"Maybe it's just not so easy to transfer...?"
"Mara, you kicked the hell out of it just yesterday. For Moon Goddess' sake, you almost killed yourself just to get your body back! Why would that curse still hold on to you? There are at least three witches nearby!"
"...I guess I don't have all the answers yet," I sigh.
I put down my mug and grab Liam's torso, hugging and clinging on to him. I just need his presence, for him to comfort me right now. I feel a lot better thanks to the hot shower and the hot cocoa, but I'm still a bit... angsty from that dream. I hear him chuckle, and he hugs me back, putting a kiss on my head.
"...I like when you get all clingy," he whispers.
"You'd better not say you're tired of it anytime soon," I grumble on his shoulder.
"Nope."
We stay like this for a long time, simply hugging each other. Thank Moon Goddess I have Liam... I don't know where I'd be at if it wasn't for him. I feel sorry for all the witches who got let down by a werewolf. I don't know how I'd feel if Liam broke up with me. I already felt the worst when I had to watch him kiss a body I wasn't in...
"...Do you feel like going back to bed?" he whispers.
"Not really," I admit.
I feel like if I go back to bed now, I'll dream again, and I'm not ready for another round of that crap. I'm exhausted mentally but not physically, it's a strange sensation.
"...What time is it?"
"Uh... too late for delivery, too early for pancakes," he sighs.
"Your stomach is your clock?"
"Pretty much. It’s hungry o'clock right now."
I chuckle into his shoulder. My big hungry wolf...
"...I really don't wanna go back to bed," I confess.
"What do you want, then?"
"Hm... A late night ride. Just you, me, your bike. We can find fast food or something for your hungry stomach... and mine. I'm hungry too, actually. I think magic consumes calories."
"Damn," he chuckles. "You're really my girl. Come on, then."
He grabs me by the waist and lets me down on the kitchen floor with a smile, hugging me again.
"Alright, let's go get changed," he smiles. "I think I'm going to love the idea of a late-night date with you."
We ride around for a very long time without a specific destination in mind. It's so late in the night that there aren't many other vehicles. Liam can easily weave and speed on the highway, both of us enjoying the ride as one. I love the sensation. I could ride for hours with him, even if I’m just sitting behind him. This just feels amazing. No one but us, the star speckled sky, the howling wind, and the dark asphalt firm beneath us.
Liam takes the highway all around Silver City, and we do a full tour of it. It's amazing how each neighborhood's been marked by its inhabitants. The lights of the Arts District, with the colorful walls and their creative graffiti. The Hispanic neighborhood in the north and the few nightclubs still thumping with music. The business center is vast, with its skyscrapers and neon lights. The green outskirts, where the habitations are more scarce and the forest begins. The rural jungle of the Purple Moon Clan is amazing and after that, the white houses of the Sapphire Moon territory emerge. Traveling back down to the south, there are large green fields again. Probably hunting grounds for the majority of the wolves... We go by the university campus, covering much more land than I could have ever possibly visited by foot. I still don't want to give up on my studies. I'll need to look into that, after all of this is over...
As expected, our course brings us back to the seashore. I think this might be my favorite part of Silver City, which is strange for a Fire Witch, I'll admit. Yet, there's something about the tranquil waves and humid air that calms me. I lift my face shield and take deep breaths, the saltiness washing away the remnants of that nightmare from earlier. I notice Liam slow down a little around this area too. Maybe he feels the same. After all, he did used to spend a lot of time here...
We decide to go back downtown after maybe an hour or so. Liam is cautious not to make his bike any noisier than necessary, courteous to the people most likely sleeping in the buildings around us. He finally stops in a street with several little shops and a few bars still open. It must be close to closing time, though. Liam stops in the middle, and we attract the attention of a few young people standing outside. Hm...
"I'm starving," he grumbles while taking his helmet off.
"Me too. Damn, and it smells like food in the air too."
"I know, right? I used to come here when I craved a midnight snack..."
"You didn't come for the nightclubs?" I chuckle, putting my helmet down.
