Disclaimer: I do not and will not ever own the morganville vampire series. Rachel Caine does all I own is Rose, Cordelia & and her Clan, and the plot.
Previously:
I heard Shane yell and then all of a sudden Shane was there throwing Michael against the opposite wall and I fell onto the hard floor with a thump. He didn't even look at Michael when he crashed. Shane looked at me with concern clearly on his face, but I saw something else, longing? Lust? Why would he look at me with lust at this moment? I was still pondering on this question when I finally let the blackness that I was holding in consume me.
I woke up with the worst fucking head-ache in the whole world. I felt like my brains were falling out of my head, and for a mintue I was scared that they were. I was so scared that I clutched the back of my head scared if I let go my brains would fall out. After a few mintues of horriable sharp pains in my head I took in my surroundings. I'm in a room, a room with tan colored walls and a nice soft plump red sheet bed.
I smelt aftershave and nice cologne. Was I kidnapped? Oh my gosh! How could I be kidnapped? What if I was raped? I thought to myself. I didn't feel sore down there at all so I know that I still had my V card in check.
Ok Claire remember what happened before you ended up here. I thought long and hard for a couple and mintues and all of a sudden it all hit me.
Michael strangling me. Shane throwing Michael off of me. Shane looking at me with concern and lust or longing.
Why was Shane looking at me with lust or longing? Were over, completely over! Wait why was Michael so mad at me? I was just letting Michael get his bottled up anger out, because I could tell he never did let it out when Eve cheated on him, but did he have to knock me out over it. OK I have to abmitt I wanted to strangle somebody ever since that dreadful day, but I didn't. I did a lot of stuff to get that anger out of my system. I drank, I did drugs. Hell I even tried to kill myself once, but I never did knock someone out, well I never did on purpose.
I lost all thoughts of Michael and Shane when my I felt my legs were stiff. I jumped of the bed and almost fell over if it wasn't for the nightstand to catch my fall. Note to self don't jump. I composed my self and stood up straight while stretching my acheing legs of sleep. I felt the pleasure when my joints popped and relaxed. I felt the need to stretch more, but not just stretch. Run. I need to run. I looked down at my attire. I don't think I can run in leather boots, black skinny jeans, a cookie monster t-shirt (yes I said a cookie monster t-shirt. Even though I'm a badass that doesn't mean I can love the cookie monster), and a leather jacket. I look around and see Rose's bag on the floor. I go over to it and take out a simple top and some jogging pants. I try to put the top over my head but I couldn't get it past my breast. Where Rose is a B-cup, I'm a double D. I was struggling to get the top of when I fell face first onto the hard floor.
" Dammit." I muttered while getting back up.
Two more falls and several curse words later I finally got the top off and threw it back onto the bag. I stood several mintues staring at the shirt, narrowing my eyes and glaring at it before I finally just let out a long sigh and and just decided to stay in my sports bra. I quickly put on the jogging pants and thanked god that Rose bought "Fit all size" joggin pants. I mean I got a lot of curves and Rose has the body a supermodel would die for so we really can't share the same clothes. I put my hair up into a messy ponytail and slipped silently out the window next to the bed. I slid down the roof , did a back-flip and landed on the grass with a silent thud. I decided which way I wanted to go. Into the woods. I started running through the woods. I felt free when my legs were moving freely around. The wind slapped my face and my legs burned with pleasure. An hour later I was still running around in the woods. I was going in big circles but I didn't care. I felt the sweet pouring down from my hearline to my breast and then down to my toned stomach. Finally my legs couldn't go anymore and I collapsed next to a huge tree and for the first time in seven years I broke down.
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After about an hour of endless sobs I sat there for about another hour and put myself back together. I walked back to the glass house and stared. I don't know how long I just stared at that huge house for and I don't know why I stared at it but I did. I slowly walked to the door and entered. Somehow I felt the house give me a big hug and that gave me comfort.
I heard shouting in the kitchen area, so I walked in. Everybody stopped what they were doing (aruging) and stared at me. It was pretty uncomforable for people to just stare at you especially when Shane and Daniel were looking at my chest. I crossed my arms over my chest and cleared my throat. Everybody snapped out of there trance of staring.
" Where did you go?" Rose asked me with worried laced into her words.
I shrugged my shoulders. " I went for a run." I told her.
" I'm so sorry Claire."
I looked up at Michael and I could tell that he was really sorry.
" I don't know what went over me, I just lost my temp-" I cut him of by holding up my hand.
" You still had anger." I told him.
He looked confused. "Anger about what?"
" About the cheating, the Betrayle between your best-friend and the love of your life. You never let the anger out." I simply explained.
He shook his head.
" But that doesn't give me the right to hurt you."
I laughed humorlessly.
" Michael don't beat yourself up over it. When I returned to New York I let my anger out too."
" By hurting people?" Eve asked me.
I shook my head.
" No, I did drugs and acholic to numb the pained. Oh and I tried to kill myself over it too." I shrugged as in 'no big deal'.
Everybody looked at me shocked except for Rose and Cordelia.
I smiled.
" I handle my anger differntly than you people." I stated.
They all nodded. We all just sat there in a akward silence until I decided to break it.
" I bet your all wondering why I almost killed Eve today."
They all nodded.
I looked at Cordelia and gave a short nod for her to bring the paper unrolled it and put it on the table.
They all read it, gasped and looked at me wide-eyed.
" Bishop wants Eve dead." I said.
" B-b-ut w-w-hy I d-d-i-dn't-." She was stuttering.
" It doesn't matter if you didn't do anything to Bishop. You humans are all little pawns in his master plan and he's taking out the pawns that can get in his way." Cordelia explained from behind me.
I nodded in agreement.
" I took the shot because I knew Ysandre would be listening from a safe distance and if she didn't hear anything she would be suspicous and go tell Bishop which would lose his trust."
"Then why did you cut yourself and Cordelia up?" Rose asked.
" Because Ysandre needed to smell blood and if you spilled human blood and Vampire blood at the same time it would confuse her senses, so she would think it would be just human blood." I quickly said.
I gave them a few mintues to let them sink that in when I heard my phone buzzing from the couch in the living room.
" Excuse me for a mintue and let me go take that."
I told them and went to answer the phone.
Rose POV
Wow, that was a lot to take in. When Claire left to get her phone everybody just sat there in silence to take everything Claire and Cordelia said in. A few mintues later Claire came back. She looked at the Vamps in the room and I guess they heard what she said on the phone because they all gave her a nodd. Me and gothic slut were lost.
" Everybody get dressed up we have a formal ball tonight." Claire announced.
" What do you mean?" I asked.
She glanced at me.
" Bishop is having a ball tonight and everybody has to go 'or else'." She told me.
I really didn't want to know what the 'or else' is so I just nodded.
" Eve you can't go." Claire looked at Eve.
Eve looked surprised.
" Why?" She asked.
" Um, your supposed to be dead, so yeah." Claire looked uncomforable.
" Oh." was all Eve said.
Claire kinda looked sad and her facial expression soften a little.
" I have somewhere safe you can stay for until this thing with Bishop is over." Claire told her.
She was shocked.
" Why can't I stay here?" Eve asked in a small voice.
" It isn't safe since people come her a lot and the place I got set up for you is nice and seculded." She said soothing.
Eve realxed a bit.
" OK everybody but Eve, Cordelia , and her clan go upstairs now and get dressed." Claire said in her commanding voice.
Everybody quickly got up scared of what would happened if you pissed her off and scrambled upstairs to get ready including me. I saw Michael give Eve a passionate kiss on the lips, and he told her hel loved her and he went up the stairs in a flash. I trudged my way up the steps and went into the room i'm staying in now. I closed the door behind me and sighed and layed against the door for a mintue or two. I did not want to go to a stupid ball with Vampires! I guess I have not choice. I went into my suitcase and took out the perfect dress.
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I looked at myself in the mirror. OK I have to abmit I look good. My strawberry blonde is brushed to the middle of my back and neatly in its naturual waves. I have on very little makeup, some pink lip gloss and some mascara. Finally I look at my dress. It's light blue and it is tight where my breast are ( which makes them look bigger than what they are) then it flows freely from my mid-thigh to my ankle. My shoes are little blue heels which make me look a little taller.
I grab my blue clutch and walk down the stairs to eveybody else that's already done.
Shane and Michael look very hot and very sexy with there tuxedos and matching black ties. Michael looked like he styled his hair where Shane didn't even look like he brushed it. Oh well, they both look good.
Daniel looked good too, with his dark purple tie and his black sleek hair pulled back with gel.
Cordelia looked beautiful. She had a flowing red dress on and black regular heels. Her red aurburn curly hair was tamed and perfectly straight. She had on red lip gloss and some pink blush which made her light blue eyes pop.
Claire looked drop dead geurgeous, Literley. She had a black and red beautiful dress on. The dress had a red Boudice ( Which showed her a lot of her clevleage) and then at the end of the waist is a black frilly part that goes down to her ankles. She has on black stilletoes that made her look much taller than what she is and a black clutch. Her usually tight curls were big elegant lucious curls that really framed her face. She has on black eyeliner, mascarea and blood red lipstick. She looked stunning.
Shane and Daniel were literlay drooling over her. Claire looked at me and gasped.
" You look stunning." I tell her.
" Not nearly as stunning as you sister." She said.
I rolled my eyes at her. Yeah right.
" Shall we get going." I suggest.
Everybody nodded.
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This place was packed! We could hardly find a spot to park! When we did Claire pulled me and Michael to the side and told me to stay with Michael and she told Michael to look really sad about the love of his life dead. I agreed and so did Michael.
When we got in the ball room it was beautiful and creepy at the same time. There was lights all over the room but somehow there still was an erie feeling to it.
Claire quickly dissapeard and I stayed at Michaels side the whole time. We danced a little and then I caught sight of Shane dancing with that country vampire slut . She was looking at me and I narrowed my eyes at her and glared at the same time. She smiled at me in a deadly kinda way but I was immuned to Claire's smiles and glares. I heard a loud voice say its time for dinner so we all sat down. There was food and it looked really good so I dived into it ignoring the scowling of the vamps and the humans. I looked over at the stage when they announced Bishop's named. I felt Michael go stiff next to me.
Bishop was a vamp that looked like he was in his late forties early fifties when he was turned. A little gray hair and wrinkles on his face. His face looked deadly, and I could already tell you don't mess with this guy without paying the conquence. He stood up.
" Let me introduce to Claire Danvers! A human girl that is under my protection that is giving the cure out to our kind." He announced. I didn't expect that.
Right on que Claire walked onto the stage in her beautiful glory and I heard a gasping from the audience. I smirked because I knew it was from how beautiful she was. I was still smirking when I saw Claire's face go into a facial expression of horror and she loudly gasped.
Claire POV
Bishop called my name and I walked out onto the stage. I heard gasp when people saw me. I was only looking for Rose or Cordelia but my eyes set on a man that is in my nightmares. I loudly gasped from the horror. This was the man. This is the man that kept me from sleeping at night. This is the man that makes me want to hide from the world and never come out. This is the man that frightens me the most.
This is my family's killer and his name is Bishop.
Ha! Suspense! I bet you didn't see that one coming. OK if you did i'm not betting you. Anyway R&R Please!
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