A Lost Love.

Celeste never thought that she would be working with another group. She was a Gangrel, and they tend to be loners. But Celeste was not like most Gangrel's; she had the ability to transform into a beast. That power proved useful to LaCroix; little did he know that her power would be his down fall. Celeste now sat in the back seat of a cab that was leaving L.A. she had done a lot to gain enemies and allies. And she was leaving an ally behind without saying goodbye. She had left a note at her apartment in Santa Monica with her ring next to it. Staring out the window Celeste hoped he would understand for she caused so much trouble for him and now LaCroix's former guard dog was hunting for her. Next to her sat the girl she saved in the hospital; she never really learned her name and didn't really want to. Still she couldn't leave her there by herself. She remembered how kind she was the night before they left.

Celeste sat crying in her desk chair, the piece of paper had a few dark spots from her tears. On it she had been writing a letter for Nines. She had begun to like him, even after she caused a blood hunt for him, maybe even love him. She had told Jack how she felt and he said he could feel it as could others. He wanted what was best for her. Celeste wondered if Jack had a thing for her but she pushed it aside when he encouraged her to go after Nines. The werewolf attack showed something about Nines. If he hated her for what she did he would not have saved her. And now here she sat writing a letter for him to find declaring how she felt. She was a coward, a huge stupid coward. The women she saved came in and hugged her tightly as Celeste cried. The women just held her and rubbed her back lightly as she shushed her like a mother would to a child. "Celeste it's okay. I'm here for you. This is for his own good you know that. Now get some rest I'll finish packing for you." Celeste wiped her eyes and nodded at the women. Celeste climbed into bed listening to her friend puttering around the apartment. She was just about to close her eyes when she felt her ring on her finger. Getting up she slid it off her finger and placed it on the letter. She went back to bed knowing this was the right thing to do.

The cabby drove for 2 days straight free of charge. Considering how he had put up with her constant back and forth he still did this for free. They finally arrived in Texas where he dropped his two passengers off at an apartment complex. The place was a lot nicer than their safe house. Sighing Celeste grabbed her things and went into the office to get their keys for the room. Little did she know that at this time Nine's had found her letter and ring.

Nines Rodriguez was the sort of leader of the Anarchs. He didn't consider himself the leader but the others did and they looked up to him. He had just left the last round where he had been waiting for Celeste; they were supposed to go deal with a pack of werewolves that were causing trouble but she never showed up. He and Jack walked into her apartment and saw it was devoid of her belongings all that was left was a letter and a ring. Her ring. He walked over to the desk and picked up the note while fingering the ring in his other hand.

Nines, if your reading this then that means I'm gone. I had to leave LaCroix's guard dog is still looking for me as well as the Sabbat. I have made you a target to many times and for that I'm sorry. Know that I do this to keep you safe and unharmed. I wish I got to tell you this in person but I have really come to like you. I know you might not feel the same way but I have to get it off my chest. I love you I have for a while. There I said it. I must apologize again but I don't regret knowing that your safe. Good luck Nines.

Your friend and fellow Gangrel Anarch,

Celeste.

Nines looked down at the ring. Tears welled up in his eyes just looking at it. He reached around his neck and grabbed at the clasp on his necklace. Once he had it undone he slid the ring on it and put the necklace back on. He took the letter and folded it and put it in his jacket pocket. Turning around he found Jack in the bathroom rummaging in the mirror cabinet. "Let's go Jack we need to find – what are you doing?" Jack turned around slowly a huge grin on his face. "Dude she has pot! She has pot!" Jack said in an excited high pitch squealing tone at his discovery. Nines shook his head in exasperation of course he would be excited about that. After Jack stuffed his vest pockets and pants with the abandoned pot they left to find Celeste.

Chapter 2: Searching for her.

Celeste woke up to the ringing of her cellphone, seeing it was Damsel she decided to answer it.

"Hey what's up baby girl?"

The other end was quiet for a minute.

"What's up? I just got a call from Jack saying you skipped town. What the hell Celeste?"

"Okay I know this looks bad but hear me out. LaCroix's guard dog has been searching for me as well as the Sabbat. You know those two are trouble. Plus like me the guard dog is a Gangrel."

Celeste could hear a loud tapping sound which she deduced that it was coming from Damsel.

"Yeah well Celeste that still doesn't warrant your sudden disappearance without saying goodbye." Damsel's voice cracked at the end of her comment. Celeste had really hurt her friends and she felt bad.

"What ever I didn't call you to yell at you. I called to tell you to be safe and to at least call me when you have the chance. I love you baby girl stay safe." Damsel hung up on Celeste and dialed a new number. Pulling out another cell phone she brought up a screen that showed a map and a large red blinking dot. A low gruff voice answered on he other end.

"She's in Texas, the address is 1315 West Banks AVE. Good luck." Damsel knew that Celeste didn't want to be found but he was her friend and he needed her. she just hoped Nines got to her in time.