Sorry it took me so long to update. My cousin was in a car accident (she's fine) and I've been running around. Add school and you have a pretty excuse.

A shout out to Flight at Night – HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!

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Anyways…I don't own the character, setting, or pretty much anything from the Strange Angels series.

Chapter 4

Breakfast was like all the others – lots of stares and me sitting by myself.

Dibs, Shanks, and Graves were there, but they were too busy playing bodyguard to actually sit down.

"I hope you guys know how much you suck." I berated them over my cold toast.

"Sorry Dru just following orders." Dibs let out a nervous laugh while glance at Graves.

I still didn't understand how Graves became alpha dog all of the sudden. That fact the Shanks wasn't giving him a hard time made it even weirder. I guess after that night in the forest a lot of things changed. Graves really stepped up and took control when all things seemed lost. It was hard to believe this was still the same kid who sat in front of me in history. He had changed though. It was like this person had always been inside of Graves and the bit from Ash just unlocked his hidden potential.

"Come on Dru you're going to be late" Graves informed me while his glaze continued to search the area around us like something might jump out of the shadows at any moment.

"Kay" I chugged the rest of my coffee and followed my wulfen pack.

Graves took lead, Shanks followed behind, and was Dibs next to me. He would stay by my side if Graves and Shanks had to fend off any unwanted visitors.

We made it to our destination without any real problems…thank god

Augie was already there waiting for us.

"It's a good thing you weren't late. I guess I'll have to save that punishment for next time."

I knew he was just trying to scare me, but well it was working. Knowing Augie that punishment could have been pushups on a bed of hot coal.

Meanwhile, Graves was dividing his team. Dibs was to stand guard near the door, while Shanks patrol the nearby hallways. Graves was staying in the room to ensure Dru safety and if need be escape.

They were taking their job way to0 seriously Dru thought, it's like they were Secret Service or something.

"Right, Dru I want you to do some stretching and then we're going to go straight into sparring. I want to see how well your daddy trained you." Augie said quickly drawing my attention away from the guys.

"Oh this should be fun."

It was just like I thought I could hold my own for about five minutes against Augie until he finally got tired of ignoring all my opening and proved just how weak my defenses truly are.

We worked all the way through lunching, because according to Augie I wasn't doing any work that was worthy if the luxury of eating.

When Augie finally said we were down for the day I fell to the mat exhausted. I knew if I didn't go now I would miss what was left of dinner, but I had been worked so hard today that my stomach refused to even the think about food.

"Get some rest, tomorrow the really work begins. We're going to work o your strength training." One last evil grin my way and a nod to Graves and he was gone.

Graves stared down at me "You dead?" He asked, lightly kicking my shoe to ensure I was still alive.

Instead of replying I simply swiped his legs out from under him.

He fell to the ground with a grunt.

I acted quickly straddling him, using my body to pin him down.

"I've been tossed around all day like a rag doll! How do you think I feel?" I demanded grabbing his shirt and shaking him.

He didn't reply right away, but then he broke into a grin and next thing I knew I was under him.

"Knowing you, you probably loved every minute of it." He smiled.

It was that smile that did me in. Even after getting the shit kicked out of me all day his smile could make everything look brighter.

Without even thinking about it, I pulled him closer using the shirt that was still tightly clutched in my hand. It all happened really fast after that, but before either of us knew it our lips crashed together.

At first the kiss was rushed and messy but filled with passion it was like at any moment something would rip us apart. When we both realized nothing was going to happen we slowed down, but the passion didn't.

It was like everything we had been feeling was in this kiss. Fear of losing one another, love, sadness, and even the smallest bit of anger. Oh and there was lust, believe me there was lust.

We started relaxing more and more into the kiss. I let go of his shirt and wrapped my arm around his neck bringing him closer to me. At the same time he placed his hand at the small of my back, pressing my body close to his.

In this moment I felt internally whole, every crack was filled with Graves.

And it was just at this moment that there was a cough near the door.

Our lips broke apart quickly, but our bodies didn't react as willingly.

Graves let out a small groan, most causing me to almost break down in giggles. He grinned at me before turning to glare at Shanks and Dibs.

"What?" He near growled.

I looked over at the two, still wrapped around Graves like a bow, and smiled. As embarrassing as this was, it was still pretty funny.

Shanks winked at me before turning his attention back to Graves.

"We just wanted to make sure everything was okay. August left a while ago, we thought maybe something had happened. I guess we were right something did happen, just not a life threatening as we thought."

At this Graves breathed out a full on groan and tucked his face in the crook if my neck.

"Go away." He mumbled against my neck

His lips and breath tickled me, making me finally break and let out the laughter I had been holding back.

Upon hearing it I could feel Graves smile against my skin.

"We'll just be outside." Dibs grabbed Shanks and dragged him outside.

"But I want to watch" Shanks joked.

Graves head shot up "Out!" he yelled with a look that could kill.

"Leaving." Responded Shanks and quickly shut the door behind him.

Graves tucked his head back to his resting placing.

He kissed my neck before pulling back. He stood pulling me up with him.

"Come on, let's get you to bed." He ran his thumb over my knuckles once before letting go and calling for Dibs and Shanks.

The team took their usual formation. Graves at head, Dibs by my side, and Shanks following close behind.

"Sorry about before, but can I say it's about time." He sent me a quick little smile and turned his attention back to his surroundings.

I smiled up at him and give his elbow a squeeze.

Graves did a quick sweep of the rooms before I was allowed to enter. I almost started laughing again at how crazy this all was. Wasn't it a couple of week ago I was the one doing the sweeps and protecting Graves.

Times they are a changing.

I know I promised a longer chapter, but I got zero writing gone while I was away and then things got crazy once I got home. Good news is I already started chapter 5 and it should be up shortly, like before Saturday.