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"Dusty? Roy?" Haden called out.

"Over here!" Roy shouted.

Haden darted over to them through the trees and paused for a second to observe the Rogue's body.

"Dead?" He asked.

Roy nodded in conformation. He then moved slightly so he was facing Haden but still supporting me.

"We need to get Dusty help, preferably of the NightWorld kind. She was bit during the attack."

Haden grimaced and hissed out a sigh. I tried to pay attention to him but my eye lids felt weighted down.

"What?" Roy asked Haden.

"Tamara's down too. I had to give her some of my blood during the battle."

"Is she ok?"

Haden nodded, "Yeah she's stable. I'll go make the call to Lord Thierry."

"Good."

"Roy," I said faintly, "…I think I'm going to pass out."

Roy said something to me but I couldn't understand it. My vision went blurry and I slowly spiraled into darkness.

I blinked slowly and was greeted with a bright white light that filtered in through my eyelids. I saw faces leaning over me. One of them was Haden's.

The first thing I said was, "Since when have your ears been pierced?"

Haden looked at me funny and fiddled with one of his studs, "Uh for a while now. I just didn't have earrings in until now."

"Oh…ok."

I pushed myself off a mountain of pillows and scanned the room. It appeared I was in a hospital of some sort, except there weren't any ugly fluorescent lights or weird modern art paintings.

"Where am I?"

"Circle Daybreak," Tamara answered.

"And where is that?"

"Las Vegas."

"WHAAT?" I yelled and lurched out of bed. "I'm in Las Vegas? Circle Daybreak is in Las Vegas? My mom is going to kill me!"

"Easy!" Haden pushed me down so I was back on the bed, "You don't want to rip your stitches!"

I put my hand to my neck and felt that I did indeed have stitches. I gently probed my skin and felt that it was a little tender but not painful.

"How bad are they?" I asked Tamara.

"Not too bad actually. You got here in time to prevent any major damage and since we have Night World doctors, they made sure there won't be any scarring."

"That's a relief," I smiled. "So why the hell is Circle Daybreak located in Las Vegas?"

"Because well, Grandma Harman, the leader of all witches, used to live here…before she died."

Tamara looked down and I could've sworn I saw tears in her eyes. She cleared her throat before I could ask her about it, and then continued.

"Anyway, Thierry Descouedres lives here and he is the founder of Circle Daybreak. He's the first made vampire by the way and kind of a bigwig in the Night World. We're actually in his house."

"Oh um that sorta makes sense," I told her.

"We probably should explain what Circle Daybreak actually is shouldn't we?" Tamara noted.

"Yeah…that would be helpful."

Haden sat on the side of my bed and began explaining.

"You already know about the Night World and you may have guessed that not all Night Worlders are thrilled about humans."

I nodded. That didn't come as a surprise to me.

Haden continued, "Well actually most all Night Worlders hate humans. Humans are seen as 'vermin' and food sources. Witches are the friendliest out of all the races but they still have reservations."

Tamara nodded in confirmation.

"Circle Daybreak is the exception to the all that. We believe that Night People and humans can live and work together. We don't think humans are second class citizens. Also this is a safe haven for all species where they don't have to worry about prosecution. Lately the soulmate principle has been coming back and making humans fall in love with Night People so Circle Daybreak has been on the rise."

"Oh yeah, Roy said something about that," I remarked.

"Wait, you and Roy talked about the Soulmate principle?"

Tamara leapt onto the end of my bed and looked at me eagerly.

I guess Roy didn't tell them yet…

"Uh yeah we did," I said awkwardly.

"Finally!" Haden cheered.

He and Tamara high-fived.

"Wait, why are two you high fiving?" I asked suspiciously.

"Cause we were waiting to see how long it would take to for you two to figure out that you were soulmates! Though since you're human and didn't know about the soulmate principle, we were mainly wondering how long it would take Roy to get his head out of his ass," Haden explained causing me to laugh.

Tamara poked Haden, "That reminds me. Dusty told us first, so you lost the bet Haden. Now fork it over."

Tamara made 'gimme' motions with her hand while Haden just sighed and dug out his wallet. I felt a slight tug at the back of my head and turned my head towards the door.

Was this a part of the whole soulmate thing?

Apparently it was. Since Roy stood in the doorway, his hair still wet from the shower.

"Why didn't you guys tell me she was up?" Roy asked annoyed.

"Because you reeeaally needed a shower," Haden commented.

Roy shot him a withering look and moved over to my bed. I moved my feet out of the way so he could sit down.

"Relax, we were just filling her in on the basics of Circle Daybreak," Tamara soothed.

She then muttered under her breath, "We just started pumping her for information when you had to burst in."

Roy eyed her and but ultimately decided to ignore her and turned his attention to me.

"How are you feeling?"

I could feel the concerned undertone in his voice. I'm not sure if that was because of the silver chord or if I had gotten better at reading him… Probably a bit of both.

"I'm as good as someone who just got the crap kicked out of them by a werewolf can be," I answered.

He smiled at me and noticed that both Haden and Tamara were watching us intently.

"Is there something I can help you with?" He asked them.

"Not really. We're still getting over the fact that you two have been in the same room and aren't fighting. I guess the soulmate bond really does work miracles," Haden supplied.

Roy groaned, "You told them?"

I huffed, "Me? No! They figured it out all be themselves! Besides I kinda thought you would've told them. I was out for at least eight hours, right?"

"It was actually more like twelve hours," Roy corrected. "However, I thought we should figure things out before we start randomly announcing it!"

Tamara and Roy both snorted simultaneously. Roy and I both swung our head in their direction.

"What?" We asked in sync.

"You two!" Haden replied, "You're back to fighting and it didn't even take ten seconds!"

"Well it's probably good for him," Tamara drawled, then swept her red curls out from her face, "Roy needs someone to keep him on his toes. Anyway let's leave the two lovebirds alone."

Tamara looped her arm through Haden's and the walked out of the infirmary, all the while, grinning smugly. I took one of my pillows and chucked it at them on their way out.

"Those two are very…"

"Annoying?" Roy supplied.

"I was going to say cheeky but that works too," I said with a shrug.

I looked at him and noticed that he seemed pretty tired.

"Did you get any sleep at all last night?" I wondered.

He grimaced, "Not really. I was worried about you so I stayed here while I treated you and then I had to report back to Thierry and tell him all that happened. Oh speaking of which I found out something unusual."

"Oooh do tell!" I said as I wiggled closer to him.

"The manager at the Archery Range is actually a witch. That's how she was able to scare the Rogue away."

"So that's what he was talking about right before he attacked me! Wait does that mean Michelle is part of Circle Daybreak?"

"No, she was just a witch sympathetic towards humans. However I extended the offer for her to join and she seemed interested."

"That's good," I replied after stifling a yawn.

Roy touched my hand and asked in my head,

Are you feeling sleepy?

Yes I thought in annoyance, Which is stupid since I just slept for 12 hours straight.

I know how that feels. Recovering's a bitch but it helps in the long run

I nodded then thought about it, Wait a minute, don't you have super human healing?

Yeah, but there are some people who are quite happy to use silver against me. Injuries from silver heal like a human's would.

I yawned again and tried to cover it with my hand.

"Hang on a sec Dusty, let me get Thea. I'll see if she needs to get you anything before you conk out."

"Alright," I agreed sleepily.

Unfortunately for me I feel asleep before he even got back.

Well that was a very dialogue heavy chapter. Sorry about that. It was really fun writing for Haden and Tamara in this chapter! They are so cheeky!

Again sorry about the late update. To make up for it I'm going to have another one up by the end of this week! Reviews make my day and if you use the word "toaster" in you review, I'll give you a brownie!