Aselia woke up in her hotel room the next day. Foxi was still passed out while she had a headache. Flashes of the moments when Jaguar carried her to her room and tucked her in bed made her almost blush.

"Ugggg!" her head seemed to have been filled with stones, it felt so heavy. Taking off the quilt from her body she climbed down from the bed and headed for the bathroom. She was still clad in Foxi’s dress.

As Aselia peeled off the dress from her body and stood under the shower, some of the events from the previous night flashed in her mind and she wanted to facepalm herself.

What was she thinking openly flirting with Jaguar, that was something she never did she wasn’t even good at it. Jaguar was handsome but she didn’t want to give him any wrong impression which he must have gotten after last night.

A lot of events she couldn’t even recall, what else she must have said or done with him. She remembered him holding her close, and touching her cheek.

’Oh! No, did we kiss?’ her mind was refusing to cooperate or formulate such a scene. ’Maybe we didn’t,’ Aselia thought to herself.

’Well, you wanted to have fun and try new stuff. Why regrets now?’ her brain was back to its sarcastic self. She sighed and finished washing.

Wrapping a towel around her body Aselia walked out and rummaged through her suitcase for a pair of jeans and a shirt. Throwing it on she blow-dried her hair, the silver in them stood out. She brushed them, they had grown longer than before and now fell on her shoulders.

Elven Hunter covered her ears and hair with a bandana and headed out to find Yurian. She hoped against hope for Jaguar to be sleeping. Approaching their door, she took a deep breath and slightly knocked. The door opened after a minute and Jaguar stood there, a knowing smile creeping up on his face seeing her.

"Good morning! White Falcon, you look fresh. I hope you had a good night’s sleep," Aselia fidgeted a bit seeing him instead of Yurian who might still be passed out.

"Morning! Yeah, I guess I did. About last night, I want to apologise for my reckless behaviour," she didn’t want him to have any wrong ideas about her or her intentions.

"Reckless? I thought we were having fun. Didn’t you have fun with me?" he raised an eyebrow at her not understanding her apology. This was the whole point of getting drunk.

"I went overboard because I was drunk. I don’t want you to assume things. That’s not my style and I was wondering did we..." his gaze was sharp as she reluctantly tried to ask him if they had kissed.

"We didn’t, don’t worry. And here I was hoping we might do it again. You are more fun when you are drunk. You don’t bottle up your true self," he let out a disappointed cluck.

"Well, we are not supposed to show our true selves."

"Sometimes it’s alright to let loose and have fun just like you did. You didn’t commit a crime. Besides you promised me a race and we had a bet. I am not backing off from that," he shrugged his shoulders making Aselia sigh. What had she landed herself into? So much for having fun.

"I will live up to my word and you are going to lose so don’t have your hopes high on that date," she smirked at him.

"Seems like you are underestimating me. A word of advice White Falcon, never do that," he flashed her a cheeky grin and she rolled her eyes at him.

"At least tell me you had fun?"

"I did, can’t deny that bike ride was adrenaline-pumping," they were interrupted by Yurian who had emerged from the bathroom.

"Hey! Morning, how are you? Sorry, I passed out last night, had too much to drink," he approached Aselia and hugged her.

"It’s ok, you deserved to have a day off instead of babysitting me. I enjoyed myself," a satisfactory smile played on her lips.

"Thankfully, I don’t have a hangover so shall we go have breakfast then? After that, we can head to the swimming pool," Yurian suggested and both of them agreed before heading down to have breakfast.

Foxi and other hunters had hangovers and they didn’t have breakfast. Humans among them had more long-lasting effects from alcohol. This made Aselia wonder how come Jaguar had zero effect from it. 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝙚𝙬𝓮𝙗𝒏𝙤𝒗𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝒐𝓶

She cautiously stared at him as he sat in a relaxed manner sipping the morning coffee. His features and attire gave him the appearance of a gangster and yet there was some finesse in the way he carried himself.

He casually turned his head and found her staring and gave her a lop-sided grin and yet it didn’t stir anything in her cold heart. What was wrong with her? She thought to herself, why couldn’t she bring herself to get close to anyone?

She was sure he wouldn’t refuse her advances if she tried to be intimate with him but she didn’t want to. An invisible barrier had formed around her heart which refused to let anyone in.

After breakfast, they sat and discussed different topics. Jaguar was very up-to-date with the current situation of their world. The conversation headed to the threats their world faced and how vampires were upsetting the balance.

After an hour boys headed for the swimming pool inside the hotel. They stripped down to their boxers and entered it while Aselia not wanting to be naked in front of them or to see them naked went back to her room to check up on Foxi.

After a quick swim, Yurian took his phone and sent some of Aselia’s pictures to Frila with a caption:

[It was my birthday yesterday so we decided to get drunk and forget the worries for a while and it worked. She was happy and really let herself loose.]