Bo
The Succubus had seen Lauren off to work and raced to get to her mother. She slammed on the breaks when she arrived and hopped out of her car. Taking two steps she was inside.
"So, what the hell have I missed? Bo asked as she stood behind the older Succubus.
"A lot". Aife laughed.
"Mom I was out with Lauren Saturday night and we saw Dyson. I know something is different because he didn't acknowledge us at all. He didn't even look at us. He looked like a robot. Now are you going to tell me, or shall I go and ask him? Bo snapped.
"He will never talk to you Isabeau because he can't come near you". Aife slapped her leg in hysterics.
"Okay. So, what happened? I know he can't remember us. But I will not have Lauren feeling like she can't ever enjoy herself wherever we are". Bo said seriously.
"Your grandfather took care of him for you. We all know Dyson can't remember who we are, but his wolf is still a horny dog. Keldon predicted he would come to like you again, or worse, Lauren, because of his wolf, but his wolf has been neutered shall we say? Aife laughed again.
"I never thought of that. I thought making Dyson forget us meant making his wolf forget too. Shit that could have been disastrous". Bo mentally slapped herself for not thinking of that sooner.
"Is she okay though? Aife asked.
"She's fine. I just dropped her off at work and thought I would catch up on what we missed". Bo smiled softly remembering Lauren's goodbye kiss. The doctor had a special kiss for everything. She could never get enough of them either. Lauren keeps saying Bo is spoiling her, but the Succubus thinks it is the other way around.
Taking two steps she grabbed a beer and a seat. She looked around and wondered where Keldon was, but she wouldn't wake him if he's sleeping. Sounds like he had a long weekend trying to help them, and Bo sat eternally grateful for all of it. She can still imagine everything the Fae did to Lauren before she ever met her. To have one that barely knows her stand up and protect her before anything happened touched Bo deep in her soul. Even her Succubus.
"I'm sorry". Bo said quietly.
"For? Aife laughed as she turned to face the young Fae.
"For bursting in her all accusatory and everything. I just couldn't shake the feeling that something was coming for Lauren and I wanted to get ahead of it". Bo slammed her beer and set the bottle on the nearest table.
"You should and would be proud of him Isabeau. He wanted to come and tell you but thought better of it, and handled business like that". Aife snapped her fingers in demonstration.
"Dyson would be a lot worse if all of him still remembered us". Bo sighed. Lauren would never rest, not that she is getting full night's sleep as it is. The only time she seems out for the count is when they have made love. Bo blushed at the thought of putting the Doctor to bed every night like that. But sometimes Lauren needed to study her cases. Bo would never interrupt that show, because it is quite entertaining, and Bo enjoyed every minute of it.
They spent most of Saturday night in the hot tub and Sunday in bed watching tv. Bo would curl up in Lauren's arms as she found something else to watch once they got bored with one show. Bo was learning that about Lauren too. Once she understands something, and the person explaining it goes off the rails, she loses interest. Taking a deep breath, she settled back in her seat.
For years she never could find a reason to rest herself. But she finally found one. It was in Lauren's arms. Lauren's mind. Everything about Lauren. Which is another reason she tries to stay available and close to home. She used to be out in the Fae world saving humans from what they didn't know or understand. Now that she didn't need to do that, she is free to plan everything around them.
Bo jumped from her seat when Keldon finally walked in. She bowed and the old King laughed and told her to stop.
"Mom told me everything that you did Saturday night. I cannot thank you enough for that, and that is worth a bow". Bo bowed again.
"You should really get in touch with your Succubus Bo, she mated with Lauren, long before you did". Keldon gently touched Bo's chin. He felt the warm pulse and nodded.
"I guess I never put all of that together. I certainly didn't put together that Dyson's wolf would remember us. So, for that I am eternally in your debt". Bo bowed again.
"There is no need to bow. I was more than glad to help. Some Fae need to be reminded of who they are dealing with. Your Succubus is as much my granddaughter as you are. Her interests are my concern too". Keldon took a beer from Aife and the old Succubus nearly bowed too.
"Isn't he the shit? Aife laughed.
"We still need to deal with Dyson. Short of killing him there is nothing stopping us from running into him. Somewhere in town. I certainly don't want to see him when were out on dates". Bo sighed.
"Okay". Keldon said as he walked over to Bo and touched her chin again. She felt her eyes turn blue and back to brown.
"What the hell was that? Aife laughed.
"I calmed her Succubus. Not like I did Dyson's wolf. But she will be calmer now. Nothing is going to happen Isabeau. Your mother gave you the best name. My daughter was no coward. She handed anyone their nuts on more than one occasion. I know you love that Doctor more than anything or anyone. Trust that love. Enjoy that love. You give him far too much of your energy as it is. Lauren used to look so tired when I saw her in her lab. Now she can rest. Because of her. She can rest because of me. She can rest because we all love her. She's been waiting for you a long, long time. We had all known that Aife had a daughter but only she knew where you were. Then when I found the Doctor, I knew you had been found too. Protecting Lauren is protecting you. So please stop with the bowing and thank yous. I am only doing my job as a father and grandfather". Keldon smiled softly.
Bo and Aife smiled in his direction and took their seats again. Bo sighed in relief that the weight had been lifted. Ever since she fell in love with Lauren, she was always scared that she wouldn't be there when something harmed Lauren or took her life. Either human circumstances or Fae. Now all of that paranoia is gone. The Doctor can be a Doctor and Bo can be Bo.
"Dyson will only be a cop now. Which means, he's Hale's problem mostly. Unless the Siren is finally granted a transfer request. But I doubt his Captain would ever approve that. Perhaps the wolf will mate with Kenzi next". Aife laughed.
Bo frowned. She wouldn't wish that on Kenzi, but she had grown fond of Dyson in the short time they have all known each other.
"Hale will protect her. He has an eye for her". Bo said quietly.
"Come on. It's a nice day out. Let's go get some air". Keldon suggested.
Bo grabbed her keys and followed them out. Lauren would be working for hours. Bo had plenty of time to do whatever her brand new Grandfather wants to do.
39th Division
Hale kept his head on his paperwork. Dyson hadn't shown up for work yet, and that was a good thing. It would give the siren plenty of time to wrap up his cases and notify his captain. He could finish early if he put more effort into it. He is starting to get used to being stuck in this division or quitting altogether. But he loved police work. He gets to help people and see things his old eyes have never seen before. He had Kenzi stashed in an interrogation room under close watch. She had pissed off a few cops as soon as they stepped in the door. The Captain had to send them out on the streets to get them to calm down.
Hale is no babysitter, but he cares about Kenzi. She's a tiny woman with a big mouth at times. After what he watched that crazy Fae do the other night, he was not about to let Kenzi be anywhere without him. Bo has some strange relatives, but they are very powerful too. Who the hell talks to Dyson like that? Throws Dyson around like that? He's not even sure the wolf remembers who did it. But that is a good thing because it keeps the peace.
Just like Bo is trying to have with Lauren. If everyone fell in love like those two, none of the Fae would have problems. But the only problem with that is most Fae don't know how or are incapable of love. He doesn't trust Bo's relative. That guy didn't look or act like any Fae he's seen before. Her certainly never knew Aife is her grandmother's namesake like Bo is to hers.
This all started with Lauren. The Fae tried to blame her for the Ash death, and everything went to hell after that. Not that it shouldn't have because that was a cold thing to try and do. Lauren has never been a sloppy Doctor. Even under the Ash rule, she was always methodical. As much as Hale loathed the idea of slaves, that's what Lauren was. He knew Bo didn't like it, even if he never officially saw her voice her displeasure.
If Bo wasn't unaligned, she never would have gone and found Lauren. But Bo has never looked like the type to follow rules even if she had picked a side. Lauren's freedom lead to the mess they are all under. Bo wasn't being too overbearing, but she's not exactly being nice either. The only people that are truly happy are her, Lauren, Aife, and this new guy. Hale hurried up to go and work on his next case. Off the clock. He had some old books of Trick's. If anyone knew what this guy was, it would be in those.
Lauren peeled her gloves off and was walking back to her office when she had been called for again. She rushed back to one of the exam rooms and stopped once she saw the patient. She had seen this many times. She knew the bite quite well. She didn't back down and treated the patient. After giving discharge instructions, she did head to her office, and told them she wasn't to be disturbed. She used her handprint and the doors opened. It is a new security device she put in place. She pulled her lab coat off and tossed it into the bin. She rounded her desk and pulled her phone out.
"Well hello Dr. Lewis. Are we ready for lunch? Bo smiled into the phone.
"Someone's already had lunch, or shall I say a snack". Lauren replied
"Lauren you are scaring me. What's going on? Bo asked as she stopped in her tracks.
"I just treated a patient with a particular bite. A wolf's bite". Lauren said softly.
"Damn it. You don't mean…". Bo snapped.
"Yes. Him". Lauren said.
"He's not there is he Lauren? Where are you exactly? Bo asked.
"I'm in my office. Locked away in my office". Lauren replied. She wasn't trying to worry Bo but felt she needed to know what had landed in Lauren's clinic.
"I will be right there, and we can all decide on what we are going to do". Bo waved Aife and Keldon over.
"I will be waiting". Lauren replied as she hung up.
"Fucking fool! Bo screamed.
"Isabeau? Aife said seriously.
"What happened? Keldon asked.
"Lauren just treated a patient with a wolf bite. That wolf". Bo seethed.
"It was only a patient right? I know damn well he didn't go after Lauren. It is not possible". Keldon said.
"No. But her treating a patient like that this soon is troubling. Which is why we are going to her clinic and talk to her about it. Right now". Bo walked off and didn't wait to see if they were following her.
The gang arrived at Lauren's clinic and used a secret entry way to the hall leading to her office. Lauren didn't wait for them to knock. She just sensed Bo had arrived.
"Are you okay? Bo asked as she hugged the doctor.
"I'm fine. Just wasn't expecting to see that today". Lauren pulled back, but Bo was still looking her over. "I'm fine. Really".
"So, what are we going to do about this? If he's going around biting people. He must be fighting people. For one of them to land in Lauren's clinic is not a coincidence to me". Bo seethed.
"We will get some people on it. We will find him. But we will never touch him. That bastard doesn't deserve our hands on him". Aife said seriously.
"This is my mess. I will clean it up". Keldon said as he walked over to the doorway.
"No. I will handle this. Lauren is my mate. I will find out what he is doing. If he has established a pattern, it will stop. Today." Bo said coldly.
"Bo…". Lauren.
"I will be back in time to pick you up. I promise". Bo kissed Lauren softly and left with Aife and Keldon.
"This can never happen again. He either needs to be stopped for good or get the hell out of this town. No bodies or patients are to land in there again! Bo snapped as she pointed at the building.
The trio raced around the town following every lead they had picked up on. Hale hadn't heard from Dyson. Kenzi was still locked away in his interrogation room. Lauren was locked away in her office, and nobody was being allowed in there.
"Sasha tell me you got something." Aife said into her phone.
"I'm closing in on him! Sasha screamed back.
"Got it." Aife read the directions off to Keldon and he wrote them down as Bo sped down the street. She wanted to scream too, but knew she needed to stay cool. If humans were being attacked that really would be on them, because Dyson wouldn't remember Bo's decree that they aren't to be touched. She seethed remembering how little he thought of Lauren whenever she mentioned her to him. To keep her Doctor patient confidentiality Lauren couldn't tell them who the patient was, only that Dyson took a huge bite out of someone.
They arrived and jumped out of the car. Bo didn't even turn the ignition off, she just wanted to get to Dyson.
"Wolf come to me". Bo's Succubus called out to him. Dyson growled not being able to stop the Succubus pull.
"You have two choices wolf. Either stop sending people to that clinic or die right here and right now." The Succubus never laid a hand on him, but her eyes kept him locked in place.
Remove his lust for me too. Bo's Succubus heard Aife's Succubus say.
Dyson growled and struggled with his decision. He had been hungry for two days. He only stopped chewing on one person because he had seen someone far more appetizing. He didn't want to die, but he didn't want to starve either. Bo, Aife and Keldon watched him nod and run into the woods. Bo was satisfied that he had given his answer. He had given into his nature. But he would not be feeding on humans or any Fae in the colony.
"How did I do that? Bo asked after they were headed back.
"Get every Fae you can find and have them meet in front of the Dal at once! Bo screamed over her shoulder. Aife and Sasha got on their phones and Keldon smiled with pride. Bo didn't sit on anything.
Bo was impressed with how many people actually showed. As if they had a choice in the matter. She stood on top of the nearest truck and spoke.
"Dyson Thornwood has left Toronto by his own decision. He attacked someone for no reason, and I was made aware of it this afternoon. If you are found helping him, you will sign your own death certificate. He is not to be openly feeding on anyone. We are Fae, but we can find other ways to feed. I shouldn't have to tell any of you not to feed on humans. I should have made myself clear the last time. This is the last time that I will speak on this. You are dismissed". Bo jumped off of the truck and jumped into her car. She drove Aife and Keldon home and hurried to pick up Lauren. Dyson's shit wasn't about to make her late for her own plans.
She shook her head thinking of everything she got from his wolf. It wasn't anything Keldon did. The wolf is lost without its mate. But Bo is not longer his mate. She never was. He ran off to find another. But she still wanted her laws in place in case he returned.
Her eyes flashed blue thinking of how close he got to Lauren. In her mind it was the same as him showing up to Lauren's lab. His wolf still remembers her. Knows any bite of his, she will be able to identify. And why? Because of Bo's insistence on helping him when the Dark wanted him dead for a murder he didn't commit. The Succubus wasn't the Ash. She wasn't Trick. Those were men that should have cleared Dyson. Like when the Ash wouldn't help Lou Ann because she was Dark. Why did the unaligned Succubus need to be defender of the Light Fae? The Light Fae that tried to frame Lauren for a murder she didn't commit either. She is done with that shit. Done with the lot of them. They no longer exist because Bo is in charge.
She smiled when she pulled up to Lauren's clinic. Then frowned when she saw Lauren's aura. The Doctor looked rattled. She jumped out and opened the door for her.
"Hello". Bo smiled as she kissed the Doctor's cheek.
"Hi Bo". Lauren half smiled back.
Bo internally sighed and ran around to the driver's side door. She jumped in and pulled off.
The Succubus drove until she found an empty lot and parked.
"Lauren we need to talk about this. All of it. I don't want to do that at home, because it is ours. Let's get it all out in the open, literally". Bo said gently turning in her seat to face the Doctor.
Lauren shook her head and looked around and looked back. "I think we made a mistake with him Bo."
"I know. I screwed up. I thought him not remembering us would be enough. I didn't consider that his wolf would remember. But he won't touch you Lauren. Never". Bo shifted in anger just thinking about it.
"As hard as it is for me as a Doctor, maybe I need to keep my clinic to humans only. I don't want to be that way because all Fae aren't out to get me or are evil". Lauren sighed hard. She was still uneasy. Even with Bo by her side. Could she have been more alert? Should she have sensed this before it happened? Dyson had bitten someone in a way only Lauren would recognize. Was his wolf sending a message?
"I love being a Doctor Bo. I don't want to quit. It's another of my sanctuaries". Lauren said angrily.
"Whoa. Nobody is saying you need to quit. You will be protected Lauren. I promise". Bo said tearfully. Lauren's whole life has been about being a Doctor. She shouldn't ever have to quit unless she wants to quit.
The women jumped when they heard a wolf howling. Bo's eyes turned blue and she turned to get out of her car. But she was too late. Lauren had already fled in his direction.
"Shit! Bo screamed running after the Doctor.
TBC