Amber Dusk | OLD Version

☼ Chapter XX ☼

picture; Sawyer Codaihme

song; "Feel Good Inc" by The Gorillaz

author's note; I love Sawyer. That is all. (:

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A weird loneliness assailed me tonight as I made my way alone to my Intricacies of Supernaturals lesson. It was very rare that Lorelai and I didn't walk together to the building where classes were held, and today may have been the first time I'd done it in years--since she'd gone home to undergo the First Shift.

I'd been missing the passed two days and I knew she would forgive me considering the fact that I was with Derik, but I wondered if she had felt this way going to lessons alone. My class wasn't going to start just yet, but being ten minutes early wasn't going to hurt anyone. 

I waited until the hour before mine piled out of the room before entering and making my way towards Sawyer. He was sitting behind his grand black marble-top desk, reading some paper, his glasses clinging to the edge of his nose.

Sawyer's hair was artfully mussed up today and he was wearing a button-up black polo. He looked much more sleek than normal, and his tattoos were all covered up. 

For a moment, I thought he could actually pass for an insanely hot college professor, if not for his violet-gray eyes. They were the only giveaway that he wasn't human.

"Mentor," I smiled as I approached and leaned my hip onto the edge of his desk.

"The M.I.A Princess. You're early for lesson, Sonya." Sawyer regarded me with his usual amusement, and once again to my surprise, he placed the page he'd been examining down and slouched back into his office chair. 

How was this man so relaxed all the time? It was like he didn't have a care in the world.

"Yes, I came to apologize for my absence. I was wondering what I missed in the last lesson?" Unlike most schools, the Academy didn't really shell out homework to practice the things you learned, and of course, in IOS, there weren't even exams you took to test your knowledge. You're just expected to know these things and prove you know them during your field mission.

"Right, we wrapped up on Mating, but I think you might be a bit ahead of the curve." Sawyer's ever-present smirk widened slightly as he pointedly turned his gaze to my throat. I swiped my hand over Derik's Mark and nodded.

"Well, is there anything in particular I should know?" I insisted, and Sawyer shrugged.

"We covered the Rituals involving the Mating process and the Mate pull. Who has Mates and who don't. Who can. The laws about Chosen Mates."

"The laws about Chosen Mates. What are the laws?" Sawyer cocked his head to the side slightly, a glimmer of confusion flickering over his face. "My mom never told me really anything about her and my dad's relationship."

He seemed to understand and folded his hands together and leant forward on his desk. "Okay, well. To start, Chosen Mates are okay and allowed, however they are not taken as seriously as a Sufletul Oglinda Thread or True Mates. 

"Typically there is no Thread that binds Chosen Mates whether it's between two supernaturals or between a supernatural and a human. An Anima Vinculum Thread is possible if of course both supernaturals are crapat or both have been Marked by Darkness. There is also the possibility of a Consort Thread between Chosen Mates, but supernaturals who choose humans as their Chosen Mate usually do not feed from them.