A/N: Well, here we go. The next chapter, remember to get all of the reviews in, the more the better. Thankfully, I am getting a lot done this week. Since I've taken a few holidays. So, that's why the updates have been so fast this week and last week. But once I'm back in work, that will change. Sorry.

Hopefully this chapter will put to rest most of the questions that you have all been asking and wondering about. Especially regarding Mason and his motives. So please leave me a review to tell me what you think.

But anyway, enjoy.

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Chapter 8: Beast Of Burden

Bo's Loft

"What do you mean, he's a killer?" So many things were running through Bo's mind right now. But she had to know this one crucial thing first. It took her a while to process what her Girlfriend had told her. She had only now snapped out of it.

Lauren sighed, letting go of Bo's hands and sitting on the edge of the bed. "I found an old record of his banishment, it told me everything that I needed to know"

"But I thought you said that no one was allowed to talk about it when an Angel was banished. How did you find the record if it's forbidden?" The succubus had a fair point, that is what she was led to believe.

"The rule is, that the parties involved aren't allowed to speak about it. But there isn't a rule to keep it out of the archives. Everything is recorded, deaths, births, acts of bravery and acts of great evil. My Grandfather hinted at it. So I looked, and I found the record of his crime" the blonde hated the feeling that she was sensing from her Girlfriend. It was overbearing pain.

Bo had to know this, she just thought that for once someone was actually good. Mason didn't seem threatening at all. And then she gets told that he's a killer. She wobbled over to her bed, taking a seat next to her Girlfriend. "What did he do?"

Lauren shook her head. "It's not important" she knew that if she told Bo about her Grandmother's murder, that she would feel responsible. Even though that was ridiculous. It was just the way Bo was.

"Yes it is! The whole reason that you came here was to warn me right? So if it wasn't important, then you wouldn't be here. Lauren please…" The brunette turned to face her Girlfriend, holding her hands. "… I have to know" she said.

She didn't want to do this, because Lauren knew that once she did. All of Bo's hopes for a relationship with her Father, would be non existent. And she wanted her to have something good in her life. Maybe she would in time, but for right now that 'something' wasn't Mason.

"He massacred over a dozen Angels, and my Grandmother was one of them" she spoke quietly. Wishing that she could take it back, but she couldn't. Bo had asked for the truth, this was it.

Bo felt sick. Why was she related to so many homicidal lunatics? And why was it always someone in Lauren's family that was the target. First her Parents were killed by Trick, and now her Grandmother was murdered by her own Father. She was now thinking, that Lauren was better off without her. "You need to go…" She got up from the bed, backing up into the corner of her room.

Lauren frowned, she didn't understand. "What? No, Bo. I'm not leaving you"

"… Actually that's exactly what you need to do Lauren. You need to leave me!" Bo had it figured out, as long as Lauren stayed away from her. Then she would be safe. "Don't you see? All I have to offer you, is death. First, your Parents were taken from you because of me—"

"That wasn't you! That was Trick. Don't you dare take the blame for this!" The blonde knew that this would happen. Bo felt the full weight of this, just like when they found out about Trick.

"Too late, I already have. Every time, that I look at you. I think about how much my family has stolen from you. And now I find out that my own Father has taken from you again. No, it's not right!" Bo shook her head. She couldn't do this.

Lauren stepped forward, holding her Girlfriend's face gently. "Listen to me. You are not to blame for any of this! Do you understand me? Bo, you are the kindest person that I have ever met" she wasn't going to let her do this. They had come to far to just give up now.

Bo let her tears fall, holding onto the blonde's wrists. "It doesn't matter…" She sniffled. "… Don't you get it Lauren? I'm bad for you, as long as you're with me you'll always be in danger" she said.

The blonde smiled lopsidedly. "Well, then it's a good thing that I'm a powerful Matriarch. I will gladly live and breathe danger, if it means spending forever with you…" She kissed her hard, every ounce of love that she felt was going into this kiss. "… I will never, leave you Bo"

The succubus dropped her head onto the blonde's shoulder, going in for a tight hug. She hated herself for what her Father and Grandfather had done to Lauren's family. But her Girlfriend was right, it had nothing to do with her and it was out of her control. "I'm sorry" she still felt like she needed to say it.

Lauren held her tight, stroking the back of her hair. "Don't be…" she whispered. "… What are you going to do about Mason? If you just cancel on him, he's gonna know that something's up" she had a point.

Bo pulled back. "I know, maybe I should play along for a while. I mean, maybe I should still go to New Orleans this weekend. I'll pretend like there's nothing wrong, and try to get close to him" she said.

"Why?" The blonde frowned, she didn't get why Bo would want to put herself in that position.

"Why else? So I can kill him" Bo knew that she was taking crazy, but she had made up her mind now. She couldn't let him harm anyone that she loved, or Lauren. She would never forgive herself.

Lauren couldn't believe what she had just heard. "No Bo, you're not a killer. You don't need to lower yourself to his level. And besides, even if you wanted to kill him you probably wouldn't get a chance. He's an Angel, which means that he's strong" she knew all to well.

Now was the time to ask why Mason's transporting mist looked different to Lauren's. "Yeah, about that? Why is it, that when he uses his transporting power that it's black. Yours is white, do you know what that means?" Bo asked.

The blonde shook her head. She honestly had no clue. "No, I've only known us to corporealise with white mist. That's the whole point of it. When we were less evolved, our wings were white. So when we evolved to use transportation, it was the same colour"

It didn't really make much sense when she was saying it. But when her teacher said it, I'm her Matriarch training. It was much more simple.

Bo could never hope to understand what she just said. "So what? Does that mean that Mason's family had black wings? Or is it because he's one of the Fallen?"

"I have no idea. Look, let's not worry about that right now. If you want to get close to him to find out some more information then I'm all for that. I mean, it's not as if he can really hurt you anyway. As long as you wear the necklace, you'll always be protected" Lauren touched the blue diamond that hung around her Girlfriend's neck.

The succubus looked down, holding Lauren's hand over her heart. "Do you feel that?" She caught her gaze with a loving smile.

Lauren nodded, she could feel Bo's heart beating. In fact, it was skipping a beat. "It's going pretty fast, are you okay?" She was a little worried.

Bo shook her head with a laugh. "I'm fine, it always does this. Whenever I'm around you, I literally feel like it's going to jump out of my chest…" She used her free hand to lift the blonde's chin. "… That's how you make me feel"

The blonde knew where this was going, and she was all for it. Especially since the feelings that she was reading from Bo, were making her a little hot and bothered. This was Bo's way of asking Lauren to make her forget about everything. Lauren had no problem in doing that.

Anytime that she got to be intimate with Bo, was always a new experience for. Even thought they had slept together countless of times. Every time that they did it, it was always different than the last. And it was always amazing.

Lauren dropped her hand, removing her jacket. Letting it fall to the floor. She then moved her hands over to the hem her Girlfriend's top. Lifting it ever so slowly.

Bo just held her arms up, letting the blonde remove her shirt. She needed this right now, to feel something other than hurt, and betrayal. It was her coping mechanism. She helped her Girlfriend with her own shirt, then pushed her towards the bed.

Living Room

Lucas opened the door to the loft, stepping inside with a bag of groceries. He owed Bo for the things that he had used this week. The Angel put everything away in the fridge, then went to his room to dump his gym bag. Suddenly, he heard moaning coming from his left.

Bo's bedroom door was closed, no surprise there. How long had he been gone for? When he left for the gym. Bo was still sleeping, he knew that because he had to borrow some hairspray from his roommate's room. He did it all of the time, she said that she didn't mind as long as he always put it back where he found it.

He pressed his ear to the door, hearing another voice. Which could clearly be heard as Lauren. "Don't they ever come up from air?" He couldn't help his laugh. That settled it, he had to leave. He thought that they should have some privacy.

He didn't have classes today, so he could head over to his Parents' house to take a shower. Or maybe there was another House Party going on somewhere. In any case, he couldn't be here while they did their thing. He had some boundaries. He quickly transported out, leaving the love birds in peace.

Bo's Room

They don't even remember how they ended up under the covers at this point. But that didn't stop them from continuing. Bo moved her hips slowly, she never rushed this. Unless they were doing it somewhere less than convenient. She slid her hand into Lauren's, grasping it tight.

She didn't know why she needed this, but she just knew that when she was with Lauren. She was always calm, and she felt amazing. As if she was untouchable, and that was what she needed right now. To be held, and to feel safe. Lauren gave her that and more.

Lauren's empathy was on overdrive. And if she wasn't careful in maintains her powers, she was bound to over exert herself. Which would either mean that she would end up passing out from the overpowering feelings, or she would emit the power into the air. And that would be bad.

Luckily, her training had more than prepared her for situations like this. Well, situations that didn't have this much intimacy. But it was the same principle. She just had to breathe, and focus on how she felt. Not how Bo was feeling, her Girlfriend was just feeling a lot right now.

She rolled them over, while still holding her hand. If Bo needed to feel comforted then that's what Lauren was here for. She kissed her Girlfriend gently on the lips, letting Bo feed from her like she had done a thousand times. Unfortunately, that's all that it took for Lauren to fall over the edge.

And thanks to the amount of power that she was containing, which Bo then fed on. The succubus was quickly behind her. Lauren dropped her head into her Girlfriend's shoulder, breathing as of her heart was going to jump out of her chest. "I think…" She mumbled, rolling over onto her back. "… I'm dead" she let out a laugh.

"Me too…" Bo joined her, turning on her side with whatever energy that she had left. She pressed a kiss to the blonde's bare shoulder. "… Thank you, for this"

Lauren knew what she meant. "Well, it was fun for me too…" She chuckled, turning her head to look at Bo. "… Are you okay?" She asked.

"I will be. To be honest, I think a part of me saw it coming. I mean, my Grandpa ended up hurting me. And he was someone that I loved, more than anything. And now my own Father ends up taking me down the same road" Bo sighed. She didn't know why all of the men in her family were so Evil. Except for her Father, Luther. He was the best.

The blonde turned into her side, reaching her hand up to move some hair away from Bo's face. "No he hasn't, because you found out before you got in too deep. How are you going to explain that you won't be going this weekend?"

"I'm still going" the succubus said.

"What? Bo, you can't. He's too dangerous" Lauren sat up in the bed, holding the sheets to her body. She couldn't believe that her Girlfriend was still thinking of going.

Bo joined her, she had a plan. "Maybe to others, but not to me. He won't hurt me, I'm his daughter. And he wouldn't have gone to all of this trouble just to kill me, right?" For some reason, she knew that he wouldn't hurt her.

"Or, maybe he's insane!" The blonde said, she didn't trust him one bit. And the more that she thought about it, the more that she was understanding Paige's earlier advise. Maybe he was good at hiding his evil alter ego. And that was why she couldn't sense anything. "You'll have to stay there, for two days. How can you do that, knowing what you know?" She asked.

"I need to know why he's here, maybe it's not to get to know me at all. Maybe it's to take revenge on your kind for banishing him. I won't let him use me to hurt you…" Bo leaned forward, resting her forehead on her Girlfriend's. "… I'd never forgive myself"

Lauren kissed her, she could feel her fear. "Are you sure?" She didn't want to watch her do this, but once Bo's mind was made up there was no changing it.

The young succubus nodded, "He has to be bad news if Elijah is scared of him, and if I can help take him down for good then I want to do it. To keep you safe"

"But Bo, this isn't about me. I can protect myself, it's you that I'm worried about. If you go there, you'll be vulnerable. What if that's his goal, to get you to side with him? Then it's got nothing to do with me or my people at all" Lauren was thinking over the possibilities in her head, and they weren't good.

Bo shrugged. "Let him try, the only side I will ever join is yours. No Light, No Dark…" She shook her head. "… Just you" she didn't care if it was unorthodox, if not choosing a side made her strange. She didn't need them.

Lauren couldn't hide her smile. "Do you ever run out of those?"

"Out of what?" The brunette frowned.

"Those corny, and yet still tremendously romantic speeches? You have a lot of them, are you looking them up on the Internet and then reciting them back to me? You know, because that's cheating" the blonde joked.

Bo shook her head, stealing a few more kisses. "I don't need no stinking cheat sheet. You're all of the inspiration that I need…" She smiled. "… Just trust me okay, I know what I'm doing. And I want to do this"

"Okay, but I think that we should talk to my Grandfather first. Get his input, or at the very least some pointers for you. He knows Mason better than anyone" Lauren knew that she could count on her Grandfather's help on this.

"But I thought that he couldn't talk about him because of the whole, banishment thing?" That was what Bo was led to believe up until this point.

Lauren understood where she what she was thinking. "No, that just means that he can't speak about the details of the banishment. But he can still talk about Mason, what he was like, how he acted. That won't be a problem, what do you say?" She asked.

"Sure, why not? Better safe that sorry, right? Let's get dressed and then we can go…" Bo kissed her on the lips, leaving it longer than she should have. Then jumped off of the bed, to enter her bathroom.

The Heavens (Later)

When Lauren called to him, asking him if she and Bo could talk to him. He had a feeling what it entailed. After all, Lauren knew that Bo wasn't allowed up here. Elijah couldn't keep making exceptions, it wasn't that he didn't like Bo. She was the only Fae to ever stand up to him. He respected her for that.

But if other a Angels learn of her arrival, they would be less than pleased. But this was important, they wished to talk about Mason. And he would say whatever he had to, to make sure that they would stay away from him.

Elijah had prepared lunch, since it was around that time. Now all he had to was wait, and by the energy that he was reading. They were right on time.

Lauren and Bo appeared in the foyer of his residence, walking forward hand in hand. "Thank you for seeing us on such short notice" the blonde smiled, going to hug her Grandfather. He was a busy man, and she didn't like wasting his time.

"Nonsense, I always have time for you…" He kissed her head, then turned to Bo extending his hand. "… It's good to see you again, Bo" he flashed a smile.

Bo shook his hand gently with a smile of her own. "You too, sir"

"Why don't you two have a seat? I have prepared a few things for us, please…" He gestured to the dinning table. "… Come" he moved over to the other side, taking a seat.

The two girls took a seat next to each other, the last time that they were here. It was to introduce Bo to Elijah. And that went well at first, until he asked to speak to Bo alone. But they were better off for it.

Lauren didn't have time to have breakfast this morning. So she went straight for the sandwiches. Angels still had to eat. "So, you probably know why we're here" she spoke quietly, glancing at her Grandfather.

"I have a feeling, yes…" Elijah poured himself a cup of tea, then did the same for Lauren and Bo. "… But you know full well that I cannot divulge any information regarding Mason and his exile" he made that clear.

"We know that. We just wanted to know if you could tell us, what he's like as a person. If there is anything that I should look out for when I'm around him" Bo found her voice, finally. No matter how well she got on with Elijah, he still intimidated her.

Elijah was confused. "I do not understand. I am assuming that you took my advise and found the records that I was hinting at…" He looked at Lauren who nodded. "… And given the reason that you wanted to speak to me, I presume that you now know the truth…" He looked at Bo, who also nodded. "… Then the choice is clear, you must never see Mason again"

He didn't understand why she would want to after finding out the truth. Someone like that, wasn't worth anyone's time.

"See, this is what I keep telling her…" Lauren turned to her Girlfriend with a disapproving stare. Maybe it was good thing that they came her, then maybe her Grandfather could talk some sense into her Girlfriend. "… But she has a plan, to get rid of him. Why don't you tell him?" She smiled.

Bo sighed, she knew that Lauren still wasn't happy about her plan. "Clearly, someone is still a little upset about my decision…" She said, before turning to Elijah. "… After learning what he did to his own people, I can't move on knowing that he's out there somewhere. I mean, what if he uses me to get back at you" she had a point.

"That is quite possible. But if he were going to take revenge on us, then I think that he would've done so centuries ago. I believe that he means to sway you, into joining his crusade" he leaned his elbows on the table, lacing his fingers together.

Lauren nearly choked on her sandwich. "Crusade? What crusade?" She didn't like where this was going already, and it had only been five minutes.

Elijah couldn't hold back now. He had to tell them the truth. "Over the last couple of centuries, Mason has been devising a plan to try and breach the gates of our world. That's why he lives in New Orleans, that city is crawling with powerful witches" he didn't like Witches.

"But, I thought that this place was protected from the outside. There's no way that he can succeed, is there?" Bo didn't understand why Mason would want to do this, he seemed happy in his home. She watched as Elijah just stirred his tea. He was t giving her an answer.

"So, you think that he wants to use the Witches to what? Cast a spell strong enough to breach the gates? There's no way that that's possible" Lauren didn't believe this, in her training. It specified that Angels were the most powerful creatures in the Universe. She didn't doubt her own power.

Elijah sipped his tea. "Anything is possible, with the right motivation. Although, it may take time. They could create a spell powerful enough to succeed. But do not worry, we will be taking the necessary precautions to protect ourselves"

"Like?" Bo asked.

"Like, more patrols outside of the gates. And assigning soldiers to our most important individuals…" He stared at Lauren.

That's when she realised what he was getting at. "Soldiers…" She trailed off with a laugh. "… That's why Paige came to visit. She's here to keep me safe, why couldn't you have just told me that?" Lauren asked.

Elijah sighed. "Because I didn't want to worry you, or disrupt your new college life. I want you remain safe, without fear of what's coming. I had no say in who was assigned to you, therefore I didn't know that you and Paige were friends" he didn't care as long as she was protected.

"I don't think that Mason would hurt Lauren, I mean if he really wants me to join him. Hurting the person that I love would be the wrong thing to do" Bo knew that he would be smarter than that. It was just common sense.

"That's where you're wrong. Mason is anything, but predictable. He will do the opposite of what you think. He's quite good at it. I'm not taking the risk that Lauren could be harmed, and neither should you. Paige will remain with you, until he is dealt with" Elijah wasn't saying it again.

Bo decided that now was the time. "I want to help you do that, to take him down once and for all. I have an advantage that you never had, I can get close to him. He won't suspect anything, especially not from his own daughter" she wanted to do this.

Lauren couldn't even say anything, there was no changing her Girlfriend's mind. She just buried her head into her hands. She didn't really want to hear the rest. It wasn't like anyone was listening to her anyway.

"Perhaps you're right…" Elijah thought it over. This could be the thing that they had been waiting for. The upper hand. "… If you are sure that you can do this, then I see no reason why we can't join forces" he said.

"I can!" Lauren smacked her hand down onto the table. She was really getting sick of not being acknowledged. "What if she gets hurt? What if Mason finds out and then decided to punish her? It's not a risk that she should be taking!" She voiced her concerns.

Elijah held his hand up to calm her. "I understand your worry. But one thing about Mason, is that no matter how evil he is. He is still one of us, and we love our children more than anything. I don't doubt that he cares deeply for Bo. It's instinctual" he knew that was true.

"Evil isn't capable of love…" The blonde replied. "… This is a mistake, and I won't watch the person that I love get hurt"

Bo tried to hold her Girlfriend's hand. But Lauren wasn't having it, she moved her hand away. Before getting up and then leaving the room. But she didn't use her powers to leave, which meant that she was probably going outside. The brunette stood from her seat.

"Lauren!" She called after her, but the blonde just kept walking.

Elijah touched Bo's arm, "Leave her" he said.

Bo jumped down onto her chair with a sigh. "I'm just trying to protect her, I couldn't live with myself if someone ever hurt her. Especially not my own Father" that's all that she was trying to do.

He understood that, completely. "You're determination is honourable, you have such passion for Lauren. I must confess, in all of my life. I have never come across two people that love each other as much as you and Lauren do" he smiled.

"Isn't that just part of the whole Prophecy thing?" Bo asked. She couldn't stop thinking about that. As much as she didn't want it to bother her, it did.

Elijah shook his head. "No. As I told Lauren the other day. The Prophecy merely draws you both in. It is your choice to decide whether or not you want to stay. The attraction is what's destined, not the love" he wanted to make that clear to her. Her fear of it being the other way around, was hurting him due to how strong it was.

That funnily enough, made Bo feel ten times better. Knowing that her feelings were real, and that they weren't just part of some ancient prophecy. It actually just made her feelings for Laure grow even more. "So, what do you need to find out from him?" She got back on topic.

"Just information on the Witches, how far along they are with completing the spell. And if they are sure that it will work. Like you, I too am just trying to protect my loved ones. Lauren is stubborn, but she will come around in time and see that this is the right thing to do" he said.

"Are you sure? She's good at holding a grudge" Bo sighed again, she hated seeing her Girlfriend upset. And it bothered her even more that she was the one that had upset her.

Elijah nodded. "In her own way, she is just trying to protect you. But she will soon realise that the only way to do that, will be to vanquish this threat. This all ends with Mason" he had an ally now, and a strong one. He didn't doubt Bo's intentions. She was in it to win.

Defeating Mason would be hard, but with the right help they could do it. And get rid of that monster forever.

Bo just looked back over to the door, silently wishing for Lauren to walk back in. But she didn't. Clearly she was taking this the hard way. But Bo was just trying to keep her safe, she felt like that was her job. Especially since her Family had done so much to hurt her already.

She just wished that Lauren would see that soon. Because this was happening whether she liked it or not.

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A/N: Oh, trouble in paradise. Hopefully they can work through it together like the amazing doccubus that we know and love. Hope you guys are enjoying this, gonna be a bit busy this week. So next update will be next week. Sorry, but life has to take the wheel occasionally.

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