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I hated surprises. First there was Silver, then Rabe becoming stronger than Risika (which I still find impossible) and now there was a Smoke witch in my club. And not any Smoke. Caryn Smoke. The bitch healer herself. She was there when I killed Anne. And no doubt that was one of the major things that sent Jessica down the "road of damnation." As witches preferred to call it.
When she turned from someone to face the newest vampire in the room, her blue eyes changed from a calm collected mood to a look of hatred. I was sure I returned the gesture. "Kairbre!" She yelled as she gracefully stode towards me. She has not seen my since I changed my name one year ago when I had entered SingleEarth for the last time. Or at least tried to. The point is, she had no idea how much stronger I had become.
Smokes are not fighters. But Caryn gave me the look of a Vida on a rampage. Maybe it was because she was the personal healing slave of Dominique Vida and her bitch daughters.
Caryn barely acknowledged my wound, but strode right up to me so that her face was inches from mine. I could not suppress my smile. "Long time no see Caryn," I greeted her with false warmth as I moved passed her to sit on the bar. I had aqquired this habit from my not so favorite vampire Fala and my favorite blood bonded witch.
"Same here," came a new voice. Newer voice, rather. Both of us turned to see Jessica entering Las Noches. As always, she looked stunning. As a human I had known her to embody the perfect figure of a vampire. Well, I had not known her but had seen her. She was gorgeous all the time. But right behind her was Aubrey, Maverick's brother. I dislike Maverick still, but I have found out that Aubrey has taken to me rather well. Considering that I killed Jessica's mother and all.
"Caryn," Aubrey began as Jessica sat up on the bar besides be. We, or should I say she, had once hated me, wished to kill me. Now I am just another vampire with a sense of sarcastic humor to enjoy speaking with. Of course I keep all of this away from Rayne, the whole Jessica is gorgeous in a way thing. The two of us nod to each other in simple greeting before catching up on the conversation between the witch and the leech. Vampire, I mean.
"So you want me to ask him to do what?" Was the first thing that Aubrey had said since I had dazed out a bit. And it sounded like I was missing a lot. Kaei, who was on duty, glanced over at me and arched a brow. I guess that meant the 'him' was me.
"He knows Nikolas and Kaleo, he has to help!" Caryn sounded desperate and I looked over at Jessica. She kept looking between me and Caryn.
"I believe Kairbre can do whatever he pleases on this issue." Caryn turned her head to see who it was and only then did she seem to snap.
"You good for nothing, vampire loving, blood bonded Arun!" If Caryn bad mouthed as bad as she would fight, I would see how Smokes got a bad reputation for not fighting. Anger did not become Caryn at all.
"Well I'm no expert," Rabe replied, laying her head in my lap and meerly glancing at Caryn, who had turned beet red. I played along with Rabe and I began stroking her long black hair, ran it between my fingers, and kissed the strands that I let fall through my fingertips. This was a game that we had invented. Teasing the human world with playful antics between a blood bonded witch and a vampire, and taunting the witches by flaunting our friendship, Rabe outwardly showing her love for vampires, and her betrayl to her kind. "But you seem to have a bit of vampire in yourself too now, don't you?"
Caryn was too angered to speak. What she did next made me actually have to intake a sharp breath. I had no idea what had been eating her, (or maybe angering her, if it wasn't a vampire,) but she seemed to have snapped. "I swear," she yelled out, pulling out a Vida dagger, "if either of you ever come even remotely close to me, SingleEarth, or any of its inhabitants, you shall feel the blinding pain of Vida silver through your heart."
I simply just stared at her. There was no way I was going to let Caryn, a Smoke in which I hoped to kill one day, get to me. To my amusement, Rabe seemed to think the same thing and she wrapped her hands around my neck, pulled me down so my lips touched her neck, and giggled in her mind. I played along too, just praying that Maverick would not find out. Kissing her neck tenderly, I heard Caryn mutter some rather rude words under her breath before sliding the knife away and stalking out.
No sooner had she done that, I pulled away from Rabe, who soon followed my lead and slid off my lap. I smirked slightly as she went into a hysteric laughter. Aubrey and I caught each others eyes. I knew he needed to talk to me about something, and before I could figure out anymore, I felt a hand on my cheek. Jessica then nudged my cheek slightly so I turned my head to meet her eye to eye.
"As long as you can smile, as long as you can laugh, you have your mortality." Before I could respond or even process the words, she was gone. Sighing, I ran my fingers through my hair and noticed that Rabe and Kaei had stopped laughing. Both of them were looking at me. Right then I knew that they had heard what Jessica had told me. What they did not know is that about a year ago, and 56 years before, I heard basically those same words.
"Don't let her get to you," Aubrey stated to really no one as he sat down at the bar and picked up a random bottle. No doubt those words had affected everyone. What really got the other vampires was that it was true. "She just says those things sometimes. You get used to it."
But I knew deep inside that I could never get used to words like that. "Water please Kaei," I told her, suddenly hungry. I would usually drink cyanide but, alas, I was not allowed to have any until my wound healed up. And I never went hunting without an appetizer.
"What did Caryn come here for?" I asked, trying not to sound curious. They all knew I had not been paying attention. But it seemed as if some others were wondering as well. "Didn't anyone besides Aubrey hear?"
"They spoke with their minds to each other," Kaei informed me as handed me my water. I nodded and downed the drink.
"She wanted you to do something for her." Aubrey glanced over at me before setting down the bottle. My curiousity sparked.
"What was it?"
"Something that needed to be done for another witch." Another spark on the Curiousity Meter.
"What other witch?" That seemed to be the one thing Aubrey wanted me to ask. He looked at me and smiled wickedly.
"Dominique Vida herself."
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I hated surprises. First there was Silver, then Rabe becoming stronger than Risika (which I still find impossible) and now there was a Smoke witch in my club. And not any Smoke. Caryn Smoke. The bitch healer herself. She was there when I killed Anne. And no doubt that was one of the major things that sent Jessica down the "road of damnation." As witches preferred to call it.
When she turned from someone to face the newest vampire in the room, her blue eyes changed from a calm collected mood to a look of hatred. I was sure I returned the gesture. "Kairbre!" She yelled as she gracefully stode towards me. She has not seen my since I changed my name one year ago when I had entered SingleEarth for the last time. Or at least tried to. The point is, she had no idea how much stronger I had become.
Smokes are not fighters. But Caryn gave me the look of a Vida on a rampage. Maybe it was because she was the personal healing slave of Dominique Vida and her bitch daughters.
Caryn barely acknowledged my wound, but strode right up to me so that her face was inches from mine. I could not suppress my smile. "Long time no see Caryn," I greeted her with false warmth as I moved passed her to sit on the bar. I had aqquired this habit from my not so favorite vampire Fala and my favorite blood bonded witch.
"Same here," came a new voice. Newer voice, rather. Both of us turned to see Jessica entering Las Noches. As always, she looked stunning. As a human I had known her to embody the perfect figure of a vampire. Well, I had not known her but had seen her. She was gorgeous all the time. But right behind her was Aubrey, Maverick's brother. I dislike Maverick still, but I have found out that Aubrey has taken to me rather well. Considering that I killed Jessica's mother and all.
"Caryn," Aubrey began as Jessica sat up on the bar besides be. We, or should I say she, had once hated me, wished to kill me. Now I am just another vampire with a sense of sarcastic humor to enjoy speaking with. Of course I keep all of this away from Rayne, the whole Jessica is gorgeous in a way thing. The two of us nod to each other in simple greeting before catching up on the conversation between the witch and the leech. Vampire, I mean.
"So you want me to ask him to do what?" Was the first thing that Aubrey had said since I had dazed out a bit. And it sounded like I was missing a lot. Kaei, who was on duty, glanced over at me and arched a brow. I guess that meant the 'him' was me.
"He knows Nikolas and Kaleo, he has to help!" Caryn sounded desperate and I looked over at Jessica. She kept looking between me and Caryn.
"I believe Kairbre can do whatever he pleases on this issue." Caryn turned her head to see who it was and only then did she seem to snap.
"You good for nothing, vampire loving, blood bonded Arun!" If Caryn bad mouthed as bad as she would fight, I would see how Smokes got a bad reputation for not fighting. Anger did not become Caryn at all.
"Well I'm no expert," Rabe replied, laying her head in my lap and meerly glancing at Caryn, who had turned beet red. I played along with Rabe and I began stroking her long black hair, ran it between my fingers, and kissed the strands that I let fall through my fingertips. This was a game that we had invented. Teasing the human world with playful antics between a blood bonded witch and a vampire, and taunting the witches by flaunting our friendship, Rabe outwardly showing her love for vampires, and her betrayl to her kind. "But you seem to have a bit of vampire in yourself too now, don't you?"
Caryn was too angered to speak. What she did next made me actually have to intake a sharp breath. I had no idea what had been eating her, (or maybe angering her, if it wasn't a vampire,) but she seemed to have snapped. "I swear," she yelled out, pulling out a Vida dagger, "if either of you ever come even remotely close to me, SingleEarth, or any of its inhabitants, you shall feel the blinding pain of Vida silver through your heart."
I simply just stared at her. There was no way I was going to let Caryn, a Smoke in which I hoped to kill one day, get to me. To my amusement, Rabe seemed to think the same thing and she wrapped her hands around my neck, pulled me down so my lips touched her neck, and giggled in her mind. I played along too, just praying that Maverick would not find out. Kissing her neck tenderly, I heard Caryn mutter some rather rude words under her breath before sliding the knife away and stalking out.
No sooner had she done that, I pulled away from Rabe, who soon followed my lead and slid off my lap. I smirked slightly as she went into a hysteric laughter. Aubrey and I caught each others eyes. I knew he needed to talk to me about something, and before I could figure out anymore, I felt a hand on my cheek. Jessica then nudged my cheek slightly so I turned my head to meet her eye to eye.
"As long as you can smile, as long as you can laugh, you have your mortality." Before I could respond or even process the words, she was gone. Sighing, I ran my fingers through my hair and noticed that Rabe and Kaei had stopped laughing. Both of them were looking at me. Right then I knew that they had heard what Jessica had told me. What they did not know is that about a year ago, and 56 years before, I heard basically those same words.
"Don't let her get to you," Aubrey stated to really no one as he sat down at the bar and picked up a random bottle. No doubt those words had affected everyone. What really got the other vampires was that it was true. "She just says those things sometimes. You get used to it."
But I knew deep inside that I could never get used to words like that. "Water please Kaei," I told her, suddenly hungry. I would usually drink cyanide but, alas, I was not allowed to have any until my wound healed up. And I never went hunting without an appetizer.
"What did Caryn come here for?" I asked, trying not to sound curious. They all knew I had not been paying attention. But it seemed as if some others were wondering as well. "Didn't anyone besides Aubrey hear?"
"They spoke with their minds to each other," Kaei informed me as handed me my water. I nodded and downed the drink.
"She wanted you to do something for her." Aubrey glanced over at me before setting down the bottle. My curiousity sparked.
"What was it?"
"Something that needed to be done for another witch." Another spark on the Curiousity Meter.
"What other witch?" That seemed to be the one thing Aubrey wanted me to ask. He looked at me and smiled wickedly.
"Dominique Vida herself."