Part 18
Lucifer felt like kicking something. Namely Ash Redfern for showing up and getting in the way. He had just been about to tell Caprice everything. He wasn't even sure if she liked him very much.
She seemed cold and remote and obviously didn't have any friends. Everyone seemed to avoid her. He was sure if he got her to open up she would be a nice person. She was probably lonely and defensive.
Only on sighting Ash Redfern with the local popular girl he'd been distracted and the opportunity had been lost. He'd never actually met another dragon before. He'd been woken about twenty years ago. He still looked like the eighteen year old he'd been when he'd been first put to sleep all those thousands of years ago.
It had taken him a while to adjust to the modern world - and the modern Night World. He'd spent years studying dragons and other mythical creatures that weren't supposed to exist, (but probably did in one form or another).
And he had come across the dragon prophecy. He'd known instantly that it had something to do with him. And the last line...pretty obvious. Another dragon would be woken, and they would be soulmates.
He'd kind of lied when he told Thierry he was sure the prophecy had nothing to do with him. He knew deep inside that he was connected to it in some way, but wasn't sure how so he kept his mouth shut.
Now he'd met this girl. The Daybreakers here seemed convinced she was the dragon. He couldn't see anything about her that said she was any kind of Night Person. If no one had ever told her what she was....if she'd seen her horns and thought they were just deformities, she might have had them surgically removed...
Then the whole prophecy would be a waste of time.
There was a chance that this girl *wasn't* the dragon and they could be totally wrong.
But...
He suddenly realised he never knew who had woken him up. It sounded absurd, he knew, but...Why the hell had it never occurred to him to think about that until now?
Surely waking dragons wasn't something everyone could do. He should have spent more time looking into that.
"What's *that*?"
He blinked, brought out of his thoughts by Ash's voice near by. He had paused and was eyeing Caprice.
"I've never seem him before," the blonde girl, Leandra turned to give Lucifer a stunning smile. He just gave her an unimpressed glare. It took more than looks and a famous clan name to impress him.
"Not *him*," Ash said dismissively. "*Her*?"
Leandra was eyeing him as there was something wrong with him. "She's nobody. Come on." She tugged his arm, pulling him away.
Thea had mentioned something to him about a plan to find the dragon and make her reveal herself. A plan that involved Ash and a friend of his. She'd probably explained it all very clearly, only he'd been too pleased on finally finding his soulmate that he hadn't paid any attention to her. Maybe he should ask for some more details before he opened his mouth and started blabbing.
"I've never seen any guy react that way to Leandra." Caprice was looking at him, slightly more interested that she had been previously.
Lucifer smile. "I'm not most guys." He opened his mouth to say something else - then stopped. Oh, this was *not* working out for him! First Ash interrupted, and now *this.*
A girl had just entered the room. Tall with long raven black hair, dressed in dark clothing. It couldn't be. She was *dead*.
"Who's that?" he asked trying to keep his voice calm.
Caprice frowned, seeing him glancing over at the girl. "That's Sephra Redfern. She's only fairly new too. She started last week." She eyed him curiously.
It...why the hell was this *happening* to him? Why now? He thought he'd dealt with Sephra Redfern ages ago. Obviously the bitch was more tricky than he'd thought.
He stood up and stormed over to her, grabbing er shoulder and forcing her to turn around. "What are you doing here? You're dead. I killed you."
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Lucifer felt like kicking something. Namely Ash Redfern for showing up and getting in the way. He had just been about to tell Caprice everything. He wasn't even sure if she liked him very much.
She seemed cold and remote and obviously didn't have any friends. Everyone seemed to avoid her. He was sure if he got her to open up she would be a nice person. She was probably lonely and defensive.
Only on sighting Ash Redfern with the local popular girl he'd been distracted and the opportunity had been lost. He'd never actually met another dragon before. He'd been woken about twenty years ago. He still looked like the eighteen year old he'd been when he'd been first put to sleep all those thousands of years ago.
It had taken him a while to adjust to the modern world - and the modern Night World. He'd spent years studying dragons and other mythical creatures that weren't supposed to exist, (but probably did in one form or another).
And he had come across the dragon prophecy. He'd known instantly that it had something to do with him. And the last line...pretty obvious. Another dragon would be woken, and they would be soulmates.
He'd kind of lied when he told Thierry he was sure the prophecy had nothing to do with him. He knew deep inside that he was connected to it in some way, but wasn't sure how so he kept his mouth shut.
Now he'd met this girl. The Daybreakers here seemed convinced she was the dragon. He couldn't see anything about her that said she was any kind of Night Person. If no one had ever told her what she was....if she'd seen her horns and thought they were just deformities, she might have had them surgically removed...
Then the whole prophecy would be a waste of time.
There was a chance that this girl *wasn't* the dragon and they could be totally wrong.
But...
He suddenly realised he never knew who had woken him up. It sounded absurd, he knew, but...Why the hell had it never occurred to him to think about that until now?
Surely waking dragons wasn't something everyone could do. He should have spent more time looking into that.
"What's *that*?"
He blinked, brought out of his thoughts by Ash's voice near by. He had paused and was eyeing Caprice.
"I've never seem him before," the blonde girl, Leandra turned to give Lucifer a stunning smile. He just gave her an unimpressed glare. It took more than looks and a famous clan name to impress him.
"Not *him*," Ash said dismissively. "*Her*?"
Leandra was eyeing him as there was something wrong with him. "She's nobody. Come on." She tugged his arm, pulling him away.
Thea had mentioned something to him about a plan to find the dragon and make her reveal herself. A plan that involved Ash and a friend of his. She'd probably explained it all very clearly, only he'd been too pleased on finally finding his soulmate that he hadn't paid any attention to her. Maybe he should ask for some more details before he opened his mouth and started blabbing.
"I've never seen any guy react that way to Leandra." Caprice was looking at him, slightly more interested that she had been previously.
Lucifer smile. "I'm not most guys." He opened his mouth to say something else - then stopped. Oh, this was *not* working out for him! First Ash interrupted, and now *this.*
A girl had just entered the room. Tall with long raven black hair, dressed in dark clothing. It couldn't be. She was *dead*.
"Who's that?" he asked trying to keep his voice calm.
Caprice frowned, seeing him glancing over at the girl. "That's Sephra Redfern. She's only fairly new too. She started last week." She eyed him curiously.
It...why the hell was this *happening* to him? Why now? He thought he'd dealt with Sephra Redfern ages ago. Obviously the bitch was more tricky than he'd thought.
He stood up and stormed over to her, grabbing er shoulder and forcing her to turn around. "What are you doing here? You're dead. I killed you."
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