Wrapped Around My Whiskers (On Hold)

22 ~ Trust

"Good luck," Ryan whispered as I left the room with my mate. I didn't look up at Adam a single time, and kept my gaze on the black sandals Robin had lent me, all the way till we reached a forest path.

"You're gonna tell me where exactly we're going?" I asked, looking up to see him staring at me. Had he been staring at me that whole time?

"The thing is," he began. "I have no idea where we're going." I must have been carrying a confused expression as he smiled shyly. "I was thinking we could just... Walk?"

"Sure," I smiled back to reassure him. I don't know why I felt the need to.

We started walking down the forest lane. The large trees covered the setting sun's rays, and I must admit, it was quite romantic. Yet we kept a distance between us, or more specifically, I kept a distance between us. I did not want him to think that a date was going to fix everything. As we walked, we just talked about anything that came to mind.

"So you just left the guy dangling from a tree?" Adam asked.

"He stole my money!"

"That you had stolen from him!" He laughed.

"Oh, shut up." I said while giggling. A sudden silence filled the air. I kept my gaze on the path in front of me, that we had been on for the past... Well I didn't really know. But the trail kept going, and I couldn't see an end to it.

"It keeps going for about three hours by wolf." Adam explained, somehow reading my thoughts.

So thats about two hours with Lana.

"For a fast wolf or a slow wolf?" I asked.

"Well, for my pack. And I would say we are quite fast, compared to other packs." He said proudly. I raised an eyebrow.

"Proud, are we?" I asked, grinning.

"I guess you can call it pride," he said while smiling. "So how fast are you?"

"On leopard's legs?"

"So you're a leopard?" He asked.

"You didn't know?" I answered his question with one of my own.

"To be honest, I thought all werecats were panthers." I laughed in response.

"Not at all."

"So... Is she fast?" He asked. I nodded in response.

"Extremely." I replied, looking him in the eyes. "But she hasn't been out in a while. She's getting a bit restless..." I said, making my face look as innocent as possible.

"I'm sorry," he whispered.

"I guess that's what happens when you care about power more than you care about meaning."

"What's that supposed to mean?" He snapped.

"Just that you seem to be so obsessed with proving your 'bravery' or whatever you call it, that you don't see whats truly important. What's supposed to be meaningful, and life changing, is put aside just for your image." I replied, as he went silent. At this point he wasn't looking at me anymore, instead his eyes were set straight forward.

Suddenly, he stopped. I copied his action, quite confused. He moved towards me, and I backed away.

"Trust me," he murmured, bringing his arms out, as I jerked away.

"Trust you?" I replied. "Why would I do that." He looked up at me with pleading eyes.

"Trust me... So I can trust you." He said. This time when he took a step towards me, I didn't move. I couldn't understand what he was trying to say. Then he gently touched my hands, and in a swift movements, my golden bracelets were off.

I felt Lana's presence fill my body as I let out a small shiver. "What are you doing?" I asked.

"Trusting you." He whispered.

"Trusting me not to run?" I asked.

"Showing you that I do care. Believe it or not kitty cat, it pains me to see you so broken..." He said, catching me off guard. "Also.. I'm trusting you not to kill me." He said while grinning, like all of this was funny. Like he didn't just say that Mr.Tough and Furious cared about me.

If we wanted to kill him we would have done it by now. Nika mumbled in my head, offended that her mate did not notice how powerful she was.

"Can I see her?" Adam whispered. I looked up at him, to see his eyes were filled with curiosity.

Did I want him to see Lana? Something about it made me feel uncomfortable, like I was allowing him to see all me secrets. And although he might trust me, I had no trust in him.

Let him see me. Lana stated. Let him see what he's up against.

Mate is not against us! Mate is with us! Nika defended what was hers.

Supposed to be with us. But he is clearly too idiotic to understand that. Lana replied.

I am trying to think. Could you both just shut up?! I snapped. Thankfully, I didn't hear another word. I let out a breath and I made up my mind.

"Promise you won't try hurt us?" I told my mate.

"I give you my word."

"Let's just hope your word is worth something..." I murmured, knowing he would hear me. Then it happened.

I felt my bones change and hair start to grow all over my body. My back arched and I opened my eyes to see I was standing on four paws.

It's been a while.

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