They met Giles in the lobby. Good, a public place. Both Henry and Vicki were still not certain that Giles was on the up and up, not just yet.
Giles cleared his throat.
"I can see you two still don't trust me." Giles looked straight through them, as if they weren't there.
Vicki turned around to see if he was looking at someone else but there wasn't, or didn't seem to be.
"What the hell are you looking at?" Vicki demanded.
"Oh," he snapped back to them, as if his eyes had just been out of focus.
"Sorry, I was..never mind. You wouldn't understand our method of communication."
"What, remote veiwing? Our son Ward has that ability." Henry shrugged.
Giles raised his eyebrows in surprise, "My, my. No wonder Christina wants to rid the world of the Fitzroy clan."
Henry had his hand at Giles throat before he saw him coming.
"What the hell does that mean?" Henry did not like that threat one bit. Vicki was right behind Henry, her eyes had gone silver.
The only times they did that were when she was aroused or was in a murderous state of mind-guess which one she was in now?
"Sir, I am only trying to help. Please let go of me." Giles voice held that edge of patience that was thinning.
Henry let go.
"I apologize." Henry took Vicki's hand in his to calm her. She was not as easily calmed as Henry.
"Look, asshole, you may THINK you are helping but right now, you're startin' to piss me off." She had her finger pointed in his face, so close that he couldn't even see it clearly.
"Duchess, please, you are causing a scene." his eyes darted around quickly, noticing all of the people that were starting to leave the hotel for dinner and were now whispering and staring.
"YOU think THIS is a scene.. I'll show you a.." Vicki started toward him, Henry grabbed her, wrapped his arms around her waist and nuzzled her neck, trying to distract her. It worked just long enough for Giles to tell them what they came to hear.
"Christina is not yet here. She will arrive tomorrow, the thirteenth. So, you have one night and one day to come up with a plan. Oh, and Henry, you must not let Vicki out of your sight. That is who she will come for first."
Vicki was still seething with anger, but much calmer. Dammit, she was not going to let that vampire bitch ruin her honeymoon!
"Okay, tell you what, we have one night before she gets here. I'm hungry, I'm tired and I'm gonna cut somebody if I don't get some kind of real food in my body quickly. We," she said motioning to her and Henry with one hand while the other was on her hip, "are going to go out, sightsee and get food. Tomorrow, I'm going to hunt her down and finish this. I'm not staying behind..understood?"
"Come on Henry.." She said storming toward the doors.
"Whew, you got a wild one there Duke." Giles sighed out.
Henry smiled "You have no idea."...he loved every bit of it too..
"But, getting her to stay behind, that won't be easy." Henry frowned now.
"I could put her out, just for a few hours." Giles suggested.
"Are you insane? You won't be the one there when she comes to.." Henry had a look of horror on his face.
"HENRY!!" Vicki opened the door back up and yelled, people were now staring at her.
"Coming dear..sorry, gotta go. I WILL be getting in touch with you."
When he caught up to her, she was still angry.
"Vicki, honey, let's just enjoy ourselves okay? Why worry about something that hasn't even happened yet?"
"Yeah, you're right..let's go get some food, I'm starving."
Henry flagged down a rickshaw, expensive, but worth it for her. They rode through the Soho District, looking very much like the loving newlyweds they were.
Henry never saw the person in the shadows watching, but Vicki could swear she felt something. She cut her eyes just enough to see her suspicions were right..she didn't tell Henry. She wasn't going to spoil their first night together in his hometown.