Gangsta's Paradise

LOCATION the city center, close to the pedestrian street
DATE 15th of November 2021
TIME around 14
ATTIRE
- Orion Link
- Irina Link
TOPIC FOR @Scarlett & @Sariel
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One of the things Irina was thankful at the moment was that her and Scarlett had found each other in Aston again. That despite the years they hadn't spoken that it seemed like they had just despite the words problems and whatever issues there could arise, they still spoke as if time hadn't past them. So, going out and getting some lunch, just sitting and chatting till they both wanted to get going was perfect.

However, it was as they walked down the street that the werewolf stopped by the look of someone she thought looked so familiar, but due to the mass of people the guy was gone in the blink of an eye again. She shook her head. "I just thought I saw someone, I'm sorry it was nothing," she apologized to Scarlett before starting to walk again. Passing the street she looked up seeing the sign to the new casino that had yet to open. The Elysian Casino, she narrowed her eyes a little bit, it sounded familiar, at least when you translated it. It made Irina stop once again and look shortly to Scarlett, it smelled long away of Mr. Turner. "Is it Mrs. or Miss O'Neil?" He whispered against behind them, standing close to Scarlett, "And you Mrs. Marshall or Miss Aslanov? - Now let's have a little chat shall we?" he spoke with such a low voice, raising his brow a little by the growling werewolf and lowered his eye to the loaded handgun in his hand that was placed towards Scarlett's lower back. "Follow me please," Orion nodded towards the casino, waiting for Irina to make the first move, once she did he grabbed Scarlett by the shoulder and gestured her inside as well, away from the busy streets.

There weren't a lot of people inside, mostly only the staff preparing for opening night tonight. Irina took a deeper breath in and looked shortly at Scarlett before looking at Orion. "What do you want?" She asked in Russian taking a slower and deeper breath in. Orion gave her a crocked smile and clicked his tongue a little bit, "to talk," he replied with a shrug as he turned his eyes to Scarlett. While looking at Scarlett, Irina tried to reach her phone in her back pocket, but the demon lifted the gun towards her, "no phones honey - put it on the table," he gestured towards the nearest table with the gun. "Come on, both of you, I don't have all day." He sighed a little and kept the gun on the werewolf as she walked over to place her phone on the table. "You as well," he nodded to Scarlett to do the same. "Now we can chat, lovely," he placed his  gun on the table behind him as he leaned back against it.  Orion crossed his arms and looked at them. "I've missed the two of you - wolf looks good on you, good call I made there," he chuckled proudly before he looked towards the bar shortly. Irina raised her brow, she walked on eggshells, not wanting to piss him off. Perhaps if they just talked with him, they would let them go - not that she was optimistic by nature. "Drink?" Moving his eyes from Irina to Scarlett. "Or I guess it would just be the two of us?" He asked Scarlett with a half smile.

”Hmm?” a small hum left Scarlett as her friend suddenly stopped up and looked around. But as Irina told her that she thought that she had seen someone, Scarlett gave her a small smile and could almost feel how the back of her hairs started to rise in the back of her neck. “Maybe we should just get out of here, I don’t like playing with fate when something feels off” the banshee told the wolf, but they didn’t get far before a very recognizable voice rang in her ear. “I wish it was a pleasure following you” she huffed as she felt the cold gun being pressed against her lower back. Her eyes tried to find Irina’s to tell her that it was okay, that she wasn’t to think about her. Even though she knew it was hard, but the biggest concern was getting Irina out of here, especially since she was pregnant. She had already gone through more stress than one should put on her body.

Scarlett, sadly, had been through to many of these situations to be other than completely collected and cool as she followed along with Orion’s gestures of where he wanted them. And as he told her to put her phone on the table she reluctantly did so. As he just leaned against the table after putting the gun away, Scarlett felt how her eyes slightly narrowed and her arms crossed in front of her chest. “Aren’t you even going to ask us to sit? Manners Mr. Turner, you don't have them” she asked, not as afraid of talking out of turn like her friend was. Maybe she was bold and naïve to think that she could talk as she pleased. Maybe she was smart, getting the attention turned towards her instead of Irina. The judge of the situation would be on the few that would hear about it afterwards. And how the outcome of it would be. “I don’t drink anymore, so no thank you, now what the hell do you want Orion” Scarlett exhaled letting her tongue glide over her lips.


Sariel stopped up, walking down the pedestrian street, after being pushed outside and see some of the city instead of using all of her time a Jamie’s house. But this wasn’t the reason why she was just standing like a statue in the buzzing street that moved passed her. Because she wasn’t there, she saw a Casino. Irina and Scarlett being threatened, and the blond banshee held at gunpoint. But what took her breath away was the man doing it. “Azrael?” her voice was but a whisper. It couldn’t be, nothing about the man was like the man who once had been like a family to her. As she returned back to the buzzyling street. She turned around, she knew exactly where she needed to go. She picked up her phone and called Jamie right away. “Hey, it’s be, something is very wrong, a man took Irina and Scarlett away to The Elysian Casino by gunpoint, I’m going there now, five minutes away” she didn’t even wait for Jamie to acknowledge what she had said before she hung up and walked into alley way to chance her appearance with a glamour spell. Making her outfit seem like she would fit with walking into the casino. She had no idea how this would go,  but one thing was sure, she wasn’t letting anything happen to Irina nor Scarlett.

The chuckle that left Orion's lips was slightly dry, but one should made no mistake he liked Scarlett 's fire. He always had, perhaps it was one of the reasons why he looked so satisfied with her talking back to him. Oh, he had always enjoyed chatting with the wives chained to the husbands that had been linking their lives to the gamles - not because they were easy targets, they were that as well, but simply because he liked the company. Many of them were way smarter than given credit for, and he simply had a gift for seeing the talent. "I thought we were in 2021, isn't it something with being rude if I demand too much these days?" He replied back clicking his tongue a little before his lips blossomed to a larger grin. "So, none of you are going to join me for a drink, that is rather rude," he pointed out in a sight. "Seven years and that is all you can say, 'What do you want Orion?'" He crossed his arms and looked at both the women in front of him. Irina let Scarlett do the talking, mostly because it meant she could focus on his heartbeat trying to analyze his mood, figuring out what he wanted - since he didn't seem fond of sharing too much. "You've both been quite the talk in Bratva after you both left, but you are welcome, hence you wondered why you didn't have to hide for short periodds of time - thank you Orion," he breathed out and looked shortly to some of his father's men walking around. "But as I said. I just wanted to talk," he looked back to Scarlett. "Hey Patricia, sweetheart, whisky on the rocks please," he yelled to the woman in the bar without looking away from Scarlett.

"Oh, I didn't bring you here to kill you or bring you back to Russia. Where would the fun be in that. I'm curious though, we did trace Anastasia here though Natasha, but it even seems like your sister chose a different side - who is going to pay for that waste of time?" He asked then looking at Irina again, who raised her chin a little as she took a deeper breath in. But she didn't say anything, just letting the man speak, since he was so forever in love with his own voice - she doubted he would even listen either way. "But it doesn't really matter now, does it - we are here to stay, isn't it a lovely place?" he looked around them then to the light haired fairy coming to him with his drink. "Any of you need a job?"


Jamie was in his new office, just finishing up a few things for work when his phone rang. Sariel's name showing up he quickly picked up, it wasn't often you found her using the phone unless she had too. Jamie barely had time to say anything before a speech of information was sent his way. But before he then could even react to it, she hung up, "wait Sairel." He took a sharper breath in and licked his lips a little frustrated, "bloody fucking hell," he took a sharper breath in, then processing what she had said. The name of the place, and wrote it down on a piece of paper to remember. Now the next step, calling his brothers so they wouldn't execute him for not telling them. A man took Irina and Scarlett away to The Elysian Casino by gunpoint, see that was the keywords for this and Jamie knew something had to be done.  After having called Nigel and Jack with the information he had, he put the address in his gps and headed towards the location.

“Well, you are setting such an extraordinary example on being rude, so I thought it would be inconsiderate if I didn’t carry on” at first there was a beautiful fake smile on Scarlett’s lips that quickly died as she kept looking at the man leaning against the table in front of them. The annoyance didn’t leave her face, as he stated that he was the person to thank for not having to hide longer than they had already done. There wasn’t any gratitude to find in Scarlett’s face, even though she was sure that the demon would very much like to see that.

To calm herself down the banshee had to remember herself to keep breathing. Filling her lungs with big chunks of air before letting go of it again. Her nose scrunched as he kept talking, that man just loved his voice a little too much. Funny how she had so much fun with the back and forth while being under bratva’s command. And of course, hired by his father to serve drinks in skimpy outfits. Her blue eyes found his as he asked if any of them needed a job. “No, we don’t, thank you very much” that wasn’t true, she had just heard from her part time gig that they needed to let people go. To be fair, standing here in front of Orion, she was starting to believe it was a little too big of a coincidence that she was letting go of work, and now he was here offering them one. Something caught her attention and without drawing to much attention to herself she looked over her shoulder seeing Sariel walking through the doors in a beautiful getup. Not letting her confusion wash over her face, she returned her attention towards Orion again. A man she didn’t dare stop giving her ‘full’ attention for too long.

Irina would recognize that scent anywhere. Sariel, what was she doing here?  She took a sharper breath in, the hybrid was dressed to kill, or at least that was how Irina saw it. But moved her eyes back to Orion right away and licked her lips. "So, you are opening tonight? Just you?" She asked and tilted her head a little to the side with a small frown. "I can see why you would ask that, but no. We wanted to expand the business, and everyone is coming to this town in this region, It would be a waste not to take the opportunity, wouldn't you agree?" The we made Irina aware that Orion wasn't here on his own, not that River had ever been anything but kind to her whenever she had been at the casino. Orion had his good side as well, but he was also very unreliable, making him one of the people not to be trusted. Orion's attention was however soon drawn to the angelic witch aura behind him, making him pick up the gun again and turn towards the beautiful woman walking in closer. "I'm sorry if you were informed otherwise sweetheart, but we are closed till tonight," he pointed out before clicking his tongue a little bit keeping his eyes on her, but he was very aware on what the banshee and werewolf were going. "Or maybe you just want to join the games?" He asked as he licked his lips a little bit. Orion tilted his head just a little bit to the side. "I'm sorta in the middle of something, can you come back later?"

Scarlett swallowed a lump in her throat, as Orion took the gun and started walking towards Sariel. She dared to let her eyes find Irina’s not knowing how the hell they were going to get out of here. But they had to do something right? Maybe Jack could help, or even Nigel. And then again, she hated the idea of them getting hurt, especially after everything Jack had gone through and getting back Victoria had also taken a whole lot of energy.

A soft, charming smile formed on Sariel’s lips as the man looking so much like Azrael walked towards her. She couldn’t help but let out a chuckle, as even though his looks were of the man she knew so well. Nothing about him was alike. The way he talked to her, his gate, anything really couldn’t compare to Azrael. Confusion and an apologetic look washed over her face as he informed her that they were closed, and that he didn’t have time for her. “I’m so terribly sorry about that, they didn’t say anything at the door, and I just had to see with my own eyes that The Elysian had come to Aston” she licked her lips and took a step forward letting her hand find his arm, “yes, of course, I'm very sorry to barge in like that, you’ll be here later as well?” yes who would have known that the so awkward and slightly angry hybrid could be so charming. To be fair, she knew exactly how to get what she wanted, from people that she didn’t care about.

Irina took a sharper breath in catching Scarlett's eyes. If there was one thing she wasn't worried too much about was the fact if they would get out or not. She didn't doubt one second that Nigel would find a way to get her out of here, and if both Scarlett and Sariel here, she didn't for a moment believe that Jamie and Jack weren't there as well. They would get out. They just had to play the game to give them the right amount of time.

Charmed. The demon gave the hybrid a proud smile, and raised his brow as his eyes was locked with hers. He chuckled a little bit as she placed her hand on his arm, making him lick his lips a little bit. With his free hand he lifted up his hand to grab hers rather softly, and lifted it up to place his lips on the back of it. "I will be here all evening," Orion replied back with a more husky voice as he slowly let go of her hand. "What would be your name miss?" He asked, and raised his brow a little bit. "Then I will have your name on the vip list." Orion smiled a little bit to himself knowing very well that his father was coming closer.

The werewolf took a deeper breath in an raised her eyebrows a little bit looking to Scarlett. "I should have seen this coming," she mumbled a little bit as a new scent was caught. "Orion! You didn't tell me we would have such fine company this afternoon," River yelled from the back of the big hall, however, with vampire speed it took him within seconds to stand up right in front of Scarlett and Irina. "Well, hello ladies, still so excessive beauties," he leaned in to greet Irina first by kissing her cheek, the werewolf not moving an inch, then of course it was the most normal greeting ritual from back home among friends - friends. Then he moved over and did the same to Scarlett. "I was hoping to see the two of you again. Or more specific, I do need your help to get access to something your former husband stole from me," Irina chuckled a little bit as she met River's eyes again. One thing she never had seen coming was the fact that River was a vampire and Orion was a demon. "He stole money from you? So what, don't you make like more than enough already?" Irina asked and raised her left brow a little. River chuckled a little bit before he grabbed her arm. "It's the principle Zolotse(darling), I can't just have people come and steal from me," his grip tightened a little making her growl a little. "I haven't really spoken to him since moments before he died, and before that seven years. What makes you think I'm the right person for the job?" She spoke a bit more hoarse, trying to keep herself calm but she was already trying to keep herself from stressing out over one thing, and it was an almost impossible task to keep it all together.  "Well then, I guess I will just have to enjoy spending time with you then while you try figuring it out, for your sake - I hope you do. Will you entertain the others son?" River looked over at Orion who smiled a bit more, as he began to walk a bit away, pulling the werewolf with him. Irina blinked a little bit. They were father and son. The world was indeed small. "Unless you want to join us? - or you perhaps, you have such a pretty face," River tilted his head a little looking at Scarlett with a little smirk, as he looked towards Sariel.

A soft giggle left her as he pulled her hand up towards his lips and placed them on the back of it. Now, she wanted nothing more than to rip her hand away and tell her that she wasn’t to be touched like that, but the smile on her lips didn’t waver. “Teegan” she presented herself, using the fake name she had used for so many months at this point; “Teegan Feyrer”

Her eyes were pulled towards the ruckus that was going on over by Scarlett and Irina at this point. Not really knowing how to react or do as Orion suddenly let his father steal all the spotlight. Now that was something that one could decide to use against them, because that meant that this demon at least had some respect for the vampire. Turning her attention to what was going on in front of her, she didn’t forget to keep her awareness around the blood demon.

Scarlett breathed in as River came towards them, she didn’t like it. And wanted now more than ever to get the hell out of there. She didn’t know why, but she could handle Orion. River always made her do things that she never wanted to do. For the love of God, she didn’t know why. Which was why she felt so stiff as he leaned in to place a kiss towards her cheek. She could feel the coldness of his lips run down her spine, almost leaving her breathless until he moved away.

The banshee was about to protest as he began to pull Irina away, as Sariel stepped forward. “Mr. Turner?” she asked, giving him a beautiful soft smile. But clearly with a hint of something darker. “What if I told you, I had information, good information that could be worth a lot more than just money?” knowing that she showed her hand by knowing the two people standing being interrogated. Being able to see into the future. It really did have its perks, because if one understood to connect the dots, then you would be able to find so much information about a person. Such as why he had changed his name? Maybe that some very interesting persons was roaming about in the city. “Just to show my worth, how else would I know your last name used to be Addams?” the smile, so innocent, even though her eyes became somewhat darker.

River kept his eyes towards the hybrid, raising his brows just a little bit, showing she had his attention at least for the next few seconds. Good information, he stopped and tilted his head just by an inch to the left. Still, his grip on the werewolf was quite tight, but there was no way Irina was going to try fight River on this, it would be a waste of time. But she looked at Sariel, afraid of what the hybrid might do. River however had his interest peaked and licked his lips, narrowed his eyes by her last sentence. "Oh, darling. Who wouldn't change their name from that deranged family? Who knows, maybe you are a fan, curious or something else entirely," he looked shortly to the werewolf, pulling her a little closer taking a deeper breath in as his eyes scanned her face, then he looked towards the hybrid again. "But you can join us," he looked towards the location she was going.

"Careful, father," River turned to his son's direction wondering what he meant. "She is a Blackwood. They can't be trusted," Orion informed and looked at Sariel with his eyes just a little bit narrowed, perhaps mostly to see if she looked like someone who was busted, but he could smell the Blackwood on her.  "Then I guess you will keep miss Scarlett busy, if miss Feyrer here has ulterior motives, you will know what to do," River looked shortly to Scarlett with a brief cold smirk before turning his eyes towards the hybrid then Irina, then once again walking towards the back of the hall, towards a room that lead to top floor where his office was.

Orion walked closer to Scarlett looking shortly at the gun in his hand. "I hope for you that she has some information that are useful to him. But I have always been curious, does a banshee predict her own death, or is it a surprise?" The demon asked and tilted his head a little bit to the side as his as met hers again.

A smile formed on her lips, a little more twisted than the very sweet and innocent smile that had been before. Mostly because she didn’t have to hide it all behind a façade as before. She didn’t have the time to answer before the blood demon mentioned that she was a Blackwood, her brows curled together in a confused expression. Well, her mother wasn’t a Blackwood, so it had to be her father, right? She had questions, but she didn’t want them from him mostly because that would only end up with her having to owe them something. That would take away the whole idea of what she was trying to accomplish, now wouldn’t it? “It isn’t that part of my family you should be concerned about” she looked over her shoulder without really looking at the man that had moments before been more infatuated by her looks than to even noticed how she had smelled. “don’t we all have ulterior motives Mr. Turner?” she asked with a gentle voice as she walked after them, looking towards Irina giving her a gently smile before it once again was a more sinister expression, as she was looking ahead. Thinking about how she could turn all of this into their advantage.

The moment that River had left Orion and her alone, Scarlett’s shoulder sank, and she could breathe probably again. A short huff left her as Orion told her that he hoped that Sariel had useful information, she was sure that she had. The problem was, if River was going to believe them or take them for what they were worth. Now the way he tried to intimidate her only made her laugh and she took a step closer, looking up towards him. Now a small petit blond girl like her, couldn’t really intimidate anyone. But one could show that they weren’t afraid. “Trying to scare me? Now Orion, that was a weak attempt, even for you” letting her blue eyes rest in his.

Don’t we all have ulterior motives Mr. Turner? He could nothing but chuckle as he showed the way. Irina looked towards Sariel for a brief moment and gave her a small understanding nod. This was a role from a life she thought she had left behind a long time ago, and yet it was terrifyingly easy to remind yourself how to survive in this world. Even before she had known that River was a vampire, she did know he was a gentleman, till you stepped on his toes, it took a lot to flip him - but once you did he was way more dangerous than anything Orion could ever attempt to be. But she had heard the name Addams before, but not in a way she found very comforting. But Irina could play the game that Sariel wanted to be a part of, if it was about getting out of here with least blood spill, she was up for just about anything. River opened the door to his office, walked towards the desk and dropped Irina off in the chair, standing behind her and placed his hands on her shoulders. "Now, that information you have. Spill," River looked towards the hybrid with a more serious expression, almost forming a small smirk. "It better be good."


Orion chuckled a little bit, as she looked up towards him. She had forgotten what it was like to be afraid of him, well he wasn't sure if she ever had been. He hadn't given her a reason. The demon took a step closer almost closing the space between them, looking down at her with a pull on his lip - letting it curl up to a small smirk. "Cute," he breathed out in a small chuckle. "You I didn't bring you two here to kill you, but your little third party - that changes things, River doesn't like surprises," he mentioned and tilted his head to the other side, the in a quick movement he grabbed the back of her head in a tight grip. He pulled her head back closer to him with a smile, as he moved the pistol right under her chin. "But don't tempt me," he let the coldness dance over her skin, before he moved the weapon of her, and he almost threw her off him.

Sariel rolled her shoulders looking around in the office that her and Irina was brought into. The tongue glided slowly over her lip before she turned to the vampire a smile formed on her lips as she walked over and sat down on a very beautiful leather chair. “I have much information, the problem is figuring out what is good for you” she leaned her head back watching him, before she turned around placing her knees against the back of the chair. Her elbows pressed against it. “I could tell you, about Juliya Anastasiya Demidov – Or maybe the fact that someone is planning on sabotaging your opening, a woman with the name Calliope?” she turned around again letting her fingers glide through her black hair “I could tell you that any minute about now two, maybe three very angry men is going to walk through the doors, and will not end well for your son, and that is really going to piss off his mother – other than that, I could be, very helpful about making sure that you are on top of everything for, let’s say, half a year where I work for you, but for that all debt is paid in full for Irina, if she or anyone close to her is hurt, and it can be traced back to you, you’ll have a very, very angry archangel making sure to make your life a living hell – now Mr. Turner” she stood up and gave him a fake smile “I know that threatening might not sit well with you, but just so we are very clear, this would be in your best interest to take my offer”


Scarlett’s smile got bigger as he tried to scare her even more. It wasn’t working, knowing very well that his strength could break her in half. Maybe she should be better with how she took care of herself, but to be fair. Whatever she did in this situation, it wouldn’t end well. She just speeded up the inevitable. She bit back a slight whimper as he grabbed the back of her head. Her cold blue eyes looked at him; “We both know you would miss me too much” she whispered back, as he moved her weapon off her, that was when she took her chance. She felt how he threw her backwards but, in the moment, she got a good hold of the gun that he was using against her. Thrown on the ground she looked up towards him, feeling how she felt disoriented by the hit to her head. But she couldn’t afford to let herself dwell and pointed the gun towards Orion. “you really should be more careful with handling a woman” she wheezed knowing the gun wouldn’t do much, but it at least gave her some power back.

River couldn't hide his boyish grin that seemed to blossom on his lips, by her fist sentence. But then she mentioned Juliya, being the only time he seemed to be affected by her stream of words. He kept his smile on to the mention of Calliope wanting to ruin his opening. So, Calliope had found her way to town, marvelous. He wrote a mental note to himself regarding that, at least it seemed like Lucille would get some fun to do tonight after all. Irina took a sharper breath in, feeling the grip on her shoulder tighten a little, but she was also rather curious to what Sariel had to say, hence she understood the meaning of the perhaps three angry men. River chuckled a little bit, no if Orion got hurt, Juliya would turn in him to a grilled chicken, there was no doubt about that. Irina raised her brow by Sariel's offer. Putting herself up for even half a year to work for River, it was a dangerous play. River let go of Irina's shoulders, and turned away from the werewolf walking closer towards Sariel, standing in front of her. River had no interest in having the archangels on his nose for any reason at all. It was enough he had hunters on his ass thinking they could trap him, like how his Mono guy had been trying to kidnap him back in Russia, such an idiot. She stood up, making him pull a bit of a smirk. "But sweetheart, we haven't even talk about the best part of all this. Now tell me," he took a small step closer towards her, keeping his eyes locked with hers. "What is it you desire most of all?" River spoke almost harmonic using his ability to trick out people's hidden desires.


You really should be more careful with handling a woman. -"He indeed should," a voice sounded from one of the rooms, but it wasn't just any voice. It was the of Liam, of course masked by the siren who usually worked the bar, but with sirens incredible ability to copy the voices of the people she had heard talking before, she wanted to puzzle the banshee for just one second. "Orion, that is no way to treat a lady, and you know it," Orion rolled his eyes a little bit lifting his hands up. Then of course it was time for the siren to show herself, then speaking with her normal voice. "Oh, I'm sorry. You really didn't think I was someone else did you? But now put the weapon down darling," Orion rolled his eyes a little bit. "Men, am I right." Kailani looked shortly at Orion before shaking her head again. Then she walked towards the bar. The blood demon took a deeper breath in and looked at the siren. "Where is Lucille even?" He asked clicking his tongue a little bit, Kailai lifted her shoulders, even not giving it away, or she simply didn't know. Then Orion moved his eyes towards Scarlett again. "Now, are you going to put the weapon down before I take a very unpleasant way of making you, or are you simply clever enough not to let anyone mess with your soul?"

“Oh?” Sariel said with a rather unbothered voice with having him standing so close to her. When his eyes locked with hers, she breathed out, something wasn’t right about this. And she knew how the hairs on the back of neck rose, she was quick to cast a spell over her giving her a small but temporary shield around her mind. Now, this was a strong vampire, so even with the shield she could feel how his words pulled at her, even enthralled her to him. Wanting nothing more than to answer, answer just what it was that she desired. So, she took a step forward. Almost playing into what his powers was doing to her. “Mr. Turner” she breathed, placing her hands on his chest smoothing out the wrinkles in it. Not that there were any. “There is absolutely no way I’m telling you that, now, either take my offer, or cut your losses”


Her throat hitched as she heard the voice, she knew it couldn’t be his, but every fiber in her body hoped. Tears started forming in her eyes as Kailani walked around the corner and looked down at her. She didn’t lower the gun as told, but she didn’t move it towards the siren, even though she deserved it for that little stunt. Even though she had found freedom and happiness by being introduced to Jack. It wasn’t nearly enough time to heal the wound in her heart that still bleed from losing a former love of her life. Lucille was here as well? Of course, she was. “Fuck you Orion” Scarlett hissed, not moving the gun one bit. Then the door opened once again, seeing Nigel made her breath out for a moment as he moved his eyes towards the situation that Scarlett he was in, he turned around looking at his younger brothers knowing by know that both of them would act like headless chickens when it came to people, they cared about. “Cool it, and let me talk first” he warned and then looked back at blood demon and the siren at the bar. “Well, this is a situation” he breathed out “Are you okay Scarlett?” she quickly shook her head and felt tears glide down her cheeks. “No, not really, would be better if I didn’t have to look at his face anymore” she laughed rather dryly from her spot on the floor, and Nigel gave her a small smile back “So, how about we do this as civil people and we get back our family and then we try not to mess up this ‘big’ opening that’s going on tonight”

"See, Sweetheart, that is not how we work here," he pointed out with a little smirk, "sit down, and observe," River used his compulsion. He took a step back walking over to the desk, listening to the sound of the werewolf's heartbeat that seemed to increase, they knew each other - he had theorized this, but it just became more clear to him. River opened his laptop up and found the information he wanted access to. "Now, be a good girl and just do as you are told, and we all can go happy from here," he whispered in her ear, as he leaned back up standing, tracing a lock of hair behind her ear. Then he looked at Teegan again. He could smell the new comers down stairs as they entered, a human and a shapeshifter. Irina took a sharper breath in, because she caught the scent as well. She followed River with the corner of her eye, as he walked towards a one of the shelves, opening a drawer to pick a silver dagger up, "hurry up, we are sort of out of time. And the faster we go, the less blood is spilled," he gestured to the computer. Irina took a licked her lips a little taking a deeper breath in, starting to feel dizzy from the stress, but they had to go on just a little bit longer. So, she started to try to figure out Matthews password to his banking accounts, looking up at Sariel once in a while so make sure she was okay. River just standing up against the wall observing them, as he listened if there would be anything happening downstairs.


More people entered from the door, making Orion turn his head to the side as the three guys showed up. "Please, join the party," Orion snorted and rolled his eyes a bit looking back at Scarlett. Jamie was beyond pissed and his boil was boiling enough to let him tear the place down if he was allowed, but he remained calm - for now. It was easy to tell that Jack was ready to tear something or someone apart, it was getting so cold around them, out the entire room. Kailani looked at the guys, tilting her head a little bit, new handsome faces. Jack didn't take his eyes away from Scarlett, but listened out the room, trying to figure out where Sariel and Irina were, looking upstairs to the right and shortly eyed Jamie.

Orion chuckled a little bit, "we are doing nothing but being civil here sir, just talking," he replied pulling a little smile. He took a step back, "but I'm afraid you will have to wait down here. Upstairs is not for costumers," the blood demon added calmly as he breathed out. Jamie clicked his tongue a little bit, feeling himself tense a little bit more up.


"Okay, this is not going fast enough. Let's add a little bit off motivation for you," he walked over standing in front of Sariel handing her the dagger. "I want you to stab yourself," the old vampire said using his compulsion once again. "Wait what?" Irina looked over at River who looked back at her, before he looked to Sariel igen. "And count to twelve, before you do it again, and again - till I tell you to stop," he moved away from Sariel and tilted his head. "I suggest you work fast little wolf."

It was the smell of her blood that set Jamie completely off, making him rush towards the stairs, only to be stopped as two shots fired from the bar by Kailani, missing the shapeshifter's heart just by inches. Poisoned, because of course they were used to work with people not holding their end of bargains. Jamie took a sharper breath in, feeling the poison and his healing burn him up trying to heal it, making him gasp for air, enough to stop him from running further. "We did say, we would stay down here. I suggest you all listen," Orion reminded them.

She couldn’t do anything this time to obey, she walked over and sat down. She was allowed to observe, so while her thoughts screamed in her head to get up and stop this, she could do nothing but to do as she had been told. A soft smile formed on her lips as she could feel that Jamie had just entered the building. The vision she got, wasn’t really comforting though. Which only made her restrain more against the compulsion that was making her sit like she was sitting right now.


Nigel just sighed and looked rather unimpressed at the blood demon. The worst thing these beings could do was underestimate the brothers. But by all means, if they did it would only make it so much easier to teach them all a lesson. “Well normally I wouldn’t put civil and having to hold a gun towards someone civil, but of course that us up for discussion, now” he let out a soft hard exhale looking towards the siren, at this point he didn’t trust any of them not to have more weapons to make sure that they stayed in line.

Sariel looked towards Irina as River asked her to stab herself. “This is not going to end well” she said softly, and then she took the knife and plunged the knife into her leg as she was told to stab herself. She pulled it up again, now she wasn’t a vampire. So, she wouldn’t heal as fast as a normal angel. Especially not when she wasn’t allowed to use her powers to heal herself. She felt the pain rip through her as the bullet pierced Jamie. A scream left her, as between her counting to twelve before she plunged the knife down in her leg once again. “She shot Jamie” she whispered, she then countered once again, while feeling how her thick and hot blood glided down her leg and started to pool around her foot.

“Jamie you complete moron! I said stay calm! Are you going to be alright?” Nigel shouted after him, keeping his eyes very firmly at Orion. “Now you shot my brother and things just became much more personal” he hissed walking towards Orion making his last steps towards him just a little faster before. Using his powers that would match the blood demon and turned him around using him as a shield if the siren got any good ideas trying to shoot him as well. Throwing him towards the bar. “Get me and my brothers’ girlfriends down here now, or this is going to turn ugly very fast” Nigel said feeling himself slip into his fearless almost emotionally dethatched hunter mode.

Just as Nigel was about to throw more punches, a tall and broad-shouldered man stepped in through the doors. The demon’s aura was hard to determent, but he was quite sure it was an incubus. His eyes looked from Orion up to Kailani behind the bar to the shapeshifter, banshee and very odd thunderbird. He clicked his tongue and rolled his eyes. “Looks like I’m late to the party – Is mister Turner in his office Kailani?” he asked, walking over and with to fingers order a glass with whiskey “Did you give our guest the offer to get something to drink, or did you just go straight to shooting them?” he asked, looking towards Shapeshifter still fighting off the poison running through his blood stream. The demon clearly not affected by how the human was looking at him.

Jamie hissed a little bit at Nigel, mostly caused by the uncomfortable pain and the fact that he could still hear Sariel's scream. "I will be fine," he breathed out heavily, making Kailani thrown a little bit, as she had expected the poison from the two shots would at least have made the shapeshifter go close to death. Now, Orion wasn't going to pick a fight, or at least not right now, not that he was fond at being thrown towards the bar, looking at the angry human. Kailani narrowed her eyes a little bit starring at the man. Jack took the leap of faith and ran over to Scarlett, to give her some comfort now that Orion was away from her. Kailani chuckled a little bit looking at the human threatening Orion. "Are you seriously stupid enough to threaten River's only son, with the life's at stake. Don't piss off a patient man," she spoke as she placed the gun under the counter, to show she wasn't going to fire more shots.

The siren looked to the side as she saw Bast walking in, "hey there handsome," she greeted him with a warmer smile. "He sure is, with the guests - well one unexpected, but I'm sure he will be lucky to get some assistance," she pulled a little smile. Then she moved her eyes over to the others, "oh I almost forgot, how rude of me, you guys want a drink - Russia's finest," she lifted up a bottle of vodka. Jack narrowed his eyes a little at the blood demon and the siren. The siren carried a familiar scent, reminding him of Pearl, which was odd, then again he knew almost nothing about Pearl. Jamie grunted a bit sitting a bit more up. He needed to get the bullets out, but there was no way he could do it here.


She. Irina guessed it was the siren she could smell downstairs that had shot Jamie. This wasn't good, and she could feel the stress peak, almost to the point where she could feel the pearls of sweat starting to run from her forehead. But she kept typing trying to find every password that Matthew could come up with, but her hands were starting to shake, and every single second mattered in terms of when Sariel could stop harming herself. Finally, she found something and got access. "I'm in," she took a sharper breath in and looked towards River who walked over standing behind her again to have a look. "Aren't you a gem, now transfer it -" he placed his hands on her shoulders again. Irina clicked her tongue a little bit, but didn't find herself in a place where she could anything but listen. And within a few clicks and types, she was done. River looked up at Sariel, "you can stop now darling. Now, get up and place the dagger on the table. Go down stairs, say Bast should get up here, and then you are free." River ordered as he straightened his back a little bit looking at the hybrid.

He waited till Sariel walked out before moving away, talking a few steps further and Irina got up from the chair, and just as River was about to turn to her, Irina grabbed his neck in a swift movement and snapped it. She breathed out and took a longer and deeper breath in, then hurrying to get out the door feeling just how lightheaded she felt as she saw the stairs she had to walk down. One thing she was thankful for was the compulsion would be canceled out the second River took his neck snap nap, but if Bast was here, this wasn't good.

Nigel looked rather indifferent towards the siren as she called him foolish. Or stupid to be excat. “Now let’s be clear, I don’t give much for old vampires, he was the one stupid thinking that he could get away threating Scarlett and Irina, he has no idea just how much power there is held here in Aston” maybe it was the lack of emotion that told them just how dangerous it had been. Maybe it would sound like an empty threat but if the siren was clever, she would read the room and know that this time it wasn’t this River that held the cards closets to his chest.

Scarlett quickly put down the gun and folded her arms around Jacks neck, buried her head against his breathing him in. It had always been weird for her as he didn’t really smell of anything. But it was still calming to feel him holding around her. Nigel looked at the blood demon “Dont move” the human said with a dry voice. Bast took a glass and filled it with vodka and looked down at Orion “I would do as he says, you and your father has already made more of a mess than I can clean up right now” a growl left the man, before he looked towards the human “now, it would seem that both Irina and the hybrid will be down any second. So let's all just stay calm for another moment"

It had amounted to five stabs in her leg before River told her that she could stop. Got up as he told her to. Placed the dagger on the table as commanded and then started walking down stars. She looked at Jamie as she passed him to walk over to the bar and looked at the incubus. “Are you Bast?” she asked, not really noticing the blood trail she had left behind her towards the bar. The demon did, looking at the floor that now needed to be cleaned. What a mess. “Yes darling, I am” Bast told her and Sariel nodded “Mr. Turner wants you in his office” Bast swallowed the rest of the vodka and got up from his seat, and as he walked over the floor his figure changed drastically and a redhead woman was the one that ended with walking up the stairs passing Irina that was on her way down. As soon as Sariel had told Bast the last message, she crumbled to the floor with pain written all over her face.

Orion didn't move, listening to Bast that he should do as being told. Orion was about being done listening to the orders everyone was filling him with today. There was a no killing, no blood spill, no powers rule, which was the only reason why Orion hadn't flipped the mind of either of the people in the room. He could so easily had placed a memory of two or taken out a bunch, but he did not. And they should count themselves as lucky for that. Orion could smell the blood from the hybrid clearly as she came down, Jack could hear the snap of the neck first making him scared for a moment - because he was not sure who it was from, at least not till he could smell Irina coming closer. He held Scarlett a little bit closer, wishing they soon could leave. Jamie looked at Sariel, letting his eyes follow every single movement, watching the blood from the leg making him take a sharper breath in. Jack rushed over to Sariel the second she crumbled to the floor, mainly because Jamie couldn't move and he could see how much it pained his healing brother that he was unable to do anything. And as Nigel had Orion, he felt it was safe to go to Sariel, placing a hand on her leg to let his powers heal at least a good amount of her wound. Kailani looked at the hybrid for a second, she had seen her before - but it seemed so long ago that she wasn't quite sure yet.

Irina stopped for a second on the stairs, looking at Lucille, feeling how she held her breath as she shortened was paralyzed with the fear of if the demon would do anything. Great another person she knew, who turned out to be supernatural. But as Lucille walked past her, she finally breathed out again and moved slowly further down the stairs. Her grip tight around the railing so she wouldn't fall, she made it to the foot of the stairs, looking shortly up. Hopefully, Lucille wouldn't make a number out of the broken neck of her boss. "That's about enough excitement for today... can we go home?" She breathed out as her eyes finally caught Nigel. Kailani took a sharper breath in, and licked her lips a little. "You can go," she breathed out and looked at the human before looking at Orion. "You sit and take a drink with me. Can't have you looking too messy for the grand opening, besides. I wanna stay on Bast's good side," she chuckled a little to herself. "And he will not be in a good mood if you and River keep ruining everything." Orion rolled his eyes a little bit the message was clear.

Scarlett got up as Jack moved towards Sariel instead. She walked over to Irina as she came down again. Moving her towards Nigel nodding as she asked if they could go home. Nigel felt how he could breathe out as Irina was closer to him than she had been before. Sariel exhaled as the wounds closed and the throbbing stopped. The pain was still there, almost as it was taunting her with the memory of what she had just gone through. She slowly got up, looking towards the siren behind the bar. It was clear that the hybrid recognized the woman. Even if Kailani wasn’t sure, Sariel was. She didn’t say anything as she quickly got over to the Jamie to get him up. “I got you” she whispered; her voice still riddled with pain as she could feel his as her own. Nigel nodded towards Scarlett to get Irina out, especially now since it seemed like both the blood demon and the siren had decided to just let them leave. He walked over to his brother and got him up, dragging him out of the room.


Lucille sighed as she saw River lying on the floor, neck snapped. A big sigh left the succubus as she walked over to the vampire and got him up from the floor. Dragging him out of the room towards one of the more privat rooms and placed him on the couch. She waited till she was sure that all of the intruders were out before she yelled down towards Orion and Kailani to bring her a drink, while she waited for River to wake up. This was starting to get old. Now Lucille had been fired, and she had quit so many times that she didn’t have count. But this was one of those days where she really was close to pack her bags and tell ’Mr. Turner’, that he could now live his life without the influence of his family in it.

Jamie took a longer and sharper breath in, trying to get on his feet as Sariel got over to him helping him up. He didn't want her to carry him out, not while she was still in pain, he wanted to be able to help her. But then again, the only way he could help her was by healing. Jack keeping his eye out on the siren and the blood demon, as Scarlett helped Irina outside and Nigel helped Scarlett getting Jamie out. Jamie took a sharper and more painful breath in as he was finally getting fully up and helped out of the room. Jack followed them out, closing the door behind them, freezing the door just to make sure they would follow just yet. "Let's get you all to the cars," Jack looked at Jamie with a small smile, wanting to get them away from the crowd. Irina took a deeper breath in of the fresh air, moving her hand to her forehead as she breathed out. As it seemed like Jack could help with Jamie, she let herself be selfish for a moment to reach to Nigel. Mostly because the stress had pulled almost all energy out of her, and she was afraid that she would collapse, and she didn't want to fall on Scarlett.


Kailani looked as the people left, at least they hadn't made too much of a mess, nothing a good clean up couldn't fix. It would have been more work if they had started to throw around things. Her eyes moved towards the room, as Lucille asked for a drink. Kailani poured up some vodka in a glass and handed it to Orion, raising her brows at him to make himself useful. But after he had gotten on his feet she followed him, but not before looking towards the door making sure no one was walking in here again just yet.

“Sariel could you please call Reginald; I need him to help with getting the bullets out” he breathed as he turned towards Irina and without even asking, he picked her up and held her close in a bridal style position. Normally he wouldn’t do that, but not only had she been on a lot of stress this last hour. She was also pregnant, so she could fight all she wanted, he was not going to let her down. Now Sariel still wasn’t the best with phones, but she managed to call Reginald and tell him that they needed help just as they got to the cars, and she placed herself in the backseat with Jamie. Scarlett took the wheel of Jamie’s car as Nigel placed himself and Irina in his and started driving home. What a bloody mess this was.


It hadn’t been hard to figure out where the gang that had been in the casino lived, nor where they would be. You just needed the right connections and you would be able to follow them along with the traffic cams. She was sitting in her black Porsha outside of the house, before she finally stepped out.

Lucille had put Bast on hold as she wanted to do this a civil as she could. Now things hadn’t really been right between her and River since he had decided to walk away from Elisabeth and dragged her with him. Not that he wanted to, but the blood bond that his mother had sworn her to make had put on her, compelled her to move where he was. Now there were loopholes, like the one today where she had made sure that everything was ready for the big opening, but then she had slipped out. The succubus looked around before she walked up and knocked on the door. She fixed how her suit was placed on her body and took in a deep breath. This was going to be interesting. Little did she know, just how much this meeting might change things.

Things had calmed, just a little bit down. Just a little bit. Reginald and Nigel had gotten the bullet out of Jamie's chest, a little too close to everyone's comfort, especially with the shapeshifter's healing fighting off most cuts and efforts. Scarlett and Jack having had enough excitement for one day as well, so they had been excused and could go home. Aaron had joined his father in helping if he could, but found himself just sitting in the living room entertaining Irina and Sariel while Jamie got fixed up, making sure they were comfortable and had something warm to drink while their nerves got settled from this afternoon.

It was first as Irina caught the scent of Lucille that she sat a little bit more up, Aaron pressing his brows together and turned his head towards the door. "I will get it, you two sit tight," it wasn't a question, and he was more than able to deal with it, at least he thought so himself. Besides, with his father here along with his brothers, the whole team really, it would be stupid to question what they could handle. Aaron walked towards the door and opened it, about to tell the person to just piss off, but instead he just froze. Now, there were a few things that reminded Aaron about his human days, before he had turned. This was one of them. "Lucille?" He blinked a little bit as his eyes moved over her, now he couldn't be entirely sure, and at the same time. He was. Aaron had never forgiven River for how he had left his mother and how he had taken Lucille away from him as well. And he had never thought he would ever get a chance again in life where he would see either of them again. After starring at her for a few seconds he moved to the side to let her in, knowing she wouldn't have shown up without reason, and it was best to hear her out rather than slam the door in her face. "It's been a while," he breathed out. Reginald sensed the demon rather quick and walked towards the entrance, but placed himself in the middle of the room, not understanding why his son would let the demon in, but trusted he had a reason to. But to be on the safe side he wanted to at least be between the demon and the two women in the sofa.

Lucille pressed her brows together as she felt the aura walking towards her. There was something so familiar about it, but she quickly pushed the feeling down, as it was a vampire not human. But as the door opened her charming smile faltered at it was him. “Aaron?” she exhaled his name, clearly not understanding how he could stand in front of her right now. He had gotten turned. By whom? Memories of a time where she had been happy. Even if it had been a human that had crawled into her heart, how she had been close to find Ilene and begged her to sever the bond between her and River. But before she had gotten the chance, River had decided he was bored and needed to move on. Maybe for the best, as those years had been where Elisabeth had gotten increasingly darker. “Yes” she agreed and then took a step inside as he moved so she could. Looking at Sariel and Irina sitting in the sofa she lifted a well-formed brow. But what really pulled her attention was Reginald suddenly standing in front of her. Now, she knew about this man, funnily enough he knew Bast much better than he knew Lucille. Now, she wasn’t sure if the human even remembered her. But who wouldn’t know the infamous hunter that, just, didn’t, want, to, die.

“I’m not here to cause problems, rather I’m fixing Mr. Turners” she explained and let her fingers find their way into her jackets inner pocket, lifting her hand as to show that she wasn’t taking anything that could harm anyone. She walked over and placed a small box on the coffee table. “Now since River got the money that your dead husband owned him, I only thought it was about time that he gave back the things he stole from your house that you didn’t have time to get with you, if I remember correctly this neckless had quite the value for you” she then turned towards Sariel and handed her a folded file “And information about your fathers family, if you decide to follow that” she looked towards where Nigel and Jamie would be. “Now I can’t really do much for the damage Kailani did to Jamie, as giving Orion’s head would just bring much more drama than I’m willing to clean up, now, I can make sure they don’t bother you again, but that means keep clear of the casino” she looked towards Irina “at all times” through all of this, she was very aware how she didn't look at Aaron, mostly because of the way that her heart felt like it was torn into pieces.

Reginald never really forgot a face, especially when he had been hunting for someone, and while Lucille hadn't really been on a list of his. River had been. For many years, but that vampire was simply impossible to trap somewhere or catch for more than a few seconds, which had made Reginald stop also as the demon bodyguards he had was annoyingly stubborn in stopping him. Reginald chuckled a little bit dry, as Lucille mentioned that she was fixing Mr. Turners problems. One would think that vampire was old enough to fix his own problems, but no, it was like the man never changed soul or heart. Reginald let his eyes strictly follow Lucille's movements as she placed a small box on the coffee table.

Irina kept her eyes on Lucille, now the casino crew had never been her biggest issue, if anything she had always chatted with at least one of them while Matthew was out either losing or winning money. It didn't mean that she was blind to the darker side of the picture, like today, River and Orion's brutality didn't surprise her, and she knew it could have been worse. Irina however pressed her brows together as Lucille mentioned that the box held items from her former house. She had rushed out so quickly back then with almost nothing other than what she could carry in a small back and the clothe she had on - everything else just let behind and she had honestly allowed herself to forget about them, knowing she wouldn't see the objects again, or they were gone in the fire Natasha had set months ago. So, it was indeed a surprise that River had been by before that and stolen stuff, and somewhat it was a good surprise at least in the time. Irina reached out to the box, and picked up the necklace Lucille mentioned. Taking a deeper breath in, it was the last present she had gotten from her father on her birthday just a few months before he had died. She looked shortly over at Sariel as she was handed some papers. Irina did remember Orion had mentioned the surname Blackwood, she had heard that surname as well, but never along with anything good. Far from. But as of right now, it was only Irina and Sariel in the room who knew Orion had called the hybrid that.

Jamie took a sharper breath in as the attention was turned to him and Nigel, he chuckled a little. "Well, we got everyone out in one piece, I would call it a good day," he took a sharper breath in. Had it been any other shapeshifter or maybe even just anyone else of the crew that had been shot, odds were they would have had a harder time recovering if they even would survive that long. Jamie was still getting his energy back, but it was a miraculous quick recovery. Irina looked back at Lucille as their eyes locked again. "Don't worry about it, my casino days ended a long time ago -" she breathed out and kept her eyes on the demon. "So, as long as they aren't picking us up from the streets again, we should be just fine." Aaron's eyes still locked on Lucille, not able to really process how he felt seeing her again. Now it had never been their choice to split, it had never been their choice that they were forced to not see each other again. "Where do the two of you know each other from?" Reginald pressed his brows together, pointing from Lucille to Aaron just before he crossed his arms, because that he was still very curious about.