Short chapter but have had it for two days now and wanted to post something. I was going to make it longer but I feel like I spotted at a good point for the start of the next one which will be longer. Next post will take a few days, life, work, etc. Hope you enjoy and look for Chapter five to be on the most intense side not to steamy yet, that will come in a short while. FYI this wasn't Beta'd so it will be pretty rough.
The bag swung dangerously high towards the ceiling. As it came back down towards its assailant, another punch landed bursting the fragile seem releasing the contents of the bag onto the floor. Dyson cursed under his breath. He had been on edge ever since he heard that Kenzi went out of town with Bo in order to help her deal with part of Bo's Dawning. He had just wanted to speak to her, see her, and make sure she was doing all right. His wolf was beyond annoyed. He felt like she was trying to avoid him for some reason, he understood that there was some sexual tension building between them but this was more important. If she isn't able to attain peace with her wolf she would slowly be driven to more wolf behavior. She would almost devolve having her wolf take over her conscience thought. The irony was not lost on him as she was trying to help Bo from devolving herself into an underfae. If he had only been able to speak to her alone but she had to drag Lauren away the other night and now it had been almost three days since she started the transition and they hadn't spoke more than a few sentences to each other. He could only hope that she was fine when she came back with Bo. Dyson's wolf growled in agreement. He needed to release some of the anxiety that was building up inside. The only thing that he thought that would have even the slightest chance of helping him was to run. He threw on his jacket and proceeded out the door headed towards the woods. He needed a real run to feel the breeze run through his fur and to feel the ground press into the pads of his paws. Right now trying to please his wolf was his only option until he was able to speak with Kenzi.
Kenzi and Bo entered their house exhausted from taking on Polly and dealing with the emotional baggage that was Bo's relationship with her mother. Kenzi was glad that she could still help her friend out when she needed it but she had been fighting this wolf presence the last few days. After Lauren did more tests on her the other night her wolf made itself known even more after the car incident. She had been getting ready for bed when smell from their living room sent her wolf into a frenzy. She literally was sniffing all the way down the stairs until she came up to the jacket that was lying on the chair. She grabbed it and plunged her nose into the leather folds haling deeply. The scent was like an aphrodisiac, she couldn't help herself nuzzling her face into the jacket trying to get the scent onto her own face.
"Kenzi, what are you doing?" Bo asked as she came into the living room in her usual silk kimono robe.
Kenzi realized she was on her knees and rubbing the leather jacket aggressively against her face and noticed a low growl was coming from her. Kenzi's eyes opened wide. "Um nothing I was just looking for my jacket. Oh look here it is." She said standing up and holding the jacket in front of her.
"Ok Kenzi first, we both know that is not your jacket it's Dyson's" Bo said making Kenzi double take towards the jacket. She finally realized that this whole wolf thing was getting out of control she felt like she was losing her humanity. She really needed to get this under control. She thought about talking to Dyson tomorrow and she had a sudden sense of relief flood her system. Her wolf relaxed at the thought of speaking to Dyson, if she didn't know any better their wolves seem to have formed a connection and it kept drawing them to one another.
"Second Kenzi, I wanted to see if you were up for a road trip. I need to go and see my mother and deal with some issues in order to help me get through this Dawning business." Bo said finishing her earlier thought.
Kenzi was fighting herself internally. On the one hand she couldn't turn down Bo, she was after all her sister. She could never say no to her. On the other she was getting worried about this transition and what it might do if unchecked. She felt confident that she could keep this wolf transition in check for a few more days if it was to help Bo.
"Hell yea girly! A road trip with my sista'? Of course I'm in. Plus I get to see the bumpkin infested place you use to call home." Kenzi exclaimed.
"You sure you are alright with the whole transition and everything." Bo asked.
"Yea Lauren said that we wouldn't know anymore until those results come back from earlier." Kenzi lied. She knew there was more going on inside her head then she was telling anyone but she wasn't going to bail on Bo not now.
She had only had a few incidents while she was out with Bo. The fresh country air sent her senses into a frenzy, she had just gotten use to the city smells. Now out in the country nothing was familiar. She spent half the drive trying to organize the smells in her head. She was thrilled that she was able to experience the exhilaration of the wind blowing through her hair. She kept quiet about it because she didn't want Bo thinking she was having a mental break due to the transition. Bo seemed alright with the change and Kenzi just took her lack of interest in her problems as a sign that Bo had to deal with her own issues as well.
After they had gotten through her issues with her mom the trip back was uneventful but had a certain peaceful quality to it. Kenzi understood Bo better and they seemed to cement their friendship in a higher level, that of a true family. She only hoped that whatever happened with this transition wouldn't change anything between them.
Kenzi strolled over to the refrigerator to grab a drink and called out to Bo if she wanted something.
"Yea grab me a beer Kenz. Thanks." Bo yelled as she was heading upstairs to her bedroom to unpack quickly. As she passed in the stairwell she jumped as she noticed Dyson coming down the stairs. His eyes had turned golden and he almost had a feral look to him as he stalked by her and into the kitchen.
"Kenzi we need to speak. Now!" he said fiercely as he grabbed her arm and pulled her towards the front door.
"Easy with the goods, D-man. I am still only human." Kenzi said with a trademark smirk.
"No you aren't and that's the problem." He growled out, his lip curved up forming a snarl effect. "If we don't talk and take care of your wolf you are going to have issues with this transition. Bo we are will be at my loft if you need anything."
"So you're just going to kidnap me?" Kenzi said outraged and pushed Dyson back into the kitchen. She glared at him and walked to her right in front of him.
"You think you can just come in here and tell me what to do?" Kenzi asked, her voice was becoming louder and the edge of anger was slowly take hold. "I just got home and you are dragging me off somewhere!? I don't think so." As Kenzi spoke she had made an entire circle around Dyson. Dyson obviously observed this and became trying to diffuse the situation he had unintentionally created.
"Kenzi, listen I'm not trying to drag you anywhere I'm just trying to help you through this change." Dyson said as non-threatening as he could. Kenzi had continued to circle him and her body posture had changed to a defensive stance. Curtains of black silk fell in front of her sky blue eyes as she continued to circle Dyson; the nails on her fingers had slowly sharpened and grew in length. Dyson immediately sensed the change in her demeanor and realized that if he could not get Kenzi to claim down she would attack him out of desperation.
Dyson quickly changed tactics and lowered his gaze and turned his palms face up in a neutral stance. Kenzi recognized that he was submitting to her, she didn't know how she knew exactly until she realized that the presence in her head was directing her actions. As soon as she realized this, her consciousness took over and she stopped in her tracks around Dyson and straightened her back and relaxed her hands that were tensed for a strike.
Shocked Kenzi looked at Dyson and then looked over to the stairs where an incredibly shocked Bo was staring at her like she was a stranger in their apartment. "Ok Dyson I'm listening." Kenzi said in a small voice as she began to tremble slightly.
Dyson moved from his spot in the kitchen right to holding her gently. "It's alright Kenzi. You felt threatened and you reacted. I should have approached this better. I'm sorry. Listen we are just going to head over to my loft and we can go over things there. Ok?"
Kenzi merely nodded in reply. She had no idea this was so much out of her control. She was glad that Dyson was there and would help her through this transition. He had always protected her and never let anything bad happen to her. Plus being this close to him right now wasn't bad either…
