Shadows

A little help

We walked back to my room dazed and utterly confused. It wasn't like Aurora to get moody, in fact she didn't seem to ever get moody and I envied her for that. Her collective thinking and calm exterior made her amongst the best hunters of the royal family. There must have been something really up for her to be like that.

“Maybe you should talk to her about it?” Dante suggested, but I merely shook my head and gazed out of the window.

“If she wanted to talk about it then she would have. She was right though, I do need to look for that jewel... not that I have any clue as to where it is or even what it looks like” Dante reached over and rubbed his palm along my back, a gesture that's meant to assure the person that everything will be ok but instead it left me feeling more nervous and on edge, she was also right when she stated that now wasn't the time for romancing. I had to keep the hormones under wraps or the war will start before I have a chance of finding that jewel. Hell for all I knew it was probably closer than I thought. As I gazed out of the window at the vast forest that surrounded this place, I couldn't help but feel saddened by the fact it was now inhabited by bastards who wanted to destroy this family... my family. I could not allow that to happen. I would not let that happen … even if it were the last thing I do.

“You need to stop worrying” he whispered in my ear, each breath sent shivers along my skin

“It's hard not to when everything you've ever known is a lie... then when the truth finally comes out and things start looking up.. it all comes crashing down around me” wrapping his arms around my waist, he pulled me closer and kissed my neck tenderly “if you keep doing that you'll be in trouble”

“I like the sound of that” he mused as he trailed kisses along my neck, I grabbed his hands that were around my waist, pulled them apart and stood up before making my way over to the bathroom

“I'm going to run the water... a bath is the only thing that'll soothe these worries I think” I winked at him before I walked into the bathroom. With the door closed I gave an almighty sigh, it was hard to shrug away from him, everything drew me to him, we were becoming as inseparable as the twins were. Rolling my shoulders I walked over to the bath and began to run the water, and added some bubble bath too, Jane always said that was always the key to relaxing if you were stressed or worried.

Soon the room smelled like peaches and I smiled, simple things like these would become less common as this war neared, and it was the little things that mattered the most to me now. Little things like expressions, laughter, smiles, smells... stuff like that. I striped free of my clothes and plunged my cold body into the bubbling brew, every nerve in my body screamed with pleasure as the water caressed me. I didn't even know how cold I actually was till that moment.

“Vicki?”

“Yeah?”

“Is it ok if I come in? I thought id use the shower since you're in the bath an all..”

“Can't you use another one?Or at least wait? I would like some quiet if that's ok?” truth was, I didn't want him coming in here, I wouldn't be able to control myself if I saw him naked. Now wasn't the time to get distracted.

“Nope. Your grandfather doesn't like me remember? So I think it's safe to say I won't be wandering the grounds any time soon” the sarcasm that rolled off his tongue annoyed me bitterly.

“Fine” I sighed, I was about to roll my eyes when he walked in completely naked, I had a feeling he may pull a stunt like that,Inhaling sharply I quickly averted my gaze before I turned completely scarlet.

'like what you see?' his voice echoed in my head, I didn’t give him the courtesy of a reply but grabbed the curtain surrounding the bath and drew it shut. The next thing I heard was a very deep throated laugh coming from the other side of the room followed by the thrashing of water.