A/N: No beta so if you hate grammar and spelling errors – Do not read!
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Chapter Ten:
Kenzi tried on a few different outfits before she settled for a midnight blue, strapless, corseted dress. It fell to just below her thigh and looked perfect with her pale skin.
She curled her long black hair and did her makeup, before going into Bo's closet to steal a pair of bad ass, black biker high heel boots.
Finally ready, she headed downstairs to grab her bag before heading out.
She checked her phone but to her disappointment the screen was black. Sighing, she remembered since she had been at Vex's place last night, she had not bothered to charge her phone.
Sticking in the plug, she left it behind. Grabbing a jacket she walked out to see that Vex's car was still there.
Ignoring the stab of disappointment that he had not even bothered to come over to collect it, she hopped in again taking advantage of still having it, for now.
She got to the Dal in record time.
Hale was indeed at the bar when Kenzi entered much to her delight.
"Hey little Mama" he greeted when she came up to the bar and took a seat. "Wow look at you" he said eyeing her up and down.
"I'm out on a mission" laughed Kenzi ordering drinks for them both.
"Looks like a dangerous one little Mama" smiled Hale looking at the drinks now set before them. "I'm guessing you need a partner in crime?"
"You guessed right" smiled Kenzi starting on her first round after saying thanks to Trick.
"Do you want to talk about it by any chance? I know I'm not Bo but I'm here for you, you know" said Hale looking at her seriously.
Taken back at his serious tone she smiled feeling warmed by his words.
"Thanks Hale, I know and I appreciate it dude, but for now I just want to hang out and have a little fun before I go and handle something" she said smiling at him feeling all gooey inside.
"Would that something be Vex?" asked Hale curiously.
"Why do you say that?" asked Kenzi.
"The guy was in here earlier on, asking if you were around" Shrugged Hale "That's been pretty normal of late but since he looked a little off, and now you turning up without him, well I put two and two together" he smiled pointing to his head sarcastically.
Kenzi felt a small thrill go through her that Vex had been looking for her. For a moment she considered forgetting the "playing it cool act" and instead going straight to him. But his club did not open for another two hours and she knew she would just be wasting time trying to track him down without a phone in the meantime.
Her hopes were raised though that maybe he wanted to continue being friends after all, and so the butterfly's that had been flapping in her stomach since she woke up this morning, started to settle a little bit.
She smiled at Hale before giving her own shrug and saying "Yeah something to do with him".
She did not say anything else since she still was not a hundred percent sure what was going to happen.
"Want to play a game?" asked Hale motioning towards the pool table obviously reading she did not want to go into it anymore.
Kenzi hopped up off the stool at once.
"Definitely! It could prove very profitable" she said raising her eyebrows suggestively at the other patrons in the bar.
"We are so not hustling in here. Not only because, hello I'm a cop but in here you're looking at more trouble than you'd get from a regular mortal bar" laughed Hale at Kenzi's mischievous grin.
Kenzi shrugged knowing Hale never would agree to it anyway, but she always tried it just in case.
They had been playing a few rounds when Kenzi suddenly felt like she was being watched.
While Hale took his shot she took the chance to scan the crowd.
Sitting at the bar with a glass in one hand and starring at her from across the room, was Vex.
Kenzi felt her heart stop at the sight of him. She felt warm all over looking at how amazingly hot he looked dressed in a black silk shirt and tight skinny jeans.
She would have definitely gone over to him if he hadn't been glaring at her so profusely.
Hale came over and put his hand on her shoulder to give her a small shake. "Hey Kenz it's your turn" said Hale.
"I'm going to grab us some more drinks, I'll be back in a sec" said Kenzi placing her cue next to the table.
Hale shrugged and told her what he wanted before continuing the game.
Kenzi walked over to an angry looking Vex. This was so not how she thought the night would go.
"Hey Vexter" smiled Kenzi trying for a causal voice.
He smiled but it was not a nice smile. It was the smile she imagined he'd give to clients or people on his to die list. It was a smile that sent a chill through her very core.
It was a smile that set her on the defensive and made her angry.
"So what are you doing here? Mad I took your car?" she asked grabbing his drink to sip.
"What, am I cramping your style? Afraid your sirens going to get his knickers in a twist?" he sneered at her.
"What the hell? You know it's not like that. You could come and play if you want" said Kenzi angrily.
"Oh can I come and play with you guys? Really, you mean it?" asked Vex in a childish voice laughing cruelly at her.
Kenzi thought that leaving this morning would stop this from happening, but obviously things had changed between them after last night.
"Never mind I'm so not dealing with your, little dark assassin, fey tantrum" said Kenzi giving her best eye roll before she tossed back his drink and walked back over to Hale.
Kenzi was proud that she came off pretty strong because she was sure she was breaking down inside.
"Hey Hale, I'm going to head out ok" said Kenzi grabbing her bag and coat.
The siren gave her a worried look before glaring at where Vex still sat.
"Sure thing little Mama. Want me to take you?" he asked kindly.
"Nah I'll be fine. I'll come back tomorrow and talk then. Night" said Kenzi hugging Hale goodbye.
Kenzi left without looking back at the bar.
If she had she would have seen what a Mesmer looks like when true anger takes over. When the eyes of a Mesmer turn black and they thrum with power so strong that any fey within twenty feet can feel danger in their very bones.
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Vex had woken up this morning to find an empty bed. Normally waking up after a night of the hottest sex of his long life would have put him in a pretty spectacular mood.
Probably because he was planning to start what happened last night all over again this morning. However once he did a search of the house and found no sign of Kenzi his mood quickly sunk.
Sure in the past if he had woken up and the bird he'd been with had made a swift exit, he'd have been thankful and moved on with his day. Then, would have moved on to a new bird that night.
But not this time. He knew Kenzi was different for some time now and last night had definitely made that even clearer.
At first he thought she was just running scared. So he just took the disappointment in his stride of not finding her warm and naked next to him, and decided he'd make her make it up to him when he saw her.
He tried ringing her a few times bit it just went to voicemail. That would have made him suspicious of her leaving if she had not stolen his car, coat and shirt.
A master thief like her would not have done something like that if she didn't want him to track her down.
So he handled a few business things for the day before he went in search of his beautiful prey. Checking at the Dal first he only found that idiotic siren. He went to her shack but got no answer when he knocked.
Breaking in he found the place was indeed empty, so decided to check a few other places she might have gone before circling back to the Dal to wait her out.
He kept trying her phone and felt a little better when he found it charging in the kitchen before he left her place.
His anger melted immediately at the fact that she was not ignoring him on purpose.
However, once he got to the Dal it reignited like a match to oil. He spotted her instantly when he walked in.
It was difficult to believe that she was only human. Over the last few months that thought still struck him at times. Her beauty was something else entirely and it never failed to catch him off guard. Something no other mortal or fey woman could hold a light to her.
A fact that had shocked him in the beginning. It made him stay away from her for two whole weeks when he first had it.
It was the reason he had stopped sleeping with other birds months ago as well.
Sure in the past there had been a few that had, at the time been the ones. They had all ended in heartbreak of course, but even those relationships did not match up to her.
It was not just her beauty, though that attracted his and many other eyes in the Dal at that moment. It was the energy that surrounded her.
She was like a bright flame in an endless night as sappy as that sounded. There was something about her that just felt right to him. That complimented his personality like no others had in the past.
Jealousy spiked in his gut, a familiar feeling but usually not this powerful.
Seeing her laugh and talk with the Siren, seeing interested eyes on her made something dark take hold of his heart.
A possessiveness that was unfamiliar. It was the same feeling he had had in the club a few nights ago when he first saw her come in.
Sitting at the bar he tried to control his feelings. He expected to find her drinking with the Succubus.
He had expected her to be delighted to see him and smile that smile she always did when he turned up at her side unexpectedly.
As if she were delighted to see him.
Not find her having fun with another man after ditching him this morning. And what was making him feel even worse was the fact that he was feeling this way at all.
He had gotten over thinking of her as a lowly human months ago. It was not the fact that a human was making him feel this way, but that anyone could make him feel this way.
When she had noticed him, it had been hard not to walk over and take her in his arms. After all she did come straight over to him and left the siren behind.
But she acted as if everything was fine and it was not. He couldn't control how he was feeling and he did what he did best.
He played the villain.
Kenzi didn't break down. She didn't demand an explanation. After all she deserved one. No she just left.
Not before hugging the siren though. The Siren who hugged her way too tight and held her way too close. He looked at her with way too much feeling for Vex's liking.
When Kenzi was clear from the Dal, one part of Vex wanted to chase her down. But the other part of him wanted to take it out on the Siren.
After all Vex wasn't blind to how he looked at her. Hell it was probably how he looked at her.
He knew he didn't have his powers anymore but he was still dangerous. The Siren, like everyone else in the room, knew something was up and looked over to Vex.
The two glared at each other ready to tear each other to shreds.
Well thought Vex, he knew that's what he was going to do. The detective would probably try and be the hero first.
The whole thing was stopped though by little miss bossy succubus and her pet dog who came barging up to him at the bar.
"You idiot I just saw Kenzi" said Bo in a quiet but deeply threatening voice.
Her wolf had gone over to his friend to talk, obviously convincing him to leave the situation to Bo.
Vex though was just as happy to take out his ire on the Succubus.
Although that might make Kenzi hate him forever a little voice piped up at the back of his head.
"Shut it" he mumbled.
"I will not you tool. I have no idea what you think you're playing at but you better fix it now or so help me you will regret the day you lost your mojo even more than you already do" seethed Bo.
"I don't know what's gotten you so tense dove, here I thought mating season had started again between you and the wolf there, but guess I better catch up on my animal planet" said Vex trying to act like his old self.
It came out more bitter and tired than he had meant it too though.
"Bull, you know I'm a succubus and I know how you feel about her and how she feels about you. That's the only reason your balls are still intact. Now fix it" said Bo menacingly flashing a knife from her coat.
"What do you mean how she feels about me? You better check your facts since she was just in here with the Siren all dressed up a few moments ago" said Vex.
He did not bother trying to deny what she insinuated about his feelings for Kenzi. It was pretty obvious and not worth the trouble in her calling him out.
Bo rolled her eyes at this and put the knife away. "No matter what age men are, they're idiots. You're wrong now go and talk to her before you end up back to your miserable self. I haven't known you for very long thank god, but what I have seen and heard, you're definitely a better version of you with her, so fix it.
Last time I'm going to say it" finished Bo stepping back with another eye roll and walking over to where the wolf and siren were now playing pool.
Vex sat for a few more moments at the bar letting the music and chatter role over him as he nursed his drink and rolled over what the Succubus had said. Throwing back his drink he knocked the stool back and left the pub.
A/N: So sorry again for the long wait going to make it up to you by sitting myself down and adding two chapters today!
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