Monsters

Training part 1- snake training

Yesterday was bliss. I am happy. I avoid calls with Amaya and Holly. I am too scared that they will hear in my voice that something is up. So we text every day. I miss them so much. The guys are great. They want to help the whole time. They want to spend time with me. But with the girls I don’t have to flirt. I don’t have to feel guilty when I spend time with one and not the other. At least today my snake training begins. So I basically have to spend the whole day with Amir. Then when Rex comes to visit me I won’t feel too guilty. I hope not.

I get dressed in a pair of leggings and a loose long sleeve t-shirt. I put on my running shoes and off I go. I can exercise in this outfit and my birthmark is nicely hidden as well. I rub some rose oil in my hair and put it up in a high ponytail. After I look myself over in the body length mirror in my walk – in – closet, I head down stairs for breakfast. Uncle Tamar and both Rex and Amir are already there talking together with Tiala. As I walk in I notice Tiala was standing beside the chair where Uncle Tamar is sitting. How strange. Could they be attracted to each other? Tiala is not that much older than me. Would Amir approve of this? I really don’t mind. They both deserve happiness. And so what if she is younger. It is really good to see Uncle Tamar smiling. I think to myself as I sit down between Rex and Amir.

“Good morning Princess. Did you sleep well?” Amir leans closer.

“Morning. Yes I did. Thank you. How is every one?” I turn towards Rex to great him as well as Uncle Tamar and Tiala. I don’t want to be unfair to anyone.

We eat and discuss the first week of my training. It is going to be a very long six days. At least I get Sunday off again. After breakfast we head to the training all leaving Rex and Uncle Tamar with Tiala. The training hall will be all ours no one is to disturb us. Only for food or an emergency.

“We will start with a run every morning. Please start stretching. Followed by a two hour theory lesson. After that we will have an hour normal meditation. When you reach the end of the hour I will expose you to my snake. Much like you father did and also like we did the first day. But we will try to control this slowly. During our history and theory lessons you will learn many things that can and will help with you transformation. But first lets run.” He instructs.

I have never seen the serious side of Amir. He is always silly and playful. This is a whole different person.

“Can I run with my music? Or will there be teaching during the run?” I ask. Really hoping I can run with music. Normally I don’t think when I run. I just run.

“No, you can run with music. I’ll go get mine then we can be off. Tomorrow we will run before breakfast. So be ready.” He says as we walk back to the house after our stretches are done.

We run for almost two hours. I feel so peaceful. I am happy that Rex also joined us for the run. He asked Amir politely if he could run with us every morning. Amir said yes. It was nice. The three of us running in the cool coastal air. No talking. No flirting. Just us running. At some point the guys started lagging behind. I was tempted to just keep running on my own pace. Then I thought I was enjoying our running together that I matched their pace.

When we got back the earphones came out while we did our warming down stretched. Rex also joined us for the small exercise. It was very nice. After we were done he asked if he could borrow the book I bought yesterday. I told him where to find it and off he went.

“Where would you like to have your theory and history lessons?” Amir asks just as Rex left.

“Does the training hall have a smaller room connected to it?” I ask thinking about the training hall back at the palace.

“No. but we could bring in a desk if you need it.” He says looking around.

“I have a better idea.” I grab his hand and we run towards the house.

It took us no longer than thirty minutes to move the desk in my room to face away from the window. Amir brought in a white board from who knows where. And our class was ready. We also decided that the meditation sessions will still be in the training hall. Just to have a change of scenery during the day. I think I would die if I had to spend all my time just stick in my room.

At the end of the week I had the whole history of the snakes down.

The first queen, Avyanna, had eight sons. And on each sons eighteenth birthday she gifted them with a creature of her choice. The queen was the first and last hybrid. She was sent by the sky gods to help them rule over the beings on earth. She could turn into all six animals. She was a mermaid and fairy. She was a vampire. She could also turn into a pixie and a nymph. She could also turn into a siren. Whatever that is. And something called a unicorn was her pet. Her first born son, Niran, she gifted the snake. The second, Kavon, the wolf. The third, Meraki, the leopard. The fourth, Esai, the lion. The fifth, Alastair, the tiger. The sixth, Koa, the vampire. The seventh, Kaz, Koa’s twin, the dragon. The eighth, Azor, the fairy. Azor was her last born son. After him she adopted four more boys. They were found begging, so she took them in and raised them with her own. They were also gifted on their eighteenth birthday. The first adopted son, Recon, the mermaid. The second, Lucien, the nymph. The third, Seth, the pixie. The fourth, Micah, the siren.

The four eldest true born got jealous, so they plotted against her. One night the crept into her room, while she was with a lover. And the killed them both. The sons not knowing who their fathers were all left the palace in the days that followed the death of the queen. Only the eighth son, Azor, did not leave the palace. He stayed and rules in his mother’s place. All the sons eventually took human wives. I am a direct descendant of Azor’s blood line.

Niran, the eldest son, took four wives. They were all sisters. And together between the four sisters they bore him ten children nine sons and the youngest a daughter. When the daughter was born he killed all four his human wives. He raised the girl alone. Her name was Juniper. He raised her in a way that the child thought that when she was eighteen she would wed her father and that it would be an honor for her brother to sleep with her. She never married her father. On the night before her eighteenth birthday her father had convinced her that they had to have s*x before they can be married. The poor child was sore for days after that night. And then nine months later she bore him his eleventh child a son she named, Conlead. She took him a few days after she gave birth and ran away with the man she fell in love with. The nine sons never married. They just slept with women, got them pregnant and went on their way. That is how the snake people came to be. Many men from the snake people never marry because of how the nine sons were raised. Juniper was the one that wrote our history books.

I was so shaken after the last history lesson that we just skipped over the meditation for that day. It was Saturday after all.

“Is it really true?” I ask with a sad voice. I have a deep sadness for Juniper. I mean how could a father do that to his own daughter?

“Yes. I wish it wasn’t. I wish it was a happy story. But that is the truth. Some of the first shifters thought of themselves as gods. They weren’t. But they made other people belief that they were. They used their transformations to scare people into doing their bidding.” Amir answered looking out the big window in my room.

“You can have the rest of the day off. I just want us to do today’s meditation session tomorrow is the fine?” He said as he packed up his books. Getting ready to leave my room for lunch.

“Yes. Thank you.” Was all I could muster.

After lunch Rex took me to the beach. I needed a distraction very badly. It was a beautiful sunny day. We swam and then had ice-cream. Akemi also came along. But she just sat with our things while we swam. It seemed like she was afraid of the body of water. Because Akemi came with, Rex only touched me when we were in the water. Or he would just brush me shoulder as we walked.

When we got home Akemi went up to the room to have a nap. Uncle Tamar and Amir was busy at some runes on a piece of land next to the one the house is built on. The runes are cells that are used for first time transformations and shifters that are still in training. They are starting the prep work for when I have to turn for the first time. They say it will be within the next two weeks or so. So we need to be ready. I am not sure how I feel about having to sleep in a dark cell for about a week. Give or take.

Rex, Amir and Uncle Tamar will take turns staying with me. At least I won’t be alone.

We walk up the stairs hand in hand to put our stuff away. Before I let go of his hand to head up the last flight of stairs Rex pulls my close to him.

“Can I invite you to my room to relax a little bit longer?” he asks looking my in the eyes. I can’t help but drown in those deep pools of blue.

“I’d like that. Let me just drop my stuff and change out of the swim suit.” I answer blushing a little.

“See you soon. I’ll leave the door open.” He says and leaves a light kiss on my left cheek. Then he heads towards his room, leaving me standing in the middle of the hall with my hand on my cheek staring after him. How does he do that?

I run up the stairs taking them two at a time. When I get to the door I softly open it and creep in. Hoping not to wake Akemi. I drop the wet stuff in the bathroom and run for the closet. What to wear? Nothing to revealing. It’s not a date. Not a dress. I stare at the random pieces of clothes and feel for the first time like I have nothing to wear.

I eventually decided on a pair of black leggings and a pink no sleeve shirt with a pair of pink socks to match the top. I head down towards his room. Why am I nervous? We have been kissing every day since the book store. And we see each other every day as well. What is up with this?

He heard me come down the stairs and waits for my by the door. Or he has been waiting there since I went up to my room. I can’t be sure. He has the soft smile when I looks up at me. It feels like I might melt. He is wearing a plain black t-shirt and blue jeans with no shoes or socks. His dark brown hair is a complete mess.

“Have you been waiting there since I want up?” I ask trying to get the nervousness to go away.

“No I just came to stand here before you came down.” He answered sounding kind of out of breath.

“What were you doing? Why are you out of breath? And what is up with your hair?” I ask walking closer and reaching out my hand to run them though his messy hair.

“Uhm I was… uhm cleaning my room.” He says shyly. What a typical guy.

“Is it girl ready?” I ask whispering close to his ear, teasing him.

“I hope so.” He says as he steps aside to let me in.

His room is plain. A big bed to the left. The walk in bathroom to the right next to the walk in closet. His room is the exact copy of my room. With no big windows and a little smaller. There is no space for a study corner like mine. Instead he has a guitar in that corner. He has blue bed sheets on his bed and on his night stand there is a lamp and the book he borrowed from me. The closet door is closed so I assume the mess was tossed in there.

I turn around and look at him. “It seems very girl ready.” I tease. “What do you want to do?” I ask

He looks around the room nervously and then he turns back to me. “You can decide.” Was all he answered. I was a little stunned. I was not expecting him to leave it all to me.

“Please play for me.” I point to his guitar. His eyes light up. He walks around the bed, picks up the guitar and sits on the bed. He looks up at me.

“Please make yourself comfortable.” He says and pats the bed next to him. He sits crossed legged on the bed, with his back slightly towards the door. I walk over and crawl on the bed till I set with my left side against his back. It feels so right. He is so warm and comfortable. It is so easy to just be myself around him. It almost feels like a dream with him. It’s all just so easy. I lean my head on his shoulder and he starts playing. I don’t know what song it is. Maybe he wrote it. I’m so lost in the music that I don’t notice closing my eyes. His sent wraps around me along with the notes from his guitar. The melody is soft and slow. He starts to hum along. The vibrations from his humming vibrate through my body and give me goose bumps.

After some time he put the guitar down. He placed his hand on my cheek and kissed me. He kissed me like I was his live line. He kissed me like he might never get to kiss me again. He moved us more to the centre of the bed. I was on my back with him hovering above my. He never put his weight on me. He stood with his left knee next to my hip and his right knee between my legs. His left hand was next to my head on the pillow while his right hand started trailing down my arm and playing with my hair. He was breathing hard.

I had my arms wrapped around his neck to keep him from pulling away. He tends to think that I might not want to kiss him anymore if the kisses go on to long. I feel him want to start pulling away. I use his pulling away and the position of his body to flip us over. Now he can’t pull away. I break our kiss just to look at him for a few moments. I smile at him when I see him realizing what I just did. And then I kiss him again. I am in a similar pose he was in. He puts his left hand in my hair while his right hand rests on my waist. The feeling of his hand there sends sparks through my body.

My arms start getting numb and I bend further down and in that moment his hand slips under my shirt. He does not move it around. No he starts drawing circles on my back. And the sparks get a lot worse.

Somewhere between all of the kissing I ended up next to him. We are facing each other. His hand is still under my shirt on my back drawing random circles. His left arm is under my head. I feel like I can stay this way forever.

I woke up still in Rex’s bed. But no Rex. I sit up and look around. A note on the end of the bed.

“I am down stairs.”

So simple.

Sunday morning I get ready for my meditation session. I hope I get it right today. I head over to the training hall. Amir is already there doing some stretches.

“Good morning my Princess. Did you sleep well?” he asks while he walks towards me.

“Good morning. Yes and you?” I answer. He never walks to come stand before me. Not once this whole week.

“Yes, thank you. Today our meditation will be different.” Was all he said. “Please start you normal meditation. Then we will go from there.” he instructed.

I had on a pair of black exercise pants, a light yellow tank top and my running shoes. I bent down to sit. I took of my shoes and socks. Got my pose ready and started.

Like my first run the day after my parents left, a pair of grey eyes flash behind my eyelids. This time it does not surprise me that much. I feel Amir lightly run his hands up and down my bear arms. He starts to purr like that first meeting. The moment I open up my mind I feel the switch. I open my eyes and Amir has already given over. He has grey scales on is arms and cheeks. I reach out my left hand and run it over the scales on his right arm. His purring gets louder. It starts to send chills down my spine. I start to feel the tingling on my skin and know that this time I have I right. We sit there for about an hour. Looking at each other and touching each other’s cheeks, necks and arms. It feels so magical.

Towards the end Amir leans closer and without thinking still lost in the magic of the session. I lean in and kiss him. He leans in even more. The kiss is nothing like with Rex. With Amir. It’s just warm. And nice. There are no sparks. No intense heat rushing all over my body. But the kiss was nice.

I pull back. “I am sorry. That was not what I meant to do.” I apologie and get up to leave.

“I am also sorry my Princess. I never meant to kiss you. I am already engaged to be married. I just never found the right time to tell you.” He said ashamed.

“Amir! That is so amazing! I really wish you told me sooner.” I say. Really meaning it. And feeling so relieved.

“The day you went to town. I wants to go with so I could tell you. I’m sorry.” He tells me.

“Well then I have something I want to tell you too.” I say still smiling at him. “I have been kissing Rex every day, since that day we went to town together.” I just blurt out.

He looks at me. Then he starts to laugh. “That sly little leopard. He is smart. Father was right. I am very happy. If he makes you happy.” He says still half laughing.

“I have to go.” I say as I run out the training hall. I run and run. Following my senses. Where do I run to you ask? Straight to Rex’s room. Where I find him reading on his bed. I run to him and fall into his arms.

I fall into my happy place.                                     

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I will not be uploading next week. Going away for a bit.

But will upload the week after that again. Promise.

Lots of love and princess kisses

BB