Kendra was about to bolt for the exit when the Asian's woman's hand froze right before it dipped into her bag like she was detected. She then flung her hair over her shoulder in her kneeling position to reveal her face.

Kiko Tanaka.

Kendra observed that Kiko calmly smiled and took her loose cutoff tank over her head slowly. She wore a tight sports bra that had less coverage than most. It was apparent she wore that tank for more coverage. She then did more stretches in her sports bra and calf high yoga pants paying no mind to Kendra.

Kendra knew she was unarmed but what was in the small bag? That answer came when she pulled her hair back ready to put it in a pony tail but she had no hair band on her. Kiko then slowly pulled one out of her bag and zipped it back up.

Kiko smirked and mouthed to Kendra, teasing her, 'Assassins Creed.'

Kendra felt a little foolish but still had to keep an eye on her.

The hour long class started with breathing techniques then went into several challenging poses and ended with breathing.

Kendra did feel a calm come over her even with an assassin next to her. She noted how, agile limber and strong Kiko was and also noted that her ID card attached to her bag showed she was a member of this chain for seven years. In essence, it was Kendra that dropped into her gym and not the other way around.

Needless to say Kendra needed to stretch afterwards and Kiko did the same when the class ended.

Kendra finished putting her sweats on and was ready to go. She had still to determine what waited for her outside. This class room cleared out fast and was already abandoned.

Kiko dove into her tank and mentioned like she was talking about the weather. "No hit has been put on you Kendra. Even if there was, I'd tell you first."

Kendra laughed nervously challenging, "Right when you are seconds away from killing me most likely."

"No," Kiko rebutted zipping up her duffel bag. "I'd give you a day's head start to as per the assassin's creed. By the way welcome to the club."

Kendra pick up her water bottle and towel ready to leave but scoffed, "Yea right. I looked it up, there IS no Assassin's Creed. By the way, I am on a trial member here so I'm not really part of the club."

Kiko laughed, "Oh, but you've been for some time now. Rule number one in Assassin's Club, do not talk about assassin club. Rule number 2. DO NOT talk about assassin's club."

Kendra shook her head and just said seriously, "Rule number 8."

Like a cat Kendra swept Kiko and tried to get her to submit with her BJJ ground moves. She had some hard questions for her after all.

Kiko quickly and adeptly changed positions and got the upper hand and chuckled like Kendra was nothing, "I forgot about that rule. If this is your first time as assassin's club, you MUST fight."

Kendra used all her strength to escape the arm bar only get into another naked choke. Kiko was extremely talented.

Kiko then calmly requested of Kendra applying more pressure in the choke hold, "Tap out Kendra. TAP OUT."

Kendra hated to give up and kept trying to escape but ended up blacking out. By the time she woke back up, she was alone in the room laying flat on her back. Her phone buzzed in the corner of the room with a text message.

She got up sloppily and read the message which came from a number she had not seen before. It read, "Tap out next time. Let's do it again. What do you say?"

Kendra just grunted and left the gym.

Arin was about to go postal on Bo and hurt her so bad, she'd think TWICE about laying her disrespecting grubby little fingers on her OR Tamsin. Screw Tamsin's wish not to hurt her succubus, Bo had gone too far. She was about to execute when Bo all of a sudden, like a cat, backed up and scampered out of the bed in apparent shock.

Bo was so hungry she wanted to feed from her delicious Valkyrie and then snack on the unsuspecting doctor. She was rabid and then she gazed deeply into Tamsin's eyes. It was FEAR at first glance, then she was upset then fucking angry. Most of all, she was going from zero to kick your ass in milliseconds which meant one thing. THIS WAS ARIN, and not her Tamsin. Also how dare she treat her lovers and family like this? She jumped out of the bed and turned around to compose herself.

Lauren was groggy, woke up and rubbed her eyes to find Tamsin in the bed too and standing at the foot of the bed upset at herself was Bo. All she could do was stammer out, "Bo? Are you ok?"

Arin covered up with the thin sheet and waited ignoring the feeble human who looked like she was in some sort of shell shock.

Bo finally spoke still turned away from them, "Arin, I'm so sorry again. I know you'd do anything for your sister and I must have been hurting her last night for you to take her place. You are the best sister anyone could have and I hate to make excuses, but I was just really hungry for chi and … well, I still can't feed although I want to."

'Oh shit Tamsin. Bo knows it's me and I didn't dance with her yet.'

Tamsin was in the shower deep in thought leaning forward with both hands on the wall. She still had yet to figure out HOW to talk to Bo. How was she supposed to approach her with her alleged infidelity? Was she even cheating if Bo and her weren't even official. They were not even fully bonded. Would she tell her everything including her feelings? It was then Arin's voice popped in her head. It was yet another problem she didn't want to deal with but replied, 'Thanks sis. Hear her out and leave. You've done more than enough for me already. I still need some time to mull things over. God, I need a stiff one.'

'Though you got that with Dyson?' Arin joked.

'FUCK YOU. It was an accident!'

'WAIT. I was joking. OMG. This is messed up T!'

'Yea it is.'

Bo addressed Lauren, "Lauren, I can't keep going on like this. I need something stronger that suppresses my appetite. Please."

Lauren cleared her throat and reassured, "You have my word, I'll find a cure even if I have to move heaven and earth."

Bo walked to her dresser and got out her robe and put it on and replied, "I know babe. I know. But in the mean time, I need to stop hurting everyone I love. Even you. I almost raped Arin and you would have been next. Please Lauren, I need your help."

Lauren got out of the bed, adjusted her underwear and held Bo's shoulders from behind her but Bo shook it off and mentioned, going over to the bathroom, "I need some time alone if you don't mind Lauren. I'll see you later this evening at your clinic?"

Lauren was hurt that Bo brushed her off but knew she needed space and got dressed quickly and left. She had a lot of work to do. She also needed Trick's help.

Arin was still getting dressed after Lauren left.

Bo turned on the shower in the next room and really had no idea what more to say so she mentioned not even looking back, "Arin, please ID yourself next time. I will find a way to curb my thoughts about Tamsin. OK?"

Arin nodded and stood in the bathroom doorway and told Bo who was shedding her robe to get in the shower, "LOVE isn't just an errant thought here and there Bo. It just IS. When you have true love, every breath you take is a constant deafening proclamation. I would have killed you already if you were incapable of it. Do our Tamsin right Bo 'cus right now her soul bleeds for you and only you can fix it. No one is allowed to touch a Valkyrie's soul but somehow you did."

Bo thought about it and really had nothing more to say and even if she did, she heard Arin leave the crack shack as well.

It was late in the day; Tamsin went to the Dal Rita since Trick told her that she got free booze for saving Bo. How could she resist? She did make sure to scan the parking lot to make sure the succubus was not there and she wasn't. She was probably with Lauren since she was not there either.

Even then she snuck onto a booth way in the back of the busy Dal and put on a hoodie to remain anonymous. She let Trick know she was there and she requested for a bottle of Vodka. He looked into her dead serious eyes and he saw pain behind them as well. He nodded and gave her what she needed; a bottle and a booth alone.

Tamsin was happy that Bo was ok and out of her coma, but questions kept bugging her. She loved Bo, but to what end? HOW were they to move forward? Did Bo really want Lauren? Did she want Bo exclusively? Was it even an option? Sure Bo proclaimed to love her unconditionally, but she was now unsure if she could return the same after she was cut through the heart the last time. What of the bond? Still try to back it out? Say the 3 big words to Bo again and open herself up to move hurt? Heck, could Bo even say those words and mean it?

Tamsin tried to find the answer at the bottom of the shot glass, drink after drink, but she just ended up with even more doubt and questions. Oddly enough she was great at casting doubt onto others, but now she was doubting herself.

Bo entered the Dal late in the even after seeing Lauren. Lauren was able to give her a much stronger appetite suppressant so she did not try to tango with everything thing that moved. It did have a side effect where she was weaker and slightly dizzy but it had to do. She was still miffed that there was still no cure for her inability to feed or use her powers. She, at the very least needed to feed and Lauren gave her a booster for that, but its effectiveness would wear off over time.

Bo had also just seen Trick and Aife earlier that day and they both still didn't have a solution either. She knew they were working their hardest and then some to find a cure because without that, Bo knew she would just wither away slowly like and under watered plant. At this point they were desperate. Lauren did have a solution however, but Bo had to wrestle it out of her.

BECOME HUMAN.

It would take several treatments, but it could be done so long as she was strong enough. That meant that she had to decide about the time her boosters loss effectiveness. When that would happen was anyone's guess. If she did become human, this solution would be permanent and irreversible short of Trick rewriting history, but Bo refused to allow it. She knew a worse fate waited if he did.

Was Bo ok with becoming human? Yes, but no one else was. Bo always dreamt of being an ordinary girl in an ordinary world not

What worried her most was that no one saw hide nor hair of Tamsin. She was good at dropping off the face of the earth and hoped that Tamsin wasn't punishing her for almost defiling Arin again. She wondered if Tamsin would still be hers if the bond was no longer an issue. In any case she probably turned off her phone and pulled the battery.

She just briskly grabbed a bottle and shot glass from behind the bar barely acknowledging Trick and set off to the booths in back. The most secluded one was already taken by someone in hoodie with their back facing away from her and the world. She noted that most of the bottle that person was working on was now gone and it looked like another bottle was next to it ready to be uncapped. Bo knew THAT person has some serious issues too and Bo was in no mood to play doctor.

Bo took the booth next it with her back to the person in the hood and began to drink away as well even against the advice of Lauren. Bo was still wondering what the frack she was doing. What was her plan? Was it fair of her to hold Tamsin hostage in a way because of the thrall? Was Tamsin hers really? She was just a sex machine that knew nothing about love. Arin's words still stung. Bo had her soul and Tamsin was bleeding for her. For a selfish, stupid, arrogant , cocky succubus.

Bo took 2 shots in quick succession, she needed to stop thinking about Tamsin or she'd hurt her, but then of course she NEED to get Tamsin's opinion on the matter of becoming human. Tamsin seemed to see things differently from others.

Bo took another shot again and shook her head. There she was FORCING her will on Tamsin. Coercing and prodding her to comply with HER whims. FUCK. Tamsin understood LOVE; out of all the people or Fae, she did. She put up a good act that feelings like love were foreign and peripheral to her world but it was just that, an act. Heck, even Arin was well versed in it. Who was she kidding? A succubus, that could love. At this rate, pigs had a better chance of flying.

Bo took yet another shot as sorrow overtook her. Would Tamsin love her if she were human? Maybe? Probably not. Bo had no idea. Lauren did state that if Bo became human, Tamsin would feel the loss of the bond but no pain. Maybe that would be better. Giving Tamsin free will on the matter of love seemed to be the way to go, but Bo WANTED Tamsin.

Bo slammed the now empty shot glass on the table. She was so messed up. Tammy, given the freedom to choose would leave her with her head held high just like she tried to do right after Bo revived from her coma.

Several of her tears hit the table as Bo realized she was crying a silent mourning at the probable loss of Tamsin. Tamsin was right; they just kept hurting each other no matter what they did. This was not love by a long shot.

Tamsin felt Bo thinking about her and she was really depressed, probably crying. Oddly enough, Tamsin wasn't in pain like she was supposed to be. She knew she's have to find Bo tonight before the pain did kick in and fess up that she danced with Dyson. She also mused that she'd have to hold and comfort Bo and that sucked. Sometimes she just wanted to turn off her feelings but Bo was a succubus, she needed Tamsin to empathize.

Tamsin opened the next bottle and just drank straight from it. She guzzled several gulps of the caustic drink before needing air. Arin was helping her out every which way she could, but this was Tamsin's problem. As much as Tamsin abhorred to be trapped, she was just that. It was LOVE Bo or else PAIN was coming through the partial bond.

'Do I love Bo?' Tamsin asked herself and the first thing she answered was, 'I did.'

Now? She had no idea. Tamsin really did love Bo unconditionally at one point in time until the 'not like that' incident. Now with the pain from the bond, it was as if love, true unconditional love, was conditional like the Sword of Damocles ready to torture her body and soul at any moment.

She knew she'd probably answer yes to loving Bo unconditionally since when she was in her arms, it felt real. Could it just be the wiles of a succubus?

Tamsin HATED being trapped in a sort of limbo. She was neither here nor there. She didn't have Bo since Bo gave her heart to everyone and Tamsin could not leave either. She didn't even know if she could read Bo's diary at this point. Why would she like to know about how much Bo loved the stupid doc? It would definitely be at Tamsin's expense.

'I am just some caged animal and Bo's bitch,' Tamsin brooded sniffling and wiping several tears away at her new reality.

There the 2 sat mere inches away from each other but oceans apart. They were in the solitude and misery of each other's company and didn't even know it. They did share one unified thought and it was that love cut the deepest.

Dyson was down stairs in Trick's layer raiding his private bar, and Trick let him. He wanted to see no one and just have the company of his hard liquor. He hated feeling this way nursing his shot glass. He DID love Kendra after all since his heart moved for her like it did for Bo at one point in time. Distance made his heart know what it really wanted and that was Kendra. Eric was damn lucky.

Kendra drank herself into a stupor for the first time in several years. It didn't take much since her body reacted badly to alcohol. That was a good thing since she was with child. She had no idea she could have that much chemistry with Dyson. Now she missed him dearly. She wanted to call or message him, but that would break what they agreed to which was for her to go back to her life. Trick was right, going back to her normal life was harder than she expected. She needed someone that was cognizant of both Fae and Human worlds not to talk to necessarily, but just be there and maybe listen.

Before Kendra knew it, there was a knock at the door and Kendra knew she texted someone but upon opening the door sloppily, she found that Kiko was standing there right in front of her.

Kendra just turned and left the door open for Kiko to enter. She had no idea WHY she even bothered texting her or even what she wrote for that matter. Was Kiko dangerous? Yes. Was she armed? Most likely. Did Kendra care? Not at the moment.

Kiko didn't say a word and seemed to understand the unsaid arrangement, closing the door, then pouring Kendra another shot of rum.

Kendra just spewed her guts out to her ignoring the shot poured for her. It was easier to tell her problems to a total stranger than someone she knew well. Oddly enough, Kiko, Kendra mused, new her better in a couple seconds that what most people knew of her in a life time.

A/N: Miss me? Sorry went on a 3 month Demons Inside story writing binge. Had to obey the muse ya know.

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