Nine
Three days later; it was business as usual. Sebastian and Anna were busy setting up the four-story colonial house. Two days ago, they made the decision to clue the council in what they had been doing, insisting they had solid lead on the master that killed my parents and wanted to make sure before they told anyone. The council had almost demoted them from manning their own center but Tristan had stood up for them saying that he'd sanctioned the whole thing.
As for the master, I still didn't completely believe that he had been the one killing these poor people but that was the story we sticking too. If it was one of us, or some other monster, this could flush them out, but if it wasn't, well, we were back to the drawing board. No one knew who or what had been killing our people and it was a scary thought. Someone or something hated half breeds and it was our job to find the monster and get some justice for our people who had died.
I was sitting on a beanbag in the sunny room, sifting through the piles of evidence and tickling Gemma under the chin, when a shadow fell over me.
'Find anything useful?' Dom asked tentatively. Gemma, the traitor, mewed for him, and he scooped her up.
'Ow!' He complained a second later checking his thumb where a drop of blood dripped through his thumb and fell onto the wooden floor.
'Good baby,' I muttered to myself as I sensed a smugness coming from my kitten. I was growing accustomed to her sudden flurries of emotion, and had accepted that Gemma wasn't just mine, I was hers. She'd taken to riding my shoulder, digging her needle claws into my shoulder. It was a good thing I was a very fast healer.
'Belle, we need to talk about what happened.'
'Working.' I replied hastily, grabbing another report and started to scan it even though the words on the paper were blurring together. Blinking, I tried again, reminding myself that I needed to focus.
'Belle, you're not a warrior.'
'Well, you'll never be a dad if you keep talking to me.' I countered without missing a beat.
'Dominic, I need you.' Brody called and he sighed, shooting me a desperate look as he dutifully replaced my kitten on my knee and left, pausing to look back at me. Refusing to meet his gaze, he sighed and wandered off.
Abby wandered in with a plate of what looked to be brownies and settled down next to me nudging me with her elbow.
'I don't think there's anything else in there.' She said with a knowing look. She knew I'd thrown myself into my training and working so I didn't have a moment to think about Dom and that blonde bimbo, but try as I might, thoughts always appeared in my head. I felt broken, betrayed and I was physically in pain but I didn't have time for it. I could scream and rage later, right now I had a monster to find.
'I know, but it couldn't hurt to look could it?' I asked in a small voice. Damn it, already I was already struggling not to cry. If this is what I was like on a normal day, I hated to think of how I would be feeling when my PMS started up.
'Belle...we need to talk about what happened. Dominic didn't sleep with her. You know that.'
The image of them two getting it on made me gag a little. 'No duh, but you didn't see the look in his eyes, Dominic didn't want me. His mori doesn't want me. It's not going to work between us and that's okay. I'm well on my way to accepting that.' Okay, maybe I wasn't, but I was doing the fake it to you make it approach.
'If you felt okay about it, you wouldn't have cried yourself to sleep for the past three nights.' Abby whispered.
I slammed the papers on the floor with a loud smack that made Gemma flinch and let out a started meow. 'Fine, I feel like crap, can we move on?'
'You need to clear the air with him otherwise Desmond will take you home.'
'Bullshit.'
'It's true. We're a team and right now it's not gelling. We're the only ones apart from the council that know something big has been happening right under their noses. If we don't work together, they'll bring in other warriors to head the investigation.'
'They'll probably send Hamid.' I replied making a face. I was so over that entitled ego-maniac. Putting him and Nikolas in a room was bad enough, but put my dad in the room as well and I was bound to have an emotional breakdown, that's if I didn't have one in the next five minutes.
'Possibly.'
'Fine, please look after Gemma.' I said shoving the kitten into her hands. Getting to my feet, I left my warm spot and stalked through the house. It was a huge, white colonial house, with a pool in the backyard, six large bedrooms, a large attic that could be converted into another two bedrooms, not to mention the two bedroom guesthouse at the back of the property.
I found Dom in his room, staring out the window, his back tense, his arms crossed. He didn't jump as I entered the room and kicked the door shut, but that was probably because he'd seen me coming from the reflection.
'You wanted to talk?' I asked leaning against the door frame. On second thought, I closed the door. Not that closing a door would help when I let loose.
As usual he got straight to the point. 'Yeah. You know I never slept with her.'
No shit. If he had they'd be bonded for life. The thought made me want to gag again. 'You still lied about her.'
'I broke the bond but she kept coming back. What was I supposed to do?'
'Anything would have been better, doesn't matter. You still would have chosen to be with her eventually.'
'My mori did, I don't. You're the one I love.' He said turning to face me, his eyes were pained but I decided I didn't give a shit. He'd hurt me in the one way I had feared he would.
'Right, cause if we were meant to be, we'd know by now.'
'It's bullshit and you know it. Why is it always about bonding that you're obsessed with?'
'I'm not obsessed, I just knew something like this could happen and look what happened! I'm raising a werecat, she is my life now. Not some guy who's just going to continue breaking my heart!' I snapped, refusing to cry. God, if I cried in front of him, I'd be in his arms in a second and as much as I didn't want his arms wrapped around me, a huge part of me still loved him. I needed therapy, stat.
Dom sighed. 'I never meant for this to happen.'
'I know, but you keep lying to me about shit and I'm over it. You're like Edward from Twilight and don't freaking deny it. The only difference between Bella and I, is that I'm not going to take your crap anymore. Hell, you know what I realised last night? Dating you would be a bloody nightmare. I'm done.'
I turned and opened the door. 'Belle...I'm sorry.'
Biting my lip, I nodded. 'Yeah, I know.' This time I didn't bother trying to stem the flow of tears. Running downstairs, I was halfway down the driveway when Heath, who was going patrolling the city, drove up on his black Ducati skidded to a stop, tossed a helmet at me. Wiping the tears, I shoved the helmet onto my head and climbed up behind him. Seconds later, we were out of the driveway and I got my first taste of New Jersey life.
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The night life was booming, people were dancing, eating, drinking, doing all the fun things I wished to be doing; but I was on the job, right where Heath had left me. He was trusting me to call in anything suspicious and not engage if anything happened. I seriously doubted there were vampires out, it was pretty early, the sun had only set thirty minutes ago but with all these tasty humans around, it would only be a matter of time.
Walking into Burger Palace, it was easy to see why the brand was a huge success. There was hardly any booths and tables available, yet I managed to score a round table nearest the door, which was the furthest spot from the kitchen. From what I could see, the burgers were massive, the chips were loaded, and I knew I wasn't going to finish my double bacon cheese burger and cheese chips that I had just ordered, from a perky waitress with a piercing in her eyebrow and cherry red hair. From the smell of her hair, I'd known she'd used Cherry Bomb Attic dye and had commented on it. We'd spent a minute chatting about the dye before she hurried off to do her job.
Now I was back to watching over these people, people who would all live short lives filled with love and... damnit, what was I doing? This pessimistic crap wasn't me. I was realistic, yes, but negative? Ugh. No. I needed to get a grip on myself and chill the F out.
A shadow fell over me and I almost peed myself before scolding myself on not observing my surroundings. 'Sorry, there isn't a table available, do you mind if my friend and I share with you?'
'Sure.' I said taking in his familiar American-Korean appearance. At least I thought he was Korean...I spied a few girls subtly taking photos of the guy. I glared so fiercely the girls' ducked their heads in shame.
'The F-' I muttered as another guy joined us, saw the girls, shook his head, widening his eyes in annoyance, and sat down. His eyes had hardened but that didn't make him any less gorgeous. He wasn't as tall as the other guy but he had dark magenta hair he totally pulled off, and pale skin which was pretty shiny. But then glassy skin was still the rage in Korea.
'I'm Tae and this is Jay.' The guy said introducing himself. Suddenly it all clicked as I remembered Allie's kpop obsession. Hell, she had kpop band posters covering one wall of her room. Taking in the room again, I noticed more Korean's sitting at the tables. With a jolt, I realised I was sitting with two kpop guys from a group called Rebel Luv. I only remembered them now because the blonde one hadn't changed his hair, whereas the others had.
My observation skills needed some tweaking. Hell, this is what I was here for anyway and I was botching it because I was moping over a dumb guy. Irritation flooded through me. It wasn't until Jenny my waitress arrived with my chips and burger that my dark mood faded into the distance.
'I'm Belle,' I replied picking at a chip and eating it. The taste, oh the taste of the hot chips and melted cheese with bacon pieces. I almost died and went straight to heaven. The burger was just as good. I felt guilty eating in front of these guys but then their food magically appeared out of nowhere and we sat eating in silence relishing the food. It wasn't until the stalkers started whispering loudly amongst themselves, that I looked over again.
'You're probably wondering about our stalkers...' Jay said with a thicker accent, following our gaze. Huh? I'd almost completely forgotten two gorgeous guys were sitting at my table. Wait, were they gorgeous? I couldn't remember. I looked at them. Yup, they were definitely were panty dropping hot. Well, hell of course they were hot, they were kpop guys for god's sake. I swallowed my chip and snorted softly to myself.
'It pretty much slipped my mind the second I ate this chip, but if those girls come over here and act all fan girly, I'll protect you.' I replied with a wink.
'Fan girly?' Tae asked before he bit into a BBQ burger.
'Yeah, you're members of that Kpop group Rebel Luv that's touring the globe.' I replied taking a sip of my Sprite refraining from rolling my eyes. 'Don't worry, I'm not going to freak out all over you. I'm not a saesang or anything, but if I don't get my friend your autographs, Allie might just kill me and I'd like to make it to eighteen.'
'You're a teen?' Tae asked in surprise not seeming to care about the autograph thing. I would have to get them alone, because if they started signing stuff then the other girls would scramble over and I didn't want to be beating the tar out of three human girls who were thoroughly irritating me. I could see the other four band members sitting around in a booth laughing and chatting in Korean and completely oblivious to the girls watching them. Finally, I remembered Tae had asked a question and swallowed a mouthful.
'I'm seventeen, ditched home for a bit, and don't get all judgy at me. I see you don't have any bodyguards or managers around either.' I pointed out sounding extremely proud of myself as I started eating again.
'It was a mistake.' Tae muttered taking a huge bite. I almost scolded him and told him to slow down, but then I remembered I was a kid to him and he'd probably scold me for sneaking out in the first place.
'Don't worry, I'm a black belt in Krav Maga. Those girls ain't got nothing on me.' I replied sweetly.
'Rumors might spread about you.' Jae interrupted sounding moody. Yeesh, had my bad mood rubbed off on them?
I glared at him a little. 'Okay, guys, chill the F out. If the media gets wind that you're hanging out with a member of the opposite sex, tell em I'm your discreet bodyguard.' I replied. 'Stop ruining my burger.' I grumbled at them. I wasn't sure they had heard me until Tae sniggered a little.
'You are a fan, though.' Jay said still looking at me suspiciously.
Ooooh that did it. 'JJ, my friend Allie is the fan, I've listened to your albums maybe once to appease her. Yes, I like your music, what you do is cool and different to the other groups and bands she's introduced me to, but I'm smart enough to know you guys are human, not a fluffy puppy I wanna squeeze the life out of.' I replied teasing him, as I took a bite out of my burger. 'Unless you have the ability to turn into a Labrador puppy, I think you're safe.'
When another guy approached, I couldn't remember his name but he was the leader and had been the one to stand out for me. The interesting thing was, my mori stirred and fluttered. I almost choked on my burger. I was in complete shock as I stared at the six-foot something guy. From his eyes widening, I knew he recognised what both of us were, while I was too busy wondering what the hell a warrior was doing in a kpop band.
'Hi,' he said with a much thicker accent. He was dressed all in black and had chin length layered blue-black hair, his eyes cold and his gaze had me questioning my life choices in a second. I was envisioning myself touring the globe with them as my bodyguard when Tae smirked at me.
'This is Kylo.'
'Don't say it.' Kylo growled as the name clicked.
'Kylo Ren? Wow, you look sooooo much like him.' I drawled, remembering that all of the band members were Star Wars fans, hell Kylo looked like a more gorgeous Korean version of Kylo Ren. It was almost laughable. Resting my chin in my hand as I resisted the urge to look him up and down while behind me the girls were swooning and muttering about his butt. I almost suggested he turn around so I could look too, but quickly decided not to.
'Aussie?' He asked tilting his head to the side to gaze, no stare at me. Did the guy ever blink? Now I remembered why he stood out for me. This guy not only had an attitude; it wasn't an act. He really didn't give a shit about the vibe he put off, hell he could almost be an empath with the amount of hostility he was sending my way. Even the other guys seemed to sense it. Kylo was definitely Allie's least favourite member but for some reason he had been mine. Of course, now that I knew I was attracted to intense guys, I was instantly turned off.
'Wow, the whole asshole attitude isn't an act, it's real.' I replied in fake awe.
'We should go.' Kylo spoke over me, ignoring me. The others shifted in their seats even though they hadn't even finished eating. What a jerk.
'You should go to a joke shop and buy him a new personality. The one he has now has run its expiration date.' Tae laughed heartily while Kylo glared down at me so fiercely, a lesser person would have cried. I stood up, leant on the table glaring up at the tall male.
'I don't bow down to assholes, so back off and let the guys finish their food.' I snarled at him. It was a good thing I'd already finished my food because he would be wearing it right about now. Instead, I kicked my chair away, ignoring the screech of the stool as it slid across the room and was outside before I knew what was happening.
I got halfway down the street before the familiar nudge in my head alerted me to another Mohiri. I turned into an alleyway and waited. Kylo appeared like a ghost. Goddamn it, why couldn't it be Heath?
'Why did the council send a baby warrior to meet me?' He snapped, his accent completely gone, sounding very American as he glared down at me.
'Um until fifty seconds ago, I didn't even know you were like me. I was a new-ish fan of your stupid little kpop group but you have officially turned me off forever.' I retorted glaring up at him.
'What are you doing out here alone?'
'Maybe if you weren't stripping for females every other night, you'd know what I'm doing.' I snapped as his eyes flashed at my insult. He took a few steps closer. I backed up against the wall, not out of fear, okay I was a little scared he'd touch me and our mori's would unite. What a nightmare that would be.
'You better not touch me. I don't want to find out a creep like you is my mate.' I snarled darkly. That stopped him in his tracks.
'You should get home.' He said softly, his gaze lessened as I shook my head.
'I was on a training mission and was quite happy until you appeared. Thanks for making me feel miserable.' I muttered.
'You're really not trying to recruit me?' He asked searching my face for a lie.
'Who the hell would try to recruit a rude moron like you?' I demanded.
'Can you stop with the insults? I'm sorry.' Now his tone sounded hurt and guilt was starting to creep into me but I stamped down in it.
'Not sorry enough.' I muttered glaring at the grimy cement. 'It's your own fault. You're a kpop star; you could expose us.'
He snorted. 'How, by staking a vampire while on stage? Just because I'm Mohiri doesn't mean I don't have dreams of my own. What did you want to be as a kid?'
'Um, I wanted my parents to come back from the dead.' I snapped as I stalked away from him.
'Belle, shit. Wait up kid.' He said catching up with me easily with those long legs of his. He went to touch me but I threw myself at the wall, not caring how hard the back of my head hit the bricks. I saw stars and my vision faded making me blink rapidly.
'Seriously Belle, the chances-' He said as he went to steady me. I let out a screech and he instantly backed off.
'My boy- I mean ex-boyfriend found his mate a few weeks ago.' I said in a rush.
I watched as his black eyes softened. 'That's rough.'
'Yeah, and everyone expected us to be...you know, so I'm not taking any chances.'
'Fair enough.' He said shoving his hands in his pockets. 'Still, you need to go home.' He said as my phone rang.
'What?' I asked into the phone, not bothering to check it.
'Oh my god Tae is here at Burger Palace...all these girls are annoying him...'
'Oh, damn it.' I muttered, earning a glare as I hung up, shoving the phone into my pocket and marching off to save the poor guys. Kylo and I found the guys being pestered by the giggling girls, more had turned up and I barged through them shoving them aside.
'Back off girls, they'll sign your shit but then you leave.' I ground out, shocking Tae and Jay with my sudden rudeness.
'Who are you?' One girl counted.
'Their rude ass bodyguards you demented fool.' Allie replied savagely as she joined me. 'Honestly, they're human beings out to get a burger, leave them the hell alone.' Towering over the girls, Allie stood, looking like she meant business, with her three-inch combat boots, stretchy black jeans, and black long-sleeved shirt, glaring at them as if at any moment she was going to throw down. Finally, the girls backed off and she sighed in relief.
'That's Allie, huh?' Tae asked me as he gently tugged on my elbow.
'Yup, she's loyal as hell and she thinks the world of you, so be nice, because she'd take a bullet for you.' I said looking up into his gorgeous eyes. Too bad I'm jail bait, I thought to myself. Allie then turned to me; her eyes dark.
'You couldn't have done that before?' She asked glaring at me.
'Yeesh, I get these are your guys and all but calm down before you send them running for their tour bus.' I replied shaking my head as we left the burger bar, scratch that, I had to pull her away from the guys. Finally, her eyes zeroed in on Kylo and she froze mouth gaping.
'Is that?'
'Yeah-huh.'
'Oh-boy...'
'Yeah...we already established he's a freaking jerk, let's go.'
'That's nice,' Jae replied cheerfully as he appeared at my side with that goofy grin of his that was starting to make me melt.
'Okay, cute guy overload...I need to go home and listen to Evanescence stat.' I said pulling Allie away who grumbled in protest.
'Heeey...I didn't even get their autographs.'
Allie moped the whole way home.
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A day later, three VIP tickets arrived in the mail with a hand written note, plus another note with autographs on it. Allie was hugging it to her chest squealing, while jumping on the bed I was sharing with her, while I scanned the handwritten note.
Seeing as you didn't get Allie our autographs, I figured it's the least I could do, Kylo Ren
Allie appeared at my side once her fangirling session was over. 'Wow, he um seems nice on paper.'
'Yeah, trust me, he wasn't nice at all when he thought a baby warrior had been sent to track him down.'
'He's probably being hounded left right and center. To be honest, their lives aren't that great. Imagine being constantly hounded by the paps and fans and then other Mohiri that look down on your lifestyle.'
'Kylo chose this life, don't go looking for sympathy for him.'
'He didn't choose to get psycho bitches trying to kill him and his friends though. Seriously, these sesaengs slash stalkers are really batshit crazy. I'm glad he's there to keep the guys safe. If every kpop group had a warrior in their groups, they'd be a lot safer and I'd sleep better at night.'
'Oh please, he could make a bitch pee just by glaring at her. I know, because I almost did. He makes Dominic look like a kitten.'
'Speaking of him...' she trailed off.
'What?' I groaned as the door opened and Abby walked in.
'Hey there, I heard you got a letter.' She said as Allie thrust the tickets under her nose.
'We're going to a concert?' She asked skeptically. Like me, she wasn't into kpop but she had patiently listened to a few albums on our drive to Seattle.
'You're taking us and we are getting ready.' Allie trilled. 'Call it a training exercise if you will.'
'Ha, like you'll be able to focus on anything but those guys butts.' Abby replied sarcastically as she rolled her eyes at me.
'I thought you said you'd be happy if you never met that korean warrior again.' She said looking at me looking for support. She was surprised when she didn't get any.
I shrugged. 'I know I haven't been a lot of fun lately, so you know, maybe I need a night out.'
'Hell, yes you do, come on. We have to figure out what we're gonna wear.' Allie said pulling on Abby's hand.
'Alright...' Abby trailed off giving me her usual stink eye before she left with Allie.
I returned to my duffel bag that was still unpacked and picked through the clothes trying to find something clean. Finally, I gave up. I was going to regret it, but I walked out, knocked on Heath's door before walking in. He was sprawled out on the queen-sized bed nearest the door and was reading a comic.
'Sup?' He asked lazily.
'I have no clothes and I have a kpop concert tonight.' His eyes lit up and the comic disappeared before I could blink.
'So instead of asking the girlies to take you shopping, you're asking your biggest, bestest brother?'
'Something like that. Allie's a bit...excited.'
'I get it. She's good for you, in small doses.'
'Does that make me a bad person?' I asked as the guilt set in.
'Nope. You've always been introverted and she most definitely isn't. Hmm, we should probably pick up some dye, your brown hair is showing through again,' he said tugging on my ends.
'Oh, right.' I said as Drew appeared.
'Hey kiddo, you off somewhere?'
'Shopping, wanna come get lunch with us?' I asked as he pulled me to his chest giving me a light squeeze.
'Sounds good, I tore my favourite jeans last night.'
'That'll teach you to take on a bunch of baby vampires without backup.' I said poking him hard in the chest. No one, not even I had expected to scream at him so much last night when I found out my hundred-year-old brother had almost gotten himself killed. Sure, he'd taken on an abandoned baby nest, but the seven suckers had managed to slice his chest wide open. He definitely knew how to ruin my night, that's for sure.
'If you two are done yapping...' Heath growled from the door as he pulled on his brown leather jacket.
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Standing at the back of the group of excited girls and a few guys who had gotten VIP tickets, I was holding onto Allie, who was bouncing on the balls of her feet. We were in the concert hall, listening to their soundcheck, watching the guy's goof around on stage. A girl bumped me, and like a typical teen, she didn't apologise. I was about to call her out on it when my mori fluttered. With a small sigh, I looked up to see Kylo come on stage. Standing next Rye, Allie's bias or whatever, he looked to be in perfect ease, he was smiling, his eyes were bright, yet his walk was more like a stalk. Guess he couldn't take the warrior out of him even if he tried.
'He looks pissed off,' Allie whispered to me while Abby stared at him. I couldn't refrain a roll of my eyes if I tried.
'Oh boy...he's soooo,' Abby breathed at me unable to finish her sentence.
'Down girls...' I lightly teased letting go of Allie, who looked ready to jump the rail and join them, hell she probably had all of the moves down and could probably teach them a thing or two about being sexy, but luckily for me she kept her composure. Shouldering the girl that had been rude to me, I gave her a glare which she sent back. Allie glowered down at the girl and she moved away. It was nice having backup.
Ten minutes later, the soundcheck ended and the doors to the right, opened revealing a hallway. We were going to get to do a meet and greet, before finding our seats in the first top row; no mosh pit for us thank you. We'd have the best view of the stage. Not that we needed to be seated there without excellent eyesight, mind you. Still, as we walked through the doors flanked with security guards, we were led to a private room where the guys were. I was embarrassed when a quarter of the girls burst into tears in happiness, while Abby and I hung back staring at them.
'If I start crying when I see Kylo Ren, shoot me.' I replied sarcastically, not caring to keep my voice down.
'I heard that.' He muttered as he grinned from the other side of the room while he wrapped an arm around a girl who was clinging to him babbling to him in bad Korean as some girl took a photo of them.
Abby sighed, tossing her dark blurple hair in annoyance. Someone waving caught my eye and I turned to see Jay walking over.
'Nice hair,' he said taking in my dark blue hair which was a few shades lighter than blue-black, 'matching with my boy.'
'Oh hell no.' I moaned poking him in the arm. Abby elbowed me. 'Oh Jay, this is Abby. Abby, Jay.' I said introducing them. Abby instantly shook hands with him while he took in her pastel purple hair which was braided into two french braids.
'Hey,' she replied, looking around wrinkling her nose as a girl practically jumped Rye, the bleach blonde guy just under six foot, 'your fans sure are...energetic,' she said with a smirk.
'Yo, Jay!' A girl called from the other side of the room. He turned and waved, 'better get back to it.' He said with a smile.
'See ya later.' I said and he grinned and nodded as he walked away.
'Aw, he thinks you're a lil cutie.' Abby said hugging me to her not caring to lower her voice.
'Abby stooooop.' I begged ducking under her arm.
'Cutie..'
'Abs!'
'Kyoot.' She said in Korean which made the nearest Korean turn his head. I wasn't sure who this guy was, he had jet black hair and an easy smile. Abby waved at him.
'You're embarrassing me.'
'That's what big sisters are for. Now come on, let's go annoy Kylo.'
'Yeah, it'll be just your luck if you touch him and he becomes your bitch for the next million centuries.' I mumbled. Rolling her eyes, she dragged me through the crowd. Kylo must have heard what I said because his eyes lit up and he smirked at us.
'You must be Kylo Ren.' Abby said with a laugh as she pulled me next to her.
'Uh...yeah.' He said giving her an appraising look.
'Ew, dude that's my sister.' I growled at him while he snorted to cover up a laugh. 'Better not let them see the moody one laughing.' I teased.
'C'mere kid,' he said grabbing my phone out of my pocket and turned the camera on. Before I knew what was happening, he'd grabbed my wrist and pulled me into a one armed hug, tilted the phone and snapped some pictures. Before I could realise what was happening the dude started editing them like a pro. Suddenly I remembered his arm was still around me. Our skin wasn't touching but still.
'Dude, you're touching me.' I complained.
'Yeah, and what do you know, nothing happened.' He replied snapping another pic. Before I knew it, he was taking pictures of me and Abby and editing them for us before he not so subtly touched my hand with his finger. Thankfully, nothing happened and he smirked down at me in triumph.
'Can I have my phone back?'
'Can I have my phone back?'
'Stop copying me.'
'Stop copying me!' He trilled making other people look at us.
'Kylo, stop it, Belle's going to kill you.' Tae said between laughs as he joined us, pulling me into a one armed hug. Blushing, I bit my lip while Abby tried her hardest not to laugh and failed. After a few minutes of teasing back and forth, Tae and Kylo wandered around hugging the fans. After another ten minutes of people watching, security asked us to find our seats and we were led to the VIP seating area. We were finding our seats as the general admission doors opened and in streamed fans like a tidal wave. The mosh pit was filled with screaming, exciting fans and I sat down in my seat to wait.
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My ears were still ringing after the show, and it was easy to see why Allie had completely lost her voice as she had been singing and dancing at the top of her lungs the entire show. It had been hard to choose who to watch, her or the guys dancing and singing their butts off. Now we were walking out amidst the streams of humans. Abby as usual was in full business mode. I mean, I get it, vampires would like these tasty humans who were easy pickings, but I hadn't seen any. The slight salty breeze wafted over my face ensnaring my sense as we walked to the parking garage to get to Abby's car. We'd hung back, mostly because Abby wanted to make sure nothing happened. So, when we got to the top floor of the fifteen level garage, our level was almost empty. Abby, had definitely turned this into a scouting mission.
'Abby, I doubt anything will happen, chillax.' Allie croakily said as we neared the car.
'Doesn't help to be cautious,' a male said from behind us, making her shriek as we whirled around in unison clutching at each other.
Kylo sniggered as he appeared out of thin air. Abby glowered at us.
'See? That could have been a vampire and you'd be dead like that.' She hissed snapping her fingers in front of Allie's face. She marched off without a backwards glance and disappeared into the car slamming the door hard enough to shake the car.
'Shouldn't you be with the band?' I asked while he rolled his eyes.
'They're fine. The perks of being famous,' he said with a roll of his eye.
'So, you were just watching over the humans just in case? Guess you can't take the warrior outta the kpop star.'
'Careful, you're starting to sound American.' He warned tilting his head to the side.
'Never.' I scoffed. He smiled and nodded. 'See ya round kid.' He said playfully punching Allie on the arm before pinching my chin. 'Hey!' I called after the warrior who vanished like a ghost.
'How old is he?' Allie wondered aloud.
'Who cares, let's go.' Abby growled from inside the car. Both of us walked to the SUV and piled in. Regardless of Abby's sudden dark mood, Allie and I sat in the backseat chatting about the concert. It had been our very first one, and probably the one we'd always remember. One by one we nodded off to sleep. When I woke the next morning in Brody's bed, sleeping on his chest, he was already on his phone texting away.
'Morning.'
'Um hi?' I asked.
'You refused to let go of me last night.' He said kissing my forehead.
'Did not.'
'Did. It was very cute.'
'Sleeping here.' Heath growled from across the room. Snuggling down, I closed my eyes and drifted back to sleep.
