Tristan was lounging on a small patio overlooking the well-tended gardens. The smell of flowers drifted to him on the gentle breeze, his feet resting ...n a small stool and his eyes half closed in the warm afternoon sunlight. The dark tendrils of stress slowly releasing their grip on his heart and mind.The scenery and isolation reminded him of his cottage on the edge of Exmoor. He had wanted to be on his own, but it was not permitted. There was security, administration, servants, cooks, a whole. As was her custom, she jumped up and told me to hurry up and get dressed, because it was almost 9:00, her curfew on school nights. We ran to her house, and kissed quickly before she disappeared through her front door. As I walked back to my barracks, I was on cloud nine, even though I was sure I would be dishonorably discharged and imprisoned, as soon as Nicole’s folks discovered what was going on. Surely they were aware that their 15 year old daughter had screaming hormones, but I doubted. Pepper laughed loudly, 'Ha! As if I would be the meat in your love sandwich, all you two would do is fuck each other and stare lovingly into each others eyes while I was competing for space. I think I'll take my chances with the other hundred guys at my beck and call.'I should probably mention that Pepper and Stella sort of had a thing going, well it wasn't a thing. But in the last six months of school they had gotten together about five times. It was a long story.This was dandy, but Pepper. Nikolai looked away from Cole at Ivy when she didn't immediately start screaming at him for being the biggest prick she has ever met.As Nikolai looked into Ivy's eyes he watched as if in slow motion as Ivy's gold flecked brown eyes were slowly taken over by the gold, leaving her eyes an eerie catlike yellow. Just as he was about to try and explain things to Ivy he heard Cole swear under his breath and knew things were about to get ugly."Let me see if I've got this straight..." Started Ivy with.