~early morning~


    Xavier did not bother to get up at his usual time today. He woke upte but considering the Adaline''s standard of waking up it was still early.


    He stayed in bed. His one hand rested his forehead, his hand was smashed in between the pillow and his head and the other handy idle on his stomach. He continued to stare at the ceiling not having much train of thoughts going on but rather just. . .smiling.


    Everything was falling into ce slowly and steadily and he would have had no other way. He knew that they could not get back to how they were at the very beginning of the rtionship because it was rather impossible with everything that happened in between them but there was a certain aura of maturity in the rtionship that he was thankful for.


    Deciding that it was finally the time to get up and wake Adaline up, he took off the covers of himself and went in for a shower. As the cold water hit him only helped in waking him up even more and something else down.


    He sighed.


    He wore a sweater just so Adeline would not feel alone. She was after all the only human in the group that had to wear a dozen clothes so that she would not have to catch a cold.


    He ced the water on the stove and patiently waited for it to boil before he heard someone walking to the front door. By the scent, he knew that it was his beta lycan, Augustus.


    Turning the heat on low he moved to the front door and opened it before the beta could knock. "What?''"


    Augustus smirked, "you don''t usually sing grumpy in the morning," he then nced at Xavier''s crotch, "everything okay?" He asked with a raised eyebrow.


    Xavier narrowed his eyes before letting out a growl. The floor vibrated slightly and he immediately stopped. That could have woken Adeline up.


    "You don''t have to stop Xavier," Augustus said with a dryugh, "humans can sleep through everything."


    Xavier chuckled that was true. His expressions sobered up and then he looked at Augustus again, "why are you here?"


    Augustus replied, "since the girls were sleeping, Dn and I thought of going out for a long run. Do you want to tag along?"


    Xavier thought about it and nced at the door of Adaline''s room. There was no way that she was going to wake up for at least two hours. And he was still doubtful about this to us. She might as well sleep into the afternoon if she had the chance.


    It had been a long while since he had left his beast run free and that was important for him to do so.


    So, looking back at Augustus, he nodded, taking up the offer. "Let''s go," he said, "backyard?"


    "Also," Augustus spoke up and then pointed to something beside the door and when Xavier looked up he found roses there.


    Xavier shrugged slightly not minding to find out who kept it there but simply walked In and kept them on the dining table before working out and nodding at Augustus.


    Augustus nodded back and then Dn left the house allotted to him going straight behind Augustus Xavier followed by taking off his clothes off the way. Nudity was never a problem.


    Within moments, fur sprouted out of his skin and bones cracked as his height increased. His nails elongated and the use came forward ready to cut through everything like a piece of paper. His canines sharpened and his mouth elongated into a snout. His ears changed and snapped up looking alert and very to send any kind of danger.


    He stood on his Hind legs, tall and proud of his beast, of himself.


    Without any further ado, the three nced at each Other before charging into the forest and covering ground quicker than ever.


    It was a refreshing feeling to run across thend after a long time. The snow hit his paws yet it crunch underneath his paws making him want to run even further. The cold only added to the thrill.


    It had been such a long time since he had run free and he had no oneing after him. Otherwise they were always the guards that followed him everywhere.


    After covering almost all of the forest they could see a cliffing up after hours of constant running letting the beasts run free in the forest. The river below was frozen because of the harsh winter temperatures yet the view was breathtaking and disturbed for a quick breather.


    They all sat down, their beasts enjoying the presence of solitary confinement even after living in a pack.


    They breathed a little heavily.


    At times it was just too much. They had a lot of time spent while amongst people that they knew could betray them at any moment, which is why the moment spent alone here mattered more to them.


    Three of them together, the three who trusted each other with their lives. The three who had been together since they were toddlers.


    As the bones right beside him he watched as his beta and gamma lycan turned to the human forms. This meant that they wanted to talk and so he shifted as well.


    They did not immediately start talking instead start down in the snow.


    "Did you really make an improvement?" It was Dn who asked him that and that mildly shocked Xavier.


    "Yes, we have." He said but then added it with the slide wince, "I''m not sure how much of an improvement it is. This is something we would rather get to know in the future."


    Augustus sighed a little more harshly than intended. "I do not mean to pressure you and anything but you need to hurry up because time is slipping past our hands and so is the poption."


    "I know." Xavier said. He really did know that and he was trying his best to rectify the problem. "Adeline knows that as well."


    "Yes but I don''t think she understands what it means." Dn spoke up.. "She knows the impact but not at the level it really impacts at."