Forbidden Ecstasy
Kyle/Veronica's POV
"Hey um I was wondering if you wanted to go out sometime?"
Was he serious, "I don't date."
Great. "Oh, I didn't mean, that I mean it's cool and all that you're not looking for a boyfriend or anything but I was...l..."
"Oh no, it's not that I just don't date period."Oh my gosh he was serious, how cute.
"Oh well bummer, you're too pretty to be off market but it was nice meeting you…"
"Veronica."
"Veronica…that's a pretty name, it suits you, oh by the way I'm Kyle."What is wrong with you, I mean the guy was freaking drop dead gorgeous and he actually talking to her, oh my god what was wrong with me. No it's just because you're covered up. But look at that butt, just gorgeous.
"See Kyle, Xedrix has told you again and again, you should just eat them; human girls like her are good eats," that was a Charonte demon's solution to everything, eat it.
"Whatever Xedrix, I mean the other times weren't so successful but I don't know, I have a feeling I'll see her again."
"Yeah right, tough chance."
"Dude, don't you have a child to be tending to. "
"Right, bye." Successfully Xedrix made a hasty exit.
Kyle stood on the balcony watching Veronica; there was something about her that was so intriguing. But, she wanted nothing to do with him or any other man, so he'd just leave well enough alone.
Tired of being hit on by numerous guys she finally headed back to her condo. She desperately needed solitude right now only to open her front door and hear her phone ringing, she barely made it however.
"Hello?"
"Hey, Nika you going out?"
"No Rach don't think so just got in." Rachel and she had been best friends since they met in India during a college, tour thing.
"Well head back out; I found this bar called…um…Sanctuary...that's it and Nini I mean hello Calvin Klein models everywhere. '
"Sounds tempting but I think I'll pass this time."
"Too late you answered the phone now come on I want to hear front door opening and you heading out."
"Do I really have to?"
"Yes, because I'm your best friend and I need a designated driver."
"I'll be there in a few."
"You don't need directions."
"I pass that bar all the time, I just never go in. Just make sure I can find you alright?
"Okey Dokey, bye."
Heading down the stairs she bumped into someone and for some reason she did not feel right. "I am so sorry, I just got distracted."
"Oh, no it's my fault….and I think I'm on the wrong floor."
"Oh so you're the new neighbor? Nice to meet you I'm Veronica."
"Marcus; Marcus Valentine."
Okay, there were two things she was absolutely sure about after looking at him clearly. There was something off about that name and
I was already getting distracted.
In front of her standing at six two or three, was one of the most gorgeous men she's ever seen. Pearly white teeth, a smile with the hint of a grin, chiseled cheek bones and the creamiest of chocolate eyes she's ever seen and the most black of hair that touched a little past his ear.
"So um do you know how I can get back to Hallway C?"
"Oh you really are lost? But yeah, just go down this hall until you reach the elevator and take the stairs threes flights down and walk down the north hall and make two rights when you come to the opening."
"Thanks, neighbor. "She laughed at his bad pun.
"You're welcome."
"I kind of always wanted to say that."
"I get the idea…but yeah it was nice meeting you."
"You too."
Oh crap, I forgot about Rachel.
"Hey babe what took you so long?"
"Rachel how many drinks have you had," she could literally smell the liquor from three feet away.
"Well since I was getting a ride I didn't think you'd mind of I had five more shots of Tequila. "
"Oh my, you are going to have the worst hangover of your life tomorrow."
"Yeah, yeah mom."Oh that's what it was.
"Your stepmom in town?"
"Yes, the old bitch is in town and she wants me to let her scrawny-ass-blonde-Barbie of a daughter and me to bond. I mean is she crazy. I'll choke that little girl. It's a conspiracy I tell you, she wants me to be put on death-row or something so her little mutt inherits everything."
"It's going to be okay Rachel."
"No it's not. I mean I never had that close of a relationship with my dad, but to marry someone else, only six months after my mom died. C'mon Nini I know he cheated on her, but you've got to admit that that just draws the line."
"It does, and there was no excuse for his behavior."
"I know and then he had the nerve to leave that little gold digging' Cruella everything. I'm just glad I wasn't depending on anything. But I have to sign over some stuff to her; see if the old hag ever gets it."
"Well that's good for you. You ready to go?"
"Yeah I guess, there's nothing else to do but go home and sleep this night off."
"OK, c'mon."
While trying to help Rachel and her unhelpful self to the door Veronica swore she walked right into a brick wall."Owe!"
"Oh, my bad, I didn't see you …there, are you okay Ms.…Veronica!"
"How do you know my…"Looking up she saw just an inhumanly gorgeous guy standing in front of her. If only she could remember his name.
"Kyle, remember?" of course she remembered, who in the hell could forget a man with a body and face like that.
"Did I just say that out loud?"
"Kind of."And oh my god he had a smile and laugh to die for; I mean he even had a dimple in his right cheek, how cutely boyish.
"So are you following me or something?"
"What! Wait…huh...no! My family owns and runs this bar and several other properties and I'm also part owner of the club."
"Oh business man, huh."
"Trying to be, but…"was he actually shy?
"Veronica are we going to sit he and talk or are you going to kiss the boy or whatever because I am very tired right now and would like to lie down and pass out. "She totally forgot about the 24 year old drunken woman she was holding onto.
"Oh you were leaving?"She swore she could see the hurt in his eyes.
"Kind of, yeah."
"Well let me help you with her."
"Oh, it's okay I've got her."
"No I insist, plus I think I'm a lot stronger than you and you seen to be in a hurry." he winked at her and she was positive her cheeks were red.
"Okay, alright, my car's this way."After getting in the car he leaned over and said the strangest thing. By the way you never said anything out loud, you face said it all.
All night Kyle was all she could think about, those eyes, that body and oh my god, that smile. What in the world was wrong with her? She has never been like this when it came to other guys, but why did he seem so different. Maybe he was different.
Kyle's POV
"So who was the brunette?"Kyle looked up to see Fang looking at him like he just found out the world's biggest secret.
"A human." Fang got this look as if he knew something.
"What?"
"Nothing, I just thought she looked familiar."
"But hey, there's nothing wrong with humans. They tend to be gentler."
"Don't let my sister hear you say that or you're dead wolf."
"I'm not worried," he sounded way too confident, guess he didn't know Aimee had exceptional hearing.
Really? Turning fang saw Aimee standing right behind him.
"Love you."
"Sure you do." She walked right passed him and Kyle couldn't help but laugh. Fang had been getting in so much trouble lately. However, the next thing he knew he got a hard hand to the back of the head.
"Shut up!"
"Aw, Fang's mad. "Though the truth was Fang could never really get mad anymore, well unless someone threatened his sister but, he really just stayed a mellow type guy. It was kind of weird and annoying.
"Ha, ha, ha not funny. So are you going to ask her out?"
'Already did."
"And?' He pumped for an answer.
"She doesn't date. So, no."
"Oh, wow, well….sucks to be you."
"Wow, great advice."
"Yeah I know, I should write a book."
"You'd probably get sued for wasting an editor's time."
"Owe, that really hurt. "Fang joked while gripping his shirt right above his heart.
"Dude whatever, but hey tell Remi, I'll be back in an hour, tops."
"And where are you going? "
"None of your business."
Marcus's POV
Marcus sat on the balcony of Veronica's condo, contemplating Damien's plan. But how very tempting it was to just kill her in her sleep.
"What are you doing, Marcus?"
"What are you my babysitter now or something?
"I wouldn't have to watch you if you didn't do things such as this."
"Then please with all due respect explain what it is that I am so wrongfully doing, except observing my prey."
There was dead silence.
"Exactly, I am doing nothing but observing, now be a good boy Leo and run back home to Damien, I most positive he would like to know what I was doing."
"If it wasn't for your brother I would have killed you long ago."
"Then what is stopping you now cousin? I am after all a helpless little fool. Though great fools are astonishingly good tricksters, so if I were you I would hold my tongue. We wouldn't want anything to happen to Samantha now would we?"
Horror struck his face, "If you dare…"
"Ah, ah, ah, threats aren't wise, and it seems my brother is calling, I'm afraid we'll have to continue this conversation some other time."
Before he could respond Marcus was gone. "Dammit."
Veronica's POV
Veronica woke up with a loud ramping on her door. Leaning over she saw that it was only eight o'clock,"who in the hell could be at the door, this early?"
Heading downstairs she saw a very skinny, very blonde woman at the door."Hey Rach?"
"Yeah? "She said coming from around the kitchen counter.
"I think your sister's here."
"What?"
"Doorway,"she gestured to the front door," doesn't that look a lot like her?"
"I'm not here." She said skipping back up the stairs and into the guest bedroom.
"What would that solve?"
"Nothing, just tell her to go away." There were more impatient knocks on the door.
"Coming." Walking to the front door she knew she shouldn't even answer it.
"Samantha, what a very unpleasant surprise."
"Go get Rachel."
"Excuse me?"
"I know she's here because one, you two are quiet loud in the morning. Now go get her."
"You now I think it is fair to say, blondes are really stupid and bitchy."
"Excuse me?"
"Yeah, you are excused; know I advise you to go away before I call animal control about a blonde woman with rabies, at my front door saying she wants to bite me. Now go away." After slamming the door in her face, she could still hear Miss Barbie screeching at the top of her lungs."
Walking to her room and climbing back under the covers she found Rachel in her doorway." Thank you."
"You're welcome." She still lingered in the doorway as if they weren't done with the conversation." Yes Rachel?"
A grin stretched across her face and she jumped in Veronica's bed," so who was the hottie?"
"No one."
"Oh, c'mon Nika don't lie you're not good at it. Now c'mon who was he?"
"Just some guy I met at a club yesterday and when I went to get you, I also found out his family owns that bar."
"Solo?"
"What?"
"Are you going to ask him out or do I have to play matchmaker?"
"He already asked me out and I said no." The look Rachel gave me was priceless, she looked like she didn't know whether to slap me or kill me.
"Rachel are you okay?"
"I so want to kill you right now, I mean he is gorgeous and he asked you out. I mean, when was the last time you were out on a date, better yet had sex?"
" A year or two?"
"Oh, my gods are you serious? I can't believe it. Where have you been letting your life go Veronica?"
"I'm busy all the time; I don't have time for a social life."
"That's why we make time for a social life. What about that guy from Chicago?
"Frank? Oh, no I dumped him when he proposed to me…"
"He proposed to you and you said no? You guys were dating for like two years and he was sweet, kind, successful, no criminal record, and…"
"He tried to get me to overcome my fear of bears."
"What?"
"He did, and thought I was just being childish. I mean that was just not funny. He said we were going to get a private viewing of the Timber wolves and out walks the trainer with a fucking Black Bear. He swore it wouldn't hurt me but I didn't care."
"Oh, Nika I'm so sorry, maybe we did miss something about him psychologically?"
She couldn't help but laugh,"yeah, maybe we did."
"Well I'm gonna get a few more hours in alright."
"Okay, I'm going to head home for a change of clothes; you want to go for lunch when I get back?"
"Sure."
"I'll be back in like an hour?"
"Alright." She really didn't want to go back to sleep, but if she wanted to stay awake in class she need another hour.
(Flashback)
March 3, 2003- family vacation to Maine.
She remembered this day more clear than any others. It was the day she lost her dad.
"Dad, how old were you when you started dating?"
"Twenty, why?"
"Just curious."
"Yeah right and just because of this conversation you can't date until you're seventeen."
"C'mon you said sixteen."
"I know and since you want to ask questions because your birthday is a week away, now it's seventeen."
"That's not fair."
"Life isn't fair."
"So how old are you anyway."
"When did you become an interrogator?"
"Well my teacher keeps thinking you were a teenage parent because she said you don't look older than twenty-seven."
"Good, genes I guess."
"So dads how old are you really?"
"Let's see, last time I checked I was four hundred and twenty-six."
"C'mon were talking years here not months."
"Oh, then I'm thirty-five."
"Now was that so hard." He continued walking ahead of her.
"Hey Veronica you've got to see this. It is absolutely beautiful up here," he turned and gave her that smile that always made her feel warm and safe,"well, c'mon kiddo."
"Dad, I don't think it's safe to be that close to the edge," she really hated heights but never truly understood why she would always go rock climbing.
"Oh, c'mon, I won't let you fall. I promise."
"I wouldn't care if I was tied to a harness that was attached to that tree," she gestured to the giant Red Oak behind her,"I'm not going near that edge."
"Veronica, come here now!"
"No!" turning toward the trail to walk away she froze dead in her tracks. Standing in about fifteen feet away were, two black bears and a man was behind them; he had a scar on his neck. One bear was standing at least seven feet tall and looked ready to kill her. It even sniffed the air strangely.
"Hello, Xavier, it's been a while," he looked from her dad to her," and you brought your daughter with you, how fun." He sniffed the air in the most animalistic way,"and she's an Arcadian. Well we can't have that now can we?"
Dad? Was what she wanted to shout but it was lodged in her throat like all other words and she was completely frozen with fear.
"Veronica, I need you to move and come to me okay."When she moved her foot backwards the bear moved to all fours and started growling at her, "Dad?"
"Run!"
She started a dead run for the trail and heard a big commotion and she stopped running,"Dad!" The next thing she knew he was rounded the corner and pulled her by the arm and continued running.
"I didn't tell you to stop." There was something so terrifying about her dad now and when she looked at his face he had these three long red lines going down his face. They headed up the side to another trail but her dad pulled up short with a hiss.
Looking for the cause of delay she saw the same man in front of them. Then something strange happened, they were thrown into the mountain wall by some invisible force and she hit her head hard enough to give her a concussion.
Barley able to stand she looked to see what was her father fighting what she thought was a bear. "Dad?"
"Stay there."
She felt a strange presence behind her and turning she saw another bear behind her and before she could react it swung it's claw and caught the side of her stomach.
"No!" the next thing she knew her dad had her and they were in some other part of the forest.
"Are you okay? Let me see?" she lifted up her shirt and hissed," looking she saw three long gashes going across her stomach. She was about to pass out when she heard more growling and then talking she wasn't sure what was happening anymore.
"You owe me Markus; you swore to it?"
"What if they come after my clan?
"Bears aren't that foolish. Now just take her and get her to safety, can I trust you to do that?"
"Yes, but I have one question, what would stop them from hunting her?"
"If I die her connection to her powers die as well. She'll be human."
"Alright, Stephan, Aloysius? I need you to take the girl somewhere safe, for the time being until we find somewhere to relocate, or do you have a perforation?"
"She has an aunt in New Orleans, named Martha; explain to her what happened and she'll make sure she never knows about our world."
"Alright, it will be done."
The last thing she her was her father whisper I love you.
She woke up in the hospital three days later and her aunt explained that, she and her dad were attacked by some bears and she made it, just barely. That's why she had the scars. The most hated thing on her body.
Veronica's POV
"Hey, hey! Veronica!"
"Yeah, what's up?"
"You, not functioning correctly, can you hear, I called you like six times?"
"Sorry I've been kind of out of it since my nap."
"You sure you still want to go to school?"
"Yeah, today's my midterm. Something I can't afford to miss."
"Alright, well c'mon let's go have lunch."
After her midterm, Veronica decided to head to her Aunt Martha's house. For some strange reason she felt she wasn't told the complete truth the day her dad died.
Pulling into the driveway she saw her Aunt getting out of her car," oh heavens if it isn't my favorite little niece."
"Aunt Martha I'm your only niece," she said while pulling her Aunt into a hug.
"How have you been lately, I haven't seen you since my birthday?"
"I've been studying for midterm and juggling work, and trying to maintain a social life as best I can."
"Veronica Richards, as long as you've lived with me don't think I don't know when something is bothering you."
"That's actually why I came by; I had a question about what happened six years ago. The day my dad died."
She could tell her aunt became extremely uneasy with her question," I told you child you were both attacked by bears."
"I know that much, but last night I had this dream…"
"What kind of dream?"
"It was about that day, and it felt as though I was reliving it and I was learning and hearing things that I might have missed when I passed out. In my dream I heard my dad talking to a man, a man named Markus…"
"Markus Kattalakis." The tone in her aunt's voice let her know she was on to something.
"Yes, how would you know the name if what I was dreaming wasn't true? Who is that man?"
"He told me your father asked him to bring you here and that he owed your father a great debt."
"Aunt Martha did he say anything else?"
"Yes but, that is all I am allowed to tell you."
"What do you mean allowed to tell me? Aunt Martha I need to know what happened."
"I'm sorry, I can't tell you."
"Well can you at least tell me what an Arcadian is?"
"No… but I can tell you who can. His name is Fang Kattalakis. You can find him at Sanctuary he may be able to answer your questions."
"How am I supposed to find him?"
"There's man at the door with long blonde hair…"
"He's one of four, how am I supposed to tell him apart from the others."
"His name is Dev, and he is the one with a tattoo of a doubled bow and arrow."
"Are you sure he can answer my questions?"
"If not one of his brothers can?"
"Alright. Thank you."
"Just be careful."
"I will," she shouted over her shoulder as she headed back towards her house.
The bar wouldn't open till about eight o'clock so she had time.
"Hey hot stuff where are we going?"
"Rach we're going to Sanctuary, there's someone there I have to ask something."
"Oh so Mr. Kyle is finally getting lucky with the naughty Veronica."
"I'm not going to look for Kyle, besides I barely know him."
"They why are you dressed like a striper?"
"I am not."
"Veronica? Seriously? Who goes to a bar in a black corset halter that pushes the girls up just right, accompanied by the pair of black leather pants, I bought you, which shape your ass just right, with a pair of black boots that come to your knee."
"It not that noticeable."
"Nika this outfit screams, 'Hello boys, come drool over what you can never have.'"
"Not it does not," she whined while curling the last of her hair."
"Yes it does and might I add, you haven't touched your hair in weeks. You usually just run your fingers threw it and go. When the hell did you cut a bang and rod it?"
"So you're saying I should change?"
"No what I'm saying is that your hot little Italian ass better bring a body guard to keep the horny little boys away."
"Well since I look nice lets, go."
"Alright. Now it's time to party."
As soon as she got out of the car it was, so heads turn. She felt too claustrophobic." Hey don't tell me you're gonna chicken out?"
"Hell no, I'm not wearing this for nothing."
"Good then, c'mon." Rachel led her towards the door and that's where she saw the guy with the long hair."Hello, Dev my love, how are you tonight?"
"Fine, but since you're here I guess the party can start."
"Oh by the way, love, this is my girl Veronica."
"Wow," his eyes looked like they traced every inch of her body, as if taking detail of every curve she had," and the girl has green eyes, my favorite color." He winked at her.
"I thought your favorite color was blue?" Rachel said with a snarl, you can hear the very hint of jealously in her voice.
"It varies, depending on the girl."
"You're such a pig," with a snare she turned and walked inside.
"Hey do you know where I can find Fang?"
Dev looked at her suspiciously," he's not here."
"Do you know if he'll be back tonight?"
"No clue, but how about you go inside and enjoy yourself."
"I just might." Dev couldn't help but watch her walk away. But if the human was smart she would stay away from Fang if she didn't want Aimee to kill her; literally.
"Hey Veronica lets go dance."
"I don't dance in public remember."
"C'mon I know you have some moves in there somewhere."
"Yes I do but they usually only come out when I am drunk."
"Well that means lets drink."
"I don't think that would be best."
"O c'mon," walking towards the bar arm and arm with Rachel she felt as if someone was watching her. Leaning her back against the wall she scanned the room and saw that it was Kyle. She couldn't help but blush.