Lila rushed to Mj and began to touch her face and arms “oh Mj sweetie” she sang in a motherly tone and Mj waved her hands up in front of her face “yea I kinda found some crazy trees” she said and everyone around her rang out with curt laughter. Azreal slowly strolled to Mj and stopped in front of her looking her from head to toe and back again, “I would say you need more training,
This time Mj kick started their journey, as she was increasingly eager to distance herself from the overly muscular crowd and intrigued further by the next section of sparring pack members, there were white river rocks in octagon shapes spread out, about twelve in all and inside of each of them were a pair grappling or just beating the absolute hell out of one another, Mj cocked her head as she looked around and noticed that the pairs were not matched evenly, some opponents were mixed gender and others looked to be of drastically different size or age.
“So can I ask you about mom?” Mj asked quietly and Jay smiled at her “I would love nothing more than to share my memories of her with you” he said and Mj returned his smile, Jay put his arm over Mj’s shoulder and led her toward the packhouse. Along the way they talked about what few memories Jay had with her in them “you were named after our grandmother on mom’s side&rd
Mj closed her eyes and began to breathe deeply “help me remember” she asked the wolf and waited patiently for him to comply, unfortunately all Mj was feeling was a sense of loss as she tried to remember anything and she grunted “now” she pressed the wolf even further “it’s the least you can do” she added and it wasn't until she felt Jay’s hand on the top of her head she realized she had said the last part out loud.
Mj and Jay neared the outside door to the kitchen with equal intrigue, they could hear muffled sounds of clattering cookware and loud voices, Mj reached for the door and Jay stopped her “tell me how many are inside first” he said and Mj dropped her hand to her side with a slap “Jay I don’t want to be a hunter ok I just want to-” Jay clapped his hand lazily over her mouth “your mouth says no but your body is screaming YES” he said the word with such a high pitch of sensual emotion it had Mj both blushing and giggling like a little girl, he rolled his eyes
Mj didn't speak Chinese but she could assume by Mao’s body language that Lou’s brass way of speaking had not sat well with the fiery woman. Mj started to laugh and leaned on the large knife for support “It means you should probably watch your mouth around a lady you old fart,” Mj yelled over the top of Lou and the older woman stopped mid rant to laugh so hard she grab
The large seasoned butcher folded his arms across his chest at the sight in front of him, “well that’s just great, now you’re a cackling hen like the rest of em” Lou grumbled and Mj rolled her eyes “you are such a drama queen” she said and Mao laughed even louder “you are a queen” she cackled and slapped Mj’s shoulder a few times before heading for the door “you are his assistant once more, keep him out of trouble” she mumbled as she made her way back into the more populated parts of the kitchen.
Suddenly the tin alarm of a telephone rang off the walls and Mj noticed for the first time that there was a phone hung by the door. Lou excused himself and answered the phone, Mj noticed that the blonde man kept stealing small glances at her. “My name is Mj” she said matter of factly and the blonde shook his head “you are the assistant” the blonde said to Mj, not offering up his own name
Mj opened her mouth to speak, she watched as Dante’s eyes darted behind her and she turned her head to see three very slender very fit females walking toward them with pitchers of what looked like lemonade, they marched past Mj without greeting and one of the girls even bumped into her before shooting her a sideways look. They walked up to Dante and offered him a pitcher, Mj watched as Dante gave them an appreciative smile and snatched one of t