Chapter 10

I woke up to soft light floating in though the window, I was alone in bed except for a note on the bad next to me from Azriel.

I was sent on a mission I should be back in couple of days a week at the most, don't worry I have enlisted Cassian to keep you company.

-Az

I rolled my eyes and smiled as I got out of bed and panicked at the blood on the sheets util I realized it had been from me, from our joining last night. I went into the bathing room and looked at my reflection in the mirror and touched my fingers to my lips. Utterly normal, I don't know why I thought I would look different but it was just me.

I took a quick bath washing him off of me and cleaning the small amount of blood from my thighs. I brushed my hair quickly and braided it as I threw on black leggings plain black under things and a lose purple tunic. I headed downstairs and smelled breakfast hitting the bottom step I noticed Cassian siting with his back to me digging into a plate piled high wish sausage eggs and biscuits.

I walked into the kitchen and poured a cup of coffee adding cream and sugar before grabbing a biscuit and spreading fresh cream and jam on it.

"good morning Cassian" I said and gave him a small smile. "what are we going to be up to today?"

He grinned at me and slid over a piece of paper with one word on it. Training. I raised one of my brown and he grabbed an empty plate ad started piling it with meats and eggs and pushed it towards me. I held up my biscuit gesturing that I already had something to eat but he shook his head and mouthed the word 'protein' at me before giving the plate one last little shove.

"you are going to make me fat." I protested but picked up a fork and stabbed a piece of sausage, shoving it into my mouth I eyed the book that he had next to him on the counter. "is that smut?" I asked smirking around my mouthful of sausage. He turned a little pink and started talking. I rolled my eyes and slid the paper ad pencil back over to him. He gave me an apologetic look ad started writing

Nesta, is new and she had me pick It up while I was down from the house. I smirked and noted the bookmark in the middle of it. He noticed my gaze to late and I plucked it out from between the pages and placed it down on the counter next to the book.

"not your huh?" I said smugly as he looked dumbfounded and started talking again. I tapped the piece of paper and he glowered at me this time as he scribbled.

Time to go. He stood and I followed him as we climbed the stairs together, when we reached the roof he opened his wing and shook them out before taking off into the sky.

"I cant fly, I haven't since I was a child" I yelled out hoping he could hear me. He gestured for me to get in the air and crossed his arms. Waiting. He knew I hadn't flown yet, watched Azriel carry me. Yet here he was taunting me and ready to let me fall like a stone.

Prick I should just go back inside and wait until Azriel got back. But then he started throwing things at me. Actually throwing things. Shocked I scowled at him and reached down to inspect the small projectiles. Acorns, he cant have that many can he. But he just kept throwing them, pissing me off. I threw one back but he just flew higher and then above me dropping a pinecone on top of my head. I froze as I realized he wasn't going to stop until I was airborn. Taking a deep breath I opened my wings feeling the pull of cold muscles, I had been practicing lifting them and opening them. I had just been to afraid to try flying again. The sun warmed the smooth thin membrane of my wings the breeze catching in them as it lazily drifted through the sky. The acorns stopped as I did a coupe test flaps warming up the muscles a bit and stretching them out.

I then crouched low to the ground and took a deep breath as I hurled myself into the sky pushing down hard with my wings muscles straining and burning I rose up, only to promptly fall back onto my ass. I hadn't pushed hard enough, I hardly got off the roof. I scowled as Cassian landed, he held out his hands to me and I thought he was going to carry me until he leaned down and grabbed my hands in his and he mouthed, you can do this. He then bent at the knees pulling me down with him. I knew what he was going to do, I was going to pull him down with me and we were both going to splatter on the ground below.

I took another deep breath and he nodded at me, we both launched into the air flapping down hard with my wings, muscles screaming with every tug of them. We dropped a couple feet then I missed a beat of my wings but Cassians hands held tightly onto mine and we didn't fall out of the sky. We stayed in one place for a couple of wing beats just letting my get my bearings was we slowly bobbed up and down our wings beating in unison. And then I grinned at him, letting all of the pure joy seep into my every feature. I tugged my hands out of his and the muscle memory of flying snapped back into place for me, I started rising slowly steadily not quite trusting myself not to fall quite yet.

And then I looked around me, gazing at the city below me and he sea out before me the glittering sidra flowing towards it. I inhaled the clear fresh air deeply, greedily as I rose further into the sky. Cassian came before me and gestured for me to follow him ad he headed towards the house of wind. I followed flapping steadily, squinting as the sun peeked out from behind the clouds. And then I got an idea.

Pumping my wings hard I picked up speed quickly catching up to and passing Cassian, I stuck out my tongue at him I tried to go even faster. Of course as we approached the house of wind he passed me and I lost my little race, but I could feel my muscled start to give out as we got closer. He landed in what looked like a training area. And then I realized I now also had to land. Great.

I could see Cassian yelling something as I got closer fast, to close, to fast. I tried to slow down but I was coming in fast, I could see Cassian panic a little as he took off into the sky I wasn't sure what his plan was until he got closer and grabbed my braid. I yelped ad he pulled on it I tried ripping my hair away until I realized he was trying to slow me down. It worked enough as I collided with the ground rolling a couple times.

When I stopped I laid there looking up at the sky, Cassian stepped into view grinning at me. Rage filled me and I launched myself at him tackling him on the ground and started shouting at him as I tried to pound my fists into his chest. he caught my wrists and grinned wider, laughing. Laughing! He was laughing at me, ill kill him.

"don't you ever touch me again you arrogant son of a bitch!" he threw me off of him still grinning and got into a fighting stance. I tried to swing at him and he stepped out my the way and tripped me. Stumbling I steadied myself and lunged again. He laughed at my feeble attempts. And held up a hand gesturing for me to stop as he pulled out a notebook and started writing. He handed it to me.

Are you ready to learn now? I looked up at him and he approached me taking the notebook and stood next to me and getting into a fighting stance. I looked him over and tried to copy his stance. He straightened and stood in front of me kicking at the insides of my feet to spread them a little wider. For balance he mouthed slowly and I nodded. He pressed on the top of my head, forcing me to bend my knees slightly and then we began our training.

I hope you enjoyed a Cassian chapter and seeing our girl standing on her own feet in this chapter. Please read and review it really keeps me going!