Ares' P.O.V.
I'd been scrambling to try and figure out what was happening to Jesse. I know it has something to do with Damon, from the vision I had. I know she doesn't want me to meddle, but knowing she's not okay is eating away at me. I wish she had been more open with me. I'm her brother, I'm here to help her.
She's like mom though, stubborn and proud. She won't ask for help. If I offer it, or advise her right now, she'd ignore me, or do the complete opposite of what I say. I sighed, sitting in the library. I was reading books about visions to see how to interpret them better.
"Hey, Arie." Gabriel's kind voice snapped my attention out of my book. "I brought a book I thought would help you."
He pushed a thick moss-green book with a gold binding towards me. Gabriel always impressed me with his seeing abilities. Most wolf seers weren't this great.
Nova's P.O.V."Thanks for practicing with me." Cal smirked at me, making butterflies fly around in my stomach."Anytime." I smiled back, pushing my hair behind my ear. "Sorry we couldn't practice more."Half way through, or really like a quarter of the way in, I had to switch with Elezen. She couldn't handle Auggie's fire, and the boys refused to even think of being each other's partners. Elezen didn't seem to have any quarrels about the switch either. She seemed exhausted, after trying to control Auggie's flames. It wasn't exactly easy for me to do, but I was starting to get the hang of it now. By the end of the hour, his flames felt like an old friend."It's fine, maybe next time it can be just us?" Cal winked at me,
Jesse's P.O.V.The incessant buzzing of my alarm, woke me in a sour mood. Damon had told me that he would be letting everyone know that we were dating now. There would be no more secret relationship, although after what he pulled yesterday, if it were up to me, there would be no us, secret or otherwise. Damn that video. Damn my perverted body, and poor decision making skills.I groaned as I got off the bed, letting my arms lazily hang around me. I dragged my feet to my closet, grabbing a clean uniform. I hate these things so much. I tried wearing the boys uniform once and got in a lot of trouble. I thought it was ridiculous, but dad wasn't pleased. So here I am, wearing someone's wet fantasy. Honestly I think Damon loves it, which now makes it a million times worse now..I hate hi
Ares' P.O.V.I went to the training grounds, knowing that Jesse would be there from the vision I had yesterday. I plan to let it play out and interfere only if I have to. I want to know what's going on, but I'll follow my dad's advice. I will wait for Jesse to tell me what's wrong. I just hope it's soon, because the worry is really eating away at me.Between Jesse's problem, and finding out I'm in love with Nova, who's in love with my brother, I'm feeling like a complete mess. My mind and heart can't take anything else at the moment. Including my dad's letters. Yesterday's letter tore my heart down the middle. On the one hand, I loved hearing from him in a way. On the other hand, it only made me miss him more.My birthday is coming up in a couple of weeks and I'm curious what my
Nova's P.O.V."You seem like you're in a good mood." Manny smiled at me as we walked past the waterfall that cascades down the front of the building."I guess." I shrugged my shoulders.I was honestly feeling guilty for sitting with those as.sholes yesterday. I hated to think of them making fun of Arie and Auggie behind their backs. I've come to realize what a big target they have on their back in the shadow colony. I hadn't realized growing up, but shadow weavers are extremely driven by who's the strongest. I feel like it's worse than the wolves with their alphas."You're usually more affectionate when you're in a good mood or when you feel bad. Seeing as you're not actually in a good mood, what are you feeling bad for
Augustus' P.O.V.All students are to steer clear of the fighting arena today at 2. Ares Hartwell and Callum Vickers will be fighting their differences out.–Principal FinzFu.ck, fu.ck, fu.ck.What the hell happened? Who the fu.ck is Callum? It's not like Ares to fight with others. He hates drawing attention to himself and that's all an arena fight does.Shi.t.I grabbed my blazer from my bed post, sliding my arms in, and weaving out to the arena. I had heard the canon go off. The email had just been sent too, so they must
Jesse's P.O.V. God, Auggie is so annoying! He's so damn protective for no reason. Stubborn as.shole. I trained most of this afternoon so I decided to skip my training class today. Letting my teacher, Al, know through an email, and he was fine with it, knowing I wouldn't lie. He also knew there wasn't much he could teach me that I didn't already know. Funny to think he was mom's first shadow weaver teacher, yet she outgrew him in a couple weeks. Liam: Can we talk now? His text weighed heavily on me. I know I can't ignore it, but I also know his 'talk' really means lecture. He's going to lecture the shi.t out of me. I sighed, accepting my fate. I might as well get this over with before my fight later. I didn't bother texting him back, just finding his shadow door and emerging behind him. "Yes, we can talk now." I answered him, finding myself in his dorm. He was shirtless and in joggers, clearly having just come back from a run. He smelled of sun and wet dog. I wrinkled my nose
Ares' P.O.V. "Nova, really it's fine." I assured her, as I squeezed the hand she was holding. She hadn't let go of me since the battle. I am thoroughly enjoying it, even though I'm sure it means nothing. I lost it on Cal, and that really wasn't her fault. The guy is an as.s and he needed to learn a lesson. He flew off after the battle. I know he'll pop back up in our lives soon, but I'll worry about that then. For now, I was focused on every little affection that Nova was giving me. "You had a whole damn battle, Ares. It's not fine." She argued, still feeling guilty about the whole thing. '"That was my own choice." "Still." She pouted. "I'm going to make it up to you today. Let's go see Gabriel and mess around like old times. At least until Jesse's fight. I am done with my classes for the day." She offered. "I've had all mine this morning as well. That does sound good, but is Gabriel done with his classes? Remember he is a teacher." "Dammit, you're right. He has one right
Augustus' P.O.V.I need to find Jesse and make sure she's ready for this fight she got herself into. I'll lend her some power if I have to. Thankfully that's something an ancient shadow can do, boost other shadow's ability. I tried looking for her shadow door, but she seemed to have them closed.I checked the training grounds where she was supposed to be, but she had missed class. Al told me she had been training earlier in the day, so he didn't mind her missing. At least, she told him, and didn't just skip. Still, where the hell is she?Me: I hate that I actually have to use the phone. Where are you?I texted her, which seemed like a foreign concept to me. We usually just send a shadow message, but I can't do that right now. Whatever she's