Revenge is a Dish Best Served Dead
BeautifulAli
PG-13
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"How is your little project going, Lilah?"
"Quite well, sir, but I have an idea I need to run by you…."
"Yes, Ms. Morgan? Is Angel's little puppy giving you a hard time, Lilah? You know I could assign another of our associates to the task."
"That 'puppy' can become more dangerous than you could ever guess," she said, thinking back to last night and the cruel gleam in Wesley's eyes. What she had said was true…he was slowly losing his soul, but far too slowly for her likes. To hasten the loss, to turn him into the tortuous killer she knew he could be…that would be useful to the firm on all levels. "His do-gooder soul is stopping him. If there was a way to rid him of that baggage, a quick and easy way…he may just join us. It would be only natural."
"You want my permission to have him made into a vampire, of all things?"
"Yes, sir."
"He would become more dangerous to us."
"But more valuable as well. All he has to offer us now is his training as a watcher and his inside knowledge of Angel Investigations, which is quickly getting out of date. He could be one of our best, I've seen it in his eyes."
"He is a Judas by nature now, Lilah. If he turns on Angel, who is to say he doesn't turn on us as well? And a vampire would be far more dangerous than an ordinary human." A sigh from the other end of the phone. "Very well, Ms. Morgan, you have my permission to have him turned, but you know the rules: if this comes back to bite the firm on its ass, you are out of a job…and consequently—"
"Dead. Yes, I know sir."
"Good. Do it then. And I'll expect a progress report on my desk tomorrow morning."
"Yes, sir. Goodbye, sir," she said, hanging up the phone and turning toward her guest. He looked normal enough, with all the shades in the office drawn. But she knew that was a minor glamour on his part. The creature that sat before her was old, had in fact been worshiped as a god once, and Lilah knew that his true face reflected that age, and that power.
"Morpheus," she said. One of the oldest living vampires. Once god of sleep, he had created the Order of Auralius, of which Angelus was a descendent. "You know what to do. Take as many with you as you need, but he is usually at a bar drinking this time of night. Or perhaps at home drinking. Getting in is your problem."
The vampire gave her a wink, and then a formal bow. "It shall be done, Lilah," he said with a smile, before exiting the room.
Lilah reclined in her comfortable leather chair, enjoying the view of her new corner office. All she had to do now was wait.
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AN: ok, yes, this chapter was short, but I've got more coming, especially if you guys like what I've got going here ^_^
