Part 19
"How did you find me?" Maria eyed the shifter distrustfully. After being a slave in an enclave she kind of hand an issue with Night People, and found it almost impossible to trust any of them.
"That's my secret," Tyche answered, "The question is, will you do it or not?"
Maria thought about it. She had thought when she had first met Cassanova Redfern he would be the one to solve all her problems, he'd take her out of the enclave, into the real world, where everything would be okay and they would live happily ever after.
How naive had she been? Cassanova's plan had been completely different to hers. She had been very reluctant to agree to the change, but he had convinced her it was the only way to go. Until she had risen as a vampire and they had been caught. He took her out the enclave and left her. Just *left* her all alone to deal with the new world and the new species.
"Why do *you* want him dead?" Maria asked. Somehow Tyche had managed to track her down, she had agreed to the meeting, thinking she could take out the Drache Princess, but Tyche's actual intentions, turned out to be a surprise.
Tyche knocked back what must be her fourth Expresso. Apparently thus black Iris they were in was the meeting place for the town's Night People. Which in Maria's opinion was kind of stupid, but that wasn't the issue here.
"He betrayed me," Tyche's voice was soft. Maria heard the pain there. "I loved him. Because I'm a Drache, and with all this stupid Wild Power business they wanted me out the way. So I came here to live with my aunt and uncle. I made friends easily, just Night People wanting to get their name tied in with royalty. Then I met Cassanova." Tyche's expression became dreamy. "And - he was different. Treated me like a person, and I loved him. I *thought* he loved me, but obviously not." The dreamy look faded into one of bitterness and hatred. "Then this human comes along, and he starts acting weird."
"And his solution is to make her a Night Person and everything will be okay?" Maria shook her head.
"The clerk at the hotel he took her too and recognised him, you're name came up and with some contacts I tracked you down."
~Some secret~ Maria thought, trying not to smile. But she could understand Tyche's anger and frustration. Cassanova deserved to be put out of commission. She had loved him once herself. And he'd changed her and abandoned her, and she hated him for that. Another innocent girl didn't deserve to have that happen to her.
"He really lives up to his name, doesn't he?" she said sourly.
Tyche didn't smile. "So you're going to kill him then?"
"You're going to pay?" Maria had spent most of the time killing Night People like Tyche. Right now, for the right price, of course, she was willing to make a *big* exception.
"$1 million," Tyche said bluntly. Her face had smoothed out, all emotions gone.
"You've got yourself a deal."
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"How did you find me?" Maria eyed the shifter distrustfully. After being a slave in an enclave she kind of hand an issue with Night People, and found it almost impossible to trust any of them.
"That's my secret," Tyche answered, "The question is, will you do it or not?"
Maria thought about it. She had thought when she had first met Cassanova Redfern he would be the one to solve all her problems, he'd take her out of the enclave, into the real world, where everything would be okay and they would live happily ever after.
How naive had she been? Cassanova's plan had been completely different to hers. She had been very reluctant to agree to the change, but he had convinced her it was the only way to go. Until she had risen as a vampire and they had been caught. He took her out the enclave and left her. Just *left* her all alone to deal with the new world and the new species.
"Why do *you* want him dead?" Maria asked. Somehow Tyche had managed to track her down, she had agreed to the meeting, thinking she could take out the Drache Princess, but Tyche's actual intentions, turned out to be a surprise.
Tyche knocked back what must be her fourth Expresso. Apparently thus black Iris they were in was the meeting place for the town's Night People. Which in Maria's opinion was kind of stupid, but that wasn't the issue here.
"He betrayed me," Tyche's voice was soft. Maria heard the pain there. "I loved him. Because I'm a Drache, and with all this stupid Wild Power business they wanted me out the way. So I came here to live with my aunt and uncle. I made friends easily, just Night People wanting to get their name tied in with royalty. Then I met Cassanova." Tyche's expression became dreamy. "And - he was different. Treated me like a person, and I loved him. I *thought* he loved me, but obviously not." The dreamy look faded into one of bitterness and hatred. "Then this human comes along, and he starts acting weird."
"And his solution is to make her a Night Person and everything will be okay?" Maria shook her head.
"The clerk at the hotel he took her too and recognised him, you're name came up and with some contacts I tracked you down."
~Some secret~ Maria thought, trying not to smile. But she could understand Tyche's anger and frustration. Cassanova deserved to be put out of commission. She had loved him once herself. And he'd changed her and abandoned her, and she hated him for that. Another innocent girl didn't deserve to have that happen to her.
"He really lives up to his name, doesn't he?" she said sourly.
Tyche didn't smile. "So you're going to kill him then?"
"You're going to pay?" Maria had spent most of the time killing Night People like Tyche. Right now, for the right price, of course, she was willing to make a *big* exception.
"$1 million," Tyche said bluntly. Her face had smoothed out, all emotions gone.
"You've got yourself a deal."
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