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Ain't No Rest For The Wicked By Cage The Elephant.

Chapter 7: Kindness of Ice

Lucy Pov:

Music was booming, sweaty bodies were sliding up against one another in some sort of dance, and everything reeked of alcohol.

I was on the outskirts of the city of Magnolia at a small club. Me and Alec were too tired to go to the safe house today and had decided to go tomorrow when we are rested. I had left Alec at the hotel room and came here to let loose a bit. And now here I am. Sitting on a stool at the bar part of the room draining a bottle of whisky in my hand, watching the clubbers dance and chant "Ain't no rest for the wicked" with the song. They couldn't be anymore right.

There is no rest for us wicked. We will do anything to survive because the world is harsh and nothing comes without a price. The world won't slow down for us and we can't hold our selves back. After all there is no rest for the wicked till we close our eyes for good.

People will always be after you and in my case, be hunted down. Sometimes I don't mine it though, as weird as it sounds, I like the challenge. I can fight strong mages and improve my abilities every time one of them catches up to me and I get a good kick seeing my father trying to get me back with such determination.

I asked the bartender for another bottle of whisky. He gave it to me without a second thought. Unscrewing the lid, I took a long swig, enjoying the burning feeling of the toxic liquid sliding down my throat. Taking the bottle away from my mouth, I sighed ignorantly.

Swishing the bottles contents around I thought what Kiara would say to me in my state of being hunted. She'd probably tell me to stay alert and listen to my instincts. It's a fight or flight type of world. The naïve would fight, the smart would flee, and the wise would do both. I can't tell you how many times she had told me that. She would tell me I'm the naïve back then. Hell, I still am today, but I'd like to think I'm slowly becoming wiser with what I've been through.

Still lost in thought, I hadn't noticed the guy beside me until I heard him clear his throat. Looking to the left, I saw the standing guy looking at me with a slight frown. He was handsome with raven colored hair and dark blue eyes. For some strange reason he didn't have a shirt on, but he was quite muscular with strong arms, a well-toned chest with a dark blue tattoo, and a six pack. He had a metal bracelet on his wrist and beautiful cross necklace that resembled a sword. What clothing he did have on was dark pants with chain and black boots. Over all he was hot.

"What's with the wistful face?" He questioned.

"Just thinking," I say.

He nodded seeming to understand and ordered a beer. "Boyfriend?"

"Father."

"Ahh." he took the beer from the bartender and took a swig. "Are you new around here?"

"Ya. Just got here a few hours ago with my friend."

"Cool. Where you from?" He asked.

"I-I came from Shirotsume," I lied. I didn't want to give away where I was truly from, in fear of him trying to capture me and hand me over to my father. He didn't notice my lie or showed it. "Are you from around here?"

"No, I was born somewhere else but came here to magnolia when I was a child and lived here ever since," he said. We both took a swig from our drinks.

"That seems cool."

"Ya. Are you a mage? You seem to have a lot of keys," he said pointing towards my celestial keys with a curios look.

I had my black cloak on that negated my scent. The cloak reached my ankles; the hood drawled back showing my loose blond hair. My mother's brown belt kept the cloak closed up and easy access to my keys. "Ya, I'm a Celestial Spirit Mage." I decided to tell him the truth because the question sounded to be out of pure curiosity.

"Awesome. I'm an Ice-make mage," he said proudly. He turned to me and put his hands together. There was a glowing blue and the air chilled a bit. When he pulled his hands apart, a small ice rose sat in the middle of his palm. Taking it by the steam, he gave it to me. "For you."

Taking the rose delicately, I studied it with a awed expression. The rose was cool to the touch; it was like a crystal but tinted a light blue. "Thank you," I said looking yup into his eyes with a smile.

He smiled back at me sincerely. "Here," he plucked the rose out of my hand and leaned over to me, tucking the rose behind my ear. Blushing I thanked him again.

I took another drink only to finish the bottle. I put down the money to pay for my two bottles and jumped up from the stool, the man watching my movements. "Well it was nice talking to you, but I have to go or my friend will be wondering where I'm at. I'll see you around. Bye!" I smiled and waved to him, walking to the exit.

"Wait!" he called after me. He caught up and took hold my wrist, stopping me. I turned to look at him questioningly. "I never got your name."

Looking up at the tall shirtless man, I gave him what he wanted. "It's Lucy," I said smiling brightly. He let go of my wrist and held out his hand, his other scratching the back of his neck. I took his hand and shook it, noticing how warm his large hand was.

"Gray. Hope to see you around, Lucy."

"And I, you." Turning around, I left Gray and the club, heading back to the hotel that me and Alec are staying at. It wasn't a long walk only about five minutes, but being a little tipsy, it took longer.

Opening the room door, the lights were off and I could hear Alec's faint snores coming from the bed. I took of my belt and cloak, dropping them off on the round table that sat near the window of the room. I carefully took out Gray's rose and set it by my keys knowing it won't melt.

I didn't bother to change, because I had left in my pajamas in the first place, which consisted of a pink tank top and orange sweat pants. I quietly climbed in the bed, carful as to not wake Alec and got comfortable. Reaching out of were Alec was, I drew his body that was no bigger than a puppy, and cuddled him in. I fell asleep almost instantly.

Hay my Dragonlings,

I'm so sorry for how late this is. I had a family death and every time I tried to type up this chapter it got depressing very quick. But I finally got this chapter out the way I originally wanted to. I might be getting a laptop soon, so the chapter may be coming back a normal pace, but hay, Life is not always promising.

I also have a important question to ask you Dragonlings. Do you want me to go through all the arcs or wright my stories in between? I might do one of those two or kind of going my own way through the plot. I don't really want to wright out the arcs because we all know what happens in them hopefully by now and It's very tedious. I won't choose right away but I'd like yalls opinion on this.

I'd like to thank all of yall support in this story. It means a whole hell lot to me that you are even reading this, yet alone commenting and liking it. If you guys ever wanna talk just pm me and I will most defiantly talk to you.

Thank you for your support and under standing

~The Reaping Dragon