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HAPPY NEW YEARS EVERYONE!
ok here's ch25 things are going splendidly as they always do at Silas or we wish they were. Students are holding protests, hunters are nervous, and Mattie has a headach this wont end well for anyone.
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Mattie stood by the fire place silently trying to will her migraine away.
When she woke up that evening she'd expected a messy kitchen, nosey humans, possibly a small confrontation with the runt instead she was greeted by the cries of irate humans. Sometime in the night the cub reporter had rallied the masses of dissatisfied students to protest the board and their involvement with Corve. This entire 'protest' was a joke but Mattie didn't find it very funny and the only thing stopping her from putting an end to it all was her meeting with Cass and the runt.
Surprising the runt didn't give her any trouble when she came for her, offering the two worried humans a reassuring smile and "I'll be fine". It seemed to placate them though the ginger didn't look too happy with her but Mattie didn't care what she thought, the human could scowl all she wanted but Carmilla was the master of scowling.
So now here they were in the study waiting for their guests to arrive.
They wouldn't have to wait long because Cass had already sent her a text about 'entering the masses' so the pair should be entering the manor by now.
Taking a deep unneeded breath Mattie stepped away from the fire place it was best to relax it might improve her mood and make the meeting go faster. She was looking forward to the look on Cass's face when she finally told her that the runt was the new Clan Regent. It was a grand reveal of not only why the blonde had been acting so strangely but also into the rules and titles of the vampire world which very few were privy to.
Mattie probably should have felt some amount of guilt or something but there were too many things at stake to care.
The humans protesting outside grew louder bringing her migraine back full force.
"Damn blood bags"
"Do you want me to get you something for that?" Evie was surprisingly calm about it all, maybe she was still in shock but Mattie didn't care.
"No I just need them to shut up for five minutes before I go out there and murder them all" The blonde wasn't amused by the sweetness of her voice but she wasn't there to entertain.
"You wouldn't make it outside"
"What you think you can stop me?"
"No but Cass and Danny would put up a good fight"
"Finally they made it"
"They'll be here in less than a minute" Evie stood to greet them already hearing them walking their way. It wouldn't be long now till she could hold Danny again and this nightmare would start to make sense, she didn't know whether to dread it or feel relieved.
Without a chance to really think about it the door opened and the hunters arrived Cass came first with a backpack hanging from one shoulder and a tired Danny following her in. Knowing better than to stop them Cass stepped aside letting Danny and Evie have their moment.
Pulling the blonde close Danny hugged her, relieved at the calming presence the blonde held. Everything was crazy right now but she sure as hell didn't care about Mattie rolling her eyes or the way Cass eyed them. She finally had her girl back in her arms after one hell of a night and it couldn't be better.
"Enough of the hallmark moments love birds we have a few things we need to discuss"
Pulling away Evie took a shuttering breath this was going to be harder that she thought but knowing Mattie her sister she would probably forgo any preparation at all and go right into the heart of it because she could. Leading Danny over to the couch she sat down glad that Danny was following her lead.
Cass set her bag down by the door and decided to stand knowing that the chair by the fire place was pretty much cursed and the other was Mattie's so why bother stepping further into the vampires territory?
"Alright I'm sure these last few days have been quite a ride for you gingers but the funs not over yet and it probably won't be for a long time" Mattie didn't bother with the pleasantries they had business to discuss, business that could alter a lot of things about Silas and how they all functioned in their own groups.
"I won't bother hiding this anymore because we can't afford to, Ginger's as I'm sure you've noticed Evangeline here has been acting strangely for the past few months, bursts of power, needs to show dominance of others, and my personal favorite utter confusion, well all that was due to killing our sire"
"What does this mean for Evie?" Danny was glad for the summary and all but she wanted some straight up answers.
"It means that the power our sire once held has now passed on to Evangeline making her the strongest creature on campus and in our coven of sorts as Clan Regent"
"Clan Regent?" It was Cass's turn to ask questions because that sounded like a pretty important title.
"Yes, Clan Regent meaning she basically has all the power our sire had and so much more because believe it or not our sire has killed many of our own kind and that power just accumulates over time"
"And now Evie has that power but didn't know it?" Cass clarified.
"Pretty much"
"Did Carmilla know about this?" Danny needed to know because if she had then so help her-
"She didn't until recently even then it wasn't much use because my sire kept many things about sires and the hierarchy of it all from me, she never thought I would be the one to kill her" Evie didn't think it helped her sisters case but that was the past, what's done is done they could only work towards the future now.
"So what happens now?" Cass didn't want Danny having an outburst just yet so she needed to redirect that energy. "What does this mean for Evie and by bond Danny?"
"Because my mother withheld information about Clan Regent from her I need to teach her how that works and in essence she needs to start using that power in slow regulated intervals and hopefully it can help her gain some control over it before it starts to truly affect her"
"I think that's already happened" Danny wasn't going to lie that confrontation with Mel had her worried because if she hadn't shown up Carmilla would have let the blonde at her.
"How so? By scaring one of your hunters?" Mattie brushed off the encounter with Mel as a small crack in the blondes defenses "That was nothing but self-defense and she was inciting a mutiny from what I understand"
"That's no excuse, Evie wasn't herself" Danny insisted.
"Or maybe she was herself and you just didn't like what you saw"
"Enough Matska!" Evie wouldn't have her sister messing with Danny's head. "We have enough worries as it is I don't need you stirring up more trouble with that silver tongue of yours"
"Aw thanks runt"
Evie fought the need to roll her eyes because they weren't even five minutes into their meeting and she was already done with Mattie. They needed to talk about a few more things before she could leave to talk to Perry. Her friend had expressed her worries about her memory issues and Evie knew it was hard for the girl to admit it she almost had a panic attack just telling her so her anxiety was at an all-time high and Evie would do what she could to help.
"The point is now we know why I've been acting this way but I'm going to need help with it"
"We'll do what we can" Cass offered Knowing the blonde would no doubt need a friendly face after her training with Mattie began.
"Thank you"
"Hey wait a minute" Danny held up a hand slowly letting her thoughts come together. "If Evie is the new Clan Regent does that make her the boss of you?"
"NO!" Both vampires protested making the hunters jump.
"I am not under the runt's thumb now and just because she's clan regent doesn't mean I won't kick her ass ginger" Mattie snarled, Lilith's blood or not there was no way she would kneel to the runt.
"Matska was hard for our sire to control much less me" Evie shook her head eyeing Mattie carefully "Besides I don't want to be that kind of Regent nor am I that kind of person"
"So it's agreed she's not really calling the shots, until she is able to handle it I'll be making most the decisions"
"What about Karnstein?" Asked Cass not liking this shift in power, it wasn't balanced and unstable at best.
"She hates politics and as long as she doesn't have to be away from her precious human she's fine" Mattie rolled her eyes at her sisters attachment to the little brat, At least the runts bond made sense because it kept her stable but Mircalla's was making her another pet, the mighty panther she once was had become a domesticated house cat and it would only grow worse if she let the human continue to walk all over her.
"Anyway I would say this little meeting went better than expected"
"Hold up Belmonde you still didn't answer my question" Cass reminded her.
"Which was?"
"How does all of this affect Evie and Danny's bond?"
"Oh yes that" Mattie was hoping they could skip the drama that would come with that mess but knew the huntress wouldn't let it go until she explained.
"It's obvious that its grown a lot stronger and will probably continue to grow but again this is something she can learn to control and Carm is probably the best one to teach her that, though she's been lacking in the control department herself"
"Are you sure Karnstein's the one for the job? She's pretty busy with Hollis's rallying the students" Cass didn't want them taking any chances with all this Clan Regent stuff coming into play.
"Yes well if she stopped taking a back seat to that train wreak I'm sure she'd find time"
"Matska don't start" Evie warned she didn't care if Carmilla was slacking there she would defend her sister even from Mattie.
"Whatever runt we've had our meeting and your now free to take your ginger and go"
"Are sure that's everything?" Asked Danny she didn't have any questions at the moment to lost in the whole Clan Regent thing and wondering how these vampires have lived this long with the terrible lack of communication, because seriously this could have saved them a lot of trouble from the beginning if somebody had just said something.
"For now yes, we'll have another meeting later this week if everyone's still alive" Mattie rolled her eyes at the huntress but kept the sass to a minimum she didn't want to waste it on the help when her partner in crime was right there, it would be rude and Mattie was anything but rude to her prey.
Taking Danny's hand Evie led the annoyed huntress away from her sister there was no point in starting a fight when they were already done for the day.
Once the 'kiddies' were gone Mattie sat on the couch though in Cass's opinion it was more like draping herself along the couch. Seeing as her 'highness' was comfortable Cass picked up her discarded bag and unzipped it.
"Since you brought wine last time I brought wine from my personal travels" She set each one down on the coffee table letting Mattie take in the dust that coated the bottles. "And because I don't know your preference for lotions I brought my own"
Offering Mattie the bag Cass went to the nice liquor cabinet and took out the corkscrew while the vampire looked at her options. There was a simple vanilla, a creamy citrus, and cucumber melon, all of them smelt divine to her but Mattie knew she could only pick one. Putting the vanilla and citrus back in the bag Mattie worked the straps on her heels letting them fall to the floor freeing her of one less stress inducer.
"There we go"
There was a resounding 'pop' as Cass removed the cork on the first bottle of wine. Usually she would have started pouring but this wasn't one of her summer sisters nor was it one of her Hunt sister's. The hunt sisters were those who still traveled with their goddess and much like herself could handle almost all types of alcohol but why rush this?
Setting the bottle down, she let it breath as she took out two glasses. "I know it's not cold but it doesn't taste all that different, trust me"
"I believe you Jonesy you're very much a woman of your word"
"I try"
"I know and that's what I sort of appreciate"
"Don't tell me you're going soft on me Belmonde" Cass teased sitting on the edge of the coffee table with the two classes.
"Ha! No just tired of all this idiotic bureaucracy and haggling with these old corpses, for some reason they seem to think I care about what they have to say when I clearly don't" Mattie watched the huntress pour their wine closing her eyes as the wave of fermented grapes curled around her sense, gods that was the stuff.
"Yeah I've heard some of those old corpses as you call them and their arguments"
"Really now?"
"Yes I have to go through the administration office at least three times a month to hand in any and all financial record for the month, get the girls grade, even stay up to date on the insurance because you know, its Silas"
"I will never understand why they won't just go to electronic records but that's on them" Mattie muttered taking her glass with a devilish smile. It was good to finally relax and what better way to have a night of fine wine, a foot massage, and great conversation?
"I know, it would make it ten times easier for me if I could just email them but they don't trust anything they can't see but I think that comes with them being older than dirt"
"You know I wouldn't doubt that too much, especially with all the monks and their chanting I tried translating it and found matches to early Latin, Mesopotamians, and possibly though I'm not entirely sure, some kind of Norse"
"Someone did their homework"
"I don't want those hooded cultists getting the drop on me, my sire didn't raise a fool" Mattie took a healthy sip of her wine to avoid cringing at the fact she'd just said that. Cass was all too amused taking a small sip of her own glass to continue their game.
"Well we have our wine and no one's dead so why don't I give you that foot massage?"
"Sometimes Jonesy I feel like you're trying to spoil me or buy me and I can't quite tell which one it is"
Cass pursed her lips as she took Mattie's left foot resting it on her knee so she could warm up the lotion between her hands.
"I'm not trying to buy you, there's not enough blood or money in the world for that, and I'm most certainly not trying to spoil you when you do that on your own"
"True but that leaves me to wonder what you do want then?"
"Believe it or not Belmonde what I want has nothing and yet everything to do with you"
"How so?"
"You are on the board and as much fun as it sounds dealing with that I don't want any part of it but your fellow board members keep pestering me and my sisters so I figure if I go through you with any and all demands I won't have to deal with them" Cass explained gently working the ball of Mattie's foot in just the right way. "The fact that you're a fellow immortal, intelligent, and admittedly attractive is just an added bonus"
If it were anyone else Mattie would have called them on their Bull shit but it wasn't anyone else, it was Cass and the huntress was never one to waste her breath lying. So Mattie would take the truth for what it was…with her own twist of course.
"So you find me attractive?"
Cass smiled, shaking her head "Why am I not surprised that that's what you take out of my answer?"
"Because it's me Jonesy"
"I can't argue with that Belmonde"
"Good that makes two wins for me tonight"
"Keep thinking that Belmonde you haven't won anything yet"
Mattie arched a perfectly plucked brow. Her prey was starting to fire things up a bit, perfect.
"We'll see Jonesy, we'll see"
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"I can't believe your sisters have known what's been going on this entire time and just haven't told you" Danny was furious with both elder vampires and were it not for both of them being stronger than her she would totally stake them.
Evie held her mates hand knowing how upset Danny was because she had been there herself. Why would Carmilla lie to her? She could understand not telling Matska but Carmilla had known since the beginning and then they left and the turf war happened and no the turf was wasn't as important as her it was the humans playing solider as they always did and-NO they were not just humans they were students of Silas and that was that.
"…and for her to pretend like you being stronger than her doesn't matter is ridiculous, Mattie must have known you've had the title since the begining"
"Danny that's not true Matska thought it was sister who gave the killing blow and had to find out the truth through Laura's video's"
"So what? this is your well-being at stake here and Carmilla kept you in the dark about it!"
"Danny I know it's a frustrating mess really I do but we're not going to solve it until you calm down"
Danny looked up trying to force her anger down but sweet goddess it was hard. She wanted to tear into Mattie but she knew Cass would handle her, she wanted to rip Carmilla a new one but Laura would never forgive her and for goddess's sake she wanted Evie to be just as angry as she was but she wasn't. Her vampire was tired, sad, and recovering from what Perry had told her was puke-agedon. She didn't know much about vampire biology but that didn't sound good by any means so she would do her best to calm down for Evie so she wouldn't feel worse through the bond.
Seeing her mates struggle Evie took Danny's hand and kissed her knuckles. The lightest touch of those lips made Danny sigh it was like a bucket of water had been dumped on her without the shock of the cold and that's why she loved her girlfriends presence but at the same time she really did want to stay angry. If Evie wouldn't be angry then somebody had to but again now wasn't the time for anger, right now they needed to calm down and get those protesters to shut up for five minutes so she could think.
"I know you're not calm yet Danny but that's ok, your allowed to be angry as I said we all are but for now just breath" Evie's voice was soft and calming Danny let it wash over her soothing her own berserker. It was incredibly ironic that both the most level headed people in the gang had the most terrifying rage fits but it was just how life went sometimes.
"There we go"
Opening her eyes Danny looked down seeing a sweet smile she didn't know she missed.
"I like emeralds as much as the next girl but burning ones are a little intimidating Mon Coeur"
"Still need to learn French"
"It's never going to happen" Evie teased meeting Danny half way to peck her on the nose.
"Still not fair"
Evie went to reply but the hurried steps from the apartment below made her frown. It seemed Laura wasn't gaining as much fire from the students as she'd hoped but what could she expect? The students might have been through with all the board's insane demands and regulations but the students saw her as more of the cause to all their trouble then the answer to it.
"Things never seem to be fair with us but that's alright we can all probably sit around the kitchen complaining about the unfairness of it all later right now I think you need to save Laura from herself"
"But we just had that meeting and I know you had a night to get over the shock but I'm still pretty dazed by all this vampire stuff"
"It's alright Danny I didn't know about any of it either, my sire kept a lot of it from me so I wouldn't try anything, not that I was really a threat to her back then"
"Don't sell yourself short Evie"
"It's hard not to when everyone but my sisters girlfriend is taller than me"
Danny shook her head "Easing into the puns already?"
"Why not try and lighten the mood? I love it when you smile as much as you love mine"
Evie was right about that, Danny loved seeing her girl smile and felt even better if she was the one who caused it. Can't blame a girl for being proud of such an accomplishment especially if said girlfriend happens to be a centuries' old vampire.
"I'm not gonna deny it you have a beautiful smile Babe"
"Then there's the names" Evie sighed leaning into Danny's side they were really sweet names too. Honestly Evie never thought she'd be this lucky.
"I know it's weird for me sometimes because I've never done the whole nickname thing with others except maybe my summer sisters"
Evie smiled enjoying this moment of calm but another frustrated groan from down stairs caught her attention. Laura's problems were really starting to encroach on her private time with Danny and if her sister wasn't going to do anything about it then someone had to.
"Danny you need to go save Laura from herself"
"What?"
"I can practically feel her determination plummeting from here and my sister is in a mood because they argued most the night about the whole protesting thing"
"If it's so annoying then why doesn't she just leave?"
"Because its Mother's apartment and Sister claimed it, the only thing that would ever make her leave it would be a stake through her chest or her own boredom" It was childish of her sister but vampires were territorial creatures and once they claimed something they never gave it up.
"Do I have to go I'm super comfortable right here" Danny mumbled burying her face in Evie's shoulder.
"Yes I would go but I need to check on Perry and Kirsch"
"How's he doing by the way I haven't seen him since the hunt?"
"He's alright but he flinches every time he sees a possible summer" Evie sighed kissing Danny's temple. "I figure Theo will come get him or he can just move in here to save us the trouble of worrying about him"
"Have I told you that you're catching up to Perry at being a mother hen?"
"I am not!"
"Sorry babe but you really are"
"That's your opinion and we don't have a third to prove otherwise so it doesn't count"
"What?"
"Just go help Laura before Mattie strangles her for inciting a riot"
Danny groaned seeing no reason she should leave Evie's arms, no good reasons anyway. Yes, she wanted to help Laura because they were friends but the reporter was going to crash soon and when she did it wouldn't be pretty.
Sensing the ginger's hesitancy Evie decided to give her some incentive. Leaning back far enough to take Danny's face in her hands Evie kissed her forehead, the tip of her nose, her left cheek then her right cheek and pulled away as Danny tried to go in for a kiss.
"Go save Laura from herself, Get sister out of her mood or at least out of the apartment, and that kiss is as good as yours"
"But I already have you right here"
Evie pecked her on the nose again "Yes but a hallway isn't the best place to cuddle and I know a couch that's far more comfortable"
"Fine, you won me over I'll go see Laura and poke your sister"
Somehow Danny managed to pry herself away from Evie's arms and head back downstairs. If anyone could help Laura it was Danny and if anyone could help her sister back into her snarky self it was definitely Danny.
With those two taken care of Evie headed back to Perry's room to check on the ginger. Since Lafontaine and J.P were still trying to get back into the room she knew her friend would be on edge, not that Evie blamed her. Seeing Will's body up walking around was unnerving as years of abuse and not so sibling behavior did that to a person but hundreds of years of it tore at a person's psyche more than she wanted to admit.
Brushing those darker thoughts aside Evie made her way to Perry's room, her sanctuary. For centuries she had tried to make little sanctuaries out of nooks she found where ever Maman had them stay but then they would leave and she never found that same security until Maman gave her a room here at the manor, one place that no matter how old she got was hers alone. It was odd to truly feel like she owned anything after being reminded that everything she had was given to her from someone else, someone who wanted something from her but that wasn't happening here, not with Perry, never Perry.
Knocking lightly she heard shuffling and small curses from the other side.
"Perry?"
"Come in!"
Peeking inside Evie found that the coffee table was covered in papers and old books but Perry was already cleaning up her project.
"Oh hey Evangeline" Perry smiled shoving most the books back into her dresser but not without knocking a few off the shelf. Picking up one of the books Evie frowned 'Exorcism and is it for you?' she didn't know about these kinds of books being in Perry's possession.
The ginger had admitted during a late night ice cream binge that she had dabbled in the "dark arts" or novelty of it her freshmen year ending terribly with too much embarrassment to explain it fully. Evie wouldn't push when it came to the dark arts she knew all too well how hard spells could be, her sire spent centuries refining even the most basic ones and Mattie was catching on though small acts of pyro-kinesis were known to work for all vampires.
"Where's Kirsch?" Evie was worried she found his scent was still fresh but the boy himself was nowhere to be found.
"He went to get more poster board and sticks for Laura's protesters though I don't think it was the wisest thing to send him out into that mess"
"He shouldn't be out there at all" Evie bit her lip looking towards the back window all she could see were handmade picket signs and fists waving in the air.
"So how did your meeting go?" Asked Perry taking her seat on the couch once more. It was best to draw the blondes attention away from Kirsch it wouldn't do to have her worrying.
"It was a repeat of last night just no vomiting and it was the hunters who were shocked instead of me"
"At least everyone knows now right? We don't have anyone else we need to tell?"
"No we covered all the people who actually need to know but eventually I'm going to have to make debut of some kind, I've never seen one but I'm sure Matska knows what to do" Evie wasn't looking forward to that especially when most the vampire world knew her as the weakest of Lilith's progeny it gave a bad spin on the whole situation.
"How did Danny take it?"
"She was just as surprised as I was and didn't ask as many questions but I know once she's had more time to really process it she'll be back" Evie never felt so lucky to have such a supportive mate as Danny.
"That's good one less person to be shocked"
"I wouldn't say that, she's still pretty dazed but I sent her to save Laura from herself, I figure the distraction would be good for her"
"I know what you mean, all those protesters chanting and shouting is starting to give me a head ache"
"I think it's giving everyone a headache" Evie agreed with her a hundred and ten percent because they needed to get those protesters happy or hungry enough to leave otherwise they wouldn't shut up.
"Well protesters aside how are you feeling about the whole J.P situation? I've sort of come to terms with it even if seeing his face still freaks me out"
"I don't know how I feel about him, I mean it's amazing that Lafontaine could do that but I'm still weirded out by it and I'm glad that J.P's ok but…" Evie licked her lips trying to think of a way to explain her feelings but it was still too strange. "I'm not exactly happy to see him either Perry but… when he speaks it's so different from Will and the way he talks to me, Will used to curse me and taunt me, tearing me down every chance he got but J.P he was kind and forever curious he speaks with such neutrality you could never tell if he was happy or sad but he always lit up when there was something new to explore"
"He was a man of wonder who never tired of the world and what it had to offer, he was a rare spark of life that I found myself lucky enough to befriend and I'm overjoyed that our friendship has lasted this long but I need to deal with the fact that its him I'm speaking with not Will"
"Maybe with time and a regular sleep schedule you two can get around that, I mean you're getting used to the idea that it's not Will already so how much longer before that idea really sets in?" Perry was trying to stay positive in this, she'd read between her old books on witchery as well as stress help books that a positive aura did wonders on those around you so why not start now?
Evie nodded maybe Perry was right she just needed to get herself back on track, drink more blood, and- a hesitant knock startled her making her realize just how lost in thought she was.
"Who is it?" Called Perry already having a pretty good idea of who it was.
"It's me Perry, can I come in? I brought a peace offering"
Perry was suspicious but her curiosity got the better of her. Going against her better judgment Perry conceded.
"Fine you can come in"
The door opened and there was Lafontaine with a reluctant J.P behind them and a plate stacked with grilled cheese and not just any grilled cheese, Lafontaine's coveted five cheese ironed grilled cheese. Somehow during their high school years Lafontaine had figured out the perfect heat for grilled cheese was on Perry's home Iron and used it all during finals week to make the perfect grilled cheese for their anxiety ridden friend.
"Is that what I think it is?" Perry couldn't help asking her mouth was already watering at the sight of the delicious cheesy goodness.
"Yes per, yes it is and I made all seven of them just for you but if you want to sha-"Perry hissed snatching the plate for their hands. "Or not"
Evie watched her friend dig into her first grilled cheese nearly crying at the perfection of it all.
"I guess they're amazing"
"Heavenly "Perry whispered taking another bite.
With Perry busy snacking away Lafontaine decided to try and open the lines of communication or attempt to at least.
"Hey Evie how are you feeling?" Lafontaine was apprehensive about the blondes reaction as was J.P but there was hope right?
"I'm feeling a little worse for wear but I'm doing better, Danny's here and I was hoping that maybe now we can all sort of focus on keeping Laura from going insane"
"I don't think that'll be too hard I mean all we have to do is get rid of the wifi again"
"No then Matska would end you" Lafontaine cringed it was all too true. Mattie had made it clear that if Lafontaine messed with anymore electronics in the manor she would bar the human from entering the place without a contract of some kind.
"Yeah maybe the wifi isn't the way to go"
"If I may interject" J.P began looking between the two nervously "Maybe simply talking to her would be a better solution or perhaps pressing her off switch sorry I meant sleep?"
He was still getting used to being in a body again it had been quite some time since he felt things with actual fingers and sleep was pretty new too.
"That would probably be the best solution that won't invoke snooty vampire rant, good job J.P"
"Thank you" He smiled happy to help but when he saw Evie's discomfort and took a small step back hoping the space would set her at ease.
"I agree with him and that's why I sent Danny to talk to her but I can still hear the protesters so I assume that hasn't worked"
"Hmm that does present another problem" J.P played with the edge of his shirt liking the feel of soft cotton and distracting himself so he could think.
"We could always switch her coco to tea" Laf offered.
"Laura's not that taste dead yet she might be running on a sugar rush but she would be able to tell the difference" Perry warned finally setting aside her now empty plate those grilled cheese's were amazing as always and had brightened her mood but she was still upset with Laf.
"True we'll just have to think of something else"
Evie watched the ginger pace around the couch while J.P became fixated on Perry's left over crumbs looking at them for the first time through a vampires eyes was pretty intense. Mot microscopes didn't compare to a vampires eye sight when they actually focused it but over time they learned to "un-focus" it or they would be too easily distracted.
It was interesting having a fledgling around that wasn't her, someone who for once didn't know as much about the vampire world and wasn't human. It was nice to be an elder sibling for once and it was J.P not Will she would be helping. That made the idea a little easier to accept because that body wasn't Will's anymore it was J.P's now and he would use it better than Will ever had.
The noise from the protesters grew louder with a few screams thrown in but Evie didn't think that was necessary. Yes they were enraged with the lack of action but there was no need to scream.
"Hey uh Evie…"
"Yes?"
"What's that?" Lafontaine pointed at the black clouds wondering how in heck they were coming so fast.
"I don't know but I think it best if you come away from the windows" Evie could hear the screeching and squawking.
Acting on instinct Evie pulled Lafontaine away from the window pushing them into J.P's arms as the cloud slammed into the house. Pulling Perry close she covered the ginger as birds swarmed them squawking and screeching, sending feathers everywhere.
Beaks and talons clawed her arms and back but she didn't let go of Perry. The ginger was screaming in her arms as panic rolled off her and Evie didn't blame her crows and ravens were never a good sign especially with Matska being so close. Just thinking her sister had something to do with this made Evie's protectiveness flare unknowingly forcing the ravens away but the crows were different. The crows screeched louder almost in protest before fleeing the room in a hellish swarm, leaving the group lost and panicked.
Slowly lifting her head Evie checked the room but she couldn't find any stragglers. Those birds had to bust through the window and some of them hadn't made it on the first try but it looked like all of them were gone.
Looking down at Perry she found the ginger shivering silently muttering unintelligible gibberish in her panic.
"I've got you Perry you're alright their gone all of them are gone"
The ginger flinched pulling Evie closer trying to crawl onto the blondes lap. Evie didn't fight her, her own protective instincts were on high alert wanting to keep the ginger as protected as possible which reminded her.
"J.P? Lafontaine are you alright?"
"We're a little ruffled but well Evangeline" J.P replied taking in the room. It was quite a mess with feathers everywhere and furniture knocked over.
"What was that?" asked Lafontaine stepping out of J.P's protective embrace.
"I don't know but something tells me were going to find out" Evie could already feel the dread rising, they just couldn't catch a break.
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So that was ch25 Mattie is always fun to write but now things are moving along and in case you haven't noticed they've only just started reaching the worst parts of the storm and its only going to get worse from here.
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