Authors note:
Hey guys, just wanted to say thank you so much for reading. Its been hard trying to write and work a full time job but I did it! This chapter is slightly shorter than the last but I hope you like it anyway :) Enjoy.
"Hey BoBo, happy Fridayyyyy!" Kenzi practically skipped over to the moth eaten couch and slumped next to Bo. "Now I know you have been a bit down recently with the whole Doc not wanting to place house thing buttttt I thought we could go out!" The small Russian girl thrust an oversized glass of vodka into Bo's hands and quietly waited for a repsonce.
"I dunno Kenz, a trip to the Dal isn't really high on my list of things to do at the moment. Dyson is sure to be there and I'm not feeling up to seeing Tamsin either." Bo swirled her drink around the glass and watched as the tiny bubbles danced around one another.
"Bo... We are going out out. Not just out. I was thinking maybe a dark fae bar. Yanoe really use and abuse the unaligned situation. Oh and don't be hating on officer Tammers. She might be a bit of a party pooper and she might frown more than Dyson when he hasn't had his coffee, but you have to admit, you wouldn't say no to a slice of whatever she's dishing out." Kenzi followed with mouthful of alcohol and a wink over the rim of her glass.
Bo continued to stare into her glass. "Kenzi she's the reason Lauren left me. Or well partly the reason anyway. She told Lauren that we kissed in Brazenwood."
Kenzi waited until Bo had finished telling her about the previous nights events and then tapped her glass in thought. She looked Bo in her eyes and spoke slowly, as if she was trying to give the right answer. "Hey, you know your a succubus? And you know this because Lauren told you so right?"
"Right..." Bo paused waiting for Kenzi to explain.
Kenzi sighed realising that there were different wave lengths involved here.
"Well that means she also knows your a succubus. She knows you need to feed Bo. I'm not saying that Tamsin should have told Lauren but I am saying, maybe that's not the reason the Doc left... But just to be safe how about we curb your clear obsession with blondes and find you a nice red head tonight."
Bo couldn't help but smile but in the back of her mind she knew Kenzi had a point. Maybe Tamsin wasn't to blame. Maybe she was reading too much into this. First Lauren, the Dyson, Bo hoped she hadn't ruined the unusual friendship she had with the Valkyrie.
Bo eventually gave in to an overly excited Kenzi and agreed to go out. "Yes Kenz, fine, you win, we will go out tonight. Somewhere far away from here though. Deal?"
"Ooooo, we are going to have some serious and possibly alcoholic fun!" Kenzi squealed and closed her eyes as she fist pumped to an imaginary beat. Unable to control her excitement about an outing with her best friend that didn't involve getting covered in some kind of blood, she jumped over the back of the couch and disappeared. Bo shook her head and smiled as Kenzi skipped away arguing with herself about the appropriate "dark fae" footwear.
Bo stood in front of the mirror trying to decide if outfit number 24 was 'the one'. Her hair was in a simple pony tail and she wore her favourite black corset that as Kenzi put it, made her boobs look succulicious. Further down she wore her offensively tight black jeans and her comfortable boots that Kenzi swore were her only pair of boots. Bo argued that this was not true but she couldn't say no to her babies.
The Succubus couldn't help but think about what Tamsin would say about her choice of wardrobe. "I know its a dark fae bar but we do like a bit of colour." She would say it with a smug grin and an eyebrow raised and Bo would either punch her or kiss her. She hadn't decided yet.
Just as she started to question why the Valkyrie was on her mind Kenzi burst into the room. "Woah Bobo, you got some serious cleavage going on over there!" Kenzi cat walked over to Bo and leant on the Succubus' shoulder. "You look so fine! Everyone in the club will be like a teenage girl and you will be like Justin Bieber. They will all want you!"
"Thanks, I think." Bo half laughed at Kenzi's unique way of describing situations. "You don't think the jeans are too tight?" Bo pulled a face and ran her hands over her curves.
"Bo, you're a damn Succubus! Where body parts and things that cover body parts are concerned, where there's a will, there's a way!" The Russian girl pointed to the sky and balled her fist as if she had just preached the newest slogan of the year. Bo just laughed and pulled her best friend in for a hug.
"Loving the boots Kenz." Bo looked down at Kenzi's impressive footwear, a pair of black leather ankle boots with small ruby like studs that covered the front. The heel itself appeared to be a small dagger and Bo wondered how the clumsy girl was even managing to stand in them. "Thanks! I like to think of them as an accessory that look bad-ass and could save my life in more than one way." Kenzi smiled and Bo didn't dare ask for and explanation. She was sure to hear it at some point and she was ready to go out. No. She was ready to go OUT out.
The pair left the shack and headed for a dark fae bar way out of town. Kenzi swore that they wouldn't see anyone they knew there. "So how do you know that this bar is dark Kenz?" Bo was curious, her and Kenzi were both unaligned and at the very least light. She had no idea how her small Russian friend had discovered their soon to be adventure playgound.
"You know me Bobo! After a few shots everyone is my friend!" Kenzi threw Bo a thumbs up and then continued. "That night that you and Tam-Tam disappeared for a while, wink wink, I had to talk to some random guy before D-man showed up. I think his name was Patrick or Patricia. I don't know, I was pretty drunk and all I heard was party, booze and free alcohol."
"Free alcohol? What's the catch?"
"No catch apparently. Dark fae just like to have a good time and... Most of the booze is stolen. OK so lets hurry, don't want to miss out." The last of Kenzi's story came out so quickly that Bo didn't actually take much notice of the "stolen" comment.
The two women continued to strut down the street. They were pulled by the vibrations of the club that ran through the concrete. Heads turned as the couple began to dance and wiggle to the beat of the music. When the music hit it's loudest he duo came to a sudden halt. There was no sign of any club. Not even a pub or a house party. This party of the street was empty apart from a few rats and a homeless man down an alleyway. It took Bo a few seconds to realise that even the music had stopped.
"Um Kenz... Are you sure you got the address right?" Bo looked around at the near derelict street and began to panic. She thought maybe Patrick or Patricia or whoever they were had set up a trap and they had walked right into it. Bo instantly put her guards up and longed to have a partner by her side who could protect her and Kenzi. The silence in the air was deafening and Bo knew she wouldn't be able to defend herself in a street that was this open. She thought about how Tamsin would joke about her jeans being too tight to do any real damage.
Bo spun around at the sound of metal clunking and found Kenzi rummaging through her purse.
"Woah Bo put the accessory away, I got this!" Bo snapped out of her stunned state to find she had her knife pointed directly at her best friend. As she lowered her weapon Kenzi pulled a small brown envelope from her bag and posted it through a loose brick in the wall. Within seconds a hidden door covered by bricks swung open and a tall man with sunglasses and a suit was standing in front of them.
"Evening ladies, welcome to ubi est tenebris cutis"
"English?" Bo shrugged and waited for an answer.
"To you it means, where the dark hide. Now come on in, Friday is free booze night. So enjoy." The man stepped aside and gestured for the women to enter. Bo turned around to see the homeless man's stare burning into the dark hide out. "That man over there, he's seen us come in here. Is that ok?" She gazed over at the man who looked as if he watched the fae come and go every night. Maybe this secret was the only thing that kept him going. The tall man in the suit stepped forward to talk a look before turning to tower over Bo. "He's most likely drunk and won't remember this in the morning. Besides that he's homeless, most people steer clear of him because they think he's crazy. How many people would believe him if he said two smoking hot brunette walked through the wall?" The man's voice was deep and emotionless. She couldn't help but feel sorry for the man who was left in the cold. This didn't stop her turning around to see Kenzi already dancing her way into the strobe lights and music.
Three vodka shots in and Bo hit her stride. She flowed between the dancers and young lovers with ease, occasionally stopping to work her magic on a drunken beauty. The music carried Bo off to her own world where she had no relationship problems, no love triangle, no uncertain feelings. She longed to stay there forever.
"Nice jeans, did you find them in the children's section?" Bo instantly swung back to reality at the sound of a familiar sarcastic voice. "Nice of you to wear something colourful too, I mean your really brightening up the place." The blonde smirked at her own joke and stood in front of a stunned Bo with her arms crossed.7
"Tamsin, what are you doing here?" The disappointment was so obvious in Bo's voice and yet she was a little glad to see the Valkyrie.
"Me? What am I doing here? This is a dark fae club you know. I think the better question is, why is the unofficial Queen of the light in a dark club by herself?" Tamsin paused for an answer and slumped her bodyweight to one side, never breaking eye contact.
"1) I didn't think anyone I knew would be this far out of town. 2) I needed some fun. 3) You didn't say why you were here. 4) I'm not alone, Kenzi is..." Bo looked around to find no sign of her friend. "Kenzi is around."
"Relax Succubus, no need to get all defensive, I'm here on a case, lot's of stolen booze around apparently. You haven't seen any have you?" The blonde looked unimpressed that she had to work and not play. She caught sight of a small piece of panic in Bo's eyes. "Don't worry, no Dyson, he's light, this is dark, access denied."
Bo relaxed once she knew it was only Tamsin she would have to see tonight. She always felt a little better when the blonde woman was around. She didn't know why, maybe it was her sly comments and rude smirk that brought her a small amount of joy, or the fact that she just didn't care what anyone else thought. Either way Bo was far too drunk to figure it out.
Tamsin was wearing her usual skinny jeans and vest top, all finished off with a leather jacket. Bo could feel herself examining the Valkyrie's body but she couldn't stop. She realised she hadn't fed since her and Lauren broke up and she began to have flash backs of when Tamsin had let her feed from her when they were looking for Kenzi.
"So now you know what I'm wearing, how about I take a closer look at you." Tamsin stepped towards Bo and unfolded her arms. She grabbed Bo's hips and pulled them together just enough so that they were almost touching. Tamsin knew this would be torture for the drunk and hungry Succubus. "Well no room for illegal booze in those pants." Bo's hunger was rising and Tamsin was enjoying herself. "So what's with the sexy funeral get-up anyway? I know we are dark but we do enjoy a tiny bit of colour." The Valkyrie whispered the sentence into Bo's ear and pulled away with a smile on her face. Bo's eyes were a white hot blue that made Tamsin catch her breath.
"Better?" Bo's voice was low but Tamsin heard her perfectly. For once the Valkyrie was lost for words. Bo held the detectives hand and led her away from the crowds.
They barely reached a quiet corridor when Bo turned and kissed Tamsin with such force that the pair almost tumbled. The blonde was so shocked but so under the brunette's control that she kissed back. She felt Bo's hand travel down between her thighs and the Valkyrie let out a small sigh. The Succubus' other hand had somehow found its way under Tamsin's shirt. The brunette pulsed small waves of heat into the blondes stomach. Another sigh escaped the Valkyrie's lips as Bo began to pick up her pace. Tamsin grabbed the sides of Bo's face to stop their kiss from ending but she knew that the Succubus was only just getting started.