Part 7
Saturn floated through the boring school day almost sailing. This was exactly the type of reaction she had been hoping for. Chase was finally behaving the way he should. Scared, alarmed, angry, panicking...it was just too good.
And to make things even more fun for her, his stupid little Daybreak friends wouldn't let him near her to attack. He couldn't accuse her of doing anything to Shauna without risking exposure or sounding totally off his head.
For once, it was actually fun to be the bad guy. She had never really adjusted to Night World life until she'd come here. She had hated the idea of being forced to be such a monster, the whole vampires-were-real thing just didn't appeal to her.
And now, she was finally starting to get the hang of it. Maybe she should thank Chase, she thought with dry humour, well, just before she killed him seemed like an appropriate time to do that.
Then where would she go? Saturn wasn't really paying attention to any of her teachers that day, musing about her own life was more interesting. Where could she go after this? She had no plans of sticking around here. Black Falls was too much a Daybreak town for her, she'd grown tried of them.
She could go to a large city, perhaps, the Night World were supposed to have clubs and things for its true members, maybe they could be fun...
"Where is she? What have you done with her?" Chase's angry voice rudely interrupted Saturn's thoughts. His hand gripped her arms.
Saturn looked down at him in distaste, vaguely realising the school day had ended. Students were flooding out the exists. Chase was pulling her away from the main crowd.
She eyed him, wondering what to do. She could always lie of course, but then he'd be back when he found out. Shauna didn't know where she was, she couldn't have gotten some sort of message to him...
An idea started to form in her mind. She couldn't believe she hadn't thought of it before. A slow smile started spreading across her pretty face. Chase just glared at her furiously, like an animal. "You're crazy," he said bluntly.
Saturn considered this a moment. "You know, you're probably right," she agreed. "But if I am, it's your fault."
Guilt flashed briefly in Chase's blue eyes, the quickly flew away replaced by his burning anger at her - or was it his love for his missing soulmate? Saturn didn't know, and didn't really care.
"Why don't you come with me?" she suggested, yanking her arm away from him. "We'll get this whole silly thing sorted out."
Chase looked at her suspiciously for several minutes. "All right," he said finally. "No tricks."
Saturn pouted at him. But of course, he was incredibly stupid. Then again, she thought, he was a boy, so what did she expect? At least things were looking up for her.
* * *
Thia had grown increasingly worried about Shauna through out the day. She had assumed that Shauna was just fine. Shauna knew how to take care of herself. Granted, there was a psycho evil vampire in town who seemed to have it in for her and Chase, but it wasn't like *that* had never happened before.
They'd come through it fine. So why was this time worrying her? They were both perfectly competent, and despite what they said, they were both crazy about each other, and that should be all they needed.
"I think we've got a problem," Senna was running in her direction.
Thia frowned. Problems here with their group, were never anything good. Normally it meant someone had done something incredibly stupid and was about to go and get themselves killed. "Now what?" she asked, slightly irritated.
"I've just seen Chase leaving with Saturn," Senna said, panting.
Thia frowned. "But they hate each other."
Senna nodded. "Exactly. I've sent Luna and Dakota after them, they're going to call when they get to wherever Chase and Saturn are going."
Thia sighed heavily, about to answer when Senna's cell phone rang. "What'd they say?"
"Come on," Senna said, grabbing Thia's arm and pulling her along. "Maybe we won't be too late."
* * *
Saturn floated through the boring school day almost sailing. This was exactly the type of reaction she had been hoping for. Chase was finally behaving the way he should. Scared, alarmed, angry, panicking...it was just too good.
And to make things even more fun for her, his stupid little Daybreak friends wouldn't let him near her to attack. He couldn't accuse her of doing anything to Shauna without risking exposure or sounding totally off his head.
For once, it was actually fun to be the bad guy. She had never really adjusted to Night World life until she'd come here. She had hated the idea of being forced to be such a monster, the whole vampires-were-real thing just didn't appeal to her.
And now, she was finally starting to get the hang of it. Maybe she should thank Chase, she thought with dry humour, well, just before she killed him seemed like an appropriate time to do that.
Then where would she go? Saturn wasn't really paying attention to any of her teachers that day, musing about her own life was more interesting. Where could she go after this? She had no plans of sticking around here. Black Falls was too much a Daybreak town for her, she'd grown tried of them.
She could go to a large city, perhaps, the Night World were supposed to have clubs and things for its true members, maybe they could be fun...
"Where is she? What have you done with her?" Chase's angry voice rudely interrupted Saturn's thoughts. His hand gripped her arms.
Saturn looked down at him in distaste, vaguely realising the school day had ended. Students were flooding out the exists. Chase was pulling her away from the main crowd.
She eyed him, wondering what to do. She could always lie of course, but then he'd be back when he found out. Shauna didn't know where she was, she couldn't have gotten some sort of message to him...
An idea started to form in her mind. She couldn't believe she hadn't thought of it before. A slow smile started spreading across her pretty face. Chase just glared at her furiously, like an animal. "You're crazy," he said bluntly.
Saturn considered this a moment. "You know, you're probably right," she agreed. "But if I am, it's your fault."
Guilt flashed briefly in Chase's blue eyes, the quickly flew away replaced by his burning anger at her - or was it his love for his missing soulmate? Saturn didn't know, and didn't really care.
"Why don't you come with me?" she suggested, yanking her arm away from him. "We'll get this whole silly thing sorted out."
Chase looked at her suspiciously for several minutes. "All right," he said finally. "No tricks."
Saturn pouted at him. But of course, he was incredibly stupid. Then again, she thought, he was a boy, so what did she expect? At least things were looking up for her.
* * *
Thia had grown increasingly worried about Shauna through out the day. She had assumed that Shauna was just fine. Shauna knew how to take care of herself. Granted, there was a psycho evil vampire in town who seemed to have it in for her and Chase, but it wasn't like *that* had never happened before.
They'd come through it fine. So why was this time worrying her? They were both perfectly competent, and despite what they said, they were both crazy about each other, and that should be all they needed.
"I think we've got a problem," Senna was running in her direction.
Thia frowned. Problems here with their group, were never anything good. Normally it meant someone had done something incredibly stupid and was about to go and get themselves killed. "Now what?" she asked, slightly irritated.
"I've just seen Chase leaving with Saturn," Senna said, panting.
Thia frowned. "But they hate each other."
Senna nodded. "Exactly. I've sent Luna and Dakota after them, they're going to call when they get to wherever Chase and Saturn are going."
Thia sighed heavily, about to answer when Senna's cell phone rang. "What'd they say?"
"Come on," Senna said, grabbing Thia's arm and pulling her along. "Maybe we won't be too late."
* * *