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Blood Ties [1x1 Sporko and LaQue]

Alister stole a glance at Drake seeing all of his scars. He wondered how he got all of them but then remembered his story from last night. “Well let's get breakfast first. The place has really good food and I know the owner,” Alister said handing Drake a phone with the direction to the Bistro.

“I’m not taking no as an answer so see you there,” Alister said before leaving. He walked to his bike and got on before it came to life and moved to the road on its own. He left as quickly as possible due to the wedding that was hosted at the hotel. He didn’t need Rebeca on him when he accidentally lost control and snack on one of her guests.

He relaxed when he got far away from the hotel and into a more quiet part of town with a larger concentration of Fae. The Bistro was owned by a human but he was raised by Fae, a rare gen these days. It didn’t take him long before he made it to the bistro and parked out front.

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“He’s no Alister but he should do,” Valeria said licking her lips, “kidding.”

She handed back the file and grabbed the closest bottle of wine. She chugged haft the bottle before getting up and stretched her back. “So are we going to barge in there and have some fun?”

Blood Ties [1x1 Sporko and LaQue]

After Valeria left the hotel’s stables she reappeared on top of a nearby building. Vanessa, her sister, sat at the edge overlooking the hotel. “Hello sister how is our foolish Alister,” she asked.

“He overworked himself as always but he will recover. What troubles me is his bloodlust,” Valeria said.

“I wonder how long until he breaks,” Vanessa stated.

“That won't happen. Now if you excuse I have some hot men to investigate,” Valeria said jumping off the building then disappearing in a cloud of smoke. She stopped at a local bistro and grabbed breakfast before heading back to the far. Once she was done, she reappeared back at the bar landing on Andrew hugging his neck from behind.

“Missed me,” She said giggling. She let after a moment and handed him the food, “got you breakfast. I didn’t know what you liked so I got a little of everything an egg and cheese biscuit, some bagels with jam and cream cheese, donuts, a salad, and coffee. Dig in.” Her voice was calm and mother-like, a striking contrast to her usual loud and bubbly persona

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Alister’s face flushed red when he noticed Drake curled up around him. He tried to hide his embarrassment but failed. He was afraid that he was getting soft but he didn’t care if it was drake. People rarely cared for him, except for the Fae Twin, but they were an exception. Somehow it warmed his heart knowing that drake cared. “That long?…um sorry for the innocence,” Allister mumbled, “and thank you.”

Alister immediately stood up and looked away trying to hide his flushed face. He grabbed his bag and quickly sat down at the table with his back towards drake. He gave himself another shoot feeling the fatigue slowly leave him.

“Ready old man? We have a lot of work to do. I’ve already wasted haft of the day so we should really be heading out,” Alister said back to his normal tone. “We should also get breakfast, on me, as a thank you. I know a good place.”

Blood Ties [1x1 Sporko and LaQue]

Alister curled up against the heat, relaxing a bit. The medicine and blood were working their way through his system calming his pain if only by a bit. Everything still hurt and his head still pounded against this skull but it was slowly subsiding. Even for a vampire, healing will take a while before he’s back at full strength. Soon enough he fell asleep once again but this time the pain was gone and his dreams weren’t haunted by nightmares.

It was around noon when Allister woke up. His vision was blurry and his head was still clouded. Looking around. he didn’t recognize where he was and started to panic but quickly remembered he was at the hotel. “Ugh how long was I out,” he said not asking anyone.

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So your an aspiring novelist are you working on a book?

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Oh I feel ya but you can’t really take a holiday when you run a business

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Ahh Drake is adorable. Hmm I’ve notice we don’t actually talk. So how are you?

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Valeria woke up in a panic and rushed out the door. In a cloud of smoke, she disappeared. Back at the hotel, the door to the stable flung open. A panic Valeria rushes over to Alister side inspecting him. She then grabbed the floating bottle and injected it into his arm. She braved herself and shoved her arm into his mouth letting him drink her blood. He rejected it at first but she forced it.

“You fucking idiot,” she pulled her hand out of his mouth letting her blood drip on the floor. With her other hand, she slapped him across the face which echoed throughout the room.

“I told you to take care of your self you fucking idiot. Do you want to make me worry? Do you know how many people care for you? How many depend on you? What would happen if no one was around? What then you just going to die. Why are you an idiot? Why do you do this to your self…why,” Valeria yelled but slowing becoming a mere whisper.

After a long silence, Valeria looked at Drake. “Please take care of him I…I…I need to go.” She disappeared without a trace leaving the three alone.

Alister could only watch as Valeria left having no strength to call out to her. His body was returning to normal but he felt worse than before. A lump formed in his throat and the silence only made it worse.

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Oh no. Andrew. I feel bad for him.

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His sleep was tormented by a pain that stemmed from his heart. Every time his heart beat, another wave of pain and dizzy wash over him. He knew this would happen when he fell asleep which was why he avoided it. Eventually, he awoke in a pool of his owns sweat. His entire body ached and his brain was pounding against his skull. Alister grabbed his bag searching for his medicine but couldn’t find it. He then remembered that it was still on the table but he had no strength to get it. “Damn this is what you get for not feeding,” Alister said haft delirious.

Drake was still asleep and he didn’t want to wake him so he kept quiet and ride it out. His body was burning up with a fever but he felt cold. He closed his eye and focused on Valeria hoping she answered.

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“Dam their hot,” Valeria said drunk. She barely took a sip of the alcohol but she already felt drunk. Before long she passed out cold on the counter without listening to a single thing Andrew said.

“My apologies sir she will come too soon,” the bartender said to Andrew.

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“So…Gray fall,” Alister mumbled, “Never mind. At least you’re alive. And I’ve done my fair share of killing so you have nothing to be ashamed of. I have more blood on my hand than you and they were all intentional. Let’s move on I rather not linger on this any longer.”

Alister turned off his computer and finished the last of the sweets before moving to his bed. “It's getting late we should get some sleep. We have a lot to do tomorrow.”

He didn't bother changing and crashed on to his bed. His body felt cold but his blood was boiling. The entire day’s suddenly dawned on him filling him with tiredness. For the first time in a while, he fell asleep. Everything faded away into pain as he drifted off.

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The bartender nodded and set what Andrew ordered in front of him. He then gave Valeria a small glass with a blood-red liquor at the bottom. “Enjoy.”

“So what do you got?”