I am nervous due to my size and even my alter fears of hurting you,
But you have never shown fear in us, which
brings some comfort.
I hope you accept my token so we can start our journey to friendship.
Eternally yours
Kodiak
XX
By the end I can see his writing has started to shake, I refold the note and after fully taking the ‘token’ out I put the note back and place it on the table, I gasp when I see the so-called token and think Kodiak needs to look up the meaning this is a hand carved hair slide which uses the chopstick to secure it in my hair, I braid my hair into three sections but leave the bottom loose using the new hair slide to secure them together the carving is of a bears paw, the pad has a phoenix on it but the wings are spread so the holes for the stick go under the wings, I quickly send Kodiak a text.
ME: Thank you, but please look up
the definition of the word token,
this is anything but; it’s beautiful
you are very talented x
KODI: *BLUSHING EMOJI*
Welcome xx
I head downstairs, grab a pot of tea and slip through the kitchen, pulling a cushion pad off the couch. I sit on the floor using the coffee table as my desk. I can still hear Lisa yelling at Saint, and from the sounds of it, Declan is getting a tongue lashing, too. I slip my earbuds in and stick a playlist on, leaning against the couch. I close my eyes, breathing in the air and my surroundings; I drink one cup of tea as Linkin Park's Breaking the Habit comes on, and I fill my mug again and start to type….
All my life, or at least as long as I can remember, two wolves visit me in my dreams or save me from the bad ones; they are the one good constant in my life….
I stop to stretch every now and then or find a new place to sit after getting a numb bum, I sketch a place or a person when I’m trying to work out how to word something, what to share and what to keep locked down, I change everyone's names but my own sticking with common boring names like James, Gareth, Mark and John the same with the Females even though those seem less. I don’t register Alma bringing me food or fresh pots of tea. I vaguely acknowledge Saint kissing me goodbye when he and Dec headed off to the office; I remember Alma telling Uncle Luc to leave me alone when he kepttrying to talk to me.
DECLAN
“Star, Dec and I are heading to the office. Trent and Luc are around if you need them”, Ember hums at Saint's words and barely stops typing when he kisses her; I say bye, and she glances at me with unseeing eyes, still focused on what she’s doing. I fire off a text to Trent to keep an eye on her, as she doesn’t seem to be on this planet at the moment, and I get a thumbs-up emoji
“I didn’t realise she would zone out that much,” I say to Saint as I glance behind to see the hair slide, she’s wearing. ‘When did Bas make her that? He normally shows us stuff that he makes. Maybe I should get her something, I’m bombing this big bro job; Saint breaks me out of my personal ass kicking
“She wants to be a published author and a known artist; she’s typing up her life, don’t take offence”, he lets out a sigh, rubbing his face. Well, fuck she should have done that with one of us around, but even Miles is at college today.
“Come on, let's get in and start ticking all the boxes about the scum we picked up at Inferno”, Saint says, grabbing my shoulder and shadow-travelling to the lock-up.
“Yeah, the demons sent Link an email earlier about the kids, apparently, Laurent’s palace is overrun with them now” Laurent is the name Ishiludur uses earthside for those that don’t know his true name. We decided to stick with that when talking about him, so we don’t slip up.
SAINT
I know who I want first, and Dec just follows me. Lisa was meant to be helping with all this shit, but even though I have never shown one speck of interest in her more than a team member, she had to go having a hissy fit this morning, so Dec gave her the day off to get her panties back on straight. Watching Dec try and hold himself relaxed while a trained shifter attacks his baby sister was rather amusing. I knew she could handle herself, but I’m not going to lie, my shadows were ready to jump in if she started to falter.
Dec's been struggling with how to cope with a sister, she’s not a princess like all the girls on Pack Lands, and she’s not broken and helpless, needing her brother to protect her, and it's making him out of sorts.
I partially shift as we reach the door; I loop a shadow over Dec's ear so I can communicate in English with him, and we walk shoulder to shoulder into the dark concrete cell.
“So, Bohdi, want to tell me why you thought you had a right to my baby sister's cunt?” Declan sneers as the door slams shut. I shift to my full form and grin at the cretin who just started to cry and piss himself
“Time to have some fun”, I smile at Declan.
We spend a few hours going over any details we can get from Bohdi and message Mika to let him know he was helped out of where he had put him after he was arrested at the pit, by some guy that mentioned Jameson, Embers social work, but he never met the guy or knew a name, we will check with Troy to see if he remembers anything as he was undercover there at the time.
