Page 46 of Whispered Warnings: Part One

“Ty is trying to dissuade anyone from actually triggering the Choosing. He thinks that seeing you with our team and how well we work together will make people back off, and if they don’t, they will only offer you a place on their team and not trigger the Choosing,” Evander explains.

“We hope,” Griff adds drily.

I have to admit that I’m with Griff on this one. I am not sure that Ty’s idea of practically parading me in front of all the other teams that may or may not be interested in recruiting me is a good idea. Not that I know how, he is planning to make sure that any teams that may be interested see me in a happy team with Evander and the others.

“How is he planning to make sure that the teams that are interested in me see that I’m happy with your team?” I ask.

“He needs us to head into the training academy on Monday anyway, so he thought that would be the perfect opportunity to bring you,” Reed says.

I smile, “Okay sounds good. Since I am on your team now, I probably should learn about everything that entails, and I know from the brief conversation that I had with Navy that you guys do stuff at the training academy. It would be good to see what exactly you do, although I don’t know how I would be able to help in that situation, I haven’t had any formal training.”

River frowns, “You haven’t?”

I shake my head, “No. I think they were hoping that I would get myself killed before the deal had run out, and then I wouldn’t be their problem anymore. Unfortunately for them, I learn really quickly, and when the subject is something that I am interestedin, then I throw everything into it. I have learned enough over the years and studied enough that I am extremely well versed on the human laws and most of the supernatural ones.”

“That’s impressive,” Reed compliments.

“You shouldn’t have had to learn that yourself though,” Evander frowns, “if you weren’t who you are then you could have easily been a danger to yourself and others.”

I nod, “I know, that’s why I learned what I could. There were a lot of things that I shouldn’t have had to do.” I change the subject, not wanting to get too into that statement, “What is it that you do at the academy?”

“Why don’t we go and grab some lunch, and then we can explain a bit more about what it is that we do?” Ransom suggests.

“What’s the time?” I ask, surprised that it’s lunchtime already since, as far as I’m concerned, we only just had breakfast.

“It’s just gone one,” Ransom replies and then adds, “You were beating that punching bag for a while.”

I wrinkle my nose and then smile sheepishly, “Whoops.”

Raiden chuckles, “Don’t worry about it. You must be hungry after that workout though, let’s go grab some food.”

“Erm, I am but first I need a shower, I feel gross,” I point out.

“Yeah, you do stink a bit,” Evander teases with a grin, and I chuckle, smacking him on the chest as I move past the mountains of man muscle that had surrounded me.

“I’ll meet you guys in the kitchen.” I say, choosing not to insult Van back; I’ll save it up and get him when he least expects it, like an adult.

I’m not entirely sure that is what an adult would do, but as I am technically an adult, and I would do it, I’m going to say that it is the adult thing to do.

Wow, that sentence was just slightly convoluted.

When I get to my room, I rummage through my clothes to find the cleanest set and realize that I have no clean underwear, although my bra is still good. Going commando it is, I guess. I take a quick shower, making double sure that I don’t actually stink, since that is a major concern of mine. It takes me no time at all to get it all done and as I begin to leave my room, I turn back around and grab my report from the desk to give to Evander. I really hope that Raiden is still okay to take me into town because I need supplies and to find out where their washing machine is. Although the location of the washing machine has nothing to do with Raiden taking me into town, it’s just a stray thought.

This is of course the thought that is playing through my mind as I walk into the kitchen, which means the first words out of my mouth sound really out of left field to the guys.

“Hey, we haven’t got much. We need to make a trip to the store to grab some more food, but we have enough supplies to make some sandwiches. Help yourself,” Evander says.

My mind is still focused on what I was thinking about when I walked in so instead of replying I ask, “Where’s your washing machine?”

River, bless him, doesn’t skip a beat or look at me slightly confused like some of the others are and simply answers, “It’s through that door there. We should have probably shown you that when you first arrived.”

“Thanks,” I smile, and then head over to the counter where they have loads of different fixings for sandwiches laid out. “To be fair, a lot has happened since I first arrived.”

River nods, “Yeah, that’s true. I don’t think we have ever been quite this busy.”

“You’re welcome,” I smirk. I quickly throw a sandwich together and then join the guys at the table.

I’m about halfway through my sandwich when Griff starts the conversation from the gym back up.

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