Part 7
Jayden stared at Alisha, as if not sure what he thought he'd heard her say. Alisha walked inside without waiting to be invited.
"I understand why you've been acting the way you have," she went on. "Why you're with that Kalika bitch and not with me. It's because of the Night World, because of the laws."
Alisha walked up to Jayden's bedroom. Jayden meekly followed her, not sure what else to do.
"Elaine and Hazel told me everything," Alisha continued. "I understand completely why you're behaving like such a bastard."
Alisha was talking as if becoming a vampire was the most natural thing in the world. "It's the only way we can be together," she said, looking at him directly. "I want to be with you, and if this is what it takes, so be it."
Jayden continued to stare at her, realising he didn't have a clue what to say. What Alisha was talking about was just...just nuts. Not to mention crazy and totally illegal.
"We can stay in Circle Daybreak," Alisha said with one of those reassuring smiles that was starting to drive him nuts.
Jayden snorted. "I don't think I'm Circle Idiot's type of people."
Alisha's head tilted. "Don't you want to be with me?"
Jayden looked at her, taking time to think about his answer. She was human. He was a vampire. They were soulmates, but they could never be together. The law of Night World said so.
If they *bent* the rules a little and changed Alisha...
But even that was forbidden too. Jayden sighed. Love sucked. "I do want to be with you. It's - it's..."
"Then *change* me," she insisted.
"There's - complications," he got out lamely. "Things to consider."
Alisha was clearly disappointed. "Okay," she muttered. "Promise me you'll think about it." She kissed his cheek and left.
Jayden sighed again. Things were going from bad to worse. Complications...
The complications were *Kalika*. This was all *her* fault.
Maybe something should be done about that.
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Part 14
Kalika's eyes narrowed as she watched Jayden and Alisha closely. Something was up. She knew just by his expression.
He was trying to be calm and cool, but he was failing miserable.
He kept glancing over at Alisha, who was looking at him, her eyes sparkling with hope. She scowled. She thought she'd made it pretty clear what would happen if Jayden decided to pursue this ridiculous soulmate thing.
"What?" she snapped. "What's going on? I thought I - "
Jayden waved dismissively. "It's nothing," he snorted.
Kalika didn't believe him in the slightest. She glanced over ay Sylvie, hovering behind Alisha and her friends, keeping her eye on them.
"It doesn't look like nothing," she said dryly.
Jayden sighed. His lip curled in contempt. His expression was almost believable. "Alisha's decided she wants to be a vampire," he said. "She thinks it's the only way she and I can be together."
Kalika stared at him. Alisha...vampire...Never! Not as long as she was alive!
"And you told her?"
He smirked cruelly. "I'd think about it. It's not going to happen."
Kalika frowned. Was he telling the truth? When Alisha glanced in their direction, Jayden grabbed her shoulders, pulled her close and deliberately kissed her passionately. He sauntered away smugly.
Sylvie came over to join Kalika. "My, what a good actor Jayden is. I almost believed his act myself."
Kalika's eyes narrowed again. "Did she say anything?"
Sylvie shrugged. "Nothing we don't already know. Those stupid friends of hers told her about C.D. She thinks if she can get Jayden to change her they can be together forever." She sneered in disgust.
"Is he going to do it?" Kalika asked.
Sylvie shrugged again. "I don't know," she answered.
Kalika had had it. She'd tried to be nice, she'd tried being reasonable. She would have thought that the blackmail would be the key.
But Alisha was *still* *in* *the* *way*.
Which meant something had to be done.
And soon.
* * *
Jayden stared at Alisha, as if not sure what he thought he'd heard her say. Alisha walked inside without waiting to be invited.
"I understand why you've been acting the way you have," she went on. "Why you're with that Kalika bitch and not with me. It's because of the Night World, because of the laws."
Alisha walked up to Jayden's bedroom. Jayden meekly followed her, not sure what else to do.
"Elaine and Hazel told me everything," Alisha continued. "I understand completely why you're behaving like such a bastard."
Alisha was talking as if becoming a vampire was the most natural thing in the world. "It's the only way we can be together," she said, looking at him directly. "I want to be with you, and if this is what it takes, so be it."
Jayden continued to stare at her, realising he didn't have a clue what to say. What Alisha was talking about was just...just nuts. Not to mention crazy and totally illegal.
"We can stay in Circle Daybreak," Alisha said with one of those reassuring smiles that was starting to drive him nuts.
Jayden snorted. "I don't think I'm Circle Idiot's type of people."
Alisha's head tilted. "Don't you want to be with me?"
Jayden looked at her, taking time to think about his answer. She was human. He was a vampire. They were soulmates, but they could never be together. The law of Night World said so.
If they *bent* the rules a little and changed Alisha...
But even that was forbidden too. Jayden sighed. Love sucked. "I do want to be with you. It's - it's..."
"Then *change* me," she insisted.
"There's - complications," he got out lamely. "Things to consider."
Alisha was clearly disappointed. "Okay," she muttered. "Promise me you'll think about it." She kissed his cheek and left.
Jayden sighed again. Things were going from bad to worse. Complications...
The complications were *Kalika*. This was all *her* fault.
Maybe something should be done about that.
* * *
Part 14
Kalika's eyes narrowed as she watched Jayden and Alisha closely. Something was up. She knew just by his expression.
He was trying to be calm and cool, but he was failing miserable.
He kept glancing over at Alisha, who was looking at him, her eyes sparkling with hope. She scowled. She thought she'd made it pretty clear what would happen if Jayden decided to pursue this ridiculous soulmate thing.
"What?" she snapped. "What's going on? I thought I - "
Jayden waved dismissively. "It's nothing," he snorted.
Kalika didn't believe him in the slightest. She glanced over ay Sylvie, hovering behind Alisha and her friends, keeping her eye on them.
"It doesn't look like nothing," she said dryly.
Jayden sighed. His lip curled in contempt. His expression was almost believable. "Alisha's decided she wants to be a vampire," he said. "She thinks it's the only way she and I can be together."
Kalika stared at him. Alisha...vampire...Never! Not as long as she was alive!
"And you told her?"
He smirked cruelly. "I'd think about it. It's not going to happen."
Kalika frowned. Was he telling the truth? When Alisha glanced in their direction, Jayden grabbed her shoulders, pulled her close and deliberately kissed her passionately. He sauntered away smugly.
Sylvie came over to join Kalika. "My, what a good actor Jayden is. I almost believed his act myself."
Kalika's eyes narrowed again. "Did she say anything?"
Sylvie shrugged. "Nothing we don't already know. Those stupid friends of hers told her about C.D. She thinks if she can get Jayden to change her they can be together forever." She sneered in disgust.
"Is he going to do it?" Kalika asked.
Sylvie shrugged again. "I don't know," she answered.
Kalika had had it. She'd tried to be nice, she'd tried being reasonable. She would have thought that the blackmail would be the key.
But Alisha was *still* *in* *the* *way*.
Which meant something had to be done.
And soon.
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