A sudden crash noise from downstairs manages to wake Jade from her
sleep immediately. Turning to her right, she finds Adonis sleeping
beside her peacefully. Last she checked, before she went to sleep,
Adryan was still in the pack house working, so the sudden noise made
Jade alert.
âLet's go and check it out ourselves,â Kira's voice sounds inside her
head, making Jade jump in shock.
Placing a hand on her chest above her fast thumping heart, "God, you
scared me Kira.â to which Kira just wags her tail side to side, urging
Jade to go downstairs and check what made the noise.
Skeptically Jade decides to do so, just as she was about to open the
door to her room, she spots something from her peripheral vision, the
light glinting off of its metal body. Turning, she finds a metal baseball
bat resting against the wall, her mind clouds with confusion on how it
managed to get into her room without her knowledge, but then she
vaguely remembered Violet placing it in her room, saying that it was for
âprotectionâ. At that time Jade had laughed and told her how she didn't
need a bat for protection when she was a werewolf, she could shift
whenever she wanted, but now it seemed to slightly ease her at the
thought of having something to use as a weapon if some intruder were
to attack her.
Picking up the metal baseball bat, she tip-toes out of her room, careful
not to make any noise, she masks her scent so that whatever was
present downstairs wouldn't feel her coming.
She holds the baseball bat with both hands, raised in the air so that if
something decides to lunge or jump at her suddenly, she could swing
at it right away, she was careful to be light on her footsteps, avoiding
the steps that might creek under her weight. As she reached the last of
them, she heads towards the direction of the kitchen, she felt
something was urging her towards that particular direction
As she entered the kitchen, her eyes skimmed over it, at first glance she
didn't notice anything different, everything was in its normal place, she
entered further into the kitchen, walking towards the kitchen island, a
crunching noise was heard when she stepped on something, she
crouches to get a closer look, pieces of glass spread around where she
stood, gleaming like diamonds. It seemed like the flower vase that was
placed on the island somehow landed on the floor, smashing into
pieces spilling water and the flowers it contained, which now totally
destroyed as a few of them laid in a deformed way like someone had
stormed all over it.
She decides to take care of the mess, careful not to hurt herself as she
picks up the glass pieces one by one, as she was doing so, she suddenly
hears the crunching of glasses as if someone was stepping on them,
which causes her to halt in her actions immediately, slowly her head
lifts, her eyes raising and meeting a pair of blood-red ones. She lets out
a gasp in shock as she immediately discards the glass pieces she was
holding and stands up, scrambling back in fright.
Furthermore, she backs up until her back comes in contact with a wall,
she watched with wide eyes as the figure stepped forward, causing her
breath to hitch as the figure stepped into the part where a small streak
of light streamed in through the window on the opposite wall, but it
was enough for her to recognize the huge figure. Before the darkness
did a good job in concealing his midnight black fur, but now as he
stood so close to her, she was partly relieved. Her eyes took in his
frame, that was towering over her, his canines protruding out over his
lips in a terrifying way, showing off the sharpness of it.
She doesn't know what compelled her to do what she did next, Jade
reached her hand forward, placing it on his cheek . Her hands coming
in contact with his soft fur. It was quite awkward since she had to
extend her hand upwards as Adryan's Lycan form towered over her just
like he did in his human form since he was standing on his legs, not the
way a dog or a werewolf normally does. Lycans especially had the
ability to walk like humans, his soft breaths hitting her hair.
He closes his eyes instantly as the spark spreads throughout both of
their bodies upon the contact.
"Adryanâ she calls him, her voice soft. Upon this, he immediately opens
his eyes, blood-red eyes staring at her.
"Not Adryan." he speaks up, his voice way deep and guttural than
Adryan's was, startling Jade, causing her eyes to widen a fraction. His
deep voice sent shivers down her spine. Pointing a finger to his chest,
he continues, "Vince".
Jade's eyes light up at his words, she understood his words perfectly.
"Vince" she says, watching in bewilderment as a guttural noise of
pleasure releases from his lips. He had wanted her to say his Lycan's
name.
Suddenly she heard the noise of bone cracking and she watches in awe
as Adryan's Lycan side transforms into his human form, his fur side
changing to his skin. She cringed at the sound of cracking and popping
of bones.
Adryan groans in pain as soon as he transforms, his hands finding the
wall to support his body as he panted, his action had led him to cage in
Jade's body, her back pressed against the wall. Vincent was a stubborn
motherfucker. He gave Adryan a hard time during his transformation,
Only a selected people knew this wasn't something he wanted
everyone to know, since it wasn't common for Alphaâs to have trouble
controlling their shifts. He didn't want anyone in the pack thinking this
as a weakness of his and get any stupid ideas
"What happened?â her question made him look at her.
"I-1, 1 have trouble controlling my Lycan side.â he says with great
difficulty, he wasn't used to opening up to people or telling them about
his trouble, but somehow saying it out loud to Jade lifted some kind of
weight off of him.
"Why?" he inhaled in a sharp breath at her question. He knew why
Vince was giving him a hard time, it was something his lycan side gave
him hell for.
"He was against how I treated you when we first met" his eyes evading
hers, which he knew were staring at him.
Before she could reply to his words, the opening of the front door was
heard, which made Adryan straighten. Adryan rushes to where his
clothes lay discarded, putting on his sweatpants quickly, he hurries out
of the kitchen to check.
"Alpha" his beta and best friend, Brian, greets him as soon as he
reaches the living room. Brian's face grim.
"What is it?" Adryan asks detecting that something has happened for
Brian to just barge into his home, Brian knew well not to do so as
Adryan liked his privacy.
Jade comes out of the kitchen as well, standing behind a shirtless
Adryan.
Brian's eyes move towards Jade for a second before meeting Adryan's.
"Say it" Adryan's voice impatient, he didn't care if Jade heard whatever
Brian had to say.
Brian makes him wait for a second before opening his mouth again to
reply.
"We found a dead body outside the pack territoryâ Brian's words make
a muscle to tick on Adryan's jaw, Jade gasps lightly as she hears this.