I am NOT LJ Smith. If I was we would have Strange Fate by now! Not copyright infringement anteceded! I love the Night World!

A/N In every chapter there are going to be 3 veiws. The first will always be Mary-Lynnette but I will mix up views 2 and 3 between Jade/Mark and Ash! Hope you like it!!!!

Chapter 1

Mary-Lynnette Carter lay on her favorite hill watching the stars and crying. Sometimes the stars made her so emotional, but not tonight. Tonight she was crying over her love, Ash,

Ash had left Mary-Lynnette the previous summer to go back a repair all his mistakes that he made so Mary-Lynnette would forgive him. That was 7 months ago and Mary-Lynnette had not heard of ever since he said those last words to her. "Even where we're apart, we'll be looking at the same sky!"

Ever since Kestrel and Rowan had left to go find Ash, Jade had been staying at Mary-Lynnette's house for about 3 weeks. Mary-Lynnette thought that was 2 weeks to much. Don't get her wrong or anything, Jade was like a sister to her. (Actually, they were blood sisters.) However, she was quite annoying with Mark being her soulmate and all. 1) They would not stop googly eyeing each other, 2) they were always cuddled up on the couch were no one else could sit and 3) They were inseparable.

It was not as if Mary-Lynnette wasn't happy for Mark. She was. Wasn't she the one who had mentioned the girls to him that one night which seemed so long ago? However, then she found her Ash and new it could be tolerable to have a soulmate to love and hold. Ash was a major ass, but Mary-Lynette just kicked him in the shins, which miraculously shaped him up for about a milli-second then he went back to being the regular, obnoxious Ash.

Mary-Lynnette looked back up at the beautiful black sky that sparkled like diamonds and whispered to herself and to the night, "I love you Ash."

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Ash Redfern sat in his rental car, the heater blowing full blast and watching people come out of The Black Iris club watching to see if the small blond headed girl would come back and claim she was a Harman, which she certainly was not. That was the one thing Ash hated about humans; they always claimed to be something they were not just to get in on something.

Ash let out a slow breath and shivered, not because of the snow and ice of outside but because his soul was cold. Ever since he had left Mary-Lynnette last summer, he had become strangely cold and depressed.

So this is what it feels like when you have been away from you soulmate for so long, he thought.

He couldn't stand being away from her anymore, but he had promised her that he would fix his sins so she would except him. He just could not do it. That is why he was at The Black Iris club in Sterback, Pennsylvania. A scrappy little town that was perfect for Night World meetings and activity.

Ash rid his head of any thoughts of Mary-Lynnette and turned off the car. He stepped out of the car and back into the club. He had to find a witch. And real quick.

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Jade stared at Mark with a cold hard glance. Mark side looked at her then turned to her and returned her stare. Jade knew should beat Mark at this game because she never had to blink. She was a vampire, and she had so many advantages over her soulmate.

Jade started a small hollow giggle in her throat that she was sure would make Mark laugh and lose concentration. Mark squinted his eyes at Jade when he heard the small giggle and a smile edged onto the corners of his mouth.

Jade made the giggle louder and that's when Mark gave in. He blew up in to a full laugh.

Jade smiled and said, "I win again Marky!" That's when Jade joined in with his laughing.

That was when Mary-Lynnette came in the front door with tear streaks on her face and tears pooling her eyes. She glanced at Jade and Mark on the couch, dropped her head, and ran up the stairs to her room.

"Oh my, she was thinking of Ash tonight." Jade mumbled to herself. Jade lifted herself off the couch, feeling Marks hand on hers.

"Please stay here Jadey; Mary-Lynnette will get over it."

Jade spun around at Mark. This was not the first time that Mark had wanted her to leave Mary-Lynnette alone when she was having emotional problems because of her self-centered older brother. Fire flew in Jades eyes and she finally said, "Leave her alone!? Why? She is away from her soulmate. I have no idea what she is going through but I know it must be rough for her. Now if you will excuse me I'm going to go comfort her!" Jade flew up the stairs in one second and in the next; Mark heard the door to Mary-Lynnette's room open and close.

Sometimes Jade could be difficult, but she was always right.

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