Title: Starve the Heart
Disclaimers: Night World and everything related to it is the property of LJ Smith, I'm just borrowing it for fun. The storyline and unfamiliar characters come from my own imagination.
Rating: PG
Summary: Ardon Redfern's worst nightmare comes true when he discovers his soulmate in an ordinary, boring werewolf Cayla Lupine. He must decide between her and Astara Blackthorn, the girl who is the love of his life.
Notes: feedback and constructive criticism would be great.
Part 1
"So what happened? Did he tell her the truth?" Maggie asked, almost nervous. "How'd she take it?"
Thea shrugged, her shoulders dropping sadly. "I don't know, she's taking it pretty hard at the moment."
Maggie couldn't even begin to imagine what Cayla must be feeling at the moment. She'd always believed soulmates was forever. No matter who the pair were, everything usually worked out. Delos was adapting fine to the modern world. He'd come from a place where people lived the way they had hundreds of years ago. Despite all their problems, they remained together and as much in love as ever.
"What's the big deal, anyway?" she said out loud, shaking her head as she and Thea walked down the stairs and into one of the living rooms. Someone had turned MTV on the giant TV but no one appeared to be watching it. At the moment the Daybreak mansion was packed with people, but this particular room seemed to be devoid of them.
"I don't know, James said something about some vampires had weird prejudices against werewolves." Thea paused for a second. "Though he did seem kind of guilty about that."
Maggie didn't get it at all. Soulmates were meant to be together, no matter what the species. The way she saw it, that was the whole *point* of the concept, to point out the one who was right for you.
"You scum bag!" she yelled, her hands balling into fists of anger as she watched Ardon Redfern hurrying past the door to the room she and Thea were in. His dark eyes glimmered with anger as Maggie practically *stalked* towards him.
"Maggie, no!" Thea tried to hurry after her, grabbing her arm to stop her from actually hitting Ardon.
"This *dirt bag* doesn't deserve to live, " Maggie raged. "It's - "
"You know *nothing* about *anything*!" Ardon snapped, shoving her roughly to one side. As she stumbled over her own feet, Maggie was saved from falling by Thea. She stared after him in disbelief as he stormed away.
"Why do you care so much?" The voice was that of Blaise Harman, Thea's cousin. Slightly cold and kind of arrogant. Maggie had never really liked Blaise, who was far too stuck up for her liking.
"You don't have a soulmate, so I don't expect *you* to understand," Maggie snapped huffily. So she believed in true love between soulmates, it wasn't like she was the only one. She tried to look to Thea for support.
Blaise shrugged. "It's stupid to tie yourself to one person to be stuck with another they barely know." She sauntered away, hips swaying.
Thea just shrugged. "It's a strange concept, but it works, we both know it works," she said with a small smile. "And lots of other people do." She folded her arms. "So how are you going to get Cayla and Ardon to see the light then?"
Maggie shook her head. "I don't know at the moment, but I *will*!"
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Disclaimers: Night World and everything related to it is the property of LJ Smith, I'm just borrowing it for fun. The storyline and unfamiliar characters come from my own imagination.
Rating: PG
Summary: Ardon Redfern's worst nightmare comes true when he discovers his soulmate in an ordinary, boring werewolf Cayla Lupine. He must decide between her and Astara Blackthorn, the girl who is the love of his life.
Notes: feedback and constructive criticism would be great.
Part 1
"So what happened? Did he tell her the truth?" Maggie asked, almost nervous. "How'd she take it?"
Thea shrugged, her shoulders dropping sadly. "I don't know, she's taking it pretty hard at the moment."
Maggie couldn't even begin to imagine what Cayla must be feeling at the moment. She'd always believed soulmates was forever. No matter who the pair were, everything usually worked out. Delos was adapting fine to the modern world. He'd come from a place where people lived the way they had hundreds of years ago. Despite all their problems, they remained together and as much in love as ever.
"What's the big deal, anyway?" she said out loud, shaking her head as she and Thea walked down the stairs and into one of the living rooms. Someone had turned MTV on the giant TV but no one appeared to be watching it. At the moment the Daybreak mansion was packed with people, but this particular room seemed to be devoid of them.
"I don't know, James said something about some vampires had weird prejudices against werewolves." Thea paused for a second. "Though he did seem kind of guilty about that."
Maggie didn't get it at all. Soulmates were meant to be together, no matter what the species. The way she saw it, that was the whole *point* of the concept, to point out the one who was right for you.
"You scum bag!" she yelled, her hands balling into fists of anger as she watched Ardon Redfern hurrying past the door to the room she and Thea were in. His dark eyes glimmered with anger as Maggie practically *stalked* towards him.
"Maggie, no!" Thea tried to hurry after her, grabbing her arm to stop her from actually hitting Ardon.
"This *dirt bag* doesn't deserve to live, " Maggie raged. "It's - "
"You know *nothing* about *anything*!" Ardon snapped, shoving her roughly to one side. As she stumbled over her own feet, Maggie was saved from falling by Thea. She stared after him in disbelief as he stormed away.
"Why do you care so much?" The voice was that of Blaise Harman, Thea's cousin. Slightly cold and kind of arrogant. Maggie had never really liked Blaise, who was far too stuck up for her liking.
"You don't have a soulmate, so I don't expect *you* to understand," Maggie snapped huffily. So she believed in true love between soulmates, it wasn't like she was the only one. She tried to look to Thea for support.
Blaise shrugged. "It's stupid to tie yourself to one person to be stuck with another they barely know." She sauntered away, hips swaying.
Thea just shrugged. "It's a strange concept, but it works, we both know it works," she said with a small smile. "And lots of other people do." She folded her arms. "So how are you going to get Cayla and Ardon to see the light then?"
Maggie shook her head. "I don't know at the moment, but I *will*!"
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