Chapter 6: Revenge

Nick sighed pushing away from rose as he went to answer the phone. He answered the phone and sighed as Rose heard a girl yelling at him on the other side of the phone. "Look, Cass, I am so sorry I will be there soon I was running late. I am still at work." The girls yelled again. "Yes, Cass, I love you a lot and I will be there soon." She screamed again. "Ok, ok, fifteen minutes, or no sex tonight." She screamed again. "Ok, by baby, I love you."

Rose stared at him crossing her arms digging her nails into her arms. She rolled her eyes and walked away. She grabbed her phone and called Tabitha. After the second ring she picked up. "Hey sexy what's going on?"

"It's that bastard Nick, he pushes me against the wall, is two seconds away from making out with me, and then he goes and tells Casey that he loves her. He's headed over there now. What do I do?" Rose said trying not to cry.

Tabitha smiled. "Come on; let's go to Sanctuary that always makes you feel better." She smiled and pulled her tight black dress as she threw it on the bed.

"No, because Nick goes there. Let's go to a club."

Tabitha smiled and laughed. "Ok, sweetheart."

Rose smiled and hung up the phone. She looked at her bed and smiled as she got on her knees to dig through her shoes as she grabbed her back combat boots and a pair of thigh high black heel boot. And a pair of black fishnet stockings. She went to her jewelry box and grabbed a black leather chocker and a black pair of earrings that came down to her shoulders. She smiled as she put on the outfit her long red hair hanging down her back as she was wearing a skin tight strapless black dress that went down to the middle of her thighs as she looked at her full length mirror and stared at the boots on the floor looking back and forth between the two trying to decide which one to choose. She picked up her combat boots and smiled deciding on the ones that made her look more Goth. She picked up her fishnet stockings and put those on as she put on her combat boots. She grabbed her jewelry and put it on smiling as she looked side to side as she smiled.

She ran down the stairs just as Tabitha was pulling up in her motorcycle. Rosalinda walked up to her motorcycle and slung one leg over the bike and smiled putting on her helmet. Tabitha smiled and rode off to a bar in town, it was one close to Sanctuary, but far enough away that Nick wouldn't notice us.

Rosalinda swung off the bike and smiled as she shook her head out of the helmet and smiled as Tabitha did the same thing. Rosalinda walked over to the door with Tabitha in hand and smiled as we walked into the bar and right up to the bar. "I need a drink, make it strong."

The bartender turned around and nearly dropped the cup as he recognized her.

Caleb sighed staring at the door sighing because he had been working at this bar for three years now because he can't leave until Nick comes into his powers. He had turned around to put a cup away as he sighed again. He turned around to take the order of the girl who just walked in and he almost dropped what he was doing. It was Rosalinda. He hadn't seen her since they graduated. He had loved her since the day she transferred. He smiled and turned on a charming face and smiled leaning on the counter. "Rosalinda it had been so long. It's me Caleb."

Rosalinda smirked and smiled. "Caleb, I know it is you. I am not an idiot. I haven't seen you since high school. I missed you."

He smirked and looked at her. "Any drink you two order tonight is on the house sweetheart."

Rosalinda nodded as Tabitha whispered in her ear. Caleb smiled watching the two girls. He watched as Tabitha got up and left as Rosalinda laughed and sighed shaking her head. She turned to look at Caleb. "My friend had to bail and I don't have a ride home. Would you mind too much to give me one?"

"Sure, not a problem, so what are you drinking tonight, sweetheart?"

"How about a moonshine mixed with a cherry vodka."

"I forgot. You like the hard shit."

"You know it babe." Caleb started pouring her a drink as she turned around and looked at the club sighing she wanted to dance but no one on the dance floor looked intriguing enough for her to dance with. She closed her eyes and conjured an image of Nick and then mentally slapped herself. 'Stupid bitch, he's in love with Casey. He even said so on the phone right in front of you which means he loves her and not you.' She sighed and closed her eyes as her heart shattered again she turned to Caleb. "Give me the strongest shit you have."

He grinned and nodded as Rose downed the vodka and moonshine. Caleb kept handing her drinks explaining what they are as she went. By the end of the night she was spilling her guts to Caleb because she was so drunk. "I mean honestly, how can I be in love with that asshole when he loves someone else? Ugh, I don't know I am so confused. I mean honestly, you'd think being the granddaughter of the Greek goddess of love and beauty I would manage to gain some knowledge in the world of love, but no, I end up confused as fuck doomed to live an eternity alone, because those stupid god damn fate decided that hey let's put a prophecy on her to save the world, let's make her the one who should save the Malachi, and be the one to birth the twins to save the world."

She sighed again as she took another drink as Caleb just gawked at her. "What are you?"

Rosalinda looked up at Caleb confused as she tilted her head to the side and she got to see his full demon form and she gasped. "What are you?"

He sighed and rubbed the back of his head frustrated. "I am the one who is supposed to guard the new Malachi until he comes into his powers. You have no idea how hard that is when he refuses to take the necessary steps it takes to grow into them. Also, some bitch decided to bind his powers, which of course for me, makes it fucking difficult to make him grow into them. Now I say again, because if you are a threat to the Malachi I have to take you out, which by the way would suck because I have had a crush on you since high school."

Rosalinda shook her head as she closed her eyes. "I have no intentions toward the Malachi, except to breed his children. The first indignation I know that I will have met my Malachi is I will get pregnant with twins. Until then I have no idea. Ugh, I even slept with Adarian. By the way that was gross." Rosalinda looked at him smiling. "Wait, did you say you have had a crush on me since high school?"

He nodded and smiled as the bartender that was supposed to relieve him came in and Caleb smiled as he was free to go home. He took Rosalinda's hand and smiled pulling her toward his car and smiled. He let her get in and then he got in and started driving as Rosalinda gave him directions to her house. "Rosalinda give me your phone." She did as told as he smiled and entered his number into her phone. "Now, when you wanna hang out or just need to chat you can give me a call."

She smiled and nodded as she got out of the car and walked up the steps into the house. She took her shoes off at the door and hung her jacket up as she grabbed her shoes and walked towards her room. She closed her eyes exhausted. She looked at her cell phone and smiled. "Wow, it's already 2 am."

She opened the door to her room and stared at the scene before her. Nick was there with Casey underneath him. He was about to enter her as she looked from Nick to Casey and back again. "Sorry to intrude." She turned away from the scene slammed the door shut and ran to a spare bedroom trying extremely hard not to cry at the thought. She finally made it to the spare bedroom. She opened the door, walked in, slammed it shut, ran to the bed, and began to cry. She cried hard. She didn't cry often everyone knew it, but the sight of seeing Nick with Casey on HER bed was enough to drive over the brink. "Stupid bastard, I love you, damnit, you're an idiot Rose, you knew he didn't love her, you knew it." She cried for who knows how long before she finally cried herself to sleep.

Nick looked at Casey who was now glaring at him. He got up and sighed as he tossed Casey her clothes. "Look, I need you to leave." He sighed staring at the door Rosalinda had slammed shut. He didn't tell Casey this but the reason he wanted to have sex in Rose's room is so that he could have her sent with him while he was fucking this girl that he didn't love, that he just liked.

Casey got up and smacked him across the face telling him that she is breaking up with him. He didn't hear a word she said as he kept reliving the moment he just went through the hurt and anguish in Rosalinda's eyes. Everything that went down, she won't admit it but he saw how she looked like she was going to cry just looking at him.

He got up as soon as Casey left and walked to a spare bedroom. He looked room to room, trying to find Rosalinda. He sighed getting frustrated as he had one more room to check. He opened it getting ready to yell in frustration as he saw her. She was asleep on the bed. The pillow she was laying on had tear stains on it. 'Probably from her crying.' He thought to himself as he stared at her, he wiped a tear from her face and smiled as he leaned down and inhaled her scent. He sighed and got up getting to his car and driving home. He tried real hard to stop himself from hurting her. That is why he started dating Casey, so he could get over his feelings for her. 'Well, you see how well that worked out for you huh' He mentally slapped himself trying to get rid of his inner guilt. He looked at the sky and shook his head. 'I love you Rosalinda so much.' He smiled and nodded as he drove back to his apartment trying not to think about it.

Rosalinda woke up the events of the night before replaying in her mind multiple times. She decided to herself that if Nick could get over her. She could get over Nick. She grabbed her phone and called Caleb. He answered with a groggy huff. "Mmm… hello?"

"Caleb, it's me Rosalinda."

Caleb quickly sat up getting out of bed. "Oh Rose… What can I do for you?"

"Hey, do you wanna go out tonight. I am bored and have nothing to do."

"Ummm… Sure?"

"So it's a date?"

He smiled at the word and smirked. "Yes, Rose, it's a date. Tonight, six-thirty, I'll pick you up. Dress nice."

She smirked and nodded as she hung up the phone and Caleb put his phone in his lap. He looked at the wall where his bow and arrow were hanging on the wall. "This is the prefect opputunity. The Malachi are driven by emotions. If I can make Nick jealous to a point that he can't handle anything anymore. He should start growing into his powers."

Rosalinda sighed staring at her closet. She wanted to look sexy for Caleb, and she definitely wanted to make Nick jealous, but what should she wear. She stared at her closet and then smiled. She knew exactly what she was going to wear tonight on her date with Caleb. She smiled as she pulled out a box at the bottom of her closet. She smiled staring at the one thing she kept from Greece. She stood up and walked over to her dresser picking up her phone and called Tabitha asking her to meet her at the mall.

Six hours later Caleb was at the door of Kyrian's house. He was dressed in a suit and smiled as he stared at Nick's seething glare. Her guardian Kyrian seemed to know something was off about him but Caleb didn't seem to care. He patiently waiting for Rosalinda to come down the stairs. At about seven o'clock Rosalinda came down the stairs wearing what he thought was the most beautiful gown he has ever seen on another woman. He smiled and looked at the white dress that went down to her ankles, it was like a corset on top but it wasn't quite a corset, it was covered with white lace. She had on a pair of silver heels with diamonds studded into them and her hair was done up into a bun with curls on each side of her face with longer nails than the last time he saw her. He smiled. 'She must have gotten all dolled up for me. That was sweet.' Rosalinda looked at Nick and he gave her a hot once over and then his eyes turned back into a jealous glower as she smirked as if winning some inner debate with herself. 'Wait, is she only going out with me to make me jealous? Well, I can't blame her. I am only going out with her to make him jealous. I guess it hurts, but she told you last night that they were possibly soul mates. It actually makes sense. Oh well, no sense in making a fuss about it.' He grabbed her hand and smiled as he took her out of the house and toward her car as she kissed Caleb right on the lips in the doorway. She kissed him right in front of Nick. She broke the kiss from Caleb and all hell broke loose.

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I love leaving you guys with cliff hangers. I'm not going to tell you how the cliff hanger goes, but I promise you there is a fight in the next chapter. Any way I am so sorry this chapter is late it was a long Friday for me. But I managed to give you guys 2,467 words this time. YAY. Any way I finished the league book and am patiently waiting for the next to come in the mail but that is not the point. Sherrilyn Kenyon owns this book series not me.

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