Chapter 2
Jay looked around as the members of the town filed into the school, which also served as a town hall when needed. He nodded as Ram and Jack walked in, followed by Trudy and Amber, both girls came up to the front of the hall, as Amber embraced Jay
"So what's this all about?"
"It's not good Amber" Jay said, a arm slung causally around his partner's waist
"Really" Trudy asked, a worried frown on her face, that was soon wiped away by Arkin approaching from behind her placing a hand on her belly as he whispered "Hello baby" and then kissed Trudy, "Hello wife", Trudy laughed at his silliness as the two of them went to sit down and wait for the meeting to begin.
Jay pulled Amber close, he really needed a hug from her, things were getting tough and he thought that fighting was behind him
"Where are the kids?"
"I left them with Gel, she's looking after them all, that is if they don't run her ragged" she said with a smile, knowing what a handful her feisty daughter could be
Three more people walked into the hall, Salene, Ellie and Mirabel, the three of them were close friends, they were all busy women, Salene with her horses, Mirabel with her's and Ram's farm and Ellie with her reporting. As it happens Ellie had brought along her notepad to the meeting and Jay laughed slightly knowing there was never any getting between Ellie and her stories…
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Kadin had nearly found everyone he needed for the meeting, after dropping by the nursery, he had found Ellie and Mirabel to let them know, and now he was trying to find Lex, the elusive sheriff appeared to have done a vanishing act even now…
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Lottie sighed and pushed him away, "No Lex, I'm sorry…"
"For what, leading me on"
"No, I never meant to, I came here to say it's over, I can't see you anymore" she said sighing
"You mean YOU'RE dumping ME" Lex scoffed as though he didn't believe her
"Yes"
"But baby, we're so good together" Lex said as he pushed a strand of hair behind her ears
"Lex...don't" Lottie protested, her plea not having any effect on Lex as he kissed her
"Still want to end it" he said with a smirk as he pulled her close
"I….I can't go on like this"
"Yeah…" Lex said as he pulled her close
"I mean it" she mumbled against his skin
"I understand, you don't want me, that's why we can't keep our hands off each other for these past three months, right"
Lottie simply smiled, she never won an argument when Lex was around, and as they leaned into kiss the sound of someone coming down the path caused them to break away
Kadin emerged from the shadows, quickly enough to see the two of them look suspicious, "Everything okay Lottie"
"Yeah, I was just asking Lex about something I had seen on a packet of seeds, you know for the farm, and Lex helped me out, right Lex?" she said as she nudged him
"Yeah right, anyway what do you want Kadin?"
"Oh it's not me, its Jay he's called a tribe meeting, something about a new enemy"
Lex rolled his eyes "Go figure, something happening in this dull town, well I never"…
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Slade looked at Ebony as though she just slapped him round the face with a wet fish, "A baby, you mean you're pregnant?" he asked, not mentally linking babies and pregnancy
Ebony looked at him, as she wiped away her tears "How do you feel about that?"
"I don't know, stunned, shocked" Slade said as he stumbled to a seat, "How long have you known?"
"A while"
"How long's a while?"
"Almost four months"
"Four months, and when were you going to tell me, the day it popped out" he glared at her, not believing that she'd kept it from him
"Slade, I didn't want to tell you till I knew for sure"
Slade couldn't deal with this now, not with the shock of losing everything and now being told there would be a new life coming soon, "I can't… not… not now" he mumbled stumbling off into the woods…
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The Master rubbed his chin in thought, studying a hand drawn map of the towns near to the city, several towns lay between them and expanding their empire to the city, he looked around his room, his eyes fixed on his brown haired lover…
"Come to me lover"
"Yes Master, what can I do" she said as she sat in front of him, her head resting on his knee
"Decide where we must go next my wise one"
The woman smiled, she knew exactly where they should go to, a small town called Kismet where she had some old friends she wanted to pay a visit to
"There Master"
The Master looked at where she had pointed, "Kismet, a small town. But nevertheless, our next port of call after we finish with the city"…