Jade woke up feeling strange, she didn't know why but something was
drawing her towards the outside that particular day. So she didn't find
it surprising when after finishing her chores for the morning and
leaving Adonis at the daycare center, she ventured out on her own to
explore the pack territory, but she didn't know where she was going, it
felt as if her legs had a mind of their own as they carried her past the
packhouse, which was alive during that time of the day. She could see
men leaving for the border patrol, mothers fussed after their energetic
toddlers, teenagers leaving for school, and some of the pack members
even called out to greet her, to which she greeted back with a smile on
her face.
It was a chilly kind of day, the wind kissed her bare arms, making her
hair fly softly in the wind. She walked past houses that belonged to the
pack members, not everyone in the pack stayed in the packhouse, some
liked their privacy and decided to move into a house after finding their
mates and starting a family of their own. As she continued walking, she
came across the training grounds, where the morning training session
for the pack warriors was still going on in full swing. Some of them
were fighting in their wolf form, while others were in their human form
doing combat, most of the men were shirtless with sweat dripping
down their bodies while the females were in their sports bras and
shorts. Some wolves had stopped training, acknowledging their Luna's
presence by bowing their head in respect which made Jade turn red
with the attention, even though she wasn't officially declared one,
almost everyone in the pack seemed to know who she was to their
Alpha.
She didn't notice when she had stopped walking, but her green eyes
seemed to roam around the large open area, looking for something or
someone in particular. It seemed like she didn't have to look for long as
the person she was unconsciously searching for, stood at the front
training with his beta, and he was shirtless with a light sheen of sweat
coating his muscular body, and sweatpants hanging dangerously low
on his hips showing off his impressive v-line. Lastly, when her eyes
moved up towards his face, her own eyes widened a bit in surprise to
find his ocean blue eyes already staring back at her with amusement
glinting in them. Jade's cheeks reddened in embarrassment knowing
that he had caught her ogling him shirtless. She ducked her head with
her long hair curtaining her face in hopes that he wouldn't be able to
see her embarrassment at getting caught.
Jade realized that it would be better to continue on her journey to the
unknown place and continued walking, she was almost out of the place
when she felt his presence behind her before he even chose to speak
up.
"Where are you going?" his deep voice sounded from behind her,
causing her to stop in her tracks and turn around to face him. The scent
of vanilla hit her in the face like a ton of bricks which she unconsciously
seemed to inhale greedily.
The other thing that distracted her was his shirtless upper half, she had
a tough time not glancing at his eight pack that was glistening with
sweat or the light peppering of hair that disappeared inside his pants.
With great difficulty on her part, she met his eyes which still seemed
amused at her actions.
"I just wanted to check out the clearingâ the lie just tumbles out, it
startles her for a moment how easily she lied to him when usually she
had a bad time lying to Adryan.
Adryan looks into her eyes, moving back and forth, and when he comes
to the conclusion that she isn't lying he replies while nodding his head.
When Jade turns to continue on her journey, a firm grip on her arms
stops her, tingles crackling between them like fireworks in the sky,
"Okay, but stay alert we have had more rogue sightings this past month
than ever."
She nods her head at his words but is left shocked the next second
when she feels his lips pecking her forehead, her eyes widening at his
affection. She thought she might be dreaming but that thought quickly
diminishes when she hears hooting and laughter coming from the
direction of warriors that were training. Jade takes a peek over Adryan's
shoulder to see that all of them were staring in their direction, her eyes
catch that of Brian's who just gives her a thumbs up with a smile on his
face, her cheeks reddening at all the attention.
Her eyes meet Adryan's amused ones for a moment before she turns
away, willing her legs to walk faster. A smile forms on her lips, when she
hears him chuckling at her actions.