Jeong’s POV
Dr Willard’s now serious look plastered across his face “And, I would do anything if it meant stopping The Project and reclaiming our world from corruption.”
This man seems to be telling the truth, but is he truly against The Project? He hasn’t shown anything to lead me in disbelief. His knowledge would prove quite valuable if we are to move forward with our plan. Having more information against the elite will undoubtedly be in our favor in the future.
When pondering the man before me Rae and Nathan walk back into the room. I notice a small bandage peaking out from beneath her sleeve. “Rae, are you ok?” while quickly getting up reaching for her hand.
“I’m o k...” she stops and watches me lift her sleeve looking at the bandage around her arm.
“What happened?” trying to calm myself while anger wells up inside of me.
Rae covers her mouth
Jeong’s POV I left Rae’s room in a silent fit of rage marching down the stairs towards my study. The nerve of that woman willfully allowing herself to be injured. Not to mention Dr Willard’s flirtatious actions. I can’t help but scowl thinking about it. Still in a rage I link Jean “Prepare something for Rae, she hasn’t eaten today.” “Shall I prepare a late lunch for her in the dinning room?” Jean responded. “She’ll be staying in her room.” cutting the link. Upon reaching my study I see Nathan standing near my desk with a few papers in hand. Nathan smiles at me “I thought you would be” Before he could finish I used my power to pin him against the wall squeezing his throat. “You had one job and you failed. Tell me why I shouldn’t rip your head off right here, right now.” Wheezing Nathan tries to speak “I-i-f yo-u j-us-t le-et
Rae’s POV Waking up sore all over. “Ugh” what is wrong with me? Pushing myself up from the bed I notice I am under the covers. Did I do that or did Jeong? Shaking my head I look towards the window and see the night sky. “I wonder what time it is.” Pushing the covers off of myself and flinging my legs over the side of the bed I wince at the soreness of my body. Why am I so sore? It feels like my body got to much rest, but at the same time doesn’t feel like I got any rest. Glancing at the night stand I see what looks to be a sandwich and a glass of water. Not really feeling like eating right at this moment I force myself up and head to the bathroom. After doing my business, taking a quick shower then getting dressed I’m back in my room. Without thinking I grab the plate of food and drink and head out of the room. I mindlessly find myself walking down the stairs until a light caught my eye from the side of the house I
Rae’s POVJeong almost touching my ear with his lips “Close your eyes.”Closing my eyes I try focusing on his touch, his breath and his closeness. Basically anything to keep myself from drifting off. It may be embarrassing, but at least it’s embarrassing enough to keep me somewhat awake.With his calming voice “I need you to imagine creating a ball of light in your hands.”I think back on my last dream. The joyful little ball of light wanting to play with me.“That’s it, good.” Jeong slowly traces his hands up my arms until they rest on my shoulders. “Now open your eyes.”Opening my eyes I see my little colorful swirl of light hovering just above my cupped hands. No matter how many times I see it I’m still mesmerized by it.While he still held onto me “Do you se
Rae’s POV “What do you mean you don’t have to worry about me over powering you?” looking at Nathan and Jeong questionably. I can see Gerald and Jeong counting my little orbs of light silently. “Well from what I see, I can tell you have less power then the three of us. Don’t get me wrong, for a woman you’ve already proven that it’s not just men in the top tier. That in itself is something to boast about.” Nathan said with a huge smile on his face. Weird that they measure your power by the amount of orbs you can produce at once. I wonder how many orbs I can actually cast at once if that’s the case. Gerald speaks up “I counted one hundred. How about you?” “Same.” Jeong looks at me quite pleased “You always find ways to impress me Rae.” Glancing to the side staring at an orb close to my face I can’t help but wonder why something as small as this impre
Rae’s POVGerald just asked Nathan to help me hit the target before walking off with Jeong to the other side of the room to talk. Now I’m stuck with Nathan. Is he really able to help me as I eye him from top to bottom before coming back up to his eyes.Nathan is scratching his head “So” before putting on a huge uneasy smile “How’s it going?”“It’s going.” I cross my arms looking at him unbelieving “So what’s your idea on how I can hit that target over there? Obviously a fire ball is out of the question.”“Go Go Rainbow Sprinkle Attack!” as Nathan strikes a weird pose.I cringe when I see him, he would even put my beloved anime to shame.“What? You don’t like that one? How about this?” he straightens his stance before mimicking a praying monk “Oh G
Jeong’s POVWhen entering through the back door I motion Rae to take a seat at the kitchen table. Just as soon as Rae sat down Jean brought over a few plates of food.“Thank you” Rae said with a smile before digging in.Jean brings over another plate while pulling the chair out for me to sit “Thanks Jean, but I’ve already eaten.” Turning to Rae “Don’t forget to come to my study when you’re done.”Rae nods her head while chewing her food and continuing to eat.I don’t mind, she hasn’t eaten in over a day. Her body needs as much nutrition as she can get right now to combat the overload effects.Leaving the kitchen I head towards the sitting room. Upon reaching the sitting room I see Dr Willard casually thumbing through a book. “Good morning Dr Willard. I apologize for your wait, my me
Rae’s POV It’s been a week and Dr Willard has been here every day teaching me about the benefits of plants from this world. With his help I’ve even managed to figure out the saponification values of the oils I intend to use. Currently Dr Willard and Nathan are both in the library with me. Dr Willard with a sad expression “My Dear, you’ve picked everything up so fast that I have nothing left to teach you. Even your notes put me to shame.” Thumbing through the collection of notes I’ve been meticulously compiling over the last week. He let’s out a sigh, “It saddens me that I may no longer have an excuse to come visit you.” Nathan is leaning over my shoulder looking at my notes “I still can’t understand a thing written there.” Before taking a seat next to me “I can’t wait until you make soap out of this. I wanna see how plants get turned into soap.” Dr Willard looks excited
Rae’s POVJeong and I meet up with Gerald and explained what I was needing about making the soap. After a bit of a discussion it was decided to create a workshop right off the house with an added covered area outside. That way I can make the soap outside, but store everything including the curing soap inside, and lucky for me it wasn’t far from the back door. It’s a win win if you ask me.After dinner I was eager to start working on building my new work space, but Jeong protested. He claimed I needed to rest and not over do it. So here I am, in my room lounging on my couch looking out the window at the stars. Try as I might I can’t seem to fall asleep. I feel so excited that my brain just wont calm down.I hear a click.“Why aren’t you sleeping?”Turning to look I see Jeong leaning against the door frame that separates his room from mine.