Part 22
David had been waiting in the café a while after Isis had left, though he wasn't sure why. He wasn't too keen on the idea of working with the Blackthorn twins, he just wanted to get on with the original plan of destroying Ashael and Evangeline.
He just couldn't get over the fact, that despite most Night People at Lake Meade High knew who they were, they were still walking around and nobody had *done* anything about it until now. It was crazy.
He was surprised that Isis had agreed to his original plan, the first thing he and Alice had come up with. She and Raven were probably going to do the same thing. He hadn't expected to hear Isis's mental voice in his mind (If she wanted to talk why hadn't she just *called*?) Until she'd explained the situation.
Screw the plan. She'd given him the perfect excuse to go for Evangeline. He had been about to leave when Zach called. Damnit, why did *something* always have to get in the way?
"This had better be important," he had snapped on answering.
"It is," Zach had snapped back, his tone just as harsh. "We need to talk. Not later, now."
David was about to tell him he had more important things to do than talk with the likes of *him*, when he remembered Zach was in love with Evangeline. He knew David was a Daybreaker, and probably knew Isis and Raven had been hired to put Ashael and Evangeline out of commission.
"About?"
"Don't be annoying. I know you know those Blackthorn girls. Evangeline *isn't* the evil one. I got no problem with them killing the other one. She can rot in hell." Zach's tone was dismissive. E was trying to get in David's good books by agreeing to Ashael's death. He just wanted his soulmate to live. They'd be offering to join Circle Daybreak next. David almost snickered at the idea.
"Why should I care?" he asked reasonably. "She helped kill Mum, Dad and Hawk. She's not innocent. She's just as much of a cold hearted bitch as her sister."
"You don't know her like I do," Zach said icily.
David's eyes rolled. They had known each other for barely a week! Less than that probably. Was this what being soulmates was all about, what that connection did to you? He wasn't going to go into the ethics of the whole thing right now. "What, you've slept with her and that's enough to make you decide she's good now?"
"She's willing to change," Zach said.
"What?" They weren't actually going to suggest that being Daybreakers would make everything okay, were they?
"You heard. We both know not *all* of Daybreak is not lovey-dovey save the world crap."
David was trying hard not to laugh. If only Alice were with him now to hear this, she'd be dying with giggles. How long had it been since Isis's cry for help? Shit, he'd forgotten.
"Look, where are you?"
"At my place." Zach gave him an address. Trusting idiot. David would have thought the better of him. Whatever. He had no time to waste. He needed a plan. He couldn't exactly go in kicking the door down. Evangeline would just attack him right back.
He found Zach's motel room without much difficulty. She was pacing up and down, he was sat in a chair. Neither looked very happy. He almost wished he could see Ashael's reaction when she learned her sister was willing to be a Damned Daybreaker for her soulmate.
He knocked on the door courteously.
Evangeline opened the door, only to have David shove a stake at her heart. He could have easily killed her then, but for the time being she was more useful to him alive than dead. Too bad, really.
"What the hell are you - "
"As if I'd listen to your ridiculous briberies." He pushed her into the room with the stake, closing the door behind him. It may be kind of clichéd, but he was all out of original ideas at the moment.
He called Alice's cell phone, and after a brief conversation hung up, a satisfied smirk covering his face. Finally something was starting to go right for him.
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David had been waiting in the café a while after Isis had left, though he wasn't sure why. He wasn't too keen on the idea of working with the Blackthorn twins, he just wanted to get on with the original plan of destroying Ashael and Evangeline.
He just couldn't get over the fact, that despite most Night People at Lake Meade High knew who they were, they were still walking around and nobody had *done* anything about it until now. It was crazy.
He was surprised that Isis had agreed to his original plan, the first thing he and Alice had come up with. She and Raven were probably going to do the same thing. He hadn't expected to hear Isis's mental voice in his mind (If she wanted to talk why hadn't she just *called*?) Until she'd explained the situation.
Screw the plan. She'd given him the perfect excuse to go for Evangeline. He had been about to leave when Zach called. Damnit, why did *something* always have to get in the way?
"This had better be important," he had snapped on answering.
"It is," Zach had snapped back, his tone just as harsh. "We need to talk. Not later, now."
David was about to tell him he had more important things to do than talk with the likes of *him*, when he remembered Zach was in love with Evangeline. He knew David was a Daybreaker, and probably knew Isis and Raven had been hired to put Ashael and Evangeline out of commission.
"About?"
"Don't be annoying. I know you know those Blackthorn girls. Evangeline *isn't* the evil one. I got no problem with them killing the other one. She can rot in hell." Zach's tone was dismissive. E was trying to get in David's good books by agreeing to Ashael's death. He just wanted his soulmate to live. They'd be offering to join Circle Daybreak next. David almost snickered at the idea.
"Why should I care?" he asked reasonably. "She helped kill Mum, Dad and Hawk. She's not innocent. She's just as much of a cold hearted bitch as her sister."
"You don't know her like I do," Zach said icily.
David's eyes rolled. They had known each other for barely a week! Less than that probably. Was this what being soulmates was all about, what that connection did to you? He wasn't going to go into the ethics of the whole thing right now. "What, you've slept with her and that's enough to make you decide she's good now?"
"She's willing to change," Zach said.
"What?" They weren't actually going to suggest that being Daybreakers would make everything okay, were they?
"You heard. We both know not *all* of Daybreak is not lovey-dovey save the world crap."
David was trying hard not to laugh. If only Alice were with him now to hear this, she'd be dying with giggles. How long had it been since Isis's cry for help? Shit, he'd forgotten.
"Look, where are you?"
"At my place." Zach gave him an address. Trusting idiot. David would have thought the better of him. Whatever. He had no time to waste. He needed a plan. He couldn't exactly go in kicking the door down. Evangeline would just attack him right back.
He found Zach's motel room without much difficulty. She was pacing up and down, he was sat in a chair. Neither looked very happy. He almost wished he could see Ashael's reaction when she learned her sister was willing to be a Damned Daybreaker for her soulmate.
He knocked on the door courteously.
Evangeline opened the door, only to have David shove a stake at her heart. He could have easily killed her then, but for the time being she was more useful to him alive than dead. Too bad, really.
"What the hell are you - "
"As if I'd listen to your ridiculous briberies." He pushed her into the room with the stake, closing the door behind him. It may be kind of clichéd, but he was all out of original ideas at the moment.
He called Alice's cell phone, and after a brief conversation hung up, a satisfied smirk covering his face. Finally something was starting to go right for him.
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