The girls stopped a few feet away from the trio.
“Jayden.” Cain acknowledged her before moving to Scarlett. “Scarlett, this is Liam and Trevor. They will be assisting in your training with Jayden.”
Liam acknowledged Scarlett with a nod of his head while Trevor stepped forward and extended his hand. His armor was a midnight blue that complimented his dark brown skin. His eyes were an exotic dark blue and Scarlett sharply inhaled at the eye contact as she shook his hand. His black hair was buzz cut and drew attention to his sharp face. Trevor dipped a smile.
“Hey.” She softly greeted with a smile back. Cain stepped forward and the two quickly released hands. Trevor moved back and gave Cain his space.
“The three of you fall back, I need her by herself.” Cain’s heated eyes locked on Scarlett and her breath caught as the rest retreated to the far left.
She heard Jayden huff as they moved farther back. Glancing at them, Scarlett saw Jayden with her arms crossed and Trevor stood between the troubled love birds.
Returning her attention to Cain, Scarlett’s palms grew sweaty as she awaited his next move. “What are –?”
“Quiet.” Cain cut her off.
Scarlett snapped her mouth shut as she realized what he said. “Excuse me?”
“Did I stutter?” Cain circled Scarlett with his hands clasped behind his back. “You heard exactly what I said.”
The hairs on the back of her neck rose and she rolled her shoulders as she inhaled.
“You’re here because you’re a naïve Dreammare with no experience in this world. Even on Earth for that matter. That must suck.” Cain paused. “You went from being a child on Earth to continue to be another one here. Tell me, how does that feel?”
Scarlett sensed the fakeness in his voice. ‘What’s he up to?’
“I’m adjusting.” She hesitantly responded.
Cain scoffed. “Adjusting, that’s an understatement. You’ve been a damn wreck ever since you came here. And you know that.” He stopped circling Scarlett and stayed behind her.
Scarlett’s face soured at Cain’s words. She clenched her fists at her sides. “It hasn’t been on purpose. Not everyone can be a stone-cold jerk like you.”
The words lashed out from Scarlett and she pursed her lips. Cain got closer until there was only an inch between their bodies. She jerked forward and held in a shiver. The urge to bolt and press against him conflicted with her mind. All she did was hold herself still as the ball growing within pulled in multiple directions.
Cain leaned his head down until his lips were behind her ear. “Watch yourself, Scarlett. Seems like something else I’ll need to teach you is respect.”
His sneer burned and flamed Scarlett. The lust that’d been building cooked with the pent up irritation. The ball within her exploded and she didn’t hold it back. She opened her fist and jerked her shoulders around as she aimed her power straight for Cain. Her power hit the air and flew until it went past the grey ring and disappeared into the Dark Realm. He wasn’t there.
Scarlett hastily turned back around and ran into a hard chest. Cain. The fire inside her wasn’t satisfied and she bared her teeth. She brought her hands up to Cain and he quickly grabbed a hold of them, securing her wrists. Scarlett twisted and yanked but he wouldn’t budge. He stood calmly and wasn’t affected by her writhing.
“Let me go, Cain!” She yelled into his face. His jaunting and disgusted look was gone, in its place was a stoned Cain. He gave her no indication of what he was thinking or feeling. None. He simply studied her. Scarlett stopped resisting and peered up at Cain. Her chest rose with each pant and she let her arms go slack.
Seeing that she was done, Cain titled his head down and took in her brown eyes. She lightly inhaled and Cain’s smoky scent filled her senses causing her to stiffen.
“Take this as lesson number one. Control your emotions.” Cain let go of her wrists and walked away from Scarlett towards where the others watched.
Scarlett gaped at Cain’s retreating back. Her hands fisted at her sides and the sting of humiliation coursed through her. She lifted her foot to take a step when she stopped herself.
Scarlett opened her fist and flexed her fingers. Rolling her head around, Scarlett realized her mistake.
She failed her first test.
She wouldn’t let it happen again.
Eighteen
It happened again.
Many times.
Jayden didn’t hold back when it came to training. As much as Scarlett hated it, she knew she needed it. Due to being half nightmare, Dreammares were subject to frequent violent outbursts. That explained her erratic behavior ever since she came to Ever Realm.
Everything had its ups and downs.
“Scarlett, take five,” Jayden yelled from the side. Scarlett and Trevor lowered their hands and called in their powers. Trevor’s power was – surprise, surprise- a midnight blue that reminded Scarlett of deep ocean water. His flowed gracefully and was beautifully controlled while hers still struggled.
Sweat dripped down Scarlett’s back and plastered her hair to her forehead. They’d been practicing different attacks while Jayden observed and wrote things down. Although she’d been appointed for training, Trevor was the most advanced out of the trio and mainly taught. He was Cain’s second in command while Liam was his third. Jayden was the newest having been here for only two months.
“Your physical training is going great and you’re excelling perfectly,” Jayden paused and Scarlett knew she wasn’t done. “But, you lack emotional control. Not as bad as you first were, but we got to get that under control.”
Jayden snapped her head up as her eyes widened. A sly smile spread across her face. “Join me tomorrow after classes, we’re skipping Activities.”
Scarlett furrowed her brows and opened her mouth.
“Don’t even ask. You’ll find out soon enough.” Jayden moved her attention back to the guys. “I think we’re all good for today. What about you guys?”
Trevor nodded. “She’s been progressing well and faster than anyone we’ve seen.”
Scarlett swelled at Trevor’s words. With a towering height, he was a giant compared to her. Trevor’s build was muscles packed on muscles. How he fought with such ease and fluid movements was beyond her.
“Trevor, how do you do it?”
He scrunched his face in confusion. “Do what?”
“Move with all that.” Scarlett moved her head up and down his muscled body. Liam noticed and spit out the water he was drinking.
“I ask myself that too Scarlett.” Liam laughed out as he glanced at a confused Trevor. Jayden bit her lip to hold in a laugh and silently shook her head. Liam was a slender noodle compared to him. The man was built like the hulk.
The realization finally dawned on Trevor as his mouth widened into a smirk. He brought his arms up and made a show of his biceps. “Some people are just lucky to be born with it.”
Liam snorted and threw a shot of his power at Trevor. “Yeah, yeah you lucky shit. Let’s go.”
Scarlett laughed as the pair walked away leaving her with Jayden. They were something and a complete contrast to Cain. She didn’t know how they’d come to be about.