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'I'm losing it,'
Jane wondered why now she was feeling uneasy; from the first night she met her she knew that there was something special about the ME.
They hadn't talked much during the ride but enjoyed the silence around them.
"Do you know who runs these types of get togethers?"
"Yes Ian's father , Valmont."
The brunette's eyes closed shut as her hands tightened into fists.
"Are you ok Jane," the worried ME placed a calming hand on her thigh, comforting her on contact.
Almost all of her fears washed away, her body was warm and content all over.
"Yea.."
'Maura you are a mystery.'
As the car ride came to its destination, so did Jane's calmness.
Being around wealthy people made her un- comfy, but being around wealthy supernaturals with one of them being the king and other being an arrogant dick of a prince made her want to chew her own arm off.
Her dad wasn't fond of the type of people that had plenty but wanted more, and he was disgusted that some of his own kind would turn their backs on one another.
Maura walked beside Jane as she handed her keys over to the valet. Her hand on her shoulder turning her towards her, "Are you scared."
"Only of what I might do." She responded matter-of-factly.
"If you feel like you're going to rip someone's throat out, come find me please," her eyes begged.
Jane couldn't help the smile that formed on her lips; she truly liked this friendship.
"You have my word, how do I look."
"For someone who was just out for a stroll, you clean up nicely." She smoothed out any wrinkles that were on the brunette's button up; her skin tight jeans went well with her black shoes.
"If only you would lose the jacket." She smirked. Jane gave her a teasing look, "I could have sworn you told me you loved it and wanted one of your own."
The leather jacket with a black hood was the next thing that Maura liked on her.
"You've worn it ever since the day I met you, I'm beginning to think you sleep in it."
"Why don't you come over and see for yourself." She challenged, her smirk never went away as they made their way inside the mansion.
This wasn't a small party obviously, but wasn't quite the type of party she imagined. Their where others dressed in casual clothing, soft music playing everywhere, and the big fat wigs could be found in the smoking room, there was small finger foods out on tables which didn't go well with Jane's stomach.
If there were any other types of supernaturals at this party they were doing a good job at hiding it.
The air felt less tense now. Maura walked off just for a second and returned with two glasses of wine.
"Doc I really would like a beer."
"This wine is very good, can't you tell." Jane picked up on what she was insinuating.
She did indeed know the year and the aroma smelled heavenly.
She sipped at her drink and continued on. "So doc I noticed that you're not wearing you engagement ring anymore, did the relationship go south."
"Oh." She had clearly forgotten that she had given the ring back to Ian, well thrown at. "It was an arranged marriage; I'm trying to get out of it." The ME whispered.
"Wow." Shocked, Jane shook her head with distaste, "They still do that?"
"Only when one culture tries to make peace with another culture, it shows a level of respect."
Jane felt like it was now or never, whatever the ME thought of her from now on, she would have to take it with a grain of salt.
"Doc…im not sure you know this but…Ian is…" She stopped as she looked into Maura's eyes, those hazel orbs where slowly turning into dark pools of blood.
"Holy shit."
"Jane listen." She took a hold of the detectives arm and led her to a secluded area. "I didn't want you to know ok, I wanted to just be a normal person when it came to you…and.. and the others." she stammered .
She dared not to look up into her eyes, afraid of the hurt and anger she would see.
It all made since, no other human had affected her in every possible way but Maura. She couldn't stop herself from daydreaming about her as if she was put under a spell. Her first thought was that Maura was some sort of witch. With all the talk about voodoo priest and priestess she had met it would have been a dead giveaway.
Her feelings started to grow as the connection was finally completed, she was a vampire.
"I should have known…look at me." Jane lifted her chin with her hand, "Don't ever be ashamed of what you are."
She was surprised to see a small smile on her lips, Jane was truly a friend.
"Now granted I am upset at the fact that you are engaged to a jerk and that you didn't tell me about it."
"What would you have done?"
"Hid his body," she said bluntly with an evil glint in her eyes. "Now I know you've heard about me from him, and I'm sorry I didn't tell you…I suppose I wanted to be normal too, I mean come on you fit in so easily; and if you haven't noticed a lot of vampires think lowly of my kind."
"I love werewolves Jane, I met a couple in the Philippines, I never grew up thinking that I was better than anyone," she reassured.
A couple of seconds went by before Jane let her curiosity get the best of her, "So are you…full-."
"No three-fourths, my mother was half…" She trailed off as the thoughts of her real mother affected her.
"She must have been gorgeous." Jane said truthfully which made the shorter woman blush, "Do you remember what she looked like."
"No but from what my adopted parents told me, we looked alike." 'Wow talk about a lot to take in.'
"I would have never guessed, as I've said before you fit in."
"Maybe it's time I stopped fitting in." The blonde looked around the room with a look of determination.
"I would recommend it." Her dark eyes looked into those of the blondes, she couldn't help the onslaught of emotions that hit her; she was just introduced to the real Maura.
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Ian observed the two from afar, Danny who was still suffering from his injuries that happened earlier, groaned as he sat down beside him.
"I thought I smelled a wolf, Danny for god's sake quit licking your wounds in front of the guest." Danny rolled his eyes at the euphemism; he always got called at and picked on for being half wolf.
"How are you going to gain the trust of half breeds when you continue to insult them Ian."
Twirling his cigar Ian kept his eyes locked on the two women, "Lie lie and lie again, these people are despised by supernaturals and hated by human. They need a strong king like me to follow.
Marrying her will insure them that I won't throw them to the wolves, pun not intended."
"So you actually don't care do you?"
"Not one bit." He chuckled as he blew out smoke. "But you Danny, I care about you…you're the only one that knows how to bathe properly.
Danny mentally flipped him off as he paid him no mind, he was starting to wonder if the money he was receiving from Ian was worth it.
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Maura had by then found her parents and introduced them to Jane, who they actually were quite fond of.
"I worry about my daughter, will you promise to keep her safe Jane." Constance was a worried mother deep down but never showed it to others which surprised Maura; her father rested his hands on hers and gave them a gentle squeeze.
Jane didn't know what else to say accept, "You have my word."
As Jane began to work around humans she gained their trust by saying those words. Over the time more and more humans and hybrids learned that they could indeed trust her.
Her father had taught her well, 'One day kid, you'll be a leader of a pack like I had, full of all kinds of people, humans and non-humans because of your word.'
Now it was up to her to keep their precious vamp safe.
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The night went on and the two friends mingled with others, Jane was starting to warm up to some of them.
An older male taped her on the shoulder and smiled as she realized who he was.
"Corky." He grinned and engulfed her in a tight embrace.
"Look at you, you're so…tall, you got that from your father." Corky was a full werewolf like her dad.
"And your still bald." She rubbed his head as she joked, "How have you been, nice threads by the way."
His tux was just like half of the men she had already saw but it stood out on him because of his body build.
"Almost didn't wear it, these youngin's today still think they can take me down, but I show them." He flexed to prove his point; Corky was certainly not to be underestimated.
"But enough about me what brings you here." Taken her arm in his the two walked around the room seeking out who's who.
"Maura Isles."
"No kidding, she's a beaut eh." He nudged. "Her family is part of the Boston elite though; I thought you weren't too fond of those types."
"Trust me she's different…her money doesn't scare me." Her eyes locked onto the honey blonde ME as she talked to other guests.
"Well you might wanna be more careful though, word is Ian is trying to claim her."
"Ian wants everything…hey you wanna hang out with my pack sometimes."
"Kid I don't want to have to fight any of your friends so I'll pass," chuckling softly Corky whispered, "Vega would have been so proud of you…I wish he was here."
"Me too Cork, but he knew it was bound to happen." On queue the announcement of Valmont was made, the King as everyone called him bowed slightly at the applause's and walked over to his son and wife.
Corky felt her tense and patted her arm, "He won't come after you, what happened between your father and he was a challenge, completely legit."
"Am I supposed to always feel like this forever?" She felt out of her element, Valmont was one of the oldest vampires and was not to be crossed.
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Valmont shook hands with those who approached him, when his eyes landed on Maura he signaled his staff to send her over.
Maura quickly excused herself and greeted him.
His salt and peppered hair, his cane, and even clothing made him stand out and feel superior.
"Maura how nice to see you again."
He kissed her on the cheek, his wife did the same, she two was a full vampire but not as old as Valmont.
Decked out in diamonds and a tight dress Monica sat back down beside her son, "My goodness you look so tanned my dear."
"I try to stay inside a lot at job but when duty calls."
"Of course." Valmont waved his hand signaling for her to have a seat.
"Ian has told me that you wish not to marry him…is this true." Valmont idly played with the rings on his hand as he spoke.
Maura did not hesitate to nod in agreement. "Valmont I know what this would mean for hybrids like me, but I can't be with Ian, he isn't what I want."
Monica looked over at her son and sighed, "We can't force you two together…but there must be order for our kind."
"You're right dear, supernaturals and hybrids are still fighting with one another and the humans are just eating it up, they want us to kill each other. Ian is the strongest one amongst them all and has the most authority, they will listen to him."
"And you my dear, they respect you." Monica pointed at Maura, "So why not marry, it was already written in stone."
A thought came to her, she didn't know if it could work but decided to go for it.
"What if someone wanted to challenge Ian, in anything, in front of hybrids and others, what if I put my hand in marriage as the prize?"
"Wow... way to be a feminist dear," Monica smiled, "I love it, it sounds so old school, darling what do you think."
Ian could only chuckle, "This is amusing, but I'm up for it." Valmont tapped his chin lightly and nodded.
"Why not."
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Maura was on a high, a terrifying high, what had she gotten herself into.
Valmont had announced to all that heard that if anyone wanted to challenge his son for Maura's hand they will be allowed to in two months.
The whole crowd gasped and clapped in excitement.
Maura continued to look for Jane in hopes that she didn't leave just yet.
"She's outside, she needed some fresh air." Corky informed.
"Thank you." Maura smiled and walked quickly to the front door.
There she was again, smoking a cigarette her eyes staring up into the night sky.
"In two days it'll be a full moon…which means ill have the chance to run through the woods necked."
"I suppose all those tales about turning into a wild beast on a full moon aren't true?"
Jane spun on her heal with one brow raised.
"No…when the moon is full I either can A, just ignore it or B turn into a wolf and run rampant with other wolves for the night, when your half doc you have that option."
She dropped the cigarette to the ground, putting it out with her shoe. "Was that your plan in there Maura?"
Jane stuffed her hands into her pocket, keeping her eyes on the ground. Maura could tell that the detective was in deep thought.
"Yes, I wanted some time before the inevitable happened, I can only hope that by then someone will take on Ian so I can be free, but then again it would be like jumping out of the frying pan and into a skillet."
"I don't see it like that; clearly if someone's willing to fight Ian for your hand then they are in love with you." Jane walked closer.
"And maybe you could learn to love them too." Her eyes finally looked back up into the now hazel eyes of Maura's.
"Jane-."
The valet suddenly pulled up with Maura's car, Jane winked down at her. "I wasn't going to take your car until I knew for certain you would come looking for me."
The ME put her hands on her hips and gave her a knowing look and shook her head.
"Let's get out of here…yours our mines."
Jane quickly took the keys and headed over to the driver's side, her face mused in thought.
"You like dogs."