Part 21
Scarlet was freaking and she knew she was. She needed some comfort. Anything to take her mind off what had just happened. She told herself it was a fluke and nothing more. She couldn't seem to shake off...
So much for not thinking about it. She wondered if Erica was dealing with it any better than she was. Erica would probably go running off to her stupid Circle Daybreak friends, demanding an explanation.
"I'm here, what's wrong?" Dathan came hurrying into her room.
Scarlet wanted to throw herself into his arms. But she found herself frozen. She couldn't move. ~Damn you, Erica~ she thought.
"What the hell is the matter with you?" Dathan sounded more annoyed than alarmed.
Scarlet opened her mouth and before she could stop herself she told him. Everything just came out in a tumbling flood of words. She buried her face in a pillow, so ashamed.
"What'd you want to do about it?"
Dathan sat on the bed beside her, one hand stroking her hair gently. She had expected him to sneer or laugh at her. To be angry that her soulmate was someone else and not him.
Scarlet looked up at him, feeling extremely pathetic and hating herself for feeling that way. "You're not mad?"
Dathan studied her for a few minutes. "No. Not really."
Scarlet sat up, eyeing him suspiciously. *Why* wasn't he...oh.
"Twice the fun for me," Dathan said with a smirk.
Scarlet glared and hit him with the pillow. "Asshole!"
He kissed her, knocking the pillow away, crawling on top of her, his hands sliding up her shirt and unhooking her bar, caressing her breasts.
Scarlet sighed dreamily, letting him kiss her and touch her. Her sudden rush of fear was gone. She pushed him away after about ten minutes.
"We have a new situation," she said finally. She knew that the police had already found the body of the girl he and Joab had killed the other night. Now if Erica was smart, Dathan already freaked her out, she wouldn't give his name to them. She'd be afraid of what might happen to her.
"She needs to be dealt with," Dathan said.
"She needs to be *killed*," Scarlet said. "Only if one of us do it, it'll be suspicious."
Dathan smiled a little. "We could ask Cole."
Scarlet's nose wrinkled. "Isn't he a Daybreaker?"
Dathan smiled again. "I don't think he's really all that fussed. Depends on how he's feeling."
Scarlet studied him. "How do you - Eeuww!" She stared at him in utter disbelief. She was freaking over the discovery of a soulmate connection with Erica, while Dathan would dump her, while he was screwing Cole? *Cole*?
Dathan shrugged. "Could be twice the fun for *you*."
Scarlet's eyebrow raised. Then she shook her head. That wasn't the issue right now. "You think Cole with kill her for us? I thought Adia could do it."
Dathan snorted. "Adia's one of *their* spies. She thinks we don't know."
Scarlet's eyes rolled. That didn't actually come as a surprise. "Whatever. It'll have to be Cole then."
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Scarlet was freaking and she knew she was. She needed some comfort. Anything to take her mind off what had just happened. She told herself it was a fluke and nothing more. She couldn't seem to shake off...
So much for not thinking about it. She wondered if Erica was dealing with it any better than she was. Erica would probably go running off to her stupid Circle Daybreak friends, demanding an explanation.
"I'm here, what's wrong?" Dathan came hurrying into her room.
Scarlet wanted to throw herself into his arms. But she found herself frozen. She couldn't move. ~Damn you, Erica~ she thought.
"What the hell is the matter with you?" Dathan sounded more annoyed than alarmed.
Scarlet opened her mouth and before she could stop herself she told him. Everything just came out in a tumbling flood of words. She buried her face in a pillow, so ashamed.
"What'd you want to do about it?"
Dathan sat on the bed beside her, one hand stroking her hair gently. She had expected him to sneer or laugh at her. To be angry that her soulmate was someone else and not him.
Scarlet looked up at him, feeling extremely pathetic and hating herself for feeling that way. "You're not mad?"
Dathan studied her for a few minutes. "No. Not really."
Scarlet sat up, eyeing him suspiciously. *Why* wasn't he...oh.
"Twice the fun for me," Dathan said with a smirk.
Scarlet glared and hit him with the pillow. "Asshole!"
He kissed her, knocking the pillow away, crawling on top of her, his hands sliding up her shirt and unhooking her bar, caressing her breasts.
Scarlet sighed dreamily, letting him kiss her and touch her. Her sudden rush of fear was gone. She pushed him away after about ten minutes.
"We have a new situation," she said finally. She knew that the police had already found the body of the girl he and Joab had killed the other night. Now if Erica was smart, Dathan already freaked her out, she wouldn't give his name to them. She'd be afraid of what might happen to her.
"She needs to be dealt with," Dathan said.
"She needs to be *killed*," Scarlet said. "Only if one of us do it, it'll be suspicious."
Dathan smiled a little. "We could ask Cole."
Scarlet's nose wrinkled. "Isn't he a Daybreaker?"
Dathan smiled again. "I don't think he's really all that fussed. Depends on how he's feeling."
Scarlet studied him. "How do you - Eeuww!" She stared at him in utter disbelief. She was freaking over the discovery of a soulmate connection with Erica, while Dathan would dump her, while he was screwing Cole? *Cole*?
Dathan shrugged. "Could be twice the fun for *you*."
Scarlet's eyebrow raised. Then she shook her head. That wasn't the issue right now. "You think Cole with kill her for us? I thought Adia could do it."
Dathan snorted. "Adia's one of *their* spies. She thinks we don't know."
Scarlet's eyes rolled. That didn't actually come as a surprise. "Whatever. It'll have to be Cole then."
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