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Chapter 9

Ally sat still on the carpet, shivering in her soaked clothes, glaring furiously at the guy crouched in front of her. He had better start explaining his presence and actions very soon otherwise she was going to call the police, in fact, she might just call them anyway. She was sure if she made a quick sprint she could make it to the kitchen and grab a frying pan to knock him out if necessary. Seeing him shift uncomfortably then settle back onto her sofa she settled herself down, he didn't seem too hostile. Even if he had dumped an entire bucket of water over her head by the looks of it. That, he was going to pay for, especially if she got flu.

He was a pretty big guy and looked very strong so she was rather nervous. Her dad wouldn't be back for another day yet so she was home all alone. Absently she noted that he was exceptionally good looking but was too mad and scared to pay too much attention to it.

Lakh winced as he took in her expression. Oh, it was going to be fun convincing her to let him stay in the house. She looked torn between bashing his brains out and running as far away as she could, screaming all the way. He took her threat very seriously though. She may be human and a woman but he had no doubt that if she really wanted to make his life a misery she would find a way. After quick consideration he decided it would be best to try and sum up the situation as quickly and simply as possible. Taking a deep breath he rolled his shoulders, almost as if he were preparing for a fight and started talking.

'Now, I understand that you're probably very confused and rather mad right now but there is a perfectly rational explanation for my being here so please just listen to me. There is a secret society of vampires, witches, werewolves and shape shifters that form something called the Night World. They are in some ways similar to those is folk tales but because of persecution and smaller numbers they had to conceal what they were from the world. Over the years the Night World has divided into two halves, one with the original Night World beliefs, being never to tell a human about the night world, and never to fall in love with one of them and then the other who have new ideas.'

Pausing for breathe he looked up to see how she was taking all of this. He could understand how it was all a little hard to swallow first time round. Curiously he couldn't detect any particular emotion on her face at all and she was sitting perfectly still in the exact same position as she was last time he'd looked up. Taking this as a good sign he continued.

'This other group is called Circle Daybreak, it is a former witch circle, now open to everyone who are trying to unite all species with humans to create peace, to banish all the prejudices that are around. Currently those two groups are opposed to each other and it is prophesised there will be a great war between the light and dark sides.'

'Seventeen years ago a prophecy was created that said four with wild power would stand against the dark, and if the light managed to gather all four then they could defeat the other. I work for Circle daybreak and so far we have under our protection three of the wild powers. Basically they wield blue fire that is stronger than any other force known to this world. I know this is going to sound really, really, wacky but we think that you might be the fourth wild power.'

Knowing this would be the bit she'd dislike the most he braced himself for all sorts of reactions. 'The Night World are constantly after the wild powers so if they find out you might be the fourth one you will be in danger, they will try to kidnap you and either kill you or train you for their purposes. That is why I'm here, I was sent by daybreak to protect you and find out if you were the wild power.'

Finishing his mini speech he looked up again to see how she was coping. Seeing again the blank expression he frowned, now there was definitely something wrong with that. No one and he meant no one could hear all that for the first time and think nothing.

'Ally, Ally are you alright? You're not saying anything.'

Ally sat there, staring at him. She could not believe it, she just couldn't believe it. I mean if he was some sort of perv or thief or something she didn't exactly expect him to tell her that, but I mean, really, it was definitely not necessary to try and turn himself into some sort of white knight. Not only was he in her house for some obviously nefarious reason but he could even tell her the truth now that she had him cornered. Slowly getting angrier and angrier as he went on she finally came to boiling point at his last statement. Ally eh? That meant he had been spying on her all this time. And was she alright? Of course she wasn't alright, what did he think!'

Trying to remain calm she slowly stood up, shaking with anger, only narrowly avoiding tripping over the discarded bucket. She tipped her head back until she was looking him full in the face and her resolve faded slightly when she realised how earnest he looked and she felt a stomach inexplicably flutter slightly. Then she saw a confident, slightly smug expression spread over his face and she hit flash point again.

'You idiot! Who the hell are you? Get out of my house, I never invited you in here, get out!' Punctuating each statement with a vicious kick or punch she slowly tried to shove him out the door but annoyingly he didn't seem to be affected at all. Letting out an indignant cry she lashed out and hit him in his stomach and her eyes widened in shock when eh didn't so much as flinch. Pulling her fist back she prepared to punch him again, she had never been the violent type but something about him just seemed to rub her the wrong way.

Lakh had bee standing still, in his opinion quite graciously allowing her to take out all her anger and frustration on him. He thought she was most likely in shock now and so was not thinking rationally and was not fully aware of what she was doing. She would calm down in a minute and then properly take in what he'd said. Maybe she'd even be grateful for him looking out for her, grinning at the idea he suddenly realised she showed no signs of calming down at all in the near future.

Frowning slightly he reached out and stopped her before she could hit him again. Sighing in remorse he realised he was going to have to explain again, in much more detail, he began to tell her what his name was and where he worked exactly to calm her down when his skin made contact with hers and everything went a little fuzzy. Shaking his head to try and clear his vision he was confounded when everything seemed to take on a pink haze. He hated pink! Looking up at her he began to wonder if maybe she really was the wild power and had some sort of power he didn't know about when he realised what was happening. When he felt the presence of her mind, mixing with his own his mouth fell open in shock.

They, they, were soulmates. Dammit! He thought quietly to himself, just when he thought he'd gotten everything sorted out in his life too. His knees gave out and he crashed down to the floor, suddenly feeling frustratingly weak and helpless. With a soft cry of surprise he realised he had his arms wrapped around her then everything in the physical world seemed to fade away as he was seemingly yanked into her mind.

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