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Joe was honestly glad for a calm walk back to their block, even if the walk was quite long. He hadn't had to work tonight, and he was glad for that now. He would have been so worried about what happened at the mall when he found out that he would have been utterly useless. However, once they were inside and Rose asked for a cup of coffee too, he nodded and placed a kiss to the top of her head. It wasn't long after that when Hoyt came in and announced that Rose had passed out on the couch mumbling about bathy time. He chuckled a bit and shook his head. "She must have had a long day today." he said, and he poured himself a cup of coffee before speaking again. "I'll move her in a few minutes. Probably read a little myself before I go to sleep."
Hoyt's next words caused Joe to make a face, and he shrugged. "I don't know at this point." he admitted. He didn't have an issue with witches persay, but he had heard a lot about the Death Witch. The one who had proclaimed herself to be it, didn't seem anything like she was rumored to be, but it was still a tricky situation. "The only thing I can give them right now is that they have hunters after them too. And if they are as strong as they seem, it might not be bad to work with them. Live with them is another story..." he said.
Joe had understood the whole point to Hoyt not talking when they were at the cottage. Most people would think Hoyt was a mute, and without Ryan around, he could definitely pull that one off. Around Ryan he tended to talk a little more, which was nice, but with her supposed to still be in Greece for about another month, no one would likely hear him speak if he didn't want them to. "Oh, before I forget, you did see the letter Ryan sent you sitting on the coffee table, right? You still hadn't gotten home before I had headed to the gym earlier, and I forgot when I got home to ask you."
After that, Joe finished up his cup of coffee and headed into the living room. He gently picked Rose up and brought her back to his bedroom. Once he was in there, he gently placed her on his bed and pulled his blanket over her before he began getting ready for bed himself. Once he was in his bed shorts, he slid into bed beside Rose and placed a kiss to her temple before he opened a book he had laying by his bed and began reading. Maybe he could finish this one tonight.
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Dahlia was glad that Zach was so good with Poppy, and it always made her smile to see them interact. Still, she couldn't shake the image of a puppy that was about the size of a pitbull running up and taking Zach to the ground. That was one of her favorite memories, when Zach finally met Poppy. She saw Poppy sit as still as she could when she caught sight of the pink bear and once Zach unhooked her and threw the bear, she was off. Dahlia came in and made sure to the lock the door behind her when she did before hearing Zach.
"I'll cook if you don't want to, babe. You know I don't mind. I'm just glad I'm not alone tonight." she admitted, sliding off her shoes and heading towards the kitchen. "Is there anything special you want?" she asked him.
She did this a lot. Even when Zach wasn't home, her and Rose would cook for when he did, so she had become very familiar with their kitchen. More familiar with theirs than her own almost. But with Ryan gone, she always opted for small meals, namely salads and sandwiches that were easy to make and easy to clean up. She didn't see the point in cooking a lot for just one person, even if she could have leftovers later on. She shook her head a bit and looked up at the top shelf before she heard Poppy come into the kitchen and lay on the ground with the pick bear, chewing on it's ear. She smiled a bit and sighed.
"So, what do you think is going to happen with these new people?" she asked him as she pulled out a couple things and started making something small for the two of them. That question had been nagging her because she knew Hoyt wouldn't be comfortable in that place with them, even if he hadn't been showing it as obviously as Garret had.
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Randa couldn't help the laugh that came when Garret asked about his own therapy session with Alex. "You can, and I won't even stop you. I even followed protocol and called his office a week in advance, and so he wouldn't bitch, I rescheduled for a different day." she said. The last time had been kind of bad. He had cussed Alex out, bad, but Alex didn't take it to heart. Randa was just surprised that Garret had gotten as bad as he had, thought she could understand it. He hadn't been asleep long and Alex had a bad habit of showing up super early. Hell, Garret had been seriously considering unhooking the doorbell. Which she would not object to.
Randa felt him rubbing her arm and when she caught his smile, she couldn't help her own. "I know, right? Doesn't happen very often here lately. Hopefully after this next deadline things will go back to normal and I won't be working stupid long shifts." she said, and once they were home, she was more than glad. Now, Randa had nothing against witches, but she knew Garret's history with them and she didn't like when he was uncomfortable. Her eyes managed to catch him wincing when he took his shoes off. She knew she shouldn't worry so damn much, but she couldn't help it. She'd been through a lot in the last year, and so it made her worry about the people she cared about more than usual.
Once Garret thanked her for his drink, she just smiled and kissed his cheek. After she set up the coffee pot and rinsed her glass out, she entered their bedroom and saw Garret looking over his bandages. It didn't look bad, possibly a little bit of ooze on one of the inner layers, but nothing enough to bleed through. That was good, and she chuckled a little. "I think we're all a little jealous of that from time to time, babe."
When he left the room, she headed into their bathroom and began stripping out of her shirt that was covered in blood and tossing it in the hamper before she started washing herself up. She pulled her hair up, seeing the small blistering from the holy water on her right wrist was about gone. That was something at least. That would be gone by morning, hopefully. She walked out of the bathroom and saw him getting out of his pants, and when he patted the bed beside him, she couldn't help but to smile at him. "One second babe." she said.
She wiggled out of her own pants before laying on the bed next to him, and she kissed him before she pulled away briefly and rested her forehead against his. "So, did you ever decide on what you wanted, babe?" she bit her lip again before she moved her head back a little more to look at him.
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Drake couldn't help the small laugh her let out when she brought up how it would be different if they were in the forest. Oh, he knew it would be different if they were in the forest, for sure, because then he could actually stretch and let himself be in dragon form, instead of being in human form all the time. He honestly would love if they could go into the mountains at some point so she could see where he had grown up. She had started rubbing his shoulders when he spoke of his last client, but once Willow brought them out some tea, he just smiled and accepted it. He was glad that Tiff had decided not to start in on Jo and they rather just went into her bedroom to wind down for the night.
Drake nodded a bit to Tiff's point, but he didn't say anything else on the matter of Jo and Alex. There was no point in it, seeing as there was nothing either of them could do about it now. He sighed a bit and once Tiff had taken the small box from him, he was glad to see she liked it. He chuckled at her notion and he nodded. "I guess you could say that." he said, and he nodded and put it on her when she asked him to. He smiled into the kiss and nodded. "I'm just glad you like it."
When she nodded, he slipped out of his pants and laid down, putting an arm around her after she was comfortable and he closed his eyes and yawned himself. He smiled at her a moment when she said she loved him, and he closed his eyes and spoke, quietly. "I love you too, Tiffany."
Not long after that he had fallen asleep.
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Sal could tell that he and Willow were the last in the room as he saw Drake and Tiffany's aura disappear up the stairs not long after Jo's. He understood Jo's whole stress about telling Alex or not telling Alex. He was a bit flip floppy on how he would react, but even Sal knew that telling him when it happened wouldn't have been nearly as bad as how it came out this time. He smiled in the direction that he heard Willow's voice and nodded, letting her guide him to her bedroom. For the most part, he could get around their house without help because they didn't change it too much, but he had lost his walking stick somewhere in the whole ordeal at the mall. He had an extra at home, but he didn't need it until tomorrow anyway. He did smile when she told him that they could sleep in however long tomorrow though, since she was off.
When Willow helped him to her bed, he took his shirt off and waited for her aura to come back towards the bed before he stood up and took his pants off too. He picked them up, after feeling around for a moment and folded them, placing them on the floor beside the bed. When Willow told him to cuddle her, he carefully turned on the bed, feeling a bit to make sure he wasn't too close to the edge before he put his arm around her and kissed her head. "Are you comfortable?" he asked her, gently, his eyes closing slightly. He was glad that he was with Willow, especially after having a vision. She had gotten really good at caring for him after a vision, and he felt better being with her after one.
He took in a deep breath and exhaled before whispering, "Sleep well. I love you." And he kissed her head again. He'd likely still be awake for a while, but then again, he could fade out of consciousness and not realize it. That had been one of the hardest adjustments of being completely blind now.
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"Way too much credit." Billie had said when they were still walking. Still, walking in to find Alex drinking set her slightly on edge before she headed up to take her shower. At least now that she had the ability to get all the blood off of her, since she went and got her shampoo. After another five minutes of scrubbing at her hair, Billie finally got out of the shower and started drying off. She brushed out her damp hair while she was still in the bathroom before she wrapped the towel back around her. She picked up her dirty clothes as well and headed back towards her bedroom after she poked her head out of the bathroom and looked around. When she got in her room, she put her clothes in the dirty hamper near the door and she saw Logan there, with his shirt off.
"Thanks for sitting with him, babe." she said, and she walked over and kissed his cheek before she allowed his dirty shirt to levitate into her dirty clothes hamper. "You've got plenty of other shirts here, babe. I'll wash it and return it." she laughed a little as she walked over to her dresser and pulled on a shirt of his before she sat back on the bed with him. "Oh, quick question. Did I get all the blood out of my hair? Because if I didn't I swear to Lucifer I'm dying it brown." she said, and once he answered her she scooted back on her bed and put her legs under the covers. She grabbed hold of Logan's arm and gently tugged him to come closer to her before she kissed him. She pulled back a second and looked at him.
"You know, with how today has been, is it bad that I'm not even tired?" she asked him with a small laugh, scooting closer to him, and turning so her legs could rest over his lap. She allowed her eyes to look him over briefly though, more or less checking to make sure he hadn't gotten hurt. She knew if she got hurt, as she had, the wounds didn't stay long, but that wasn't always the case with everyone else. She always had a nagging bit of worry, but she silenced it pretty easily, seeing as Logan wasn't hurt. She gave him a bit of a smirk before she bit her lip a bit before she leaned over and kissed him again.
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Lia was honestly glad that Mitch had given input on something as little as table settings. That meant she could literally just start figuring out a seating chart and save another battle for tomorrow. There wasn't much that she needed to do around the house tomorrow, and she knew that Mercy was supposed to be coming back into town soon, so she'd have another set of eyes to help her if she needed it. She wondered if Eve would give some input tomorrow too. It was only a few short weeks away and she still had so much to do, but she knew she could get it done. Her mind silenced when Mitch responded to her half a joke and she couldn't help but smile a little. "Yeah, I think we'd have to go into hiding for a little while. Cass might murder us if she didn't love us so damn much." she laughed.
She let herself get comfortable in his arms for a moment and she let out a sigh of relief when he laughed his answer to her. She knew he knew she was being serious. It was getting so frustrating having to push things back and push them back. She knew it was getting to him too, and once she kissed his cheek, she felt him kiss her and she smiled a little.
His next words gave her some more reassurance, and she nodded a bit before she laughed at the last part. "Alright, Mitch. Seriously though, I guess you're going to have to get this whole Lockhart thing out of your system while you still can." she laughed a bit before she headed down into the kitchen, her eyes catching Aless sitting in her tree when she walked passed one of the windows. She set down her things and went to the back door and headed outside. Kat would likely still be a few more minutes, and she looked up at the tree and at Aless. "Everything alright sweetie?"
Aless looked down and shook her head a little. "No... I'm just..." she said, and she held her hand up a second and climbed down and hugged her mother. "Why wouldn't he tell me if he was having issues, mom?"
Lia brought her hand through Aless's dreads and sighed. "Honey, sometimes it's an ego thing. I know it's hard to understand, but you know he gets like this sometimes. It'll pass." Lia whispered to her. "I know how much you care about him, and he knows it too. But if we need to, I could always have him sent away for a few days."
Aless shook her head a little and moved from her mother's embrace. "No. No. That's not necessary." she said, and soon they were heading inside and Lia got out a plate and placed some cookies in front of Aless. "Oh! I put Edgar up for you. He fell asleep on the counter when you went to your room."
"Thank you." she said, and Aless opened up the wedding book and began flipping through it and she waved at Kat a little when she came in the room.
"So what are we working on tonight?" Aless asked, seeing Lia slide another plate of cookies in front of Kat.
"Table settings. Mitch decided on a color scheme I liked, but we do need to figure out what flowers should be in the centerpieces. And I think we can start assigning tables." Lia said. Aless nodded and pulled out the table diagram they had and looked at the guest list.
"Oh! This will be fun." she giggled a bit and Lia was glad to see Aless was laughing again. It usually took a little longer after she fought with Roland, but she was glad it didn't take that long.
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The city wasn't in near enough of a stir, the woman with pale blonde hair noted as she watched from the top of one of the various hotels in the city. She let out an annoyed sigh as she looked to her left to see her companion sitting there with a nonchalant look on his face. "What's the matter, Sybil?" he asked, and she gave him a look.
"This city should have been in a total upheaval, but I suppose that is my own thought for not fully thinking through what would happen with that human. Wasn't very bright that one, so I'm guessing the other bombs he stole were recovered." she grumbled, her eyes looking to him. "Have you heard back from that other human... Chester, I believe his name was."
"Not yet. Though he did seem interested to have a different information supplier. He wanted to meet you in person." he said, and Sybil chuckled.
"I'm not all for doing business with the locals, David, you know that." she smirked, and he nodded. "For now, I suppose that Deanna's death with send enough of a message to that vampire bitch that runs the south though. She'll know it wasn't hunters when she gets the body... should I even allow her that?"
David thought a moment before he nodded. "It adds to your game, Sybil."
"I'm glad you stayed loyal to me. Despite what that Lockhart did." she said, shaking her head a bit. That was where part of her plan went very wrong too. She hadn't expected Lia to come out into human society after everything she had been through. She had, however, and it had proven to be quite a mess from what she understood. "Hopefully that twit of a recruit will be here soon, I need to know what all happened in the wreckage of that mall."
"He should be, don't doubt him." David said, and Sybil nodded and sat in a chair and watched the sky.
"This world will be ours, in due time, my pet. Isn't that a wonderous thing to feel?" she chuckled and David nodded.
"Wonderous indeed." he agreed.
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Rhi looked over to Eli when he asked about Xander and had to scoff a laugh. "Trust me, Xander doesn't like being within a hundred mile radius of me, he's no where in town. I could always ask Lu if he knows though." she said, and she sighed as she carefully walked around the mall again in her heels. At least now there wasn't so much rubble to sort through though. She was glad to hear that there were at least three teams that checked in, but she knew one team hadn't. One of Lucien's friend's groups was in town and they had been tailing a fire demon and her smoke demon boyfriend from what she understood. The smoke demon that Charlotte had been tailing when she had talked to her in recruiting before she switched to a brother and sister. She spotted Serg not to far off and after a brief conversation, she tossed her head to Eli when he said what he did to Serg.
Serg gave Eli a nod, and when Rhi started walking off, he walked over and spoke to Eli a little more quietly. "Vou watch Chester like hawk, da?" he said, and he saw Rhi heading outside. "I no trust him. Kyp vill have eyes ven he can too."
After that, Serg headed back to what he was doing and Rhi turned and looked at Eli, offering him a helmet when he got up to her. She gave him a look. "Yes, I can drive one. I taught Kyp and Serg how to drive one too, if that says anything." once they were on Serg's bike, she felt him wrap his arms around her waist and she took off. Traffic around the mall was horrible, but she managed to weave through it easily, and when they got in front of the upscale bar she had been pulled from, she parked the bike and she got off when Eli released. "See, not so bad."
She took her helmet and set it under the seat flap and headed in. When the bartender saw her, she smiled to him. "I brought a friend, put his on my tab." she said, motioning over to Eli. The bartender nodded and gave her a grin.
"Of course, Miss Amato. Will Sergio be coming back?" he asked, pouring her a glass of wine and she shook her head. "I see. Well, Chester is waiting at that table over there. He was doubting you were going to come back."
Rhi smiled and laughed, taking her glass. "I left my bag here, so yeah I had to come back. Really flirting with the idea of changing before I head over there."
The bartender chuckled and handed her her bag. She grabbed her bag and headed over to the table Chester was sitting at and she took her seat, placing her bag beside her seat, "I thought you bailed on me, gorgeous." Chester said, his hand reaching out to touch hers. She moved her hand before he could and she gave a smile.
"Serg sends his regards, Chester. I did bring along a different friend though." she said, her head motioning over to Eli. "Serg gave him the rundown of our agreement, and you know if he finds out, you'll end up with broken bones."
Chester rolled his eyes and placed a manilla folder on the table. "Here's what you asked for. Where's my payment?"
"You know I have to look it over first." Rhi said, and when she went to grab the folder, Chester's hand caught hers. She gave him a look and she took up the folder before reaching down and grabbing an envelope out of her purse. She took a hundred out and put it in front of him. "All you get now since you violated a rule."
Chester took up the money and watched her go through the pages in the folder, seeming almost uninterested. "It took me three weeks to get all that information."
"Most of it I already knew, but this last bit is nice. Don't want to know how you got this information, but it's useful. Thanks." She said, picking up her bag and putting the envelope in it. She tossed her bag over her shoulder, taking a sip of her wine and placing the glass closer to Eli. "I'm going to change, I shouldn't be in the bathroom too long."
Chester called out to her. "Come back when you're done! I want to talk to you some more!"
Rhi rolled her eyes and just nodded before heading off into the bathroom.
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Kyp looked to Tara when she thanked him and just gave her a small shrug and a look. "It's no big deal. I could tell you things about that one that you wouldn't believe. But, then again, I can do that with almost everyone." he told her before he began looking over the bodies on his list and double checking the information. Tara's voice came again, and he gave her a look before he started laughing.
"Sergio's motorcycle?" he asked, and he turned slightly to see Sergio was still there and he raised a brow. It clicked after a second though, "He must have headed off with Rhi back to meet Chester. Meaning I've got to drive Sergio home before I head back and hole up in my sanctum so I can start making phone calls."
He shook his head a bit and went back around to doing his list before he looked to Tara again. "Do you need a ride home, Tiny Lady? I could always drop you off too. I don't mind. I drive that ugly ass station wagon out front." he laughed. His phone rang and he answered it only to frown. "Well, fuck..." he mumbled. "How many of the in town groups have you heard from? They just found all of one of them dead in the forest near the cathedral." Kyp said, and he texted Rhi what he had found out.
This was going to be a long night.
Hoyt's next words caused Joe to make a face, and he shrugged. "I don't know at this point." he admitted. He didn't have an issue with witches persay, but he had heard a lot about the Death Witch. The one who had proclaimed herself to be it, didn't seem anything like she was rumored to be, but it was still a tricky situation. "The only thing I can give them right now is that they have hunters after them too. And if they are as strong as they seem, it might not be bad to work with them. Live with them is another story..." he said.
Joe had understood the whole point to Hoyt not talking when they were at the cottage. Most people would think Hoyt was a mute, and without Ryan around, he could definitely pull that one off. Around Ryan he tended to talk a little more, which was nice, but with her supposed to still be in Greece for about another month, no one would likely hear him speak if he didn't want them to. "Oh, before I forget, you did see the letter Ryan sent you sitting on the coffee table, right? You still hadn't gotten home before I had headed to the gym earlier, and I forgot when I got home to ask you."
After that, Joe finished up his cup of coffee and headed into the living room. He gently picked Rose up and brought her back to his bedroom. Once he was in there, he gently placed her on his bed and pulled his blanket over her before he began getting ready for bed himself. Once he was in his bed shorts, he slid into bed beside Rose and placed a kiss to her temple before he opened a book he had laying by his bed and began reading. Maybe he could finish this one tonight.
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Dahlia was glad that Zach was so good with Poppy, and it always made her smile to see them interact. Still, she couldn't shake the image of a puppy that was about the size of a pitbull running up and taking Zach to the ground. That was one of her favorite memories, when Zach finally met Poppy. She saw Poppy sit as still as she could when she caught sight of the pink bear and once Zach unhooked her and threw the bear, she was off. Dahlia came in and made sure to the lock the door behind her when she did before hearing Zach.
"I'll cook if you don't want to, babe. You know I don't mind. I'm just glad I'm not alone tonight." she admitted, sliding off her shoes and heading towards the kitchen. "Is there anything special you want?" she asked him.
She did this a lot. Even when Zach wasn't home, her and Rose would cook for when he did, so she had become very familiar with their kitchen. More familiar with theirs than her own almost. But with Ryan gone, she always opted for small meals, namely salads and sandwiches that were easy to make and easy to clean up. She didn't see the point in cooking a lot for just one person, even if she could have leftovers later on. She shook her head a bit and looked up at the top shelf before she heard Poppy come into the kitchen and lay on the ground with the pick bear, chewing on it's ear. She smiled a bit and sighed.
"So, what do you think is going to happen with these new people?" she asked him as she pulled out a couple things and started making something small for the two of them. That question had been nagging her because she knew Hoyt wouldn't be comfortable in that place with them, even if he hadn't been showing it as obviously as Garret had.
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Randa couldn't help the laugh that came when Garret asked about his own therapy session with Alex. "You can, and I won't even stop you. I even followed protocol and called his office a week in advance, and so he wouldn't bitch, I rescheduled for a different day." she said. The last time had been kind of bad. He had cussed Alex out, bad, but Alex didn't take it to heart. Randa was just surprised that Garret had gotten as bad as he had, thought she could understand it. He hadn't been asleep long and Alex had a bad habit of showing up super early. Hell, Garret had been seriously considering unhooking the doorbell. Which she would not object to.
Randa felt him rubbing her arm and when she caught his smile, she couldn't help her own. "I know, right? Doesn't happen very often here lately. Hopefully after this next deadline things will go back to normal and I won't be working stupid long shifts." she said, and once they were home, she was more than glad. Now, Randa had nothing against witches, but she knew Garret's history with them and she didn't like when he was uncomfortable. Her eyes managed to catch him wincing when he took his shoes off. She knew she shouldn't worry so damn much, but she couldn't help it. She'd been through a lot in the last year, and so it made her worry about the people she cared about more than usual.
Once Garret thanked her for his drink, she just smiled and kissed his cheek. After she set up the coffee pot and rinsed her glass out, she entered their bedroom and saw Garret looking over his bandages. It didn't look bad, possibly a little bit of ooze on one of the inner layers, but nothing enough to bleed through. That was good, and she chuckled a little. "I think we're all a little jealous of that from time to time, babe."
When he left the room, she headed into their bathroom and began stripping out of her shirt that was covered in blood and tossing it in the hamper before she started washing herself up. She pulled her hair up, seeing the small blistering from the holy water on her right wrist was about gone. That was something at least. That would be gone by morning, hopefully. She walked out of the bathroom and saw him getting out of his pants, and when he patted the bed beside him, she couldn't help but to smile at him. "One second babe." she said.
She wiggled out of her own pants before laying on the bed next to him, and she kissed him before she pulled away briefly and rested her forehead against his. "So, did you ever decide on what you wanted, babe?" she bit her lip again before she moved her head back a little more to look at him.
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Drake couldn't help the small laugh her let out when she brought up how it would be different if they were in the forest. Oh, he knew it would be different if they were in the forest, for sure, because then he could actually stretch and let himself be in dragon form, instead of being in human form all the time. He honestly would love if they could go into the mountains at some point so she could see where he had grown up. She had started rubbing his shoulders when he spoke of his last client, but once Willow brought them out some tea, he just smiled and accepted it. He was glad that Tiff had decided not to start in on Jo and they rather just went into her bedroom to wind down for the night.
Drake nodded a bit to Tiff's point, but he didn't say anything else on the matter of Jo and Alex. There was no point in it, seeing as there was nothing either of them could do about it now. He sighed a bit and once Tiff had taken the small box from him, he was glad to see she liked it. He chuckled at her notion and he nodded. "I guess you could say that." he said, and he nodded and put it on her when she asked him to. He smiled into the kiss and nodded. "I'm just glad you like it."
When she nodded, he slipped out of his pants and laid down, putting an arm around her after she was comfortable and he closed his eyes and yawned himself. He smiled at her a moment when she said she loved him, and he closed his eyes and spoke, quietly. "I love you too, Tiffany."
Not long after that he had fallen asleep.
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Sal could tell that he and Willow were the last in the room as he saw Drake and Tiffany's aura disappear up the stairs not long after Jo's. He understood Jo's whole stress about telling Alex or not telling Alex. He was a bit flip floppy on how he would react, but even Sal knew that telling him when it happened wouldn't have been nearly as bad as how it came out this time. He smiled in the direction that he heard Willow's voice and nodded, letting her guide him to her bedroom. For the most part, he could get around their house without help because they didn't change it too much, but he had lost his walking stick somewhere in the whole ordeal at the mall. He had an extra at home, but he didn't need it until tomorrow anyway. He did smile when she told him that they could sleep in however long tomorrow though, since she was off.
When Willow helped him to her bed, he took his shirt off and waited for her aura to come back towards the bed before he stood up and took his pants off too. He picked them up, after feeling around for a moment and folded them, placing them on the floor beside the bed. When Willow told him to cuddle her, he carefully turned on the bed, feeling a bit to make sure he wasn't too close to the edge before he put his arm around her and kissed her head. "Are you comfortable?" he asked her, gently, his eyes closing slightly. He was glad that he was with Willow, especially after having a vision. She had gotten really good at caring for him after a vision, and he felt better being with her after one.
He took in a deep breath and exhaled before whispering, "Sleep well. I love you." And he kissed her head again. He'd likely still be awake for a while, but then again, he could fade out of consciousness and not realize it. That had been one of the hardest adjustments of being completely blind now.
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"Way too much credit." Billie had said when they were still walking. Still, walking in to find Alex drinking set her slightly on edge before she headed up to take her shower. At least now that she had the ability to get all the blood off of her, since she went and got her shampoo. After another five minutes of scrubbing at her hair, Billie finally got out of the shower and started drying off. She brushed out her damp hair while she was still in the bathroom before she wrapped the towel back around her. She picked up her dirty clothes as well and headed back towards her bedroom after she poked her head out of the bathroom and looked around. When she got in her room, she put her clothes in the dirty hamper near the door and she saw Logan there, with his shirt off.
"Thanks for sitting with him, babe." she said, and she walked over and kissed his cheek before she allowed his dirty shirt to levitate into her dirty clothes hamper. "You've got plenty of other shirts here, babe. I'll wash it and return it." she laughed a little as she walked over to her dresser and pulled on a shirt of his before she sat back on the bed with him. "Oh, quick question. Did I get all the blood out of my hair? Because if I didn't I swear to Lucifer I'm dying it brown." she said, and once he answered her she scooted back on her bed and put her legs under the covers. She grabbed hold of Logan's arm and gently tugged him to come closer to her before she kissed him. She pulled back a second and looked at him.
"You know, with how today has been, is it bad that I'm not even tired?" she asked him with a small laugh, scooting closer to him, and turning so her legs could rest over his lap. She allowed her eyes to look him over briefly though, more or less checking to make sure he hadn't gotten hurt. She knew if she got hurt, as she had, the wounds didn't stay long, but that wasn't always the case with everyone else. She always had a nagging bit of worry, but she silenced it pretty easily, seeing as Logan wasn't hurt. She gave him a bit of a smirk before she bit her lip a bit before she leaned over and kissed him again.
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Lia was honestly glad that Mitch had given input on something as little as table settings. That meant she could literally just start figuring out a seating chart and save another battle for tomorrow. There wasn't much that she needed to do around the house tomorrow, and she knew that Mercy was supposed to be coming back into town soon, so she'd have another set of eyes to help her if she needed it. She wondered if Eve would give some input tomorrow too. It was only a few short weeks away and she still had so much to do, but she knew she could get it done. Her mind silenced when Mitch responded to her half a joke and she couldn't help but smile a little. "Yeah, I think we'd have to go into hiding for a little while. Cass might murder us if she didn't love us so damn much." she laughed.
She let herself get comfortable in his arms for a moment and she let out a sigh of relief when he laughed his answer to her. She knew he knew she was being serious. It was getting so frustrating having to push things back and push them back. She knew it was getting to him too, and once she kissed his cheek, she felt him kiss her and she smiled a little.
His next words gave her some more reassurance, and she nodded a bit before she laughed at the last part. "Alright, Mitch. Seriously though, I guess you're going to have to get this whole Lockhart thing out of your system while you still can." she laughed a bit before she headed down into the kitchen, her eyes catching Aless sitting in her tree when she walked passed one of the windows. She set down her things and went to the back door and headed outside. Kat would likely still be a few more minutes, and she looked up at the tree and at Aless. "Everything alright sweetie?"
Aless looked down and shook her head a little. "No... I'm just..." she said, and she held her hand up a second and climbed down and hugged her mother. "Why wouldn't he tell me if he was having issues, mom?"
Lia brought her hand through Aless's dreads and sighed. "Honey, sometimes it's an ego thing. I know it's hard to understand, but you know he gets like this sometimes. It'll pass." Lia whispered to her. "I know how much you care about him, and he knows it too. But if we need to, I could always have him sent away for a few days."
Aless shook her head a little and moved from her mother's embrace. "No. No. That's not necessary." she said, and soon they were heading inside and Lia got out a plate and placed some cookies in front of Aless. "Oh! I put Edgar up for you. He fell asleep on the counter when you went to your room."
"Thank you." she said, and Aless opened up the wedding book and began flipping through it and she waved at Kat a little when she came in the room.
"So what are we working on tonight?" Aless asked, seeing Lia slide another plate of cookies in front of Kat.
"Table settings. Mitch decided on a color scheme I liked, but we do need to figure out what flowers should be in the centerpieces. And I think we can start assigning tables." Lia said. Aless nodded and pulled out the table diagram they had and looked at the guest list.
"Oh! This will be fun." she giggled a bit and Lia was glad to see Aless was laughing again. It usually took a little longer after she fought with Roland, but she was glad it didn't take that long.
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The city wasn't in near enough of a stir, the woman with pale blonde hair noted as she watched from the top of one of the various hotels in the city. She let out an annoyed sigh as she looked to her left to see her companion sitting there with a nonchalant look on his face. "What's the matter, Sybil?" he asked, and she gave him a look.
"This city should have been in a total upheaval, but I suppose that is my own thought for not fully thinking through what would happen with that human. Wasn't very bright that one, so I'm guessing the other bombs he stole were recovered." she grumbled, her eyes looking to him. "Have you heard back from that other human... Chester, I believe his name was."
"Not yet. Though he did seem interested to have a different information supplier. He wanted to meet you in person." he said, and Sybil chuckled.
"I'm not all for doing business with the locals, David, you know that." she smirked, and he nodded. "For now, I suppose that Deanna's death with send enough of a message to that vampire bitch that runs the south though. She'll know it wasn't hunters when she gets the body... should I even allow her that?"
David thought a moment before he nodded. "It adds to your game, Sybil."
"I'm glad you stayed loyal to me. Despite what that Lockhart did." she said, shaking her head a bit. That was where part of her plan went very wrong too. She hadn't expected Lia to come out into human society after everything she had been through. She had, however, and it had proven to be quite a mess from what she understood. "Hopefully that twit of a recruit will be here soon, I need to know what all happened in the wreckage of that mall."
"He should be, don't doubt him." David said, and Sybil nodded and sat in a chair and watched the sky.
"This world will be ours, in due time, my pet. Isn't that a wonderous thing to feel?" she chuckled and David nodded.
"Wonderous indeed." he agreed.
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Rhi looked over to Eli when he asked about Xander and had to scoff a laugh. "Trust me, Xander doesn't like being within a hundred mile radius of me, he's no where in town. I could always ask Lu if he knows though." she said, and she sighed as she carefully walked around the mall again in her heels. At least now there wasn't so much rubble to sort through though. She was glad to hear that there were at least three teams that checked in, but she knew one team hadn't. One of Lucien's friend's groups was in town and they had been tailing a fire demon and her smoke demon boyfriend from what she understood. The smoke demon that Charlotte had been tailing when she had talked to her in recruiting before she switched to a brother and sister. She spotted Serg not to far off and after a brief conversation, she tossed her head to Eli when he said what he did to Serg.
Serg gave Eli a nod, and when Rhi started walking off, he walked over and spoke to Eli a little more quietly. "Vou watch Chester like hawk, da?" he said, and he saw Rhi heading outside. "I no trust him. Kyp vill have eyes ven he can too."
After that, Serg headed back to what he was doing and Rhi turned and looked at Eli, offering him a helmet when he got up to her. She gave him a look. "Yes, I can drive one. I taught Kyp and Serg how to drive one too, if that says anything." once they were on Serg's bike, she felt him wrap his arms around her waist and she took off. Traffic around the mall was horrible, but she managed to weave through it easily, and when they got in front of the upscale bar she had been pulled from, she parked the bike and she got off when Eli released. "See, not so bad."
She took her helmet and set it under the seat flap and headed in. When the bartender saw her, she smiled to him. "I brought a friend, put his on my tab." she said, motioning over to Eli. The bartender nodded and gave her a grin.
"Of course, Miss Amato. Will Sergio be coming back?" he asked, pouring her a glass of wine and she shook her head. "I see. Well, Chester is waiting at that table over there. He was doubting you were going to come back."
Rhi smiled and laughed, taking her glass. "I left my bag here, so yeah I had to come back. Really flirting with the idea of changing before I head over there."
The bartender chuckled and handed her her bag. She grabbed her bag and headed over to the table Chester was sitting at and she took her seat, placing her bag beside her seat, "I thought you bailed on me, gorgeous." Chester said, his hand reaching out to touch hers. She moved her hand before he could and she gave a smile.
"Serg sends his regards, Chester. I did bring along a different friend though." she said, her head motioning over to Eli. "Serg gave him the rundown of our agreement, and you know if he finds out, you'll end up with broken bones."
Chester rolled his eyes and placed a manilla folder on the table. "Here's what you asked for. Where's my payment?"
"You know I have to look it over first." Rhi said, and when she went to grab the folder, Chester's hand caught hers. She gave him a look and she took up the folder before reaching down and grabbing an envelope out of her purse. She took a hundred out and put it in front of him. "All you get now since you violated a rule."
Chester took up the money and watched her go through the pages in the folder, seeming almost uninterested. "It took me three weeks to get all that information."
"Most of it I already knew, but this last bit is nice. Don't want to know how you got this information, but it's useful. Thanks." She said, picking up her bag and putting the envelope in it. She tossed her bag over her shoulder, taking a sip of her wine and placing the glass closer to Eli. "I'm going to change, I shouldn't be in the bathroom too long."
Chester called out to her. "Come back when you're done! I want to talk to you some more!"
Rhi rolled her eyes and just nodded before heading off into the bathroom.
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Kyp looked to Tara when she thanked him and just gave her a small shrug and a look. "It's no big deal. I could tell you things about that one that you wouldn't believe. But, then again, I can do that with almost everyone." he told her before he began looking over the bodies on his list and double checking the information. Tara's voice came again, and he gave her a look before he started laughing.
"Sergio's motorcycle?" he asked, and he turned slightly to see Sergio was still there and he raised a brow. It clicked after a second though, "He must have headed off with Rhi back to meet Chester. Meaning I've got to drive Sergio home before I head back and hole up in my sanctum so I can start making phone calls."
He shook his head a bit and went back around to doing his list before he looked to Tara again. "Do you need a ride home, Tiny Lady? I could always drop you off too. I don't mind. I drive that ugly ass station wagon out front." he laughed. His phone rang and he answered it only to frown. "Well, fuck..." he mumbled. "How many of the in town groups have you heard from? They just found all of one of them dead in the forest near the cathedral." Kyp said, and he texted Rhi what he had found out.
This was going to be a long night.
