Breakfast
Adrastea wakes up and wonders where she is since she feels soft sheets. She then remembers that Ash took her in and she is at his house, which she has no clue where that is. The only thing she know is that it is most likely not in New Orleans.
Adrastea gets out of bed and stretches. She gets dressed in what she was wearing the day before then leaves her room.
I wonder which way it is to the kitchen.
A door opens no sooner she finishes that thought.
A man comes out of the door. He is six-foot-eight with blonde hair. He walked out in only a pair of pants and his hair says that he just crawled out of bed.
"What are you looking at pipsqueak?" he asks augury.
"I was just wondering where the kitchen was in this place," says Adrastea giving her own threat and glare.
"Go down the hall take a right on the hallway that you see then on the left hand side third door in from the hall," he says and turns to go back into his own room.
"Thanks …"
"Urian," he says then closes the door.
Adrastea quirks an eyebrow then walks down the hallway just like he said. As she approaches the door she can smell food cooking. She enters the room and stops to see Simi in full demon form.
"Well that's interesting," says Adrastea walking into the room and taking a seat next to Simi.
Tory looks over at Adrastea and Simi and smiles.
Ash walks in and pauses then sits down on the other side of Simi.
Tory puts down pancakes before Adrastea can ask if she can make herself breakfast or help with it.
"Eat them before Simi does and she will if you don't," says Ash.
Adrastea takes the plate and puts some syrup on it and digs in. As she eats she notices Ash isn't eating.
"Did you already eat Ash?" asks Adrastea.
"I don't eat, let's just leave it at that," he says.
Adrastea finishes breakfast and says "Thanks, you can shoot me with your questions now."
Ash's mouth quirks up in a small smile while Tory smiles full on.
"What is your name?" asks Ash.
"Adrastea Blackwell," she says matter-a-factly.
"Why don't your parents care about you?"
"My parents don't care about me because I am not there real daughter and they rather have me dead they are 'sort a human.' They adopted me when I was seven. I have just lost my mother about four months before they adopted me. They wanted a little girl that look like their little girl and I fit the bill but I also acted like her they were not happy. The reason those men are after me is because my 'parents' sold me to them," says Adrastea trying to control her voice.
"What business were they in, your parents?"
"They did no gambling or anything like that."
"Then what business were those men in?" asks Ash dreading the answer.
"They were from a stripper club that also doubles as prostitution as an underground business and they were gonna use me until I was legal age for the stripper club, but my parents didn't know that one of my friends taught me Chinese kenpo because I was interested in it but they wouldn't sign me up. So, my friend taught me and I used it on them and got away so I ditched my phone snuck into my house grabbed a few things and went to one of my friends house. I stayed there a couple of days then started to move from friend to friend or stayed in the streets for a night or two," Adrastea pauses and gets that distant look on her face again.
"You can stop there you don't need to tell any more today you answered all the questions that we had," says Tory.
Ash gets up and leaves the room.
Adrastea looks up confused then says "Did I say something that bothered him? Wait that would be a yes but you neither nor he will tell since it deals with his past I am guessing. I am not going to guess which part of that."
Tory shakes her head yes.
Ash comes back into the room a few minutes later and says "Adrastea come on, we'll go get your clothes."
"Alright," she says standing up. Ash puts his hand on her shoulder and they go back to New Orleans.