Pierce Me

Chapter Six

          

Chapter Six

When I awoke I didn't hear the sounds of birds chirping in the air like I usually would. There was no burst of light coming through the branches I laid under. And, I couldn't hear the activity of any of the animals that tended to roam in the day light. Moving the branches from on top of me to the side, I confirmed my suspicion. The sun wasn't beaming above me, emitting a bright glow around me. No, the forest around me was dim and quiet and the sun was only a couple hours away from setting. I had slept through the morning.

Not only had I missed morning but Aurelius was no longer under the branches like he should have been. It would be easy to find him since I had basically had his scent stored in me now but it was still annoying that he had left without telling me. And that also meant that he had woken up before me. He knew I had things to do and that I wanted to take him home in the morning but yet he didn't wake me up. Idiot.

Picking up my bag and fixing back the branches so it didn't look like someone had been there, I mentally prepared myself for the day. If Aurelius wanted to go home he would've woke me up. So, that meant that he wanted to continue going through my journey with me. That also meant that I had to somehow fit him into my plan. I could barely fit myself in though, so doing that was going to take a lot of thinking. Thanks to myself, I had plenty of time to think. I had no idea how long this travel was going to take. The length was increased now due to the fact that I was forced to make the trip using human speed. If I suddenly started dashing through the forests Aurelius would have many questions that I really didn't want to answer. For his safety, not mine.

"I'm convinced something is wrong with the way your brain works." I commented angrily once Aurelius came into my line of vision. I had heard him approaching half an hour ago but now he was finally near me and I could yell at him like I had been dying to do. He was ruining everything for me just by being here and he didn't seem to understand that. Aurelius smelt like sweat when he came to stand in front of me and the wolfsbane that I would usually pick up on him was very faint now. I was glad, the scent was annoying.

"And why is that?" He smiled at me, his white teeth gleaming. I was suddenly appreciative of the minimal light that was coming through the sky above us. I was able to see him much better compared to last night. With the sweat making his skin glisten and the way his cheeks pulled his lips into a perfect smile, I was enjoying the view. He may be annoying and horrible company but he was very good looking. That was the only positive thing I could say about him.

"How long have you been awake?"

"I woke up around eleven a.m. Why?" I shook my head at his foolishness. It was now past five. He had been up for that long and didn't even think to wake me? "You seem upset?" Aurelius chuckled, looking down at me with a joyful glint in his eyes as if this was a joke.

"Didn't I tell you we were taking you home in the morning? After our nap?"

"No, you told me you would give me until the morning to decide whether I wanted to go home." He corrected me. "And I made my decision. I do not want to go home, not unless you're going home too." What he didn't know was I no longer had a home to go back to. Or a pack. I was an orphaned rogue. I was alone now.

"Do you not have a family?" I asked him.

"No." I paused at his words. No family? That was strange for a human. Most of them had a family or at least one person to call their own. Him saying he had no family meant he had no one to look to and depend on. Or it could mean he was no longer close to the group of people he was born into. Mortals had a habit of disowning their own blood whether the reason was severe or not.