Part 17
Helen felt like screaming. Because Cathy happened to be her friend most of the obvious questions were directed at her - only she had no answer to give them. "How many fucking times?" she snapped, finally loosing her cool. "I have no *idea* where they went. How *should* I know when you asked me to kill the little bitch?"
"Your friend Tori," Ceres said. "She was talking to Jacina and they were going to try and stop Cassanova from doing whatever he's done."
"That's not going to be an option now," Tyche said dismissively. There was an odd, disturbing smile on her pretty face that made Helen shiver.
"Why not?" Dallas asked.
Tyche smiled her cold smile again. "Bitch is dead. I took care of *her*."
Helen was almost too shocked to be angry. Killing everyone who got in the way of the boy you happened to like was just insane. She could tell by the looks on Ceres and Nemesis's faces they agreed Tyche had completely lost it.
"You killed Tori?" she got out past the lump in her throat.
"Not yet," Tyche answered calmly. "But if she gets in my way I will. I killed Jacina."
~Vulcan's going to have a fit~ Helen thought, but couldn't deny the relief she felt. She'd have to warn Tori and maybe they could figure something out before Tyche got to Cassanova and Cathy.
"Where do *you* think they've gone?" Tyche asked Dallas.
Dallas shrugged. "The last time Cassanova did something like this he got his ass kicked. - and sent away from the enclave."
Helen frowned. "Last time?"
Dallas sneered. "Idiot fell in love with his human slave, decided if he made her a Night Person they could run away together and everything would be all right." He shook his head.
Tyche's eyes had darkened and her expression had changed marginally. Jealousy mixed with hatred and heated obsession. An ugly combination. "Who?"
"Her name was Maria Pullman," Dallas said. "They never caught her. They got Cassanova. He got tortured." He smirked nastily.
Helen couldn't help thinking Cassanova deserved it for being such an ass. What did he *think* was going to happen to him? He'd tried to get away with doing it once - and hadn't. Night World law outside the enclaves was no less strict - if anything, *worse*.
"So we all think he's taken Cathy to change her. There were mutterings and nods. *Finding* where they'd gone was going to be the hard part. But she did have an idea where they could start.
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Helen felt like screaming. Because Cathy happened to be her friend most of the obvious questions were directed at her - only she had no answer to give them. "How many fucking times?" she snapped, finally loosing her cool. "I have no *idea* where they went. How *should* I know when you asked me to kill the little bitch?"
"Your friend Tori," Ceres said. "She was talking to Jacina and they were going to try and stop Cassanova from doing whatever he's done."
"That's not going to be an option now," Tyche said dismissively. There was an odd, disturbing smile on her pretty face that made Helen shiver.
"Why not?" Dallas asked.
Tyche smiled her cold smile again. "Bitch is dead. I took care of *her*."
Helen was almost too shocked to be angry. Killing everyone who got in the way of the boy you happened to like was just insane. She could tell by the looks on Ceres and Nemesis's faces they agreed Tyche had completely lost it.
"You killed Tori?" she got out past the lump in her throat.
"Not yet," Tyche answered calmly. "But if she gets in my way I will. I killed Jacina."
~Vulcan's going to have a fit~ Helen thought, but couldn't deny the relief she felt. She'd have to warn Tori and maybe they could figure something out before Tyche got to Cassanova and Cathy.
"Where do *you* think they've gone?" Tyche asked Dallas.
Dallas shrugged. "The last time Cassanova did something like this he got his ass kicked. - and sent away from the enclave."
Helen frowned. "Last time?"
Dallas sneered. "Idiot fell in love with his human slave, decided if he made her a Night Person they could run away together and everything would be all right." He shook his head.
Tyche's eyes had darkened and her expression had changed marginally. Jealousy mixed with hatred and heated obsession. An ugly combination. "Who?"
"Her name was Maria Pullman," Dallas said. "They never caught her. They got Cassanova. He got tortured." He smirked nastily.
Helen couldn't help thinking Cassanova deserved it for being such an ass. What did he *think* was going to happen to him? He'd tried to get away with doing it once - and hadn't. Night World law outside the enclaves was no less strict - if anything, *worse*.
"So we all think he's taken Cathy to change her. There were mutterings and nods. *Finding* where they'd gone was going to be the hard part. But she did have an idea where they could start.
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