Part 13
Illyria wanted to scram, but she couldn't get the sound out. Her mind was a mad whirl of pink haziness. She couldn't believe it. She struggled out of the hands that held her, throwing the figure across the room.
He cried out as he hit Enya's bed. "Christ, what the hell is wrong with you?"
Illyria's vision had gone back to normal, her mind was semi clear. The lights had come back on. "Judas? It's you?" She shook her head in utter bewilderment. This was not supposed to be *happening!*
Judas dragged himself up, glaring at her. "You did something to me."
Illyria's eyes rolled. "Let's just cut all the shock, and mind link with all the white light crap, okay? We're soulmates. This was *not* part of the plan."
"Tell me about it. I thought you wanted the soulmate for your stupid puppy friend," Judas had stopped glaring. His arms had folded across his thin chest.
Any other time Illyria would have been dancing around the room with glee that Judas Darkstorm was her soulmate. The man she had a crush on was the one she was meant to be with forever. How often did that happen? You were usually stuck with some loser you'd never look at twice, a human, or your worst enemy.
At least she could give him credit for not having a hissy fit and making a fuss about the whole soulmate thing, he was taking it very well, and hadn't really said whether he was pleased or not. Illyria wondered if maybe she should be insulted.
"How did you know about the spell for Enya?" she asked.
Judas shrugged. "Actually, I came here to kill you."
Illyria stared ay him. At least he didn't waste time and dance around with words. He got straight to the point. "Since when?"
"Something to do with your friend Katrissa and her cousin Adrianna Something."
Illyria wasn't all that surprised Katrissa had turned against them, to tell the truth. Katrissa had been against the whole spell from the beginning. She was more than a little pissed off that Katrissa had actually hired someone to *kill* her.
"This is all a little confusing."
"So, we're soulmates, huh?" Judas looked around the room, examining one of Enya's mystery books, poking around a few of her things. Illyria smiled faintly. This guy really was unbelievable.
"We got past that. Are you going to kill me or not?" She waited for his response, feeling a lump rising in her throat. The assassin and victim soulmate paring wasn't exactly a new story. Was it at least enough to keep him from killing her?
"Katrissa and Adrianna and Isabelle aren't going to be happy with me, but it's not really my problem." Judas sat on Enya's bed. "So who did turn out to be Enya's soulmate then?"
Illyria breathed a sigh of relief as she sat on her own bed, facing him. Maybe Judas wasn't as bad as his reputation made him out to be. Or maybe it was just because of this soulmate thing. Whatever. At least he appeared to be on her side.
"We don't know yet. The potential wound up dead. What'd you know? Tell me what Katrissa told you."
So he did. Illyria remembered Enya mentioning some girl with a stupid name of Angelina something. She was guessing Angelina was Adrianna Blackthorn. She also remembered Isabelle, Enya's sister hanging around the coffee shop, watching Illyria and her friends.
From what it seemed like to her Enya had been impossibly popular when she was a junior in high school, when she had been dating Khal Redfern t, then Adrianna had discovered a soulmate connection with Khal, who refused to accept it. Angry and jealous Adrianna had exposed Enya as a werewolf, Khal dumped her and she lost her popularity.
Isabelle, the younger sister must have been jealous of Enya's status so had teamed up with Adrianna. Enya became a nobody and stayed that way even in college. Feeling sorry for her Illyria and some of her friends had decided to cast a spell finding Enya a soulmate to cheer her up.
Khal had shown up to see Enya, which she was not happy about, and hired an assassin to get him. Meanwhile Adrianna must have seen Khal with Enya and assumed they were back together. Enya had had a study date with a guy, who afterwards had turned up dead. Adrianna had shown up in Enya's room announcing she was going to drive Enya insane and make her kill herself.
Somewhere along the lines Katrissa had become involved with Isabelle because she didn't like Illyria's spell idea and had got Judas to try and kill her. Only Judas hadn't cause they had turned out to be soulmates.
"So now what do we do?" Illyria said.
Judas shrugged. "Not my problem. This is all too nutty for me. By the way, you can tell your roomie her assassin has been killed." He stood up. "See you round." And he left, just like that.
Illyria was at a loss for words, even when Valaire, Lizette and Enya came in. She just shrugged helplessly. "This is a disaster," she complained.
"What happened?" Lizette asked.
Illyria sighed. "Judas is my soulmate."
Valaire blinked. "How'd that happen?"
Illyria shook her head. "I don't know, it just did."
"Who's Judas?" Enya asked.
Illyria shook her head. "Don't go there," she answered. "I guess the spell backfired."
Enya's eyebrow rose. "What spell?"
Illyria sighed again, and told her everything. Enya's expression barely changed except for a roll of her eyes.
"We still have to figure out what to do about Adrianna, Isabelle and Katrissa," Lizette pointed out.
"How?" Valaire asked. "But no more magic. It doesn't seem to go right."
Illyria had to admit she had a point, and Lizette did as well. They needed to resolve this thing.
"I have an idea," Lizette offered.
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Illyria wanted to scram, but she couldn't get the sound out. Her mind was a mad whirl of pink haziness. She couldn't believe it. She struggled out of the hands that held her, throwing the figure across the room.
He cried out as he hit Enya's bed. "Christ, what the hell is wrong with you?"
Illyria's vision had gone back to normal, her mind was semi clear. The lights had come back on. "Judas? It's you?" She shook her head in utter bewilderment. This was not supposed to be *happening!*
Judas dragged himself up, glaring at her. "You did something to me."
Illyria's eyes rolled. "Let's just cut all the shock, and mind link with all the white light crap, okay? We're soulmates. This was *not* part of the plan."
"Tell me about it. I thought you wanted the soulmate for your stupid puppy friend," Judas had stopped glaring. His arms had folded across his thin chest.
Any other time Illyria would have been dancing around the room with glee that Judas Darkstorm was her soulmate. The man she had a crush on was the one she was meant to be with forever. How often did that happen? You were usually stuck with some loser you'd never look at twice, a human, or your worst enemy.
At least she could give him credit for not having a hissy fit and making a fuss about the whole soulmate thing, he was taking it very well, and hadn't really said whether he was pleased or not. Illyria wondered if maybe she should be insulted.
"How did you know about the spell for Enya?" she asked.
Judas shrugged. "Actually, I came here to kill you."
Illyria stared ay him. At least he didn't waste time and dance around with words. He got straight to the point. "Since when?"
"Something to do with your friend Katrissa and her cousin Adrianna Something."
Illyria wasn't all that surprised Katrissa had turned against them, to tell the truth. Katrissa had been against the whole spell from the beginning. She was more than a little pissed off that Katrissa had actually hired someone to *kill* her.
"This is all a little confusing."
"So, we're soulmates, huh?" Judas looked around the room, examining one of Enya's mystery books, poking around a few of her things. Illyria smiled faintly. This guy really was unbelievable.
"We got past that. Are you going to kill me or not?" She waited for his response, feeling a lump rising in her throat. The assassin and victim soulmate paring wasn't exactly a new story. Was it at least enough to keep him from killing her?
"Katrissa and Adrianna and Isabelle aren't going to be happy with me, but it's not really my problem." Judas sat on Enya's bed. "So who did turn out to be Enya's soulmate then?"
Illyria breathed a sigh of relief as she sat on her own bed, facing him. Maybe Judas wasn't as bad as his reputation made him out to be. Or maybe it was just because of this soulmate thing. Whatever. At least he appeared to be on her side.
"We don't know yet. The potential wound up dead. What'd you know? Tell me what Katrissa told you."
So he did. Illyria remembered Enya mentioning some girl with a stupid name of Angelina something. She was guessing Angelina was Adrianna Blackthorn. She also remembered Isabelle, Enya's sister hanging around the coffee shop, watching Illyria and her friends.
From what it seemed like to her Enya had been impossibly popular when she was a junior in high school, when she had been dating Khal Redfern t, then Adrianna had discovered a soulmate connection with Khal, who refused to accept it. Angry and jealous Adrianna had exposed Enya as a werewolf, Khal dumped her and she lost her popularity.
Isabelle, the younger sister must have been jealous of Enya's status so had teamed up with Adrianna. Enya became a nobody and stayed that way even in college. Feeling sorry for her Illyria and some of her friends had decided to cast a spell finding Enya a soulmate to cheer her up.
Khal had shown up to see Enya, which she was not happy about, and hired an assassin to get him. Meanwhile Adrianna must have seen Khal with Enya and assumed they were back together. Enya had had a study date with a guy, who afterwards had turned up dead. Adrianna had shown up in Enya's room announcing she was going to drive Enya insane and make her kill herself.
Somewhere along the lines Katrissa had become involved with Isabelle because she didn't like Illyria's spell idea and had got Judas to try and kill her. Only Judas hadn't cause they had turned out to be soulmates.
"So now what do we do?" Illyria said.
Judas shrugged. "Not my problem. This is all too nutty for me. By the way, you can tell your roomie her assassin has been killed." He stood up. "See you round." And he left, just like that.
Illyria was at a loss for words, even when Valaire, Lizette and Enya came in. She just shrugged helplessly. "This is a disaster," she complained.
"What happened?" Lizette asked.
Illyria sighed. "Judas is my soulmate."
Valaire blinked. "How'd that happen?"
Illyria shook her head. "I don't know, it just did."
"Who's Judas?" Enya asked.
Illyria shook her head. "Don't go there," she answered. "I guess the spell backfired."
Enya's eyebrow rose. "What spell?"
Illyria sighed again, and told her everything. Enya's expression barely changed except for a roll of her eyes.
"We still have to figure out what to do about Adrianna, Isabelle and Katrissa," Lizette pointed out.
"How?" Valaire asked. "But no more magic. It doesn't seem to go right."
Illyria had to admit she had a point, and Lizette did as well. They needed to resolve this thing.
"I have an idea," Lizette offered.
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