TROOP HOUSE?

ECLIPSE'S POV

I had no other choice but to follow these human-gorillas or whatever they were called. The male beside me stretched out his right palm to me, waiting for me to place my palm in his. I looked at his palm, and then at him, before sighing and placing my palm in his. Together, Raine, these gorillas and I went deeper into the forest. The seven gorillas were walking in front of us while talking. I could see some of them smiling. Raine was walking in front of us as well, but behind the gorillas while the male and I were the last, walking behind everyone.

I turned to ask him a question while walking, "What...what is your name?". I didn't know whether he heard me or not as my voice came out as a whisper due to fear. He smiled and looked at me, "You're still afraid. What do I have to do to prove to you that I won't hurt you?". I didn't reply to his question but just kept staring at him. He sighed and answered my question, "My name is Jesse. Jesse Draven, and I know that you're Eclipse Fallows." I once again glanced at him in shock while wondering how this man knew me.

I unknowingly said, "I saw you in my dream. You're the one that's been calling out to me from this forest". Jesse paused and looked at me, "You saw me in your dream? and you heard my calls?" I looked at him with my eyes wide open, "So my guess was right. You're the one. Yes I've been dreaming of you since I turned 18 and most times I hear you calling me into the forest, why did you do that? you know that no one ever leaves this forest alive and I'm beginning to wonder if I'll ever leave this forest". Jesse and I started walking again when he said, "I didn't intentionally call out to you. I guess it happened while I was missing you or thinking about you".

"Why were you thinking about me and missing me?", I asked while my heart was pounding. Jesse laughed, his voice deep, husky and sexy. I found myself turning red and hot again and this time he noticed it which made me more embarrassed. "Damn, you look so sexy while blushing", Jesse said to me. My eyes flew wide open after hearing me and my face became even redder if that was possible. I couldn't look at him. He laughed again and said, "I promise sweetheart, I'll tell you everything when we get to the troop house".

I managed to lift my eyes to look at him and asked, "Troop house? Like gorilla troops?". He smiled at me which caused cute dimples to appear on his pale white cheeks. The dimples were barely visible such that if you didn't stand close enough to him, you wouldn't see it. He nodded his head in response to my question. While walking, I looked around the forest and admired its greenery. After some minutes, we reached the so called 'troop house'. I expected to see a house shaped like a tree or something, but I never expected to see a huge white and gray mansion. I could hear Raine gasp in shock. She paused and turned to look at me. I also had a shocked expression on my face. I looked at Jesse and asked, "This is the troop house? It's so beautiful and large. It looks like a fairytale castle." I swore I heard Jesse say that it was my home now. I looked at him and he looked back at me like he didn't say anything. I decided that I must have heard wrong.

I looked around and noticed that there was a tall fence protecting the mansion. There was a beautiful golden bridge which we had to cross before getting to the huge black doors of the mansion which had intricate carvings of gorillas on them. The gorillas resembled these people in their gorilla forms, huge, spiky, flame-like and everything else. Underneath the beautiful golden bridge with flower designs, was a beautiful and vast clear blue lake. The lake was the lightest and clearest shade of blue I'd ever seen. It was almost white in color.