If you're looking for faustian motives, psychological warfare, intense plot, you've come to the wrong place. This is an immature flick of Rayne kicking ass, seducing and finding new toys; for those of you who like light reading: welcome, I hope you will enjoy reading this as much as I enjoyed writing it!

I have inspired myself out of Vampire the Masquerade books and game for the characters, and for some of the lines. Please don't sue!

I do not own BloodRayne, blah blah blah. The story takes place after BloodRayne 2 in a European city that is not covered by the shroud.

Rated M: strong language.

Sorry if I have grammar problems.

Dedicated to Erika13. Thank you for reading my first BloodRayne story!

BloodRayne:

The Devils

Chapter I: Family Politics

21:35 1st day

"Your little assassin is late."

"Diego said she would."

The room looked like an office: a beautiful carved mahogany desk in the middle, one bookcase on the wall, a comfortable sofa in one corner and two armchairs, one in front of the desk, the other near the sofa. There were three men in the room, all dressed in black suits, one standing with his back at the room looking outside the window, then the youngest one (he looked no more that 22), the one who talked last, was sitting in the armchair near the sofa, and the last one had his fists on the front of the desk and his face looking at the carvings of the furniture. When he spoke his voice was hard and you could tell the frustration was building up in him.

"I still don't understand how come a 500 year old elder like Diego can trust an outsider with family matters!"

"Are you questioning his judgment?" The younger one said fast. He was the only one in the room that was not a vampire, but he was the elder's protégé, he knew that Tony would not risk harming him lest he incur Diego's wrath.

Tony glared at him, he had to watch what he said around this brat.

"No…" Tony said measuring every word. "But these are family matters, we should send for more of our people! I heard this BloodRayne as connections with the other families and clans, how do we know she isn't a spy?"

"Diego trusts her, he recommended her, that should be enough for you...us." The younger one said trying to repress a smile. He knew that wasn't a good answer, but it was the one that made Tony even more angry.

Tony looked at the other vampire in the room as if asking for help, but Mario kept his back at the room and his gaze outside the window. He already talked the situation with Tony, and told him that he was accepting help from anyone, if an elder recommended someone then that was good enough for him, besides if he asked for help from the family he will lose a lot of prestige, his elders thinking that he is incapable of managing the city. Anyway, if this BloodRayne botched the job it would be better if someone outside the family died, they had already lost a few good men, and it was going to take a while for poor Carmen to get back to normal. Tony was right, he wouldn't trust someone outside the family either, but then again Tony was too impulsive and didn't quite understand family politics.

There was a knock on the door, and then the butler came in.

"Miss BloodRayne is here."

Mario turned and proceeded to sit in the chair behind the desk. Tony moved from his spot and went to stand with his back at the bookcase. The young one only shifted a little in his chair.

"Send her in."

The butler lowered his head then opened the door for the woman to enter. The room was enshrouded in darkness so they didn't see her at first but they heard her say 'thank you' when the butler opened the door for her.

"Please come in" said Mario.

The woman stepped closer and now they could see her. She was dressed in an impeccable black suit, they noticed that she didn't wear anything else underneath the coat, her décolletage catching the eye of all the men present in the room; she had a leather collar with a circular pendant dangling from it to lie on her chest. The rest of her clothes consisted of matching pants, black leather gloves on her hands and she also had stiletto black shoes that completed her image. When she came in front of the desk they could see her entire body: A delicious set of curves that could make any man's fantasies for a long time, but her face was the one that always made them stare dumb footed. She had brilliant green eyes that seemed to capture the light in the room and even glow when the light was very scarce, her face was soft with perfect skin, not one spot on it that could ruin the picture, and her features were feminine, her lips were full, the color of blood which complemented her bright red shoulder length hair that seemed to move like silk when she walked. When she entered the men could sense a sweet, metallic scent surrounding her, making her almost irresistible.

'At least I know why an elder could like her.' Mario thought silently, who was the first one to get back to reality; Tony was still staring, his mouth slightly opened.

"Good evening. Please have a seat." Mario offered getting up of his chair to welcome her and pointing to the seat in front of the desk.

"Thank you." She said in that silky soft voice of hers. As soon as she sat Mario took his seat.

"Thank you for coming Miss BloodRayne, I am Mario Arpino, this is my associate Tony Arpino" he said pointing at the man who was standing with his back at the bookcase. This seemed to call Tony back to earth and he shook his head, then bowed his head once. The woman saluted. "And this is –" before he could finish, the young one got out of his chair and proceeded to speak his name and to kiss the woman's hand but she was the first one to talk.

"Alex McEwan. Nice to see you again" she said smiling.

He swallowed hard. "You remember my name?"

"Of course I do. We met last year at your aunt's party, Diego introduced us." She looked at his expression: he seemed a teenager who met his favorite celebrity, he even had those dumb puppy eyes and he remained with her hand half way to his mouth. Because he just stood there staring she jerked her hand out of his but he caught it again and this time he kissed it.

Mario raised one eyebrow. "Shouldn't you be somewhere else Alex?"

"Me? Well I would like to stay for a while."

"I would like it if you left." Mario said, his voice loud and commanding. Alex may be the elder's protégé, but he was still the elder of the family in the city and he was the one entrusted with the protection of it. Alex had told them that he would only stay until BloodRayne arrived, and then leave the city to tell Diego that she is there; Mario wanted him out of there as soon as possible for two reasons: one, because he wasn't going to be of any help, he was fresh in the game and even though he was smart he still had a lot to learn. And two, the city was like a war zone for members of his family, he didn't want to know what Diego would do if he found out that his favorite nephew got killed in Mario's city.

Judging Mario's tone Alex knew that he had better leave. He bowed his head to BloodRayne, said "good evening" to the others and left.

'He hasn't changed one bit' thought Rayne silently to herself. When she met him first she was told that he was a family treasure, but this treasure sure looked shabby to her. He was smart and sharp witted but he was inexperienced, and to top that he had an ego to match some of the eldest vampires around. Diego told her that he himself was going to give him the 'invitation' to join the inner circle of the family, meaning that he was going to turn him into a vampire, but she told him that he should wait a little more because he was too young. Diego listened to her and after throwing his protégé a look he said that she might be right, Rayne was one of the few people Diego truly listened to, then asked her if she could do him a favor. The city in which Alex worked was under siege and he asked her if she could investigate a little, and possibly make it safe for his nephew. Rayne agreed and that's how she came to be here.