[center][h1][color=0DD1ED]Catherine[/color], [color=EEBC1D]Victor[/color]
 & [color=bc8dbf]Caitlin[/color]
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[right]A collab with [@Inertia] and [@Wayward][/right]
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Cat had never seen Victor angry before let alone full of rage as he was now. It would be frightening if she didn’t know him well enough to know this was out of character for him. She’d spent the fight on the sidelines, delivering healing to those who needed it but she tried to stay close to Victor. He seemed to have a personal stake in this fight and she wanted to be ready to heal or hide him if things really went south. She’d been unlucky enough to take a couple hits from the wolves but luckily they weren’t horrible wounds. 

As the remaining adversaries fled Catherine’s eyes flickered to her friend as she worked on healing the scratch on her right shoulder, leaving the one on her left arm for after. She closed the short distance to Victor as she did so. [color=0DD1ED]”Well, that’s gotta be the coolest thing I’ve ever seen you do,”[/color] she half jokes, nodding to his canine victim on the floor feet before them. [color=0DD1ED]”Really, though, are you alright?”[/color]

Victor was still seeing red. He would’ve chased Lucien down to the ends of the earth but he stopped himself as he looked to his fellow coven members. His eyes landed on Catherine and then to her wounds. It was like a bucket of water had doused his rage. [color=EEBC1D]“No, I’m- I’m fine. Rather, are you okay?”[/color] He replied with a strained voice. [color=EEBC1D]“I didn’t mean to get anyone else- the coven… involved with my family’s issues.”[/color]

At the sound of Victor’s pained voice Catherine’s face drops slightly, she hated seeing the man carrying this on his shoulders. [color=0DD1ED]”Hey,”[/color] she replies gently, placing the hand of her now fully healed right arm on the man’s shoulder in an attempt to comfort him. [color=0DD1ED]”It’s fine, we’re all ok. Just bruises and cuts, ok. We’re all gonna be fine.”[/color] She stays silent for a moment, taking her hand off of the man’s shoulder to heal her other wound. Many questions plagued her mind, it seemed she knew a lot less about Victor than she was led to believe. Regardless, she didn’t want to overwhelm him with a barrage of questions. [color=0DD1ED]”When you said you had family stuff I didn’t realise it was this intense. Who is he?”[/color]

 [color=EEBC1D]“That was my cousin, Lucien Crowe. Next in ‘line’ to becoming the head of the Crowe’s.”[/color]

The walk from the library back to the foyer felt longer than it was. For Cait, it was a welcome feeling, allowing her to shake off the experience and reflect on what she had done. Slowly, trembling legs steadied and her breath eased. By the time she reached the end of the corridor she had found her center again. 

She stole a glance at Daniel before he split off; he seemed to be harder on himself than he needed to be. If there were anything more to it though, Cait wasn't about to go digging.

Now alone, Cait looked out into the foyer, spotting quickly the person she most. It wasn't exactly an ideal circumstance for reconnecting with a friend. But it was still something, or so she figured. 

[color=bc8dbf]"Hey, Vic. You good?"[/color] She approached calmly and casually. [color=bc8dbf]"That was some Sub-Zero shit right there,[/color] she spoke with a slight shake in her voice, and nodded at the frozen husk of a werewolf still lying on the floor. She looked at Catherine, whom she had seen healing a wound from across the room. [color=bc8dbf]"Catherine, yeah?[/color]

Victor let out a breath, calming himself even more as Cait appeared. [color=EEBC1D]“Hey Cait.”[/color] He said with a low voice,  [color=EEBC1D]“Good to see you come out of that attack seemingly fine. I am really sorry about this whole thing. I didn't mean for any of it. I didn’t think they would go this far.[/color]

Catherine's head turns as her and Victor's conversation was cut short by a new voice. She long led to know more about the Crowes, there seemed to be more interesting there than she could ever imagine. At Caitlin's question Catherine dipped her head in a nod [color=0DD1ED]”And Cait, right?"[/color] she questions. Her eyes flicker to Vic, this would be a conversation for later it seemed. [color=0DD1ED]”You looked pretty cool out there,”[/color]

[color=bc8dbf]"I… did what I could.[/color]Cait's eyes circled about and fell back on Cat and Victor. She nodded to Cat. [color=bc8dbf]"Got lucky to not get banged up. Wouldn’t have gotten through without Daniel though; I think he took some hard swipes though.[/color] She nodded out toward the other Coven members.

Victor’s expression twitched as Cait mentioned Daniel’s wounds. As far as he was concerned, anything the Crowe’s did to his Coven members was on him. He didn’t voice this thought, however.

[color=bc8dbf]"Gotta say, Vic, your cousin's quite the piece of shit. But i guess you already knew that better."[/color]

[color=EEBC1D]“You don’t know the half of it.”[/color] Victor chuckled hollowly, [color=EEBC1D]“And now that he knows of you guys, he won’t let go. It’s like I cursed you guys with that douche Lucien.”[/color] He thought back to their childhood, Lucien was almost like a brother to him back then but something changed. [color=EEBC1D]“Lucien wasn’t always like this. If I had to guess, his family did something to him. Not that I am making excuses for him, he deserves something for what he’s done.”[/color] Victor surprised himself. He didn’t like opening up about his family, but he feels like his fellow Coven members deserve to know, given how they’re entangled with the Crowe’s now.

Catherine noticed as her friends face twitched at Cait's comment but she pursed her lips and said nothing, instead waiting for Victor to say his peace. [color=0DD1ED]”Think they come back? We're really not in a state to go chasing after them right now,"[/color] She looks around the room of dwindling numbers. 2 of the council members had disappeared now which would hardly help. She worried her bottom lip with her teeth for a moment, looking between Cait and Victor. [color=0DD1ED]”Look, Vic, this isn't on you. You can't help where you come from. I'm pretty sure it was you saying that to me a few years ago,"[/color]

[color=bc8dbf]"Yeah."[/color] Cait agreed with Cat's last comment. [color=bc8dbf]"And for what it's worth, we all know [i]you're[/i] nothing like they are."[/color]

A smile crept on Victor's face, a burden off his shoulders realizing his friends wouldn't abandon him. A nagging fear, that. [color=EEBC1D]“... I think we should reconvene with the rest of the Coven members. Let's hope they take the meeting of my blood family as good as both of you have.”[/color]