Lacking Humanity|Half Crescent

Chapter Six (Rewritten)

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Another week had passed, according to the spoon calendar carved into the flooring.

It motivated Sage to make the preparations to fit her timeframe. As she wanted to leave by the end of the month. There wasn't much to expect, other than the occasional visits of both Willow and Ryan—As Sage found the human's real name to be.

Part of Sage understood that perhaps even Ryan didn't want to act on this, if he truly wanted to he could simply manage the first day. But with protocol and whatever other fancy words the other she-wolves used, they were abiding by tradition in hopes of getting a compliant wolf in the process.

Though Sage could already tell that there had never been a successful human hybrid, perhaps a witch had a child with a human but it certainly didn't stray farther than that...Could it?

Monday hadn't ended like Sage assumed it would. Ryan had taken her first hand to the other room, presenting her with a tray piled high with raw meat and plenty of water. "When's full moon?" She questioned, and it caused the male to look up the answer.

"It uh...It was two days ago."
"We can't mate. Have to wait for full moon, my wolf didn't know it was—" Ryan groaned in his hands, obviously not being able to complete his missions. But she smirked into her next bite and watched in utter amusement the way the frustrated human paced around the room.

Darius was right, males were similar through and through.

"We need to mate soon, Hera. I'm dying for you." It was clear that he wasn't, she knew when the male was aroused and this surely wasn't it. Instead, he issued a firm growl, one of which sparked a reaction that he was not hoping for and thus—earned him a fresh punch to the jaw and ultimately knocked him out and onto the floor.

Darius, what do I—

Work with it, Sage. Get him in bed and undress.

W-What?!

Pretend something happened, humans can't smell sex and I don't think there are any cameras in here. Just do it, make it look like he completed his mission.

She reluctantly did what her shadow instructed, propping the human up and around her. Yet she managed to get the blankets to separate both him and herself. Shivering at the amount of contact.
And throughout it all, she begged Darius to try and distract her until she fell asleep.
Her self-control was starting to crack, and sure enough, he delivered.

The plan couldn't have worked out any better, and the joy of falling back asleep for the rest of the night was enough to settle the pain of whatever sort of experiment they had done while she was under.

Truthfully, the only phantom recollection she was feeling were prickles over her body and the stiffness of her bones. But both her or Darius concluded it was the medication and the withdrawal of both blood and perhaps something else.

Though she hadn't caught on as to what that something would be.

It was pure coincidence that Ryan had managed to wake up before another guard came into the room to escort her away. Yet the bright smile she had plastered on her face had soon been terminated as she caught the sight of him at the other end of the hall. He was on route to their main room, and by the look of absolute fear—Everyone knew what that could mean.

This was the first time Sage had been placed at the awaiting line, and thus she kept her head focused on the tire marks imprinted on the ground as they awaited for him to appear. Not that he took that long at all, but seeing Willow just a step behind him caused an indifference in her head.