A/Ns. Thanks to Leopardess and the Dark Scribe for reviewing.
Part 3
While I was in my room trying to come to terms with what had happened to me, the bad guys, (well, when I say bad guys, interpret that I mean Raina) was already plotting my grisly demise. I'm not sure exactly what happened, so I'm just going to recount what I was told by various people later on, along with artistic licence, (it's my story after all).
Raina just couldn't understand what was wrong with Seth, what the hell he was thinking bringing a human girl, even worse, an *American* human girl into their castle, stealing a bunch of stuff from her house. It was just nuts.
He'd either killed or brainwashed the parents not to notice anything. Still, it was pretty absurd. What did that girl have that she didn't, anyway? Storming about her quarters, she was already certain something had to be done right away.
Yet, if she killed the girl directly, Seth was going to be pissed, and most likely torture her horribly (from my point of view it was a shame she didn't attempt this, anyway...) If she got one of the people in the castle, he was also likely to trace it back to her.
Another thought occurred to her, that maybe *she* should torture him, for being an asshole. He thought that here in Scotland the rules weren't the same as everywhere else. Idiot. All Night People followed the same rules, no matter what country they were in. Seth was no exception to the laws. He thought because he'd picked such a remote location to hold his enclave he could get away with anything. He needed to be taught a lesson.
But in the end, killing his latest toy would teach him. *Then* she'd torture him. The thought brought a smile to her lips. There was only one thing left for it, really. The idea of hiring someone to do the job for her wasn't Raina's preferred choice, but there didn't seem to be anything else she could do.
"You sent for me?"
"Don't sound too enthused." Raina had already called for the only English Night World assassin she considered remotely worthy of any work Evan Blackthorn. It hadn't taken him very long to get here, and she was almost suspicious about why.
"I'm bored with lame assignments like this one," Evan said, walking over to the window and glaring at the windy moore below him. "I want a challenge. Killing the little human girl...well, not so human anymore...it's too easy."
"What?" As far as Raina had been aware the girl was human. Seth hadn't...Who the hell was she trying to kid? Of course he had. She shook her head. What a pratt. "Whatever," she said crossly. "Just do it."
"Don't you think you're overreacting? From what I hear she's not really up to much, despite the fact that now she's been made a vampire."
Raina studied her reflection in a full length mirror.(She wasn't that big actually, not much taller than a little over five feet. She was insultingly slender with perfect blonde hair that had to be bleached, a model perfect face, no flaws, not even a mole of any sort.) She had always relied on her Night World good looks to get her ahead in the world, and always being with someone who had a lot of money helped. Maybe she wasn't the brightest of the bunch when it came to academic things, but still...
"I'm not overreacting," she snapped. "If you'd ever been in love, you'd know." She had loved Seth once, and a part of her still probably did. He'd made her about a two hundred years ago, and had always kept her by his side.
Part of her hated his guts. Maybe she should have paid attention to *that* part more. She didn't like other girls coming in and intruding. Normally they were tossed out in a few years, but something told her it wasn't going to be like that this time.
"It's easy money for you," Raina pointed out.
"Fine."
So the first step at eliminating me had been taken. Of course, I had no idea about it yet. Maybe the awful nightmares I started to have around that time were trying to tell me something, then I could have been prepared for the next step.
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Part 3
While I was in my room trying to come to terms with what had happened to me, the bad guys, (well, when I say bad guys, interpret that I mean Raina) was already plotting my grisly demise. I'm not sure exactly what happened, so I'm just going to recount what I was told by various people later on, along with artistic licence, (it's my story after all).
Raina just couldn't understand what was wrong with Seth, what the hell he was thinking bringing a human girl, even worse, an *American* human girl into their castle, stealing a bunch of stuff from her house. It was just nuts.
He'd either killed or brainwashed the parents not to notice anything. Still, it was pretty absurd. What did that girl have that she didn't, anyway? Storming about her quarters, she was already certain something had to be done right away.
Yet, if she killed the girl directly, Seth was going to be pissed, and most likely torture her horribly (from my point of view it was a shame she didn't attempt this, anyway...) If she got one of the people in the castle, he was also likely to trace it back to her.
Another thought occurred to her, that maybe *she* should torture him, for being an asshole. He thought that here in Scotland the rules weren't the same as everywhere else. Idiot. All Night People followed the same rules, no matter what country they were in. Seth was no exception to the laws. He thought because he'd picked such a remote location to hold his enclave he could get away with anything. He needed to be taught a lesson.
But in the end, killing his latest toy would teach him. *Then* she'd torture him. The thought brought a smile to her lips. There was only one thing left for it, really. The idea of hiring someone to do the job for her wasn't Raina's preferred choice, but there didn't seem to be anything else she could do.
"You sent for me?"
"Don't sound too enthused." Raina had already called for the only English Night World assassin she considered remotely worthy of any work Evan Blackthorn. It hadn't taken him very long to get here, and she was almost suspicious about why.
"I'm bored with lame assignments like this one," Evan said, walking over to the window and glaring at the windy moore below him. "I want a challenge. Killing the little human girl...well, not so human anymore...it's too easy."
"What?" As far as Raina had been aware the girl was human. Seth hadn't...Who the hell was she trying to kid? Of course he had. She shook her head. What a pratt. "Whatever," she said crossly. "Just do it."
"Don't you think you're overreacting? From what I hear she's not really up to much, despite the fact that now she's been made a vampire."
Raina studied her reflection in a full length mirror.(She wasn't that big actually, not much taller than a little over five feet. She was insultingly slender with perfect blonde hair that had to be bleached, a model perfect face, no flaws, not even a mole of any sort.) She had always relied on her Night World good looks to get her ahead in the world, and always being with someone who had a lot of money helped. Maybe she wasn't the brightest of the bunch when it came to academic things, but still...
"I'm not overreacting," she snapped. "If you'd ever been in love, you'd know." She had loved Seth once, and a part of her still probably did. He'd made her about a two hundred years ago, and had always kept her by his side.
Part of her hated his guts. Maybe she should have paid attention to *that* part more. She didn't like other girls coming in and intruding. Normally they were tossed out in a few years, but something told her it wasn't going to be like that this time.
"It's easy money for you," Raina pointed out.
"Fine."
So the first step at eliminating me had been taken. Of course, I had no idea about it yet. Maybe the awful nightmares I started to have around that time were trying to tell me something, then I could have been prepared for the next step.
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