UNITY - Chapter 1
''Watch it, otherwise you'll be drinking blood through a straw,'' Jez Redfern threatened her soulmate, Morgead Blackthorn, as he attempted to flick ice cream at her.
They lay on a thin blanket on a tiny private beach in Northern California, the sun scorching overhead. Morgead began to reply, ''Oh yea...'' when a cell phone went off, ruining the playful atmosphere. Jez rolled her eyes as she took out her cell phone and answered it.
''Jez, what's up?'', a crease appeared on her forehead as she frowned at what she was hearing on the phone. Briskly she said into the phone, ''On our way,'', then snapping it shut she hurriedly got up pulling on her leather jacket, Morgead a fraction of a second behind her.
''What's up?'' asked Morgead following Jez at full stride, getting in their Circle Daybreak rental Jez gave Morgead steel look, replying ''Trouble.''
Hannah watched Tierry replaced the phone in it's cradle, concern evident on his face. ''Are they ok?''
Turing stiffly he nodded, he was as shocked as Hannah at news they'd recieved not five minutes ago, now she, Tierry and others were calling all of the high profile Circle Daybreak soulmates for an emergency meeting tomorrow.
As Tierry turned to check some travel arrangements that needed making Hannah got out of her chair, and went to wrap her arms around Tierrys waist. ''It'll be straight, we can fix this,'' she tried.
But contrary to believing her he burst out, ''Alright! Eight people are already dead this last two weeks, but I was too confident, I missed the signs and people are dead because of me!''
Tightening her grip Hannah argued back, ''You not perfect, or a clairvoyant you can't foresee and stop everything, no matter how hard you try, but we can still do something about it now, catch the killer, stop any more murders.'' Tierry shook his head feebly for a moment. ''We know now, we can protect them.''
After a few seconds silence in which both just reveled at being close Tierry, in a different tone said ''They.., whoever they are, have only gone after soulmate couples who have humans in them, maybe it would be safer if you went away with the Wild Powers.''
Hannah pulled her hands away sharply, rounding on Tierry fully, ''And leave you here on your own. We're meant to fight this war together, humans, vampires, shapeshifters, witches, all of us! All this shows is Nightworlds attempts at destroying that union, and as much as it sometimes baffles me sometimes they all look up to us for an example if i run and hide...'' she trailed off, leaving Tierry to his own thoughts on what that would look like to the Daybreakers, like they were finished.
Pulling Hannah back toward him he mumbled into her hair, ''Alright,'' sighing, ''I just hope we can stop this, I can't loose you again.''