Part 9
Isabelle was beginning to wonder why she was agreeing to this insane plan of Adrianna's. Right now she almost wanted to kill Khal herself. On the one hand, she was prepared to say to hell with it and let Adrianna continue on her own. On the other hand, it was almost worth it to see Enya destroy herself.
It had never been easy having a sister who was perfect. She never seemed to be able to find her own identity. All she had ever seemed to get was "Why can't you be more like Enya?" It just wasn't fair.
And she had a Redfern vampire all over her. Totally unfair.
She had been willing to help Adrianna in the first place, second time round she was wondering if it was getting tedious. Illyria and her friends were hardly going to be willing to let her play with their deepest secrets and pass it off as Enya's fault for using them.
Even as she sat alone at the coffee house, she knew they were sneering at her. She sighed, biting into a large cookie, wondering how the hell she was going to do this.
Illyria was leaving; she was out. She seemed to be sticking up for Enya, anyhow. Not surprising, really, considering they were roommates. Amara seemed convinced their spell would work. Valaire, who she recalled as Enya's best friend from high school was neutral and didn't seem to care one way or the other. Katrissa was convinced Enya was a killer.
Katrissa might be of some use.
This soulmate spell wasn't helping. How could they possibly tell who this would be? She sighed, ordering another coffee. This plan of Adrianna's wasn't working in the slightest. She drained her coffee cup, deciding on a temporary solution to the issue.
"Hey, wait a minute."
She stopped, looking around, Katrissa was signalling to her. Isabelle stopped, waiting. "Yeah?"
Amara and Valaire ad left as well.
"You're Enya's sister, right?"
Isabelle made a face and nodded. "So?"
"Let's talk. Not here."
Isabelle followed Katrissa back to her room. She managed to get rid of her roommate and turned to face Isabelle, sitting on her bed. "You think she killed Morpheus?"
Isabelle shrugged. "I wouldn't put it past her. Why?"
Katrissa sighed. "She's a loser, and this whole soulmate spell idea of Illyria's is a waste of time. I don't see the need for all the bother."
Isabelle wondered where Katrissa was going with all of this.
"My cousin Adrianna has a grudge against Enya, I've seen you talking with her. Whatever you plan is, I want in."
Isabelle hadn't been expecting that. As she thought about it, having an insider in Illyria's group would probably work to their advantage at some point. "Adrianna's plan at the moment is to drive Enya insane, eventually making her kill herself."
Katrissa laughed. "I haven't heard that one before. How are we going to do that?"
Isabelle decided not to mention Katrissa's involvement to Adrianna. She didn't recall Adrianna ever mentioning she had a cousin before, and didn't know anything about Katrissa, or why she *really* wanted in on this. Her statement could be true enough, there might always be more to it. So all the same, it might be an idea to keep this one to themselves.
"Well Adrianna wants me to find nasty secrets and exploit them, making them think it's Enya messing with them."
Katrissa nodded. "Okay, and how do you plan to actually *get* the secrets?"
"You know any?"
Katrissa's lip curled. "One or two."
Isabelle glanced out the window. "I was thinking of having someone date Illyria and dig up info on her. Is Valaire seeing anyone?"
Katrissa shook her head. "Not that I know of. That could actually work, I've got a couple of male friends who've been trying to get me to hook them up with some hot girls." She smiled again. "Leave it to me."
Isabelle glanced back at Katrissa. Could she trust this girl? There was still the problem of getting Khal to admit his soulmate connection with Adrianna. As far as she was concerned, Adrianna could deal with that one herself.
"Okay, this is my number." She scribbled her room extension and her cell phone number on a piece of paper. "One more thing, just don't mention any of this to Adrianna."
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Isabelle was beginning to wonder why she was agreeing to this insane plan of Adrianna's. Right now she almost wanted to kill Khal herself. On the one hand, she was prepared to say to hell with it and let Adrianna continue on her own. On the other hand, it was almost worth it to see Enya destroy herself.
It had never been easy having a sister who was perfect. She never seemed to be able to find her own identity. All she had ever seemed to get was "Why can't you be more like Enya?" It just wasn't fair.
And she had a Redfern vampire all over her. Totally unfair.
She had been willing to help Adrianna in the first place, second time round she was wondering if it was getting tedious. Illyria and her friends were hardly going to be willing to let her play with their deepest secrets and pass it off as Enya's fault for using them.
Even as she sat alone at the coffee house, she knew they were sneering at her. She sighed, biting into a large cookie, wondering how the hell she was going to do this.
Illyria was leaving; she was out. She seemed to be sticking up for Enya, anyhow. Not surprising, really, considering they were roommates. Amara seemed convinced their spell would work. Valaire, who she recalled as Enya's best friend from high school was neutral and didn't seem to care one way or the other. Katrissa was convinced Enya was a killer.
Katrissa might be of some use.
This soulmate spell wasn't helping. How could they possibly tell who this would be? She sighed, ordering another coffee. This plan of Adrianna's wasn't working in the slightest. She drained her coffee cup, deciding on a temporary solution to the issue.
"Hey, wait a minute."
She stopped, looking around, Katrissa was signalling to her. Isabelle stopped, waiting. "Yeah?"
Amara and Valaire ad left as well.
"You're Enya's sister, right?"
Isabelle made a face and nodded. "So?"
"Let's talk. Not here."
Isabelle followed Katrissa back to her room. She managed to get rid of her roommate and turned to face Isabelle, sitting on her bed. "You think she killed Morpheus?"
Isabelle shrugged. "I wouldn't put it past her. Why?"
Katrissa sighed. "She's a loser, and this whole soulmate spell idea of Illyria's is a waste of time. I don't see the need for all the bother."
Isabelle wondered where Katrissa was going with all of this.
"My cousin Adrianna has a grudge against Enya, I've seen you talking with her. Whatever you plan is, I want in."
Isabelle hadn't been expecting that. As she thought about it, having an insider in Illyria's group would probably work to their advantage at some point. "Adrianna's plan at the moment is to drive Enya insane, eventually making her kill herself."
Katrissa laughed. "I haven't heard that one before. How are we going to do that?"
Isabelle decided not to mention Katrissa's involvement to Adrianna. She didn't recall Adrianna ever mentioning she had a cousin before, and didn't know anything about Katrissa, or why she *really* wanted in on this. Her statement could be true enough, there might always be more to it. So all the same, it might be an idea to keep this one to themselves.
"Well Adrianna wants me to find nasty secrets and exploit them, making them think it's Enya messing with them."
Katrissa nodded. "Okay, and how do you plan to actually *get* the secrets?"
"You know any?"
Katrissa's lip curled. "One or two."
Isabelle glanced out the window. "I was thinking of having someone date Illyria and dig up info on her. Is Valaire seeing anyone?"
Katrissa shook her head. "Not that I know of. That could actually work, I've got a couple of male friends who've been trying to get me to hook them up with some hot girls." She smiled again. "Leave it to me."
Isabelle glanced back at Katrissa. Could she trust this girl? There was still the problem of getting Khal to admit his soulmate connection with Adrianna. As far as she was concerned, Adrianna could deal with that one herself.
"Okay, this is my number." She scribbled her room extension and her cell phone number on a piece of paper. "One more thing, just don't mention any of this to Adrianna."
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