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this one was obviously just sent to keep him busy leaving the other alone with his unprotected mate.
' Maya,' he shouted in his head, but all he got back was the mental image of a double salute. He growled again, 'no time for theatrics. There's another shifter back there somewhere, you need to find somewhere safe. I'm on my way back ."
Maya was still cursing under her breath as she stripped off and soaped herself in the shower. She'd just rinsed and turned off the water when she became aware of a noise, like a door handle was being tried. Grabbing a towel she roughly dried herself and then threw on a pair of sweat pants and a t-shirt, forgoing underwear. Quietly she opened the bathroom door when she heard cat boy in her head, rolling her eyes she sent him the double victory salute as she quietly padded along the landing trying to figure out if he was trying to get back in? Then she heard him again and his warning. Bollocks, back peddling she made her way into her bedroom, and quickly opened the compartment that she'd had put into the back of the wardrobe, quietly pulling it closed behind her. She took the spray bottle from the tiny shelf and gave a quick squirt in the air around her as she ran her finger over the writing on her side, mumbling words as she huddled there, trying to slow her breathing.
This whole scenario threw her back in time to hiding from her father, and she pushed back the memories. Closing her eyes, she concentrated on her breathing, slowing it down and trying to stem the panic that was trying to flood her system. She could not afford to panic because if she did she'd hyperventilate and give herself away. Jaden said it was another shifter and if memory served her right they had exceptional hearing as well as eyesight and sense of smell. She began to count backwards in her head, then moved on to visualising herself lay on a beach, the sun beating down on her skin. The sea slashing against the shore, the cool spray flowing over her feet as she enjoyed the warmth and seclusion. Okay maybe not a good idea, the thought of seclusion reminded her that she was on her own and could at this very moment have an unknown shifter wandering around her house. Would she ever again feel safe in her home? Why hadn't she put the damn alarm on like she said she would? Dropping her head onto her pulled up knees she rested her forehead against them as she tried again to slow her breathing, and not give away her location. She just prayed that whoever they were they got fed up when they couldn't find her, the mix for the spray was one of the only real things she had left of her mother. That and the script that was inked into her side, she found comfort in the curly script that had been put there by her mother's own hand. The things her father had done to her before he'd finally burned the place down, with them both inside. She shuddered at the memory then held her breath as a creak sounded on the first step downstairs.
Jaden came out of the tree-line and carried on running going straight up and over the back fence on Maya's property. He wasn't too worried about being seen as his and Maya's homes were the only properties attached. Dropping down on the other side of the fence he crouched there, ears twitching and whiskers sifting through the scents available to him. It was here, shit. He looked over his shoulder, his ears lifting as he waited a few seconds to see if the other one came up behind him, it was a definite possibility.
" Jaden, are you in the house ?" came the tentative enquiry in his head and he swore, head swinging left and right as he tried to come up with a plan. He needed to keep her calm, if she began to panic she'd make a mistake and give herself away, keeping her talking seemed like the best solution. If she was busy talking to him she wasn't worrying over what was in the house with her.
" No I'm outside, but I'm going to be coming in.
' Maya,' he shouted in his head, but all he got back was the mental image of a double salute. He growled again, 'no time for theatrics. There's another shifter back there somewhere, you need to find somewhere safe. I'm on my way back ."
Maya was still cursing under her breath as she stripped off and soaped herself in the shower. She'd just rinsed and turned off the water when she became aware of a noise, like a door handle was being tried. Grabbing a towel she roughly dried herself and then threw on a pair of sweat pants and a t-shirt, forgoing underwear. Quietly she opened the bathroom door when she heard cat boy in her head, rolling her eyes she sent him the double victory salute as she quietly padded along the landing trying to figure out if he was trying to get back in? Then she heard him again and his warning. Bollocks, back peddling she made her way into her bedroom, and quickly opened the compartment that she'd had put into the back of the wardrobe, quietly pulling it closed behind her. She took the spray bottle from the tiny shelf and gave a quick squirt in the air around her as she ran her finger over the writing on her side, mumbling words as she huddled there, trying to slow her breathing.
This whole scenario threw her back in time to hiding from her father, and she pushed back the memories. Closing her eyes, she concentrated on her breathing, slowing it down and trying to stem the panic that was trying to flood her system. She could not afford to panic because if she did she'd hyperventilate and give herself away. Jaden said it was another shifter and if memory served her right they had exceptional hearing as well as eyesight and sense of smell. She began to count backwards in her head, then moved on to visualising herself lay on a beach, the sun beating down on her skin. The sea slashing against the shore, the cool spray flowing over her feet as she enjoyed the warmth and seclusion. Okay maybe not a good idea, the thought of seclusion reminded her that she was on her own and could at this very moment have an unknown shifter wandering around her house. Would she ever again feel safe in her home? Why hadn't she put the damn alarm on like she said she would? Dropping her head onto her pulled up knees she rested her forehead against them as she tried again to slow her breathing, and not give away her location. She just prayed that whoever they were they got fed up when they couldn't find her, the mix for the spray was one of the only real things she had left of her mother. That and the script that was inked into her side, she found comfort in the curly script that had been put there by her mother's own hand. The things her father had done to her before he'd finally burned the place down, with them both inside. She shuddered at the memory then held her breath as a creak sounded on the first step downstairs.
Jaden came out of the tree-line and carried on running going straight up and over the back fence on Maya's property. He wasn't too worried about being seen as his and Maya's homes were the only properties attached. Dropping down on the other side of the fence he crouched there, ears twitching and whiskers sifting through the scents available to him. It was here, shit. He looked over his shoulder, his ears lifting as he waited a few seconds to see if the other one came up behind him, it was a definite possibility.
" Jaden, are you in the house ?" came the tentative enquiry in his head and he swore, head swinging left and right as he tried to come up with a plan. He needed to keep her calm, if she began to panic she'd make a mistake and give herself away, keeping her talking seemed like the best solution. If she was busy talking to him she wasn't worrying over what was in the house with her.
" No I'm outside, but I'm going to be coming in.
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