White Surroundings, Black Spots

"You didn't kill him," Jeshickah said when Turquoise walked in. "Why?"

"There was never a chance to," she replied.

"You've been gone three days, and you say there was no time when you could have killed Jaguar. That's very interesting. Don't tell me you're getting soft." Jeshickah's smile didn't quite reach her eyes. "Getting soft now, in the middle of this could give Jaguar the advantage we cannot afford. Turquoise, you may go for now, I am vexed enough as it is." Turquoise scurried out of the room, not wanting to stay and see who Jeshickah was mad at.

"Nathanial, we can't act yet. First we have to wait for Ravyn and we also have Turquoise's safety to worry about. If we reveal her now she will probably be killed," Jaguar was explaining this to Nathanial for what seemed like the hundredth time. Nathanial just would not get rid of his idea to act then.

"Jeshickah is smart though. If we do not act soon she will figure out Turquoise is a double agent. Then where will she be? But right now we are only speaking of the bad things that could happen. We do not yet know what will take place; so far now, let's not talk about that kind of thing."

"You're right. For now let's forget what's to come."

Ravyn knew she needed to hurry if they were going to pull this off. She knew Jeshickah would be curious of the reason why Jaguar was still alive, and why Turquoise had come back so abruptly.

Fortunately, Ravyn was owed a big favor from a witch, to be called upon whenever and for whatever reason. It also helped that this witch had absolutely no love for Jeshickah. In fact she resented the vampire completely.

Ravyn asked the woman who answered the door if Rebecca was there. She was then taken into a small sitting room and asked to wait there until Rebecca could be found.

Not even tem minutes later Rebecca appeared at the door. "Ravyn, I have work to do. So if you can make this very quick." As a Triste witch, Rebecca always had a lot of work to do, but most of the time it could be shuffled around enough for her to do something she was interested in.

"I have no doubt that you have work to do, but what I am here for is to collect a debt, not to waste time," Ravyn said, her voice was calm but she was still more than a little nervous.

"I was beginning to think that I would be in your debt forever. So what is it? And after this I hope it means my debt is completely paid for."

"Yes of course it will be. I am a woman of my word. As for what the job is, I'm pretty sure it is something you will enjoy." As Ravyn explained the witch's enthusiasm grew.

They were fearful. Jeshickah could tell that already. She was thriving on the fear of those who conspired against her. She was pleased that they had involved the human who had attempted to kill her just months before. Not only would this enable her to get revenge, but also, humans were more fearful things to come than vampires. This human was no different. Fear was the only thing humans were good at in her mind. Also the only thing they would ever be good at. It was not very long until the time that Jeshickah would act, and she was sure she was more prepared then those who conspired against her. In her mind, this was very close to being over.

AN: I am not done with this story. There will still be a few more chapters left. I really hope my ending is not horrible. I have never really ended a story, only stopped in the middle. :-)