A hard act to follow

River chuckled a little bit, "you don't? Why is that, I mean it's sort of rude not to answer the host's question isn't it?" He asked taking a step towards Madelaine when Zitora stepped in front of him stopping him. "I don't think so, she is clearly not interested in speaking with you, so host or not. I suggest you turn around and let us be," River took a small step closer towards her, almost leaving the air between them rather slim, inches from her but it didn't stop Zitora from starring into his eyes, not wanting to blink to give him the benefit. "You got fire darling, careful - when you play with it, you might get yourself burned - and it would be a shame, wouldn't it?" He lifted his hand up, just about to let it trace over her hair, as she moved to push his hand away, River grabbed it for a moment, still looking into the hybrid's eyes. He was stronger, and he didn't mind showing it. "Don't move or speak - thank you" he whispered using his compulsion, letting softly go of the wrist to just move it towards his face, looking towards Madelaine. "What, not the kind of friend you thought your sweet sweet boyfriend had," he whispered almost teasingly, letting the edge of his fangs, then he let the teeth pierce through the soft skin, but only to get a small taste. "Oh, delicious -" he pulled back a little bit back licking the blood of his lips. "Maybe I would take this for dessert - you don't mind do you? well of course you don't have a say in the matter. - Just call Oliver, I will be alright - just do it. Zitora send a thought to Madelaine looking at her, if he doesn't pick up, I know you don't like it, but then call Ethan.

"This is going too far, he hasn't even been down for more than a twenty minutes, this isn't Russia idiot," Kailani mumbled a bit annoyed from behind the bar, walking out from behind the bar towards River, "River - Mr. Turner. - You are making a scene," she hoped to at least talk some sense into him, but he just rolled his eyes at her, giving her a stare, a hungry look. She knew that look, because she was a predator as well - and right now he looked at her more like she was going in his way rather than help. Maybe the midday's disaster of Orion and River trying to play their  had set River on a bad strike, she didn't know - and she didn't like it.  So, she took a step back looking towards the witch, they were on their own on this one, but she left another set of messages by now. Orion who had disappeared to the crowd noticed Kailani and then looked towards his father, what the fuck was he doing?

Now, normally Madelaine praised herself being a sensible woman. Knowing when to pull her punches, and when to strike. But when it came to her friends, and good friends. Treated like this, just because they were trying to protect her? No, that didn’t fly with her, not at all. “Release her!” she demanded, as soon as he used his compulsion on her. Not that it helped, her heart raised in her heart as he let his teeth pierce through her skin. Once again, without thinking she slapped River across the face. “Absolutely not! What on earth are you doing, keep your hands off her” she hissed, trying to pull Zitora back, completely ignoring the fact that that she had just asked her to call Oliver or Ethan. This was not a matter of her being okay while she tried to get help. There shouldn’t even be a need for help, this was casino, not a fucking vampire buffet!

His face moved in the direction he was slapped, and silence fell over him for a second. Just a second before a laughter sounded and he slowly turned his eyes towards her, his vampire features starting to show a bit. "Now there darling, don't mess with forces you don't understand," he said in a lower voice, while the smirk started to lift as a curl on his lips. With the age River was, he could with ease hold Zitora where she was standing. "Stupid girl," he chuckled low before with a shift movement, he rushed her around the corner with his vampire speed, holding her with one hand around her neck, lifting her a bit up from the ground. "Now see, I don't care who you are - or who you are with, but this is my place. And I do as I seem fit. I could snap your neck before you even blink, so I suggest you just stay quite, and don't make more trouble," he threatened, letting her toes touch the ground again, but also only just.

While Orion tried to use his memory manipulation to undo River's compulsion to the hybrid, Kailani reached to try one last time to make sure if River actually did anything, it wouldn't be found out by the giant crew he had invited over. "River," she hissed a little bit walking closer to stop him, but this time River didn't really appreciate the siren trying to stop him, so he gave her a hard push back, enough for her to stumble back, scratching arm as she hit the edge of the corner behind her. "Go get that fixed up," he mumbled before looking towards Madelaine again, still haven't removed his hand from her neck, but at least he wasn't putting much pressure on it. "Now, I'm not going to kill you. I don't want to make Oliver too angry, not tonight. It's opening night after all, but try to tell me what to do again - and you will be my kill of the night," he then let her go, and took a few steps back, before walking away from her and heading back to the bar looking at Kailani who had Orion help her clean the wound down her arm, but River just went to go get a drink before he saw Juliya in the crowd and reached to go find her.

Once free of River's compulsion Zitora ran towards Madelaine trying to find her. "Maddie?" She looked around before closing her eyes for a second. "Hey, can you come - things went kind of crazy here, she send her thought to Frederik and took deeper breath in, should really cover her wound, not to lure in more vampires or blood demons, but first she had to find Madelaine.

There had opened a new casino and Oliver at first hadn’t thought much to it before he ended up getting very curious. He looked up posters and eventually figured who had opened the casino. River. Oliver cursed underneath his breath and immediately got changed  and went to follow the ladies, even though he would arrive much later than them. He teleported himself to the casino and got inside. The worst and best thing might just be that he couldn’t see Lucille anywhere. He could feel how Madelaine was being threatened and hurried his steps to find his way through the crowd to find her. “Madelaine!” he called out. Even though he looked for her, he also kept an eye out for River. He looked up at the bar and saw Orion and Kailani helping each other. His eyes caught the siren who nodded him in the direction of Madelaine. With a tense jaw he headed in the direction for her, and truly hoped to find her sooner rather than later.

Frederik had for a while felt how things seemed to be uncomfortable for Zitora. He had mostly paced around in front of some of his gear when the feeling had arrived. He hadn’t really been able to relax but at the same time he wished for the girls to have a nice night out, and he knew very well that Zitora knew when to pull the plug.
As soon as he received the mental message, he placed two guns in a summoning circle and immediately started burning the address of the casino while keeping his thoughts on her. On my way, he sent back to her, always having his mind open for her. As the last letter of the address burned, he was teleported right behind Zitora. The paper at home landed on a metal plate so it wouldn’t burn anything while he was gone. He hurried to follow her, and to be sure he didn’t cause too much attention he didn’t shout her name, but simply grabbed her by the arm to make her turn to see him.

She just looked at him, even though he was laughing she didn’t change the stoic expression, even though a small gasp left her as his fingers closed around her throat and she was rushed away, pressed up against a wall as her body was slowly forced up against it so her feet no longer could touch the ground. Not that he needed too much to make it happen. She was a rather small girl after all. But instead of being scared, a soft smile formed on her lips as her hands grabbed around the one placed on her neck. Now, she had been scared before, and yes, she would be scared later. But this wasn’t a man she had grown up with. It was someone she had never met before now. She had been tortured for a year, experimented on, then to be left in a cell all alone for weeks. He thought this little power display would scare her. Make her cry and beg for her life? No. She would just stare at him, waiting for him to let her go, because she didn’t think for a moment that he would actually kill her right here and now. Maybe later, she wouldn’t put it past him then. Small sparks of darkness formed in her eyes, even though he wasn’t putting too much pressure on it, it was the fact her feet weren’t allowed fully on the ground, making her entire weight press down on his hand.

Then air was returned to as she fell to the ground. Coughing she sat up and placed her head against the wall. Closing her eyes, she tried to settle her emotions enough so she could go find her friend. She heard someone call her name, but she was just drained, and very drunk as a soft giggle left her. This really wasn’t how she had pictured her first outing would be like after everything had gone down with Quentin.

Juliya had seen the whole scene out fold itself. A smirk had danced on her lips before she had disappeared into the crowd of people. Of course, River had quickly caught onto her, and caught up to her. She gracefully turned around and placed her arm around his neck, placing it on his shoulders. “Done playing with fire? Seems like your best friend has finally joined the party though?” she whispered into his ear, placing a soft kiss on his earlobe.

Zitora kept searching around, Madelaine couldn't be that far, and completely tuned into finding her friend she didn't hear Frederik. All she felt was someone suddenly grab her by the arm, turning around just about to let her fist collide with his jaw. "I almost hit you, for the love of -" Just an inch from when she exhaled looking into his eyes, letting her hand fall down. "That was fast," she licked her lips a little bit. She had heard someone else call for Madelaine, and saw the other warlock come running in. "Oliver?" She asked once having a confirmation, Zitora pointed towards the corner, where she herself had been headed before Frederik had grabbed her. Then she turned her eyes up to Frederik. "I'm alright," she assured him, placing a soft hand against his chest, before looking back at the crowd. "It's just a scratch," Zitora sighed a little returning her eyes back to Frederik for a moment. She had been through worse than being bitten by a vampire. Then there was the use of compulsion but she could talk about that later.

River chuckled a little as she placed a hand around his neck, "for now at least," he looked from the crowd to see Oliver come to play. "But he is no fun when he is all man on a mission - prince on the white horse -  the Jones's are always so busy with everything - besides, I would much rather just sneak away with you," a smirk folded on his lips as he looked into her eyes. Well, the sole reason for him wanting to leave wasn't the fast that Oliver was here. River could handle one angry Oliver Jones, it wasn't the problem. The problem was the fact that he knew he would have to answer to the fact that he had hurt Kailani, and the only person that could actually make River reach the level of fear when angry, was Bast and Lucille - which of course always travelled as a two for ones price.

Frederik was about to catch Zitora’s and as she was about to hit him. He blinked a little surprised. “That was really close, yes,” he agreed and let his hand fall down, just as she did with hers. He shrugged a little as she commented on how fast he had been to arrive. He noticed how she looked at another warlock who seemed to be searching for someone else. Something about the warlock however seemed to make Frederik frustrated and a dying wish to punch him in the face developed. If Zitora hadn’t been there, he might actually have gone ahead and thrown a punch.

Oliver looked up as he heard someone say his name. He was guided towards a corner and he gave a quick nod before he turned his direction towards the corner in a hurry.

Frederik looked back at Zitora as soon as the warlock had disappeared in the crowd. He took a little step closer and moved her hair a little as she said she was alright. Even though he had felt the pinch in the neck himself, he still wished to see just how bad things had turned out. His eyes were quite fixated on the punctured holes. It’s just a scratch. His eyes found hers, clearly not amused. “Just a scratch?” he repeated, nodding a bit. It might not have been anything worth to worry about, but to Frederik it was more than enough. He knew that she knew how to throw a punch, how to tell others to go fuck themselves and she knew when enough was enough. “And who thought it was okay to scratch you?” he whispered and let his hand glide down her arm until it reached her hand. He was already on his way home. For someone to get close enough to actually scratch her, would almost mean that she had either allowed it or been unable to do anything – and he knew it wasn’t the first option. He simply wished to know who he should put a target on so they could go home and get a glass of wine in peace.

Oliver finally got through the crowd and saw how Madelaine was sitting on the floor. “Maddie…” he mumbled as he moved over to her and squatted down next to her. He moved a strand of her hair and quickly searched for any visual harm. “Let’s get you home, alright?” he spoke softly and put the arm closest to him over his shoulders. He wrapped an arm around her and another underneath her knees. He lifted her up, not really caring how it looked to other guests and started to move towards the exit. The sooner they could get out of River’s hair the better. “How much did you get to drink tonight?” he wondered. He didn’t look down at her for now, being a little too occupied with keeping an eye out for River.

Now, Juliya lived for chaos. She was one of those people that had been born into it, raised in it and now couldn’t really thrive if she wasn’t stirring something up somewhere. Mostly people never knew she had a finger at play, which made it all that more delicious. Her fingers glided over his jawline, down his cheekbone. “You want to sneak away with me? I would be flattered, if it wasn't because you are just using me as an excuse” she whispered, leaning in real close, feeling his cold breath glide over her lips. Well, they could do that, but what was the fun in that? “And you only just joined the party, besides I think Lucille wants to talk with you” she whispered, pushing herself away from River. Using the many people around them to disappear into the crowd of people once more. Going to a lot of balls, trying to stay away from suiters your father wanted you to marry, had really made it easy for her to blend between people. Even more so, when she didn’t leave a scent or trail that he could follow.

Lucille had seen Oliver on her way in and was already prepared that chaos had turned this opening into some of River’s annoying games. Games that only he found funny. Her eyes found Orion and Kali behind the bar, she quickly moved her eyes down and saw how Kali was hurt. She could feel Bast growl in the back of her head. “Not right now big guy” she mumbled, removing her eyes from the two behind the bar and quickly found River. She moved gracefully through the crowd, and the very calm and neutral face that Lucille expressed might even be scarier if she had moved towards him angry and pissed off. “River” she purred, with a sensual voice as her arm grabbed his arm. “What do you think you’re doing?” she asked with an almost sweet smile, as she started pulling him along with her towards his office.

River chuckled a little, "oh come on love - now you are just toying with me," he hummed a little as she leaned closer towards him, yet not letting her lips touch his. River was very aware that Lucille had entered the building, and he was very aware that he soon enough would be confronted with what had went down. "I'm sure she, if not both of them have a lot to say," he mumbled a little bit as she pushed herself from him, once again disappearing in the crowd, making him shake his head a little bit, as if he couldn't use his senses to find her - but he didn't mind the game they played. He looked towards the hybrid and the witch that stared him dead in the eye as they left, he just rolled his eyes a little before looking towards Lucille that moved towards him.

Like a child caught with his hands in the cookie jar, he froze for a second. Just a second, as she grabbed his arm, and looked towards her with a raised eye brow. "Getting myself a snack, what does it look like?" He replied keeping his eyes on her. Knowing it wasn't a pleasing answer. "Have I offended you? As far as I know, you were the one taking a leave - And aren't I allowed to take a drink?" River licked his lips a little. "Or are you talking about Kai's little accident, girl should not disturb me on snack breaks, everyone knows that," he shook his head a little.

Lucille just looked at him, clearly not impressed with his statement of what he had been doing. Getting a snack. There were more than enough beautiful women and men around here that could soothe his taste. That more than willingly would let him. But of course, this man always had loved a no more than he had loved a yes. So she dragged him along with her. He should be lucky that she had met Aaron, and that even River couldn’t piss her off right now. But that still didn’t mean, that she wasn’t going to give him a piece of her mind. “No, you are not allowed to get a drink for someone that hasn’t consented to it, with its in public. This isn’t Russia, and it’s the twenty first century, everyone will know – did you care to think about who you were putting your teeth in before you did it?” not that she knew who it was, but with her luck it would probably be someone with a lot of influence of family that would come and make a hell of a problem. “And yes, you know what Bast will do to you if I allow him to come out” she added looking over her shoulder as she pulled him up the stairs and pushed him into his office and closed the door. “What the hell River” she hissed at him, narrowing her eyes.  

Did she just tell him no? Why was everyone here in this region so dull and boring? "No?" He replied back as she asked if he even thought about who he was biting. River almost never cared who he picked for snack hours, hadn't thought of it being a need to change coming here. But perhaps it had to, but if he would actually come to that thought himself, that was another question. River squeezed his face a little bit by the thought of having to deal with Bast after dealing with Lucille, what a turn of bloody events this entire day was. Couldn't a man just torment people in peace these days? Then she started pulling him towards the stairs, up towards his office. "Hey, I can walk myself thank you very much," he mumbled a little stepping away from Lucille and crossed his arms. "So what? I'm grounded now?" He snorted and shook his head. He walked over towards his empty glass from before when he had shared a glass of whisky with Juliya, and picked the bottle up before pouring in the glass. "Look I wasn't going to kill anyone, If I wanted to kill anyone, I would have taken them downstairs," he pointed out, hinting at the underground casino they had below the one upstairs. That was a matter of fact more his style, playing dirty, playing his games as he wished.

It took all the will in Lucille not to pull a smirk, that ended up with her looking down as her tongue glided over her lips. There was always something incredibly funny about River when he played the offended teenager card. She looked up and saw that he had turned his back towards her as he walked over to fill his glass with new whiskey. She walked towards him. Peaking over his shoulder. “What, you fun was ruined and now you are going to play it like a disgruntled teenager?” she whispered against his ear, letting her nose glide into his hair. Now, just like him she had a hunger. She then pulled away and took the glass he had been making for himself and took a sip. “You always became one braincell when Juliya is around, what is it about her, that you just must have?” she asked, raising a brow placing herself against the desk. Maybe this whole day had left her a little more in a teasing manner.

He didn't answer at first, not as she let her nose glide into his hair, he just chuckled a little. River clicked his tongue a little bit, when she took his glass, rather annoyed but not surprised, he reached for the other glass that Juliya had been drinking from earlier. Then Lucille mentioned Juliya and moved his eyes to her, pouring up in the glass, and lifted it up to take a sip of the drink. His eyes reached Lucille's keeping eye contact with the demon in front of him, he lowered his glass a little, "oh Lucille, don't tell me that you are jealous?" He chuckled a little low taking a step closer towards her, moving the glass in a circle like motion as he looked at it. River moved his eyes back towards her, licking his lips a little bit, shaking his head just a little. It was rather funny really, despite loving being showered a little bit with attention once in a while, River liked staying out of the spotlight for long, a brief appreciation and that was enough for him. He didn't need to be down partying with everyone to know his worth, he didn't live of the party, he lived of what it gave him in the long road.

A teasing smile formed over the demons lips, as she let the glass glide by her lips before she placed it against them and took a sip. “River, darling” she said after swallowing, leaning further back on the writing desk she was sitting at and raised a brow. “You know, I never get jealous that is why you and, we never had any problems, expect when you ruin my day, because of your; But I was just having a little fun Lucille” she let out an annoyed breath before pushing herself up from her seat and walked towards River. Her fingers found his jacket and softly let her fingers run down the fabric. “I just find it funny, that of all the girls you have had, she was always the one that no one could ever touch” she whispered, giving him a sly smile. She leaned in and gave him a soft and brief kiss before turning around taking another sip “I saw Oliver, he seemed, happy” which hadn’t looked like at all. “What did you do this time River?” she asked, looking at him again.

He kept his eyes on her, tilting his head just by an inch. He raised his brow a little as she claimed that he had ruined the day, "well I was having a little fun till someone had a problem with it," he mumbled mostly to himself. Then she pushed herself from the desk and walked towards him, River didn't move, as her hands found his jacket, and her fingers traced over it. Lucille wasn't the only person who found it odd, River himself had asked himself the same question so many times before that. But perhaps it all came down to the fact that Juliya had never tried to change him, she didn't wish for him to settle down somewhere, she challenged him on that - he had raised Orion now hadn't he? River cleared his throat a little. Then Lucille kissed him, briefly before turning away again, making him narrow his eyes a little as his head followed her movements.

River had seen Oliver as well, briefly. The warlock hadn't seen him. "I just had a chat with his girlfriend," he pointed out. "The girlfriend's friend didn't like that  - then I picked my angelic snack, and it pissed off the little town witch, so she came at me - I paid her back," he made a small shrug, sometimes he was just his father's son after all, and it showed. Why should he take a hit without returning it? "And did I get a bit greedy? Perhaps, you are not the only one who has had a bit of a rough day - and Kai shouldn't have stepped in, it wasn't her place - but, that is all in the past now." River didn't take pleasure in causing Kailani harm, but he also didn't like she kept trying to keep him from his food once he had set a mind on his target.

"No and that is precisely why I'm having a rough day," he pointed out with a sigh. He was a sore loser, not that he believed he had lost completely. He had gotten the money Matthew had owed him, that was a win and River took that win. Then Lucille complained about him not using that little voice in his head, to be honest River rarely used that voice when he was out and about, because he liked risking things. He got a thrill of the danger below the surface, it gave him a kick, and he needed that kick. He had lived this long, and not on being careful - well sometimes, depending on who he was dealing with. Hunters were one thing, he had been hunted for many many years, to at this point he didn't really care. Maybe he should. "Oh Oliver Jones can bite me, he would never attack if he knows what is best for him -" he pointed out. The nephilim was another case, because he didn't know her, but she sure did have a stronger aura. "Oh I'm sorry sweetheart, maybe we should go back down stairs and have a drink - would be good for your nerves I reckon, besides - I think I might just have another visitor coming in," he took a slightly deeper breath in looking towards Lucille. "Another Jones has entered the building, fantastic," he chuckled wanting to head towards the door, luckily vampires were faster than demons. And he escaped downstairs looking at his son who was mingling in the crowd, and then looked towards Kailani, but no, River never apologized and meant it.  But standing here near the bar it would be just about time before the person he now longed to see would show up.

"Waiting for your next drama to unfold, or are you just trying to make yourself the next art piece for the place?" Kailani asked a little bit bitter looking at River, but he didn't much more than just look at her for a second before his eyes searched the crowd again. Kailani shook her head before pouring up a glass of whisky to herself and downed it. The only real reason she kept working here and stayed here was for Bast, and she could deal with the parasite called River if it meant being close to him.

Lucille let out an annoyed sigh, yet again, and looked at him with the best deadpan look that she could muster. She rolled her eyes, as he told her that they should go back down to have a drink. She wasn’t going to be allowed that “No, I’m going to get changed, and then I hope for you that Bast isn’t going to knock you around a little.” She scrunched her nose and pulled her lips a little, clearly not that remorseful if he did before she walked out of the room as he escaped from her by using his speed to get downstairs. Rolling her eyes, she walked to her dressing room and pulled off her close, turning into Bast.

The entire facial expression changed as he looked into the mirror. Down at his many tattoos before he got dressed in a nice black and white suit. He was getting real tired of River’s stunts, and more so of Lucille’s indifference to it.

Norah Jones. A woman that never did anything without just that extra touch. Besides, she was bored. It was time to get out and do something, especially after her mother more or less had put her on house arrest not really letting her tell anyone that she was back in town. At least not before her mother had made sure that Bratva wasn’t coming for her again. Truth be told, they could come if they wanted. She was long past her date of death, so she was going to live every day as there was no tomorrow. It was fun, when you had that ticking clock in your head, the one many lost when they had immortality and wasn’t afraid of dying off old age. What a shame it seemed like she had just passed her brother by the seems of it. Looking around, she wasn’t oblivious how many stopped and ogled her. The smirk on her lips, clearly told a story just how much she was living for it. Her bright blue eyes looked around the space, seeing Orion walking around, looking delicious as always. Then they found River and a bright smile spread over her lips. With her hands in her pockets she waltzed over in her high heals more or less like she owned the whole place. “River, darling” she greeted him and leaned in placing a kiss against his lips. “Don’t worry the fun as arrived” she teased scrunching her nose looking towards Kali. “Hello deary, you look as beautiful as ever” she hummed, because she really did “could I please get a lemon drop?” she asked with a sweet smile, turning her head as she saw Bast walking down the stairs. “Uh-ho, someone seems pissed” she placed her back against the bar and her elbows placed on the countertop.

The brightest smile lighted up on his lips as he watched Norah come closer towards him, greeting him with a short kiss against his lips, "and just as I was about to think the night would get dull here," he chuckled. Kailani lifted her brow a little bit with a small smirk at Norah, "coming right up," she started preparing Norah's order with a smile, River turned his head towards Bast coming downstairs as Norah mentioned someone looked pissed, "that might be my fault," he made a small grimace and clicked his tongue a little. Kailani looked behind her, letting a soft smile glide over her lips, before serving Norah her drink, then pouring up some more whisky in her own glass and placed it by the corner as Bast joined them. "Took you long enough," she breathed out, still with a soft smile on her lips, feeling her nerves settle a little bit after the trouble River had caused her. River didn't look at Bast, he didn't wish to anger him more than he already had, and River not seeking to say anything or look was him making defeat, but also avoiding the conflict with best ability. "Lets get this party started," he whispered to Norah, longing to drag her towards the machines, to the people putting all their money on the line in hoping on winning - had no one told them? The house always wins. "Just let him," Kailani spoke with a lower voice towards Bast watching River take off. At least if he was with Norah, then they knew more our less it would be their usual games that got played. "I wouldn't mind not having to look at that stupid face of his for some time," she folded her lips a little bit pouring up another drink to take a sip.

The feather of her jacket rustled a little as she turned her head over her shoulder to see Kailani had placed a glass with the drink she had ordered. “Thank you darling, you always made the best drinks” Norah said with a big smile. Now, she knew how Kali felt about River, and to be honest Norah could understand why. But that didn’t make the young witch feel any different about River. Because he was who he was, and he didn’t make any apologies about it. So, people that stay around him, they had to do it for a reason. Besides the one that came down the stairs that was linked to the vampire in a way that made it impossible for them to leave. And even they seemed to have made up their mind that they would stay even if they would be able to leave. “Oh, would it now?” Norah said with a slight smirk on her lips, eying River as he admitted that he might be his fault. “I would never have dreamt, that you would be able to be the one pissing off Bast like that” she was quite amused by the situation, as River leaned in and whispered that they should get the party started. A soft purr left her as she grabbed her drink and winked at Kali before she walked after him. As they started with the machines, she could already feel the tingling in her fingers. Her heart beat a little faster begging her to get started. Even though she knew that she didn’t have the money to do it, she didn’t really care now did she? If everything went wrong, she could always just find her hidden treasures she had made sure was gone before starting a new part of her life. “I heard your mother is in town as well?” Norah said, as she pulled the lever while waiting to see if she was lucky or not.

Bast let out a low annoyed sound as he watched how River disappeared with Hanna. “First Oliver, and now Hanna too?” he mumbled, walking around the bar and took a glass of his own and poured it with the same whiskey. “He just never learns, does he?” Bast mumbled, taking a sip from his glass not really letting his eyes wander away from the man that he was still linked too. And may never really be able to live his life without. He almost felt bad for Lucille, for so many thousands of years where she had been putting up with him. Since he had been quite young. Sometimes he wondered if River even knew what he would be missing if she was ever cut free from her chains and left.

River wished to get away from the bar fast as possible, knowing very well he would get a piece of Bast's mind if he stayed. So, he was blessed and perhaps a little lucky to get away with the blonde witch. Moving towards the machine's, he took a few coins for her to use at first. Now, nothing went past River's ears, even if he didn't want anything to do with his family, his dear mother had cursed him and Lucille together - which was an unlikely partnership he always had wanted to escape and yet, he wondered - what would be of them after all these years together, bound to be near each other - would they part ways and never see each other again, or would they find their way back towards seeing each other again? That was the question. "Ace and my father is in town too - Aria as well. Seemed like I chose a shitty time to start this beauty," he looked around him for a second. "But I hear your family is pretty much gathered here as well, like a bomb just ticking," he sighed a little bit. He didn't want to be part of any of that chaos, all that drama was just a little bit too much - and he didn't just say that because he knew if Elias first learned he was here - he would hunt him down for his head. River turned his head over his shoulder getting eye contact with Kailani for a second, wanting her to push some of her luck onto Hanna to give her a better chance at winning.

Kailani downed her own glass and looked towards Bast, placing her back against the counter looking at him, while her palms rested on the counter edge. " Well, you missed Calliope's short arrival, Juliya is here as you saw, Dion paid a visit, seemed like he has grown some more sense he left before the drama started for real - then of course the two Jones'," she sighed a little bit, looking towards them as River looked at her. Clearly wanting to kick this game night off right, so she moved some luck towards River and Hanna, not because he deserved it, but at least it would keep him busy and focused on something else rather than creating another pointless drama. Then she turned her head back towards Bast tilting it a little bit giving him a softer smile.  "It's going to be long night huh?" She chuckled a little bit, they were used to it by now it was nothing.

Norah looked towards River and made a small o with her mouth, pressing her brows together. “Not only your mother, but also your father and siblings?” she shook her head, now for a man that had never really liked his family, he truly had bad timing with moving his business to these parts of the world. He could have gone anywhere, but there had always been something alluring by the Athena region. “Interesting” she muttered, now she hadn’t been all that stupid and had looked her mate up. Especially since he went over the name Leigh Duncan, and her mate’s name was Edward. Not that it had been all that hard to connect the dots, Angelos. Vampire. It had to be too much of a coincidence, not to be the case. And after some digging, she had found some leads that let her to believe that he was in fact the child of Ilene Angelos. And okay, maybe Fenris had told her. “I met your half-brother as well” she told him, as she placed another coin in the machine and pulled the level. “You are spoiling me tonight” She whispered turning towards River winking as she saw that she once again was winning, knowing very well it had to be Kailani. Norah had never had much luck with gambling, which was evident with her giant pile of debt.

Bast looked at her with a raised brow as she told him that she had missed Calliope’s short arrival. “More like dodged” he mumbled, as he didn’t care much for the human. Not that River had treated her fairly, but there was just something so – he couldn’t really describe what it was. Maybe it was the tight bond she had to Anthony, and how unpredictable she had been. He shook his head a little and took a sip from his glass. Not letting his eyes of River and the beautiful blond witch. “Yeah, it would seem so, probably for the best, Lucille was ready to throw River out the window, he was just lucky that she is better at hiding it than I am, and controlling her impulses” he narrowed his eyes, wanting to explain where they were, but he didn’t dare. Even if he liked Kai, he also knew that some secrets were never safe when this close to River. He turned his back to River and looked at the siren. “You hurt?” he asked and let his eyes travel down her arms.

"Yeah, seems like my lucky charm is failing me," he snorted a bit shaking his head. Perhaps it was just normal bad luck, or maybe Kailani had sent it over him. Who knew, he was good at throwing around theories. Your half-brother, see now River became far more curious than before, and raised a brow, "my half-brother?" He asked again, wanting her to tell him what she meant by that. River hadn't really spoken to his parents or siblings, he had no idea if he had more siblings than Ace and Aria - hadn't really given much interest in it either. He had his own little casino family, and that was what mattered to him the most.

She chuckled a little bit dry, yeah he had dodged the bullet right there. Kai didn't know what the talk had been about, but River hadn't seemed provoked by it, so perhaps he just as always didn't really see a threat or words as something to be worried about. Kailani couldn't even remember if she had ever seen River scared of anything. But no one was truly fearless. Kailani took a slightly deeper breath in and nodded a bit, she wasn't even doubting that Lucille could have been seconds from throwing River out the window. But somehow Lucille also seemed to be the only one who really could put River in his place when it came down to it, even if he didn't always followed through with what she said, he always listened. She didn't need to know where they had been, she trusted them regarding that. And she trusted Bast more than she trusted River. His comment made her look towards her left arm, Orion had clean the wound and wrapped it up, "a little but its nothing, just scratch -" it was perhaps a bit deeper than a scratch and she knew she couldn't avoid a bruise. Kailani should just be happy that she was lucky enough to not have broken anything by the force of the push. Reasons why you never pissed off River when he was hungry and annoyed. "I should have known better, " she shook her head a little looking back towards Bast, pushing herself from the counter to walk closer towards him, lifting her uninjured arm up, so her hand could softly lean against his cheek for a moment, "I'm fine," she assured.

“Oh, come now, you can’t blame all bad lock on Kailani, you know what you need to do to get her back on your good side again” she teased, letting her tongue glide over her lips. She looked at him with a slight raised brow as he clearly had no idea that he had a half-brother. “Ah right” she nodded “I keep forgetting that you don’t really like your part of your family” now, she had spent an awfully lot of time with Oscar and liked the man. Maybe even to a point where she had been in love with him, enough that she had stayed for an amount of time after they had made sure that he had taken the crown. “Edward Angelos” she told him a smirk forming on her lips as she turned towards the slot machine and pulled the lever “Son of Ilene Angelos, he now goes by the name Leigh Duncan” she explained letting out a soft sigh, he had after all saved her life yesterday. But any decent Interpol agent would find out who they were taking into their bed. So of course, she had made her research as well.  

“Just a scratch, huh?” he let out a small grumble and shook his head, this wasn’t the time for ‘should have known better’. River had a problem, a big one at that. It wasn’t that he couldn’t walk around doing what he wanted. It was nothing thinking about that some of it would have big consequences that would make sure that it would end the days of his fun. Maybe that was the biggest thing about River, he had lived for so long that he just didn’t care anymore. Bast took a sip from his whiskey, his eyes moving towards her as her hand found his cheek. “Mh, good” he hummed, nodding his head a little. He was after all, a man of few words. Not like his better half.

River snorted a little and shook his head, "of course I can, but you are right -" he mumbled the last part. Well, once again River was a master of taking the people that he actually liked and adored for granted. His biggest curse. River pulled a little smirk when she pointed out she always forgot how his like his family, well it wasn't because he didn't like them, he just didn't want to see or be around them - okay, maybe he didn't like them. River pressed his brows a little together, so his mother had gotten another child? Well would you look at that. He hadn't seen his mother for many years, of course they had run into each other for brief moments over history - but it had been hard to look at her after he had thought the Radclyffee's had killed her. River had been so angry and completely all over the place that he in his grief had made himself an even greater villain to the werewolves, yes, killing Elias' first wife had not been a good move in the big feud with the vampires and werewolves - but you couldn't change the past now. "Interesting, and what do we know about him?" He bended a little over almost whispering in her ear, eager to know what she had on this so called brother of his. River hadn't kept himself unbothered by family members, people he wanted to distance himself off by not playing his cards right - he knew how to keep the people he didn't want near him away. And despite the carefree nature, one should not come and think that River couldn't be just as calculated and foresighted when it came to take care of himself and what he wanted. If anything or anyone was in his way - he would make sure they weren't. There was a reason he had made it in this line of work, and with of course help from the people who also had followed him here - still there was a reason why it worked out for so man years.

"Nothing I can't handle," she corrected her statement to. Well, she didn't have the healing system of neither a vampire or demon, but she would be just fine. River was used to people in Russia fearing facing him, and some of the people today who had faced him had still remembered that, which had been key - then there had been the handful of handsome men who had walked in, who clearly not feared or knew what River was capable off, and did it strain his ego just a little bit? Perhaps it had. Right now, Kailani believed they should just be thankful River didn't seem like it was a need to plan. She let her hand move from his cheek to his chin giving him a soft smile. Then she removed her hand from his face, and once again turned her eyes to Hanna and River. Then she refilled her own glass, letting the other bartenders take care of the costumers. One thing Kailani did know was that every time that Hanna was here she had some sort of information River was eager to know or hadn't known he would be eager to her till she spilled the tea. "What do you think she has for him this time?" Kailani wondered before taking a sip of her glass turning towards Bast again.