Catina heard the small thump of the stakes on the ground. Slowly, she got off the swing and looked at him. "All I ever dreamed after finding out that you weren't coming back was to beat you senseless and hit you over and over." She smiled and moved over to the weapons laying on the ground, useless. "But now that I have the chance, I'm not sure what I want to do. A senseless part of me wants to hurt you too. But the part of me that cares for you wants to hold you and tell you that everything will be okay." She bent down and picked them up, twirling one around her fingers. "But we're not children anymore. And I'm not a nurturing kind of soul." She threw the stake at him, it flew right passed his skull and into a tree.
Serenity bit her bottom lip on the inside while she moved her fingers up his leg a little more. "Well, it was just a matter of time." Mercedes stated. "After all, he is in Adelay's castle and there might be a reason to all this." Elizabeth nodded and rubbed the pad of her thumb along Shawn's hand. "Yes. We don't know if they're inlove. But Jack has helped us out quite a lot since his stay almost a year ago. I think it would be wise to skip the subject and talk about Christmas. It is a month and a half away after all."