Part 18
Isis felt like screaming. David Harman was positively the most irritating person she had ever worked with. It wasn't like he was loud or bossy or insulting or anything. Just the opposite actually. David was silent most of the time, his head was somewhere else, his mind often not in that head. He barely said a word. "So, you got any ideas?" she asked for about the third time.
"Huh?"
They were back in the witch café they had been in the other night. "What's with you?" Isis snapped. "You're completely out of it."
David sighed. "Sorry, it's just this whole thing - " He shook his head. "Being forced to attend the same school as Ashael Redfern is bad enough. This bitch murdered my *family* - the ones that aren't dead - Dusk is screwing Ashael, Zach's in love with Evangeline."
Isis couldn't blame him for hating the twins so much. "And?"
"Alice and I were going to start our revenge. Killing Evangeline's Night World friends, then *her*, now Zach's nuts about her."
Isis frowned. "How bad are these Night People?"
Generally she didn't kill unless she was paid to, or her life was in danger. Nor was she much on torture for information. She tended to use - other - methods.
David shrugged. "Don't know. Just wanted to see them dead or miserable and blame Evangeline, then we'd kill her." He smiled almost radiantly.
Isis never usually went for any of that type of stuff, but given the situation, she was willing to make an exception here. "Who'd you have in mind first?"
David glanced at her, surprised. "I didn't think you'd go for it."
Isis smiled. "Usually, I wouldn't, but this time I'm willing to go a little bit further to get this bitch out the picture."
David smiled. "Okay, starting to like you more. What about your sister and Alice?"
Isis shrugged. "Let them deal with their problem and we'll deal with ours." Isis was kind of worried about Blaise. Did the Night People know Blaise was a Daybreaker? It would do no good for Isis's reputation if an innocent ended up dead. "Who'd you have in mind first?" she asked again.
David toyed with a fork. "I was thinking Evangeline's best friend Sophia Mandrill." Isis nodded. Thierry probably wouldn't approve of this, but right now, she wasn't concerned about anything but doing the job she'd been hired to do, killing Ashael and Evangeline Redfern. "Leave it to me," David said, smiling cruelly.
Isis nodded. She left the café, heading back to her car. She started the engine, then paused as an arm and a wooden knife pressed themselves against her throat. A figure with long blonde hair appeared in the rear-view mirror.
"Hello Isis."
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Isis felt like screaming. David Harman was positively the most irritating person she had ever worked with. It wasn't like he was loud or bossy or insulting or anything. Just the opposite actually. David was silent most of the time, his head was somewhere else, his mind often not in that head. He barely said a word. "So, you got any ideas?" she asked for about the third time.
"Huh?"
They were back in the witch café they had been in the other night. "What's with you?" Isis snapped. "You're completely out of it."
David sighed. "Sorry, it's just this whole thing - " He shook his head. "Being forced to attend the same school as Ashael Redfern is bad enough. This bitch murdered my *family* - the ones that aren't dead - Dusk is screwing Ashael, Zach's in love with Evangeline."
Isis couldn't blame him for hating the twins so much. "And?"
"Alice and I were going to start our revenge. Killing Evangeline's Night World friends, then *her*, now Zach's nuts about her."
Isis frowned. "How bad are these Night People?"
Generally she didn't kill unless she was paid to, or her life was in danger. Nor was she much on torture for information. She tended to use - other - methods.
David shrugged. "Don't know. Just wanted to see them dead or miserable and blame Evangeline, then we'd kill her." He smiled almost radiantly.
Isis never usually went for any of that type of stuff, but given the situation, she was willing to make an exception here. "Who'd you have in mind first?"
David glanced at her, surprised. "I didn't think you'd go for it."
Isis smiled. "Usually, I wouldn't, but this time I'm willing to go a little bit further to get this bitch out the picture."
David smiled. "Okay, starting to like you more. What about your sister and Alice?"
Isis shrugged. "Let them deal with their problem and we'll deal with ours." Isis was kind of worried about Blaise. Did the Night People know Blaise was a Daybreaker? It would do no good for Isis's reputation if an innocent ended up dead. "Who'd you have in mind first?" she asked again.
David toyed with a fork. "I was thinking Evangeline's best friend Sophia Mandrill." Isis nodded. Thierry probably wouldn't approve of this, but right now, she wasn't concerned about anything but doing the job she'd been hired to do, killing Ashael and Evangeline Redfern. "Leave it to me," David said, smiling cruelly.
Isis nodded. She left the café, heading back to her car. She started the engine, then paused as an arm and a wooden knife pressed themselves against her throat. A figure with long blonde hair appeared in the rear-view mirror.
"Hello Isis."
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