Bo turned in her car seat. She moved her neck from side to side. She smiled as it finally popped. She had slept in the same position, so she felt weird. Her eyes widened when she remembered where she was. Her clue was tucked into her jacket. She pulled it out and squeezed it. She pulled her jacket on and checked her face before she climbed out of her car. She crossed the street to the house. She knocked on the doors and found no answer.
She turned around and her eyes widened again when she noticed the car was gone. She was sure it once belonged to Lauren, she has to find out what they know. If they ever answer the damn door. She knocked on it harder in frustration.
She felt the door finally open, but nobody was on the other side of it.
"Hello? She called out as she stepped into the house. "Look I don't mean you any harm, I'm just looking for the blonde that sold you the car that was parked outside last night". Bo spoke as she walked through the house.
"They are not here". A voice came from behind her.
A chill ran down the succubus spine when she recognized the voice and quickly turned around. "Lauren?
"You will leave these people alone. They are humans they don't deserve to be in the hell world known as the Fae". A brown-haired woman stepped forward.
"Lauren, what did you do? Where did you go? Bo rambled off.
"My whereabouts are none of your concern. Not anymore". Lauren said seriously.
Bo was taken aback by the cold in the Doctor's voice. There was not any kind of emotion coming from the Doctor.
"Lauren we need to talk". Bo stepped forward and the woman stepped backwards.
"I have nothing to say to you. Other than what I have just said. You will leave these humans alone. You will stop looking for them". Lauren bit back as she stopped moving.
"Lauren what has happened? Why did you leave the Dal that day? Why did you dye your hair? Why did you change your scent? Bo asked as she inhaled a different perfume coming from the woman in front of her.
"I could ask you a few questions, but you would only lie". Lauren turned to leave but Bo ran and pushed the front door shut.
"We can talk about this Lauren. Whatever it is that made you leave me". Bo bowed her head.
"I didn't leave you Bo. I left the Fae world. Like you left me for him, again". Lauren pulled the doorknob from Bo's grip and the succubus stumbled backwards at the force.
"Him? Him who? Bo asked as she stood up and wiped the dust from her hands.
"Did you honestly think I wouldn't smell Dyson on you? You reeked of his breath when you turned to look at me. You remember that right? Lauren did not stay around to get an answer, she opened the door and jumped the stairs to keep a good distance between her and Bo. The brunette gasped at how fast the doctor moved.
"Lauren!? Wait. You can't ask me questions and not give me a chance to answer them! Bo ran as fast as she could. Lauren was already gone in a car. Bo cursed herself for her letting her get that far. She followed the Doctor and they both pulled up to the same light. She looked over at Lauren, but the Doctor did not look back. What the fuck, Bo thought.
On one hand, she wished she could say she had always been faithful to the Doctor, but that would be a lie. Now Lauren thinks she has done it again. This is a different Lauren. She was not going to sit and listen. She is not going to kiss her and try and make it better for herself. Lauren is broken. Even her hand was cold when she reached for the doorknob only to pull it away from Bo's possession.
They were practically racing down the street until Bo's car started to slow down. She looked and saw she was running out of gas. "Damn it! She slammed on her steering wheel.
Lauren watched Bo's car stop but kept driving hers. The succubus would not be stranded for long. Her wolf would come to her rescue. He fucked her girlfriend again with no remorse. Probably like that last time. Bleeding internally her ass. She could not tell her Doctor girlfriend that. But surely told the Light Fae wolf.
She pushed a lock behind her ear. She had been sloppy. Bo had found the humans she gave her car to. She will never let Lauren live in peace. Not when she feels entitled to a girlfriend she can openly cheat on. Only Dyson was wounded coming out of Bo's Dawning, so their sex must have been about something else.
Bo rarely gave Lauren a chance to explain anything so why should the Doctor stand still to listen to a half assed lie that would drag her back into Bo's world? She came out of her Dawning only concerned about Dyson, then brought him back to life. Using their chi. Neve once did she ask how Lauren was doing. She certainly checked on Kenzi in a hurry.
Lauren had called the Ash to get a car to pick her up and take her for medical help. Once he and she felt Lauren was well, they planned her relocation. But Hale would not be given specifics where she was going and would lie when asked like he knew for sure. At least that Fae has been true to his word.
Bo pulled her phone out and called Dyson. She knew he would get there quickly if he used his police car. He would bring her gas. She kept track of Lauren's car. When she made her final turn before the Succubus lost sight of it.
She was right, the wolf was there in a matter of minutes.
"Thanks for coming". Bo nodded when he climbed out of his car with a gas can in his hand. Dyson poured it in as Bo watched.
"Are you okay? He asked after he set the can in his car trunk.
"I just needed gas. I do not have time to answer questions". Bo turned to jump in her car.
"Bo. Wait! Dyson stood in front of her car.
"Dyson. I really do not have time for this". Bo groaned.
"You found her didn't you? Where is she? Dyson looked around.
"Dyson if you don't move, I will run you over and won't heal you this time". Bo revved her car engine.
Dyson used his hands and held the car back.
"Dyson?! Bo jumped out of her car.
"She left you Bo. I am right here. Right here. Waiting for you. Like I said I would be". Dyson growled.
"I didn't say that you should wait for me Dyson. We never mutually agreed on that. I love Lauren. I love her. Now if you do not stop pushing my car backwards, I will drain you as I speed away". Bo pushed him away from her car as she entered through the passenger seat. She sped off as fast as her car would go. She knew it was kicking dirt into Dyson's face. But she had asked him more than once to move.
When she realized he had not shifted to chase after her, she blew out the biggest breath. This is the bullshit Lauren is running from. Thinking she lost Bo. Thinking Bo thinks so little of their relationship that she threw it away in her Dawning. She should have taken Lauren home to rest and heal from her chi suck. But no. She hung back at the Dal doing what they always do. Drink, and flirt.
Flirt? What the fuck had she done then? Right in front of witnesses. The Dawning was deadass backwards. Lauren is the Doctor she loves and wants. But the Doctor does not know that. She does not feel that. Lauren feels cold. Like a stranger to Bo. She looked at her like one too.
"Kenz, are you going to be okay for a few days? Bo asked into her phone.
"Bo? Where are you? Are you not coming home soon? Kenzi replied.
"No. I won't be home for a good long time. If you need anything, ask Trick. Tell him I sent you. I need some time alone." Bo replied as she turned down the road she saw Lauren go. "Come on. Come on". She whispered as she looked at every house. Every building. Something that means something to Lauren.
Lauren
The woman sighed as she pulled into her private parking garage. It was almost Bruce Wayne like in technology. But it is the only way she is going to get privacy. Get away from them. Keep away from them. Humans. Fae. She has had her fill and then some. After learning about Bo, she had to surface and get her to back off of that family. If Bo would not do that for her, maybe her succubus would grant her request.
She plopped down on her couch and pulled on her hair. She had done this. She had enabled Bo to sleep around. She thought they had agreed on Dyson. Bo probably agreed for that day only.
She had once given Dyson a physical. His breath as a wolf never changed. She inhaled it coming from Bo's mouth as she cried on his chest after bringing him back. She did not deny that they did not sleep together. She did not look like she was about to piss in her pants like the last time she confessed to sleeping with him. Oh, she corrected herself. Healing with him.
Lauren knows Bo and her Succubus. She had seen her heal without sex. She pulled the Lich's bullet out of her and the wound instantly healed. Probably from all the chi she took from the Lich.
She had called off work for the day. Bo means asshole Fae tagging along too. She knows what Dyson thinks of humans. She would not drag her medical staff into that bullshit world. Humans are their play toys. Scraps and snacks to feed on. Except for their darling and do no wrong, Kenzi. She would always be protected and respected. Lauren was good enough when they needed medical advice or a cause of death for their clients.
She blew out a breath and headed to shower. She had a hundred kinds of bath soap and perfumes. It is her only way of ensuring that Dyson cannot track her down for Bo. To be brought back in his teeth or arms like a ragdoll to the Light Fae and the unaligned Succubus.
The water was nice and hot on her bones. Washing her hair was like getting her head massaged. It all felt good and wonderful. She rinsed off and pulled a fluffy robe off the hanger and pulled it on. She walked out of the bathroom and grabbed a bottle of wine. It was still early in the day, so she had plenty of time for a late brunch. She took a sip, set the bottle on the table and went to look in her cupboards and coolers.
She smiled when she mentally put together a meal. She washed her hands and got to work. She sat down and stared out the window. It was so beautiful out. She smiled again into her first bite of food. If she were not a doctor, she would probably be a chef. Both use science to cook.
She rinsed the dishes and put them into the dishwasher. She could wash them by hand but would rather sit by the fireplace staring out the window. She deserves this and so much more. The peace and quiet. No assholes knocking on her Light Fae door day and night. No hypocrite human thinking Lauren owes her anything, because she is Bo's human. She can make Dyson as miserable as he has made her.
She shook her head. She is home and safe. Her car cannot be spotted, and nobody knows who lives there. She will not be getting mail there either.
Bo
Bo felt like she had been driving for hours. Nothing turned her insides, telling her she was close. Lauren and her car had vanished. She cursed herself again for not having enough gas in her car. She could have raced Lauren until one of them gave out and pulled over.
Lauren is smart. She was sure to have a full tank of gas. Bo never knew she had a driving license. She did not bother to ask. Lauren was driven around by the Ash henchmen. She is sure Hale knows what happened to Lauren, but he will not tell her.
She sighed hard and pulled over. She needs to be as smart as Lauren. Think like Lauren and nothing was coming to mind.
She flipped through the names on her phone. Every one of them would be a bad idea to call. None of them knows Lauren. Really knows her. She got a new idea, pulled a flashlight from her backseat and climbed out of her car. She walked the long road back towards the main street. There has to be something of use to her. She checked every piece of gravel. Every rock. Every patch of grass.
Come on. There has to be something here. She thought internally. She looked for so long to meet someone like Lauren and here she was looking again. Dyson cannot track her because she changed her scent. Kenzi would not know where someone like Lauren would hide. Not to say she is hiding. She is just not telling anyone where she is.
She did not say the words but the brunette's fairly sure they have broken up. She paid more attention to Nadia's grave than she did to Bo in those short minutes they spent back there.
The Succubus is starting to run out of patience and Lauren is running out of time. The Doctor is a human. They do not live as long as Fae. That has been painfully obvious to Bo. But she wants to love the woman for whatever amount of time she has left.
But she cannot ever outlive the look in Lauren's eyes. They appeared to look right behind Bo. Right through her. Like she was talking to a nobody.
She kept walking. Kept thinking. Lauren has to be close. This road did not lead anywhere else. She already tried knocking on strangers' doors last night and it brought Lauren out only to send her back in. If Bo was being honest with herself, she planned on pulsing the hell out of that old man to tell her everything he knows about Lauren.
There is not an earring to find. Nothing that will tell her she is close again. Then there is the other cold reality. Lauren might not welcome her into her home. If this is where she lives. It could be where she works. Bo's not against her being a Doctor. It is what she loves and is brilliant at. She tries to fix people, if she can. That is what Bo wants to try and do. Fix them.
You cannot put a Band-Aid on the cold-hearted stare Lauren gave her. She was so determined to shake off the Fae, she died her hair. Bo does not care about that. She cares about Lauren. She is devastated.
She knew that damn Dawning was going to be bullshit and it was. There was not anything she needed to fight. Nothing that those damn tests prepped her for.
She needed to fight for her relationship, while she still had one. Dyson loves her because of his mate. Kenzi loves her because of their friendship. Trick loves her because of their blood. Lauren does not have a single reason to love any Fae. She should hate them and has every right to.
Perhaps Bo turned out to be exactly what Lauren despised. A user. The Fae used her to fight their plague and the Doctor as a slave to keep Nadia alive. In the end that turned out to be bullshit too because Nadia was cursed and still died.
How is Bo going to fight her own nature? Fight for Lauren and make her believe that they can have a happy life together. But that life in Toronto is nothing that Lauren will want again. Bo might be someone she does not want again.
Stop it Bo! She screamed. Her self-pity would look stupid to Lauren now. The Doctor does not need anything from a Succubus. But the Succubus needs everything from the Doctor.
Just stay here. She has to surface sometime. She sprinted back to her car and turned it sideways so it would block the road. If Lauren emerges again. She is going to have to get past Bo to do it.
Lauren
"What's the word? Lauren asked.
"She put her car at the end of the road". A male voice replied into Lauren's phone.
"You know how to get around that right? Lauren asked.
"I do. Doctor listen I think…
"I didn't hire you to think. I hired you to look after my interests. Now see that Mr. McClendon and his family is far away from here and her". Laure snapped back.
"Yes ma'am. I have people guarding them as they move". The man replied.
"Good. Now as far as Bo. We are going with plan B on that. Just make sure things are set for when I go out in public again". Lauren slammed the phone down and took another sip of wine. She was not drunk but she was well on her way.
She decided against that and made something else to eat. It was getting later in the day and the sun was starting to set just outside of her window. It is going to be a full moon from what she could tell. The wolves will be out. Stalking Succubus probably.
She felt bad for that phone call. But she has to be hard to get respect. They need to fear her in order to make them do as she says. She has not said much to any of them yet, but enough to make them understand she is serious about everything that she asks to be done. No humans will die because of her and no Fae will get close to her again.
That world has broken her heart twice. That cannot happen again.
TBC