Part 16
Lilah stopped dead in her tracks. She stared in disbelief at the girl in the pink bathrobe screaming *kill* *her*! *Kill* *the* *spy!* Garret had gathered the girl in his arms and was holding her closely. "Are you - "
"Yes!" The girl, who must be Pythia's ex-hostage, Dido. "I'm sure. I heard *everything*!"
Lilah glared at them definitely, caught red handed. How the hell was she going to be able to. She turned to run, only to be caught by Lareina almost instantly.
"One reason why we shouldn't kill you." Lareina asked, twisting Lilah's arm painfully.
Lilah didn't say anything, glaring with hatred at Garret and Dido openly clinging to each other, their love for each other clearly showing in their sickening expressions. "Use your head," she sneered bitterly.
"She killed someone close to you?" Garret asked.
Lilah scowled and nodded. "Some vampire she made. She didn't like him cheating on her, even though he claimed they'd already broken up. She decided if I worked for her, I'd get to live. It seemed like a good idea at the time."
She sighed, hoping to play on their sympathy to stay alive. She was just a poor innocent girl who had been in the wrong place at the wrong time. After all, wasn't that what happened with her and Garret?
"Point taken, I still don't think she should walk out of here alive," Lareina said icily.
Lilah sighed. Playing on the sympathy thing when it came to love with Lareina was clearly not going to work.
"She knows how to get into Pythia's fortress," Dido pointed out.
"She has a point," Garret agreed.
Lareina's eyes rolled. "You two are idiots."
"And you're jealous," Garret snapped unkindly, which surprised Lilah.
"Fine," Lareina hissed back, letting go of Lilah's arm. "Fuck you then. You deal with this. I quit." She stalked off, head held high.
"Nice going!" Dido glared at Garret.
Garret just shrugged. "This is all *her* fault." He scowled at Lilah.
"Acting like a five year old is highly unimpressive," Lilah said like a snort.
"Lareina told me you were involved with some other girl when she went to get you," Dido said to Garret.
Garret frowned distractedly. "Um...yeah. Star." He looked around. "Where the hell is she?"
The girl didn't appear to be around anywhere. Obviously Pythia had put the second part of her plan into action. Taking advantage of the distraction she hurled a blast of witch magic at Dido and charged out the door, running as fast as she could back to Pythia.
Maybe there was some way she could salvage her gigantic fuck-up.
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Lilah stopped dead in her tracks. She stared in disbelief at the girl in the pink bathrobe screaming *kill* *her*! *Kill* *the* *spy!* Garret had gathered the girl in his arms and was holding her closely. "Are you - "
"Yes!" The girl, who must be Pythia's ex-hostage, Dido. "I'm sure. I heard *everything*!"
Lilah glared at them definitely, caught red handed. How the hell was she going to be able to. She turned to run, only to be caught by Lareina almost instantly.
"One reason why we shouldn't kill you." Lareina asked, twisting Lilah's arm painfully.
Lilah didn't say anything, glaring with hatred at Garret and Dido openly clinging to each other, their love for each other clearly showing in their sickening expressions. "Use your head," she sneered bitterly.
"She killed someone close to you?" Garret asked.
Lilah scowled and nodded. "Some vampire she made. She didn't like him cheating on her, even though he claimed they'd already broken up. She decided if I worked for her, I'd get to live. It seemed like a good idea at the time."
She sighed, hoping to play on their sympathy to stay alive. She was just a poor innocent girl who had been in the wrong place at the wrong time. After all, wasn't that what happened with her and Garret?
"Point taken, I still don't think she should walk out of here alive," Lareina said icily.
Lilah sighed. Playing on the sympathy thing when it came to love with Lareina was clearly not going to work.
"She knows how to get into Pythia's fortress," Dido pointed out.
"She has a point," Garret agreed.
Lareina's eyes rolled. "You two are idiots."
"And you're jealous," Garret snapped unkindly, which surprised Lilah.
"Fine," Lareina hissed back, letting go of Lilah's arm. "Fuck you then. You deal with this. I quit." She stalked off, head held high.
"Nice going!" Dido glared at Garret.
Garret just shrugged. "This is all *her* fault." He scowled at Lilah.
"Acting like a five year old is highly unimpressive," Lilah said like a snort.
"Lareina told me you were involved with some other girl when she went to get you," Dido said to Garret.
Garret frowned distractedly. "Um...yeah. Star." He looked around. "Where the hell is she?"
The girl didn't appear to be around anywhere. Obviously Pythia had put the second part of her plan into action. Taking advantage of the distraction she hurled a blast of witch magic at Dido and charged out the door, running as fast as she could back to Pythia.
Maybe there was some way she could salvage her gigantic fuck-up.
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