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Out of the Frying Pan and into the Closet

Chapter One

Lucy's POV

I ran downstairs as fast as I could when I heard the phone ring. We were just waiting around for people to check in with us. No one had called since they left several hours ago. When I heard a fight, I grabbed my crossbow from it's hiding place from under the third stair in the staircase. I ran down the rest of the way. Hopefully, it was a real fight with vampire that I could actually shoot- I don't think Marcus counted… or any other Drake brother. Other wise Nicholas would take away my crossbow. It had taken me two very long, long weeks to convince Helena Drake- Nicholas and Solange's mom- to let me have one. I wasn't about to have it taken away from me so soon after I got it! There were only two reasons why Helena agreed to let me have one; first was that I was never to touch it unless it was an emergency and I was never to speak of it so that none of her sons found out it. They were waaayyyyy to over protective for their own sakes. If they ever did find out about it, I was to lie my rear end off about where I got it.

When I got to the living room, I paused, not sure of what was going on. Solange was sitting on Nicholas, just enough to pin him to the couch. She was staring at the phone in her hand. Everyone else who was in the room stared at the phone or somewhere off in space. I was surprised that Nicholas hadn't pushed his sister off of him.

I quickly hid the weapon behind my back. I looked for a hiding spot for the time being before anyone saw my precious crossbow. Damn! There was no where!

Nicholas's eyes snapped onto mine when I was trying to slink out of the room unnoticed. "Lucy… what's in your hands?" he asked, his voice wary. He pushed Solange off of him finally. Ten pairs of eyes snapped onto my hands that were behind my back.

"Uhhhh…. I heard the phone ring, then I heard people fighting. What happened?" I asked, trying to changed the subject.

"Logan just called to say that he and Isabeau are fine. They had been at the Hound's caves. They were making their way over here when the place was attacked by Hel-blair. Montamare is on his way to the royal caves. We think he is going to try to kill Mom to make Solange queen." Nicholas said. That was so shocking that my arms fell to my sides. I didn't feel the crossbow bump against my leg.

I glance up to see that everyone's eyes were still on me. "What?" I asked, starting to get uncomfortable.

"Lucky, why do you have a crossbow in your hand?" I didn't say anything. All the Drake boys took the moment to yell, "Hit the deck!" "Crazy woman with a loaded weapon!" "Look out Marcus!" "Lucy's armed, get down!", and they hit the floor at the same time.

I just stared at the Drake boys in their various positions on the floor. Some of the them even looked like they hurt. My heart sung a little when I saw Solange cringe down a little in her seat.

"What? I'm not going to shoot any of you guys. Then again, you can never be too cautious- especially with this family. And Nicky, who said that I can't have a crossbow?" I asked Nicholas, calling him by his nickname. He didn't like it as much as I hated being called Lucky. Though when I looked into Nicholas's calculating gaze, I got a really bad feeling.