Jade stood shocked as she was still taking in what just happened
moments before. Earlier she was pressed against a very naked Adryan
and now she stood in an awkward position in front of him, basically
shielding his naked body from Adeena who stood to the door of her
room with a questioning look plastered onto her face.
"We were just talkingâ Adryan immediately blurts out.
Jade wanted to face palm herself at his excuse, he could have at least
said something more believable.
Adeena looks at Adryan skeptically, "So you were talking to her while
being completely naked?" she tilts her head to the side in question.
Adryanâs lips part as he realized how stupid his excuse sounded. Even
though Jade stood in front of him, it didn't completely shield his body
from being exposed to Adeena. She could make out his muscles as he
tried hiding himself behind Jade, who was too small for him to
completely cover himself.
Adeena felt herself flush as she took in Adryan's exposed body. His
well-formed chiseled body was like a dream, it had been ages since she
had seen him like this. Adryan and Adeena met when they were eleven,
Adryan was a quiet child and never associated with other kids his age in
the pack, somehow Adeena managed to break down his barriers and
befriend him, She stood with him during the toughest time of his life,
Adryan was always protective over her, but not the way she wanted him
to be. Adryan just considered her as his friend, his best friend. Adeena
had a crush on him from a young age but never had the confidence to
confess it to him in fear of it ruining their friendship, she had hoped
that they would be mates, but that wish soon crumbled into pieces
when both of them turned eighteen and shifted for the first time, both
of their wolves not detecting each other as their mate.
She still hoped for some miracle but that never happened when she
found her mate in the form of a pack warrior from a pack situated in
Canada. She left when she was twenty and hadn't seen Adryan for the
duration of time that she was in Canada. Fast forwards six years later,
one tragic incident made her find her way back home.
Jealousy spread through out Adeenaâs system like a creeper climbing
the wall, she had hoped to win Adryan back but now she had realized
that it wouldn't be so easy when there was a literal barrier standing
between them. Her brown eyes switched to Jade's green doe like eyes
with hidden hatred.
"He shifted here and then you came in" Jade says.
"Yes you came in. Is there any reason why you rudely barged into her
room?" Adryan questions Adeena, from behind Jade. She didn't like the
way he asked her the question, it made her feel like the odd one out in
the room.
Adeena's eyebrows furrow in thought.
"Blaine wanted you to meet with him in the clinic as soon as possible.â
She tells him the real reason behind her sudden entry.
"Why? Couldn't it wait?â Adryan asks her with slight annoyance coating
his words, Adeena barging in unannounced had ruined the moment for
him, he was about to kiss Jade but it seemed like luck wasn't on his side
when he heard Adeena's next words.
"He said it was urgent. He found something interesting while testing
the blood samples of the dead rogues.â
"Fuck" Adryan curses under his breath harshly, causing Jade to wince at
his words.
"Turn Around" He says, confusing Adeena and Jade. Jade starts to turn
around but Adryan stops her by placing a hand on her shoulder.
"Not you. I meant Adeenaâ
"Why?" Adeena asks confused.
"Well for one, I'm naked and two, I don't want anyone other than my
mate seeing me naked." His words directed at Adeena but he was
looking at Jade while he said it, Adeena obviously noticed his stare,
causing her teeth to clench in silent anger.
Adeena turns back around, her front facing towards the door. She
heard the sound of a door shelf being opened.
"You keep your clothes in my room?â Adryan had walked towards the
shelf beside Jade's bed and taken out few clothes out of it so casually.
Adryan who was in the process of buttoning his jeans, turns back
towards Jade upon hearing her question. Jade's eyes immediately goes
towards his upper half of the body, which was still missing a shirt,
showing off his impressive set of abs. Her green eyes move up towards
his ocean blue eyes, which stare back at her with a knowing look, his
lips twitching at the sides, causing her to realize that he had caught her
staring. Jade's cheeks turn red, she looks away embarrassed, but not
before Adryan caught her blushing.
"Every single room in this house has at least a pair of my clothes in one
of the shelves or in the closetâ Adryan answers to Jade's question.
"Why?" Jade asks him curiously.
"I never knew where I would shift and wake upâ Jade only turns more
confused at words. Werewolves always had the control over when and
where they shifted so obviously Adryan's words confused her, but that
was when realization struck her, he wasn't a werewolf now, he was
a...Lycan. Which led her to believe that he hadn't yet learned to control
his Lycan side yet.
"Come on" Adryan suddenly speaks up causing Jade break away from
her trail of thoughts. Adryan's words pointed towards Adeena who
hasn't turned back around, but she does once she hears his words.
Adryan was now dressed in a pair of black jeans that showed off his
brawny legs, and a tight plain black t-shirt that fit snugly around his
bicep and chest area.
Adryan's next actions make Jade even more shocked that she stands
still like a statue when he moves towards her, and places a light
feathery like kiss on her cheeks, it felt so natural of him to do that and
he hadn't even given it a second thought until he had left the house
with Adeena by his side, who had oddly kept quiet and hadn't spoken
up even once, which was quite unlike her.
Adeena's eyes had almost lit up like two fire embers when she had
watched Adryan kiss Jade on the cheeks.
"Blaine" Adryan immediately says upon spotting the pack doctor in his
white doctors coat.
"Alpha" Blaine bows his head in respect, Adryan nodding his head back
in acknowledgement.
"Adeena here" Adryan says while side glancing a still quiet Adeena,
"told me that you had something important to tell me about the
rogues.â Adryan's voice turning heard when he spit the word rogueâ
out with venom lacing his tone.
"Yes. I had found something crucial.â Adeenaâs ears pique up at Blaine's
words. He hadn't told her what it was about yet, she had just been
asked to bring Adryan with her.
"What is it?" Adryans asks curiously.
Blaine's eyes moves towards Adeena for a second before moving back
to look at Adryan in silence. Adryan had immediately understood
Blaine's unspoken words. He wanted to share the information with
Adryan and Adryan only, and no one else. This meant that whatever
Blaine had found out, he wanted it to be a secret.
"Adeena, If you may.." Adryan says, Adeena instantly catches onto
Adryan's words, she had seen the look Adryan and Blaine shared. They
didnât want Adeena, or anyone else for the matter knowing about
whatever they were going to speak. Adeena leaves as both Adryan and
Blaine remain quiet, watching her leave.
"Now" Adryan turns back around to face Blaine, after he had watched
Adeena leave. "What was the important matter?â
"You might want to come see this" Blainey guides Adryan inside his
office, where he lifts up some test sample on a transparent glass slide.
Adryan stares at the glass slides in confusion. "What are these?" he
voices his confusion to Blaine.
"I decided to test the blood samples from some of the rogues, since we
all found their rabid nature a bit unusualâ Blaine says.
"But these don't look like blood" Adryan points towards the test slide.
"It might not look like it, but it actually is. In fact all of their blood
turned into a purple shade after they were killed."
"Your point?" Adryan tilts his head to the side.
"What's the most commonly used poison to kill a werewolf?" Adryan
stares at Blaine with skepticism.
"Wolfsbane..." Adryan trails off.
Blaine takes a container which seemed to look like it contained blood,
next he picked up a container which contained a purple liquid, it was
obviously wolfsbane. Blaine poured the little amount of wolfsbane
poison into the container which contained blood. Adryan watched in
astonishment as the red shade of blood immediately changed into a
purple shade.
"They contained wolfsbane in their system?" Adryan asks incredulously.
A small amount of wolfsbane wasn't going to kill an average werewolf,
it would only kill one if taken in big amount.
"You might be thinking how such small amount of wolfsbane was
capable of killing off an average wolf. You're right to think so, but there
is something else I wanted to show you." Blaine says and pushes
forward another transparent test slide, this one containing a blue liquid.
"What is this?" Adryan stares at the liquid in thought.
"This is the same thing as that" Blaine points towards the slide
containing the blood mixed with wolfsbane poison, "the thing is the
color of their blood changed over time and you know it even surprised
me. In fact it took me sometime to understand what was happening
here."
"That is?" Adryan asks.
"I found traces of something else mixed along with the wolfsbane
poison.â Blaine's blue eyes look at Adryan seriously.
"I found traces of vampire venom in their blood streamâ Blaine reveals
with a grave tone.
Adryan immediately reels back in shock as he heard that word,
'Vampire' there it was, something he had hoped he would never have to
face in his life. Vampire's were the creatures of the night, just like the
werewolves. In fact it was said that both the species had vicious
animosity towards each other, often causing clashes and war among
each other. This was before all the vampire's had started to go extinct
or in hiding, he didn't know what exactly happened, but these were all
the stories the ancestors had spoken about in the past.
"You don't think..it's..." Adryan trails off, not being able to finish his
sentence.
"I think he is back." Blaine completes Adryanâs words. "And he's already
causing chaos."