White surroundings, Black spots
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Three months after the trouble with Jeshickah, Turquoise Draka still lives in the house Nathanial loaned her. She lives there alone. Turquoise hasn't heard from Nathanial, Jaguar, or anyone else connected to the vampire world in two and a half months. Turquoise heard somewhere Ravyn had been a great leader for the Crimson group, although some people thought Turquoise would have been better.
Turquoise woke up and looked at her clock. "Oh shit", she said seeing that it was 10:45. She was two hours late for work. I'm going to be fired this time, Turquoise thought. Turquoise quickly got out of bed, threw on some clothes and left. As she was leaving someone grabbed her arm. Turquoise turned around preparing to hit whoever it was, the stopping when she saw Nathanial. "What's the hurry?" he asked, letting go of her arm.
"What are you doing here?" Turquoise asked. She looked at his face and asked, "What's wrong?"
"Jaguar needs to see you right away. Has anyone tried to hurt you?"
"No. Why didn't he come to see me himself? And when did you become his message boy?"
"I am not a message boy. I was coming to see you anyway, Jaguar just told me to tell you that since I was coming. I found someone you might want to see."
"Who is it? Who did you find?" asked Turquoise.
"I'll show you later. First you need to see Jaguar."
Twenty minutes later Turquoise was knocking on the door of Jaguar's study. When she didn't get an answer she opened the door but didn't see anyone. I'll try the courtyard, she thought. Turquoise didn't see anything, not even Shayla. She started to get worried. "He doesn't want to meet your around others," Nathanial had told her in the car going to Midnight. Turquoise didn't ask why. Then Turquoise saw a human pass by at the end of the hall when she left the courtyard. She recognized it as Katie her neighbor from when she posed as a slave.
"Katie," Turquoise yelled, running to the other girl, "where's Jaguar."
"He went out. He said you should wait in the courtyard. You know you're really brave to come back here, with Jeshickah after you and all. You should hurry and get to the courtyard before someone sees you."
Turquoise went back to the courtyard and waited 15 minutes when Jaguar appeared by her side. "How have you been? Has anyone attacked you?"
"No. Why?" Turquoise was now interested why everyone kept asking her that.
"Jeshickah wants you dead," Jaguar said. "She is convinced you attacked her two weeks ago. So did you?"
"I haven't heard from or seen anyone or anything from this world for three months and you think I attacked Jeshickah!"
"I never said that I was just wondering if you did. Jeshickah has put a reward out for you to anyone who can bring you to her alive and unharmed."
"Why not dead? Does she want to kill me herself or what?"
"I don't know. Jeshickah is gone for now and should be gone for a couple more days. You can stay here for now."
Three months after the trouble with Jeshickah, Turquoise Draka still lives in the house Nathanial loaned her. She lives there alone. Turquoise hasn't heard from Nathanial, Jaguar, or anyone else connected to the vampire world in two and a half months. Turquoise heard somewhere Ravyn had been a great leader for the Crimson group, although some people thought Turquoise would have been better.
Turquoise woke up and looked at her clock. "Oh shit", she said seeing that it was 10:45. She was two hours late for work. I'm going to be fired this time, Turquoise thought. Turquoise quickly got out of bed, threw on some clothes and left. As she was leaving someone grabbed her arm. Turquoise turned around preparing to hit whoever it was, the stopping when she saw Nathanial. "What's the hurry?" he asked, letting go of her arm.
"What are you doing here?" Turquoise asked. She looked at his face and asked, "What's wrong?"
"Jaguar needs to see you right away. Has anyone tried to hurt you?"
"No. Why didn't he come to see me himself? And when did you become his message boy?"
"I am not a message boy. I was coming to see you anyway, Jaguar just told me to tell you that since I was coming. I found someone you might want to see."
"Who is it? Who did you find?" asked Turquoise.
"I'll show you later. First you need to see Jaguar."
Twenty minutes later Turquoise was knocking on the door of Jaguar's study. When she didn't get an answer she opened the door but didn't see anyone. I'll try the courtyard, she thought. Turquoise didn't see anything, not even Shayla. She started to get worried. "He doesn't want to meet your around others," Nathanial had told her in the car going to Midnight. Turquoise didn't ask why. Then Turquoise saw a human pass by at the end of the hall when she left the courtyard. She recognized it as Katie her neighbor from when she posed as a slave.
"Katie," Turquoise yelled, running to the other girl, "where's Jaguar."
"He went out. He said you should wait in the courtyard. You know you're really brave to come back here, with Jeshickah after you and all. You should hurry and get to the courtyard before someone sees you."
Turquoise went back to the courtyard and waited 15 minutes when Jaguar appeared by her side. "How have you been? Has anyone attacked you?"
"No. Why?" Turquoise was now interested why everyone kept asking her that.
"Jeshickah wants you dead," Jaguar said. "She is convinced you attacked her two weeks ago. So did you?"
"I haven't heard from or seen anyone or anything from this world for three months and you think I attacked Jeshickah!"
"I never said that I was just wondering if you did. Jeshickah has put a reward out for you to anyone who can bring you to her alive and unharmed."
"Why not dead? Does she want to kill me herself or what?"
"I don't know. Jeshickah is gone for now and should be gone for a couple more days. You can stay here for now."