CHAPTER 2
Rowan hung up the phone smiling.
"Who was it, what's going on," asked a very enthusiastic Jade. She was bouncing up and down on Marks knee like an exited 5-year-old.
Mary-Lynnette shook her head and laughed. Mark and Jade looked so happy together. She felt the familiar pang in her chest. Ash oh god where are you? She thought. It had almost been half a year since she saw him. He had kept his promise and stayed away righting his wrongs. How she missed him. Being around the happy couples drove her crazy. She often wished that she hadn't sent him away, being without him was like having part of you missing. He was her other half . . . her soulmate.
Kestrel raised her perfect eyebrows at Rowan and turned her attention back to painting her manicured nails.
Mary-Lynnette smiled. Kestrel always acted like she wasn't bothered or interested, but she had seen the spark of interest in those golden eyes. "Yea what's going on"
Biting her lip Rowan smiled. "That was Thierry Descouedres"
Mark and Mary-Lynnette frowned, "Thierry Descouawotty? He asked.
Rowan and Jade laughed and Kestrel looked slightly interested.
"Thierry Descouedres, silly. He's the Lord of the Night World and leader of Circle Daybreak" Jade told Mark softly.
"What did he want?" Kestrel asked frowning.
"Well I was just getting to that part. He wants us to go to a Halloween party at his mansion. All of Circle Daybreak are going to be there and he wants to meet us all"
Mary-Lynnette smiled, she was happy for the sisters. "When are you leaving?"
"Don't think you can get rid off us that easily Mare. The invitations for you and Mark too" Rowan answered smiling
"When are they arriving?" Quinn asked Hannah.
"Around 4ish" She smiled happily.
Quinn looked at his watch thoughtfully; "That gives us 3 hours to get everything done"
"You remember the plan, right?" Poppy asked enthusiastically.
"Em, what plan?" Quinn asked sarcastically, but was awarded by disapproving stares. "Yea, yea. I remember! At 3pm I take Ashy boy out on a wild goose chase, as you humans like to put it! During this time they arrive. When they get here you ring my mobile. After 3 rings you hang up and we start to head back . . .Did I miss anything?" he asked smugly.
"Yea whatever you do, don't slip up! This has to be kept a surprise" James stated.
"State the obvious Rasmussen" Quinn smirked, but was rewarded with a hit in the arm by Rashel. "Hey what was that for?" he asked dangerously with a gleam in his eye. His lips formed a charming smile when Rashel shook her head muttering. "Leeches!"
Poppy bounced up and down on the spot. Rashel didn't know where she got all her energy from. It must have something to do with being a vampire she guessed.
"This is going to be so great!" Poppy spoke with a big grin on her lips. "He's gonna . . ."
"Hiya Ash, how are you?" Rashel cut in when she saw the blonde vampire walking down the stairs. He looked sad, Rashel thought. But that was usual for Ash, he missed Mary-Lynnette too much and his eyes were always lacking the sparkle, that made him Ash.
Hannah, Quinn, Poppy and James turned to face him smiling happily. They were all thinking on the same wavelength as the former vampire hunter.
Ash frowned and looked thoughtful, arching an eyebrow he spoke "I'm ok thanks. How are you?"
"Yea I'm good, real good" she said nervously.
"That's . . .good to hear" he spoke slowly watching their reactions, finding none but Rashel's nervousness he shook his head and walked into the den. Must be PMT, he thought.
"Well that went well," Quinn said mockingly raising an eyebrow at his soulmate.
"Sorry I panicked"
"I still don't get you, you know!" Quinn muttered under his breath shaking his head to hide his smile.
Rashel looked puzzled "What?"
"How you can stake a whole group of vampires, or leeches as you like to say, without even hesitating. And when it comes down to a little thing like this you panic . . ."
Rowan hung up the phone smiling.
"Who was it, what's going on," asked a very enthusiastic Jade. She was bouncing up and down on Marks knee like an exited 5-year-old.
Mary-Lynnette shook her head and laughed. Mark and Jade looked so happy together. She felt the familiar pang in her chest. Ash oh god where are you? She thought. It had almost been half a year since she saw him. He had kept his promise and stayed away righting his wrongs. How she missed him. Being around the happy couples drove her crazy. She often wished that she hadn't sent him away, being without him was like having part of you missing. He was her other half . . . her soulmate.
Kestrel raised her perfect eyebrows at Rowan and turned her attention back to painting her manicured nails.
Mary-Lynnette smiled. Kestrel always acted like she wasn't bothered or interested, but she had seen the spark of interest in those golden eyes. "Yea what's going on"
Biting her lip Rowan smiled. "That was Thierry Descouedres"
Mark and Mary-Lynnette frowned, "Thierry Descouawotty? He asked.
Rowan and Jade laughed and Kestrel looked slightly interested.
"Thierry Descouedres, silly. He's the Lord of the Night World and leader of Circle Daybreak" Jade told Mark softly.
"What did he want?" Kestrel asked frowning.
"Well I was just getting to that part. He wants us to go to a Halloween party at his mansion. All of Circle Daybreak are going to be there and he wants to meet us all"
Mary-Lynnette smiled, she was happy for the sisters. "When are you leaving?"
"Don't think you can get rid off us that easily Mare. The invitations for you and Mark too" Rowan answered smiling
"When are they arriving?" Quinn asked Hannah.
"Around 4ish" She smiled happily.
Quinn looked at his watch thoughtfully; "That gives us 3 hours to get everything done"
"You remember the plan, right?" Poppy asked enthusiastically.
"Em, what plan?" Quinn asked sarcastically, but was awarded by disapproving stares. "Yea, yea. I remember! At 3pm I take Ashy boy out on a wild goose chase, as you humans like to put it! During this time they arrive. When they get here you ring my mobile. After 3 rings you hang up and we start to head back . . .Did I miss anything?" he asked smugly.
"Yea whatever you do, don't slip up! This has to be kept a surprise" James stated.
"State the obvious Rasmussen" Quinn smirked, but was rewarded with a hit in the arm by Rashel. "Hey what was that for?" he asked dangerously with a gleam in his eye. His lips formed a charming smile when Rashel shook her head muttering. "Leeches!"
Poppy bounced up and down on the spot. Rashel didn't know where she got all her energy from. It must have something to do with being a vampire she guessed.
"This is going to be so great!" Poppy spoke with a big grin on her lips. "He's gonna . . ."
"Hiya Ash, how are you?" Rashel cut in when she saw the blonde vampire walking down the stairs. He looked sad, Rashel thought. But that was usual for Ash, he missed Mary-Lynnette too much and his eyes were always lacking the sparkle, that made him Ash.
Hannah, Quinn, Poppy and James turned to face him smiling happily. They were all thinking on the same wavelength as the former vampire hunter.
Ash frowned and looked thoughtful, arching an eyebrow he spoke "I'm ok thanks. How are you?"
"Yea I'm good, real good" she said nervously.
"That's . . .good to hear" he spoke slowly watching their reactions, finding none but Rashel's nervousness he shook his head and walked into the den. Must be PMT, he thought.
"Well that went well," Quinn said mockingly raising an eyebrow at his soulmate.
"Sorry I panicked"
"I still don't get you, you know!" Quinn muttered under his breath shaking his head to hide his smile.
Rashel looked puzzled "What?"
"How you can stake a whole group of vampires, or leeches as you like to say, without even hesitating. And when it comes down to a little thing like this you panic . . ."