CH 8
Loke POV
Two weeks later…
Just one more week and then we're out of here. No more having to mingle. No more trying to get reconnaissance. The Council was just SO excited to hear what we had found. Luckily, because Luce and I Have been doing recon, we don't have to go on more jobs, after this for a whole 3 months.. Speaking of Lucy, my reactions to her have been super weird. She doesn't try to tell me to stop. No, she instead teasingly complains to me about it. Why does the drink table have to be so far from the foyer...OH, right we decided to do that so the foyer wouldn't be too crowded….
Suddenly, I felt Lucy's emotions fluctuate. My princess looked distressed. Even from my spot across the room. There was some blasted idiot talking far too close to her for my liking or apparently hers. I walked up; put my arms around her. Growled out: "Back-Off! Can't you see? You're making MY Princess feel uneasy?" He paled and backed away. Lucy relaxed slightly. Sighing, she turned into my shoulder. "Thank you, Leo." I hugged her tighter against me.
What in the Stars? That isn't the first time I've done that except some of those times Lucy wasn't in need of "rescuing"...and what's this My nonsense? It works for our cover but it's not true…..
Fool! She is ours in truth.
But she's not, not really….. No matter how much I want it to be other–
Fool! She is ours can you not sense it? See it in the way she acts and dresses?
Yeah... she wears clothes based on our Star-Dress... doesn't complain when we cross lines... but that doesn't mean she is mine. And quit saying that she is! Our heart can only take so much hope before it–
Fool! If she is keeping it secret for now, then I will keep quiet... For the moment. Though know this Fool, if you have not claimed her as ours by the time I come out to play in a few months, then I WILL claim her.
WHAT? WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
It matters not at this point...Foolish Cub.
Hey, now you're me so that makes you just as much of a fool and cub.
WRONG! I AM THE ORIGINAL LEO! Every time the mantle is passed down to a new generation of spirits so too does the consciousness of the very First Spirits of the Constellations….at least for the Constellations that have only one Spirit out at a time for its Spirit Key.
Oh, then you aren't me? So how does that make Lucy yours?
You try my patience Cub! I am you and I am also not you. I am every Leo that has ever been and only you. I am what makes you Leo while also not. Do Not perceive that you can know more than I. I am how you knew your spells before your Father taught them to you. So when I tell you something or say something It's because it is Fact to me.
Ok but that still doesn't explain what you meant by you "coming out to play" or what Lucy is keeping secret.
Both answers will make themselves apparent in time. For now, I'm going to go back to resting in your subconscious and instincts.
"Wait!"
"What is it Loke I'm just getting some tea did you want something? You looked really deep in thought and I didn't want to disturb you." Lucy said as she came back over to me. I guess while I was arguing with the Original Leo/my inner-lion, she somehow got out of my arms. "No, I'm good Luce and thanks for letting me think. Go get your tea. If you need me, call. Otherwise, I'll be here when you get back." She nodded and left.