Title: Razorblade Sky
Author: Christa Weald
Email: vampyrehunteruk@yahoo.co.uk
Spoilers: Basic Night World
Disclaimers: The idea of Night World belongs to LJS, the story and all
unrecognised characters are mine.
Rating: PG
Summary: Cassidy Fisher and Orion Redfern are soulmates, but Fate seems
determined to keep them apart. Fighting against a vindictive twin, a
shocking new enemy and nasty a murder, Cassidy feels the whole world is
against them. Will she and Orion ever manage to be together as they were
meant to be?
Authors' note: feedback, constructive criticism appreciated.
Part 1
Her lips were still trembling as she slid the sliding glass doors back into place. The house was dark. Cassidy's breath was held in nervous anticipation as she took off her shoes and crept through the house to the stairs.
She paused, seeing a light on in the kitchen. Looking around frantically for a quick escape route Cassidy failed to notice another light come on upstairs.
"Lavinia? That you?"
Cassidy grit her teeth, hoping her younger sister Marlene wouldn't come down the stairs and see her. Marlene's curiosity was going to get her killed one day.
Cassidy looked towards then, only to find her older sister Lavinia standing behind her, smirking.
"No, it's Cassidy sneaking in looking like an extra in a bad porn film," Lavinia answered Marlene.
"Screw you," Cassidy muttered, deflated. All her good feelings had evaporated. She had thought she'd pulled this off. Not for the first time she hated having two sisters, an older one who was a snotty bitch and a younger one who was a spoiled brat.
"And I do *not* look like something from a porn movie!" she snapped.
Lavinia looked her up and down. Cassidy's dress was tight fitting denim, pushing out her chest, showing a daring amount of cleavage. "Whatever you say." She shoved past Cassidy and made her way up the stairs.
Marlene was looking down with wide blue eyes. "You are going to be so dead when Mom finds out."
"Whatever," Cassidy sighed, and hurried up to her room, slamming her bedroom door shut.
She collapsed on her bed, burying her face in the white lacy pillow. It was so unfair. The middle sister who nobody really noticed, and this happened to be the time they paid attention!
Five minutes later her bedroom door opened and her mother came into her room. Cassidy's eyes rolled. Marlene and her stupid big mouth. Cassidy sat up, glaring definitely. She was sixteen, she should be able to date like the other girls in her class. Mom was wearing a silky black nightgown, dark hair loose around her shoulders, lips tight, eyes narrowed. "You were with that Redfern boy again, weren't you?"
Cassidy shrugged. "So what if I was?"
Her mother sighed, and sat on the end of the bed. "I thought I told you to stay away from Redferns."
"Yeah, you did. But I don't what's so bad about Orion. He's nice and thoughtful and he likes me." Cassidy had never been able to attract male attention before. She had always thought she was too plain, not model stunning like Lavinia, nor sweet and pretty like Marlene. Her shoulder length brown hair had a natural wave to it, which made it impossible to style without ending up looking like a bush. Her skin was too pale and her eyes were an unremarkable blue.
When Orion Redfern had moved to Silver Lake everything had changed. He had knocked into her one day as she was leaving school, and bizarre but amazing thing had happened. A wonderful magic experience had dazzled them both, a white light had bloomed when their hands had touched, pulling her to him in a way Cassidy would never be able to do justice to with clumsy words. She and Orion had felt *right* together. He had been as fascinated with the experience as Cassidy had.
He called it soulmates. Told her it meant they were destined to be together. The catch was they had to keep it a secret from their parents. His prestigious snobby family the Redferns were old fashioned and had some silly ideas about romance and didn't believe in soulmates.
Cassidy had been a little suspicious, but had agreed. A secret love had been more exciting, added more thrill to the relationship. They had been making out in Cassidy's car one afternoon after school when Marlene had caught them, and gone blabbing that Cassidy had been up to things in a car with an older boy called Orion Redfern. For some reason her mother had gone ballistic and forbidden her to have anything to do with him.
Now they had been caught again.
"I know it seems that way now, but believe me, Redferns are trouble. They only bring heart ache and misery." Her mother's tone was surprisingly vehemenant.
"Was Dad a Redfern?" Cassidy asked.
Their father had disappeared shortly after Marlene was born. Their mother had never told them what happened.
"No. No, he was..he was a good man who made a bad mistake." She sighed sadly. "My sister Louise got involved with a Redfern, you don't want to end up like her, do you?"
Cassidy shivered. Mom's sister had disappeared too, only she'd run off with a man. A year layer her body had washed up on the shore of a beach in Florida, the other side of the country from where she'd gone missing.
Mom stood up and walked from the door. She paused, looking like she wanted to say something else. Cassidy waited, taking off her shoes. Her mother just left the room. A few minutes later the hall light went out and the house was quiet.
Cassidy got ready for bed. ^It doesn't matter what anyone says to me about Orion and his family. Orion's different. He's my soulmate and we're meant for each other,^ she thought. ^Nothing is going to keep us a part^
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Part 1
Her lips were still trembling as she slid the sliding glass doors back into place. The house was dark. Cassidy's breath was held in nervous anticipation as she took off her shoes and crept through the house to the stairs.
She paused, seeing a light on in the kitchen. Looking around frantically for a quick escape route Cassidy failed to notice another light come on upstairs.
"Lavinia? That you?"
Cassidy grit her teeth, hoping her younger sister Marlene wouldn't come down the stairs and see her. Marlene's curiosity was going to get her killed one day.
Cassidy looked towards then, only to find her older sister Lavinia standing behind her, smirking.
"No, it's Cassidy sneaking in looking like an extra in a bad porn film," Lavinia answered Marlene.
"Screw you," Cassidy muttered, deflated. All her good feelings had evaporated. She had thought she'd pulled this off. Not for the first time she hated having two sisters, an older one who was a snotty bitch and a younger one who was a spoiled brat.
"And I do *not* look like something from a porn movie!" she snapped.
Lavinia looked her up and down. Cassidy's dress was tight fitting denim, pushing out her chest, showing a daring amount of cleavage. "Whatever you say." She shoved past Cassidy and made her way up the stairs.
Marlene was looking down with wide blue eyes. "You are going to be so dead when Mom finds out."
"Whatever," Cassidy sighed, and hurried up to her room, slamming her bedroom door shut.
She collapsed on her bed, burying her face in the white lacy pillow. It was so unfair. The middle sister who nobody really noticed, and this happened to be the time they paid attention!
Five minutes later her bedroom door opened and her mother came into her room. Cassidy's eyes rolled. Marlene and her stupid big mouth. Cassidy sat up, glaring definitely. She was sixteen, she should be able to date like the other girls in her class. Mom was wearing a silky black nightgown, dark hair loose around her shoulders, lips tight, eyes narrowed. "You were with that Redfern boy again, weren't you?"
Cassidy shrugged. "So what if I was?"
Her mother sighed, and sat on the end of the bed. "I thought I told you to stay away from Redferns."
"Yeah, you did. But I don't what's so bad about Orion. He's nice and thoughtful and he likes me." Cassidy had never been able to attract male attention before. She had always thought she was too plain, not model stunning like Lavinia, nor sweet and pretty like Marlene. Her shoulder length brown hair had a natural wave to it, which made it impossible to style without ending up looking like a bush. Her skin was too pale and her eyes were an unremarkable blue.
When Orion Redfern had moved to Silver Lake everything had changed. He had knocked into her one day as she was leaving school, and bizarre but amazing thing had happened. A wonderful magic experience had dazzled them both, a white light had bloomed when their hands had touched, pulling her to him in a way Cassidy would never be able to do justice to with clumsy words. She and Orion had felt *right* together. He had been as fascinated with the experience as Cassidy had.
He called it soulmates. Told her it meant they were destined to be together. The catch was they had to keep it a secret from their parents. His prestigious snobby family the Redferns were old fashioned and had some silly ideas about romance and didn't believe in soulmates.
Cassidy had been a little suspicious, but had agreed. A secret love had been more exciting, added more thrill to the relationship. They had been making out in Cassidy's car one afternoon after school when Marlene had caught them, and gone blabbing that Cassidy had been up to things in a car with an older boy called Orion Redfern. For some reason her mother had gone ballistic and forbidden her to have anything to do with him.
Now they had been caught again.
"I know it seems that way now, but believe me, Redferns are trouble. They only bring heart ache and misery." Her mother's tone was surprisingly vehemenant.
"Was Dad a Redfern?" Cassidy asked.
Their father had disappeared shortly after Marlene was born. Their mother had never told them what happened.
"No. No, he was..he was a good man who made a bad mistake." She sighed sadly. "My sister Louise got involved with a Redfern, you don't want to end up like her, do you?"
Cassidy shivered. Mom's sister had disappeared too, only she'd run off with a man. A year layer her body had washed up on the shore of a beach in Florida, the other side of the country from where she'd gone missing.
Mom stood up and walked from the door. She paused, looking like she wanted to say something else. Cassidy waited, taking off her shoes. Her mother just left the room. A few minutes later the hall light went out and the house was quiet.
Cassidy got ready for bed. ^It doesn't matter what anyone says to me about Orion and his family. Orion's different. He's my soulmate and we're meant for each other,^ she thought. ^Nothing is going to keep us a part^
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