Love Dove

Just Give Me A Sign

Kathleen smiled a little when Atty said that Lia had put a couple of all kinds in the bag. Just because she hadn't been able to eat yet, hopefully once she woke up it would be a little better. Right now her stomach felt funky, not really in knots, just a bit icky. Once they headed out of the cabin, she couldn't help but pull her coat a little closer to her. It was much colder than she had expected from the heat of the cabin. Her eyes looked to the coat that Atty held out when he told her that he had brought it in case she needed it. "I might take you up on that later." Kathleen said with a smile to him. "I'm not used to the cold affecting me this much." She added before bringing up the arboretum.

She personally loved the arboretum and smiled when he agreed. The trees were always so pretty at this time. Before it started hardcore snowing and the leaves were pretty colors. Plus she kind of loved to climb up into the trees and hang down off the branches. Lia had her garden but Kathleen had her trees. Soon they would start putting things on the trees for Halloween, they were cool and spooky, but made it harder to climb. Harder, not impossible. She had a long, extremely boring talking to from Checkov about messing with the decorations. Now he had them leave a tree towards the back empty for her to play in.

She looked back to Atty when he asked if she wanted him to finish the story from last night or the one about the hunters. "Hmm…" She thought for a moment making a choice as they came to the gate and she pulled it open. "I think the one from last night first, cause I didn't mean to fall asleep on you telling it." She answered. "I think you were telling me about the Warren guy when I fell asleep."

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Mitch was quiet for a moment when she asked which he would rather have. "Grape please." He answered with a slight smile. Grape had always been his favorite, something about the taste it gave the cookie. He smiled a bit when she reacted to his answer before looking back down to his book and listening to her humm as he read. It took him a second to comprehend that she had asked him a question because he had only just fully gotten into what he was reading.

He glanced up at her for a moment blinking before answering. "I mean if you feel like making something else I will eat it. But I'm also fine with muffins." He answered with a knowing smile. Baking and cooking always seemed to help her feel better. It seemed to calm her down in a weird way. When she went back to her cooking stuff he went back to his book.

She said that lessons were going to be cancelled because they were doing something for Kat's birthday. "Oh? That's really sweet of you. She will enjoy it." He said before marking his page. "I know you already sent Atty to get food. But do you need me to get anything?" Mitch asked before hearing her cough a bit and he frowned a bit. "Are you feeling alright?"

Still Worth Fighting For

Violet "Vi" Hamilton

105|Witch|Dark Soul|Copy Cat

Show Me The Truth

Bri couldn't help but smile when Evan said their dad was finally there. And Denise too apparently. She didn't really bother to check her phone. Not that her dad never texted her but when he knew they were together it was mostly Evan he texted. She just hoped that Denise would be too distracted to blow up their phones even more.

Saul said that they would finally get to meet his mom. Which she was super excited about. Then he asked if she would help with his invention. Bri couldn't help but bounce a little bit in excitement. She heard them both laughing at her, but she couldn't help herself and rolled her eyes at Evan. She adored her big brother so much and was finally getting to help him work on his experiments.

"Will you get me a corndog?" She asked Evan before going over with Saul and trying to help him guide his mom to them. She giggled a little bit when Evan came back and got on the table. "Don't be your clumsy self and fall okay." She said watching her stand there.

Bri smiled when Saul's mom finally found them, she could instantly tell that they were mother and son which made it even cuter. Saul looked so much like his mother. She gave a smile to Evan offering her hand to help her down. "I totally see what Kiara said about Saul looking more like his mom than dad." She said before Saul brought her over.

Bri gave a little wave when Saul introduced them. "It's really great to meet you too. We've heard a lot about you from Saul too." She said with a giggle. "You should give us all of the baby Saul stories. When you get the chance."

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Naomi smiled a little bit. "Nice to meet you too." She said before Sierra said that her friend ended up getting distracted by seeing her son. Which was kind of sweet. Her smile turned a bit sad thinking of the parent she was still looking for. She shook her head a touch to get it off of her mind. "Honestly it's been about twenty years since I've been to this. But I think they had it back that way." She said gesturing the way they had just walked from. She hadn't really stopped to think about it, but she was kind of hungry herself. "I have to say though that if you eat sausage on your pizza. I might judge you a little." She joked a little bit.

Naomi raised a brow when Sierra ducked her head and turned. Turning her head to see Sybil's people walking through. Oh, what the hell were they doing here? She knew they weren't here for her. She had shown Sybil the last time she tracked her down that she wouldn't join her. That had been almost five years ago.

She really really wanted to find out Sybil was wanting here. From the way that her new friend reacted though, she could tell that she wouldn't want to snoop with her. Naomi pulled out her phone glancing at it for a moment before frowning. "Shit, um I have to go make a call really quick." She lied to get away. "Maybe we can meet at the stand?" She added not wanting to blow the girl off or anything. Once she managed to slip away she started tracking after Sybil's goons.

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Mila just raised an eyebrow when the girl asked about the taco truck. Clearly the girl didn't get out very much. Not knowing what a taco was was almost a sin against nature. "You've never had a taco?" The guy she was with came back, and she nodded a bit declined trying the strawberry funnel cake. "Oh okay." She answered before eating her own.

Zay didn't get the joke pre say. Though he could tell from the smell of Siddiq himself that he at least had some shifter in him. They seemed to have a slight earthy smell to them. So while he raised an eyebrow at it. He got the general tone. Meanwhile Mila just gave a confused look between the two of them before inviting them to join them. She smiled at how excited Val got about it.

Zay didn't get a chance to answer before the entire mood changed suddenly. Val handed Siddiq her plate and hid behind him, he could almost hear the growl trying to fight itself out of Mila's throat. Glancing over he could see her eyes had slight as she watched the people walking away. Zay nudged her softly as Val took her plate back, giving her a worried look as she closed her eyes and let out a breath she didn't realize she was holding.

Zay smiled a bit at Val when she asked where they were going. Mila, still trying to relax herself. "Well, since you still have your fennel cakes. They have little stalls you can buy shirts and stuff from. It's a little father that way." He suggested pointing the opposite direction the other people had just walked through.

Mila nodded a bit, having composed herself a little more. "It's a lot less crowded but they have nice stuff. I have to get some necklaces for the little girls in my class anyway and you can see if there is any other food that looks interesting."

After deciding where they were going to go and starting walking Zay kind of gave Mila a look. "Are you alright?"

Mila sighed a little bit and shook her head. "No, but, my mother is still in the far south or I would have packed and left up already." She answered before glancing at Val a bit. "I might stay until this adorable girl leaves to make sure she's safe. Might want to warn your uncle." She added before looking at Val as Zay nodded and pulled out his phone dragging a little behind the group as he wrote out a message to Alaric.

"So Val, can I ask what you do that you don't get to get out often?" She asked, trying to steer the conversation more towards Val to get her mind off of Sybil's goons.

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Delonna smiled as she caught up the rest of the way with Aetulia. She did try to have some experience outside of the tribes herself. However, she wasn't as experienced as Aetulia with it. "Well, your nephew said something about twirly or...tunnel cakes? It sounded kind of interesting." She said, trying to remember what he called it. They had a short conversation when he visited to let her know the meeting time. The last few meetings she had just went to the closest truck to the tents. Which was all kinds of some weird chicken that they jerked around before cooking it.

Delonna looked at Aetulia as they started walking, she had brought up the being Life mentioned. She nodded a bit. "Yeah, I suppose they call it Abyss Walker." She answered quietly. Honestly she was a little glad that the subject hadn't really been pushed in the meeting. She didn't have many questions yet. Delonna sighed slightly. "Honestly I'm not sure, I'm not even sure what this person is. However, if Life seems to think I have to help they will. Aerolynn seemed a little uncomfortable with it, but not for my sake." She answered with a slight shake of her head.

That whole part made her a touch uncomfortable. Aerolynn was generally known as the least trusting King, but she had never quite been that way with her before. Delonna frowned a little to herself as she shook her head. "Is it bad that despite me knowing Eileena is trustworthy. I have begun to question Darius so much I'm not sure I should ask for her help?" She spoke in an almost whisper. She didn't want to worry about Amal poking his nose deeply into her investigation and ruining everything. Or worse make it worse.

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Rebcca smiled when Tobias answered her about the drink. "Later tonight. There is a little bar not far from here." She answered, she had been to that bar a few times this week. Their new bartender was a sweetheart that she would take with her traveling if the girl hadn't said no.

Though in truth Rebeca hadn't been around Warren near as long as Tobias had. She was well aware of how much Warren hated Sybil. She had even come to him a few times to help her get people free of the witch. If anything he was probably a master of dealing with her. Getting to see him enjoying himself was kind of fun for her as well. The man was such a show off though. She was the one to tap the girls chair the second time once the cost was clear.

She laughed a bit as he mocked her. "It means to quit showing off. You're breaking Tobias. We" She answered light-heartedly.

Nireen nodded a touch when the man, Warren, said it was no problem. Perhaps the fact he hated Sybil should have made her relax a bit more. Definitely made her realize he wasn't going to attack. Though normally the people that hated Sybil hated all that worked for her. Though it had been forced it could be said that she had for years as well. So it did help, but didn't.

When Warren said that that wouldn't even be half of Sybil's followers, she nodded again as she walked. "I know." She definitely did. Hell that wasn't even a fourth of the ones after her today. They would be looking for her in the crowd and both the gates. She could lose them with all the people here though. Find a way through the gates somehow. This whole thing was really annoying, she just smelt the food and wanted some. Him offering to help her take care of them made her stop just short of the tent exit. That she hadn't expected, and she turned to look at him. Her eyes studied him for a moment before she sighed, body relaxed a touch.

Running wasn't a smart move in the first place, it hadn't been Sybil she expected to react though. "It doesn't matter how big of a group you're with. Trust me." She said almost sadly she had seen Sybil attack large groups and separate her target. Take them and leave the others confused why they stopped attacking. "But she wouldn't expect me to travel with anyone…..You're a dealer right? I'm sorry to say I don't have a soul to trade with you for help."

When the other man spoke, the one she didn't know the name for, she looked at him. "To be honest, I thought the tent was empty. I watched someone leave and waited. I wouldn't even be here if it wasn't for the food smell." She answered before blinking a bit. "Not that I'm ungrateful" she added looking back at Warren "if it seemed so I'm sorry. I'm not….really used to people speaking to me. I'm Nireen." She finished, hands nervously going into her dress pockets.

Becca smiled a little bit as she watched the two interact. It was nice to see the times she wasn't the only one to help people out of bad situations. Not to mention she had a feeling she actually knew who this girl was. Not by meaning her or name, but a few people she helped talked about the quiet girl magically undoing locks once in a while. She nudged Tobias a bit. "Well since food drawed you in, me and Tobias will go get you some food." She said and saw the worried look on the girl's face. "Don't worry sweetie, no one here likes Sybil." She added and the girl nodded slowly before they left the tent. "She's a cute little thing." She said to Tobias as they headed to get food.
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This was why Chris hated festivals. It was always a little too crowded for him. He needed room to breathe. He wanted that to be the reason that he was annoyed and...uneasy. The reason had to be something other than the fact he couldn't get his mind off Temp. Why was she here? Was she sure it was safe to be? He wasn't the one quiet about where he was, she could have at least let him know she was another. He frowned to himself, at the stupidness of that thought and shook his head a bit. He personally did not take the break up the best. Though...seeing a little girl break from her little group and kick some guy in the nuts did definitely break him from his thoughts.

Laughing a bit Chris shook his head and glanced down at his phone to see that Evan messaged him. He smiled a little seeing the invitation to join them. So Saul had been able to make it this year, good. He hardly ever got to see Saul or talk to him. Even Hoyt called him more than Saul when he was in that school Chris had talked him into going to.

You're welcome. I'm not going to the meeting, but I have to meet up with a few people and then I'll meet up with you. Been to long since I saw Saul. :) I know she messaged me. Love you too. He texted back before stuffing the phone back in his pocket as he got to the taco truck. He waved at the person cooking from the side door, who pulled out a few chairs. The two of them were sitting under the umbrella, Chris having a few tacos with the cook and hanging out with him during his break.

"Why did I know I would find you hanging here?" Anais asked as she came up, laughing a bit before the cook got up and gave her a hug and a wrapped taco. "It's good to see you too, Fred. You know a way to a girl's heart." She added. The man chuckled himself before saying that his break was up and going back in the trunk.

"I figured that you would find me easier here." Chris answered light-heartedly rolling his eyes at her before Anais took up his drink. She gave it a light sniff and frowned at him. "Before you say anything, that is for while you guys are in the meeting."

Anais shook her head. "I'm not going to start on you today. At least you plan on waiting." She said before gesturing for him to follow her. "Come on, let's see what trouble we can get into." She told him and when he started to walk she stuck the cup of alcohol back in the truck before following.

"Temp is here." Chris said, Anais staring at him for a moment. Clearly she hadn't been told either, and Chris would be lying if he didn't say that bit of knowledge made him feel better.

Anais shot Saul a quick message asking if his mother was really here before looking back at her brother. "Did you see that Albus is here selling lockets? You should buy the girls some for protection." She said quickly changing the subject.

Show Me The Truth

Bri looked at Evan when Saul seemed sad about their aunt being away so much. She didn't realize he had missed her that much. "Well if you want to crash at our place so you can see Anais more you can." She offered. "We have a pull out couch." She offered, though the subject was changed when the taco girl bumped into Saul. Evan and her cackling at the world's worst pick up line ever.

"Oh come on Saul she totally was." She said before mocking a flirty tone. "She wants all of that good taco meat." Then Saul said he couldn't find his wallet and Bri frowned when he said he must have just left it at home. "No, Saul. You bought our tacos, remember." She insisted. "She must have stolen it."

When he said that his mom was visiting Bri smiled. She still hadn't met Saul's mom yet, but from what their father had said while drunk, and what Anais told them the woman was awesome."I can hear it now. Her blowing a gasket and then being super whiny when Anais tells her off. Do you think we can meet her this time?"

Saul then asked her if she could help him with his inventions. Seriously. Was this like the best day ever? Good food, drama, and how he wanted her help. She smiled excitedly, she always adored her brother's stuff even if it wasn't the type of science she was good at. "Absolutely! How am I helping? Do I get to ice something?" She asked quickly with a slight bounce before she caught herself. "I
..mean if I have time." She added ignoring Evan's giggle at her.
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Naomi would be lying if she said that she didn't jump a bit when an arm looped in with hers. She looked at that woman before looking behind her. Oh great she thought that maybe she had shook him in the crowd. Must be a bloodhound or something. Then the man tumbled over and she glanced at the woman again. "Um...thank you. It was kind of my fault he was following me though." She sheepishly admitted taking the guy's wallet out of her bag. The woman looked at her phone and Naomi frowned thinking maybe she was calling the cops but she smiled and said something about her friend.

She chuckled at the woman's joke. Before the offer to join her was thrown out. Naomi chuckled a bit. "I mean, I can just give it back. But sure, I have nothing else to do. Hold on." She said, before going back to the guy and giving him the wallet back. Quickly pocketing the lose $100 before heading back to the woman. "I'm Naomi by the way."
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Jamila blinked a little bit, one moment she was talking to Zayden. The next moment, some girl had bumped into her, and the girl's friend was handing her plate back. "It's fine." She replied out of habit, a slight growl and tune of annoyance. Not at the girl as much as the simple fact that she had been just walked into. Zay couldn't help but look over the guy that caught Mila's plate. Not only because the guy was attractive, but those quick reflexes were definitely pretty impressive. He wasn't really sure if he had been caught when the guy smiled. But he smiled, gaze quickly going back to the girl talking again.

When the girl went on to apologize again going on about not being used to crowds Mila felt a little bad for the annoyance. "It's fine really, moving through crowds is hard for even us used to it." She said softly before looking at the guy talking. "Ah…." Was all she should get out before the girl started apologizing again. "It's fine, though, if it's your first time here. You should go to the taco truck they have here. It's the best in the area." She said, finally getting her off of apologizing and into an actual conversation.

Mila nodded a bit when she asked about the strawberry sauce with hers. "Yeah, you have to ask for it, but the strawberry kind of cuts through the sugar. You can try it if you want." She explained. As her friend came back over.

Zay smiled a little at Siddiq as he introduced himself. He glanced at Val when she spoke. "You're doing better than you think" He said "I'm Zayden, and the grumpy one is my sister Jamila." He added, looking at Siddiq, his eyes sweeping only slightly. "I have to say you definitely have some quick reflexes. It was pretty impressive." Zay said, taking a slightly flirty test of the waters undertone.

Mila smiled a bit at Val. "So, are you guys meeting up with a group for meetings? If not, do you want to join us?"
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Delonna frowned at the half careless answer that she got to her question. If it was something that little…."You have sent four messages this week Amal. She knows." She said before the subject changed. When Darius said he would like some of her crops she smiled. "That goes for you too, Aetulia." She added.

When she brought up the business of the Abyss it was more for Aetulia and Darius than for Amal. He didn't care about the Abyss clearly and it was good. Because it was a better place without him stepping inside it. She nodded to Aetulia as she offered Drakstin and the sentinels to help her. "It would be most appropriated." She looked at Darius and nodded to him too. "Thank you. I know she rules those sides tighter." She replied before Amal said something finally. "I've found a few things off. A few beings that don't belong there that aren't a threat." She was cut off by the noise out before she could saying she was looking for the man Life had spoken of.

Delonna watched Darius jump up for Val before Aetulia calmed him. If only he seemed to care for the poor girl that much all the time. There wasn't much business left to the meeting. She had Darius down anything else they might have needed in his clan she might be able to get. Then the meeting was ended thankfully. She had to gather her stuff quickly to be able to catch up with Aetulia. "Tulia wait." She called after her. "Can we get lunch? You understand the money thing better than me?"
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While Becca didn't actually see the girl turn into a chair. A little more certained with that the new boy hadn't to head with Sybil's ghouls outside. She herself had only dealt with Sybil in passing, but something about that woman gave her the creeps. She did notice that there was one more chair than before at the table. With a smirk she sat on the table beside Tobias crossing her legs and whispered softly in his ear. "Told you he would show off today. You owe me a drink darling."

Her eyes glanced at the chair when Tobias gestured to it. Well that was surely a bad idea. Good thing he knew which one it was.

Nireen had no way of knowing how much time had passed, nor what was going on around her. She was a chair. She had no ears or eyes. She could feel the movements around her from her magic. She could feel a lot of powerful beings around her and then some of them leave. Luckily no one had sat on her or that would have hurt. To be honest, this was the stupidest panic shift she had ever done. She would give it...that was a strong pat at the back of her chair. She didn't who it was and did not shift back. Feeling around her for answers.

The next pat was a few seconds later, on what would be her seat and it was much softer. After a second she shifted back, staring up at the guy that had caught her in his arms earlier.

Becca let out a soft bell like laugh. "See Warren, don't be such a man."

Nireen stood quickly, looking at Warren like she was expecting him to attack her before glancing at the others. "Um...thank you. I'm sorry." She said guardedly before going to head out of the tent.

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Chris was barely listening as Denise droned on talking on her phone while they walked. Normally the meetings were supposed to be the place to talk business. At least the ones that he had been too. But here his wife was talking about things and how she felt they should be with the newer members on her phone. Any intelligent person knew what she was doing though. The new members wanted someone to look up too, to help them understand the politics. Which of course Denise was happy to wiggle in and help them out. He rolled his dark chocolate eyes a bit when she glared at him for not keeping up. Not that he honestly gave a shit about politics, he had given his family's seat to Anais years ago.

The only good thing about being at the food festival was the food. Also the alcohol. It wasn't the easiest to sneak in himself but he knew some of the owners of the food trucks and they would sneak him in some. Like the taco truck his kids liked, he made sure they came back every year for his kids because the owner owed him a lot of favors. Not that they knew that of course. He would rather they think he was always drunk and useless so that it didn't hurt them as much when he was. Not to mention giving out bottled fire to warlocks was a little more than frowned upon.

Chris pulled out his phone as he followed Denise, sending out a few texts letting people he knew that he would be here. As well as texting Evan. I'm sure your mother has been blowing up your phone. But we are at the festival in case she decides to go looking for you girls. As he hit the send button he got a message from Anais saying that she was going to be at the meeting and wanted to see him after. His lips formed a smile as he said he was looking forward to it. She was worth having Denise bitch at him. The two of them hated each other with a passion. It was a bit hilarious honestly.

Chris wasn't looking at where he was going over his phone and groaned frowning as someone knocked him to the ground. At least his phone didn't crack. He took the hand offered to him by the woman that knocked him down. "It's fine. Should have been watching where I was going." He answered before dusting himself off before looking at the woman. He froze in his tracks as he saw her face. "Temp?" His voice lowered to a confused whisper as he said it.

A loud sigh came from a bit in front of him. "Hold on Crystal, my husband got distracted." Denise said still on the phone before roughly grabbing Chris by the elbow and pulling on him. "Yeah, you would think he would be better sober." She added with a chuckle pulling him behind her without even paying attention to who he was talking to. Or the fact he was still looking at Temp until she got out of sight. Chris pulled himself free as she hung up. "Could you be a little fucking less embarrassing at least today Christopher? We're in public, don't make me have to ruin your daughter's fun to babysit you. " She snapped quietly at him.

"If I'm embarrassing you go off by yourself, Denise." He snapped back at her.

She gave a shocked and hurt looked and gasped. "Why are you snapping at me? You're going to make a scene. Calm down sweetie." She said in a hurt tone making herself look the victim to the people passing that couldn't hear her.

Chris frowned at her before signing. "Sorry…..I'm getting a drink." He said ignoring the eye roll as he got as he wandered off angrily. As she went off to find the tent.

This Fire Burns, Always

Fucking storm, it was making her floors a wreck as her guys brought in the "bear parts" from the trunk. Not to mention the annoying tiny small time gang banger that was walking around her store. Her pale green eyes watching him closely, the last thing she needed was some cockwomble sticking things down his pants. Again. "Hey boss, we're done unloading if you wanna look through the crates." The skinny blonde glanced at the muscular man beside her and nodded a bit. "Yeah, do me a favor CJ and watch the dumbass over there holding the gun sideways." Sky said gesturing to the gang banger, before heading into the back room.

One of the best parts of having a couple of loyal guys working for her, was the fact she could count on them to test the new guns for her. It saved her some time. Not that it hurt that she might have slept with this supplier once or twice and she didn't want her husband finding out. After searching through a few of the crates she had her guys start unloading the guns while she went back to the front. She would put what she needed upfront after she closed. Right now she had to make calls because of her special orders coming in.

She made a few calls and either was told they would pick it up in the morning, or had to leave weird messages about build-a-bear parts. Before finally calling James. "Hey…" She yelled at the guy that was in her store before half hearing James pick up. "...you better take that out of your pants. Yeah, before I show you what a loaded pistol will do to that area. CJ, get him the fuck out of here." She sighed watching CJ take him outside to beat his ass for her.

"Heeey Jimmy…" She said, her voice going a little sweeter. Some of the reason was because she was just yelling at someone else….the other part of it was because the last time he was in. She had been having a bad day. The gun she had ordered him had been late and she might have told him that if he didn't lose the tone, she would stick it up his ass when she got it. Or maybe yelled it, and now she felt bad. "...I'm just calling to let you know that the gun you ordered just came in. If you think you can make it in tonight I'll wait for you to close up. Oh and is Nic with you tonight? Cause if so tell her the same thing for me kay."

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Victor raised a brow a little at her response to saying she was too pretty to pay for her drinks. "I'm assuming you mean the paying part." He said, because she was too hot to not hear that, she was pretty that often. He couldn't help but smile at how polite she was being as he spoke her hand. By the fact she had taken a seat he figured he at least had some chance. "Victor. You can call me Vic if you want." He introduced himself, before the bartender filled his glass again and Vic gave a small nod before looking back at Cass.

He could help but smile a touch when he saw her looking him over clearly in her own thoughts. A smile that only widened a bit when she snapped herself out of it. It was a little adorable, he couldn't lie. He let his eyes check her out a bit in return, though it was a much quicker motion. Of course he had checked her out quite a few times tonight that she probably hadn't noticed. Of course he was only three drinks

"So….I've never seen you here before. Picked a shitty night to start hustling the hitmen. Half of them aren't here…" His eyes looked around the bar a bit "and the weird one seems a bit pissier tonight. Should come back on the weekend when it's not raining." He said before she said that she wasn't a shark. Vic couldn't help the eyebrow raise at that. She clearly could fool people then, after seeing the game she just played. "Really? Attractive and good at pool for the back of it." He leaned in a bit and whispered with a small smirk. "If you're two dogs in a trench coat, you shouldn't be drinking alcohol."

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Daniel nodded a bit to Nicole when she said that the turn out probably wasn't helping either. Which was a good point, the last time he had been here, it was packed. "That's true, I had hoped it was cause of the rain though." He said. He would see later if his father needed any hits done that would be to Jame's style. His eyes found Cass soon though, it was safe to assume she wasn't going to be bringing them drinks back. So he went to get theirs instead. He looked at the tv where she said something about the storm before handing her her drink.

"Well that's bull." He mumbled before looking away from the tv and at her. "Eh, I'm alright at 'em. As long as it's for drinks and not for money, I'll get my ass kicked by you." Dan answered with a chuckle. He followed Nic over to the table where they left the darts. "So Nic, are you freelance or do you work for the Italians?" Dan asked as he took up his darts.

Still Worth Fighting For

When Sal said that Clary, Cole, and maybe a few others were going with them. It eased Tiffany's mind a little. Not entirely, but that was only because of the night before. She couldn't help it though, Willow was her little sister, and Sal was like a baby brother now. "Alright good, Clary and Cole really need a relaxing day too." When Sal asked about her project she smiled. "It's going really well. I can't believe that Zach is going to let me do my own book for them to use. I just have one more to finish. I'm gonna message Zach and go in with him later."

Willow smiled a little seeing how cheerful her project made her just talking about it. Though she raised a brow when Tiff said she was going in later. "I thought you guys had the day off though."

Tiff smiled a little bit. "Technically we are but...Sal you can't tell Drake, Zach is giving me a tattoo for free for my birthday. I wanna surprise Drake."

Will smiled as she started cleaning up the table while Tiff talked. It was adorable now excited she was, her eyes sprinkling a little by the end. "Awww that is sweet. Is that why you were doodling that dragon yesterday?" She smiled even more when Tiff nodded.

"I just hope that it seems…..cute and not like...crazy or clingy." Tiffany said looking down at her glass. "I'm not used to getting to the "I love you" missing them when they aren't around, stage of relationships. I don't want to be unbearable."

Willow smiled a little bit to herself, it was sweetie to see her sister caring for a guy so much for once. "I don't think you have to worry about it that much."

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Jo honestly was in her own little world while Drake was grabbing what he needed from their house. Missing Billie coming in altogether. Her head definitely still hurt from her hangover and everything that happened last night was running through her head too. She would be lying if she said she didn't have nightmares about the yard for graves also. It was a little sad how different it was, to go through a night as rough as the night before and not have someone beside you.

Once Drake came back over she thanked him for going into town with her. Though it might not have been a big thing for him, it was kind of for her. Aside from the kind of protection she got from him coming with her. It was always really hard to be in a bad mood around Drake. "Hmm I think I would rather go to one of Billie's cause I know for sure that they have the brand Alex really likes.* She answered, after a bit of thought. That was the good thing about Billie's store, even if they were out of stock, she had one bottle of everyone's drinks held back in case.

When he asked if she was alright, Jo couldn't help but sigh a bit as she looked down at her hands. "Not really, I had nightmares all night about that yard for graves. Kept seeing my name." She answered, her frown deepening a little bit. "And the fact I was an idiot last night, didn't help either." She rolled her eyes. Though it was more at the fact her eyes were starting to water a bit, than at the aftereffect of her stupidity.

Jo subly wiped her eyes hoping that it would go unnoticed. "I really wish that Alex trusted me like you trust Tiff sometimes. You don't treat her like she is some breakable doll. Or at least if you do, it isn't like all the time. I wish he would have just actually fought with me, I don't care if he hurts my feelings. Now it's just weird cause I don't know where we stand." She sighed softly. "I'm sorry you're just easier to talk to then my sisters." Jo added with a small smile.
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Logan chuckled a little bit. "Hell, being up this early requires coffee on its own." He nodded a little when Cole said they were probably going to sleep some more. He didn't blame them, he normally wasn't awake this early and kind of wished he wasn't right now. When Clary came in he smiled at her and hugged her back. "Morning sleepy head."

He thanked Cole when she put his plate in front of him. "Only a couple minutes ago. Honestly, Alex woke me up when he left. Because he wasn't home when I got up." He smiled at what Clary said next. "Which makes it definitely worth it. We don't get to have breakfast together often."

Logan smiled to himself a bit as he started eating his omelet. Calm Clary made him oddly glad that he didn't just go back to bed as soon as he got home. When asked what his plans were for together, he sort of shrugged. "I don't really have one. I don't have days off often, so I'll likely hang around here. Maybe watch tv, or work on the sheet music I have been fiddling with." He smiled a bit, no one had gotten to see what he had been missing with other than Billie.

"I think Billie and I were going to go on a date later, not sure if that has changed or not. They opened that new restaurant in town yesterday. But if you guys aren't planning anything for lunch later I'm free. I don't care either way." He added a few moments later, he didn't want them to think he wasn't up for spending time with them later if they wanted. At the same time though, he was looking forward to a bit of a per lazy day.

As he finished his breakfast he stood and cleared his spot. "I am going to go take a shower though so I'll be back if you guys don't go back to sleep." He said before kissing Clary's cheek and gave Cole soft head pats and heading upstairs.

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Garret glanced at Randa when she said that she melted the doorbell beyond use. "Good, then this fucker can knock and fuck off if we don't answer." He grumbled before taking Alex's coffee and saying he deserved to get his ass kicked. It was probably a good thing that he didn't respond to it, he would have probably started an actual fight. It wouldn't be the first time he punched him in the face over this.

After a few more possibly hurtful but true words he went to take a shower. Because if he was going to have to be awake this early in the fucking morning, he might as well. Something about the warm water was able to lift his mood a little bit, thankfully. He honestly didn't feel like being a dick all day either. He had just about finished when she yelled that Alex had left and to hurry back to bed. Turning the water off he took a minute to dry off and wrap his towel around his waist before coming back into the bedroom.

Garret smiled slightly looking at the masterpiece on the bed before taking her camera and taking a picture before she could react and move. "See that is artwork right there." He said with a small laugh before putting the camera up and climbing into bed with Randa. He cuddled up to her and kissed her neck. "I'm not really sure if I'm gonna be able to go back to sleep. Let's just relax here for a bit and I'll make you an actual breakfast." He mumbled against her before pulling her closer.

It didn't take long before he could hear her breathing soften into tiny snores and he smiled a moment just laying there before getting out of bed making sure not to wake her up. Throwing on some boxers before heading into the living room and turning the tv on for quiet background noise in the background as he made breakfast. He was just closing the waffle make when his show was interrupted by the news flashing about the mall.

"A statement has just been released about the incident at Eastview Mall last night.

That's right Tim, the police department has stated that the cause of the explosion was due to a combination of faulty wiring and a large grease fire in the food court.

That sounds like a pretty large grease fire to cause such a large explosion Melissa.

It really must have been Tim. In other news…."

"Its like they aren't even trying to hide how fucking ridiculous that reasoning is." Garret grumbled to himself as he turned the fire off from under the bacon. "Humans will believe anything I swear." He looked back to the tv just in time to see a picture of Billie and the woman they had joined the night before. Along with a few other people that he didn't recognize.

"....wanted on charges of not only looting in the aftermath of the explosion. But stealing from the victims themselves. I have to say Melissa, this is just si…"

Garret frowned, grabbing his phone from the counter and speed dialed Billie, letting it answer until she answered. "Hey, turn on channel 38."

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If there was always one thing that she could count on her mom being able to do, it was make her feel better. Sure she knew that everyone was okay, and that it was just a dream. She also knew that part of it was probably that she was off kilter. Lia, just….she made it better somehow. Kat managed to eat a little food, though in truth she really wasn't that hungry. It was more to make sure she didn't get sick. Then Mal turned her into a cat. Being a cat had turned into some weirdly cathartic thing for her lately.

She laid there for a moment before Lia rubbing behind her ears making her purr. When she stopped Kat stared after her, tail twitching a bit. She was enjoying that, her ears going back a bit before she laid down still staring after her. Then she saw Atticus come in and started purring as soon as he headed towards her. He asked if she had a rough night, and she nodded a bit giving a squeaky meow before purring again as he started petting her.

When he asked if he was getting cuddles or if she was gonna be pouncing on everything, she had to think because the answer was yes to both. He stopped petting to take a bite and she watched him for a moment before reaching a paw up and knocking the folk out of his hand. When he looked at her, she rubbed her head against his hand. He had two hands, he could pet and eat.

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Mitch groaned a little as the sun angled itself just enough to go through the curtain and straight into his face. Rolling over, he went for Lia, but she was gone. Though he wasn't sure what he had expected, she was always up earlier than everyone one else in the house. He laid there for a few moments debating on going back to sleep or not. He glanced at the clock, usually this way the time that he brought himself to at least wake up.

After a few more minutes he got up and got rid of his bedhead and came into the kitchen to find almost everyone awake. A quick guess that the random cat Atticus was petting was Kat. He smiled a bit going over and kissing Lia's cheek. "Good morning." He said before saying good morning to everyone else and making himself a cup of coffee. He turned to see that Lia had sat him a plate of food in his normal spot. The whole energy of the kitchen was a little tense, and he frowned a bit and took a sip of his coffee. "Mal, is Eve alright? She is usually up by now."

Mal sighed a bit, looking at her muffin. "I think she's fine. She didn't sleep well and was a little bitchy this morning." She frowned a bit. "I think she went to visit some contacts about the hunters. We got into a little fight about her going by herself."

Mitch frowned a little bit. "I'm sorry." He got a small shrug from Mal that made him feel worse somehow. He looked at Kat when she moved a little closer so he could pet her too, and petted her for a moment. "I see you're not feeling much better." He said before looking at Aless. "How are you feeling today?"

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Eli was in his own little world as he walked into the compound. A cup of coffee and a bag with doughnuts in one hand, his phone in his other. He nodded a bit to the other hunters in the halls when they spoke to him but honestly his thoughts were on the media coverage of the mall. People weren't really buying the reason that he paid them to give. Honestly, he wouldn't have either. The pictures claiming a few heavy hitters they missed, and hunters believed to have ties into the bombings was an added threat too. However, so far there weren't any tips.

"You need to pay attention or you're gonna run into people." A female voice said beside him, he glanced up to see one of Tali's friends keeping up with him.

"Oh, you two made it back." He asked before his eyes went back to his phone as she confirmed that she and Tali had come back early when they heard what happened. "Good, good….would you mind helping Taylor gather up people for check ups?" He said, still looking at his phone. Eli looked at the woman when she sighed and muttered whatever before leaving him. "Tell Tali to call me too." Putting his phone in his pocket he sighed slightly, taking a second to remember where he was. This was one of the hallways that hadn't been quite remodeled yet. Frowning he kept true until he managed to find the room he was looking for. He knocked lightly before coming in.

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Liam couldn't help but raise his brow when she said it was nice to finally meet him. Was it? He had been foolishly under the impression that she was under the same circumstances as he was. That this was a deal struck against both of their wills. Perhaps he was wrong though. Perhaps she had wanted to actually meet him, he wouldn't be lying if he said the thought of meeting his enemies hadn't crossed his mind. Though it wasn't, quite in this way. Then again maybe this was a power grab for her too. She wasn't going to get her own kingdom after all. "Is it?" He asked, the question had a slight playfully cocky undertone. It was quickly gone though. "It's a pleasure to finally meet you as well."

"Yes, Liam Snyder." It was nice to finally get a name behind the face. Smiling slightly he nodded. "My father isn't much of a talkative person, I'm sure he is getting an earful." When he looked back at her, she was looking towards the horses and carriage that was being put away. He used the sober moment of quiet to take her in without his fathers angry grumbles in his ear. She definitely was pretty, though perhaps a bit timid. He wasn't sure how long she would survive in this family this way. Hopefully she had some back bone hidden in that pretty dress somewhere.

His eyes moved towards where she was still staring as she looked back at him and spoke. For a moment he thought maybe she was worried about whatever belongings she had brought with her. Though it seemed it was more the fact that their kingdoms were so different. Liam had never actually been in her kingdom before, the few battles he had been in were the attacks on his own. It wasn't something he had thought about much until now. "I'm sure that I can find some time later if you wish. Just the castle grounds though. The city is a whole headache you wouldn't want so soon." He said, tone slightly softer than it had been. The city had been fairly calm as she came in, it was a mixture of the news of a peace marriage and force.

Liam offered Elise his arm. "Come Elise, I'll show you where you'll be staying. I'm sure the servants have your belongings there already." Once she took his arm, he led the way that he had come and up the long stairway until stopping at the first door of a short hallway. "If you for some reason need me, I'm at the last door to the left. Mother insisted on us staying close." He said, with a soft huff as he opened the door for her.

The room itself was almost a complete contrast of the castle itself. The walls were a soft orange cream color, the only thing which matched the castle were the dark brown wooden floors that ran through the rest of the castle. A small step down at the door made it possible for the ceiling to be just a touch higher than the hallways. Against the middle of the wall sat a large red canopy bed, though even with its size, it did not even take up half of the large room. A small red matching couch across from the bed with a small bookcase next to it. There were two doors, one at either end of the room. One led to a small washroom of her own. The second, which stood open at the moment, with one of the two servant girls hanging up Elise's dresses. Was a large closet. The two girls stopped what they were doing as she entered the room, faces eager and nosey to see the soon to be queen. Though their smiles flattered slightly as Liam cleared his throat. "Privacy." Both girls bowed to Elise before heading out of the room.

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Okay sounds good to me :D Depending on how slow the rest of my shift is. It will either be soon or later tonight haha.

Yeah, it wasnt the easiest. But hey at least it over haha. I am too, my one friend is staying with us for the week. Havent seen her since October so yay! Oh that is just the worst, I'm glad that you got to spend some time with them though.

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I'm almost done with the post. I wanted to know since I'm gonna have him show her to her room. If you wanted me to describe it since it's my castle or if you wanted to do it yourself.

Also I had a pretty good Christmas. A bit of a hard one, it was the first one without my mom. Though my Friendmas was Wednesday and it was wonderful. I hope you had a great Christmas.

Greetings! Candy Cane Service!

@Love Dove Oh you know I sent you one.

@POOHEAD189

Haha oh I figured such you sweetheart.