The Lost Warrior

"Finish what you started"

"Hate and love are just the opposite sides of the same coin"

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GRACE'S POV

Beginning the past few days with a healthy half an hour run and spending training time all with Draxon has become a routine. Today I returned with a bowl of fresh wild berries and now finished sliding the pie into the oven. Setting the timer onto the kitchen counter, I skip towards Draxon's guest room and set the lock on the ladder. The water running from the shower could be heard and so I begin to paint the off-white coloured wall. I bite my bottom lip as I recall being pushed up against it hence why there was a mixture of the dark and light paints smeared. Letting out a sigh, I cover the messed up part of the wall and finally continue the upper areas. In time I climb down the ladder and bend down to grab the brown paint for the other wall.

I paint swiftly and cover the missing blotches by doing a second coat, though all that ran through my mind was the fact that the sexy beast was naked just a few metres from me.  I really need to go out for that drink Nova's been bugging me about these past few years! I mean I did go out once or twice and let's just say it ended up in someone else's bed. I had accepted my fate and so one night I dyed my dark beach wave hair and lost it to a pretty cute guy might I add-

"Are you trying to tempt me, Rose?" Draxon's deep voice makes me halt in my half squat position as I clear my throat hoping he didn't read my thoughts, not that he's a mind reader of some sort...

"Don't need to try-" before I could complete my comeback, my mouth falls agape as the feeling of cold liquid runs down my white overall and starts to seep through my damp skin. I had to get rid of that slimy feeling as I scoff annoyingly at him jumping out of my overall. I turn around and find him clad in his towel tucked low enough to show me a deep v-line and before I could assess the fact that I was only in my bra and underwear, he morphs in front of me. The speed of this hybrid!

"Too late." He captures my wrist and stops me from grabbing my overall and covering my body from him. Well, not that much could be seen since the dark paint covered much of my skin.

"All right then, finish what you started..." He knew it wasn't a dare but something the both of us desired and just as I thought, his lips collide with mine and our bodies even closer than before. The kiss became more passionate and before it could last any longer an alarm sets off.

"Shit, somethings burning..." Draxon and I hurry out towards the kitchen and there stood an angry blazing fire clawing its way to us. My pie was long gone and the open cooking oil and tea towel were already caught on fire and spreading its way faster. My solitary for years was going down in flames and all I did was stand rooted in my place. This had to be a dream but that theory flies out the window once I feel his colossal arms lift me up and out of the house in a rapid motion. As soon as we inhale the clear air outside, I leap out of his arms and take deep breaths. I just need to calm down...

"I'm-"
"No Draxon! How do you call yourself a warrior if you can't simply use your heighten senses to analyse a house is on fire!"
I didn't even let him speak and millions of emotions ran through my mind. That was the only thing I had that was completely mine, I had built it from ground up and now it will cease to become ashes. At least the barrier will keep the rest of the forest from catching fire.

"We need to leave!" Draxon yells just as another explosion sets realising it to be from amongst the many flammable products such as paint and alcohol which are definitely the biggest culprits.
Could I have been so naive or so drawn into that one stupid kiss that even I couldn't bring myself to my senses? I turn away from him and mutter ever so softly... "I hate you".
I shiver in the cold being practically naked in the middle of a forest feeling disgusted, confused and annoyed. I gasp as a jacket is placed atop my shoulders and only after a few moments does my stubborn self slip my arms into the very long sleeves and zip it close.

"I grabbed it on the way out..." At this point he stops speaking and sighs once he takes notice that I was looking away from him and ignoring his being all at once. I turn back to take one last look at the chaos and there it was, not only my Constantia tree-house up in blazing flames but in front of it a mighty hybrid; the midnight black contrasting drastically against the stark red.

I nod my head as Scar nears around me and gets me atop his back. I hug my arms around his broad shoulders; loving the touch of his soft fur and immense warmth.

"We're heading south...we should make it there by nightfall." I state simply. I steady myself as Scar leaps into the air eager to get us to safety while I had to enjoy this ride for the next 10 hours with the person I now hate...I have to blame someone...

(NOTE: THINGS ARE ABOUT TO GET 🔥🔥🔥😏😏😏)