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Back at the Skylarks mansion
Being a rich, well known family in the Night World, The Skylarks lived
in a large, old fashioned house that was charming and welcoming at the
same time. It was funny how much this contrasted to the people that
lived there. The Skylarks were anything but welcoming. Mostly they
were law abiding, cold and strict, each one believing they are far
superior to other Night People.
They hated humans with a passion and didn't think them of them as
anything more than food. Whether they lived or died when vampires took
their blood, the Skylarks didn't care. Status was everything and so
they looked up to the Redfern family in particular, hoping to make a
connection between the two through marriage. Mr and Mrs Skylark had
their minds set on their only daughter securing the bond but now it
looked like Connor was their only hope. He however was too busy at the
moment, his mind focused on one thing. Finding his traitor of a sister.
At the sound of the doorbell, a small smirk began to play on Connor
Skylarks thin lips. He sat back in the arm chair and tapped his
fingertips against his knee, not making any sign of getting up. There
was no need; the maid would let in his visitor.
"Mr Skylark," Callie, the maid said as she stood in the door way, "A
Mr Jack Carter is here to see you, shall I send him through?"
"Well of course Callie, I have been expecting him," Connor purred, a
smirk still threatening to spread across his face as he looked back at
the maid before seeing the young man appear.
Jack was a tall teenager of 19 years old, a lamia like Connor but he
had come from a less well known family. He was medium build with messy
dark hair that fell in front of his dark eyes.
"Connor," Jack said, as the smirk broke out over Connors face, the
smirk being mirrored on his own face, "There's a reason you needed me
here so promptly I take it?" He asked as he raised his eyebrows a
little.
Connor laughed quietly, though there was a hint of darkness in the
sound. His voice was eerie and cold and both males knew that
friendship wasn't what they had.
"You know not to speak to me like that boy," The 22 year old said as
he stood up gracefully, moving forward to face the taller vampire "You
owe me Jack, remember?"
A look flashed over Jacks pale face that showed he was thinking things
over. He glanced away for a moment before turning his attention back
to the blonde haired, blue eyed Skylark.
"Alright, alright," Jack said, his voice slightly irritated as he gave
a slight shrug, "What is it?" He added sharply, looking back at Connor.
"I know where my sister is," Connor said automatically, all sense of
authority leaving his face as he smirked back at Jack, who looked
slightly confused.
"What's that got to do with me?" Jack asked, his dark eyebrows pulling
together.
"Well, obviously I can't go to her myself," Connor explained cooley,
his voice level and almost quiet. "I'll need someone who I can trust,
someone with the natural charm that will simply knock my poor little
sister off her feet," Connor said, his eyes seeming to glisten as he
thought about it.
"No way," Jack said as he shook his head, folding his arms in front of
him as he understood what Connor was getting at, "I'm not doing it man,
Your sisters deserves everything she's gunna get but don't drag me into
this," He protested.
"I don't think you have a choice," Connor said simply as he looked
back at Jack, "Do you?"
Grumbling quietly, Jack looked back at him before sighing and
shrugging his shoulders. "Fine," He agreed reluctantly as he moved
forward, slipping his hands into his pockets, "Just tell me what to
do."
An hour later
As he sat down at the kitchen table along with his parents, Connor
Skylark pursed his lips, remaining silent as his mind was deep in
thought. He was aware of the looks being exchanged between his mother
and father but simply ignored it, knowing that whatever they had to
say to him would come out sooner or later.
"Connor." Holly Skylark said as she looked over at her son, "Do you
remember meeting Miss Kestrel Redfern?"
"Kestrel? How could I forget," Connor mumbled as he thought about her,
shaking his head a little at the memories of his meeting with the
Redferns. So it was Kestrel that his mother was trying to hook him up
with...interesting.
"She's simply ghastly mother, not a girl I thought you would approve
of," Connor said with a slight shrug as he looked back at the petite
blonde woman, with large eyes and thin pursed lips.
"She's a Redfern, Connor," Mr Glen Skylark said firmly, his dark eyes
warning his son not to back chat, but it seemed that Connor had missed
this.
"What so now Stacey's out of the picture you want me to marry a
Redfern? Wasn't it Ash Redfern you were hoping would take a liking to
my sister? Shame he was such an arrogant jerk, otherwise she may still
be here without having broken any laws and our family wouldn't have
been shamed. We can higher our own status without them father," He
protested as he leaned back in his chair, his arms folded in front of
him.
"Don't you speak of her in our house Connor!" His father insisted, "As
far as I am concerned, my daughter is dead," He continued as Mrs
Skylark nodded in agreement, "She would be far better off dead anyway."
Connor quietly nodded. He didn't say anything else on the subject,
knowing there was no point getting into an argument about the Redferns
with his parents. He would never win. Besides Connor knew it would
never work. Kestrel Redfern? Were they actually serious?
Connor was far, far to busy to even begin to think about girlfriends.
Did his parents really think he was incapable of getting a girl
himself? He rolled his eyes at the thought. No, he simply didn't have
time for that sort of thing. He only had one thing on his mind that
would make his parents forget all about their hopes of his marriage.
He would find Stacey who had shamed their family name, and he would
dispose of her, so there was no way she could do it again
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