Chapter Three (C): Jake & Thorchan

[Akirapryde]

She shrugged her shoulders, “Sometimes I really don’t know who else to be, but at the same time I want so desperately to be someone…..anyone else…”

She fell silent as Jake’s attention was drawn to the yellow blacked striped fighter on the far side of the hanger bay. When she heard Jake utter, “she’s beautiful.”

She rolled her eyes and shifted her eyes elsewhere. There was a soft sound uttered from her lips. Jake either couldn’t make out the sound or understand the language. Cleary it was a moment of naked emotion for her and Jake’s statement seemed to offend her.

In the back of Jake’s mind, he heard that all too familiar voice ‘warning, warning’. He didn’t need to be Erik realize that he was losing her. He had to do or say something to show her that his attention was on her and not the remarkable fighter in the background.