A/n: This is going to be a tad AU. Firstly, I'm re-writing a lot of what happened in the latter part of Season 4, I will try and mention when I change something, but, eh, go with it.

Lauren didn't make Evony human, they are however growing closer because of Bo "falling in love" with Rainer. Bo went through the whole Rainer debacle, but I have decided for the sake of this story that he died before Hale. Bo's obsession with Rainer was an enchantment that was lifted when he died and Bo's daddy was unable to proceed as he needed Rainer alive. Vex is not Massimo's surrogate Daddy, cause really, that was just silly.

Basically if it contradicts this story, pretend it didn't happen.

Our story starts shortly after Hales death.

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Bo continued to stroke the dark haired girl lying prone on the couch, she pushed her charms through at regular intervals to keep her calm and still Kenzi mewled in her sleep.

"You look exhausted, you OK there?" Dyson asked from his place in a nearby chair.

Bo took stock of her fatigue. She had been sat there for hours, slowly leaking calming waves into her friend. She smiled at him. "I'm doing OK, little hungry, but it wont be a problem. It's the least I can do for her now." She felt her breath hitch, what could she possibly do for Kenzi now? All the shitty things the Russian had gone through and finally getting closure form her dysfunctional family and being asked to marry Hale, only to have him snatched away. Bo had no idea what she could do for Kenzi now.

"Want me to help?" Dyson threw her a charming smile.

"Really Dyson? You pick now?" Lauren shot him a disgusted look.

Bo rolled her eyes as the familiar squabble started. She was about to speak up when someone beat her to it.

Tamsin looked at Dyson and Lauren. It never ended. As far as she was concerned, neither of them were good enough for Bo, but picking now to start their rivalry? Tamsin was going to shut that down and fast. "For fucks sake. Enough!" She strode over to Bo, placed her hands on either side of her face and kissed her, drawing away to allow Bo to feed. She stood up and walked back to her position at the head of the couch. "See? Problem solved."

Dyson and Lauren looked away uncomfortably. "Thank you." Bo smiled at her. "Can you sit with her a minute, I need a drink, walk around a little."

Tamsin nodded curtly as Bo walked out of the room. She looked at the two subdued people who were trying not to look anywhere after Tamsin's solution. "Don't do that again. This is not the place or the time for your pissing contest." Tamsin spoke quietly.

"I'm sorry, you're right." Lauren looked down.

Dyson sighed and added. "Sorry, it's hard you know, well, you wouldn't know."

Tamsin laughed without humour. "Yeah, what would I know." She wasn't going to get into who was suffering most. Dyson was a fool for handing over his heart to a girl he messed around then standing silently by rather than trying to fix it. Adoration for the Succubus was not in short supply. She had been determined to dislike Bo from the get go. Before she had even sat down in her new job she had heard stories about this unaligned Succubus that flew in the face of everything it meant to be Fae. She didn't want to think about how quickly that dislike had left.

Dyson looked up sharply. He stared at Tamsin as though trying to figure something out. Finally he shook his head and sneered at her. "A Valkyrie in love? Whatever next?"

Tamsin drew her blade quickly. Knowing she was in love with Bo was one thing. Anyone else knowing was out of the question. "I dunno, how bout a neutered wolf?"

"Guys! Jesus, I leave for two minutes, what's going on?" Bo retook her place at Kenzi's head and continued to stroke her arms.

Everyone found something else to look at.

Tamsin finally stood up and moved to the door. "Fuck this. I'm going after Massimo."

"You might want to hold off on that." A voice from the door announced. Trick walked in quietly so as not to disturb Kenzi. He looked down at her on the couch and shook his head. She was such an irritating little human, Trick had no idea how she managed to get under the skin of anyone that spent any time with her. She was loyal, true, brave. She was a perfect sidekick for his granddaughter and it wasn't long before the tiny human had him wrapped around her fingers. He prayed she could get passed this, she deserved better.

"Trick? What's going on?" Dyson asked the old man.

Trick braced himself knowing that not shooting the messenger rarely held up in practice. "Massimo is protected by the dark, he's untouchable."

"Well I don't care if he's protected by Odin himself, bitch is going down." Tamsin snapped.

"I agree, the dark can find another druid, Massimo is closed for business. Permanently." Bo agreed.

He wasn't surprised by Bo's reply. He especially wasn't shocked by Tamsin's vitriol. Kenzi probably had no idea what she gained when she took in a newly born Valkyrie. "He's not just a druid for the dark." Trick took a deep breath and wondered whether he was about to get impaled by anything the Valkyrie could get her hands on. This wasn't going to go down well. "He's Evony's son."

"Oh you have got to be shitting me." Tamsin spat out.

"I'm afraid not. I can appeal to the elder council to have him brought to trial, but killing him will bring you more trouble than you can imagine." He had a feeling that neither Bo nor Tamsin cared much for Fae laws at this point.

Tamsin laughed. "And yet? I don't seem to care. I'm going after him tonight."

"Tamsin be reasonable. Hale was my friend, don't you think I want him revenged? But going after Evony's son? We have to wait for the elder council."

Tamsin shot him a disgusted look. "And to think I was gonna neuter you. Guess someone beat me to it."

Dyson growled at her.

"Stop, both of you. We're all hurting, but this is getting us nowhere. Dyson is right, going after Evony's son is suicide. Bo, tell me you agree." Lauren looked at Bo, desperately hoping that she would see reason. Lauren was not a huge fan of Tamsin's and thought that Bo would ultimately get hurt following her reckless ways.

"I do." Bo said quietly while stroking Kenzi.

Tamsin shot her a look.

"And yet? I don't seem to care. Lauren can you give Kenzi a sedative, I'm going with Tamsin."

Lauren sighed. Bo was going to get hurt following that crazy Valkyrie into every anger fuelled battle. And where would Tamsin be when it happened? Probably covering her ass. She snatched her medical bag and prepared a sedative. Bo may not be her lover any longer, but she still cared, she still didn't want to see her hunted down by her current, well, whatever Evony was.

"Bo, please, see sense over this." Dyson implored her. "You and Tamsin are both dark, killing Massimo, there would be nothing we can do for you." Dyson wanted to scream. Every fibre of his being wanted to protect Bo, she was his life mate, no matter that she was currently not in his bed. It didn't change anything. He wanted to grab Tamsin and make her see sense, if she had also fallen for Bo, perhaps he could reach her. He sighed, it didn't matter how Tamsin felt about Bo, a furious Valkyrie would listen to no one. And he had never seen her this furious. He remembered a time recently when he and Hale had arrived at the Dal, Tamsin roped them in to a game of doubles. Hale was on her team, Dyson had never seen a man lose that much colour before. Hale could barely hit any of the balls, it was the first time he had won against Tamsin. Hale told him afterwards that in the absence of family, Tamsin took it upon herself to give him the hurt her and you die speech. He said the death part didn't bother him, it was the lead up to it that scared the colour from him. Tamsin was not going to let this go.

"Sorry Dyson. We can't keep Kenzi knocked out forever. When she comes around, I want to look her in the eye and tell her that the man who killed her fiance is dead."

"Bo, please wait until tomorrow at least, let cooler heads prevail." Lauren tried one last time.

"Sorry Lauren, I have to do this. For Kenzi."

Lauren shook her head and injected the sedative, knowing that it was futile to argue with Bo in this state.

Bo looked to Tamsin. "When do we leave?"

"No time like the present. Grab your weapons, lets go."

The two of them left the shack, leaving three people staring at each other at what was about to go down.

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It was several hours later a dishevelled Bo and Tamsin walked back into the clubhouse. Bo walked to the couch where a sleeping Kenzi was curled up half on Dyson, her feet sprawled across Lauren. She smiled knowing that Kenzi was in good hands.

"How is she? Did she wake at all?"

Dyson stretched and swapped his place for Bo. "No, I think the Doc knocked her out good."

The air was stagnant with unasked questions. If they had killed Massimo all hell was going to break loose. Lauren couldn't take it any longer. "You wont hear from her until tomorrow. Ungh, it is tomorrow. How did it go? Did you find him." She couldn't bring herself to ask if they killed him. She looked over at Tamsin trying to slam doors in the kitchen quietly, hoping this was a good sign.

"No, the druid still has a few tricks up his sleeve, we went to his little dungeon place and right into a pack of golems."

"Jesus Bo." Lauren covered her mouth in shock.

"Golems? Since when has he been able to conjure golems? Are you both OK?" Dyson asked.

Bo smiled at him. "Yeah, thanks to Tamsin. Massimo told me that she was super powerful this life, he wasn't kidding. I thought we were in trouble, Tamsin seemed to enjoy it."

Dyson laughed. "Sounds about right." He looked at the smirking blonde. How many did you take out partner?" He watched Tamsin walk in the room with a larger than average glass of vodka. Bo was still smiling at her and he tried not to think about what he had seen from Tamsin earlier.

Tamsin dropped down heavily in the armchair managing to keep her vodka inside the glass. "I got 6, Bo tried chi sucking them, didn't work out." She smiled for the first time in hours.

"Hey, I had no idea they were made of clay! Still feel like I have dirt in my mouth." She hissed as she moved her arm around her ribs.

"You were hurt?" Dyson asked, concerned.

"It's nothing, really, just a pulled muscle or two, nothing a hot shower wont fix." Bo grimaced. She was pretty sure there were cracks somewhere that no amount of hot water would fix, but hooking up with Dyson right now turned her stomach. If Kenzi woke up to that, she would never forgive herself. Pulling herself up, she reasoned that cracked ribs were nothing in comparison.

"If you need to feed, there are no feelings, you know that?"

Lauren nodded. "Don't leave yourself weak, Massimo will turn up again, you need to be ready."

Bo wanted to laugh, Lauren agreeing with Dyson was up there on the never gonna happen spectrum. "No, I'm fine. If he turns up tonight, I'll sic a drunken Valkyrie on him."

Tamsin raised her glass. "Damn straight."

"On the plus side, we did manage to break his Zamora twig. When we find him next, he'll be at a disadvantage." She looked at Dyson and Lauren and decided it was time to empty the shack out. "Thanks for staying with Kenzi, I'm gonna take a shower and get some sleep, tomorrow is gonna suck." She looked out at the lightening sky. "Ungh, it really is tomorrow. K, shower."

Lauren and Dyson stood up. "Need a lift Doc?"

Lauren nodded. "Please Dyson. Bo, call me tomorrow, later, whatever." She laughed. "Let me know how Kenzi is doing and if you need my help. And both of you, please reconsider going after Massimo."

They made their goodbyes knowing that Lauren's request fell on deaf ears. She hoped that Bo would calm down tomorrow, she couldn't do anything about Tamsin going after Massimo, but hopefully she didn't drag Bo with her. She smiled one last time and followed Dyson outside, closing the door behind her.

Tamsin watched every wince and grimace that Bo tried to hide. She was surprised that Bo didn't take him up on his offer, especially with Lauren agreeing. "No feelings eh? How is that working out?" Tamsin snarked.

"About as well as you can imagine. He means well, but of course there are feelings. His, not so much mine. I love Dyson, but we had our time. I hate to think of him hurting but honestly, feeding from Dyson would just complicate things even more than they are now." She reached around herself again as she stood up and winced again. "Unfortunately. So, shower it is. Should we move Kenzi? I don't want to leave her down here alone."

Tamsin didn't want to make Bo uncomfortable, but she couldn't sit back and watch her suffer. Besides she reasoned, they did need to be at full health. "I got it. But first, come here martyr." She laughed.

Bo didn't have time to react before Tamsin's lips were on hers again. She fed gently and felt her muscles soothe. "Mmm, that never gets old."

"Don't get used to it, I just don't want to have to deal with you moaning all night."

"Funny," Bo smiled into the kiss. "There's me thinking you would like to hear me moaning all night."

"Moaning. Not whining. Huge difference sweetheart. C'mon, you need to wash the clay off, I'm gonna get Kenzi to bed." She stooped down and scooped the tiny Russian into her arms before walking up the stairs.

Bo watched her go. Tamsin was carrying Kenzi as though she was the most precious thing in the world. In a way Bo supposed, that's exactly what she was to Tamsin. No one knew the depth of their friendship. Everyone thought that Tamsin was this closed off and cold woman, like all the Valkyries. But Bo had lived with her and watched Kenzi look after her as if she was her own. Even though Tamsin's 'childhood' lasted less than a month, that was all it took to forge the bonds. She looked around to make sure they were as secure as they could be before turning off the light and following them upstairs.

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Kenzi was holding up as well as could be expected. She was suffering from nightmares so Bo and Tamsin made a point of not leaving her side. Bo was with her all day while Tamsin was working, then Tamsin would stay up all night sat in the chair next to Kenzi's bed. Turning up for work exhausted, Dyson would cover her as much as he could as she snuck naps in the interview rooms. Lauren came over in the evening and brought food for everyone. Kenzi barely touched it.

The funeral was held 5 days later. Hale's family had made it clear that they couldn't stop Kenzi from attending, but they wouldn't be recognising her significance in their sons life, despite Dyson telling them about Hale's proposal. There would be a family only wake afterwards at the main house. Dyson was invited but the rest of them were not. Trick said he would hold a wake for Hale's friends at the Dal.

The funeral was a stuffy affair, the image of Hale in his acting Ash clothes was used at the head of the coffin. Kenzi smiled at it. They didn't know their son at all. That wasn't Hale. The smiling siren with his stupid hat and tatty jacket is how she would always remember him. She remembered her brief stint as his stylist and how difficult it was to get him in his suits and make him leave the hat at home. Kenzi had the hat. Dyson had brought it over yesterday. He had meant well, but it tore open any thing that Kenzi had tried to pull together. She had sat in Tamsin's arms, listening to Bo yelling at the poor guy downstairs.

Tamsin. Kenzi had never seen her so angry. She knew that Tamsin and she shared something special, but she never realised it went both ways to the degree it did. Tamsin had barely left her side, Kenzi could practically feel her thrumming with power and felt some solace that Massimo wouldn't last a minute against her. She had always tried to rise above things, but she wanted him dead for what he had done. Perhaps it was her own guilt that needed assuaging, she had traded that stupid twig to stay alive and it had almost killed her, watching Hale, her beautiful Hale bleeding out in her arms.

After all the words were said, they got up to leave, Kenzi looked to Hale's family, there was a hushed disagreement between Hale's father and his sister Val. She looked over to Kenzi briefly before going back in the house with the others. Kenzi shook her head. Hale had told her that his father would come around. Kenzi was never sure he would. Now she knew, marrying Hale would have estranged him from his family. Perhaps it was better this way. She gritted her teeth. No, it wasn't better this way. She would have got his father to come around to her. Everyone else had. Even Bo's all powerful Blood King grandfather referred to her as his other granddaughter. It didn't matter now. Now they would never know. She held her hand over her stomach. There were many things they would never know.

"C'mon Kenz, lets get to the Dal and celebrate him like he would really want." Bo put her arm around her friend and led them to the cars with Lauren, Dyson and Tamsin bringing up the rear.

Kenzi looked at Dyson walking behind them. "D-man, you should go to the wake. He was your best friend dude."

"Yes he was and I'm right where he would want me to be." He threw his arm around her and smiled, glad when she smiled back.

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Kenzi looked around the Dal, it was busier than she was expecting, she knew Hale was popular, but had no idea just how much so. An image of Hale in his trademark Fedora took pride of place on the bar. She wanted to hug Trick for doing that, for not trading on Hale's position but using the image of the man, the friend. Trick lined them up a row of shots, passing one to each of them. "To Hale Santiago, a good man, a good friend. Gone but not forgotten." Trick raised his glass and they all followed suit. "I'll get some music on." He moved away.

"Good idea and make it lively!" A voice called from the entryway. The group looked around and saw Val standing at the door. Dyson stood up to greet her. "What are you doing here? Shouldn't you be at the house?"

"Oh they have no idea I swear. Everyone wandering around looking miserable. A load of extended family currying favour, Hale would hate it." She took a deep breath and looked at Kenzi. "My brother would rather be here, with his other family." She took Kenzi's hands. "I'm so sorry. My brother loved you so very much, you were all he talked about." She pulled Kenzi into a hug. When the two parted, they both tried to surreptitiously wipe the tears away.

"Look what you did. This is supposed to be a happy send off." Kenzi smiled and backhanded Val in the stomach.

"Yes it is. Let's do something about that. Trick?" When the barkeep walked over, Val handed him her card and raised her voice. "Open up the bar, let's send my brother off in style!"

A cheer greeted her words along with a rush to the bar. Kenzi hugged her again. "I'm glad you're with us."

Val smiled. "I wouldn't dare be anywhere else."

Several hours later, the wake was in full swing. Alcohol was flowing freely yet Kenzi was touching none of it. Tamsin watched her, her brow scrunching every so often and she tried to pinpoint what was bothering her. Kenzi was cuddling up to Bo as Dyson and Val relayed funny stories of Hale, both growing up and in his teenage years when Dyson had first met him. They were laughing so hard at times, they didn't notice the bar gradually fall quiet.

Trick noticed first. "It's the Morrigan." He whispered. Raising his voice slightly he spoke directly to her. "This is a private function, it wouldn't be wise for you to be here today."

"Oh Relax little man. Besides, I'm here to speak to the human." She sashayed over to where the group sat at the end of the bar.

Dyson growled quietly and Bo made to move in front of Kenzi when she felt herself gently shoved aside. She looked back to see what had stopped her, expecting Dyson she saw something that took her breath away. Tamsin, her wings extended and her eyes starting to darken stood directly in front of Kenzi facing Evony. She spoke so quietly and with such determination that Bo felt the hairs on her arms rise. "One hair. Just one hair out of place on her head and I will decimate the dark."

Bo was quite sure she meant it. She watched as Tamsin stood as still as a statue, her pure white wings quivering in rage. Bo had to stop herself from reaching out and stroking them.

Evony raised an elegant eyebrow at the aggression Tamsin was showing. "Ballsy. But completely unnecessary. I just want to offer my condolences." She turned to Kenzi who was peaking out from behind Tamsin's giant wings.

"Why? You hated Hale."

"On the contrary. Politics is a messy business, people get hurt, killed, overthrown etc. But no, I didn't hate Hale, he was a worthy Ash."

"Not worthy enough that you would hand his killer over though. Yeah, we heard about your son." Kenzi spat out.

"Then you will know, he has protection from the dark. Not that your friends pay much attention to that." She looked at Bo when she said that.

"You got that right." Bo replied.

Evony faked a sigh. "Then let me make it easier on everyone." She turned back to the bar where everyone was trying to pretend they were not eavesdropping. "Massimo the druid is henceforth persona non grata. Any dark fae found to be helping him, will be punished severely. Anyone who offers up his whereabouts to myself or Tamsin, can name their reward."

A Buzz started across the entire bar while Tamsin, Bo, Kenzi, Dyson, Trick, Val and Lauren looked at Evony in shock.

"What? As the succubus is so fond of reminding me, we make our own family. Massimo is no longer part of mine."

She picked up a shot from the bar, raised it to Hale's image and downed it in one. She put the glass back on the bar and turned to walk away. She turned back briefly to Kenzi. "I really am sorry, he was a good man. He deserved better." She nodded to Kenzi then looked at Lauren. "Dr Lewis." She tilted her head in farewell before leaving the bar.

"Holy crap." Kenzi exclaimed. "Pretty sure that's one of the signs of the apocalypse."

Bo laughed. "Well, maybe she has a heart somewhere underneath all that makeup. Either way, I'll take it, makes life easier." She downed another shot, noticing out of the corner of her eye that Lauren was looking somewhat pink and uncomfortable. She knew Lauren had spent time socially with Evony since joining the dark. In the few times they had spoken, Lauren had told her that Evony treated her well, she could come and go as she pleased, she had no restrictions placed on her and Evony had hidden her from the Una Mens. She wasn't sure how she felt about what was obviously a growing camaraderie between the two.

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It was a week later that Tamsin walked into Bo's bedroom holding 2 cups of coffee. She sat on the end of the elaborate bed and handed one over. "At least she's sleeping now." She nodded to the lump underneath the sheets next to Bo.

"She was up this morning early throwing up. She has been like that all week. I guess it's going to take time. Talking of sleep, I see you're getting some as well. Seriously TamTam, you were starting to look like a Valkyrie with those dark circles under your eyes."

Tamsin shot a look at Kenzi sleeping when Bo said that. She looked up when she realised Bo was waiting on a response. "Funny girl and so early. Dyson will be pleased, he has a mountain of paperwork on his desk that needs doing. She started eating as well, did you notice? That food that Lauren brought over last night, the weird red looking noodles? Gross."

"Hey, no dissing on the noodles, I grew up eating those." Kenzi mumbled as she sat up.

"Did you eat them with mayonnaise? Cause that was the part that grossed me out." Tamsin mocked her.

"Bad Valkyrie, no coffee for you." Kenzi snatched her coffee away and started drinking.

"You feeling better Kenz?" Bo asked rubbing her back.

"Eh." She shrugged. "One day at a time BoBo. Better today, maybe better tomorrow. I need to get out, start doing normal things. That woman that came to see you yesterday about her missing husband, maybe we should take the case, get some normal back in the crack shack."

"You sure? There's no rush you know. I was reading that book Lauren gave you on the process of grief, I don't think you're at number 3 yet."

"I'm Russian, we do things in different orders. Seriously Bo, I think it'll help. I can't keep sleeping in here, 'specially when I know what goes on during the day." She smirked and Tamsin laughed.

"Hey! I'll have you know I have been on take out all week."

"Well then time for some home cooking. Maybe Dr Hot-pants can help out with that. It wont be up to the standard of her beet noodles, buuuut, I'm sure it will help with your complexion." She laughed.

"I don't know about that Kenz, is it just me or do Lauren and Evony seem kinda awkward to you?"

"Oh she's totally banging the Morrigan." Tamsin scoffed.

"No! For realsies? How do you know?" Kenzi asked.

"Obvious much, I mean look how they interact with each other, all this.." she dropped her voice, "Dr Lewis..." Then turned it into a breathy higher pitch. "Evony... Like super polite. Totally banging her."

Kenzi cackled at Tamsin's impression of the stalwart leader of the dark and Lauren.

Bo frowned. "They do seem kinda odd around each other. But Evony? She's evil, why would Lauren sleep with her?"

"Well, maybe she's not that evil, I mean what she did at the Dal was kinda cool and she did seem sincere. Who knows, maybe the Doc has a dark side that you didn't tap into."

Tamsin scoffed at the idea of Lauren having a dark side. She and Kenzi would often joke about how quiet it used to be when Lauren had spent the night. She would laugh and say she thinks they were doing macrame up stairs.

"Maybe. Maybe I'll just ask her."

"Yeah that'll go down well." Tamsin laughed and high five'd Kenzi. "At least your triangle is whittling down it's sides now. Unless you're going to pick up with the wolf again?"

"No, and besides, he's spending a lot of time with Val, I mean it could be cause of Hale, but I think he really likes her." Bo stopped talking quickly and looked at Kenzi. "Shit, sorry Kenz."

"Hey, no, we should say his name. Don't be silly BoBear, it still hurts, but I'm not made of glass right?" She held her stomach absently as she said that. A fact not unnoticed by Tamsin. She sniffed slightly, smiling when both Bo and Tamsin hugged her. "Wow, look at me, if I had any gay lady friends I would totally be the envy of all them. Hug me harder. Make them green!"

Bo and Tamsin laughed and hugged her harder.

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2 days later, Bo stood in front of the mirror fixing her makeup. "You sure you wanna do this Kenz? I can probably handle it if not, I can get Dyson to come with me?"

Kenzi had been up half the night vomiting. She wondered how much longer she could hide things. She didn't have a chance hiding things from the Valkyrie, thankfully Tamsin slept like a log.

"Nope, I'm good. I slept in my own bed, I mean I know Tamsin was snoring away on the other side of the room, but still. I'm ready to face the world again. One day at a time. According to the Doc's grief book. Let's do this!"

They walked out to the car and drove to their clients house. Several hours later, Kenzi and Bo pulled up outside the precinct where Dyson and Tamsin worked. Charming her way to the detectives office, Kenzi greeted them in her usual effervescent manner.

"What up wolf-junk, officer Slam-sin!"

"Kenzi! Looking good there."

"Thank you D-man. The Bobinator and I are back on the case. Sleep safely all, you're protected." She took a bow.

"You gonna stomp the bad guys to death shorty?" Tamsin looked at her boots and laughed.

Kenzi gasped. "In these shoes? Do you know what these cost?"

Tamsin gasped back at her. "Do you? I live with a klepto I swear." She turned to Dyson. "Seriously she doesn't even hide it from me, I come home, drop my badge, my law enforcement badge on the table and she comes in with a bag of stolen goods! No respect."

"And I see you brought your trouble magnet." Dyson smiled at Bo. "What brings you ladies here on this fine day?"

"Oddly enough, we need some help. Kenzi and I just visited this woman who says her husband went to bed with her one night and wasn't there in the morning. Straight forward huh? Except that she swears blind the locks were all closed from the inside. Windows, doors, everything. Says that she reported it but you guys wont take it seriously, think he just ran off. But she pays, so we look into it."

Tamsin rolled her eyes. "I know this case. We interviewed her when she started ranting about the closed locks. Didn't find anything, guy probably ran off, she seemed kinda crazy."

"Be that as it may, can you at least give me the cliff notes version of what you have."

"Sure. Gimme a sec, I'll pull up the file." Tamsin moved to the files and started hunting.

Dyson smiled at Bo and was about to start a conversation when the phone rang. "Dyson. She what? Are you sure? We'll be right there." He hung up and grabbed his jacket. "Tamsin we have to go. You two can ride along, you're not gonna believe this."

As they walked out the door, Dyson's cell rang. "Trick, can this wait, we have a problem. So I just heard. Did Lauren call you? She's with Evony now. Then how did you know? Oh you have got to be kidding me. Great. OK, no, we're going to the dark complex to see Evony. I'll keep you updated. That's not a bad idea. OK, we'll be over shortly. Thanks Trick."

He looked to the others. "In the words of a goth chick I know. Shiz got real."

"Dude." Kenzi replied.

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"Thinks she can just throw me away. Nothing is ever good enough. Bitch. She has no idea what it means to suffer. But I can fix that. Let's see how she copes in my position." Massimo shuffled around his lab. The obnoxious odours seemingly not bothering him at all. He continued to grab randoms objects and checking size and quality, threw them into a bubbling pot over a small burner.

When the last ingredient was added, the pot spat forth a blue flame before sizzling down and finally exploding. A single seed remained which Massimo picked up. Taking a deep breath he called out. "Evony Fleurette Marquise, I name you." He swallowed the seed whole before dropping to his knees and convulsing. A small glass vial standing on the table where his concoction was made started to shake before a silver vapour began to fill it up.

Massimo dragged himself to his feet, leaning heavily against the table, he watched as the vial become full. "Welcome to the human condition mother." He coughed several times before spewing out the seed, now black and shrivelled. Grabbing the glass container, he shuffled out the door.

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"I asked for peach. I asked for peach because I wanted peach. This is orange. Ungh, imbecile, can you not get the simplest thing right?"

A knock at the door interrupted her. "Come" She announced regally.

A small blonde head poked around the door.

"Dr Lewis. What a pleasant surprise. Come in." Evony smiled genuinely. She turned back to the waiting woman and spoke. "So, I'm sorry if I wasn't clear. It's been a very busy month. But if you would be so kind as to replace these with peach I would be very grateful." At the woman's nod she added. "Thank you so much. I hope it wont be any bother."

The woman looked at her like she had grown a second head causing Lauren to snicker under her breath. She and Evony had got closer since the pizza and beer night. She knew she didn't have a chance at changing Evony, but she could at least try to make her more personable. Evony was refreshing in her darkness. She didn't apologise for doing what she had to do to stay at the top. There was no guilt involved, at least none that Lauren could see. But little things were changing, Evony was trying, at least when she was around Lauren, to be 'nicer' to people.

"Off you go." Evony shooed her outside.

As the large door closed behind the confused and retreating woman Lauren made her way into the office. "That was very polite of you."

"I'm taking your advice about being nicer to people. I thought you would be pleased." She opened her arms to the Dr.

"Oh I am, very." Lauren moved into the embrace. "But, who was that I heard yelling as I came upstairs?" She batted her eyelashes innocently.

"What can I say, I'm a work in progress."

Lauren laughed and kissed her. "You certainly are." The passionate kiss lasted for several minutes as Evony's hands began gliding down Lauren's back and slowly up the front of her lab coat. "Tell me you can stay for a while." She murmured into the Dr's ear. Falling for a human had come as a great shock to Evony. She was old school, humans were food, they were not as strong as the Fae. Just like humans saw animals as sustenance, so she saw humans the same. But Lauren? She had never met a human like her. Her passion for her beloved science was amazing to Evony. For a Fae that fed off talent, she was surprised when she found herself encouraging Lauren to excel with no thoughts of stifling her. Perhaps it was because Lauren's talent was so selfless. She didn't want any fame, unless you count those dusty journals that she read, but Evony was certain that only 5 people would ever see them so it didn't count. She couldn't bring herself to admit quite how strong her feelings were for Lauren, sure that at some point Bo would bounce back to her and Evony would be left feeling foolish. For now though, Lauren was all hers.

"Well..." Lauren grasped as the hands found some sensitive areas. "I cant stay that long, but, oh, oh, I can stay for a little while."

Evony smiled into her neck and left a trail of kisses as she moved down. Lauren ran her hands through Evony's hair encouraging her roaming hands. "Tell me you're free tonight."

Evony leaned over the desk, not missing a beat and pressed the speakerphone. When a young voice answered she spoke roughly. "Alex, cancel my dinner engagement tonight. Change of plans."

There was a pause on the line. "Are you sure? He's waited for this appointment for weeks." The girl said nervously.

Evony took a deep breath and was about to launch into a tirade when Lauren's fingers clamped down under her blouse and a sexy voice whispered into her ear. "Be nice."

Evony held back a groan. "Extend my apologies and tell him I will reconvene at the earliest opportunity. In the meantime tell him he has the green light on his extension plans. That should, oh good lord, yes, that should appease him. No calls for the next 30 minutes Alex." The fingers clamped down again along with some teeth on her ear. "An hour, no calls for an hour." She slapped the intercom and went back to more important things.

Forty five minutes later, Lauren was re-arranging her clothes as Evony smugly watched from behind the desk. "You really should come up more often." She chuckled. "Actually, why did you come up?"

Lauren laughed. "Really? You expect me to remember after that?"

Evony faked buffing her nails against her jacket. She went to stand up to help Lauren straighten her blouse and as she did, she felt the world moving in a different direction. She grabbed the corner of the desk and held on.

Lauren rushed over. "Evony, what's wrong?"

"I... I feel. Oh God." She stumbled into Lauren's arms.

"Jesus, you're burning up? What the hell is going on. C'mon, let's get you sat down." She went to aid her when Evony suddenly dropped to the floor shaking as though having a fit.

Lauren slapped the intercom. "Get security in here, somethings wrong with The Morrigan."

The door burst open and three heavy set men charged in guns raised. "Help me get her to the lab."

The lead security stared at Evony on the floor. "Put the fucking gun away and help me. Now!"