Part 14
Adrianna wasn't at all thrilled with the idea of letting Katrissa in on their plan. She was more than a little distrustful of her cousin. Spies just made her uncomfortable anyway. They tended to be corrupted very easily, and you could never really tell just whose side they were on.
"What possessed you to let her I, anyway?" she complained, taking a sip from her blood-laced cocktail. She had met Isabelle in the new Black Iris, which seemed to have been a complete waste of time. The place was devoid of people. Why waste all the effort of building on in such a small area, anyway?
Isabelle shrugged, tugging on the straw in her own cocktail glass. "I thought she could be useful."
Adrianna's eyes rolled. Her plan had started off going well. She'd set the bowl of suspicion rolling on Enya. There were still whispers that she had killed Morpheus. The irritating thing was it didn't seem to be having *any* effect on Enya. And it looked like the secrets exploiting thing was going nowhere. Now there was this thing with Katrissa and she was no closer to making Khal hers.
"Well *that* was a total waste of fucking time." Katrissa slammed herself into a chair next to Isabelle's.
Adrianna's teeth clenched together. "So your plan didn't work."
"It should have worked," Katrissa grumbled, ordering a beer. "Only it turned out - "
"The Soulmate Connection got in the way?" Isabelle said with a smirk.
Katrissa scowled. "Judas Darkstorm was supposed to kill Illyria. She's the best bet for absolute blame on Enya." Her eyes rolled as she swigged her beer.
"She has a *huge* crush on him," Isabelle said, grinning, "That should have been so *obvious*."
Katrissa glowered at her. "I don't see *you* coming up with any better plans, and whatever happened to this bit being just between us?"
Isabelle shrugged. "It just slipped out. Besides, everything always seems like a good idea at the time."
Adrianna turned out Katrissa and Isabelle's arguing, wondering why she'd bothered with Isabelle in the first place. She'd thought being Enya's sister, Isabelle would be able to help her. But she hadn't told her anything she couldn't have found out on her own. And as much as she hated to admit it, Isabelle did have a point.
At least on her part, filled with revenge fantasies gave her a decent perspective to start thinking what to do next. Come to think of it, she already knew what she was going to do next, anyway. Her ideas may not be the most efficient thought out plans, she was persistent and refused to quit. She usually got what she wanted.
"Knock it off you're both as useless as each other," she snapped. She'd had enough of Isabelle and Katrissa. She stood up, a smirk covering her face.
"What's up with you?" Isabelle asked, frowning.
Katrissa's eyebrow arched. "New plan?"
"For me." She tossed a ten dollar bill on the bar for her two drinks. She had been planning on getting drunk that night, and was a pathetic lightweight when it came to booze, two drinks was all it usually took. But tonight she was actually sober and walking straight, and able to think as well.
She was about to leave when a girl she'd never seen stopped her at the entrance. The girl was tall and thin, dressed in tight red trousers and a silver shirt. Black hair was cut in a sharp bob just above her shoulders. Adrianna frowned, eyeing her.
"Adrianna Blackthorn?"
"Yeah. Who are you?"
"Doesn't matter," the girl answered, handing her a piece of paper. "I was asked to give you this." The girl turned and left.
Adrianna frowned, reading the note. She wasn't sure what to make of the message. A note delivered by a girl she'd never met? But the note was the break she'd been waiting for. This was what she had wanted all along. Which meant her plan could be pushed aside for the time being. Then again, she thought with a smile, even if she did have want she wanted now, she might just go through with the new plan for the hell of it.
* * *
Valaire caught Cindy's arm as she came out the Black Iris. "Did she buy it?"
Cindy nodded. "Yeah."
Valaire smiled. "Thanks."
Cindy shrugged. "No problem. What's all this about, anyway?"
Valaire's eyes rolled. "Don't ask."
Cindy nodded and left. Valaire headed back to her car where Lizette was waiting for her.
"Everything went okay?"
"As long as Enya does her part everything will be fine."
"We hope," Lizette muttered.
* * *
Adrianna wasn't at all thrilled with the idea of letting Katrissa in on their plan. She was more than a little distrustful of her cousin. Spies just made her uncomfortable anyway. They tended to be corrupted very easily, and you could never really tell just whose side they were on.
"What possessed you to let her I, anyway?" she complained, taking a sip from her blood-laced cocktail. She had met Isabelle in the new Black Iris, which seemed to have been a complete waste of time. The place was devoid of people. Why waste all the effort of building on in such a small area, anyway?
Isabelle shrugged, tugging on the straw in her own cocktail glass. "I thought she could be useful."
Adrianna's eyes rolled. Her plan had started off going well. She'd set the bowl of suspicion rolling on Enya. There were still whispers that she had killed Morpheus. The irritating thing was it didn't seem to be having *any* effect on Enya. And it looked like the secrets exploiting thing was going nowhere. Now there was this thing with Katrissa and she was no closer to making Khal hers.
"Well *that* was a total waste of fucking time." Katrissa slammed herself into a chair next to Isabelle's.
Adrianna's teeth clenched together. "So your plan didn't work."
"It should have worked," Katrissa grumbled, ordering a beer. "Only it turned out - "
"The Soulmate Connection got in the way?" Isabelle said with a smirk.
Katrissa scowled. "Judas Darkstorm was supposed to kill Illyria. She's the best bet for absolute blame on Enya." Her eyes rolled as she swigged her beer.
"She has a *huge* crush on him," Isabelle said, grinning, "That should have been so *obvious*."
Katrissa glowered at her. "I don't see *you* coming up with any better plans, and whatever happened to this bit being just between us?"
Isabelle shrugged. "It just slipped out. Besides, everything always seems like a good idea at the time."
Adrianna turned out Katrissa and Isabelle's arguing, wondering why she'd bothered with Isabelle in the first place. She'd thought being Enya's sister, Isabelle would be able to help her. But she hadn't told her anything she couldn't have found out on her own. And as much as she hated to admit it, Isabelle did have a point.
At least on her part, filled with revenge fantasies gave her a decent perspective to start thinking what to do next. Come to think of it, she already knew what she was going to do next, anyway. Her ideas may not be the most efficient thought out plans, she was persistent and refused to quit. She usually got what she wanted.
"Knock it off you're both as useless as each other," she snapped. She'd had enough of Isabelle and Katrissa. She stood up, a smirk covering her face.
"What's up with you?" Isabelle asked, frowning.
Katrissa's eyebrow arched. "New plan?"
"For me." She tossed a ten dollar bill on the bar for her two drinks. She had been planning on getting drunk that night, and was a pathetic lightweight when it came to booze, two drinks was all it usually took. But tonight she was actually sober and walking straight, and able to think as well.
She was about to leave when a girl she'd never seen stopped her at the entrance. The girl was tall and thin, dressed in tight red trousers and a silver shirt. Black hair was cut in a sharp bob just above her shoulders. Adrianna frowned, eyeing her.
"Adrianna Blackthorn?"
"Yeah. Who are you?"
"Doesn't matter," the girl answered, handing her a piece of paper. "I was asked to give you this." The girl turned and left.
Adrianna frowned, reading the note. She wasn't sure what to make of the message. A note delivered by a girl she'd never met? But the note was the break she'd been waiting for. This was what she had wanted all along. Which meant her plan could be pushed aside for the time being. Then again, she thought with a smile, even if she did have want she wanted now, she might just go through with the new plan for the hell of it.
* * *
Valaire caught Cindy's arm as she came out the Black Iris. "Did she buy it?"
Cindy nodded. "Yeah."
Valaire smiled. "Thanks."
Cindy shrugged. "No problem. What's all this about, anyway?"
Valaire's eyes rolled. "Don't ask."
Cindy nodded and left. Valaire headed back to her car where Lizette was waiting for her.
"Everything went okay?"
"As long as Enya does her part everything will be fine."
"We hope," Lizette muttered.
* * *