My entire body felt on fire under his intense gaze. I tried my best to avoid eye contact as he towered over me, but once my eyes met his, the usual amber color of his orbs went darker and darker until they were now of a fervent brown shade and his p...
Russia Essence's POV I have been waiting impatiently for this week to end. My impatience only grew stronger as the days went by. My stay at TRAA has been great so far, I made a-lot of friends... all of them are male... the female species and I don't mesh well. Grayson and I grew closer too, but I can tell that he only wants one thing... sex. The only thing I dreaded were the hand to hand combat classes. I don't know why I would think any differently, but Phoenix has been extremely professional towards me. We only spoke during meetings or class, and he treated me like the rest of his students. Don't get me wrong, I wasn't expecting much, nor was he being rude towards me, on the contrary actually, he was very sweet. Maybe that's what made everything worse. It was suffocating. I found myself at the gym every night, beating up the punching bags until Newt, the trainer there would kick me out saying "yOu'vE alReAdy sHrEdDEd yOUr haNdS EnoUgH, anD meSseD uP tHe FloOr. WhO's goNna cLeAn iT uP?" Pfff, he was exaggerating... there would only be a few drops of blood on the floor and my hands were only bruised, nothing serious... Ok, he may be right. I was taken to the hospital twice during those 3 days. I would leave a pool of blood under the punching bag after ripping my knuckles open to exposed my bones. Blame it on frustration. I had a few things on my mind, but I couldn't bring myself to talk to anyone about it.
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It was finally Friday. Only three hours away from our boarding.
_ "There, all done" says Raven as she finishes cleaning and bandaging my knuckles up. "Take the solution and bandages with you, you're gonna have to clean them up everyday or so." I nod, taking the whole first aid kit every room here has, incase of any accidents.
_ "Can you pleeeaassee just tell us what your mission is?" Whines Destiny as she stretches laying on my bed.
_ "No De, you know- "
_ "You are not allowed to tell a single soul of your mission. Yeah yeah." She huffs, cutting me off. "All I know is that you are going to be alone with 3 guys for a whole week. And one of them is your- "
_ "Ok I think it's time for us to leave Essence to pack her things. Come on let's go." Raven drags Destiny out of the room as she notices my eye beginning to twitch. "Be safe" she turns to me, awkwardly grinning Raven style, before closing the door behind them.
I pack my bags full of warm clothes and a fancy attire for the ball. I sit down at my desk and call my parents for one last time before I leave. Just in case anything bad happens. I was going to be placed in some isolated cottage in the middle of the woods in cold, icy Russia. We were not allowed to take our electronic devices with us, as to not risk being tracked. By the time I had already ended the call with my parents, met up with Ian and packed my bags it was already 2:45, and I was already at the airport, standing by Mr. Roosevelt's private jet.
Phoenix's POV This was it. We were already 35,000 feet above the ground, on an 8 hour trip to Russia. Once we mounted the plane, each team member sat separately, but Essence especially alienated herself from the rest, by taking the last seat at the back of the jet, and placing her duffle bag on the seat next to hers. I wanted to ask if she was alright, but I thought I'd just leave her be and wouldn't pry. I was surprised Grayson didn't even notice, nor did he try to be in her company. Instead, he started a movie on the screen before him and stuffed his face with snacks he had filled his bag with.
