bedroom door, but in her panic
she hadn't realized that she would have to twist the keys below the
door knob to open it fully, instead of just twisting the knob. Adryan had
done it on purpose because he knew the moment she laid eyes on him
that she would run far away from him, he had decided to double lock
the door, because in her panic she wouldn't think about twisting the
keys.
When her attempts came up futile, she rushes towards the door that
led to the balcony, only to realize that it was completely locked, she
herself had done it so Adonis wouldn't slip away when she wasn't
paying attention.
Jade had woken up confused but that immediately turned into fear
when she spotted a pair of glowing red eyes staring back at her.
She leans her head on the wooden door, her shoulders slumping in
defeat.
"It's okay" she tells herself, she didn't want to risk turning back and
think about the other person in the room along with her. She had to
keep herself from having a panic attack and remain calm.
âI can smell her fear. She's afraid of us.â Vince says, rejection and
sadness clear in his voice.
"You need to give me back control, Vince" Adonis says with seriousness.
"But-" Vince starts to say but Adryan cuts him off.
"She's afraid of us. It's too much for her to take all at once. So, like
Violet said, Slow baby steps" Vince contemplates for a few moments, If
it wasn't for her soft breaths, he would've thought Jade was tattoo, for
she wasn't moving an inch from her rested position on the door.
"Fine" Vince huffs, finally giving into Adryanâs request.
Adryan could feel his red eyes switch back to the usual ocean blue
ones, his talons changing back to fingers, and finally Adryan felt like he
was back in his body after a long time, and it was, since Adryan had
never ever let Vince out for so long.
"Thank you" Adryan says with gratitude.
Her body tenses as soon as she feels his presence behind her. She
could his hot breath on her neck.
"Jade" he calls out, Adryan had immediately noticed how she had
tensed up the moment she felt his presence near her.
Hesitantly he places a hand on her shoulder, he felt her turn rigid at his
touch.
"Jade, can you please turn back" he pleads. Her fear in a way cut some
part of him. Only he knew how it felt when everyone in the pack looked
at him with fear, not because he was their Alpha, but because they were
scared for their own lives, worrying about the moment the mateless
Alpha would loose his cool and kill one of them, and now here was his
mate, who even refused to look at him, which made Adryan and Vince
both feel hideous.
Jade slowly turns back, surprising Adryan. When fully turns to face him,
Adryan notices that her eyes were squeezed shut.
Adryan leans his head on hers.
Both of their breaths mingling together, it was only now that they'd
both noticed the tingles that spread throughout their body.
Adryan lifts a finger, and trails it down her face.
"You are a Lycan" she states, her scared self oddly calm under her
touch.
"I'm" he confirms.
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"How?" She asks him in confusion, because as far as she could
remember, Adryan was a werewolf when she first met him three years
ago, but the current situation was confusing her in many ways on how
this could be possible.
"It's a bit complicatedâ he says. "Maybe I'll tell you some other time,
when you're not trying to run away from me."
He opens his eyes to find emerald green eyes staring back at him. Both
of their heads still leaned against each other.
He moves away her flyaway hairs, his actions causing her breath to
stutter as she felt the tingles on her body. Jade closes her eyes at his
soft touch.
Adryan moves back to look at her face, his eyes drinking in her features
and being caught up in her beauty. He trails a finger on her lips.
"Adryan?" Jade call out.
"Hmm" Adryan hmm's back in response, he felt himself inhale in her
sweet and addictive scent.
"Could you please put on some pants. You're um...You're naked" Jade
whispers the last words, her cheeks turning red toward the end.
Her words immediately capture his attention.
âShitâ he thought. He was butt naked, his huge frame almost pressed
against her short one.
"You better hide your goods, manâ Vince's voice chimes inside his head.
"Now is not the time Vince" Adryan barely grits out, half embarrassed
himself.
Adryan could feel himself turn a bit red. Just as he was about to move
away, the door to the room twists open.
"Adryan, I need-" came a voice only to stop halfway through when they
take in the scene before them.
Adeena felt slight anger and jealousy spread through her at the scene
taking place in front of her eyes. Seeing Adryan and Jade so close to
each other, literally pressed up against each other made her blood boil
with rage but icing on the cake was that Adryan was butt naked.
Before Adeena could stare at his exposed self even more, Adryan had
moved and placed Jade in front him so that now she was covering him,
well not all of him since he was taller and bigger than her physically,
but her position covered the parts which he wanted to cover from any
prying eyes.
"Did you need anything Adeena?" Adryan questions.
Adeena doesn't reply to his words but her eyes move from Jade's to
Adryan, back and forth for a few moments.
Jade still looked like a deer caught in headlights, with her eyes turning
to the size of soccer balls as she realizes the awkward but
compromising situation Adeena had found her and Adryan in.
"What is happening here?" Adeena asks with her eyes narrowed.