Now that she got her powers back, Sabrina knew she has to be extra careful in using it. Anything she does must be within Dashen's house so that it doesn't alert the council of elders. They can detect any sudden power surge but in Dashen's house, with a powerful dragon like Dashen around, they probably would not trace the origins of the power surges in his house.
This was probably the reason why Xin Yi's early ascension to dragon powers went undetected. Dashen didn't even detect it, which Sabrina finds strange. He is usually quite sharp and intuitive. Nevertheless, she will try to get Meera to go visit her at her living quarters so that she could discreetly heal Meera there. The problem is, Meera has been keeping herself busy. She and Dashen went off again to another cruise. The children were ecstatic that their parents aren't around because it meant they are again stuck with Aunt Sabrina who will let them get away with almost anything. Including turning her whole living quarters into snow land. Just because Xin Yi watched that cartoon about some princess with hands that shoots ice far too many times.
"Do you wanna build a snowman?" Xin Yi sang as she twirl around, making ice and snow fall from the ceiling of Sabrina's living room. Zi An was squealing and running around, rubbing his hands. The children are still wearing thin cotton clothes meant for the tropical weather.
"Xin Yi, make yourself some winter clothes, you will catch a cold at this rate," she told the little girl, she herself shivering slightly.
"Okay Aunty Sabrina," the girl said and soon, both she and her brother are dressed warmly to play in the snow that is fast filling up the living room. Some of it are already melting into wet slush on the floor.
"I can't believe I'm saying this, I'm going to my room to get warm now," she told the children. They are laughing and running around, ignoring her. She ran through the snow on her bare feet and made it to her room before her feet froze.
She closed the door firmly against the cold, shivering. She dried her feet and went to search for a jacket to wear. Even with the door closed, she could feel the cold emanating from the living room, seeping in through the gap under the door. She wrapped the jacket around her and then pulled on some thick socks. It's almost like winter in here.
Winter on a tropical island. That's a first. It's like hell freezing over. She can hear the children screaming and laughing outside. They are probably having a grand time. This is probably why dragon children only gets their powers after 12, when they are entering their teenage years and less likely to do things like turning the living room into a winter wonderland. Or maybe not. She remembered when she first got her powers. The first thing she did was to sneak into the human realm and behave like a normal human. Her parents had served at the sea jade palace so she grew up in the dragon realm and had never set foot in the human world where her mother was from. Her mother had gladly accepted immortality and followed her father down to the sea jade palace to work there. They've remained there for hundreds of years and have only recently retired when Sabrina started to serve Dashen.
Now, her parents are traveling through the realms in their 'retirement', visiting different shapeshifter realms and having a grand old time. They didn't even check in on her to see how she was doing. That's what dragon shapeshifters do. Once their children reaches 1,500 years old, the parents go off and their children are expected to fend for themselves either serving their clan elders or some other jobs available at the realm or in the human world.
Sabrina scrolled through her social media, stalking Kavan. At least he has not blocked her. He was also not posting much. He used to post daily. Usually about yoga pose of the day and why it is good for you. He has not posted in the few days since he asked for a time out. This gave her some hope. Maybe he is also affected by the time out he had imposed. She has not been able to sleep since coming back to Dashen's. All she could think about was Kavan. She had wanted to call him a few times but thought better of it. Kavan asked for a time out so she should give him the space he needed.
It has been four days. Surely, that was more than enough space for him to cool down?
She decided to call him anyway. The worse that could happen is that he may just hang up or cancel her call without picking up. It rang a few times before he picked up. It was only 2 o'clock but he sounded as if he just woke up. His voice sounded sleepy.
"Kavan…I'm calling to see if you've calmed down and maybe we can talk?" she said.
"Sab? Why are you calling me? I thought we broke up," he said.
"Who's that Kav darling?" she heard a woman's voice in the background. Sabrina spring up in surprise and anger. Before she could ask, Kavan told her that he has to go.
"Look, we have broken up, just don't call me okay?" he said and then he hang up. Just before he hang up, she could hear the woman giggling in the background. It sounded suspiciously like Tiff Chong.
What is that horny widow doing at Kavan's flat??? Was he sleeping with a woman in his flat? Why did that woman call him darling??? What was she giggling about? Most importantly, what did Kavan mean that they had broken up? He had asked for a time out. They most definitely did not break up.
She will not have it. She must go confront him. She doesn't care if he had asked for a timeout or space or whatever. She will not give him the space to fool around with other women. How dare he? How could he just jump into bed with another woman, that annoying Tiff Chong no less, just a few days after asking her for time out?
There will be hell to pay! She stormed out of her room, oblivious to the snow piling up like snow hills in her living room and the two children throwing snow balls at each other.
"Children, I'm going out for a while, I'll get Jani to look after you," she called out. She slammed the door shut and slide her feet into her stilettos outside without pausing. She went over to Dashen's quarters and called for Jani, their chief housekeeper. After telling Jani to prepare for the mess and freezing cold at her living room, she stormed out to get an e-haling ride. She had booked ahead as she was walking over to Dashen's quarters.
It took only 10 minutes to get to Kavan's flat. She stormed up to his unit and used her spare key to open the door. She sashayed in without even knocking, hoping she will not be walking into a scene she did not want to see. Except that the flat unit was empty. No one was home. She checked his room. Kavan was not there. His bed was made neatly. She checked her room, all her things are still there and her bed was untouched too. She checked the tiny bathroom and kitchen just to be sure. No one was there.
That was weird. He is usually back home in the afternoons before his evening yoga class. She left his flat and made her way to his studio. Maybe he is at his studio, which would explain the annoying giggling woman. But it didn't explain Kavan's sleepy voice. Why would he be sleeping in the studio? Unless…she remembered the last time she was in the studio with Kavan and the many different poses they did. Naked.
Swearing under her breath, she hoped Kavan was not doing any naked poses with that Tiff Chong.
"He better don't!" she muttered as she reached the studio. She noticed the lights are on inside. She pushed open the glass door and can clearly hear moaning sounds coming from inside.