A few hours later Nick had Kierra engrossed in a game of pool, she was kicking his ass. A few times he looked to Wren but the tigerd just shook his head with a small smirk. Apparently Wren was getting a kick out of seeing Nick get his ass beat by a woman.
"Eight ball corner pocket." Kierra called her last shot, she aimed and shot. Sinking the ball in the corner pocket flawlessly. "Alright you owe me fifty dollars Nicky boy.
Nick reached into his wallet and pulled out a fifty handing it over to grinning Kierra. "Now I remember why I never played pool against you. You rule the table when you play."
"Got that right buster, I can't help my father was a champ and he taught be well." Kierra said with the shit eating grin still on her face.
"Yeah, yeah. Just tell me you're feeling better?" Nick asked.
"Much better, thank you very much." Kierra put her cue stick back and stretched her arms out above her head.
"By the way are you really Bride's cousin, cuz you two look nothing alike." Nick asked, looking from Kierra to Bride across the room.
"No we're not blood if that's what you mean. I was five when my dad married her dad's sister." Kierra said with a thoughtful look.
"Oh, okay. I just wanted to know since like I said, you two look nothing alike." Nick said with a shrug.
Kierra had long blonde hair with a natural honey tan to her skin that highlighted her dark green eyes. Her features were very Cajun except for her hair color of course, which means that her natural mother must have been the one who gave her the blonde hair and green eyes. In fact Kierra didn't even look anything like her father, which probably meant that she was also adopted. Kierra must have seen the questioning look in his eyes. "Yes Nick, I'm also adopted."
He just nodded and cleared his throat. "I don't know about you but I'm through with playin' pool for the night." He said as he walked back to the main part of the bar with Kierra in tow.
"Only because you lost fifty bucks." Kierra said with a smirk.

Kierra grabbed the tray of drinks from the bar and took them to her table. She set the drinks down in front of their respective customers, asking if there was anything else she could get them.
"Yeah, your number would be nice." One of the men at the table said, eyeing up her chest.
"Sorry but that's not on the menu, and my eyes are up here." Kierra motioned toward her face, not at all happy that the guy was so openly ogling her chest. "Is there anything else that 'is' on the menu that I can get you gentlemen."
"No that will be all miss, and I apologize for my friend he's a few too many." One of the other gentlemen said with a small smile.
"Well then maybe someone should stop him from ordering anymore drinks. I'm sure one of the brothers would be glad to put him in a cab for you." Kierra said turning away and heading back to the bar.
"Those jerks bothering you?" Dev asked from behind her.
"Nothing I can't handle Dev, but thanks for asking. But I think you should call them some cabs, because the one guy is really wasted."
"Okay, but you let me know if anybody else bothers you." Dev said before heading into the back to call a cab for the drunken idiots.
Kierra took her order pad out of her apron and tore off the bill for her table. She walked over and thanked them for their service and laid the bill on the table. "I'll be back for the bill in a bit, unless you just want to pay now."
"We'll pay now." The one who had apologized to her for his friend. He pulled out enough to pay for the bill and for her tip. "Here keep the change."
"Thanks, ya'll have a nice night." Kierra said before turning to head to the cash register. She felt someone come up behind her right before a hand grabbed her ass. She gasped and spun around glaring at the man who had spoken rudely to her earlier. "Hey!"
She reached out and slapped the guy before he even really got a chance to pull his hand back.
"Bitch!" The guy yelled as he raised his hand to hit her back, but his hand never made it. Acheron Parthenopaeus grabbed his arm and escorted the jerk out by it, throwing him out onto the street.
Ash tossed the asshole who was going to hit Kierra onto the side walk. "You ever try to hit a woman again and believe me you will regret it." Ash bit out before he headed back into Sanctuary. He heard the juke box playing 'Sweet Home Alabama', letting all the patrons who knew who he was that he was there. He walked over to Kierra who he had saved from getting hit. "Are you okay Kiki?" Ash asked as Kierra turned around to face him.
"Yeah, I'm fine thanks for stopping that guy, it's kinda hard to work with a bruised face." Kierra said.
"No problem, I just can't stand man who could hit a woman especially one as pretty as you." Ash said, putting his arm around her shoulders.
Kierra just smiled at him. "Stop trying to butter me up Ash, what is it you want?"
"Um, I was hoping that you could watch after Simi for bit while I take care of some business here in the city." Ash said, not quite looking her in the eye.
"I suppose that if I asked what business that might be that you wouldn't tell me." Kierra forced him to make eye contact with her, she was one of the few humans who didn't flinch when she saw his eyes the first time she met him. But then again, Kierra wasn't exactly human either something she didn't know about until she met Ash five years ago.
"Well if I told you I'd have to kill you." Ash said in a sarcastic tone. But then he leaned down closer to her ear so that if anyone else heard him it would only be the immortals in the room. "Actually Vane and Fang's old pack has come to seek safety inside of Sanctuary since they have no where else to go right now. Fury is just trying to do his best to keep his pack alive. I just know that Simi might weird the wolves out a bit or annoy them to no end so I just thought I would leave her with you. Not to mention she has been begging me to let her visit you."
"Wolves? You mean the ones like my real father?" Kierra's father was not actually her real father, he was her adoptive father. Her real parents had been killed when she was only thirteen. So she had Lykos blood flowing through her veins but because her mother was human she was born human also, and had never taken the shape of the wolf. Some said they could see the wolf in her eyes, lying dormant as if it only needed just the right catalyst to set it free.
"Yes their katagaria wolves just like your real father. This is probably why you've always had such a strong bond with Vane since you met him. But I can understand why you wouldn't with Fang." Ash said as he lead her further into the room towards the bar.
"I can't help it the guy annoys the hell out of me with his arrogance. He thinks he's the Gods gift to women, which is so is not." Kierra said rolling her eyes.
"Well maybe you'll get alone with the other wolves a little better. Maybe you'll even find your mate among them." Ash said with a cryptic tone.