"Hey Ebony, can we talk?" Brian asked as he walked into the kitchen. He had finally decided to take a break from working on his car. He was trying to avoid talking to Ebony but as soon as he saw her he couldn't avoid her any longer.

"Sure." She answered. She was standing at the counter with her back to him while gripping the counter so hard that she was trying not to snap the countertop in half.

"Well it has to deal with your sister." Brian began but was instantly silenced by her deadly stare. Ebony had turned her head so fast that he saw that she was no longer looking like the human she pretended to be.

"What about my sister?" She snarled as she slowly turned her body towards Brian and held her fists to her side.

"Are you okay?" Brian asked as he walked slowly towards Ebony so he wouldn't provoke her. He could tell that she was beyond her humanity, she was completely and utterly predator and she was looking for her prey. He slowly walked towards her so that he would not end up on her dinner menu.

"Do not worry about me Brian. Now tell me about my sister." She narrowed her eyes at him and waited patiently like the predator that she was.

"Damn Eb, you sound downright sexy. Your voice…WOW." He grinned. He knew he should be afraid of her right now but he was known for not making safe choices. Her voice sounded exotic, it almost had a tangible feeling to it, like he could wrap himself in it. Brian smiled even harder because Ebony suddenly changed from predator to just Ebony.

"Boy, I really do think you are as crazy as Roman said you were. Please tell me what you were going to say about Sapphire." She raised an eyebrow at him and exhaled slowly.

"First, I gotta do something." He said. Brian suddenly grabbed Ebony around the waist and pulled her close to him and kissed her gently until it slowly grew into something stronger, harder. He could feel the press of her fangs as he forced her to kiss him back but he didn't care if she cut his lip or not. He only cared about this moment and the taste of her. She pulled back from him and stared him deep in the eyes.

"Brian, I think I will have to add stupid to that list. You should not do this when I'm like this. I don't want to bleed you dry when I've only known you for so long." She hissed. Her eyes were glowing a deep amethyst color. The sun had set outside and it was dark in the kitchen except for the light coming in from the living room. She tried to pull back from him but he pulled her even closer. She closed her eyes and started to pull his arms off of her but he suddenly picked her up and sat her on the kitchen counter.

"Eb, please don't keep your eyes closed. I want to see them when they glow. You're so beautiful, don't hide it from me." Brian stroked her hair as he waited to see if she would open her eyes.

"You are very brave Mr. O'Connor to trust me this much and think that I might not do anything to you." Ebony said as she slowly opened her eyes and looked into his sky blue eyes.

"I don't think you would hurt me because you kissed me back and you let me pick you up and put you here." He flashed Ebony his boyish smile. Brian held her face in his hands as he gently kissed her lips while slowly moving down her jaw line to her neck as he gently bit her. She arched her back as he bit down again and held tightly to her skin making her pull him closer while digging her nails into his back.

Brian pulled back from her neck and picked her up and carried her to his room while never breaking eye contact with her. He laid on the bed and pulled her on top of him. He looked up and started to pull her down to him to kiss her but she stayed sitting on top of him and just stared at him intently.

"Brian, you are amazing. I don't understand why you do the things you do but you are right, I will not hurt you. I need to know what you were going to say about my sister even though I would rather this go a different direction." She sighed as she pulled his hands away from her hips and moved over to the other side of the bed to lie down beside him.

"You might not want to speak to me after I tell you, hell you might not want me in your life anymore." He turned onto his side to look into her eyes not knowing if this would be the last time he was allowed to look into them or not. He wished that he didn't have to tell Ebony what he was about to tell her but there was no point in putting it off any further, it would only make it that much harder if he had to leave.

"Tell me what is going on." She quietly said as she pulled his hand to her face and kissed his wrist showing him that she would not hurt him but if she did not like what he was about to say she could end this just as quick.

"I can longer protect your sister, I'm not her white lighter anymore. Hell, I'm not anything anymore. I refused to leave here and they sort of kicked me out." He admitted and held his breath waiting for her decision.

"Is that what you wanted to say about my sister?" She asked not showing any emotion about what he had just said.

"Yeah, that was it. I feel bad because I promised you that I would help protect her and I can't do that now. I'm human again." He answered her as he studied her face for her reaction. She sat absolutely still and it was driving him crazy.

"Brian, you don't have to be a supernatural or have powers to protect her. You didn't break your promise, your still here and you're not leaving. Of course, if you decide to leave I would not be happy because you will be taking my heart along with you and I can't allow that." She grinned at him. To anyone else she would have looked deadly because of her fangs still being exposed but to him she was just Ebony, beautiful in any form.

"You're not pissed?" He asked.

"Oh Brian, I will unfortunately have to add slow to that list of faults of yours. I just admitted you have my heart and you ask if I'm pissed." She shook her head and pulled him closer to her and kissed him softly on the lips. She pulled back from him and closed her eyes as if she was listening to something only she could hear. She growled and jumped out of bed and headed towards the door. "I have to go take care of something, I will be back and hopefully we can finish this discussion." She said and was gone before he could reply.

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"Raige, what have you done now? Why is my sister crying?" Ebony glared at Raige while she put one finger under his throat and made him look into her eyes.

"Damn it Ebony, It wasn't my fault. She thinks I was making fun of her, it's not my fault that she fell in love with this car we saw at the car lot and then next minute, poof, gone." Raige was still laughing making Ebony's finger dig into his throat.

"Why are you laughing? Tell me what happened now." She commanded.

"Shit Eb, calm down. I thought you were supposed to go eat by now. When was the last time you ate?" He raised an eyebrow at her and waited for her to move or her to answer his question.

"Quit changing the subject. Why was she crying and upset? I tried to read her mind but it's like a storm in there. She literally has lightening going off in there. I want to know what happened and I want to know right now." She said. She reluctantly let go of him so he would give her his full attention.

"Okay, I'll tell you what happened. We went to the mall and we stayed for three hours and thirty three minutes then we headed to the car lot and walked and then walked some more and then we walked even more. I was about to say let's try somewhere else when all of a sudden this car appears out of nowhere and she squeals. I mean freakin squeals like one of those valley prep rich girls and says to me 'There it is Raige, oh he's so beautiful', then of course I had to ask why she called it a He. She clicked her teeth at me then walked all around the car and said that He was the one and that she was going up to the front to go buy Him. So we started to head to the office and she turned around one more time to look 

at 'Him' and the car was gone." Raige explained while still smiling to himself about what happened.

"What do you mean the car was just gone? Cars just don't vanish." She asked.

"I don't know. I mean one minute the car is there and she's just going on and on about it then the next minute the car was gone. Hell Eb, I never seen the car while we were walking all over and the funniest part is that the car dealer couldn't recall the car she was talking about. He even looked in all the files and couldn't place that car anywhere. I think the girl conjured it up and then it left when she said she was leaving." Raige leaned against the side of the house and closed his eyes and let the moonlight shine down on his face. He was already ready to change back into a werewolf even though he had already changed earlier that day.

"What are you talking about conjuring up the car? There is no way she can do that now or if ever. I don't know how strong her powers are yet." Ebony questioned him.

"Come on girl, you're strong as they come and she's your sister so put two and two together and you got yourself one strong inexperienced emotional Witch. I say she conjured it because that damn car was tricked out. I'm talking tricked out exactly how she babbled on about it in the car before we got to the car lot. She told me everything she was going to do to that damn car and when I saw it, I swear everything she said she wanted was on that car." He sighed. This had been one of the longest days in his life he could remember and that was sad considering he was over two-hundred years old.

"Where did my dear sister go?" Ebony asked. Raige was about to answer when they heard Jimmy yell.

"Motha f'n what the hell!" Jimmy swore so loud that Ebony and Raige ran into the garage to see what had happened. As soon as Raige and Ebony entered the garage Raige burst out in uncontrollable laughter. "Yo, what you laughing at? This damn car just appeared out of nowhere and I hit my damn head hard. Shit, I think I have a damn concussion. Will somebody move this damn thing now?" He complained.

"Calm down Jimmy, I'll move it." Raige barely contained his laughter. Raige walked over to the car and pulled the door handle and it was locked. He walked to the other side of the car and tried that door handle and it was locked also. "Hey Eb, you think you can help here? Both these doors are locked and I don't see any keys in there." He asked.

"Move out of the way, I'll get it. So this is the lovely car my sister decided she wanted. Wonderful." Ebony moved her hand like she would pick it up and the car levitated and she slowly moved her hand and the car went outside of the garage as she gently laid it down. "Damn it Jimmy, your bleeding. Hold still." Ebony scowled. She closed her eyes and concentrated on Jimmy's bleeding forehead and healed his wound and vanished the blood. 

Her stomach cramped up from the sweet metallic smell of his blood. She opened her eyes and stared straight at Raige. He hissed as he saw that all the white was gone from her eyes.

"Eb, um, maybe we should get you into the house. Why didn't you go with Blaize to feed?" He asked as he slowly walked around her so she would follow him instead of focusing on Jimmy who was very much defenseless against a vampire.

"There were too many bodies in my club. I enjoy them as customers and if I would have stayed I do believe I might not have had any customer's left." She smiled evilly. If he wanted to pester her about what she had eaten then she thought she may as well tell him how much she needed to eat and how much she really could eat. She tried not to kill too many donors but with the hunger she was feeling she knew she would have wiped out the entire club and not felt a thing about it. She was very glad that Blaize had came with her because he reminded her that it was not a good idea plus it would be hard to get that many people back there if that happened. She reluctantly agreed and left him to choose a few that would not be missed and bring back here so she could finally control her thirst.

"Eb, if you need a little something you know I can help if you want it." Raige offered as he and the rest of the pack usually did because their genetic makeup could sustain her thirst longer than a simple human. He knew that she had the capability to bleed him dry but he would do anything for his Queen even if it meant that she would go too far and end his life.

"You are always so brave, thank you for the offer. I will wait for your brother to return. Aahhh, I feel him coming, he will be here very soon. I will wait for him in the back then I will go find my little sister and talk about this havoc she has created." Ebony patted Raige on the shoulder then silently left him to go wait outside for Blaize to arrive.

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"Ebony, hey, do you think I can talk to you? Eb, are you in here?" Sapphire asked as she pushed open the door to her sister's room. It was already open half way so she thought Ebony was in there. She walked into the room to talk to her sister and didn't see her anywhere. She looked around the room and saw that Ebony's closet door was half way open also. She knew Ebony had to be somewhere because her sister never left her doors open. Sapphire walked over to the walk-in closet and saw that it was pitch black inside. She went to the center of the closet thinking there might be a string for the light switch to pull but she couldn't find anything. All of a sudden Sapphire had a very disorientating feeling and then a soft glow began to form out the corner of her eyes. She took a step forward and was suddenly in a dark forest with a purple tint to it. She could here owls, frogs and other forest creatures all around her.

Sapphire took a few hesitant steps forward trying to figure out what happened and where she was at. This place was so beautiful. She could see rolling hills and trees that seemed to 

go on forever towards the dark sky. There was moonlight coming from different directions. Sapphire thought that was odd because on earth there was only one moon, only it couldn't do anything like this. She had a brief moment a fear start to creep up on her but then suddenly she felt a calming peace within her. She closed her eyes and swayed gently to the night sounds around her. She felt like she could get lost in this exotic forest and not care if she was ever found. She reluctantly opened her eyes and headed forward to start exploring this strange and wonderous place. Sapphire could see bright fluorescent butterflies hovering over huge toad stools. She also saw the most brilliant flowers that could have ever existed. She smiled to herself and almost ran to the small waterfall that was sitting by a group of rocks that looked like tiny statues. The water was quietly flowing over the rocks that flowed into a shallow pool of water. She saw the weirdest looking fish that she thought she had ever seen. She sat on the grass beside the pool of water and watched the fish swim back and forth when she turned suddenly because she thought she could feel someone watching her.

"Is anyone there?" She called out. Sapphire could have slapped herself for doing that. What if whoever lived here was dangerous and she just alerted them that she was here she scolded herself. This place looked to peaceful for anything dangerous but she knew looks could always be deceiving. "Quit spooking yourself Sapphire, no one's watching you." She whispered as she turned her attention back to the fish.

"But there is someone watching you. What are you doing here?" The voice said quietly in the dark.

"Who are you? Where are you at? I can't see you." Sapphire said as her fear was slowly building inside of her. She quickly stood back up and looked all around trying to locate the voice that sounded like it was everywhere.

"What does it matter, all that matters is that Ican see you." The voice laughed quietly in the dark.

"Well, yeah, um, where I'm from people introduce themselves and don't hide." Sapphire stammered. She was breaking out in a cold sweat and felt like bolting but didn't because she had no idea where the voice was coming from.

"Is that so? I'm pretty sure that the world you live in people hide all the time and never stop to introduce their selves to a complete stranger." The voice laughed again.

"Why do you keep laughing? It's not nice to do this." Sapphire tried to focus her attention on the voice but still couldn't figure out where it was coming from.

"You amuse me. You think you can walk in here and demand answers when it's not your right to do that here." The voice sighed.

"I do not. I was just trying to find my sister and then I just somehow ended up here. I don't even know where I'm at." Sapphire crossed her arms over her chest and started to rub her hands over arms to take the chill away that was creeping up even faster and she knew she couldn't stop it.

"You don't know where you are? Is that the answer your going with? Well, I'll tell you one answer. You're not at home anymore Sapphire. You're at my place now." The voice laughed yet again making Sapphire jump at the eerie sound.

"How do you know my name? Who are you?" Sapphire demanded as much courage as she had to ask this disembodied voice that seemed to be toying with her.

"Hmmm, let me think about it. How about you play with me then I'll tell you who I am." The voice offered.

"Play? No thank you, I'm too old to play." Sapphire said.

"Wrong on that one, you're never too old to play. Let's try this again. Play with me NOW and I might give you one answer." The voice laughed even louder.

"I don't know what you want to play. I really should be getting back." Sapphire slowly started to edge herself around the side of the pool but stopped because the voice sounded like it was closer that way. She headed slowly to the other side and the voice seemed to be closer there also. She couldn't figure out how the voice was everywhere.

"You've already lost the way. If you try to go by yourself now you'll never ever ever ever ever find your way home and I do promise you that." The voice quietly said.

"Is this your idea of playing? If it is, we played, now let me leave." Sapphire pleaded. She was sure her teeth were going to start knocking together from being so scared.

"We haven't even begun to play how I like to. Now, I'll ask you one more time, play with me." The voice said simply.

"I really need to get going. Someone will come looking for me and if I'm not there they will…" Sapphire started to answer but was interrupted.

"They will start to look for you, but how is that when you don't know where you're at? Maybe you shouldn't go through doors that you weren't invited to come into." The voice was getting louder and angrier sounding.

"My sister will, you have no idea who my sister is. She won't be happy if something happens to me. You should be afraid, very afraid. I know she would hurt you if she found out you did anything to me." Sapphire said as she started to tremble. Her legs were beginning to feel like jelly from standing so still while trying to fight the urge to run. She quickly decided to 

take the chance and took off the way she thought she had come but everything started to look different to her. She was so disoriented that she didn't know which way was which.

"Oh, yes, this is the play I want to do. Don't worry about your sister. She would never hurt me, I promise you that." The voice giggled.

"Who are you?" Sapphire finally stopped running and put her back against a huge oak tree. She finally could hear the direction of the voice. She squinted in the direction of the voice to try to see who it could be but all she could see was a shadow against a huge boulder that was on the opposite side of the clearing she had ran into. Sapphire looked even harder and saw that the shadow looked like a girl's shadow. She put two and two together and of course it had to be a girl because the voice sounded like a girl but who was this girl and why was she after her.