I woke up with a headache from drinking one-too-many glasses of wine, last night. I glanced at the clock, 6:50. Jumping out of bed and running to my closet, I quickly pulled on a sports bra and spandex. Oh god. Afterrealizing that I was suffering from a minor hangover, I had to sit down in the middle of my closet. I rested my head against the cool door-frame and allowed my mind to have a little break so the throbbing would go away.

Two knocks came from behind my door. With a nothing but a grunt, I gave the person the permission to enter. From the sound of the footsteps, I knew it was Evander.

"Isabelle?" Evander asked, cautiously.

"In here." I mumbled, my head still against the door-frame.

Evander opened the doors to my closet, his eyes widened and he turned around immediately.

I chuckled, "Do I really look that hideous?"

"No, it is just...that you are not completely clothed."

My eyes widened as I looked around and saw that I had really forgotten to put on my shorts. I gasped, "Out!" I said, shoving him out and closing the door. I actually pulled on shorts this time and a cut-off then stepped out. Evander was casually leaning on my wall with an amused expression.

"What?" I snapped.

"Ah, so the Goddess did have too much wine last night." I pouted and sat down, resting my head against the table. "I can help with that." he said, taking the seat across from me. I looked at him and raised an eyebrow.

"How is that?"

"Close your eyes," he instructed, when I didn't listen right away, he put his hand over my eyes, "Now relax." At the sound of his soft voice and his smooth accent, I immediately released all the tension in my body. Quickly after that, I felt as if something was being brought out of my head. I realized that it was him sucking the pain away. My head felt empty and light for a second then Evander removed his hand. I stared at him, wondering what wonders he just did.

"What was that?"

"I took your pain and commanded air to relax your stressed muscles." Evander stood up, "Now come with me, you are late for training. If you are over ten minutes late, Josaf will have my head as well as yours. " I stood up, feeling way better, thanks to Evander. He walked me to the training room.

"I hope you feel well enough to train today."

I nodded, "I feel like I could take down an army, thanks too you!"

Evander laughed, "Now go on in or else Josaf will be angry." I waved him goodbye before walking into the room, where as Evander was right, Josaf was definitely angry.

"Evander, will you not stay for a moment?'

Evander closed the door and walked in, "Yes, Josaf?"

"If you are not too busy, aid me in demonstrating a couple things for your dear fiancee."

"I believe I can cut some time for this." Evander said, smiling devilishly.

"Watch closely, Isabelle. Pick up on as many techniques as you can." Josaf said to me, then turned to Evander, "First we are going to demonstrate a battle, show her how a fight between two Gods' is. Then we are going to demonstrate another battle, but this time using our powers."

"Fantastic." Evander said dangerously. His voice became deeper and took on a slight animalistic tinge. Josaf and Evander peeled off their shirts. I couldn't help but stare at Evander's chiseled abs.

Josaf took on a fighting stance, "Please do not hold back."

"Never said I would." Evander said before Josaf ran at him at a shocking speed.

Josaf was punching towards Evander but he was easily blocking them with his forearms, Evander blocked Josaf's attack then used that as an opening to punch him in the stomach. Josaf flew backwards but repelled off the wall and flied towards Evander. Evander caught his body in midair and slammed him against the ground. Josaf got up off the ground, quickly, and swiped Evander's legs out from under him. Evander touched the floor but bounced off quickly. Josaf came at Evander again forming his hand into a fist before it was about to collide against Evander's face, but Josaf instead kicked him in the ribs and then punched him. It was Evander's turn to go with a series of punches but Josaf blocked each one of them with ease. Evander decided to wrap the fight up because after his series of punches, he elbowed Josaf in the ribs, kicked the feet from under him and stop him from getting up by placing a foot on his chest.

Evander and Josaf began laughing as he helped Josaf up. I sat in my position, shocked. All that had gone by so fast yet it was so...powerful... They had both moved so gracefully and with so much energy that I was speechless.

"Isabelle, do you see the difference from a battle between Gods' to a battle from any ordinary Gifted?" I definitely did. I nodded my head, "Now watch us using our powers. Keep in mind that Evander's power is a physical Gift and mine is a mental Gift."

Josaf nodded at Evander who gave him a head nudge back. Within a second, there was a ring of fire and water around Evander. It was a breathtaking sight. Though I couldn't see Josaf's power, I could definitely feel it in the air around us. Evander lifted his arms in the air, the fire stayed in a ring around his body but the water lashed out. Josaf jumped over the little icicles. He caught one from mid-air and at a frightening speed, sent the icicle flying back towards Evander. Evander stood still and with a flick of his wrist, he sent deadly icicle into the wall, where it shattered to the floor and melted.

Josaf stood in front of Evander, analyzing him. Evander stared back with narrowed eyes. Josaf smirked then within a second, he was in front of Evander. They quickly exchanged open-handed combat, but then surprisingly, Josaf hit Evander in the gut and Evander flew back, betraying a mask of pain.

Evander grunted then stood up, "You have found my weakness, brother."

"It was easy to read."

I raised an eyebrow, "What weakness?"

"It seems as though Evander has been aching from his last battle. Dominick truly did injure you." I had no idea what they were talking about. Then it clicked. I remember a couple months back, there was a mini-battle where Evander had to fight. He had gotten injured in the process.

"It has not thoroughly healed."

"You must rest. You never will know when the Others' attack next."

"I am aware of that, Josaf. Thank you for your concern, brother. I shall get going, I will leave my fiancee in your hands." He bowed forward, "Isabelle."

I smiled, "Evander." and with that he left. Josaf pulled me up by the elbow and told me to take my fighting stance. Unexpectedly, he ran at me, causing me to take one of his quick punches hard to the stomach. I threw my hands up in a cross over my chest as he continued to hit my weak spots. I took a deep breath and focused on Josaf's rhythm as he fought. Finally, I was able to detect his movements and punching pattern. I blocked his two punches, and his kick then landed one of my own high kicks on the middle of his neck. Feeling proud of myself, I jumped back.

"Do not get over-confident." Josaf said before swiping my feet out from under my legs. Sharp pain struck through my ankle as his shin made contact with mine. I gave a small scream of pain. Josaf gave me a challenging look, if I was going to get up or not. I sucked my pain up and jumped up, ignoring the menacing pain that wanted me to sit down.

For the next hour I pushed the pain from my ankle down. Josaf and I practiced mostly on my power and working on my mind-barrier so he was not able to read my mind. Josaf had to leave early for some battle plans so he told me to practice the rest of the time on the practice dummy. I clenched my jaw and whiped the sweat from my forehead. I limped towards the wall and slid myself painfully down. I took my shoes off and looked at my ankle. It was swollen, red, and pulsing. Not mention it looked absolutely disgusting. I bit my lip and began trying to massage it. Pain shot through my ankle again and I quickly stopped.

I slipped my shoes back on and limped my way to my bed room. As soon as I walked in, I had to sit in the chair immediately because of the severe pain that carried through my leg all the way to my gut.

"Isabelle! You need to bathe. Sire Evander is waiting for you downstairs." Kendall said, bursting into my room.

I raised an eyebrow, "Why is he waiting?"

"You need to store your Spirit." 'Storing' my Spirit was something each God/Goddess had to do. It was their main weapon that has their Gift stored inside of it. It becomes a part of your soul. I clenched my teeth.

"I'll be in there soon, just give me a second." With the remaining effort I had, I hauled my body up but, as soon as I stood up my ankle gave out from underneath me, refusing to carry any more pressure.

Kendall and Madison rushed in after hearing the loud 'thump!'

"What happened?" Madison exclaimed while helping me up.

"I just hurt my ankle during training today, that's all."

Madison and Kendall shouted, "We need to tell sire Evander!"

I grabbed Madison's hand, "Don't tell him, it'll heal soon."

"We have too, Isabelle. You cannot just keep going on with an injured leg."

"Tell you what, if it still hurts by the end of the today, I'll tell Evander myself."

Madison and Kendall looked at each other, "Fine. But at least let us wrap it after your bath. That way it'll stay in place." I nodded and allowed them to wrap an Ace bandage around my bengay-ed ankle.

After bathing and dressing, I slowly walked over to Evander, hoping that he didn't see my limp.

"Are you feeling alright?" he asked as I approached him.

I nodded, "Yeah, just sore." I lied. Evander's blue eyes eyed me cautiously.

"I see." he mumbled then turned around, "Let us go, we are late."

Evander and I got driven to a mansion that looked like a medieval castle. It had the break walls, large pillars, and the growing vines that made it look beautiful.

"What's here?"

"A friend of our people. He will teach you how to bind your weapon."

"And what will I need to do?" I said, thinking back to my ankle.

"You will feel the connection to your weapon. It will require for you to test each weapon ranging from a simple hand gun to a double, bladed whip or a cross bow with venomous arrows."

"Will I have to do any…physical exercise?

He shook his head, "I do not believe so. Any reason?" Evander asked opening my car door for me.

I stepped out of the car, "Just curious. Let's go." I said, walking, as best as I could without appearing that I was in pain, towards the house. As soon as we stepped on to the porch, the door opened, revealing an old maid in the cliché maid outfit. She silently led us down a staircase where I saw a man who was examining a sword behind glass windows. Once we walked through the doors, the man turned around. He looked young, roughly about 28 but the energy around him revealed that he was old. Maybe as old as Evander, maybe older.

"Evander, my friend!" he boomed, "Welcome."

"Nolden." Evander greeted, "This is Isabelle, my fiancée."

The man held his hand out, "A pleasure to meet you, Lady Isabelle." I blushed and really looked at Nolden. He had short black hair and the same black eyes. He was tall, but not as tall as Evander. The man was lean but muscular.

"Please, just Isabelle."

"Ah, you do not like the formalities. That is fine as well, Isabelle." Nolden turned to Evander, "How may I help you? You did not tell me what has brought you here."

"We need to bind Isabelle's weapon as soon as possible. I was hoping you could aid us with that."

"Of course, anything for my dear friend. So let us get straight to business, shall we?"

"As quick as possible."

"Take a seat, Isabelle." Nolden said, motioning to the only seat in the large and empty room. I walked over to the chair and tried looking calm as I sat myself down. "Now close your eyes and relax." I did as I was told. I felt something, kind of like hands, touching my mind. Something that was stronger than what Darak taught me to control. I tried putting up the mental barrier, like he taught. Maybe it was The Others'. I couldn't let them into my mind.

I heard Nolden chuckle, "No need to resist me, young one. It is me examining your mind." I immediately relaxed and felt stupid. I peeked through my eyelids to see Evander with his finger over his mouth, resisting a chuckle. A minute later, Nolden clicked his tongue. "It seems as though binding her weapon right now is not possible. Isabelle's soul is not at peace right now."

"And why is that?" Evander asked, almost in a growl.

"Well, it seems that she is in physical pain. Her soul is trying to heal her injuries. Evander, you should know a weapon is impossible to bind unless the master is at peace."

"It seems to have slipped my mind. We will contact you soon, Nolden. Do stop by soon. I'm sure Liliac would like that."

"We will speak of that later. It looks as though you have something to…handle." Nolden said. I still didn't open my eyes, knowing Evander's face would be a mask of anger. And that happened to be frightening. "Take care, Lady Isabelle." Nolden said, than left.

After a moment of silence, Evander finally spoke. "Isabelle." He said through clenched teeth, "Open your eyes."

I slowly opened my eyes and my assumption was right, Evander looked furious. "I can explain."

"What were you thinking?" he boomed loudly, "You need to keep your body in perfect condition, how is that possible when you are hurt?" he said, controlling his voice but anger still seeped through. Evander walked up to me, "Where does it hurt?"

"My right ankle. It got hurt during training but I didn't think it was so bad…" Evander kneeled down and put my ankle on his lap. He took of my shoe and rolled up my jeans. Than after rolling up my jeans, he looked at my swollen ankle. He squeezed it in some places that I had to literally hold back my grunt of pain.

"You are truly an idiot. Now what do you think would have happened if the Others' had attacked and you could not protect yourself due to your injury?" he said, coldly. Then with a swift movement, Evander picked me up, holding the small of my waist and my legs. I put my arm around his neck as he walked towards the car, anger radiating off of him.

"I'm sorry. It's just that-"

"Save your excuses, Isabelle. We will see to it once at home." And I could tell I wouldn't get a word out of him even after we get 'home'.

Hey guys, sorry it took so long! Hope you liked it and the building chemistry between Evander and Isabelle. Stay tuned and remember to review! 3 Love you all. Oh and shout out to Imagination57(keep a look out for her new character, Sam), she told her friends about this story and got me some new readers! Thanks everyone

-Hira