#elpida

After having quit his job, Wesley decided to pursue a passion he had since his teenage years, it hadn't picked up as nicely as he thought it would, he was still stuck playing guitar and singing in a nearby park. He had saved money years ago so he wasn't worried about money, not yet but he knew he couldn't play in a park forever.

As he was wrapping up for the day, he was starving and had been eyeing a nearby shop that people had been coming in and out very often, he felt like he was missing out. So, after thanking the small group of people that had gathered around him and putting his guitar back in its case, he made his way towards the shop just nearly a few minutes before closing time.

"cade, slow down," the woman pants, legs trying to keep up with his significantly longer strides ( once again waving away elias' attempt to speak with her ). part of her had wanted to laugh when the three of them had pieced together what had happened to aiyla. ironic, that the woman elias had seemed to follow around like he'd once done to her had deceived them and done god knows what to the other member of their little family. and while cade had seemed to sink into some sort of rage, she'd pointed fingers of blame right at elias ⸻ accusing that if he hadn't felt the need to flirt so much, he might have seen through the rouse sooner.

it had all left a bitter taste in her mouth, and was perhaps the reason she'd jumped to follow after cade when he'd made it clear he was going after aiyla. for a while, they'd traveled by car before continuing on foot, and it was then rhea had begun to struggle. "what even is the plan?" she questions with a frown, picking up her pace in hopes of walking side-by-side with cade. "i mean, we have a plan, don't we? what if there's a lot of them?" they had weapons, but were they really going to do something so drastic? "i know she's your wife and you'll do anything to get her back or whatever, but you know she'll be livid if you end up getting yourself hurt in the process, right?"

the concern of medication for eris running out had been a growing concern with each passing day, and while he'd not liked the idea of leaving her alone with the children and silas, it had ended up being necessary. the clinic they needed to go through was undoubtedly in a hot-spot for the beasts that now roamed the earth and he'd reluctantly departed from those he'd begun to consider family to venture off with eris. he'd never admit it, but it had been beneficial on more than one front. they'd been successful in finding a fair amount of the medication eden would need ⸻ enough to leave them comfortable for some time. that, and he'd come to appreciate eris ⸻ the initial suspicion he'd felt toward the woman wearing away in the hours and days they'd been alone.

neither of them were particularly chatty individuals ; the occasional word being exchanged in favor of verifying direction. it'd been a quiet handful of hours ⸻ only to be abruptly broken up by the sound of drifting voices and crunching of feet. whoever is ahead of them was not making much effort in being quiet. shifting his gaze toward eris, a brow arches, silently asking what she'd like to do about this.

With a gentle hand resting on her growing bump, Agatha eased herself out of Cade's embrace. "Honey, get dressed. I'm driving us somewhere." There was a playful glint in her eyes as she announced her plans. "Oh, and I don't kiss and tell," she added with a grin, her mysterious demeanor only adding to the anticipation as she reached for her coat and the car keys.

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He loved it. The dance of her words. Her desperate act to seem powerful and in control when they both knew he could have her melt into him any second. She was his. Completely and utterly his and no act of independence would ever change that. It was adorable how she fought for dominance though and it was just one part he adored her for even if he wouldn’t say it. Even his smile of amusement stayed hidden when she moved around him, instead he just raised his brow in an unimpressed manner and let her smoothly move around him like a nymph that tried to get his attention. The truth was she always had it, even if he was miles away.

“Careful with your tongue Erin.” It was a warning but only to hold back her flirty attitude when he didn’t have the time to step away from this event yet. No he needed to talk to these people, control them just like he wanted to control her behavior sometimes so they would keep standing in line. Erin always listened to what he said but that didn’t mean she would follow his order. It was brave of her and something she had learnt with the confidence of having him for herself and sometimes he wondered if he shouldn’t have stopped building that even if he knew he couldn’t lie to her. Not for long.

It was the way how she turnt her back on him that made his blood boil, a light groan coming from his mouth as she stepped away. For him it was an act of disrespect to walk away without his allowance and even if she could never do anything wrong to make him hate her, it still bugged his little ego. But maybe that was what she wanted? It didn’t matter cause he already apparated in front of her before grabbing her wrist and reappearing with her in the bathrooms with golden faucets and white marble. Immediately he let go of her wrist and instead grabbed her by her perfect chin to dig his fingers deeply into her skin as if he had to threaten her while her back was pressed against the sink.