'He's talking about me,' Amelia thought to herself. She was laying in Worick's bed, covers pulled up to her chin. She had been sleeping for a while but had awoken a few minutes ago to hear Worick talking to Alex.

On the bedside table was a glass of water along with newly stocked Celebrer bottles. She grunted slightly knowing that meant Worick expected her to take her dose- her prescribed dose.

She could hear the blond out in the living room talking with Alex. It wasn't like she was mad. She didn't completely mind Alex knowing. It kind of made her scared of what Alex would think of her but she knew they couldn't leave the woman in the dark. Besides, how judgmental could she be? From what Amelia had picked up, Alex used to be a hooker.

'Wow, that makes me sound like a bitch,' she sighed. There was nothing wrong with what Alex used to do. She just figured since she was in that line of work, the idea of Amelia and Worick having casual sex wouldn't be too weird. They were all adults afterall. She seeked comfort with Worick and happened to fall in love with Nic along the way, who seeked comfort in her. She really hoped she didn't sound like one of those girls who couldn't close her legs...

She shook the thoughts away, trying to ignore Worick's voice as he went over the past with Alex. At least he wasn't going into detail. She was surprised he didn't slip in something like 'she was actually really good' or 'nice set of tits'. It was definitely something Worick would do, but thankfully he didn't say anything like that.

'I should take my pills,' she thought, going to move her arm and finding it felt terribly heavy. Her joints ached way too much as well.

'What a pathetic price.' She groaned and laid her head back. She always felt stupid seeing twilights like Nic who was born deaf as a price or Doug who had a stunted height as his price. Hers? So far it was just 'mild' arthritis. She wouldn't even call it that, really. Sometimes her joints hurt and it was hard to move, like right now. However, usually she can move fine and no one would know the difference. It wasn't like a constant price that most twilight had. It would come and go. She had good days and bad days.

Was today a bad day? Or was she just sore from withdrawls and injections? She couldn't tell but right now she felt like she could barely move.

Theo said it would get worse with age. Since she was a twilight, each year the pain could increase as if it had been 10 years for a normal. So far it didn't seem that bad and Amelia hoped it would stay that way. She couldn't imagine not being able to jump around and fly with Nic anymore. She wouldn't be able to fight. It frightened her more than death.

"Amelia?" The girl jumped in her bed. She hadn't noticed the door creak open or the dark skinned woman walking in. "Worick said you should take your dose now," Alex explained softly, walking over to the pill bottles and opening them. She read the labels before counting out the dosage. Worick probably told her to do that to make sure Amelia didn't cheat.

"So he sent you in? He's really mad at me isn't he," she laughed softly before wincing and forcing herself to stop.

"I, um, think he's just very worried about you. He cares and doesn't want to see you in pain," Alex tried to reason with the girl as she double checked the amount of uppers and downs.

"I know... Could you help me? The injectors really take it out of me so I'm not sure if I can sit up," she gave a nervous smile as she looked up at the other. Even cranning her neck that little bit hurt.

Alex looked at the girl with a concerned expression, not realizing the injectors could do that to a person. She then nodded and moved to help the other. She wiggled a hand between Amelia's back and the bed, placing the other hand on her shoulder.

"Wait, one more thing," Amelia paused her before she went to move. "Don't stop even if I scream or some shit," she warned the other, earning a questioning and worried look. "Just one swift movement. One... two..."

"Three," Alex said as she pulled the woman up into a sitting position, wincing as the other whimpered and cried as if she were ripping the others arm off. "Oh my god, are you ok? I'm sorry."

"N-no... it's fine..." Amelia breathed heavily, trying to blink away the tears that had come to her eyes. "I just have messed up joints... those injectors seemed to have made them a lot worse today," she gave a dry laugh. "You know the tin man? From The Wizard of Oz, or whatever its called? I feel like him before he gets greased."

Alex smiled, glad the other woman seemed able to laugh about her predicament. "That must not be fun," she said softly as she held the uppers up for the woman who slowly took them and put them in her mouth. Alex then put the glass of water to her lips and let her wash them down. Then came the downers.

"It's definitely not. But I'm fairly used to it now. I guess that counts as my price. It's pretty pathetic compared to Nic being deaf. Besides, you've seen that it doesn't affect me often," Amelia shrugged slightly although it was barely noticable. "The uppers should help though."

"I see," Alex looked down softly. She hadn't even thought about Amelia's compensation for being a twilight. She kept forgetting without the tags hanging around her neck like Nic.

"So, um... I just wanted to let you know... in case Worick didn't stress it... there's nothing between us- me and Worick," the woman blurted suddenly causing Alex to look up surprised. The darker woman clearly didn't realize that Amelia could hear them. "It's ok," Amelia interrupted before Alex could apologize for prying. "I don't mind you knowing. I mean, you should know about me since I'm living with you. I just wanted you to know, if you have a thing for Worick, you don't have to worry about me."

"I-I," Alex blushed. Now she felt like she had been rude by asking Worick and not Amelia. Even if she said it was ok, was it really? And did she really think Alex was into Worick?

"Hey, he's a charming guy. It's easy to fall... although that might not be convincing from me since you heard that we were just together for... uh... sex..." Amelia blushed softly. Saying it out loud was harder than she thought. It sounded so vulgar.

"I understand. You don't have to be embarrassed. There's nothing wrong with that. I-I mean, I'm not going to judge you or anything." Now Alex was getting flustered, not wanting Amelia to feel embarrassed about her past with the handy men or anything. It was a normal adult relationship anyway. She had nothing to be embarrassed about.

"Th-thanks. I was a little worried I'd sound too open... if you know what I mean," she rushed through her words, wanting the conversation to just end so they could act like nothing happened- like they never talked about it.

It was silent for a few minutes. Both women were looking anywhere but at each other. Amelia was starting to feel the affect of the uppers already. She was now able to cross her arms and ball her fists nervously. She awkwardly rolled her neck and wrists. Things cracked as she got the mobility back in her joints.

"Amy~! Ally~! If you want some pizza come get it," Worick sang through the door, breaking the silence.

"C-coming," Alex stuttered as she stood up and went to the door. "Do you want me to bring you something? Can you get up?"

"I'll come get something. I might take a couple minutes but don't wait up," Amelia smiled with a soft smile. She waited for Alex to leave before attempting to get up and go out to get some much needed food.

The uppers were kicking in and making it easier to move. However, it still took her a few minutes. She soon got out and crashed on the couch with a few slices of plain old cheese pizza.


"It's not enough!" A female voice whined, slamming her fist on the chair.

"I-I'm sorry my Lady. We'll do more. Just give us orders." A large man was cowering in front of the chair on his knees, head down and hands in a begging position. "Please. Let me spread your destruction."

"Destruction! That's exactly what I want. Ergastulum needs to be the pit of chaos. A hell on earth. They need to feel what I felt!" The woman yelled angrily. But then her face quickly changed to a happy smile. "People need to be afraid. Normals, Twilights, everyone," she giggled evilly, clapping her hands together. She looked down at the man with hard eyes, pressing her foot down on the back of his head. "I'll give you another chance. Then I'm getting someone better to help me."

"Of course, my Lady. I'll do my best," the male pleaded and nodded obediently. When the foot was removed from his head, he stood and bowed to his Lady before turning to leave.

"Wait a moment," the woman called out causing the male to freeze mid-stride. "Remember, hit close to the Monroe family. Don't attack the actual family just... someone close to them," she smirked.


Nicolas looked up at the sky, stopping in his tracks.

Amelia noticed the male stop suddenly and looked back at him curiously. "Nic? What is it?" She signed as she spoke. She hadn't heard anything that was cause for alarm but something clearly got Nic's attention.

The tag looked down at the woman he was walking with and shook his head, giving a wave of his hand as if it was nothing to worry about. He shook off the feeling that had made him look up and began walking ahead of the woman carelessly.

"Nic..." Amelia sighed and trotted up beside him to walk with him.

It had been a couple days since the woman had gone through withdrawls. She had rested up and felt fine... or at least she said she felt fine. Her joints were still a little stiff but if she told Nic and Worick they wouldn't let her come with them to the job.

Danny had bitten off more than he could chew again and needed some help. Nic and Amelia were heading there together since Worick had to pick up a new pack of Pall Mall's before showing up.

A gunshot went off, causing Amelia to look up this time. She faultered only a moment before continuing to walk beside Nicolas. 'Gunshots. We're close.' she signed to the other, pointing in the direction of the sounds. He simply nodded and they both took off in that direction.

However, both twilights failed to notice the eyes watching them from dark windows above.


Ok so stuff is happening finally. Yay. I hope you guys are still reading and I didn't scare you off with the lemons. I'm really trying to incorporate conflict plot in with the romantic plot but I'm an impatient little girl who wants romance :(

Also I kind of got the arthritis idea because I have problems with my own joints. While I dont know if its bad enough to be called arthritis, it is painful so I'm hoping I am protraying it well enough in this chapter.

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February 18, 2016