Standing at the center of his garden, in essence a tiny corner of the woodland attached to the house that he had turned into a zen garden for himself, Adelphus inahled slowly as he went through the motions of a Tai Chi set. His open left hand sliced slowly through the air at chest height whilst his right moved in a fist moving up and forwards at an angle, his body following his hands so that he was standing side-on with his fist extended and his open hand flat by his solar plexus.

His eyes remained focused on his hands as he continued to slowly breathe, manipulating the energy within him so that it stretched and flowed within him. Each calm punch drew the energy along his arm, each slow slice of the hand trailed it through the air in a warm current.

The front and back doors were open, affording him a position in which to see straight though the rooms and be able to watch for people approaching the house. Now that he had a Pack to take care of he didn't want to miss any visitors.

Jace strolled up to the familiar house, giving a deep sigh, his body wracked with aches and pains. The few previous nights he had been out, nailing everything that would have him. He had found that it sated his beast and he was in more control of every metaphysical power he had. But his body was getting harder and harder to keep the change from coming. He needed help and couldn't help but ask for help from the one person he could think of.

As he walked up the porch he found the door wide open, and could see out the back door to Adelphus himself. As he walked threw the home he looked around, clearly worried someone could just walk in and take anything they wanted.

As he entered the backyard for the first time, he was a little taken aback by the scene, it was lovely, very lush and green, something he wasn't use to seeing in Miami. He gave a small rap on the back door, already sure that he had been seen or sensed. "Hey boss, am I interrupting?"

Adelphus sensed Jace's presence before he even reached the front door. Moving to complete his set, he pushed his palms down from his chest to his waist with a slow exhale, then shook out his arms and let his breathing return to normal just as Jace knocked on the back door and spoke.

"Not at all Jace, please come on out."

Moving to the pagoda-like structure on one side of the garden, he took a seat on a cushion and poured himself some green tea. Looking up at Jace, he asked with his facial expression if he wanted some too, not wanting to ask out loud for some reason. There were always extra cups and grass mats beneath the table incase anybody joined him or a cup was broken, it was just practical.

Jace pushed the sleeves of his shirt up to his elbows, exposing his forearms before he buried his hands into his jeans pockets as he walked to the pagoda behind his Ulfric, as he sat Jace took a standing position accrossed from him. As Adelphus silently offered him tea, Jace removed one of his hands and waved his hand as if to say "no I dont want any"

"I hope I'm not interrupting anything, I think your backyard is lovely." his eyes gave the area another quick once over, it was peaceful and made him feel as if for once things were less hectic then they actually were.

Nodding to Jace he replaced the tea pot down on its mat then folded his hands into his lap as he looked up at Jace. Custom dictated that it was rude to remain seated whilst you had a guest or that it was rude for the guest to remain seated, but Jace was not of his custom so Adelphus let him stay where he was comfortable.

"Thank you Jace, I worked hard to get it like this. Reminders of a home that you love should be made and kept with pride."

Following Jace's eyes with his own, Adelphus took another look around the garden, eyes resting on the miniture waterfall with its gleaming fish. A few minutes later he looked back to Jace and took a sip of his tea before speaking.

"Is there anything I can help you with Jace?"

"Well to be perfectly blunt I've been having some control issues, only during sex though....afterwards I'm ...beyond in control" he shook his head a little, trying to get a grasp on the words, how do you describe a feeling much like god I'm sure has when was digging his hands threw the clay of the earth, shaping it to his will.

"But uhm, so far this past 10 days or so Ive been with 4 girls....and Ive shifted three times during sex....and well two werent in a position to really stop me if you know what Im saying, so I was curious if you had any .... rituals or...spells or some kind of mantra that would help me along in that way?"

He crossed his arms over his chest now, he was feeling defenseless and ashamed, something that never really boded well for Jace, he liked being in control, liked knowing that the world didnt change him, he changed the world, now this new world had him by the balls in more then one way.

Listening quietly, Adelphus' wolf curled his lips back from his teeth in a disbelieving sneer for lack of a better word. Beyond in control....the voice of the wolf within Jace was obviously constantly whispering, but Adelphus glared at his wolf, sending him back down. If Jace felt he was in control then let him feel that way.

"There are no rituals or spells that lead to self-control Jace, merely ones that fool the mind into thinking it has control when infact it is merely being supressed from the outside. If you are to have control you are to learn it, and it is not meant to be easy, but it will feel all the better to know that you and you alone have the power within yourself to keep your wolf silent. If you wish to learn, then I shall of course help you."

'Conspiracy...' his wolf muttered as it faded inside of him, taking a gradual place in the metaphysical cave in which it dwelled inside of Jace, its cold black eyes watching ever the while plotting planning. Jace had already regarded his wolf as an evil thing, wicked and filled with baser intelligence, but he had slowly come to the realization it was as smart as he was, it was him, it knew all the things he knew, all the words he could say, his wolf could utter.

"Thats a bit of a scary concept ... I have the power of this thing, deep down I guess I'm still not over the fact that Imma big bad now." his eyes fell respectfully to the floor, he had implied that they were all evil wicked monsters though he didn't mean to, he liked his pack, he liked its members and he liked his standing with them.

"You said... there was some kind of training or something to help me?" his head was suddenly throbbing, the bonds he had placed around his wolf the previous night threw nearly non stop love making had begun to slip and wither, and the wolf was asserting itself into Jace, filling him with that animalistic rage and strength, both which scared him and excited at once. And its hard to resist something as tempting as near limitless power right?

Listening and watching quietly as Jace spoke, Adelphus kept half his mind focused on the wolf and half on the human. He could see the wolf straining itself against already weak bonds, could smell and hear the blood pounding through Jace's head. Enough was enough, if Jace was to be able to learn then he needed a short time away from his wolf so that he could take in what he was taught.

Standing up, he approached Jace as the first prickle of angry energy started to form in the air, and he put one hand squarely on the man's chest. His wolf bounded through the touch and launched itself at Jace's wolf, claws and teeth meeting flesh as it tackled the younger wolf and sent it back deep within Jace to a place that it would find damn near impossible to escape from until Adelphus was far away from Jace. Padding back up through Jace, his wolf returned to Adelphus with a satisfied growl before settling down again. A slight increase of his breathing was all that showed of the activity of their wolves as he stepped back and looked calmly at Jace.

"Now that your wolf is silenced, you may start to learn without distraction. Are you willing?"

Jace was uncomfortable enough as Adelphus stood and placed a hand on his chest. This just seemed to make things worse in his own mind. He was moments from asking what in the hell he was doing, but he was suddenly hit by a rush of something he had never felt before, it stole his breath, drove it from his chest like a cannon ball tearing threw his flesh.

As he felt his wolf driven back, there was an empty blackness where it had lain, the metaphysical bonds hanging loosely, dissolving in the wake of his wolfs presence.

As his Ulfric removed his hand from his chest Jace placed his own onto his, giving him a rough shove as he stumbled past him, falling to his knees and gasping like a deep sea diver who had long ago run out of air. Nausea struck him, and much like the first time they had met, he felt like vomiting.

"What the hell did you do to me!?" he rasped, clutching the spot in which Adelphus' hand had rested, it felt empty and cold, he was frantically searching inside himself, the momentary loss of his wolf was worse then death. he exhaled sharply, feeling his animal on the recesses of what could be his soul. Laying, head perked, ears back as it stared back at its other half. They watched each other for a moment before the wolf laid its head onto its paws, nursing the wounds to its ego and strength.

Leaning back with Jace's shove, absorbing the impact but not falling or moving backwards, Adelphus watched Jace quietly, not moving to him or doing anything but watch. After a few minutes to allow Jace to realise that his wolf was not coming any closer to him again unless Adelphus let it and to let him regain his breath, he spoke calmly.

"I sent your wolf deeper into you, leaving you free from its influence and power until I deem you able to accept it back and keep it under control. If you want control then I shall teach it to you, but you can't learn with your wolf present. Once you know the theory then I shall let it back and you can test your strength against it. In the end the wolf is the animal and you control it, or are you so weak as to want it to control you Jace?"

Jace rose shakily to his feet, still clutching his chest, wrapping himself around his wolf. "And that seems like a good idea to you?" he stumbled back and found himself thirsty, without asking he took some of the tea earlier offered to him, shooting it like it was some rough tequila. He rasped, his lips pursing, guess he liked coffee more, not by much mind you.

"How is pushing my animal away suppose to make me more in tune with it? I'm not looking to control it, I just wanna.." his words were getting jumbled in his head, and for once it wasn't his animals doing. He gasped and gripped his chest again, he was inwardly inviting his wolf to resurface, to return to his clutches, to let him embrace him. But the wolf laid still, as if in sleep.

"I don't want my wolf to be a slave." he looked up at Adelphus, waving the small tea cup around as he gestured in the best persuasive manor he could, his face apologetic as was possible at the moment. "Look, I don't hate my wolf as I use to. I guess with time came understanding, its not just an animal its apart of me, were linked, to just thrust it away at a moments notice doesn't seem right to me, so unless you can train me to somehow get all buddy buddy with the thing then I'm not sure how much help your gonna be..."

He placed the small tea glass onto the ground next to his foot, awaiting the punishment he knew was coming, as he knew he probably just insulted his Ulfric yet again, which if was true he was going to be administered some corporal punishment.

He shook his head, pleading with himself as much as his friend and leader.
"How am I suppose to help other people during sex when all I can teach them is just push it away, push it away?"

Listening quietly, a small smile curved Adelphus' lips. It had worked. Because of this he chose to ignore the slight insult that could be taken from his words, and his wolf started to pad back up inside him, ready to let Jace's wolf back.

"Jace, you have passed the first test. In showing that you know it is wrong to just push it away like this, you show a form of control. Well done."

Moving over to Jace, Adelphus placed his hand back on his chest and let his wolf move back into Jace, but moving slowly and gently this time, slipping in so as to cause no discomfort or stress. It nuzzled the smaller wolf into wakefulness then waited, calmly leading it back to its normal place within Jace, though still slightly weaker than normal. Its strength would return in time.

"Now we shall continue from here."

Jace waited patiently, listening quietly to his Ulfrics' words. He felt the swelling inside him return, and watched as his wolf strode confidently back into its normal dwelling. The sight was enough to make his eyes well with tears. Jace pawed at his eyes, snorting a sudden flood of snot back into his head. He grunted, clearing his throat and nodded slowly.

"All a test huh?" he smiled quietly, crossing one arm over his chest, laying the other behind his neck. "Well you are the boss. I guess if this is gonna go any further, I'm all ears."

His wolf padded in a small circle inside of him, curling into a lazy ball, its tail swishing lightly from side to side, eyes half open, shining dimly, gazing out threw his other halves. Listening to the going ons around them both.

Watching Jace's wolf curl up inside him, Adelphus smiled slightly then sat beside Jace, legs crossed and palms on his knees beneath his kimono.

"Would you rather start with an exercise that requires you to be standing or sitting? I know you won't be feeling entirely normal after that, and my apologies."