It was mid afternoon the next day and Vilkas was returning from a small job that was only a few miles away from Whiterun. He sighed as he walked through the Marketplace, the cool breeze blew his hair back and he enjoyed the feeling. As he walked up the stairs a couple of children ran past him playing and he couldn't help but smile as he watched them. He walked up to Jorrvaskr and around the building, once he made it to the back he was greeted by Skjor.
"Vilkas, are you finished with your work today?" He asked. "Yea, I think so." Vilkas raised an eyebrow at him. "Good, the old man wanted to see you. He said he has something for you to do." Skjor explained. Vilkas nodded and than made his way into the building and than down the stairs.
Once he entered the building he saw Seradia was sitting in one of the chairs writing in her book. She was mumbling and looked aggravated. "I can't believe she didn't take me with her..." Vilkas heard her mumble as he walked by. He thought about asking her but he decided that it was non of his business.
Kodlak looked up hearing his door open and smiled seeing it was Vilkas. "Good, you're finally here." Kodlak said as he sat his journal down. "Skjor said you wanted to see me?" Vilkas took a seat in the chair that was on the other side of the table. "Yes.." Kodlak looked down and he looked troubled. "You know how you and I feel about the wolf right?" Kodlak looked back up at him. "Yea?" Vilkas raised an eyebrow at him. "And you know how Skjor and Aela feel about it?" Kodlak crossed his arms and leaned back in his chair.
"Yes, what's this about?" Vilkas asked. "Well, this morning shortly after you left we had a..small incident with June.." Kodlak started to explain. "What kind of incident?" Vilkas asked furrowing down his eyebrows. "She almost lost control." Kodlak leaned over rubbing his forehead. Vilkas sat up straight in his chair. "What happened?" He asked. "Did something trigger it?" Vilkas asked again, he sounded worried.
Kodlak shook his head. "No, nothing. She was just walking and than out of no where she fell to the ground and started to change." Kodlak sat back up. "Luckily it was down here so no one else saw but me and Aela. We were able to calm her down and help her gain control but it didn't last long, Aela had to take her away from here." Kodlak didn't sound to happy about it. "Than it's okay now though right?" Vilkas raised his eyebrows. "Well..." Kodlak sighed. "It would be if anyone but Aela took her..." He said quietly.
Vilkas looked at him confused. "I'm afraid that Aela will put the wrong idea about it all in her head. You know how she is when it come to the beast." Kodlak looked back to Vilkas. "I want you to go find them and take over. You have better control over it than any of them." Kodlak said. Vilkas leaned over and looked down with a frown. 'I don't think I would be any better than her though...' He thought to himself.
"I know it be awkward for you to be around her and you must feel uncomfortable being asked this but I truley believe you are the best one for this Vilkas." Kodlak explained again. "It's worse than we thought, I know little about how she became infected because she refuses to speak to anyone about it. If she tells anyone I think it will be you." Kodlak started to explain more about how he felt about it all. "Ha!" Vilkas let out a small laugh. "I don't think so." Vilkas leaned back and crossed his arms.
"She despises me." Vilkas said with a small frown. "I don't think so." Kodlak smiled a little. "Just give her time Vilkas, it's been a long time since you two have seen each other." Kodlak tried to make him feel better but it wasn't working. Vilkas just let out a sigh and than stood up. "What have you told Sera about it?" He asked looking through the door at her. "I just told her that June went out with Aela for a small job." Kodlak shrugged. Vilkas nodded and than turned back towards him. "Alright, I'll go find them and help." Vilkas finally agreed to it.
Kodlak smiled in relief. "Good, they shouldn't be too far from here but far enough to where no one can find them. I'm sure you'll find them with no problem." Kodlak said. Vilkas nodded and than turned leaving the room, he slightly looked at Seradia as he walked past her but didn't say anything to her. He walked up the stairs and than through the main room quickly leaving the building.
Vilkas quickly made his way through Whiterun and into the wilds. He faced the direction where the wind was coming from and took in a deep breath. He instantly smelt June's sweet scent, he'd know it anywhere. He smiled at his small victory and ran in the direction it was coming from.
He walked a long time down the road till he hit the forest area that was miles away from Whiterun, he let out a small sigh and than walked into the trees following June's scent. "It's truley a gift to be given this power." Aela kept going on and on about how great it was. June just looked away a little annoyed. 'How could she think that?' June crossed her arms as she leaned her back against a tree. 'To each their I own I guess...' June let out a small sigh.
June stood there for a moment longer listening to Aela. She than quickly stood up straight as a new smell appeared in the air. It was strong and dominate and the only one who had it was Vilkas. Once she realized who it was he appeared in the distance, he started to walk over to them. Aela stopped talking and turned as she sensed his presence. "What are you doing here?" She asked him. "Kodlak asked me to take over." He explained.
Aela furrowed her eyebrows down at him. "What? Why?" She crossed her arms. Vilkas rubbed the back of his neck as he tried to find something to say that wouldn't make her too angry. "Well, you've been out here all day so he thought you could use a break and let me take over." He quickly spoke. "Hmm..." Aela examined his face closely. June looked at them both, she was glad that Aela was no longer helping her but she felt a little annoyed that it had to be Vilkas to take her place.
"Well alright." Aela let out a small sigh. "I'll see you two later." She nodded to them both and than walked away. Vilkas watched her for a moment and than slowly looked at June who was staring at him also. "Why am I still out here?" She finally asked. She had been out here all day, what exactly was there to teach. "You're out here to make sure you don't have another insident." Vilkas explained walking up to her. "We are going to stay out here till you have better control, and if that means you changing a couple times than so be it." Vilkas crossed his arms.
June raised an eyebrow at him. "And if it means staying out here all night than so be it." Vilkas said with a shrug. "Lovely." June let out a sigh as she started to walk away from him. Vilkas quickly followed after her. "I mean that's exactly what I wanted to do with my evening was spend it with you." June said sarcastically. Vilkas just rolled his eyes. "Well you better start to like it because I have a feeling it's going to happen often." Vilkas spoke with out thinking.
June stopped and turned around looking at him with her eyebrows furrowed down. "Are you implying something?" She asked. Vilkas blinked and stared at her confused and than his cheeks quickly grew warm. "Oh no I didn't mean it like that! I meant..I mean..I'm with Camilla so.." Vilkas struggled to find his words. He looked down rubbing his forehead letting out a loud sigh. "What I meant by that was we are probably going to be out here a lot working on your control.." Vilkas spoke firmly and slowly.
"Sure, sure." June turned back around walking again. "I think I would rather spend the night with your brother though." June teased. "Well good luck with that because I think he has feelings towards your friend." Vilkas said with a small grin. June's eyes widened as she quickly looked at him again. "Sera?" She asked. Vilkas nodded. June let out a small laugh as she started to think about it. "Those two might actually look good together." June rubbed her chin as the image popped up into her mind.
"I'm just glad Farkas has finally found interest in a woman." Vilkas said with a shrug as he walked past June. "He's never been interested in a woman before?" June asked him with an eyebrow raised. "He has, in fact he's slept with plenty of women. What I meant was find a woman he actually had feelings for." Vilkas explained. "Well that's good in all but I don't think Sera will return his feelings." June placed her hands on her hips as she watched Vilkas walk over to a tree. "Why not?" He furrowed his eyebrows down.
"Well.." June started to think back on Ancano. After they began to travel together it took Seradia a few months to be able to tell June. She remembered that when she did tell her June grew angry and wished she had killed him back at the college and thinking about it now made her feel that way again. "She..." June tried to think of a way to explain it with out telling Vilkas her secret. "The last relationship she was in didn't..end well. And that's putting it lighly." June crossed her arms as she slightly looked down at the ground.
"What about yours?" Vilkas clenched his jaw as Brynjolf popped up into his mind. June quickly looked up at him surprised. 'Why did I say that...' Vilkas immediately regretted his words but his curiosity got the better of him. June just stared at him for a moment and than slowly looked down at the ground as her mind went back to it. "Sorry, I shouldn't of asked that." Vilkas quickly apologized. June looked back up at him, her face looked angry but also sad at the same time. He was expecting her to yell at him but she just looked back away. "Whatever." Was all she said and than walked away. Vilkas was a bit surprised and quickly followed after her.
They walked through the forests for a long time keeping small talk, it surprised Vilkas that they were actually keeping a conversation and it made him a little happy. It grew dark but it was a clear night sky. June was still walking a head of Vilkas, she looked up at the sky admiring the bright stars. She stopped walking and just stared at the sky, Vilkas stopped beside her and looked at her.
He examined her face, Vilkas often found himself staring at her like he always used to. He looked at her scar and than looked to her hair, it was still strange seeing her with short hair but she did look good with it. She always looked good to Vilkas. Vilkas got lost into his thoughts about her once again, he almost didn't notice the sudden chance of feeling around them. June felt her muscles tense up and she couldn't move all she could do was fall to the ground.
Vilkas blinked realizing what just happened. "June!" He quickly knelt down beside her putting his hand on her back. June held her head as she felt herself begin to change. She could feel her teeth sharpen and her muscles begin to grow. Vilkas could see her hair begin to thicken and her nails turn into claws. "June, you need to control it!" He kept his hand on her back. "I can't!" She yelled in agony. "Yes you can!" Vilkas quickly wrapped his arms around June and pulled her close to him.
Vilkas tightened his hold on her as he felt her start to struggle but it wasn't her. It was the beast trying to break free. Vilkas placed his hand on the back of her head and laid it on his chest. "Listen to my heart beat." He whispered. "Listen to its rhythm." He started to run his fingers through her hair trying to calm he down. Her breathing started to slow back down to normal, she slowly wrapped her arms around Vilkas's waist as the wolf inside her started to calm down. The pain finally faded away and June let out a deep sigh than she passed out.