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"Dominique Vida?" I repeated this statement stupidly as if I was a child.
"Yep, the bitch herself." I knew Aubrey was still seething over the scar the Vida gave him last year while he was protecting Kaei . That was one of the few things we had in common. We both hated a Vida for a wound they delivered us. After a few moments, I turned in my chair to face Aubrey. Our black eyes connected and he arched a brow.
"Dominique asked Caryn to get a vampire to do something for her?" I questioned skeptically, not sure where Aubrey was going with this.
"No." Aubrey replied with laughter in his voice. I was glad he did so. If it was true, then Dominique would have softened or have gone crazy. And the last thing we need is a Vida gone nuts. "Vida has no idea that Caryn came here to ask for help." After Caryn had almost been disowned for helping Jessica and tainting her aura slightly from her transference between Aubrey and Jessica, I was somewhat surprised to see Vida trusting Caryn with something that sounded important.
"Must be pretty desperate to ask her immortal enemy," Rabe cut in, handing Aubrey his drink. He nodded simply in thanks before taking a sip. He had grown accustomed to Rabe's uncalled for interruptions, considering that his younger brother Maverick was in love with her.
"What was the favor?" One of my human characteristics that have not left me was blinding curiousity. I suppose I learned my lesson with Sarah Tigress Vida. "Although I doubt it's a 'favor'. Anything coming from Dominique is never a favor. It's an order." Rabe and Aubrey nodded in unison.
"Dominique's daugther has befriended two of your line." I arched my brow slightly and leaned closer to him. Sarah Vida? And vampires? Highly doubtful. But if Aubrey said so, than I suppose it had to be true. He wouldn't risk lying to me. I have friends in many lines. At first I was thinking Alyandia and Lorika, or maybe Alyssa and Maryiba, the weaker ones of Kaleo's fledglings. Somehow guessing my suspicions, Aubrey shook his head.
"No?" I tilted my head a bit and looked Aubrey over. He looked just as he had a year ago, with pale skin, black hair and matching eyes. He did look Roman but he could be from Greece. I always got those two mixed up. Americans are geographically challenged, some say. "Which two?" As if pondering on whether to tell me or not, he looked me over. I knew I must have looked like a mess, with my wound and everything. After standing up he answered.
"Kristopher and Nissa Ravena." That had gripped my attention and smacked me in the face with it. I went to bashes with those two. If a vampire could ever have friends, those would be on my list. Although I never called Christopher by his old name. I had taken up the signature change like his brother, but that was my extent of Ravena likeness.
"Sarah Vida has befriended the siblings of the very vampire her Line has been trying to kill ever since Elizabeth Vida?" I hated Sarah. She gave me this wound and now she has befriended two of my friends. And she was a Vida for pity's sake!
"Yep, she doesn't know their relation to Nikolas though."
"I would think so," I muttered as I stood up and glanced over at Rabe. She hated witches, vampire hunters more than Smokes. Her mother had kept a jumbo secret from her about her family. Like she was an Arun. It was still odd though, considering that Rabe is still part witch herself. How can you hate your own kind? I reminded myself that I too had hated my own kind and kept my thoughts silent.
"And Caryn wanted a vampire to help her because?" Rabe butted in again. I looked over at her once more and smirked. How Silver could suggest Rabe of becoming a strong vampire amused me. She looked so innocent. But I knew of the powers she had suppressed in that perfect head of hers. And that deadly Arun knife in her boot. A part of me joked about Rabe becoming strong, and the other agreed with Silver. I mean, why couldn't Rabe be strong? She had the same aura that Risika and Aubrey had had when they were humans, except for the fact that she was a witch.
"Think about it Rabe," Aubrey said as he turned to face her. "Would any witch be able to go undercover to a bash?" I snorted accidently, knowing my wound was proof that they could and did. I was rewarded with a gaze from Aubrey's direction. "True, Kairbre," he informed me even though I verbally said nothing. "But a witch known so well as the "Smoke who betrayed her own kind" would not go unrecognized."
"She is also known as a SingleEarth witch," I put in, which I knew would be recognized by several of my Line. Most of us had been banned from even stepping close to SingleEarth building. I myself was included.
"Vida's are hunters, and not many vampires live to tell their story of how they fought a Vida," Rabe added with a smirk.
"You three seem to be gaining popularity," Kaei informed us as she passed to clean a table. When I glanced around, I noticed that several weaker vampires were listening in. As if Aubrey and I had the same idea, we both hit one of the group of weaklings with our minds. While the one I hit jumped out of his chair and looked around nervously, Aubrey's target, who was standing up, flew back a foot or two. After that, almost all the weak vampires left. They new better not to fight with us.
"Not bad," Aubrey muttered before taking another sip of his drink. He would have been hitting me with his mind a year ago, but now we both enjoyed the power.
"Well, I do try," Rabe giggled behind the bar. She always enjoyed teasing Aubrey, knowing he could never harm her. That was one of the reasons I enjoyed Rabe's company. She teased the dead.
"Anyway," I prodded, "About Caryn."
"Yes," Aubrey thought aloud. "Caryn."
"What about Caryn?" I snapped, growing impatient. My temper was never really . . .temperate. It had especially dwindled over the past months when my blood lust would sometimes go over my head.
"Watch it Kairbre," Aubrey growled before he actually answered. "Dominique is out of town with her older daughter. Which leaves Sarah. Caryn is supposed to watch her, but she refuses to go into bashes. You know how Smokes are, how mostly all witches are about bashes. They can only pretend to be human for so long. Back to the point. So when, not if, Sarah goes to one . . . "
"Caryn wants a vampire that could fit in the crowd and not stand out too much as to get targeted by Sarah, but get close enough to see and hear what she is doing and saying." Then, I added, "A not so well known vamp." I winced at calling my kind that, but witches thought of us either as leeches or vamps. Not creatures just trying to survive. Just killers.
"You catch on too quickly." Aubrey joked.
"But Kairbre IS known in bashes," Rabe questioned. I suppose I was, but I said nothing. I had gone to every circuit with Rayne in attempt to find the perfect one. Right now I was running with Kaleo and Kendra's curcuit, but I was going to Nissa and Christopher's bash just to hang out.
"When Kairbe mentioned 'not so well known'," Aubrey explained as he stretched, "I believe he meant not so well known to the witch world."
"He is THERE too," Kaei snuck in as she passed by again. I smirked. The two blood bonds were making me sound as well known as Aubrey himself. That was either flattering or embarrasing.
"Smokes and Aruns, yes." Aubrey smirked. "Not as well known by Vidas and Marinitch."
"That's true," I added, as though I reluctant to state so. "Smoke hates me because I killed Anne and brought Jessica closer to the "dark side", Arun ate me cause I spilled the secret about Rabe, but Vida and Marinitch barely know I exist."
"Seems as if your recognition is all thanks to Rabe, hmm?" Aubrey questioned with a hint of amusement underneath his seriousness, like he always did with Rabe. He could never harm her with his body, but toying with her mind was something both of us enjoyed.
She made his drink explode with about as much thought as I put into moving one place to another with my mind.She used the same amount of concentration equal to a human blink of an eye.
"Clean that up before you leave Aubrey," Kaei said as she once again passed. I loved it how she could just slip by and get in a few words in, then leave before she had to see his reaction.
"She can be so annoying sometimes," Aubrey muttered to himself as he actually began picking up pieces. Rabe and I exchanged glances. Was Aubrey actually listening to Kaei? I was so shocked for a moment but I pulled my mind out of my thoughts.
"I am going to go and talk to Caryn about this job offer," I yawned as I began to make my way to the door. "I need to get something to eat first." Then I was gone.
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Ok, this was short. Apologizes, many. Please review!
Krikoris
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"Dominique Vida?" I repeated this statement stupidly as if I was a child.
"Yep, the bitch herself." I knew Aubrey was still seething over the scar the Vida gave him last year while he was protecting Kaei . That was one of the few things we had in common. We both hated a Vida for a wound they delivered us. After a few moments, I turned in my chair to face Aubrey. Our black eyes connected and he arched a brow.
"Dominique asked Caryn to get a vampire to do something for her?" I questioned skeptically, not sure where Aubrey was going with this.
"No." Aubrey replied with laughter in his voice. I was glad he did so. If it was true, then Dominique would have softened or have gone crazy. And the last thing we need is a Vida gone nuts. "Vida has no idea that Caryn came here to ask for help." After Caryn had almost been disowned for helping Jessica and tainting her aura slightly from her transference between Aubrey and Jessica, I was somewhat surprised to see Vida trusting Caryn with something that sounded important.
"Must be pretty desperate to ask her immortal enemy," Rabe cut in, handing Aubrey his drink. He nodded simply in thanks before taking a sip. He had grown accustomed to Rabe's uncalled for interruptions, considering that his younger brother Maverick was in love with her.
"What was the favor?" One of my human characteristics that have not left me was blinding curiousity. I suppose I learned my lesson with Sarah Tigress Vida. "Although I doubt it's a 'favor'. Anything coming from Dominique is never a favor. It's an order." Rabe and Aubrey nodded in unison.
"Dominique's daugther has befriended two of your line." I arched my brow slightly and leaned closer to him. Sarah Vida? And vampires? Highly doubtful. But if Aubrey said so, than I suppose it had to be true. He wouldn't risk lying to me. I have friends in many lines. At first I was thinking Alyandia and Lorika, or maybe Alyssa and Maryiba, the weaker ones of Kaleo's fledglings. Somehow guessing my suspicions, Aubrey shook his head.
"No?" I tilted my head a bit and looked Aubrey over. He looked just as he had a year ago, with pale skin, black hair and matching eyes. He did look Roman but he could be from Greece. I always got those two mixed up. Americans are geographically challenged, some say. "Which two?" As if pondering on whether to tell me or not, he looked me over. I knew I must have looked like a mess, with my wound and everything. After standing up he answered.
"Kristopher and Nissa Ravena." That had gripped my attention and smacked me in the face with it. I went to bashes with those two. If a vampire could ever have friends, those would be on my list. Although I never called Christopher by his old name. I had taken up the signature change like his brother, but that was my extent of Ravena likeness.
"Sarah Vida has befriended the siblings of the very vampire her Line has been trying to kill ever since Elizabeth Vida?" I hated Sarah. She gave me this wound and now she has befriended two of my friends. And she was a Vida for pity's sake!
"Yep, she doesn't know their relation to Nikolas though."
"I would think so," I muttered as I stood up and glanced over at Rabe. She hated witches, vampire hunters more than Smokes. Her mother had kept a jumbo secret from her about her family. Like she was an Arun. It was still odd though, considering that Rabe is still part witch herself. How can you hate your own kind? I reminded myself that I too had hated my own kind and kept my thoughts silent.
"And Caryn wanted a vampire to help her because?" Rabe butted in again. I looked over at her once more and smirked. How Silver could suggest Rabe of becoming a strong vampire amused me. She looked so innocent. But I knew of the powers she had suppressed in that perfect head of hers. And that deadly Arun knife in her boot. A part of me joked about Rabe becoming strong, and the other agreed with Silver. I mean, why couldn't Rabe be strong? She had the same aura that Risika and Aubrey had had when they were humans, except for the fact that she was a witch.
"Think about it Rabe," Aubrey said as he turned to face her. "Would any witch be able to go undercover to a bash?" I snorted accidently, knowing my wound was proof that they could and did. I was rewarded with a gaze from Aubrey's direction. "True, Kairbre," he informed me even though I verbally said nothing. "But a witch known so well as the "Smoke who betrayed her own kind" would not go unrecognized."
"She is also known as a SingleEarth witch," I put in, which I knew would be recognized by several of my Line. Most of us had been banned from even stepping close to SingleEarth building. I myself was included.
"Vida's are hunters, and not many vampires live to tell their story of how they fought a Vida," Rabe added with a smirk.
"You three seem to be gaining popularity," Kaei informed us as she passed to clean a table. When I glanced around, I noticed that several weaker vampires were listening in. As if Aubrey and I had the same idea, we both hit one of the group of weaklings with our minds. While the one I hit jumped out of his chair and looked around nervously, Aubrey's target, who was standing up, flew back a foot or two. After that, almost all the weak vampires left. They new better not to fight with us.
"Not bad," Aubrey muttered before taking another sip of his drink. He would have been hitting me with his mind a year ago, but now we both enjoyed the power.
"Well, I do try," Rabe giggled behind the bar. She always enjoyed teasing Aubrey, knowing he could never harm her. That was one of the reasons I enjoyed Rabe's company. She teased the dead.
"Anyway," I prodded, "About Caryn."
"Yes," Aubrey thought aloud. "Caryn."
"What about Caryn?" I snapped, growing impatient. My temper was never really . . .temperate. It had especially dwindled over the past months when my blood lust would sometimes go over my head.
"Watch it Kairbre," Aubrey growled before he actually answered. "Dominique is out of town with her older daughter. Which leaves Sarah. Caryn is supposed to watch her, but she refuses to go into bashes. You know how Smokes are, how mostly all witches are about bashes. They can only pretend to be human for so long. Back to the point. So when, not if, Sarah goes to one . . . "
"Caryn wants a vampire that could fit in the crowd and not stand out too much as to get targeted by Sarah, but get close enough to see and hear what she is doing and saying." Then, I added, "A not so well known vamp." I winced at calling my kind that, but witches thought of us either as leeches or vamps. Not creatures just trying to survive. Just killers.
"You catch on too quickly." Aubrey joked.
"But Kairbre IS known in bashes," Rabe questioned. I suppose I was, but I said nothing. I had gone to every circuit with Rayne in attempt to find the perfect one. Right now I was running with Kaleo and Kendra's curcuit, but I was going to Nissa and Christopher's bash just to hang out.
"When Kairbe mentioned 'not so well known'," Aubrey explained as he stretched, "I believe he meant not so well known to the witch world."
"He is THERE too," Kaei snuck in as she passed by again. I smirked. The two blood bonds were making me sound as well known as Aubrey himself. That was either flattering or embarrasing.
"Smokes and Aruns, yes." Aubrey smirked. "Not as well known by Vidas and Marinitch."
"That's true," I added, as though I reluctant to state so. "Smoke hates me because I killed Anne and brought Jessica closer to the "dark side", Arun ate me cause I spilled the secret about Rabe, but Vida and Marinitch barely know I exist."
"Seems as if your recognition is all thanks to Rabe, hmm?" Aubrey questioned with a hint of amusement underneath his seriousness, like he always did with Rabe. He could never harm her with his body, but toying with her mind was something both of us enjoyed.
She made his drink explode with about as much thought as I put into moving one place to another with my mind.She used the same amount of concentration equal to a human blink of an eye.
"Clean that up before you leave Aubrey," Kaei said as she once again passed. I loved it how she could just slip by and get in a few words in, then leave before she had to see his reaction.
"She can be so annoying sometimes," Aubrey muttered to himself as he actually began picking up pieces. Rabe and I exchanged glances. Was Aubrey actually listening to Kaei? I was so shocked for a moment but I pulled my mind out of my thoughts.
"I am going to go and talk to Caryn about this job offer," I yawned as I began to make my way to the door. "I need to get something to eat first." Then I was gone.
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Ok, this was short. Apologizes, many. Please review!
Krikoris