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There wasn't even a delay as he started the fight, which left Jayce and I slowly looking back at one another.
"I feel as though you did something to piss him off," I admitted as we both got in a defensive position and began to circle around what I was imagining was a mini cage of grass.
"I did," Jayce admitted, and it felt like we were in our own bubble, everyone else around us fading away as we were drawn to the intensity of this fight. "Thus the time limit."
He moved first, almost in a blur, as he was before me in a heartbeat. I immediately dodged his punch by flipping back three times, the third spin only halfway as I felt he'd be right there to intercept my landing.
I smirked as I landed right on his broad shoulders, my legs wrapping around his neck in hopes of cutting off his airflow long enough to bring him down. He’d obviously predicted the move, because he lunged downward to try and crush me against the soil surface, but I immediately loosened and used the move to push off him like I was playing leapfrog.
He didn't hit the ground like I expected; his palms landed on the ground to aid him with his own flip. By the time I landed and rotated swiftly to face him, he was landing on his feet and in a defensive position as if he were trying to predict my next move.
We were circling again as Dimitris stated, "Two minutes."
I had to think of something fast, but my wolf suddenly inched slightly forward - the move tugging my attention to her as the light within my subconscious flickered upon her white fur of tinsel colors.
"Something's off,"she declared, and I took her words seriously as I immediately glanced around to make sure we were still safe and no one was lingering around in hopes of invading this initiation.
When I was positive our environment was safe, I looked into Jayce's eyes and noticed it.
Fear?
He was putting up the perfect hard front, but those eyes of blue were beginning to fail at hiding the truth, and from the beginning lines of gold that began to ease through the ocean surface, his wolf was either trying to calm him down or escalate his emotions.
"Create mist,"my wolf encouraged. It was an odd request, but it didn't take my brain long to figure out what her true intentions were. Deciding to make the next move, I rushed forward as if I were going to tackle him head-on, but two steps before reaching him, I forced my body to stop, sliding as if the ground were but an ice rink and I wore skates that skidded against the ice to stop me in place. The move shot out soil and the lingering puddles of water from my fight with Saint.
Jayce immediately jumped back to avoid the wave of soil and water, but my intention wasn't to actually hit him. I took a deep breath and let it out harshly, the flow of air magnifying in power until a stream of hot water crashed into the soil and water that was about to make its descent to the ground.
The impact wouldn't normally make mist, but the point of it was to give me the distraction needed to magically create the cloudy force. The impact triggered a combustive explosion that sent an aftershock of grey smoke that went beyond our imagined ring.
"Oh shit," Saint whispered. "I can't see shit."
"Me neither," Onyx huffed.
"Sucks to be you," Neo stated in clear amusement, and I was sure he would see what I was planning on doing, but I didn't care. This position wasn't worth triggering Jayce, and I certainly wasn't going to allow him to break down in front of his pack that he trusted.
Using my magic some more, I clapped my hands once - creating a soundwave that shot outward like another aftershock of wind. The point was to nullify the sound so no one would hear our conversation, let alone our footsteps.
"Willow," Jayce growled. "What the fuck are you doing?"
I knew he couldn't see me, but I was sure he sensed my approach as I walked over to him. He froze when I stood right in front of him, his eyes now registering my arrival, but they flooded with confusion as he realized my calm stance.
"Sorry," I apologized. He looked at me as if I'd lost my mind or something, but very slowly, I reached out to gently place my hand on his cheek. "I triggered something, didn't I?"
He just stared at me with wide eyes, taking in my compassionate orbs of blue as we stood in the middle of the mist.
"One minute!" Dimitris announced.
"Can they even hear us?" Saint questioned.
"Who knows," Dimitris replied.
I zoned out their conversation once more, noticing how Jayce swallowed down whatever lump was in his throat.
"Willow."
"You won't lose control and hurt me," my voice was soft-spoken, but I was sure he heard every word. "No one is here to manipulate you."
"I know," he admitted, but his voice trembled. "But..."
