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I was floating, I wasn't dead, I was just floating. I could hear the gentle sound of wings moving air. I was hovering above what looked like the city, I tried focusing to gain a better idea of where I was, when I heard Bo's soft voice say, "Save me."

It was a determined and definite tone mixed with controlled panic. I turned in the direction the voice came from. I saw Bo standing with a pained smile on her face. I went to move to her, when two sets of female arms shot out of the surrounding darkness and grabbed Bo. Pulling her further from me. She met my eyes and screamed, yelling for me to save her. I went to reach for her, but I began to fall into the endless darkness below me.

I woke up, breathing heavily. I turned to see Bo sleeping, drooling on the pillow she clutched under her head. I reached over and brushed some stray hairs from her face. I held my hand against her face to make sure she was still alive and still next to me. I let out the breath I was unknowingly holding, my vivid dreams were increasing in frequency and I needed to pay attention to them, even if they were short dreams, the intensity of this one was cluing me in that I was having a premonition. I watched Bo sleep for a few minutes until the clock caught my eye, telling me it was now slipping into late morning.

I snuck out of the bed without waking up the beautiful woman still drooling on the pillow and headed downstairs to the kitchen. I started up the coffee maker and sat down at my desk, fidgeting with Tamsins blood samples. I wanted to do a quick DNA image to compare and contrast between Bo's and mine and to also start testing. I knew I had a little time before Bo would wake up and want to make up some more. Our night together brought new meaning to the definition of make-up sex, I had never experienced anything like I did with Bo when I carried her upstairs and laid her on the bed. Our lovemaking was intense and satisfying on a level that I could not explain. It was like Bo had finally stop holding back with me and I was experiencing all of Bo and the succubus in her. It was amazing.

As I drifted off to memories from the night, a soft knock on my front door pulled me out of the inappropriate thoughts. I stared at the door, confused. No ever knocked on my door anymore, other than the food delivery guys Kenzi constantly had over, but everyone else had keys and those who didn't just broke in.

I threw on a sweatshirt as I headed to my front door. I opened it and was surprised to see Finnegan, alone and smiling.

"Dr. Lewis, good morning."

I straightened my posture up, this man made me want to stick to the etiquette classes I long abandoned in my youth for science. "Good morning Finnegan."

A moment passed before he smiled wider and extended the pink pastry box he held in his hands, "Muffins. Mother always told me to bring something when making an unexpected call on someone."

I smiled nervously and took the pink box from him, stepping off to the side to allow him to enter, "Please, come in." I instantly knew why he was at my door. If Tamsin knew, Finnegan surely did as well.

Finnegan stood in the middle of the apartment, looking around at my interior decoration skills. "Lovely home, Dr. Lewis. Exactly as I expected."

I moved past him, setting the muffins down on the kitchen counter. I motioned towards the couch, "please take a seat." My manners were in full bore, Finnegan brought it out in me on a larger scale than normal. He nodded and chose my leather chair, elegantly crossing his legs as he sat. "I am certain you know why the visit."

I sat across from him on the couch, I raised my eyebrows at him, "you know about my current situation, and you now know that I know." I smiled at my silly cryptic sentence.

"Yes. You're Fae situation. I knew you would find out soon enough. A curious brilliant mind such as yours, no secret can be kept for long." He tapped his fingers on the arm of the chair, "you are a hybrid, no?" he looked at me as if it was a question and a statement.

"I haven't been able to run the appropriate tests to confirm or deny that. I just started the groundwork."

He nodded, "you have been interacting with the Valkyrie, and I hear she has given you her wings?"

I felt like I was talking to my father, trying to goad me into admitting that I snuck out of the house past bedtime, I didn't want to talk about the wings so I bypassed it. "I have yes; she is a critical part of all of this. I know that she is dark fae, but she has, intermingled with me and Bo." I held my gaze on him, I didn't trust him as much as I wanted too, and "you knew before I did, that's why you secured my file."

A light smile came across his face, "it was just standard procedure at the time, what the succubus had done was unheard of and we need to collect information. It just so happened that your blood, immediately after the incident was rich with fae energy. Since you were in our care, we needed to be cautious and keep things from you and others."

"Why didn't you tell me?" I had put my trust in the light fae and Finnegan, feeling as if they were trustworthy and that my work was valuable to them, that I would be valuable to them. "I could have started work sooner, and possibly been able to reverse the process. Correct my mutations and keep Tamsin from sacrificing."

Finnegan laughed, "The dark fae Valkyrie is the last of my worries, she has done more harm than good, as is expected from a dark fae. As for you, I cannot tell you much other than it was for research purposes. Your blood had thinned out in levels of Fae and the scientists you trained so well, they figured in time, your blood would return to normal since you exhibited no powers or any true changes. That is until that little human sidekick and the ogres met." He looked down at his fingernails, "the problem that now has arisen is you are showing signs that you are more fae than human now, the energy transference has altered just more than your blood and DNA, its seeped into your entire being, but that's all my scientists have. They have never come across a creature like you in all of our history. This is concerning to both sides, your potential to be a powerful fae is the topic of many polite dinner conversation."

I whispered hard, "you want me to choose a side." I clenched my jaw.

Finnegan sat forward, "in time, yes, you will have to; I prefer it and recommend it be my side. But for now, you are a hybrid. You don't fit in either side. The elders have called a meeting in a months' time to discuss what is to be done with you. In the years past, when a human was turned fae, it was wholly and they instantly chose the side that was most attractive to them. But you, Dr. Lewis, are still equally as human as you are Fae. My lab staff has told me that every day your blood continues to morph and change, but has yet to make its own final decision. It appears your body has yet to decide what exactly it wants to be." he picked off a piece of lint on his immaculate pants, "I am going to offer you something, Dr. The Valkyries are assembling for you, the dark fae Valkyries, on orders of the Morrigan and Odin. You are to be taken to Valhalla and the fallen, drunken Valkyrie is to be punished viciously for her failures with you. This is the real reason I am here, I am offering you protection of the light fae, all you have to do is swear fealty to us as a light Fae, regardless of your hybrid state. I can guarantee your full protection under the light fae laws and the backup you will need to take on these vicious women."

He looked at me hard; I could see his sincerity in the offer he was extending to me. "You and Tamsin will not survive in your weakened state; the succubus will also suffer greatly, regardless of the immense amount of power she has exhibited in the past. Dark Fae Valkyries in mass are practically unstoppable."

I closed my eyes, I wanted to go back to bed and crawl deep under the covers and wake up from this bad dream. Finnegan was a master politician and negotiator, he was working me and it was painfully evident. "I appreciate your concern, and your offer. But I have to decline, I want to do this on my own and refrain from choosing a side until I know more about my own situation." I stood up, "Tamsin has warned me about the eventual visit from her sisters, I am prepared for that. But in my heart I cannot choose a side and swear servitude to a race of people who look down on humans and have treated me and the woman I love like fodder." I looked at him gently so he would not take my comments to offense, "but understand, I have followed orders blindly and intrinsically in my time with the army and I lost myself. I lost my life on a figurative and literal plane; it is something I will never return too. Ever. What happens next, whether it is my ultimate demise or my ultimate victory, will be on my own terms." I folded my arms, "I wished that you had given me the professional courtesy to tell me what you knew about my internal situation as soon as possible so I could have avoided the damage that has been caused and will be caused as more time is lost. I trusted you, I felt you were open and honest with me, but you hid things and now it has jeopardized the lives of people I care about and respect."

Finnegan sat in silence, he kept a strong face on but I could tell he was far from used to having anyone, especially a human, speak to him like I was. I sat on the edge of the couch, "as for being Fae, I will find a way to reverse it or a way to live as one without choosing a side, because to be honest, you need me more than I need you. "

Our eyes met and held a strong stare, like two prizefighters staring down before the main event.

"Lauren, who are you talking too?" Bo walked down the stairs, rubbing at her messy hair. She was still half asleep, wearing one of my old t-shirts and a tiny pair of black underwear. She got half way down the stairs and stopped, her eyes widening as she saw Finnegan and I turn to her. He smiled gently, "good morning, Ysabeau." He gave no hint that he was the least interested in Bo's scantily clad appearance.

I stood up, "Finnegan just stopped by, but I believe he is leaving now." I said it gently, so as he would take it as a cue and not a command. Finnegan picked up the hint and stood from his seat, smoothing out his suit, "I just wanted to stop and say hello." He motioned to the box of muffins, "please enjoy the muffins, they are from the best bakery in the city." I smiled and nodded, I glanced at Bo who was still staring at the two of us confused. I followed Finnegan to the door, opening it up for him. Before he exited he turned to me, "I can appreciate your honesty and strength, it's rather, different, for me to have a human speak to me as you have. It is a bit off-putting but it demands respect. Your choices are your own, Dr. and the consequences that may follow lie only on your shoulders. I hope the elders can be as understanding as I." he took a step outside of the door and paused again, "you may continue to have access to the fae labs, no strings. Your research will benefit all." He nodded and disappeared around the corner silently. I closed the door behind him and locked it; I leaned against it and slid down the door, to the floor. Emotionally spent from going toe to toe with a man like Finnegan. Bo jogged over to me and sat on her knees in front of me, hands on my knees, "are you okay?"

I looked in her eyes, "when did I suddenly become so popular?"

"I would say it was when you started dating me, I am sorry. I have that effect on people's lives." She ran her hands up and down my arms, "what was he really here for? I could hear you two talking, I thought it was the TV. Then I heard your stern doctor voice."

I hung my head down, "Both sides of Fae know. Know about me and he came over to start the campaign process for the light fae. He also affirmed Tamsins warning, there's a large group of Valkyries making their way to us." I left out the scientific specifics, they were too uncertain and I didn't want to bring it up with Bo to get her hopes up in any direction. That I would live forever with her as a fae or live a short time as a human.

Bo put her hand under my chin, pulling my face up to look at hers, "we can handle them, together."

I wanted to believe her, but all of the warnings and the fear I saw in Tamsins eyes and the genuine concern in Finnegan's told me there was a reason to worry. I would have accepted Finnegan's offer of help if it wasn't so laden with ultimatums. I reached out and pulled Bo into my arms, I could feel her smile against my neck as she kissed it, "if last night was an idea of our combined powers, I would say we are unstoppable."

I leaned back so I could look at her, "you didn't hold back last night, did you?"

She smiled wide, the dimple deepening and stealing my focus, "I wanted to test my own theory. I can feed from fae without hurting or killing them. I wanted to see if it was true with you." she let out a huge sigh, "I was right, and wow. I have been waiting for any moment to let go completely with you." she looked at me and I could see her blushing as she took her own trip down memory lane, "all I can say Lauren is, wow. I have never ever been with anyone like that." She bent forward and kissed me, "I could get used to it and never want anything or anyone else."

I felt myself blush, my own memories floating in, "Bo." I stopped, I wanted to be cautious and tell her that my blood was constantly changing every day, and that my body had yet to decide what it wanted to be. But when I looked in her eyes, I couldn't think of anything, "Did you want a muffin?"

Bo laughed out loud and jumped up, reaching down and pulling me up. "One day you will take a compliment without being the awkward doctor."

"I am an awkward doctor sometimes." I smiled, the memory of the first time I said the exact thing to Bo filled my head. It made her laugh more, and she pulled me towards the kitchen counter. Opening the pastry box, she poked at the muffins.

"You think he did something to these?"

I shook my head, "no, I think Finnegan honestly just has manners." I picked up a blueberry and stared at it, I looked at Bo, "maybe we should have Kenzi try these first…." She reached over and slapped my arm, her mouth open, "Lauren! I thought you and Kenzi were friends! Now you want to use her as the food tester?"

I shrugged, smiling. Just as I was about to take a bite from the muffin, I heard my front door swing open followed by an all too familiar, "yo! YO!"

Kenzi brushed past me, and snatched the muffin out of my hand. Inhaling half of it in two bites. I looked at Bo, both of us suddenly very tense. We stared at Kenzi as she devoured the rest moaning in delight, "Damn girl, these are some fine ass muffins. Where you get them?"

I silently counted to thirty, the standard count for poison to take effect in the human system. At twenty nine, Kenzi looked at the both of us as she reached for another muffin, "what's with the zombie faces kids? You bang yourselves mute?" she chomped down on a strawberry cream muffin, moaning again.

I smiled as I reached my count and Kenzi was still standing. I reached into the box and picked up a chocolate chip muffin, pulling it in half and handing it to Bo. Who eagerly took it and began moaning in delight herself as she chewed.

I took a bite, the muffin was delicious, when I swallowed I looked at Kenzi, "so, Kenzi. How do you feel about taking on some Valkyries with Bo and I?" I could feel Bo shoot me a strange glare out the side of my eye.

TBC!