Part 19
"Soulmate? Are you sure?"
Arcturus stared at Lvana, not sure if he could trust her to tell him the truth. Those who filtered information to both sides were usually the most difficult to decipher. He knew from experience they usually had ulterior motives.
Lvana was a girl he just did not get. She had met him in the cafeteria at lunch, claiming she had new information for him. She didn't seem fussed that her so-called Daybreak friend friends were right across the room from them.
Arcturus stared at the girl called Sarah, who sat with them, still finding it hard to distinguish her from Helenia. She was Edan's *soulmate*? "How the hell did *that* happen?" he demanded, eyes flashing angrily.
Lvana shrugged. "I'm no expert on the whole soulmate thing."
"So what's happened to my pain-in-the-ass brother, then" He hadn't seen Edan around anywhere yet. He was hoping Edan would have known up then be dragged off by the police in front of the entire student body.
"Wasn't around this morning," Lvana answered. "From the looks of it he's skipped town."
"Skipped town?" Arcturus sighed, drumming his fingers on the table top. "Shit."
On the plus side, if the spineless coward had left town then he'd also left his soulmate all alone. So not love at first sight then? Or Edan could have just panicked. Sounded more like something he'd do.
"According to Sharon some vampire called Cisara has shown up and teamed up with Helenia," Lvana told him.
Arcturus searched his memory, but the name meant nothing to him. "Not my problem," was all he said.
So the *real* Helenia was in town, why hadn't she made her move yet? Helenia had a habit of letting people know who she was. Was she deliberately waiting...for what? Of course, she could be waiting to see what he was doing.
"This whole thing is getting extremely complicated," he complained, leaning back in his chair.
"Well, you only have yourself to blame for that. And who was the idiot who made things worse by killing Beth for no reason?" Lvana pointed out with a smirk.
Arcturus glanced around, but no one seemed to be paying particular attention to them, so he let the idiot remark slide. So far no one suspected him of anything, which was what he wanted, but with Edan out of town the rest of that plan didn't really work.
At that moment Sarah looked up and caught him watching her. She turned quickly away. "If you're looking for someone to blame for this mess blame *her*," he said with a scowl.
"I don't get it." Lvana frowned.
Arcturus smirked at her. "You wouldn't." He was already bored of dealing with the cops and students here. As it had turned out, disposing of Beth actually *had* made things worse. So it was a bad plan, but he would only admit that to himself.
Lvana was standing.
"Where are you going?" he asked.
"You have a new plan look," she answered picking up her denim backpack. "I'm getting the hell out of here before this gets even more fucked up."
She turned and walked quickly away before he could stop her.
He noticed Shannon and Damien watching from across the cafeteria. Lvana knew too much. There was no way any true Night Person would let her escape this town alive.
Shannon smiled back at him and nodded. Good. At least she was still on his wavelength. His attention turned back to Sarah. One vulnerable soulmate, and one new plan on his mind.
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"Soulmate? Are you sure?"
Arcturus stared at Lvana, not sure if he could trust her to tell him the truth. Those who filtered information to both sides were usually the most difficult to decipher. He knew from experience they usually had ulterior motives.
Lvana was a girl he just did not get. She had met him in the cafeteria at lunch, claiming she had new information for him. She didn't seem fussed that her so-called Daybreak friend friends were right across the room from them.
Arcturus stared at the girl called Sarah, who sat with them, still finding it hard to distinguish her from Helenia. She was Edan's *soulmate*? "How the hell did *that* happen?" he demanded, eyes flashing angrily.
Lvana shrugged. "I'm no expert on the whole soulmate thing."
"So what's happened to my pain-in-the-ass brother, then" He hadn't seen Edan around anywhere yet. He was hoping Edan would have known up then be dragged off by the police in front of the entire student body.
"Wasn't around this morning," Lvana answered. "From the looks of it he's skipped town."
"Skipped town?" Arcturus sighed, drumming his fingers on the table top. "Shit."
On the plus side, if the spineless coward had left town then he'd also left his soulmate all alone. So not love at first sight then? Or Edan could have just panicked. Sounded more like something he'd do.
"According to Sharon some vampire called Cisara has shown up and teamed up with Helenia," Lvana told him.
Arcturus searched his memory, but the name meant nothing to him. "Not my problem," was all he said.
So the *real* Helenia was in town, why hadn't she made her move yet? Helenia had a habit of letting people know who she was. Was she deliberately waiting...for what? Of course, she could be waiting to see what he was doing.
"This whole thing is getting extremely complicated," he complained, leaning back in his chair.
"Well, you only have yourself to blame for that. And who was the idiot who made things worse by killing Beth for no reason?" Lvana pointed out with a smirk.
Arcturus glanced around, but no one seemed to be paying particular attention to them, so he let the idiot remark slide. So far no one suspected him of anything, which was what he wanted, but with Edan out of town the rest of that plan didn't really work.
At that moment Sarah looked up and caught him watching her. She turned quickly away. "If you're looking for someone to blame for this mess blame *her*," he said with a scowl.
"I don't get it." Lvana frowned.
Arcturus smirked at her. "You wouldn't." He was already bored of dealing with the cops and students here. As it had turned out, disposing of Beth actually *had* made things worse. So it was a bad plan, but he would only admit that to himself.
Lvana was standing.
"Where are you going?" he asked.
"You have a new plan look," she answered picking up her denim backpack. "I'm getting the hell out of here before this gets even more fucked up."
She turned and walked quickly away before he could stop her.
He noticed Shannon and Damien watching from across the cafeteria. Lvana knew too much. There was no way any true Night Person would let her escape this town alive.
Shannon smiled back at him and nodded. Good. At least she was still on his wavelength. His attention turned back to Sarah. One vulnerable soulmate, and one new plan on his mind.
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