~~~Gai~~
Ruby was indeed wrong! The time of my exposure was just around, lurking waiting on my relaxed moment to strip me down. I had been especially stressed after the attack, some odd feeling kept coming up. I had my thoughts, maybe it was because of the vision I saw which was now quiet, or I was still pretty shaken up by Phoenix's death but never did I guess or correctly.
It just had been five days after getting back, the rumors of "the one bearing the mark" has indeed died down like Ruby said it would. Now stories are being told with a different kind of enthusiasm, something poetic I would say. They all now believe that I died from the great fall although other's very curious ones still questions about me cause the wild hunt for me was still on everywhere. Arctos Kiba was a man seeking only peace and a fruitful life for his people, I guess because of that he decided to stay at bay the idea of seeking for me or it was easier to accept I was non-existent rather than invisible to the eyes of the world.
With less weight but greater fear, I was living amongst them. Now my story is currently
'she's not a changing wolf'
and that would result to the weakening of the pack. I will be like an extra weight for every single member to carry, so everyone was trying to do his part. The process of changing into a wolf happens in the teen age, technically there was still some time left for me but speculations were maybe I lack the wolf spirit or it's not strong enough. Potions had been handed to Ruby to help me strengthen put physically and techniques had been proposed to help me strengthen spiritually. I obviously didn't take the potion because the wolf gene in my creation; given from my mom was overly dominated by to the Rayleigh deity gene. So it may be I had a stronger connection with the wolves, I could feel them inside me just like I could feel my own blood flow through my veins but for the techniques usually included breathing exercises and lots of meditation. Yesterday I managed to take one of the half hour in meditation without knowing, it felt like I just took a very short nap and woke up with sweat beats all over my face and arms. I left exceptionally strong—strong enough to flip over a bus filled with obeist individuals. I went out of bed this morning partially feeling dozed of emotions, tiredness and wanting to be alone. That will only be a dream for me. I took a quick shower since I knew my routine quiet well, Hunter's now taken a few days off letting Jake mentor me since he kept volunteering while Hunter supervises.
A lot more volunteers came by but Ruby was a bit scared so she turned them down. I understand her concerns. I put myself down in a tank top, let my hair down and tucked the end inside the shirt; I wouldn't want to train in a high neck shirt again or having to wear a scarf plus I had been really careful during those routines.
Thinking of the mark I haven't taken even a second glance at it since after I knew everything. After I have all dressed in my room, I took a mirror that I traded with a special rock I had found in the market, I turned my back to the mirror in my room pull the hair out of the way and raise the oval size mirror up to my face. The mark was really astonishing, I feast at it. Ruby had told me it was a triskelion, meant a lot to the world ones. I sighed deeply shaking my head, I placed the mirror down and tuck my hair back in and left to the training grounds.
I was originally having a training session with Hunter but after I reached there I saw Jake waiting. Hunter was taking the day for some personal thing, apparently it was the day my birth mother died consequently my birthday too and I was in no less than a bad mood instantly.
"Let's get started" Jake instructed
So it was not a good idea to spar with me and down was Jake on his back again with a painful groan.
"You seem even more angry today," he said with a strain getting up dusting himself.
"I'm not." I lied breathing heavily
"And you shouldn't be, it's your birthday after all" he pointed out after getting on his feet getting dried leaves out of his hair.
"What?" I inquired timidly not really knowing when I said it. I was staggered that he knew my birthday or maybe someone told him but why would anyone tell him about my birthday of all sorts of things to gossip about.
"You do know it's your birthday right?"
"Yeah, yeah! I was just, how did you know?" I asked a little bit surprised, he tread closer to me with one of my hand palming my forehead and the other on my waist.
"I know quiet a few things about you," he remarked in a low tone, I haven't had a thing in quite a while to make my heart skip a bit in a horrifically good way until now. My mouth became dry of expressions and my face I was sure it was frozen in a grimace. Jake on the other hand had a smile, a flirtatious smile that I had never witnessed. I had seen girls flirt with him several times but I'm not sure if I had ever focused on his reactions before, but now I see it including the glint I first saw in his eyes the day he decided to show himself to me. His hand reach for the side of my face pushing a loose hair lock behind my ear, his hand slowly reaching down to the length of my neck and turning to the nape of my neck cupping it. He was as close as our nose could touch and his brisk hot breath was just mixing down with the cold air I take rapidly down my lungs.
I knew what was coming next as much as I could see the desire in his eyes and how hard he was trying to fight ripping my clothes off, some part of me was longing too like it had been there for a while that warmth for him in my heart
Was I really crushing on him like everyone else did?
But the other part being more cautious remembered the that I have to heed to Ruby's warning, I could let this happen and risk getting exposed putting myself in danger and moreover Jake in more danger. It was good that this part was bigger and push my unnecessary need for attention on the worst day of my life. So before his lips could caught up to mine my hands that have been loose by my side unable to move for seconds came up quickly putting a pause to him. As soon as our skin came in contact the storming cloud of ecstasy in his eyes faded and it was like I snapped him out of a trance. Quickly recognizing the situation he pulled back, his cheeks turning intensively red just as mine would be that instant too.
His racing chest was still at it, he take two more steps back muttering—"Alright"— which I heard as loud as he could scream it in a really confused and painful tone. Maybe he wasn't expecting that kind of a reaction from me, I couldn't help it either. He brushed his fingers into his hair all in trying to steady himself, get back his lost control.
"I'm sorry..." he started but I cut him short by surprising throwing myself at him, wrapping my hand around his bare back and resting my head on his chest letting the wild beating of his heart sink in my ears.
"Thank you Jake Wyatt" I said, I felt his form relax underneath me before he reach his hand to hug me back releasing a really heavy sigh resting his head on my shoulder, instantly I noticed his heart rate beat to normal. I pull out the pendant my dad left me and ball it in my fist sighing heavily before I bring it back around him
"I wish you both be here with me"
That was was a moment I could have froze for a really long time.