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Rowan

Rowan slunk towards the door slowly. Jade was behind her and shaking her head frantically while chewing on her lips. They had made Mark stay upstairs to look after Mary – Lynette and to stay out of the way. Rowan took a deep breath and placed her hand on the door handle.

She opened the door.

Quinn

He slowly and shakily reached up and knocked on the door. He didn't want to do it but after Rashel had threatened him he didn't see much of a choice. He didn't pick fights with Rashel unless he knew that he was going to win, which was pretty much the reason why they never had fights.

He rocked back and forth on his ankles; Rashel was stood right behind him so he couldn't run anywhere.

He suddenly felt a sharp tap on his shoulder and he turned around. Kestrel had Rashel in her arms, she held her tight and her teeth were extremely close to Rashel's neck. Quinn shook his head frantically, his expression was pained. The door opened.

Rowan

Rowan trembled when she saw Quinn; he was ruthless, cold-blooded and didn't care about anyone about himself, Jade gasped. He had come back for them.

Without any more hesitation Rowan reached out and grabbed Quinn's neck. She dragged him into the house and for some reason he didn't put up much of a fight. Rowan threw him onto the large sofa. Kestrel quickly followed behind keeping a tight hold on a struggling human. Rowan couldn't believe her eyes; Quinn was with a human. Rowan was getting more and more suspicious by the second. Kestrel threw the human onto the sofa next to Quinn. The human quickly righted herself and jumped up, as if she was ready to fight but Quinn shook his head and without a word she sat down next to him. Closer than Rowan would have expected her to. Obviously she knew something about the nightworld or she would have freaked out at Kestrel's ease of picking her up.

Kestrel moved into a crouching stance, ready to strike but this time Rowan shook her head. Rowan wanted answers and if they started fighting they wouldn't get anywhere. Rowan moved to the large armchair that was opposite the sofa and sat down, crossing her legs in a very business – like manner.

"Talk." Rowan commanded.

Quinn looked unsure and Rowan couldn't decide why. Quinn was always sure and she had never seen him looking this vulnerable. "We aren't here to take you back." He said. Rowan's eyebrows shot up when he said 'we' but she quickly composed herself.

"If you aren't, and I don't believe you, why are you here then?" Rowan asked briskly.

"Ash is in trouble, big trouble and I know that you can help but we don't have much time." Quinn said urgently.

Rowan looked confused and Quinn thought that he had better start from the beginning. "I don't know if you will believe me, but every word I am about to say is the truth. Rashel is my soulmate and we need your help to save Ash." Then he told Rowan, Kestrel and Jade everything.

Rowan didn't know how long they sat there motionless while they listened in disbelief at Quinn's words. The big thing she found hard to believe at first was that Quinn had a soulmate, but then again, so did Ash. Jade appeared to become more and more relaxed at every word, whereas Kestrel never even sat down.

Once Quinn finished he leant back in the chair, looking physically exhausted. Rashel just looked proud of him but she couldn't help but watch Kestrel from the corner of her eye.

Kestrel looked at Rowan. Jade looked at Rowan. In fact, everyone looked at Rowan.

"I know that this is a bit much, but it's true. You know that I'm human and Ash really is in that much danger. We don't know who followed us when Quinn decided to take it into his own hands instead of being brushed to the side by the head of circle daybreak." Rashel said. Everyone looked at Rashel, Rowan was shocked that she spoke up and her voice didn't even shake although she was in a room filled with vampires.

"It must be true Rowan, we need to show them Ash's soulmate. It would explain what has happened to her." Jade said.

"Mark." Rowan said softly to Jade.

"We have to trust them. There's no other choice." Jade answered just as quietly.

Rowan looked at Quinn and Rashel before nodding at Jade.

"Wait a minute. This is Quinn. How can we trust him." Kestrel protested.

Rowan sighed and shook her head slightly. "Well what else are we supposed to do Kestrel, we obviously need them, or do you have an idea of what to do about Mary – Lynette." Rowan said.

"How can we trust them?" Kestrel said again.

"We can't alright, but we don't have a choice we have to try everything, you've seen Mary – Lynette." Rowan was shouting by now and Jade was close to hiding underneath the sofa.

Kestrel was about to shout right back but Jade beat both of them to it. "Both of you. Shut up!" She yelled. Even Quinn looked shocked. Rowan and Kestrel shut up. Everyone looked at small Jade. She looked specifically at Rashel and said, "This way."

Everyone followed Jade up the stairs, they moved slowly and Kestrel was sulking at the back.

Jade motioned for everyone to be quiet and then opened the door. Mark looked startled at the fact that there were more than just Jade entering the room but he didn't ask any questions.

"We are going to take Mary – Lynette to Ash, and I'm sorry but I don't have time to explain these two or why we need to get Mary – Lynette to Ash. Once she's safe I will tell you everything then." Jade told Mark.

He didn't ask her anything, as it was obvious that they didn't have the time. "All right, how are we getting her to him?" was all he asked.

"We will have to take Mary – Lynette's pick-up as that's the only big enough vehicle that will hold us all. Do you think you can come up with a good excuse that will keep you from getting into trouble for leaving, the thing is I don't know how long we'll be." Jade asked.

Mark nodded and ran down the stairs. Jade turned back to the group behind her, "Kestrel, you go get the truck. Rowan, Quinn you grab Mary – Lynette and carry her out to it." Everyone got to work and Rashel was left with Jade.

Jade looked at Rashel, "Thank you." She said.

"Why?" Rashel asked.

"You'll figure it out." Was all Jade said before walking out the door and down the stairs.