Emma Grey Was there anything I could do to appease this suffocating air? My throat went dry with how much of the poisonous air I unconsciously inhaled, all reek with grilling black smoke that had begun to obscure my sight. And even my eyes had watered, having it stinging my pupils as I blinked it repetitively. Another cough left my throat as whisked of smoke filling my system, infusing my lungs even more. It was getting even more strenuous to breathe in the air giving the thick smoke surrounding us now. My hand flew to cover my nose, attempting to ward off the smoke that had scrambled into my senses. Seeing the flames ablaze a couple of feet away from where we were had my mind spiral with restlessness. We had to escape from this place, fast. I could already feel the heat of the raging fire from where I stood, I couldn't imagine how it was for him. With them being closer to where it had mostly spreaded, the fire must've roasted them greatly. If the heavy pants on both men in fr
Nathan Black “Nathan! Watch out!” Emma's reverberating voice echoed through the forest, alarmingly filled with terror as my eyes met those distasteful features. One I had hoped to never again cross paths with. What the fuck was Xena doing here? My teeth gritted, tightening my jaw to the unrequested guest while both of my hands had roughly pinned Sir Joshue to the ground. Shit, what should I do? She clearly had prepared to pounce over in our direction. With my hand being full, forbidding him from attempting any other charges towards me had made my back open for other attacks to slip by. Of course, by her. The growl underneath me was clear as daylight, snickering to the situation I was in. I huffed a loud breath frustratingly, knowing the limitation of choices I was given as of now. I had to be more cautious than I had been before. With the additional wounds from the brawl, and the gashes on my back that had unceremoniously gotten even larger now, another attack from her wo
Emma Grey "I said let me go, you insolent child!" The gripped I had around her tightened, unconsciously making her writhing in pain from the pressure I had put against her wounded back. Pretty sure now she knew how it felt to receive those scarly hits. It wasn't fun when you were on the receiving end, wasn't it? Her nails were gripping and pushing on my shoulder, stinging my skin that even the cotton fabric couldn't shield me from her rough touch. But, I could take it, considering how used I was, immune if I were to exaggerate to her harsh demeanor. Truth to be told, my attention had actually been on her since I had landed on the ground, along with mom. All the time, though my hands were full, snaking itself around the perpetor, my eyes hadn't once left Elena. Recalling the way she had played around my back for how many years, no one would have guessed what she could've done to me this time around. However, what seemed to be very odd in this whole situation was definitely her.
Nathan BlackWhere was she?My legs time by time padded to a slower pace as it brought me to the all familiar places, one where I had left her in the hand of that worthless creature. What was I thinking when I knew what Xena had done to her, and how abusive she could be when it comes to her?I could never discard the memory that had awfully planted itself in my mind, as if I was experiencing it all over again the night we ambushed through her house.Starting from the scent of blood freshly reek itself even while we were still outside of the house, to the moment I busted into her room, only to witness her life almost slipping away from her body. I felt my throat swell just by the very thought of it, that it could easily happened again if I were to be stupidly careless.Can’t these legs swing faster, for god sake. It felt as though the world had moved slower than it had actually been, with my mind often directed to her being. The area that once seemed eerie had morphed into a much gri
Emma Grey "Emma! Move!"My head tilted to the now falling branch just a mere feet away from me, as I felt my feet frozen to the ground.I should've moved, I certainly know that. And yet not an ounce of power surged through me to push myself to escape.It was as if my surroundings suddenly went blurred, everything had been in slow motion that I did nothing but stare at the fallen object.Was it the smoke? Had I inhaled too much of it for my body to coincidentally feel numb? Or was it because of my shifting? That I hadn't used to its transformation that my vision went unfocused.Either way, one of it must've been the reason for the overwhelming throb in my head, so painful that my skull surely had shaken. My throat felt like it was burning that all I could produce was a stifled whine.And damn it! Why was it so loud out here? Where did those ringings come from?Long before I knew it, my body had violently fallen to the ground, though the numbness had protected me from any kind of pain
Nathan BlackShe's in a slumber again.It must be extremely exhausting to shift for the first time, as it took a high focusing level to do that. And with a lot of training.It reminded me of when Ethan had first turned into a wolf, all excited that he was happily jumping around me and mother.Though when he shifted into his human form, he immediately fell to the ground. He couldn't move a single limb, similar to her, that he had started crying. Not stopping until mom had her fingers slipped through his hair, patting him into sleep.My hand softly ran through her hair, lulling her to her contentment. It was all thanks to my mother that I could calm her down from her anxiousness.A sigh left my lips as I took in her features, so peaceful that I wished she hadn't had to go through all those painful stages of her life.As much as relieved sipped through me seeing her peace and well, the fatigue that I never realized piling inside my body finally came out. Slowly moving my hand away from
Emma Grey"Why did you run like that the other night? Do you know how worried I was?!" I could tell from the face she was making, by the way her brows furrowed, lips frowned and her eyes worried. That she was indeed in rage with me, though with a hint of concern she didn't even try to conceal."I know, I know. And I'm sorry." I repeated for the umpteenth times though it seemed Lina still hadn't been satisfied with it. Maybe she could see how unregrettable I was to my actions.Truthfully, it isn't that I didn't feel a bit guilty for how distressed she must have felt whilst I was in the woods. I would be too if I was her.But, if I hadn't done that, things would surely be even more complicated than ever.I couldn't just stay still, seeing her and the others as though tormented by his pheromones when my condition was more than fine.Though, I must admit. I honestly didn't anticipate the part where I clawed Sir Joshue in the face and was brought into the forest by him. Shivers ran throu
Nathan Black"I'll be back in a minute!" Before I could reply to him, Ethan had already moved his feets towards one of the tents nearby, uncaring if I had heard him hollered the words.Albeit, instead of wondering where he was off to, my head whirled on the things we had discussed momentarily. How could Sir Joshue be missing? And adding to the fact that they had only found Xena, awfully injured from the fire, and not a sight of him.I bit my inner cheek, jaw unintendedly clenched, as I mulled over the condition I left him that night.I was beyond certain that I pushed him to the fire long before Xena had arrived. Thus, logically, wouldn't his body supposed to at least be as grievely as Xena was? Too horrible that they couldn't even be sure that she would survive, even till today.I walked further, nearing the forest as I spotted Allan, Thomas and some others already waiting for us. Just then, I picked up the footsteps striding behind me when an arm sled around my shoulder.I didn't