Chapter 13

"No Jenks, I don't want to just jump in there on a line with no warning." I argued. I hated it when people surprised me and unless I was going to be doing some ass kicking I didn't like surprising people either. "I would rather have a chance to talk to her first. See if we can come to a truce or something."

"Tink's titties Rache, what makes you think she's going to back down? You're basically banging her baby daddy." Jenks snickered.

I groaned. It wasn't the best choice of words or entirely true but I could see how she would see it that way. Ivy was sitting in front of her computer, her eyes jumping back and forth between Jenks and I. Trent had finally gotten up a few hours after Quen had arrived and left immediately. He had said about three words to me but I figured it was more out of embarrassment than anything else and I wasn't going to push him. Ivy was pretty quiet about last nights events and Jenks was tight lipped which was strange. What by the turn did the three of them talk about last night?

"Okay I admit that's probably not going to work. I have to include Trent in the planning. He's coming with me to deal with that bitch whether he wants to or not." I stated, getting up from my spot at the table to refill my coffee cup.

Ivy pursed her lips. "I thought we were going to handle this one as a team?"

"I thought about it and with all the damage a Druchii can do I don't want you guys anywhere near one. I can handle this. I don't even need Trent's help but since this is all his fault.." I sat back down letting the coffee warm my hands.

"I don't think that's a good idea. You need your damn back up Rache! Just because you're embracing being a demon does not mean you don't need us anymore!" Jenks turned bright red and dropped dust from the hanging rack. I turned to Jenks not understanding why he was getting so upset about this.

Ivy sighed. "Jenks, she's gonna do it on her own. We might as well just help her plan it."

"Phone. You want to get that before it wakes my kids up?" Jenks said.

"Vampiric Charms." I answered as soon as I finally heard it ring.

"Hello Rachel." Came that smooth as silk voice. God I loved hearing him talk.

"Hey Trent. What's up?" I said. All you could come up with was what's up?

"I was hoping you might be free for dinner? We uh haven't talked about the spell you found." Trent said covering up his offer for dinner with an excuse for me to go.

I smiled. I liked him a lot. I didn't need excuses to go to dinner with the man. "Yeah I'm available. Say seven?"

"Seven is perfect. My compound. See you then Rache." Trent replied.

"Sounds good. Bye." I hung up.

Jenks had a huge grin across his face.

"What?" I asked turning red at his expression.

"You're not coming home tonight." Jenks explained.

"Oh. Well. We don't know that! I don't have any plan to stay there. I'm going to play it smart Jenks." I had to get in the shower. Seven was only two hours away.

"Play it safe right into his bed." Jenks joked.

"Make sure you shave!" Ivy yelled from the kitchen.

I didn't have any privacy around those two. I slammed the bathroom door shut and began my shower. Twenty minutes later I made my way to the bedroom slamming that door behind me hoping it would keep Jenks out. He's seen me in less than a towel before but I wasn't trying to make a habit of it. Just as I had finished slipping on my underwear I heard his wings.

"You aren't wearing those panties are you?" He asked from me dresser.

I grabbed my towel covering myself back up. "Jenks get out! Wait! What's wrong with these?"

"They aren't any fun." He laughed slipping back out under my door.

Now that he had made me rethink my choice in undergarments I wondered what I was going to wear. Trent was use to seeing me in my working leathers and even less of a top. I didn't want to dress like that today. I wanted to go causal but I also wanted to look sexy. Trent had also seen me naked once but I would rather leave him with a better memory than one of me covered in hair.

"Ivy!" I called knowing she would hear me if she was in the church.

A moment later the door opened but she didn't come in any farther seeing as I was only in my bra and underwear. "Uh, Rachel?"

"I need your help! I don't know what to wear." I bit my lip and stared at my closet.

Her eyes slightly dilated. "It's just Trent. Wear your leathers and a halter."

I let my breath out. "I want to look nice." I was feeling embarrassed with Ivy standing in my door and only having underwear on but dang it I needed help from a girl and not from Jenks. I couldn't dress myself to save my life if you asked Trent but I was going to try.

Ivy flew into motion and headed straight for my closet. Muttering to herself things I couldn't quite catch I wished Jenks would barge in so I would know what she was saying. After spending five minutes going through my things, I ended up with an outfit on my bed. It was a pair of blue jeans but they were a designer pair that made my butt look amazing. Their was a white camisole and a blue blouse that was see through to go with it. The blue had always made my hair look a darker shade of red that I wished for. She had pulled out a pair of black ballet flats to go with. I would look causal but not trashy like Jenks liked to point out.

"Thanks Ivy." I smiled.

"You're welcome. So I probably shouldn't expect you home tonight?" She asked with a hint of jealously in her voice.

"I don't know. I don't really have a plan." I answered not returning her stare.

"Well have fun anyways." Ivy gently touched my arm and left the room closing the door behind her. Yeah fun. That's what I was going to have.

I was a nervous wreck when I parked my car in front of Trent's. It's not like I hadn't been here fifty times now but I was here under different pretenses. Our relationship had shifted and I didn't come here to argue or work for him. Quen met me at the door which helped ease my nerves.

"Ceri wants to say hello if you don't mind?" Quen asked as I followed him through the halls.

"You don't even need to ask Quen, of course I'd love to see Ceri." I smiled.

We arrived at Trent's private quarters and Ceri was laying in the middle of the floor surrounded by toys but no babies. Quen cleared his throat as we came in but Ceri only cracked an eye and didn't move.

I laughed. "Those girls got you beat."

"Oh God yes Rachel. I love them more than life itself but nap time is the best time of the day." She smiled getting up off the floor. She came over and embraced me in a quick hug.

"I was hoping to say hi to them too." I pouted.

"Well if they wake up I will be sure to let you check on them." Ceri giggled. "You're having dinner with Trenton?" She eyed me becoming serious.

"Yes." I said nervously shuffling my feet.

"Well you look beautiful. I like seeing you without the leather once in a while." She said cheerfully picking up the mess the girls had made. Quen had already excused himself so it was just Ceri and I. I plopped down on Trent's overstuffed couch and felt like I could melt into it.

"Thanks." Came my sarcastic reply. "Ceri, am I doing the right thing here?"

A look of confusion crossed her face.

"I mean with Ellasbeth. Should I be trying to take her magic from her? Or at least make it so she can only do good with it?" I was confused myself as to what was right and wrong.

"Do good by whose definition of what is right or wrong?" Ceri questioned.

"Uh." I didn't have an answer for that.

"Is it a curse?" Ceri said causally.

"Yes." I said reluctantly.

"Then it will be by your definition of what is good and what is not. Do you want her to stop Rachel? Do you want her to be able to have a Druchii possess your family or your friends?" Ceri dropped an arm load of toys into one of the bins.

"No. I want it to end without us having to kill her." I said into my hands.

"Well then do not stress. You do what you have to do to keep your loved ones safe. The smut is worth their safety is it not?"

"Of course it is. I just feel like I'm taking away her choice in the matter." I said finally admitting that taking someones freewill was a problem to me.

"Maybe she should not have a choice. She has a choice now and look at what she does with it. She is even putting her own daughter in harms way by her choices." Ceri said with a lot of anger.

"You're right." Finding some of my own anger at Ellasbeth's choices. "This will end. I won't have her risking my goddaughters."

"I'm glad to hear that." Trent joined in.

"Trent!" I exclaimed and stood up. I hadn't heard him come in and I was embarrassed he had snuck up on me again. Ceri smiled and quietly excused herself from the room. He smiled and took my hand gingerly putting his lips upon it. I felt a tingle start at my hand and move through my body at the small gesture.

"Dinner is almost ready. We had a small incident in the kitchen, please excuse the delay." Trent said letting my hand go.

"An incident?" I questioned.

He laughed. "The girls kind of made a mess of every single cabinet in there."

"Oh." I laughed happy that it had nothing to do with any of the mess that I've been causing.

"Sometimes we do have things happen around here that aren't your fault Rachel." Trent joked picking up on where my thoughts had gone.

"But it's rare." I whispered.

"None of that tonight." He said taking my hand and silently led me through the compound.

We ended up in his back office that opened up into his gardens. It was beautiful. The sun was just starting to set with it being almost fall. The leaves on the trees were starting to change and the smell of everything outside was changing. I loved when the seasons changed. Trent and I stood side by side at the edge of his patio area just admiring everything. It took a moment to realize that Trent wasn't looking at the gardening but was watching me.

"I love that look. The look of pure amazement that comes across you face." Trent smiled.

"I will take that as a compliment Mr. Kalamack." I said returning his smile.

Trent moved so fast I had missed it. I was pinned up against the wall of the house with his body pressed against mine.

"How do you do that?" I didn't understand how I never saw him move.

"It's an elf thing." He said simply as he pressed his lips against mine.

I felt the tingling start at my lips and work its way through my body. It felt amazing and Trent's hands being all over the place definitely helped intensify the feeling. I had the sudden urge to try a power pull with Trent but let it quickly die. I didn't want to hurt him and seeing as I wasn't sure what he was capable of channeling it didn't seem like the best idea. I had my hands in his hair and he had his hands, well one was on my ass and the other on my breast, and then he very abruptly pulled away.

A second later I heard Quen announce that dinner was ready from inside the office. I could strangle Quen right now. Trent sighed with the same amount of frustration that I was feeling.

"Be there in a minute." Trent mumbled.

"So you gonna feed me elf boy?" I joked.

"Yes, lets get dinner." Trent took my hand and led me out of the office.