Part 7
What a deal! Isis had been most eager to take the assignment when Thierry had called on her and her own twin Raven. The targets were Ashael and Evangeline Redfern. Notorious twin assassins of the Hunter Redfern.
"These bitches have finally met their matches, huh?" Raven said with a grin, reapplying her black lipstick.
"Of course," Isis said patiently, fluffing her ebony hair. She wondered what the price on their own heads was. She and Raven alone had done as much damage to the Night People as Ashael and her sister had done to the Daybreakers.
"So who's this guy they're supposed to have it in for?" Raven asked, picking up her books.
"Two, actually, boy and a girl. David Harman and Alice Lauder. Twins killed people close to them."
"That sucks."
Sometimes Raven's choice of words surprised her. Sometimes it surprised her that Raven was actually a Daybreaker. She looked like the essence of darkness itself. Then again, Isis herself was no exception. It was kind of an odd turn. The villain twins looked like fairy-tale princesses when the good-guy twins looked like wicked witches. (Actually, they were vampires, but the point was pretty clear.)
"So what'd do we do? Play the innocent little high school students until we get a chance at the marks?" Raven made a face at the mirror. "How old is that nowadays?"
Isis shrugged. "It may blow, but it gets the job done." She smiled unpleasantly at her own reflection and headed into her room, gathering her own stuff.
Granted, the assassins perusing the marks by pretending to join their high school was becoming a standard drill at the moment, but Isis couldn't see any other way to complete the task. Plus David and Alice went to Lake Meade High, it couldn't hurt to join forces.
"Do you want to talk to them or shall I?" Raven asked as they drove to the high school. The blazing Las Vegas sun seemed to make the landscape around them shimmer with heat. At least there weren't a lot of tourists in this area.
"I'm surprised all the locals haven't started catching on yet," Raven went on. "Wasn't there some problems with someone letting out an evil spirit here last year?" She pulled the car into the school parking lot.
Isis nodded. "Thierry mentioned it to me. The Night World Council aren't supposed to know about it, but since Thea and Eric joined Circle Daybreak, they told the real story. But the main bulk of Night People who were here previously" Isis flipped open a small notebook "Dani Abforth, Selene Lucna and Vivian Morrigan, have all graduated. Due to being sent to the convent Blaise was held back and has to repeat the 12th grade."
"Bummer."
Isis looked around, seeing heads turn as she and Raven passed by on their way to the school office. Mainly the boys going gooey-eyed, and the girls looking jealous and annoyed. It was the standard reaction the twins got wherever they went.
They got their schedules and agreed to meet at break period. Isis sighed and headed off to her first class. She looked around again, eyes open for signs of Night People - or the targets.
" - absent today? That's weird."
"New task apparently. She's supposed to be picking up some Harman at the airport."
Isis focused on the two girls who stood by her locker. Both tall with lots of curves, almost insultingly slender to the average person and dazzlingly stunning. One had shoulder length hair dyed a garish crimson; the other's long and dyed silver. One wore a necklace with a black foxglove, the other had black roses on her top.
Night People were supposed to be brilliant at blending in, hiding amongst the humans, yet nowadays they seemed to be screaming "Look at me! I'm different! Better than you! I'm *not* *human*."
New task...Harman at airport....could it be...
"Hey, are you new?"
The two girls had turned around, finally noticing her, probably because of Isis's own dark good looks. They immediately seemed to have assumed she was a Night Person. Of course, she could turn out to be totally wrong about them, but she seriously doubted it.
"Yeah, I'm Isis Blackthorn." If she gave them a Night World vampire name, it might help her worm her way into their crowd.
"I'm Willow Silverthorne," the vampire, the silver-haired girl, said.
"I'm Ember Lovett," the werewolf, the crimson-haired girl, said.
Before any sort of a conversation could start the bell rang.
"Hey, wanna meet at break?" Willow asked, obviously trying to snag her before the Daybreakers could.
"I guess I could, but I'm supposed to be meeting my twin sister."
Ember's eyebrow arched. "God, there's two of you too?"
"We seem to be a popular spot for twins," Willow said dryly. "We've already got a set of Redfern twins here already."
Isis forced herself to keep her expression blank and normal. Bingo. She was exactly where she wanted to be, providing that Raven didn't blow her cover. "Really? Who?"
"Ashael and Evangeline Redfern. If you like ice-cold sarcasm, you'll like Ashael, if you prefer to be the centre of attention, trend-setting bimbo, you'll like Evangeline," Ember said.
The bell rang again.
"We'll see you round."
Isis nodded as the two girls sauntered off with the rest of the scurrying-to-class student body. Isis followed, telling herself not to get her hopes up too fast. Everything seemed to be going her way.
Which, from her own personal experience, usually meant something was going to go wrong.
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What a deal! Isis had been most eager to take the assignment when Thierry had called on her and her own twin Raven. The targets were Ashael and Evangeline Redfern. Notorious twin assassins of the Hunter Redfern.
"These bitches have finally met their matches, huh?" Raven said with a grin, reapplying her black lipstick.
"Of course," Isis said patiently, fluffing her ebony hair. She wondered what the price on their own heads was. She and Raven alone had done as much damage to the Night People as Ashael and her sister had done to the Daybreakers.
"So who's this guy they're supposed to have it in for?" Raven asked, picking up her books.
"Two, actually, boy and a girl. David Harman and Alice Lauder. Twins killed people close to them."
"That sucks."
Sometimes Raven's choice of words surprised her. Sometimes it surprised her that Raven was actually a Daybreaker. She looked like the essence of darkness itself. Then again, Isis herself was no exception. It was kind of an odd turn. The villain twins looked like fairy-tale princesses when the good-guy twins looked like wicked witches. (Actually, they were vampires, but the point was pretty clear.)
"So what'd do we do? Play the innocent little high school students until we get a chance at the marks?" Raven made a face at the mirror. "How old is that nowadays?"
Isis shrugged. "It may blow, but it gets the job done." She smiled unpleasantly at her own reflection and headed into her room, gathering her own stuff.
Granted, the assassins perusing the marks by pretending to join their high school was becoming a standard drill at the moment, but Isis couldn't see any other way to complete the task. Plus David and Alice went to Lake Meade High, it couldn't hurt to join forces.
"Do you want to talk to them or shall I?" Raven asked as they drove to the high school. The blazing Las Vegas sun seemed to make the landscape around them shimmer with heat. At least there weren't a lot of tourists in this area.
"I'm surprised all the locals haven't started catching on yet," Raven went on. "Wasn't there some problems with someone letting out an evil spirit here last year?" She pulled the car into the school parking lot.
Isis nodded. "Thierry mentioned it to me. The Night World Council aren't supposed to know about it, but since Thea and Eric joined Circle Daybreak, they told the real story. But the main bulk of Night People who were here previously" Isis flipped open a small notebook "Dani Abforth, Selene Lucna and Vivian Morrigan, have all graduated. Due to being sent to the convent Blaise was held back and has to repeat the 12th grade."
"Bummer."
Isis looked around, seeing heads turn as she and Raven passed by on their way to the school office. Mainly the boys going gooey-eyed, and the girls looking jealous and annoyed. It was the standard reaction the twins got wherever they went.
They got their schedules and agreed to meet at break period. Isis sighed and headed off to her first class. She looked around again, eyes open for signs of Night People - or the targets.
" - absent today? That's weird."
"New task apparently. She's supposed to be picking up some Harman at the airport."
Isis focused on the two girls who stood by her locker. Both tall with lots of curves, almost insultingly slender to the average person and dazzlingly stunning. One had shoulder length hair dyed a garish crimson; the other's long and dyed silver. One wore a necklace with a black foxglove, the other had black roses on her top.
Night People were supposed to be brilliant at blending in, hiding amongst the humans, yet nowadays they seemed to be screaming "Look at me! I'm different! Better than you! I'm *not* *human*."
New task...Harman at airport....could it be...
"Hey, are you new?"
The two girls had turned around, finally noticing her, probably because of Isis's own dark good looks. They immediately seemed to have assumed she was a Night Person. Of course, she could turn out to be totally wrong about them, but she seriously doubted it.
"Yeah, I'm Isis Blackthorn." If she gave them a Night World vampire name, it might help her worm her way into their crowd.
"I'm Willow Silverthorne," the vampire, the silver-haired girl, said.
"I'm Ember Lovett," the werewolf, the crimson-haired girl, said.
Before any sort of a conversation could start the bell rang.
"Hey, wanna meet at break?" Willow asked, obviously trying to snag her before the Daybreakers could.
"I guess I could, but I'm supposed to be meeting my twin sister."
Ember's eyebrow arched. "God, there's two of you too?"
"We seem to be a popular spot for twins," Willow said dryly. "We've already got a set of Redfern twins here already."
Isis forced herself to keep her expression blank and normal. Bingo. She was exactly where she wanted to be, providing that Raven didn't blow her cover. "Really? Who?"
"Ashael and Evangeline Redfern. If you like ice-cold sarcasm, you'll like Ashael, if you prefer to be the centre of attention, trend-setting bimbo, you'll like Evangeline," Ember said.
The bell rang again.
"We'll see you round."
Isis nodded as the two girls sauntered off with the rest of the scurrying-to-class student body. Isis followed, telling herself not to get her hopes up too fast. Everything seemed to be going her way.
Which, from her own personal experience, usually meant something was going to go wrong.
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