Part 4
"What happened?" Scarlet asked Ara as they met just before last period.
Ara snorted. "Worked like charm." She waved several pieces of hand-written paper. "I got Ridge to copy the notebook for us."
Scarlet scanned the papers. She'd read them later. "And..."
"Hook, line and sinker," Ara smirked. "One look was all it took."
Scarlet smiled. She had expected this. Dathan could make anyone do anything he wanted. There was just *something* about him that was impossible to refuse, that *demanded* attention.
"He's taking her out somewhere tonight. Joab and I are going to follow."
Scarlet nodded. "Good. And the Damned Daybreakers?"
Ara didn't answer. Scarlet sighed heavily. The Daybreakers, of course, were going to be the biggest problem. If they figured out what she was up to, then it was all over.
She shook her head, refusing to let negative thinking in. They were stronger and smarter, plus, they had Dathan too. They couldn't do anything to her anymore. She allowed herself a smirk. They'd pay for what they'd done to her.
"And you'll report back to me?" Scarlet asked.
Ara nodded. "Sure. Then we'll decide what to do."
Scarlet left for her last class. She glanced through the papers, skimming the lines of Ridge's neat handwriting. This should make interesting reading.
* * *
Erica breezed through her afternoon classes in a daze. She saw several people she met at lunch. She shared English with Cole and psychology with Triana.
She found herself unsurprisingly longing for it to be eight p.m. She wondered where Dathan would take her. A cozy restaurant? A romantic movie?
"Do you know where you're going with Dathan?" Triana asked, just before class ended. Her expression was strange.
"No. He didn't say. Why?"
Triana shrugged uncomfortably. "It's just - well - Dathan Redfern has something of a - " She seemed to be searching for words. " - reputation."
Erica frowned a little. He was a womaniser? Still, it wasn't going to put her down. Maybe she could be the one who could make him settle down. "Does he have a girlfriend?" she asked.
Triana snorted. "He's got Scarlet Blackthorn wrapped around his fingers."
The girl Erica had run into that morning? But she was horrible! At least that's what Erica's first impressions of her had been. She could always turn out to be different.
Or maybe Scarlet wouldn't be right for Dathan and it would turn out that *she* was. Erica knew it was wishful thinking, but she could dream, couldn't she?
"Should I be worried?" she said finally.
"Just careful," Triana said as the bell rang.
Erica's good mood was slightly dampened by Triana's warning. If Dathan was dating Scarlet, then why had he even bothered to ask her out? It seemed there was more going on than met the eye. Or maybe she was totally wrong and it was just Triana's opinion on Dathan.
Her mother's car was waiting outside the school building. Janelle was scowling in the back seat.
"How was school?" her mother asked as Erica got in the passenger seat.
"Actually pretty good," Erica said, surprised to realise she was telling the truth. Apart from the incident with Scarlet Blackthorn things had gone better than she'd expected. She even had a few potential friends. "I have a date tonight."
"Date? *You*?" Janelle sounded appalled. Obviously things hadn't gone so well for her. "With who?"
A vision of a face that should have belonged to an ancient god and emerald green eyes flashed in Erica's mind, making her dreamy all over. "Dathan Redfern."
"That is just so totally and completely unfair." So Janelle had heard of Dathan too.
Erica didn't care about Triana's warning anymore. It was just one date. What could happen on one date?
* * *
"What happened?" Scarlet asked Ara as they met just before last period.
Ara snorted. "Worked like charm." She waved several pieces of hand-written paper. "I got Ridge to copy the notebook for us."
Scarlet scanned the papers. She'd read them later. "And..."
"Hook, line and sinker," Ara smirked. "One look was all it took."
Scarlet smiled. She had expected this. Dathan could make anyone do anything he wanted. There was just *something* about him that was impossible to refuse, that *demanded* attention.
"He's taking her out somewhere tonight. Joab and I are going to follow."
Scarlet nodded. "Good. And the Damned Daybreakers?"
Ara didn't answer. Scarlet sighed heavily. The Daybreakers, of course, were going to be the biggest problem. If they figured out what she was up to, then it was all over.
She shook her head, refusing to let negative thinking in. They were stronger and smarter, plus, they had Dathan too. They couldn't do anything to her anymore. She allowed herself a smirk. They'd pay for what they'd done to her.
"And you'll report back to me?" Scarlet asked.
Ara nodded. "Sure. Then we'll decide what to do."
Scarlet left for her last class. She glanced through the papers, skimming the lines of Ridge's neat handwriting. This should make interesting reading.
* * *
Erica breezed through her afternoon classes in a daze. She saw several people she met at lunch. She shared English with Cole and psychology with Triana.
She found herself unsurprisingly longing for it to be eight p.m. She wondered where Dathan would take her. A cozy restaurant? A romantic movie?
"Do you know where you're going with Dathan?" Triana asked, just before class ended. Her expression was strange.
"No. He didn't say. Why?"
Triana shrugged uncomfortably. "It's just - well - Dathan Redfern has something of a - " She seemed to be searching for words. " - reputation."
Erica frowned a little. He was a womaniser? Still, it wasn't going to put her down. Maybe she could be the one who could make him settle down. "Does he have a girlfriend?" she asked.
Triana snorted. "He's got Scarlet Blackthorn wrapped around his fingers."
The girl Erica had run into that morning? But she was horrible! At least that's what Erica's first impressions of her had been. She could always turn out to be different.
Or maybe Scarlet wouldn't be right for Dathan and it would turn out that *she* was. Erica knew it was wishful thinking, but she could dream, couldn't she?
"Should I be worried?" she said finally.
"Just careful," Triana said as the bell rang.
Erica's good mood was slightly dampened by Triana's warning. If Dathan was dating Scarlet, then why had he even bothered to ask her out? It seemed there was more going on than met the eye. Or maybe she was totally wrong and it was just Triana's opinion on Dathan.
Her mother's car was waiting outside the school building. Janelle was scowling in the back seat.
"How was school?" her mother asked as Erica got in the passenger seat.
"Actually pretty good," Erica said, surprised to realise she was telling the truth. Apart from the incident with Scarlet Blackthorn things had gone better than she'd expected. She even had a few potential friends. "I have a date tonight."
"Date? *You*?" Janelle sounded appalled. Obviously things hadn't gone so well for her. "With who?"
A vision of a face that should have belonged to an ancient god and emerald green eyes flashed in Erica's mind, making her dreamy all over. "Dathan Redfern."
"That is just so totally and completely unfair." So Janelle had heard of Dathan too.
Erica didn't care about Triana's warning anymore. It was just one date. What could happen on one date?
* * *