Part 11
She wanted him back. He just added /something/ she had never been able to replace. There were any number of tall dark and handsome vampires Chimalais Neptune could have had if she'd wanted them. But she didn't want just any one of them. She wanted Malachite Blackthorn. He provided her with a feeling she couldn't even put into words.
She sighed, lounging on her black leather couch in the living room of her mansion. The TV was on, but she wasn't really watching it. She twirled a lock of long black hair around a slender finger, sighing as she glanced over at the large grandfather clock. She sighed again.
"You're late," she snapped as Trey Blackthorn came into the room.
He looked even more irritated than usual. "Do you mind telling me what the point of this is?"
Chimalais sat up, crossing her long legs at the knees. "He's your twin. He belongs here with us. Don't you think so?"
Trey grunted, collapsing in the arm chair opposite the couch. It was all well and good for Chimalais to talk about how she wanted them all together again. She hadn't lost her other half. She just wanted her boyfriend back. The betrayal had hurt Trey at a deeper level.
"Apart from the obvious disagreement between the two of you -well- " Chimalais shrugged. "I miss him too. There's just something about him we've never been able to find since he left."
He hated to admit it, but she did have a point.
"So a little more in depth on the situation back there?" Chimalais was starting to wonder if sending Trey back to find Malachite was really such a hot idea after all. His spy games for her were already dangerous - to the point where he had had to fake his own death to avoid blowing his cover.
Trey shrugged. "Well the vampire hunters still think I'm dead. Valarie thinks Ara Redfern is responsible. Malachite is still with the stupid Daybreakers."
Chimalais frowned. "Ara's still hanging around?" The biggest problem was going to be Ara Redfern. She still held her grudge against Malachite. She hadn't forgotten two hundred years ago, she probably wasn't going to let go any time soon. "And you haven't killed her yet, why?"
Trey shook his head. "It's - complicated."
Chimalais stood up, wandering over to the large bay window. "Everything's complicated," she said with a smile.
An awkward silence fell. Chimalais had thought she'd had her plan all worked out. Only flaws kept cropping up she hadn't thought about. Everything seemed to be going wrong.
A black suited butler came in the room holding out a black cordless phone. "There's an urgent call, Miss Neptune. She says her name is Yanna Weald."
"That's Malachite's soulmate." Trey had stood up as Chimalais took the phone. Chimalais frowned. Okay, why would Malachite's soulmate be calling her? She raised an eyebrow at Trey, who just shrugged. He shrugged a lot.
Trey watched her walking out the room. The butler blocked the doorway, preventing him from following. He slumped back in his chair, scowling.
What the hell was Chimalais /thinking/? It was bad enough he'd lost his twin to /Daybreak/ cause of this stupid soulmate fad. It was made worse by her nutty plans to get them all back together. "Talk about bad to worse," he grumbled.
"Actually, things are starting to look up." Chimalais had come back into the room, smirking.
"Oh God." Trey's eyes rolled. "Now what?"
She just continued smirking. "Why would I spoil all the surprises?"
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She wanted him back. He just added /something/ she had never been able to replace. There were any number of tall dark and handsome vampires Chimalais Neptune could have had if she'd wanted them. But she didn't want just any one of them. She wanted Malachite Blackthorn. He provided her with a feeling she couldn't even put into words.
She sighed, lounging on her black leather couch in the living room of her mansion. The TV was on, but she wasn't really watching it. She twirled a lock of long black hair around a slender finger, sighing as she glanced over at the large grandfather clock. She sighed again.
"You're late," she snapped as Trey Blackthorn came into the room.
He looked even more irritated than usual. "Do you mind telling me what the point of this is?"
Chimalais sat up, crossing her long legs at the knees. "He's your twin. He belongs here with us. Don't you think so?"
Trey grunted, collapsing in the arm chair opposite the couch. It was all well and good for Chimalais to talk about how she wanted them all together again. She hadn't lost her other half. She just wanted her boyfriend back. The betrayal had hurt Trey at a deeper level.
"Apart from the obvious disagreement between the two of you -well- " Chimalais shrugged. "I miss him too. There's just something about him we've never been able to find since he left."
He hated to admit it, but she did have a point.
"So a little more in depth on the situation back there?" Chimalais was starting to wonder if sending Trey back to find Malachite was really such a hot idea after all. His spy games for her were already dangerous - to the point where he had had to fake his own death to avoid blowing his cover.
Trey shrugged. "Well the vampire hunters still think I'm dead. Valarie thinks Ara Redfern is responsible. Malachite is still with the stupid Daybreakers."
Chimalais frowned. "Ara's still hanging around?" The biggest problem was going to be Ara Redfern. She still held her grudge against Malachite. She hadn't forgotten two hundred years ago, she probably wasn't going to let go any time soon. "And you haven't killed her yet, why?"
Trey shook his head. "It's - complicated."
Chimalais stood up, wandering over to the large bay window. "Everything's complicated," she said with a smile.
An awkward silence fell. Chimalais had thought she'd had her plan all worked out. Only flaws kept cropping up she hadn't thought about. Everything seemed to be going wrong.
A black suited butler came in the room holding out a black cordless phone. "There's an urgent call, Miss Neptune. She says her name is Yanna Weald."
"That's Malachite's soulmate." Trey had stood up as Chimalais took the phone. Chimalais frowned. Okay, why would Malachite's soulmate be calling her? She raised an eyebrow at Trey, who just shrugged. He shrugged a lot.
Trey watched her walking out the room. The butler blocked the doorway, preventing him from following. He slumped back in his chair, scowling.
What the hell was Chimalais /thinking/? It was bad enough he'd lost his twin to /Daybreak/ cause of this stupid soulmate fad. It was made worse by her nutty plans to get them all back together. "Talk about bad to worse," he grumbled.
"Actually, things are starting to look up." Chimalais had come back into the room, smirking.
"Oh God." Trey's eyes rolled. "Now what?"
She just continued smirking. "Why would I spoil all the surprises?"
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