Chapter One
A day in the life…
Aidan was still adjusting to his new house; he loved having sally and Josh around it made the place far less lonely. He sat paging through a magazine; Sally was still working on trying to move objects, while josh was still at work. He spent most of his time now here at this home; it was the first place he had wanted to be in a while, actually for about a year. He set the magazine down and stared blankly at the walls, his mind was wondering back to before the revolutionary war, his dreams, friends, family, and Violet and Bishop, he thought of her often over the last few months. She had been his friend since they met at age 6 it felt like an eternity now, well it had been.
Flashback
Aidan walked the dirt paths toward the woods, it was early the sun had not yet rose, his wife and son still sound asleep, he thought back on the 20 some years of his life his marriage and those around him. They seemed nothing compared to the challenge he now faced. The war was a long time coming but today was the day he would join their ranks, leaving all he knew behind, his wife, son and so many others. He made his way down the narrow path toward the creek; he came here since he was a small child he had often played in the meadow just beyond it with Violet.
A name near and dear to his heart, she lived in the village and was essentially the closest thing to a best friend he had ever known. She was also beautiful; she was medium height, with piercing blue eyes, and long blonde hair. Though she came from a wealthy British family and with the current tensions he had not seen her for weeks, her father and husband kept her inside and watched at all times. At one point Aidan would even go so far as to say he loved her, but more for the fact she was there for him almost as long as he remembered. He had been through everything with her by his side, from first loves to best friends, she was the one constant element of his life. Being unable to say goodbye was one of the most difficult parts of his departure. He sat silently on the bank watching the sun slowly rising among the high grass of the meadow.
"Enjoying the view" a voice came from behind him, a voice he knew with all certainty belonged to Violet. Aidan leapt up and turned around to see the smiling face of his best friend.
"How are you here?" he questioned,
"I escaped of course" she smiled " I had to come say goodbye..." her voice faltered at the last words and he swore he saw tears welling up in her bright blue eyes.
She shook them off and embraced him, this could be there last. She remembered how much she loved him; all their moments together now seemed so far away. She hoped the embrace would last forever, in fact it lasted far longer than was proper to for two married adults. She knew he was married and had a son but she had never given up the feelings she held for him, she was married as well but he meant nothing to her compared to Aidan and he knew it.
End flashback
The memory faded back into his mind as he heard josh come into the living room,
"Hey man are you ok you look like you saw a ghost?" as soon as Josh said it he laughed as well as Sally in the background
"I'm fine" Aidan laughed at how ironic that statement was he then got up and left to "go rent a movie" essentially to clear his mind.
Violet sat looking out the window of the plane she was sitting on, it felt so good to know that in an hour she would be back in Boston finally. She had been working on many tasks for Bishop and another family of vampires, it had been a long mission back and forth for nearly 12 months which to most would seem a considerable portion of time, but to her it was a small inconsequential moment. She had always been the most gifted when it came to compulsion, she had a way with people, whether it was her looks or personality she had a true gift and Bishop used it to his advantage, she had been acting as a lawyer and using her influence to get to high ranking political officials, she had already hit Massachusetts, Pennsylvania had been her second assignment. But in order to be thorough she had to fully assimilate into humanity.
Her mind wandered to Aidan she had not heard from him for a long time, it was usual for her to be hard to communicate with while on a mission she was often never available and moving from place to place, but there had been a considerable amount of time pass months in fact with not so much as a text.
A practice Bishop usually vehemently opposed unless it pushed his personal agenda. She glanced at her watch still half an hour, she closed her eyes and put headphones in trying to block out the sound of the heartbeats surrounding her. She had fed before she left but all the close proximity was testing her willpower.
Bishop had just got off his shift and was leaving the police station; he was looking forward to having Violet back. Next to Aidan she was one of his best finds, her powers of compulsion put even his own to shame, though he would never admit it to her, he was constantly pushing her harder trying to get her to develop them further. And he couldn't help but miss seeing a pretty face; he had always been taken by her appearance. She was average height, but had crisp blue eyes, long blonde hair, and an incredible figure. He immediately pushed the image out of his head, he had more important matters to deal with.
He first had to fill her in fully on Aidan's betrayal to the Family, and second convince her to help him get Aidan back. He knew he would have to be harsh to convince her that her best friend was a traitor, but he had all the information he needed to convince her, the past was the best weapon one could possess.