I turned to the door as Hades stepped out visibly annoyed. I don't know why I was angry or who I was actually angry at. You know you're angry at the idea that Hades has a soulmate. Something deep within told me. Ughhhhh.
Sighing, I turned facing the window. Actually, my mind is right, I got really jealous of the girl that would get to be with Hades at the end of the day. I think I might like Hades. Shuddering, I shook that thought away.
Tired of waiting for Jeanine to come, I decided to go for a stretch alone. I'm all alone and I would be all alone even more if my dream comes to pass, I might as well get used to it. Opening the door, I didn't see anyone to direct me so I just followed my gut and went in the direction of the stair hall. Stepping out from the hospital, I got the much needed breeze I craved for away from the medications and antiseptic smell. I decided to walk around the mini park right infront of the hospital. I think it was built with the hospital because I saw little children in their hospital gowns playing. Every now and then, I saw a patient in a wheelchair or a patient with their drip stand being helped around with their family. Shrugging off how I felt inside, I decided to take a look at the flowers in the garden. I must have been so caught up with my lonely tour that I collided with a wall....or not. I looked up at the "wall".
"You again? " He exclaimed.
"Me again what?" I asked, mocking him.
"How are you alive?" I exclaimed just realizing that someone getting stabbed doesn't just walk around looking very fit and dandy, hell, I wasn't stabbed but I still got hospitalised.
"Little girl, don't tell me you don't know" He replied.
"Tell you I don't know what? " I asked, completely confused.
"Werewolf. Ring any bells?" He waved his hands at me like he was a zombie. Proceeding to raise up his shirt, to check for his knife wound, I asked "Are you okay?"
"Little girl, I'm a werewolf, thanks to you removing the silver knife, I healed up very quickly. Looking up at him, I finally realized what he had been insinuating since. Werewolf powers. "I'm good as new" he said turning around for me like we were in a fashion show.
"Ughhhh, stop it" I told him willing my head to stop spinning. Turning away from him, I decided to continue my flower tour.
"Where are you off to?" He asked, skipping in step beside me.
"How is that any of your business? " I asked him in return.
"Ouch, can't I inquire the whereabouts of my best friend? " He laid his hand on his chest feigning pain.
"Baby boy, we're not even friends " I told him, facing him.
"Oh but we are now " He smiled confidently.
"You've even given me a cute nickname " He said grinning with his very sparkly white teeth. It must a be a werewolf thing, they're all very pretty. At least the ones I've come across.I couldn't help but grin back him. He's so persuasive.
"It wasn't intended to be cute" I replied him. "Anyway, its nice to meet you again and properly thank you for saving my life" He said, messing up his brown hair. He looked like a cute puppy with his brown hair and glasses."Ouhh, you're welcome but I didn't do much" I replied him.
"You do know that werewolves die from silver right?" He asked.
"I could've died that day. When I just got accepted into this pack. You saved my life and I'm very grateful for that"
"I promise you I would repay you one way or the other even if its giving my life up for you" He suddenly turned serious.
Woah, when did this turn between life and death.
"I didn't quite catch your name" I spoke up after seconds passed.
"Its Lucas" he replied.
"Lucas, I don't need anyone dying for me. Staying out of trouble and keeping yourself alive is enough reward for me" I told him. His face was showing me something otherwise but he nodded anyway. "What's this about you joining the pack recently? " I asked him, wanting to change the subject from death and what not.
"Yeah, my pack, The Puritymoon pack was destroyed by those rogues. Everyone was brutally murdered except 5 of us that managed to escape. And that was because we went out of town for a party. We were at the edge of the territory when we spotted them and we ran off like cowards" He finished his story, bowing his head in shame. Way to go Jade, way to go. You just had to ask him about the most painful moment in his life.
"Lucas, don't call yourself a coward. I know there's a kind of bravery attached with people fighting and dying for what they believe in but what if you didn't die, what if you live to see the changes you fight for implemented? That is called living to fight for another day Lucas" I finished. "You left because of the situation at that time. I'm guessing there's nothing you could've done to help or fight".
"You left and came to Hades pack to strategize. You left to think about their weak points so you can finally defeat them next time you meet" I turned, facing him."Don't beat yourself up" I said.
"Crystalmoon pack " Lucas said after minutes passed by.
"Hmmmm?" I asked, confused about what he was saying.
"The name of this pack is The Crystalmoon pack" He repeated.
"Ohhhh, I guess I still have lots to learn about the werewolf world " I said sheepishly. After I faced him, I asked "Are you alright?"
"Of course " he smiled tightly at me.
"You're definitely my best friend " He said, still grinning.
I grinned back up at him.
Lucas showed me around the mini hospital park. My stomach grumbled all of a sudden and I looked up at Lucas. "Let's go back to the hospital Little girl" he said.
"Nah, I'm tired of that place. And my name's Jade, not little girl. Is there a mall or something I can eat at?" I pulled my hospital gown closer to my body
"Okay, we can go to the pack house, you can also change your clothes there" he said.
"Packhouse?" I asked him.
"The packhouse is a big building where most werewolves especially teenagers live. The Alpha, Beta and Gamma have offices at the pack house" He explained.
"So where do the older people live?"
"In their houses, obviously " He replied.
"Ohhhhhh" Everything about the werewolves is so fascinating.
"And here we are my little lady" he mock bowed.
I frowned at him for calling me little again. I looked up at the building, no, it's a mansion, my mouth opened in shock.
"You guys live here?" I ask in excitement. Lucas nodded.
"Its really beautiful " I looked at the house in awe."Okay, let's get you fed" Lucas spoke up when my stomach growled again. Thinking about it, I've not eaten in like a day. I happily skipped up the stairs following Lucas inside the mansion. The interior was fabulous. Maximum space with simple but classy furniture design were arranged perfectly. With all I saw, I concluded the house was a modern contemporary design. I followed Lucas into the kitchen and sat on one of the long stools by the kitchen island. Lucas quickly made sandwiches for us.
He of course quite literally wolfed down his own share of sandwiches.
He was about to take out of my share when I smacked his hand away.
That was probably wrong of me because he started tickling me and I was laughing or rather shrieking like a banshee.
"My goddess, are you a banshee?" Lucas laughed at me covering his ears. My squealing was apparently too loud for his ears. I continued laughing at him. We must've been too loud because all of a sudden, our playing around was cut short with a loud growl. I gasped, looking at the person in question.
Hades? Why was he angry? He looked like he could kill, quite literally which was really scary as I've never seen him that way before.
His fascinating green and blue eyes were shifting to red and switching back to green and blue. My breath hitched in my throat and I automatically chose the flight response. Standing up to go wherever so far it was away from Hades, Lucas held my arm to stay put. And Hades growled menacingly again. This time, his eyes switched to red and remained that way. He was already stalking towards us when someone held back his arm, calling his name, thereby snapping him out of whatever trance held him. His beautiful eyes swirled back to their original colours. He gave us one last look and stalked out.
Okay so it's my turn to deal with this. How did Hades manage to stay sane after I snapped at him several times. "Are you guys okay? " The person who stopped Hades asked us. "Yes, we're fine Jeanine. When did you get here? I had been waiting at the hospital " I asked Jeanine. "I got here pretty early today, I decided to let Hades know about somethings?" She said vaguely. I looked at her suspiciously. Come to think of it, Jeanine and Hades have been pretty close, what if they were mates?
Jeanine ditched saying she had something to take care of the other day. Jeanine talking to Hades at school in between classes. I even saw him hugging her when she was so upset recently and now she was the one that stopped him from attacking us. These thoughts saddened me so much that I sat down in shock due to painful constrictions in my chest. "Are you okay Jade, what's wrong?" Lucas asked.
I wasn't in the mood so I didn't notice he called me by my name. "I'm fine" I said.
Tears pooled and fell from my eyes surprisingly."You're definitely not alright" Lucas said.
"Don't worry, The Alpha wouldn't kill us" Jeanine came to hug me. Hugging her back, I cried because I couldn't bring myself to hate her even if she was Hades' mate and I hated it. I definitely like Hades, I've been deceiving myself all this while. Deciding to hide my feelings no matter what, I cleaned my tears and smiled at Jeanine, happy that she was finally around.