Disclaimer: I don't own the nightworld series. I know that it's after Valentines Day but I want to finish it so I'm going to carry on with the story until I do.
Jez's flaming hair quivered as she screamed in anger. As she chased Morgead through the house, shouting every curse under the sun Daybreaker's scattered for their lives. As they ran passed, Ash, James and Quinn, Jez lifted her arm, stopped and threw the snakewood fighting stick. It sliced through the air and skimmed Morgead's ear by a millimetre. Morgead's yelped and picked up the fighting stick before speeding up again and headed for the ajar window at the end of the corridor, just after the door that leads to the stairs. Jez sped after him, her cheeks flushed.
"Morgead. Don't you dare you wimp." Jez yelled.
"Aaarrgh!" Morgead shouted as he jumped from the third story window. There was a thud and Jez skidded to a stop, just in time to stop herself from following him. She glared down and saw Morgead shakily get to his feet and then look up.
"Bye babe." He shouted up at her, with a smug smile.
"You'll be back and when you are you want to make sure I haven't got any of my other wooden stakes." Jez shouted back. He grinned at her and then took of, running far off into the desert. She spun on her heels and stormed back down the corridor, her sharp, merciless glare daring any one to say a word.
Ash, James and Quinn stayed silent as they watched Jez stomp past them. Once she disappeared around the corner they all let go of the breaths they hadn't realised they were holding. They looked at each other, still slightly shocked.
"I need to go and work out what I'm going to do for Valentines Day." Quinn said, sounding panicked.
"Me too." James said in the same tone.
"I think I'm going to go hide." Ash said.
They all ran of in their opposite directions.
2nd February.
Hannah was humming to herself softly when Thierry came up behind her placing his hands on her eyes.
"Guess who." Thierry said, chuckling under his breath.
"Hmm." Hannah said, pretending to think about it. "Hugh Jackman?" She asked cheekily.
"Nooo. Guess again." Thierry said with a short laugh.
"Orlando Bloom?" She asked.
Thierry tutted and said, "No."
"Hmm. Give up." Hannah said.
She laughed and turned around she looked up at him and stretched slightly to gently kiss him squarely on the lips. He chuckled deeply but didn't pull away. She put her arms around the back of his neck and he placed his hands on her waist. He lifted her up and she giggled and he spun her round. He put her back onto her feet again and she sighed deeply as she put her head on his chest.
"Hannah." Thierry said.
"Hmm." She replied.
"I've got a surprise for you." He said mysteriously.
"Not another one." She said but didn't move.
"Don't be a spoilsport." He said laughing.
"After the Lamborghini yesterday I don't think I'll be able to handle any more surprises." She said while smiling.
"Please." He begged.
"Fine." She said with an overdramatic roll of her eyes.
He laughed and grabbed hold of her hand and led her out of the door. She followed him closely but dragged her feet on purpose. After about a minute he swung her up into his arms and said, "You're impossible, you know that." Before taking of at vampire speed.
He stopped when they reached the ridiculously sized ballroom. Before she could ask what they were doing there he put her down and ran to the other end of the room. She reached up and flattened down her hair and in less than 30 seconds he was back. He grinned at her mischievously and seemed to be holding something behind his back.
She looked at him questionably and he brought the object from behind his back. She gasped and both hands flew to her mouth. The light streaming through the floor to ceiling windows caught on the beautiful item giving the impression that it was glowing. It was a necklace and obviously real gold. It was a solid gold thick band that looked like it would sit much like a choker around her neck. Engraved in the gold were swirls with small branches coming of every now and again. At the end of each of these branches were sapphires in the shape of teardrops. It couldn't possibly be any more beautiful. He held it out to her but she couldn't bring herself to touch it in case it disappeared into dust.
"I had this made for you around the time of your life in Egypt. I've waited decades to be able to give this to you." Thierry said, his voice light and dreamy, lost in time.
Hannah swayed but managed to stay on her feet. She didn't move towards him and the piece of jewellery but she didn't move away either. He stepped towards her and, when she didn't move, he stepped around her. She lifted up her hair as he clasped it around her neck. It wasn't exactly light but it wasn't really heavy either. It was devastatingly beautiful. Hannah turned to Thierry and she kissed him passionately.
3rd February
Thea and Gillian sat at the table with books piled everywhere about anything from snakebite cures to herbs specific for different potions. From the first day Gillian and David showed up at the door Thea had tutored Gillian in anything witch-like she could. Blaise had joined Circle Daybreak when the witches broke away from the night world but she wasn't as keen to share Thea with Gillian. When Blaise had heard Gillian's story she began to become less of the ice-queen she came across as.
Gillian's short hair bounced as she nodded to show she was following what Thea was saying. Eric was lounged on the sofa, his eyes trained on the TV while talking to his younger sister 'Roz' or Rosamund. From what Gillian could tell Roz was asking about Thea and when she was going to come 'home' again. Eric was giving half-hearted answers and it wasn't long before Roz cut the connection leaving Eric looking at the phone in disbelief.
"She hung up on me." He said, shocked.
"Honestly, I'm not really surprised honey." Thea said to him smiling warmly at him.
"Well, what am I supposed to tell her?" Eric moaned.
Thea and Eric had told Roz and Eric's mother what Thea actually was when they decided to find the circle Daybreakers. Roz had taken it in her stride but Eric's mother collapsed from the shock. Once she'd gotten over that she was able to accept it and she was genuinely happy about Eric and Thea being soulmates, she hadn't doubted them being soulmates for a minute.
"Tell you what, phone Roz back and tell her we'll come for Sunday lunch this weekend. I'm sure we can get permission of Thierry." Thea told him warmly.
Eric smiled at her and pushed himself off the sofa. He strolled over to Thea and wrapped his arms around her neck. He kissed the top of her head and Thea beamed.
"I'm gonna leave you two witches and go find Thierry." Eric told them.
"Alright, but don't get lost." Thea told him.
She turned to face him and he stuck his tongue out at her, which made her laugh at him. He kissed her on the cheek quickly before opening their door and shutting it behind him. Thea was positively gleaming and Gillian couldn't help but smile at her friend. Thea noticed Gillian smiling at her and she turned her head away, blushing.
"Don't worry. It's cute." Gillian said to Thea. Thea smiled again and cleared her throat before turning back to the books.
They worked through book after book for about half an hour going through spells of all kinds. When the half hour was over Thea sat back and Gillian sighed gently.
"Guess that's enough work for today." Thea said.
"I think my brains about to explode." Gillian said, smiling to show it was a joke.
Thea laughed and started to collect up the books and place them into the trunk that had been a special 'housewarming present' from Thierry. Thea and Eric had quickly learned that Thierry loved any excuse to spend his unlimited amount of money. This particular trunk was made from ancient oak and had pure gold locks. All over the trunk, engraved in the wood were black dahlias. Thea had been ecstatic when he gave it to her and even Eric had been impressed (even if he wouldn't admit it).
"What are you doing this weekend?" Thea asked Gillian.
"No idea." Gillian replied.
"Do you want to come to dinner with me and Eric. It will probably be a total disaster judging by what happened last time but it'll be fun." Thea asked. Last time Thea and Eric had gone round for Sunday dinner the roast had burned to a crisp and the vegetables had boiled over but on the bright side Eric's mother had been dating Ray 'the hunky fireman' for two months and it was going really well for the two of them. Ray had even joined them for Christmas dinner, which thankfully had gone better than Sunday lunch; Eric's mother spent the entire day thanking the cookery channel.
"Can I bring David?" Gillian asked.
"Of course." Thea replied.
"Then I'll ask, but you have to make sure it's alright for you to invite us." Gillian said.
"Great." Said Thea excitedly.
Gillian rolled her eyes and as if she had planned it in advance Blaise came strutting through the door, not bothering to knock as usual.
"Hey Gillian, Thea." Blaise said before heading straight into the kitchen.
"Hi Blaise. Are you here for a reason?" Thea asked her cousin.
"No, I'm just so bored I think I might blow my own brains out." Blaise called from the kitchen.
Thea rolled her eyes and Gillian had to bite her tongue to stop from laughing. "I thought that you were teaching today."
When Blaise had joined circle Daybreak Thierry had asked her to teach a class of witches and much to everyone's surprise Blaise had said yes.
"Class finished about an hour ago." Blaise said as she walked back into the living/dining room holding a cup of raspberry herbal tea.
Thea frowned and said; "You know that's mine, right?"
"I know." Blaise said with a casual shrug of her shoulders.
"What are you doing for Valentines Day?" Thea asked no one in particular.
"David is planning something for me and him to do. He wont tell me exactly what it is." Gillian told her
Blaise looked smug and Thea raised her eyebrows questionably at her devious cousin. "What are you planning?" Thea asked.
"Nothing." Blaise said, oozing innocence.
"Blaise." Thea said threateningly.
Blaise looked back wide eyed, trying to look as innocent as possible. Thea wasn't fooled for a minute but she let it drop anyway, when Blaise was hiding something she knew how to keep it secret.
"Eric said that he has something planned, he wont tell me either. Should we be worried when all the guy's are keeping secrets." Thea mused out loud.
Gillian grinned and nodded in agreement and Blaise walked back in the kitchen. Gillian rose to her feet and hugged Thea goodbye. Once Gillian had left Thea sat down on the sofa and switched on the TV. Blaise flopped down on the sofa next to her and they watched the news in silence for a few minutes.
"You can tell that this things getting closer." Blaise commented, her eyes not leaving the TV.
"You scared." Thea asked, looking at Blaise.
"Nope." Blaise said, smiling nervously, "You?"
"Of course not." Thea said with a knowing smile. They both smiled at each other, knowing perfectly well that they were absolutely terrified.