Kasadya (Hellhound Awakened) (8 page)

Now standing behind her I looked at her, confused over the empty space in front of her. I grabbed her by the shoulders, digging in my nails, and using my wings I lifted up and flipped over her. Taking her from a bent down position to her feet, I threw her over me. She flew through the air and landed on the ground with a force, she skidded all the way to someone’s feet, and then stopped dead.

But I learned lesson two today, never turn your back on your opponent. So I walked over to her, bent down and picked up her head, looking her in the eye. I had my fist ready on the other arm, just in case she did a “pop goes the weasel” move on me. Yip, she was really lights out, not even a stir. But still I stood up and just looked at her, my sight catching the pair of feet of the person she skidded to. I looked up and found Seth looking at me with a huge smile.

“Well done Kas,” he said, and Nanini started jumping up and down next to him
.

“You so kicked her hairy butt!” she yelled, delighted at the whole thing. Smiling, I looked down at Nina who now lay in her normal form, her
Custos
came to stand next to me. Without a word he picked her up and walked off. I kept my eyes on them and then turned to Chax, who was smiling at me. Proud of me perhaps? Yeah, a girl can dream.

“Come, your next opponent waits,” he demanded, and walked by me. I followed him with my eyes as he went to stand next to Seth, who was also still smiling at me. Then my brain kicked in again. Oh hell no, not Nanini. There is no way in hell I’m hurting her like that
.

“No,” I said, shaking my head and turning around, changing back to normal
.

“Is there a problem, Kasadya?” Chax asked after me.

“Yes, there is no way in hell I’m hurting her like that, so no,” I replied, turning around to face him.

“Kas, I promise you that Nanini would be able to handle a sparring with you,” Seth said, still smiling.

“I said no, pick someone else.”

“There is no one else, Kasadya, now stop wasting time and fall in,” Chax commanded, his pissed off face back on.

“No,” I said again, making a stand against him and Seth on this one.

“It’s okay, Kas. I can handle it,” Nanini reassured me, jumping on the spot. I just looked at her. She was so small and petite, no way in hell I could do it. I turned around to walk away from this.

“Remember what I said; if you can’t survive here, you die out there. Will you leave Nanini to such a fate?” Chax asked, and had me stopping on the spot. “If she can’t handle you here, she will die out there,” he went on, and at that I turned around and looked at them, my heart torn. I know she needs the experience, but how can I hurt her?

“This will be good for her,” Seth said, his smile gone and replaced by sympathy. Drawing in a breath, I walked back to them, my head held down.

“Fine, I’ll spar but no rough stuff; the others can hurt her but I won’t.”

So I walked over to stand off against her. On the other side she turned pink and started jumping on the spot
.
“This is going to be so fun,” she said, delighted.
I don’t think so
, I thought, still pissed at Chax and Seth for doing this. I transformed and waited for her to do something. Jumping on the spot, she suddenly moved and blasted me with her pink light, hitting me in the torso. I bent over from the hit. Oh that hurts, so bad.

“Focus, Kasadya,” Chax advised from behind me. Yeah, easy for you to say she isn’t your petite little roommate, and one of only two friends you have here. Bringing myself up straight again, she was in the air and moving toward me. I just stepped to the side at the last moment, and she flew into Chax and Seth, taking them with her. I just stood there smiling; payback is so much fun. They got up and Chax looked at me with anger rolling all over his face, Seth just smiled and helped Nanini up. She shook her head and then returned to the circle, and we started the whole thing again. And we kept it up for a while; me avoiding her the entire time without even trying to attack her once.

“Okay girls, that’s it for the day,” Seth said from the side and we stopped, Nanini dropping to the ground totally wasted. She had given her everything to try and hit me and it didn’t work out too well for her. At least she had no adrenalin left.

“Come on,” I said, walking over to her and offering my hand to help her up.

“That was so unfair; you kept dodging me the whole time,” she complained, as she grabbed my hand and I pulled her up.

“I said no way in hell I’ll hurt you, I meant it,” I replied, and patted her on the back. I turned around only to see Chax walking away from us. I looked at Seth who just pulled up his shoulders.

“I am so not getting into his good books anytime,” I said, and walked over to Seth with Nanini dragging behind me. We walked slowly back to the house and helped Nanini all the way to the zone, where she planted herself on the couch.

“I see my
Apprendo
doesn’t have an adrenalin disorder for the rest of the day. Something new for you to discover,” Seth told her, as we stood there looking at adrenalin Nanini, now totally wasted. She just remained still without any comeback.

“Mind if Kas and I leave you here to get back your spunk?” Seth asked her, looking at me with a smile.

“No you can go, I’m not moving here for a long while,” she replied from beneath her arm, which was lying over her head.

Motioning for me to follow him, we left and walked down the hall that leads to the front lobby
.
“She needed that, thanks Kas,” Seth said
.

“Yeah, I’d rather waste her adrenalin before I hurt her like Nina,” I replied, smiling back.

“You interested in a walk in the gardens?” he asked, gesturing to a door when we reached it.

“Didn’t even know we had any,” I answered, laughing a little, and walked out the door with him. Outside was a beautiful garden with fountains and statues to top it off. I walked over to the red roses and held one in my hand without breaking it off. So beautiful, with a drop of water on a petal to give it that extra spark.

“So what do you think? It’s Vulcan’s hobby,” he said, moving his hand over the scene.

“No way in hell, Vulcan?”

“Yes, unbelievable but he is quite the artist when it comes to gardens. Like your mother, his ability is earth, so he can basically turn the whole garden around in one day.”

“So that’s how my mom got to be a landscape specialist, no wonder.” But thinking back, our own garden was always perfect. It was her special place to wander around in.

“You should have seen her and Vulcan fighting here every night, the one moving in on the other’s creation. We used to come and sit here to watch them fight and try to out best each other.”

“I can imagine that, my mom is always right no matter what, and I think Vulcan is the same from what I have seen so far.”

“Oh yes, it’s a specialty in the earth fae; just like vampires they have developed a personality to fit the job and in this case its stubbornness,” he replied, laughing. We stopped at the fountain and I turned to look at him. He came to stand in front of me and placed his hands on my hips.

“I must admit, you’re becoming a distraction for me,” he whispered into my ear, as he leaned his head close to mine.

“Yeah, why would that be?” I teased him.

“When I see you I forget what I wanted to do, and I find myself constantly thinking about you; a first for me.”

“That’s good, because you do the same to me,” I replied, and pulled his head to mine to kiss him. Again my world exploded the moment our mouths touched, and when I felt his tongue against mine, I gave a soft moan pleased beyond words.

He moved his hands down my back, and then placed them on my bottom, pressing me more into him. Oh my soul, this feels so good. I sucked in breath to try and stop another moan. He smiled in my mouth, and brought his hands to rest on my hips.

With one of my hands on his chest I moved over him, feeling his perfect body beneath it. The other was on his shoulder doing the same. Explaining the emotions that go through your heart with such passion isn’t easy. I felt excited, yet shy. His scent was intoxicating,
oranges,
making want to breathe him in, and yet I struggled to take a breath. As his hands moved over me I hummed to life, buzzing from the touch. His hand moved to behind my back and he pressed me to him more, his body against mine felt so good.

“Um.” Someone cleared their throat behind us, and we broke apart; me blushing red from being caught in the moment by someone.

“Seth we have a situation, the council calls,” Vulcan said, and turned around and walked off.

Oh man, that’s just great, now he knows too. Not that I’m ashamed, but hell this is a first for me in everything that goes with a guy. I looked up at Seth and saw him smiling down at me.

“
Bellus
Kas, beyond words,” he said, and folded his arms around me again
.

“Thanks,” I replied, moving my mouth slowly over his, not kissing just teasing
.

“I have to go. I’ll see you tomorrow?” he asked, his mouth slowly brushing mine in return; a smile on his face. Man, his mouth is so divine, so beautiful and man can it kiss
.

“Yes,” I answered, almost breathless from excitement again, and he kissed me to make it even worse. A few seconds later we broke apart and he moved his thumb across my cheek then pressed a kiss to my head
.

“Caveo mea cor,”
he whispered, and turned around and walked to the house.

My heart was still pounding in my chest like a jackhammer. He really has a talent of leaving me shaken. I sat on the bench for a while, looking at the beautiful garden. Before this I always wondered what it would be like to love and be loved. Never in my wildest dreams did I think it would be like this. He’s gentle with me, the way he touches me lets me feel cherished, not at all what I have seen at school. Those guys were grabbing the girls like they were a drug. I remember once I found a couple kissing behind the bleachers, and the guy was holding her neck at an impossible angle, completely dominating her. I so don’t want to be dominated, I want to be loved; and its feels that way with Seth. No urgency, just enjoying every second.

My brooding over Seth was broken by a girl’s giggle and I turned around to see who’s so happy. Wouldn’t you believe it, there was Lada kissing the hell out of Lotan. Oh yeah, she has some explaining to do after this. Seeing that the two were getting really frisky with the kissing thing, I decided to slip away and leave them to their business. I’ll torment her about it later.

I slipped past a bunch of roses and walked to the front door. Entering the lobby, I stopped in my tracks. Kali and Chax were standing there in what looked like a lover’s embrace. His arms blocking her in and their heads inches from each other. Oh no way in hell! Wait, this actually makes sense. Yip grumpy and his evil snow white, perfect for each other. Then they both noticed me and turned their eyes on me; Chax backing away from her at the same time.

“Sorry. Tried to avoid another situation outside, I’ll get out of your way,” I said, moving past then up the stairs so fast I was in the hall in four seconds flat. Oh man, that’s going to give me nightmares tonight.

Chapter 6

“Come on, Kas, wake up.” I heard Nanini say, and opened my eyes to see my dream intruder
.

“I’m awake, what’s wrong?” I asked, wondering why she was waking me up.

“It’s our day off. Come get up and get dressed, everyone’s waiting,” she replied and turned around bouncing her way back to her bed.

I sat up and looked around. Lada was in the bathroom and now Nanini was busy fixing up her bed
.
“Everyone’s waiting for what?” I asked confused.

“It’s our day off, so we get to have some fun. The others are all getting dressed. Here, put this on,” she said, throwing me two pieces of clothing. I grabbed it and held it in my hands; it was a bikini. She wants me to wear a bikini in late autumn? The temperature has already started to drop to such a degree that we have to wear jackets all the time, has she lost her mind?

“Um, Nanini, why would I need to put on a bikini in this weather?”

“Chill, it’s one of Lada’s, it will fit. And to answer your question, we are going swimming today,” she answered with a grin on her face.

“Have you lost your mind, we’ll freeze our butts off.”

“Don’t worry about our butts, Kas. I have that covered. Just get up and get into that,” she said, and then returned to her cleaning up job.

I got up and looked at the bikini again. I’m going to freeze my butt off today, most likely ending up going into hypothermia. I placed the bikini on the bedside and then started to fix my bed. I just finished when Lada came out of the bathroom wearing a bikini top and “badgirl” swim pants, and shaking like a Chihuahua.

“Nanini, you better get a move on, I’m dying here,” She complained, and walked up to her closet removing a jacket and putting it on.

“Okay I’ll quickly change and then you’re up Kas,” Nanini replied, rushing into the bathroom. I looked at Lada who was sitting on her bed shaking like hell. This is nuts, who goes swimming in weather like this?

“Did she lose her mind somewhere I should know about?”  I asked Lada.

“Nope, she always has a plan for our off days, and it looks like swimming is on her to do list. The others actually love her brainwaves when it come to our off days, she has a way of really keeping you entertained,” she replied, teeth clattering and her face almost blue.

“Okay get that part, but explain to me how we are going swimming without ending up like frozen lollipops?”

“Don’t worry, I’ve got a feeling she has that covered. The hard part is just to get Vulcan’s okay, but she can be very persuasive.”

Shaking my head, I turned around and walked to my closet. I picked up a sweater and a long sleeve shirt, and then grabbed a pair of pants. No way am I walking around like Lada, freezing my butt off. Maybe Nanini is planning on going to a warm place, but I don’t think Vulcan would let us shift outside
Exsilium
. Nope, don’t think so.