Shattered Mirror fic: Wolfe's Bane
Disclaimer: Please refer to Chapter 1. Thank you.
Summary: A shapeshifter, caught in a family vendetta between her clan and the velox clan, met Nikolas in an unlikely circumstances when she was seriously injured in a fight she had with a couple of her enemies, who sought to exterminate and enslaved her clan. Will Luna Wolfe seek solace in Nikolas' dark embrace or will she avenge the lives lost in her clan? [I'm probably stating the obvious but I'm sure all of you readers out there probably knows what will happen in the end]
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Chapter 4: Anger, Helplessness
"I'm sorry alright? But you did say to stay clear of ground floor and I did, I just didn't expect him to come up!" Luna half-shouted heatedly. However angry or defensive she may look on the outside, Luna actually felt guilty for making Nikolas so upset. After all, he was the host.
Nikolas sighed, yet again too tired to argue much with the shapeshifter, who seems to have too much energy to spare. "I accept your apology. But you did remember me telling you it's much more better if you could just stay in your room for tonight, did I not? Forget it, I'm going back to my room."
With that said, he stood up, about to leave when Luna shouted, "You stop right there, Nikolas whatever-your-last-name-is! And you will hear me out!" Nikolas stop in surprise, his eyes widen briefly before his face settled back into its usual emotionless mask.
"You are asking me to stop? What do you want now?" Nikolas asked in a toneless voice.
"If you're so tired of my existence here in your house, then why don't you just let me go back to where I come from?! Just say the word and I'll be more than happy to leave this hell-hole!"
Nikolas' eyes flashed. "Where you come from? Do you even have your home to go back to in the first place? I will not waste my time here picking a meaningless fight with you," he uttered coolly and disappeared.
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Sarah had the urge to peek into the kitchen, but it seems to be filled with so much unleashed tension in there that she found it hard to step in. She turned towards Kristopher, who was sitting calmly on the couch.
"I'm a little worried about them. You are his twin, you should know what his temper is like. I'm afraid that Nikolas might end up killing the girl in a fit of rage."
"What makes you think that Nikolas is angry with Luna? Besides he will not kill her, that I'm sure of." Kristopher peered curiously at his girlfriend, who had currently taken to pacing around on the same spot behind him. "And stop with the pacing, will you? You're going to create a massive hole in the floor if you continue like this." Sarah rolled her eyes.
Previously, both of them had stayed in Kristopher's bedroom, idling their time away since Nikolas was hosting a bash in the living room and both had mutual desires not to make an appearance before so many vampires, who they did not deem worth their attention, and specifically to avoid meeting Kendra, who could very well be very delighted to kill one of the Vida witches, even if that Vida had become one of them, should she be present at the bash personally. But later, Kristopher had told Sarah that he could sense Nikolas' dangerous mood and that they better go see what happened. And they did. Surprised as they were to see nobody in the living room in such a short time [considering there's a lot of people there a moment ago], Kristopher wasn't really that surprise to know that their new guest had been the cause of the end of the party.
A second later, shoutings could be heard from the kitchen, more specifically, Luna shouting.
"Oh my...it sounds more like Nikolas could end up dead at the end of this argument..." Kristopher trailed off, standing up and making his way cautiously towards the kitchen, as if a knife might come snicking through the entrance at any moment.
'I can't believe you, Kristopher. You're not worried about Luna getting killed but are worried about your twin getting bashed up by a girl? I'm amazed' Sarah thought incredulously at Kristopher, who ignored her. A few moments later though, something dark flashed towards Kristopher and streaked straight into his open arms before he could step into the kitchen. It was Luna and she looked really upset. Her milky complexion was flushing a translucent red from her neck right up to her cheeks and her eyes looked unusually bright.
"Luna, what has been going on? And where's Nikolas?" Kristopher asked, concern evident in his tone as he peered over her shoulders, into the entry of the kitchen looking for his twin. She looked up into the face, who reminded her of the person to whom she had an argument with a few moments before, and turned away from him.
"He left, and he can rot in hell in eternity for all I care! He is such an unpredictable, unreasonable and irresistable bastard!" Luna's voice had came out exasperated and on impulse as well, since she didn't notice that she had just called Nikolas irresistable.
'Irresistable?' Sarah thought, amused with a raised brow.
'This is the reason why I said that Nikolas will not kill her. Because they're fond of each other, though they don't realise it...'
'Don't realise it, or don't want to realise it? But at the moment, it seems to me that they don't know how to react against each other. Confusions, exasperations are the words I would use to describe their current situation'
"I'm leaving." A simple sentence broke through the telepathic talk between the two vampires. Hastily, Sarah went over and placed a hand on Luna's shoulders.
"Please be calm and come sit down. I want to talk to you. If you think that you still want to go after what I say, then we'll let you leave," Sarah spoke in what she hoped was a gentle voice. Inside she grimace. 'Can't believe I'm doing this girl talk with her just to help that thick-headed twin of yours'
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After hearing what had been going on in the kitchen, Sarah sighed.
"You must understand, Nikolas...is the type of guy where he has troubles expressing himself properly through words. True, you might say that he has the gift of words, able to persuade people to do things or to make people think that he is right. But when it comes to his own personal feelings, well, you'll have to try a little harder to understand him than you do about most people. He doesn't show his feelings through words, he does it through...actions," Sarah explained patiently.
"He's undead, he has no feelings to show," Luna replied flatly.
Sarah laughed, despite herself. "True, the undead has no feelings whatsoever. But, Nikolas is one of the few, besides Kristopher, who I know has the most expressive emotions in the world, be it dramatic or subtle, you'll be able to see it if you know him well enough. Besides, he's a great artist, which landed him and his two siblings into the state they are in," she added in an undertone.
Luna comtemplate for a moment. True, Nikolas might seems dangerous, unapproachable even, but on the other hand, she'd seen the way he acted earlier when she was in danger or when Kaleo had briefly insulted his twin. Sighing resignedly, she nodded.
"Okay, so you're right. But I still think he's unpredictable and unreasonable."
"And irresistable? Not that you're wrong of course, since our kind are always being associated with the words unpredictable, sometimes unreasonable and all the time irresistable."
The shapeshifter's eyes widen briefly. "I call him irresistable? Since when? Oh, never mind I don't want to know...I just hope he's not mad with me, I do not want to live in a house where the host cannot stand the guest."
"Nah, he's not mad at you. He's just too fond of you to know what to do about you. He's helpless. My goddess, it's truly the first time I've say he's helpless," Sarah realised aloud, trying hard to hold back her chuckles. A blush stole across Luna's cheeks as she heard this. Not wanting to let the vampire see this, she turned away just in time to see Kristopher staring off into space in unfocus concentration. A moment later, he got up abruptly, worry and concern creasing his forehead. He turned away but not before Sarah had noticed his expressions.
"What's bothering you, Kristopher?"
"Nikolas," Kristopher replied tersely. As if on cue, the said subject appeared, bringing with him cuts and bruises. The front of his shirt was ripped horizontally across his chest and blood was seeping out from it. Luna gave an involuntary cry of alarm when he suddenly collasped onto the couch next to her.
"Who did this?"
Nikolas turned his head slightly and fixed an unfocus gaze on Sarah.
"Your mother did," He grimaced.
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WoLfePaWs: Sorry for the late update, just couldn't seem to squeeze a single drop of inspiration out of my mind but never mind about that...anyway here's the fourth chapter for you...enjoy.
Disclaimer: Please refer to Chapter 1. Thank you.
Summary: A shapeshifter, caught in a family vendetta between her clan and the velox clan, met Nikolas in an unlikely circumstances when she was seriously injured in a fight she had with a couple of her enemies, who sought to exterminate and enslaved her clan. Will Luna Wolfe seek solace in Nikolas' dark embrace or will she avenge the lives lost in her clan? [I'm probably stating the obvious but I'm sure all of you readers out there probably knows what will happen in the end]
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Chapter 4: Anger, Helplessness
"I'm sorry alright? But you did say to stay clear of ground floor and I did, I just didn't expect him to come up!" Luna half-shouted heatedly. However angry or defensive she may look on the outside, Luna actually felt guilty for making Nikolas so upset. After all, he was the host.
Nikolas sighed, yet again too tired to argue much with the shapeshifter, who seems to have too much energy to spare. "I accept your apology. But you did remember me telling you it's much more better if you could just stay in your room for tonight, did I not? Forget it, I'm going back to my room."
With that said, he stood up, about to leave when Luna shouted, "You stop right there, Nikolas whatever-your-last-name-is! And you will hear me out!" Nikolas stop in surprise, his eyes widen briefly before his face settled back into its usual emotionless mask.
"You are asking me to stop? What do you want now?" Nikolas asked in a toneless voice.
"If you're so tired of my existence here in your house, then why don't you just let me go back to where I come from?! Just say the word and I'll be more than happy to leave this hell-hole!"
Nikolas' eyes flashed. "Where you come from? Do you even have your home to go back to in the first place? I will not waste my time here picking a meaningless fight with you," he uttered coolly and disappeared.
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Sarah had the urge to peek into the kitchen, but it seems to be filled with so much unleashed tension in there that she found it hard to step in. She turned towards Kristopher, who was sitting calmly on the couch.
"I'm a little worried about them. You are his twin, you should know what his temper is like. I'm afraid that Nikolas might end up killing the girl in a fit of rage."
"What makes you think that Nikolas is angry with Luna? Besides he will not kill her, that I'm sure of." Kristopher peered curiously at his girlfriend, who had currently taken to pacing around on the same spot behind him. "And stop with the pacing, will you? You're going to create a massive hole in the floor if you continue like this." Sarah rolled her eyes.
Previously, both of them had stayed in Kristopher's bedroom, idling their time away since Nikolas was hosting a bash in the living room and both had mutual desires not to make an appearance before so many vampires, who they did not deem worth their attention, and specifically to avoid meeting Kendra, who could very well be very delighted to kill one of the Vida witches, even if that Vida had become one of them, should she be present at the bash personally. But later, Kristopher had told Sarah that he could sense Nikolas' dangerous mood and that they better go see what happened. And they did. Surprised as they were to see nobody in the living room in such a short time [considering there's a lot of people there a moment ago], Kristopher wasn't really that surprise to know that their new guest had been the cause of the end of the party.
A second later, shoutings could be heard from the kitchen, more specifically, Luna shouting.
"Oh my...it sounds more like Nikolas could end up dead at the end of this argument..." Kristopher trailed off, standing up and making his way cautiously towards the kitchen, as if a knife might come snicking through the entrance at any moment.
'I can't believe you, Kristopher. You're not worried about Luna getting killed but are worried about your twin getting bashed up by a girl? I'm amazed' Sarah thought incredulously at Kristopher, who ignored her. A few moments later though, something dark flashed towards Kristopher and streaked straight into his open arms before he could step into the kitchen. It was Luna and she looked really upset. Her milky complexion was flushing a translucent red from her neck right up to her cheeks and her eyes looked unusually bright.
"Luna, what has been going on? And where's Nikolas?" Kristopher asked, concern evident in his tone as he peered over her shoulders, into the entry of the kitchen looking for his twin. She looked up into the face, who reminded her of the person to whom she had an argument with a few moments before, and turned away from him.
"He left, and he can rot in hell in eternity for all I care! He is such an unpredictable, unreasonable and irresistable bastard!" Luna's voice had came out exasperated and on impulse as well, since she didn't notice that she had just called Nikolas irresistable.
'Irresistable?' Sarah thought, amused with a raised brow.
'This is the reason why I said that Nikolas will not kill her. Because they're fond of each other, though they don't realise it...'
'Don't realise it, or don't want to realise it? But at the moment, it seems to me that they don't know how to react against each other. Confusions, exasperations are the words I would use to describe their current situation'
"I'm leaving." A simple sentence broke through the telepathic talk between the two vampires. Hastily, Sarah went over and placed a hand on Luna's shoulders.
"Please be calm and come sit down. I want to talk to you. If you think that you still want to go after what I say, then we'll let you leave," Sarah spoke in what she hoped was a gentle voice. Inside she grimace. 'Can't believe I'm doing this girl talk with her just to help that thick-headed twin of yours'
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After hearing what had been going on in the kitchen, Sarah sighed.
"You must understand, Nikolas...is the type of guy where he has troubles expressing himself properly through words. True, you might say that he has the gift of words, able to persuade people to do things or to make people think that he is right. But when it comes to his own personal feelings, well, you'll have to try a little harder to understand him than you do about most people. He doesn't show his feelings through words, he does it through...actions," Sarah explained patiently.
"He's undead, he has no feelings to show," Luna replied flatly.
Sarah laughed, despite herself. "True, the undead has no feelings whatsoever. But, Nikolas is one of the few, besides Kristopher, who I know has the most expressive emotions in the world, be it dramatic or subtle, you'll be able to see it if you know him well enough. Besides, he's a great artist, which landed him and his two siblings into the state they are in," she added in an undertone.
Luna comtemplate for a moment. True, Nikolas might seems dangerous, unapproachable even, but on the other hand, she'd seen the way he acted earlier when she was in danger or when Kaleo had briefly insulted his twin. Sighing resignedly, she nodded.
"Okay, so you're right. But I still think he's unpredictable and unreasonable."
"And irresistable? Not that you're wrong of course, since our kind are always being associated with the words unpredictable, sometimes unreasonable and all the time irresistable."
The shapeshifter's eyes widen briefly. "I call him irresistable? Since when? Oh, never mind I don't want to know...I just hope he's not mad with me, I do not want to live in a house where the host cannot stand the guest."
"Nah, he's not mad at you. He's just too fond of you to know what to do about you. He's helpless. My goddess, it's truly the first time I've say he's helpless," Sarah realised aloud, trying hard to hold back her chuckles. A blush stole across Luna's cheeks as she heard this. Not wanting to let the vampire see this, she turned away just in time to see Kristopher staring off into space in unfocus concentration. A moment later, he got up abruptly, worry and concern creasing his forehead. He turned away but not before Sarah had noticed his expressions.
"What's bothering you, Kristopher?"
"Nikolas," Kristopher replied tersely. As if on cue, the said subject appeared, bringing with him cuts and bruises. The front of his shirt was ripped horizontally across his chest and blood was seeping out from it. Luna gave an involuntary cry of alarm when he suddenly collasped onto the couch next to her.
"Who did this?"
Nikolas turned his head slightly and fixed an unfocus gaze on Sarah.
"Your mother did," He grimaced.
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WoLfePaWs: Sorry for the late update, just couldn't seem to squeeze a single drop of inspiration out of my mind but never mind about that...anyway here's the fourth chapter for you...enjoy.