AN: Well my job has taken over my life and when I'm not working I'm doing Christmas stuff -sigh- wish more of it was spending time with my girl but beggers can't be choosers I guess. Anyway here is another chapter sorry for it being late
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Chapter Fourteen
The weekend up north was fun despite the random Were attack and Mrs. Witch. But really it just screwed me up on my feelings towards Jade. I think I still love her. I don't know how to go about it, do I go out with her again? Ivy was with Glenn and had said what we could have had is over. Maybe I could make her jealous? But at the same time I think I'd get reattached to Jade...
My attention was drawn back by Ivy moving her maps, they made a lot of noise. A smile came over my lips, this was my run. The first run I've had in months and it felt oh so good! It seemed passing my cards around at the picnic had been a good idea. A scrawny Were male wanted me to dig up some information about a larger one who was sniffing around his territory. It was sad that he needed me and the work was well, sad as well, but I didn't care. I needed this more for the excitement than the money. "Rachel are you paying attention?" Ivy asked.
I turned the smile to her and she stopped moving for a moment. "Ivy its only a snoopy job the only thing I need to worry about are their little brown bombs littering the ground." He had said he had a lot of dogs and I was hoping they didn't have the taste for Witch of mink. "Low class just let me have fun with this, I'll stay in the thorn bushes."
Ivy opened her mouth to say something but closed it tightly as she looked down at the maps of the Were's land, "Jade is here."
A second after the words fell flat from her lips there was a knock at the door. She was still doing that. Whenever Jade came up in a conversation Ivy's voice would go lifeless and dull. Shaking it off I went and got the door. "Hey." I smiled and she said it back with a sassy look as she came in getting very close to my face before swiftly moving herself to the hallway. Always looking innocent. "What's up? I didn't know you were coming over."
"I heard you were spelling yourself and I wanted to watch. I've never seen anyone spell themselves into an animal." She gave me a big smile with her hands behind her back, Jade looked really excited.
"Yeah? How'd you find out?" I asked and we moved into the kitchen.
Jade sat at my seat while I went back to my copper spelling pot. I still didn't like people watching me as I spelled but I've done this before so it wasn't as scary. Though I wasn't looking forward to the pain... "Again you didn't reply to my calls or texts..." she trailed off.
"Sorry... been spelling." I winced a bit with an apologetic smile. Jade and I had been in contact everyday if we weren't already with each other.
She nodded looking at what I had on my center island. "Well I called the house number and Jenks picked up and said you were going to change into something. I've never seen someone use a Transformation spell. I thought the art was dead."
Jeeze she was cute with her curiosity. "Um okay, I guess you could watch."
Ivy glanced up, she knew I didn't like people watching me spell and so far she and Jenks were the only one's who've I've felt comfortable with. Jade looked down at the maps, "I know this guy..." she said softly, I was guessing she knew him by his land because we didn't have any pictures of him out. "He's a real asshole. All muscle and pretty sick... I've looked after his dogs a few times while he has gone out of town. I've been trying to get someone to take a look at them so we could take em." She made a sour face before looking at me. "Do you know what you're looking for?"
Shrugging I drained milk over the hairs cringing when I remembered I had to drink it. God that part was so gross... "Documents about him trying to steal property and ah proof if he's sniffing around his lady." I blushed, it was a lowly snuff job. I was confused on why he couldn't just smell him on her or something as Vampires and Weres could normally do.
She didn't look like that mattered and nodded before licking her lips as I washed my hands. She knew I was close to being done. I dried my hands and crossed my arms over my chest giving her a coy smile. "What? I have to wait until Keasley gets here since I can't tap a line." I sighed as I now looked at the charmed silver. I really needed to get this off.
Ivy sat down crossing her legs. "I don't think you should take it off. It keeps Demon's away, you haven't needed to go into the Ever-After and learn from Al." I think she was saying this to scare Jade but the four of us, Jenks included, had a talk about how bad things follow my wake. "And I don't like the idea of you changing into a mink again. Remember what happened last time?"
"Rat fights." I shivered out but quickly covered it with a sour smile, "Not a place to pick up guys."
She held up a hand, "I never liked crap-for-brains but you remember how bad it was."
"He can't be anything like Trent." I opposed, poor Jade had no idea how bad that man was. "I'll be fine Ivy and the plan is to stay in the shadows and away from the dogs. You're planning to far ahead again."
"You don't think ahead." Ivy almost snapped at me and Jade glared.
"She's good at what she does and if I get my scent on her than the dogs will leave her alone. They're smart."
I'd have to smell like Jade? I mean there wasn't anything wrong with that but that would totally set Ivy off. I still wore perfume so our scents wouldn't mingle and set her old senses on a rampage. But hey it would get me protection from the dogs. "That sounds good. Takes half the planning out."
She huffed, "Then why don't you have Jade take you. She seems to know the man and where he lives." Her silky voice was low and edged.
I didn't need this. "Fine. When I'm in mink form I'll sit on your lap there." I said turning my nose up, Keasley had great timing.
"Rachel, you still here?" He asked as he made his way inside. He was accompanied by the younger Pixies.
Moving myself over to him I introduced him to Jade. "Jade this is Keasley, he's the one who stitches me up. And this is Jade, my friend."
The look in all of their eyes said 'Yeah right'. "Its nice to meet you." He smiled holding out an arthritis hand. She shook it with a smile. Turning to me he eyed the circle I had around the counter. "Will you be in the circle with me?"
"I'd like that." I nodded with a smile. "Don't cross the circle." I told Jade, Ivy already knew this. Giving me a nod Keasley entered the circle and I liked my lips, "I give this to you."
Ivy and Jade stiffened at my words. In both their minds those words meant my love; body and blood. Keasley stiffened as he looked over at the two. "Stop it." They were both puling on their powers. With them stopping our shoulder loosened a bit.
In a matter of seconds we were done and he broke the circle taking a few steps away. The scent of redwood was in the air and I filled a small vial of it. It looked like he wanted to stay and watch and I licked my lips taking a few deep breaths for the upcoming pain. "Here it goes." I smiled weakly holding my breath as I drank it.
Like before the first few seconds didn't hurt and I got myself to the floor waiting for it. The same feeling of fire shooting over my spine came over me and my breath became haggard. I gritted my teeth so not to make to many painful sounds, it seemed to bother them. It felt like a blacked out for a moment once I was nearing the end and I dug my way out of the clothes I had been wearing.
"You look so fluffy." Jade purred as she reached for me. Picking me up she placed me on her lap, I could smell everything that was her in a much better sense. The scent of Were and musk and the soft vanilla lotion I knew she used without needing to see a bottle in her room. "Ooh so soft." She lifted me and rubbed her cheek against my fur. Her scent lingered heavily on my fur.
Keasley saw all that he wanted to and was already heading out the door, I think it was more for the fact on how the three of us reacting to one another. "You should get her out there, it'll soon be dark."
Jade frowned at her but happily kept me in her arms as she moved towards the door. Jenks was soon flying around her head. "Let's go!" He smiled happily. Out of all of us he was the one going on the most runs. He raced us to her car and flew in. Getting in he whistled, "Nice car." Jenks nodded already perched on the rearview mirror. "So what's got Ivy's panties in a knot?"
'She didn't like the words to give Keasley my circle. She's just being a brat now.' I sighed and it all came out as squeaks.
Jade's long unpainted nails scratched the top of my head and behind my ears before slipping under my chin. Oh I love her nails~ "Rachel said something kinda bad." I snickered which made me sound like I was sneezing, Jenks motioned for her to go on. "She said I give this to you... and ah well Vampires and Werewolves take that as a go ahead too..." She trailed off. I was happy my cheeks were furry...
Jenks' voice was high pitched as he laughed making me growl at him. "Rache doesn't know how to think before saying whatever air-brained thing in her pea brain of her's out loud." He continued cracking up over himself.
I bared my little fangs at him and Jade turned on the radio to distract him. "Don't listen to him Rachel."
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By the time we got to his place it was dark out and I smelled strongly of Jade. Jenks' wings buzzed to life hovering himself up at Jade's cracked window. "I'll go check out the area." He said pulling what he told me to be his red bandanna tighter over his head before flying away.
It was silent in the car and Jade picked me up turning me so we were at eye level. "I want you to be safe."
Its not like I don't want to be safe. I made some squeaks at her and she gave me a tight smile.
"Some of the dogs are mindless and ruthless. They wont care that you smell like me. They carve blood." I felt my blood run cold. "Stay safe."
Again it wasn't like I was going to roll around in gravy and set myself on a platter for them to tear my little rodent head off. Reaching my head forward I licked her nose and she smiled kissing the top of my head, "Yuck, barf fest." Jenks said as he flew back in. "Should we call off this little run so you two could get a room?"
Jade gave him a pleasant look as she stroked my ears, "I'd like one for when she's in her normal form." She said cooly but I felt that her lap was hot. At this point I wouldn't mind it either.
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Jenks had said the place was crawling with dogs and I was almost to the point of biting Jade when she had decided she wanted to stick around. Jenks lied and said he could talk to me and told her in oddly sweet words that I didn't want her out on this run with me and it should only be a few days thing. It should. Keep an eye out for his woman and any papers or deeds he's forging.
Scampering through what was probably a generous privacy pricker hedge I wiggled my way through almost whimpering from how dense it was. It was so thick it was catching my fur. I listen to Jenks curse as he scouted ahead coming back every once in awhile if there was a dog close by. The thing was so tightly knitted that even Jenks was having a hard time flying in it.
When it finally ended I happily jumped out stretching my lanky limbs and licked at a few spots where the thorns had gotten through my fur licking up the blood. Scanning the yard it looked well manicured and oh crap the yard was filled with dogs! There had to be a pack of them! Maybe they wouldn't be as intimidating if I was in my normal form than a few inches from the ground... no I'd still be scared by these monsters!
"Rache!" Jenks shrieked as he zipped up into the light of the sun. My body went tight as I looked around and saw a bull of a dog charging his way towards me and drool coming out of its rabid looking mouth. The weight of the dog was giving him some scary momentum sending him faster at me and I was so scared of those yellow looking teeth that I couldn't move my body. "Rache move that furry little ass of yours! For the love of Tink!" He shouted.
Zipping down he sprinkled pixy dust into the dogs eyes and he came to a sudden halt yelping. But the monument had him still coming towards me and I went head first back into the thorn bush. As if not getting hit by Jenks' pixy dust was bad enough he also went face first into the thorn bush. A scared cry came out of the dog as he jerked back rubbing his face into the dirt before scratching it. It was pitiful looking but it felt like my little rodent heart was about to burst!
"Rachel, others are coming we should change locations." He said low as he stood in front of me looking me over. He cringed and I wondered how badly I looked from rushing in. "All his yapping is bringing attention to us."
I gave him a nod and we ran. He stayed high enough to see the pack of dogs come running towards us and I felt my fur stand on end as they let out a blood chilling howl coming to their comrades aid. "There!" Jenks hissed softly towards a small badly looking dog hut and we threw ourselves in.
It reeked of fear, blood, and dog. My whiskers bristled as I held in a sneeze and took a calming breath when they ran past us going into the wrong direction thinking we were still in the hedge. Heh good luck finding anything in that place. I thought satisfied. "Thanks Jenks. I would have been dog chow." It came out as squeaks but he seemed to get the gist of it.
He was still busy looking out the small broken doggy door and I hesitated as I felt eyes on me. "Jenks please tell me we're the only ones in here..."
"Shut up Rache you don't want em to find...!" he hissed but as he turned around. He froze going pale a little. "Shit..."
Turning my head I saw a large dog staring at us his nose working as he took in my scent better. Shit was right...