Chapter 6

The lounge was dimly lit hole it the wall. But for anyone of "her kind of people" it felt rather comforting. They were seated at the far end of the small room by a window that had black drapes drawn over it to shield the restaurant from any and all light. Aurora sat down but didn't bother to look at the menu. She always ordered the same thing, a salad, with sliced grilled chicken and a glass of water. Eden looked at her with a worried eye.

"Stop thinking about it all right… everything's fine… you're way too paranoid."

"I can't help it… you know what I deal with… well actually you don't but just believe me when I say things or act a certain way… its all for a very good reason."

"I'm sure it is but loosen up… we're here and in all truth no one else is."

Aurora glanced around the room and only noticed two other people sitting there. They were deep in conversation and didn't even acknowledge Aurora and Eden's presence. She sighed heavily and picked away at her salad.

"So what brought you back to the village?"

"School… got into a "fight"…left…I'm probably in trouble now… but I truly don't care."

"You never did Aurora…you never did…"

"What's that suppose to mean?" asked Aurora in a testy tone.

"You never did give a damn about what anyone else ever told you was right or wrong…you always followed what you felt… and most of the time you were right… I only wish I have half the nerve you do."

Aurora laughed at this statement. It was true she'd never let anyone tell her what she could and couldn't do. It was in her demonic blood. The need to be independent was a strong emotion with her. She knew better that to depend on someone else. Most of the time they either died or betrayed you at some point. That was always a rule with her, friends, yes, friends were all right, but anything more was just a sign of weakness. She saw that all to well in her father. She saw what Trish did to him. He wasn't the great devil hunter he use to be. He didn't even seem like the same man from the stories that were told by the demons. He seemed only a shell of his former self. The great devil hunter had fallen. Not to a great demon, or even the devil himself, but to love the one thing that weakens every soul, even a demonic one.

"Aurora! Earth to Aurora." She heard through the distance of space and time.

"Huh?" Aurora snapped back out of her daze

"You were zoning out… what's wrong?"

"Nothing I'm fine." She looked back to her salad. Then her cell phone rang.

"Holy Fuc...!.. hello? I know but…listen to me… I know… all right… yeah… uh huh… Yeah sure I'm on my way… whatever… you know what…" she snapped her phone shut and slammed her head against the wall. She reached into her bag and pulled out a few dollars.

"Here pay for my stuff… I gotta go"

She grabbed her stuff and ran out the door. She darted through the parking lot and spotted her bike. There was someone standing beside it.

"Oh hell no!" she grabbed her sword handle at her back. Then a loud noise came from her left side. She turned quickly to see what it was not seeing anything she turned back and the figure by her bike had vanished. She ran over to her bike. There was a note sitting on the seat of her bike. She picked it up opened it and read:

…We're Watching…

She threw it on the ground jumped on her bike and sped out of the parking lot.