Eliza Wrath was enjoying her new gig as Leader of the San Francisco Area. It was a pretty easy job. San Fran had its share of Vampires, but most of them had the same relaxed attitude as the humans, and the ratio of Rogues to Compliants was relatively low. Every once in a while she'd have to organize a hunt, but she had a very experienced team, and much of what she did involved nothing more than calling in various members. She actually had a Hunter Leader, as well, something most Guardians couldn't count on anymore, and Daniel had been doing his job so long, he didn't seem to mind making most of the calls. Ultimately, she had all of the power, and none of the work. For her, it was a win-win. She spent a lot of time in her office pretending to look busy while she shopped online.
Laura Comer and Eliza Wrath were literally the last two people in the universe Aaron wanted to talk to. Yet, he spent much of the afternoon sitting in his office, waiting for them to both call, simultaneously. Just the thought of it was almost enough to make him sick. He did his best to concentrate on what Christian was explaining to him, but he was more than a little distracted."We were able to track that shipment of titanium bullets and they were stopped at customs in Miami. So far so good with that. Now, we'll just need to figure out a way to get them ourselves. In the meantime, I'm continuing to work on making my own, but it's a lot more complicated than I thought," Christian was explain
"You don't even need a titanium bullet to kill me," Eliza shot back, trying to be smart."Oh, I know that," Laura responded, briskly.Eliza seemed to think again for a moment before asking another question she had been instructed to ask. "What if he wants in? What if he wants to cooperate with you, too?"
Aurora and Meagan were just as excited as Cadence was for Thursday night to finally arrive. Even though Cadence wasn't quite sure if this was an actual date--since Cale had invited all three of them and several members of his team were going as well--she was still nervous as she climbed inside the Buick Enclave he had driven to pick them up. Archie and Nick were in the way-back, and for a moment Cadence wondered if this were set up to be a triple-date, until she remembered some mention that Archie had a boyfriend.Cale had insisted on coming up to get them, even though his friends wanted to st
Despite her more cheerful disposition, Cadence still didn't sleep well that night. She had awoken around 8:00 to a message from Cale asking if she was free for dinner, to which she promptly replied an enthusiastic yes, and then tried to go back to sleep again. After several attempts at obtaining more than an hour and a half of consecutive sleep, she finally got up around 10:30. Even though the exhaustion was still there, she was happier than she had been in a while, and she found herself humming some of the songs from the concert as she showered and got ready for the day.She towel dried her h
With that, Aaron was gone, leaving her contemplating whether or not she should have apologized. She couldn't force him back on, though she could request a conversation with him. "Surely he knows I was just joking," she said aloud to herself. There were definitely times that she wished she felt that way--that she really wanted him gone. But she had momentarily faced a reality without him when he was shot protecting her early on, and the thought was unbearable. Ultimately, she decided he had to know she was just being a bitch, so she left him alone and contacted Cale instead to let him know she wasn't going to be able to see him that night after all.
Cadence had been so focused on Cale’s handsome face, she hadn't even noticed the view at first. Once she did, she quickly walked to the window. "Oh, wow! You can see everything from here. Look at that amazing skyline!"He laughed, walking up behind her and putting his arm around her waist. "It's not bad.""How do you ever get anything done?" she asked, squinting to see if she could see
Aaron was praying that Eliza wouldn't be the first to arrive. He was notified when her plane landed a little while ago, and even though he assumed her luggage would take at least fifteen minutes to transfer to the car he sent to pick her up, she could very well arrive in his office early.When he heard a light rap at the door, however, he knew precisely who it was. Though he was sitting at his desk all the way across the room, he made it to the door in less than a second and opened it for her. "Hi," he said, stepping out of the way so Cadence could enter.
Cadence was well aware of what Aaron was thinking before he even said a word, and the pressure on her leg let her know Elliott was waiting for it, too. It only took a second before Eliza said, "Well, I think that went pretty well, didn't it?""You think we should do it?" Aaron asked her, calmly."It sounds like a really good plan to me," Eliza remarked. "I mean, it needs some tweaking, but i