[center][h1][color=F7941D]Nicholas “Nic” Wu[/color][/h1]
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[b][color=F7941D]Location:[/color][/b] Hindu Temple - Cary, IL
[b][color=F7941D]Skills:[/color][/b]
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I smile as she leads the two of us back to the temple and explains how we should go about the next steps. [color=F7941D]“So, be myself but with a splash of airhead. Got it.”[/color] I’m curious by nature anyway, so some of the questions might even end up being ones I’m genuinely interested in. 

[color=F7941D]“Are we splitting up to do this or are we that tourist couple?”[/color] I ask Cass, holding onto her hand for now. I’ve never felt this close to someone outside my family before - even with Jane. She’s just very observant and picked up on details naturally. It both thrills me and excites me that I’m able to be honest with her and Cass is honest with me. I smile again, silently hoping for the success in our relationship to last.

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[center][h1][color=#9B111E]Nero[/color][/h1]
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[b][color=#9B111E]Location:[/color][/b] Caden’s Home - Chicago, IL
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When we pull into the driveway of Caden’s place, I’m itching to leave the car. The tense silence since I refused to go into more details with Kiki had been deafening and I want to just go hide in Caden’s bed, enveloped by his scent, until he comes home. I’m tempted to use telekinesis to try and get the haul from the shopping trip into the house, but I didn’t want to rustle Kiki’s feathers any further. I don’t know if the servants will unpack the vehicle for us, but I’m going to count on it now. 

Without so much as a word, I jump out, leaving Luci and Mika in the front seat for a moment so I could grab the tote full of their stuff from the backseat before I pull them back into my arms again. Kiki looks ready to start asking more questions, so I scramble off to Caden’s room to hide before she can. I can hear her frustrated groan as I do so.

Once I’m burrowed under the blanket with the cats, I check my phone and see I missed a message from Caden. 

[color=#9B111E][i]Just got home - are you still safe or are there hands I need to break?[/i][/color]

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[center][h1][color=FFF79A]Kimiko “Kiki” Voss[/color][/h1]
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[b][color=FFF79A]Location:[/color][/b] Caden’s Home - Chicago, IL
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The little imp gives me no time to try and discover their secrets as they go running off with their cats in tow. I know I need to trust that Caden has his reasons for even letting a demon this close to him, so he would certainly have very good reasons to want to live with them. I still don’t like it though; my intuition told me there’s things buried deep that maybe even Nero doesn’t know that could threaten my oldest and most trusted friend. 

I leave it be for now, knowing Caden would certainly [i]not[/i] enjoy me invading his bedroom just to interrogate his partner. I quickly change back into my comfortable sweatshirt and leggings, grabbing a notebook from my room and a pencil to go spend some time in Caden’s library.