Mika woke up on the grass, sprawled face down on the floor. The sun shone brightly over a lake a few feet away, washing her on warm light that tingled on her skin. And even though she was a little worried at first, the wind carried a soft piano melody that soothed her. She wasn't sure where she was at the moment, or if she was even awake (considering the sunlight was not burning her to ashes); but there was a small cottage on the side of the lake and decided to head there.
She walked up the pink, washed out front steps, and stopped to admire the dove wind chimes on the porch. It reminded her of someone, but she couldn't really point out whom. The vampire finally opened the door and was welcomed by the pleasant aroma of green tea and cinnamon. She stepped in, and saw Raven on a purple dress, playing the piano near the big living room window.
"Raven?"
"Aren't you going to call me Luv?" whined the empath still playing, without turning to look back at her. "I kinda missed that."
"I… I guess I missed that too…" replied Mika. She was very confused and just stood there unsure of what to do. "Ehmm, where are we?"
A subtle smile appeared on Raven's face, and she finally stopped playing to walk up to her. "You wanted to see my cottage, didn't you?"
"… LOVE!"
"There you go! It wasn't so hard, was it, baby?" answered the emoticlone as she placed her arms around Mika's neck, drawing her closer lovingly.
Mika's mind was running wild. Raven's more lustful side was wearing a tight, strapless dress, and began placing soft, lingering kisses on her jaw line, as she pressed her body hard against the vampire's. "Love, why am I in Nevermore?"
"To celebrate your birthday baby." explained Love smiling back at her. "Thought I'd forgotten?"
"No, but I thought I'd spent it with the real Raven… not that you are not real! With the whole Raven, I mean." explained Mika, noticing the frown that appeared on the demoness' face.
"You will spend it with the whole of us Luv." replied Love winking. The purple emoticlone then took Mika's hand and led her to the bedroom, but as she opened the door, the vampire felt she might faint. There, on top of a bed of rose petals, was a very naked Raven wrapped on a pink ribbon.
She giggled cheerfully as she batted her eyelashes at her. "Happy birthday my vampi poo!"
Realization then hit her. "Happy!?"
Earlier that evening…
Mika stood in front of the mirror as she finished dressing. She looked at her exposed belly and at the deep scar on her right side. It looked red and gross and she shivered at the memory of how she had come to have it. Cyborg had told her that it had taken a while for the wound to close, and they had been afraid there might be a permanent hole on her from the holy sword. Luckily the wound had healed; in due time, maybe the scar would fade as well, although she doubted it. The vampire was not a pessimist, but she believed a battle like that deserved a remarkable scar to go with it. At least this scar actually made her feel proud; the emotional scars of the experience, not so much.
The vampire buttoned her shirt quickly and hurried to grab her jacket ready to leave for the night. But as she approached the door there was a soft knock. She opened and Raven jumped to her arms. The vampire was thrown off balance and landed on her butt. The empath snickered as she passionately kissed her girlfriend.
"Raven!"
"Hey baby!" greeted the demoness cheerily. "I missed you by my side last night."
Mika smiled at Raven's childish pout. "Well you had patrol, and I had to work. Actually I wasn't expecting to see you tonight either."
"I just couldn't wait to see you." replied Rae.
"That's sweet." said the vampire as she picked up her girlfriend and stood up from the floor. Raven tangled her arms and legs around her body and playfully nibbled on her neck. "Ehm… I don't want you to think I don't like your company, but I have to go to work."
"No you don't. You are the boss."
"Yeah, but there are still things to take care of." argued Mika. "My sister is going to kill me if I keep slacking off."
"No she's not. I already talked to her, and she's fine with taking over for tonight. She's already done so for three months, one more night won't kill her." assured the empath returning to her loving ministrations on her neck.
Mika grabbed Raven's chin and made her look up at her. "You talked to my sister? As in, you have her phone number?"
Raven raised an eyebrow confused. "Yeah."
"I thought you 2 hated each other..." commented the vampire.
"We don't hate each other. We just love you so much we get jealous of each other. It's not easy having to share you with another woman… even if said woman is your sister…" explained Raven with evident discomfort in her voice. She wasn't used to sharing and she didn't have any siblings to understand their sisterly interaction. "There's no reason for me to get jealous of her, is there?"
"You really think we are a couple of sexy, lesbian, incestuous, twin vampires?" asked Mika feeling insulted.
Raven looked back at her blushing as she explained. "You two get too touchy sometimes."
"We are sisters!"
"Sorry, the only references I have of sisters are Starfire and Blackfire, and they don't exactly cuddle each other."
"Well you have nothing to worry about; I'm not up to living the plot of a porn movie." added the brunette. "Besides, I'm not so narcissistic; she's my twin sister. What would you feel if your emoticlones began banging each other?"
Raven blushed again thinking back to her very peculiar masturbation in her time of heat. "Yeah, you are right…"
Unfortunately for the empath, Mika was too good at reading her expressions, and she gasped in shock realizing what Raven must have done before. "Oh my god, you have actually slept with your emoticlones!"
"It's not what you think! I mean, they are me so it was masturbation really!"
"I can't believe it! You are a total perv!" accused the vamp.
"I'm not a perv!" defended Raven. "I'm… a demon… I can't help it."
By the time their conversation had turn to that point, Mika had disentangled herself from her lover and placed her on the couch, as she stood a few steps back with her arms crossed apparently judging her. "I'm noticing I'm a demon is your favorite excuse as of late."
"You always excuse yourself from lying just because you are a vampire!" retorted the demoness.
"So you are getting even now?"
"Ok, this is not how I had planned tonight." whined the empath massaging her temples.
"You planned tonight?"
"YES! Now can you stop bitching and allow me to shower you with love for 1 night?"
Mika gasped as she felt 2 pairs of hands tugging at her clothes desperately. She was currently sandwiched between Love and Happy who nibbled her neck each at different sides. A pair of hands managed to strip her of her jacket, while another opened her jeans and lowered them, grabbing her panties along with them.
Her two lovers stopped their ministrations on her neck and Love kneeled in front of her burying her face on her already dripping pussy. Mika moaned in pleasure. Happy inserted her hands under her blouse and skillfully got rid of it as she undid her bra with her teeth. Soon, both of her hands played and pinched her hardened nipples as the pink emoticlone licked and sucked on the back of her neck. The vampire felt in heaven.
Suddenly Mika yelped when she felt Love sucking on her pulsing clit. She got lightheaded as all blood rushed to her lower regions. Her orgasm was building too fast and her legs began to wobble, but Happy kept her in place grabbing her tightly against her naked chest.
Spasms ran all over the vampire, delicious chills that numbed her senses, and got her gasping as if she was suddenly out of breath. Mika could almost swear her heart was drumming on her ears, but it was probably Happy's as she pressed her head against her boobs.
"Luv… I… I can't take it any more… I… I'm coming… I'M COMING… I… RAE!
The pleasure exploded like a bomb inside of her. And after a few seconds that felt like an eternity, but not nearly enough, her body finally rode out the orgasm. Mika closed her eyes and her body went limp. Happy giggled on her ear, and both of her lovers carried her to the bed where they sweetly placed her to recover.
The vampire smiled goofily as she was showered in sweet kisses, but before she could manage to open her eyes and return the favor to her partners she was roughly lifted from the bed.
The drowsiness that followed the orgasm was quickly dispelled as she felt herself carried over the shoulder by someone. She opened her eyes and fear crawled up her spine as she saw herself hanging over the red cloak of Rage as they were both immersed in a cloak of darkness.
"RAVEN!" screamed the vampire in panic. But before she could fret too much she was violently thrown to the floor and landed on her butt in the middle of a darkened library.
Mika was extremely confused. But then a shadow appeared right on her back, and as she turned up to look at whoever was standing there her surprise couldn't have been bigger. Wisdom was smirking down at her with a mischievous gleam in her eyes. Her large, trim glasses were replaced by thin ones that made her look dangerous and sexy. Her yellow cloak was pulled back to reveal her naked form, but what surprised her most was that the emoticlone's right hand was sexily stroking a strap-on.
The vampire's mouth hung opened, and before she could recover from the shock she was magically thrown across the room to land face down on a table, with her lower body hanging down. She then felt Wisdom pressing hard against her to keep her in place, and the tip of the strap-on dangerously near her butt.
"So… you think I'm a prude, huh?"
"Wisdom, what the fuck?" Mika tried to stand from such a submissive position, but before she could process what was happening the dildo had penetrated her hard, successfully nailing her in place. "Ooooohh, ooohhh, OOOOHHH."
"Like that baby?" asked Wisdom playfully as she rammed her over and over. Mika hated to admit it, but she actually did like it. There was something extremely erotic about Raven dominating her. "I know this is not what you had in mind, but I'm a real control freak as you may know."
The brunette didn't really mind the change in plans. Mika closed her eyes, enjoying the waves of pleasure that washed over her with every stroke, but then opened them abruptly as Wisdom grabbed her hair and made her look up. There, sitting on the table with her legs wide open was Rage.
"Rae?!" whimpered Mika scared.
"I like it when you get aroused and scared for me." hissed the demoness grabbing her lover's face and burying it on her wet pussy.
Mika inhaled the wild smell that was all Raven. Her mouth watered instantly and with all fear forgotten she didn't waste any time to devour her demoness lover. Soon, her own moans were drowned by her two lover's pants and groans. She felt herself close to a second orgasm, although she sensed Rage was closer, so she decided to push forward and suck rapidly on her clit. The reaction was immediate and her guttural sounds echoed loudly in the library. The demoness squirted all over her face and her nails dug deeply on the vampire's back. The pain and the arousal mixed to push Mika over the edge once again.
Mika's head was spinning. After she recovered from her climax she realized Wisdom had stopped her pelvic thrusts, apparently also spent as she leaned on Mika's back for support. The vampire tried to incorporate and was met with 4 red, gleaming eyes staring back at her.
"Hello pet."
"Hello Rage… uuhh mind if I get on a more comfortable position?"
The demoness grabbed her roughly and laid her on her back on the table. She loomed over her smirking and licking her lips as if preparing to eat her. Mika gulped worried.
"Rage, behave." warned Wisdom sitting on a chair by their side.
"I am behaving… not my fault she likes it rough."
Before the vampire could speak her mind a dark portal appeared over her head. Mika yelped as she felt a pair of arms grab her and pull her into the darkness.
"Aaaahhh!"
Mika opened her eyes to find herself sprawled naked on the floor of what looked like a dojo. Upbeat electric music began playing on the background and footsteps approached the vampire. She incorporated quickly and saw Raven in a green cloak walking confidently towards her.
"Brave?"
"Hey baby. I think a second rescue deserves a long awaited reward, don't you?"
Mika smiled naughtily. Now that she was in Brave's territory she relaxed and her fear was replaced with desire. Raven had her way with her so far, but not anymore.
"Oh yes. You definitely deserve a good reward."
The vampire grabbed the green emoticlone and pushed her to the wall, while crashing her lips on hers hungrily. Brave moaned as Mika's hand found its way to her inner tights and teased her ever so gently.
"Don't be a tease." purred her lover.
"It's my turn to have you at my mercy…" growled the vampire on her ear, sending chills up the empath's spine. Mika inhaled deeply, smelling her lover's arousal, that delicious smell that made her mouth water in anticipation.
"You chose the wrong emotion if you think I'm going to be at your mercy."
After that, they began a heated make out session that turned into a roll in the hay on the dojo's floor. And when they were both on the brink of ecstasy, Mika quickly sank her fangs into Raven's tender flesh. Blood invaded her senses. That sweet elixir of eternal life was way more addictive that any drug known to mankind. And when she finally came down from her high, Mika noticed movement behind the door. "Are we having an audience?"
Brave smirked. "Maybe… She's shy though."
Mika smiled. This was definitely the best birthday present ever.
"Come on, if we don't arrive early to your party your sister is going to kill me." said Raven as she removed the bed covers from Mika's naked body.
The vampire groaned. "You practically killed me last night. How am I supposed to muster the strength to stand up?"
"That's ridiculous... You are already dead." teased the empath. Mika just curled into fetal position apparently ready to go back to sleep, so she curled next to her and whispered on her ear. "Did you enjoy your birthday present?"
Mika grinned widely. "Are you serious? You totally blew my mind!"
"I didn't hurt you, did I? When Wisdom and Rage kidnapped you I got worried. My emotions are unpredictable, that's why I was afraid of letting you inside Nevermore again."
"I'm fine." reassured her undead lover. "They were not exactly what you could call gentle, but it was really good. Although am afraid I'm growing fond of being dominated by your demonic side… and that can be hazardous to my health."
"Well my demonic side certainly appreciates a partner that enjoys that. But I would suggest we don't make a habit of it."
"Thank you for trusting me in there again. It was a wonderful gift."
Raven smiled warmly for her and kissed her sweetly. "I love you."
Mika and Raven arrived at the casino's VIP area to see the party was already at its peak. The music was loud, the lights were low, and the place was packed with dancing, pale people, the demoness could only assume were vampires.
Several of them approached the couple to congratulate the vampire; and some of them didn't fail to comment on her beautiful partner. The empath became self conscious as she realized she was in a night dress holding her girlfriend's arm in public for the first time. But she wasn't exactly going to protest about it either seeing the big smile on Mika.
"So… is everyone here a vampire?" asked Raven trying to break the ice.
"Not everyone, some are just ghouls." commented the vampire nonchalantly.
"Ghouls?"
The vampire seemed to realize her mistake and quickly grabbed her hand to move her towards the bar. "Oh look, your friends are already here! Let's go say hi!"
The demoness stopped her from walking and crossed her arms. "Ok, let's clear some things before they become a bigger deal. Is that what you call your human servants?"
"Ehm... I don't…"
"Mika, I heard Caroline say something over those lines."
"Ok, yeah. They are something like that." admitted the vampire.
"Are they slaves?" pushed the empath with concern.
"They handed themselves willingly."
"Can they stop being ghouls if they want?"
"No..." acknowledged the brunette.
Raven sighed. She was trying to be understanding, but it was difficult considering Mika looked back at her with a guilty face. "Guess we have a lot of things to talk about concerning your vampiric condition… But we can leave that for another night."
"Yeah, sounds good."
The empath sighed and began walking towards the Titans. "Well let's go greet the gang. Starfire will be thrilled to see me in the dress she picked for me."
"Go ahead. I first have to find my sister. I haven't seen Caroline, and it's her birthday too."
Raven smiled for her trying to cover up the awkwardness that had fallen between the two. Ever since they got back together their relationship had been full of those moments. So they separated with a chaste kiss on the lips and each went on their way.
Mika found her twin sitting on a sofa on a far corner. "How come you are not dancing sis?"
"Got tired… Guess I'm getting too old for this." explained Caroline.
"Right…"
"Hey we just turned a 100; maybe it's time to settle."
Mika raised an eyebrow and gave her a skeptical look. "Who are you, and what have you done with my sister?"
"I'm serious!" chuckled Caroline, obviously amused. "Maybe after 100 years I'm finally ready to be the good and proper girl dad wanted me to be. You know, maybe I could find it nice to have someone to come home to."
"You are not thinking about marrying Gar, are you?" blurted Mika scandalized.
"What? NO!" yelled Caroline waving her arms for emphasis. "He's a nice guy, but he's not for me."
"Ok good. Cause I don't like him." replied Mika. "Even if he is a vegan… did you broke up with him because he is a vegan?"
"It's not that… Well, not only that." explained Caroline. "It's just that I feel like I'm going out with you."
"That's insane! We have nothing in common!"
Caroline crossed her arms and stared back at her as she began enumerating: "You are both vegan, love videogames, you make silly jokes to hide your insecurities, both are helplessly romantic…"
"Ok, ok, I get it." interrupted her sister. "Why did you go out with him in the first place then?"
"I guess I was looking for a substitute."
"A substitute for what?"
"For you idiot!" scowled Caroline. "I was lonely. You just left without a trace one day and when we met again you were too busy smooching with your girlfriend to pay any attention to me."
"Oh… For what it's worth, I'm sorry about leaving like that." apologized the vampire Prince. "After what happened with my last girlfriend, I just wanted to be alone so I didn't hurt those I loved anymore."
"So you became the Ice Prince of Arendelle?" teased Caroline.
"I'm being serious…"
"Me too! Mika, you don't have to protect me. Let alone from you. We used to be so close before; I just want a chance to be close to you again. We are sisters!"
"Do you want to build a snowman Caro?"
"We do sound like Frozen, don't we?" chuckled the vampire. "Why do I have to be the dorky, little sister? That used to be your role!"
"It was only fair. You used to shut me out all the time to go out with boys."
"I had to shut you out, you were too whiny and prude to take you out with me. If I'd known you liked pussy I would have gotten you a girl to shush you." replied Caroline. "Anyway, now that we are older and have our hormones relatively under control, think we can agree on not shutting each other out again, especially not for love related issues? If you get all heartbroken and suicidal I'll be there to throw you into a cold bathtub, or chain you to it."
"Thanks, I'll appreciate that." affirmed Mika smiling.
"Now, tell me. How come you are not joined at the hip with your girlfriend? I mean, it's you birthday."
"Our hips have successfully met earlier today. Anyway, we are still working some things out in our relationship. And, it's also your birthday. I did want to spend some time with you. You are not the only one missing the old times Anna."
"Ha ha… if you call me Anna again, or make a frozen reference, I swear I'll bite you." argued her twin not amused.
Mika smirked mischievously. "Oh come on, just let it…"
"Don't finish that sentence!" Caroline placed her hands over her sister's mouth to prevent her from talking, making the other vampire fall into a giggle fit from her twin's shocked expression.
After they both stopped laughing Mika finally stood up before declaring: "Oh, I almost forgot! I got you something. It's back at the office, I'll be right back."
Mika entered her office and headed to her drawer. She was still too giddy from her earlier conversation with her twin to realize there was a shadow that didn't belong there. She took out a little box with a ribbon and smiled. But when she turned around to leave, she felt the piercing pain of two fangs penetrating her jugular.
The vampire gasped. As the blood left her body, the images of her last battle began replaying in her mindscape: the angel, the church, battling a demon, feeding Richard her blood, a crying Starfire, kissing Raven…
Then everything stopped and she fell to the floor.
"Wow… that was so very… interesting." said the voice of the shadow looming over her.
Mika turned up to look in terror to find her sire staring back down at her. "Alexander!"
"I've always know you are something especial, but I never imagined there was a hero in you. After all, you were such a monster when we met." smirked the older vampire.
"What are you doing here?" gasped Mika quickly reincorporating from the floor.
"Just checking on you."
"Why?"
"I got worried… when Caroline dared parole as you on the phone I knew something was wrong. I had to make sure my little girl was alright."
"I'm fine." assured Mika. "And I'm not your little girl."
"Of course not, you are all grown up now; being Prince and everything. I couldn't be prouder." replied Alexander taking a closer look at his surroundings. He grabbed a little duck statue from the desk and began toying with it as if it fascinated him.
"Is there something else you want?"
"The same thing I've always wanted." replied her elder.
"Jump city is off limits, you know that. It's a vigilante city. Your power games are a no-go here."
"I'm sure we can walk around that. You do have some really good connections that could make that happen."
"No… that's not going to be possible… I don't think I can… It would be suicide… I..."
"Mika, you seem to forget you owe it to me to at least try… I mean, I was so devastated when you disappeared one day. You were the perfect childe: strong, smart, charming, ruthless… And then you met that weak, pathetic excuse of a human, and you just… got broken…" sneered Alexander as he finished. Mika lowered her eyes but he made her look at him as he continued with a gentler voice. "But I believed in you. I believed you would come back and rise from the ashes like a phoenix."
"If I ever become ashes I doubt I'll rise from them."
Alexander growled and before Mika could react he had grabbed her from the neck, holding her up menacingly "You always have to have a smart retort, you always have to play it cool. I've been very patient with you Mikaela, but my patience is running short. I think so much time away from home has made you forget who you are dealing with."
"It's not that!" whimpered Mika terrified. His unnatural strength kept her successfully on place. "I'm just trying to save you the trouble. Messing with the Titans would be like messing with fire, we'll get burn!"
"Yet, you have messed with the Titans."
"Yes! And I have gotten burnt! I have the scars to prove it!" shrieked the vampire trying to break free of his iron grip.
He finally let go of her and she fell to the floor again rubbing her swollen neck.
"Mika, I want you to tell me one thing. How important is it for you to keep your sister's past a secret? Or yours for that matter?"
"You wouldn't say anything!" stuttered Mika. "It would sign our death sentences."
"Yes, it would be regrettable" admitted Alexander. "But you know my lips will be sealed as long as they are occupied."
Mika stood up and began pacing the office. His smug face made her boil with rage but she knew she could do nothing about it. She was stuck between the wall and the sword. She was going to burn in hell for what she was going to say, but she had no choice. "Fine… Just tell me what you want, and I'll do it. You know I will."
"That's my good girl. I knew I could count on you given the right incentive." said Alexander as he patted her affectionately. Mika didn't seem thrilled though. "Come now, don't frown, it's your birthday. We can work out the details later. Anyway, messing with the Titans it's a dangerous move as you said; we will wait till the right time… after all, as time passes we only get stronger, unlike them that grow weak and older..."
Mika was about to answer but they were interrupted by approaching footsteps.
"Mika?" called Raven as she opened the door and peeked in.
"Rachel! What are you doing here?" asked her girlfriend mortified.
The demoness stepped inside the room but stopped when she saw the tall, blond man near her girlfriend. "I was just checking if everything was alright."
"Yes. I… I'd like you to meet Alexander…" quickly replied the vampire. "He is… my father."
"A pleasure mademoiselle. You are way more beautiful than I imagined." said Alexander as he gallantly kissed Raven's hand with a charming smile on his face. He then turned to wink at Mika. "You sure know how to pick them."
He looked rather young to be Mika's father, but then she remembered that vampires don't age. He probably died in his early thirties. And even thou he looked rather pleasant there was a dangerous vibe around him. "Nice to meet you, sir. Mika didn't mention we were expecting you."
"I dropped by as a surprise. I just couldn't miss my little girl's birthday."
"But he is leaving now. He's a very busy man." interrupted the vampire.
"Yes, very busy." affirmed her sire. "I hope you two come and visit sometime soon, so we can get to know each other better."
"Sure."
"I'll keep in touch then. Say hi to your sister for me, will ya?" added Alexander. "And Mika… Happy Birthday."
They watched him leave and after a minute in silence Raven finally asked. "What was he doing here?"
"Like he said, just dropping to say hi. It's my birthday."
"You said he's a dangerous man." recalled the empath. "I don't like him. He sent chills down my spine."
"Like him or not, he's still my sire." answered the brunette coolly. "But he's gone now."
"Did you tell him about us?"
"Not really."
Raven didn't seem to buy it. He seemed to have known perfectly well she was dating Mika. "So you didn't tell him you are dating a Titan."
"My lips are sealed." assured the vampire. "What?"
Raven frowned. "Every time you get that look I feel like you are hiding something. Please tell me the truth."
"About what?"
"I don't know! About what was he doing here, or why do you keep human slaves, or if you sell drugs like Starfire said. I just don't know what to think of anything any more. It all sounds as if you were an evil puppet master that's trying to conquer the city!"
Mika mirrored her frown and frustration. She finally realized that winning back Raven's trust would take more than loosing a hand saving the world. But then again, that was probably for the best. So she just gave her one of her characteristic cheeky grins before answering. "Rachel, Luv, that's ridiculous. You and I both know I'm too lazy and emotional to be an evil mastermind."
"Fine. Whatever. I don't want to argue on your birthday. Let's go to the party." replied the empath turning her back on the vampire and walking to the door. She obviously sensed something was not right but preferred not to push the subject further.
"I'll be right behind you; I still have something to do."
Raven stood by the door looking at her, still not sure what to say to her. "Ok, but don't take too long. Your sister wants to cut the cake."
"But we don't eat cake."
"Tell that to her."
After Raven closed the door behind her, Mika approached the little box that had fallen to the floor. The ribbon was damaged so she tried to fix it as best as she could, but all she could manage was to wreak it further. In the end, desperation took over and the vampire threw the box across the room and it smashed on the wall, sputtering its contents to the ground.
Mika sighed and picked up the necklace that she had chosen for her sister. It was still alright.
"Happy birthday Caroline, I hope you don't mind I didn't have time to pick out a box." said Mika as she handed the necklace to an imaginary sister. She then pretended to be her sister and received the gift. "Oh, don't be silly, it's gorgeous! It matches my eyes!"
She then turned to another side and pretended to speak to her girlfriend. "Hey Luv, I'm sorry for being such an idiot. But I promise I'll never ever lie to you." Mika cleared her throat and tried the best impersonation of Raven she could, with raspy voice, crossed arms and raised eyebrow. "So you are not an evil puppet master?" The prince then made the most angelic face she could muster, and assured. "No Luv, I'm not the puppet master... I'm the puppet."
The End… for now…
Final notes: Thanks to every one of my followers! Writing this story was quite a blast, and your continuous support kept me going through the rough times.
I know the story ended on not such a positive note. Truth be told, I didn't plan it that way. I had not even planned to have so many stories to compliment the original Creatures of the Night. But as I started writing, the characters took a life of their own, and they took me to places I didn't think I would go to.
Alexander Kaine (Mika's alleged sire), was originally thought as a mayor character for Darkness in Me. But as you saw, the story took me somewhere else. Then I planned him for Demons and Angels, but Eris stole his spotlight. Will he finally be the center plot for the next story? I hope so. But who knows… maybe Mika and Raven have other plans of their own.
Maybe I'll even explore Mika's and Caroline's mysterious pasts. I just watched Frozen for the first time a few days ago, and after reading my own story again I noticed my characters resembled Elsa and Anna in so many ways! If I hadn't been so certain that I'd never watched the movie before, I would have thought I plagiarized the characters relationship. Still, I thought it would be fun to have the twins mock about it, and that got me a heartwarming moment for both of them.
Now, don't expect the continuation any time soon though… life has gotten in the way of inspiration. But as soon as I have time you can count on more of Raven's and Mika's adventures.