I stood in the hallway for much too long thinking. I only knew it was too long because Dorian found me standing there. He was smirking when I noticed him, “How long have you been standing there?” “About five minutes, give or take a few seconds.” Dorian answered. “I take it Reginald told you?” I…

I walked to the AU building and was still 35 minutes early. The big official conference room was in a more public area. I was wearing a pair of faded blue jeans, a plain t-shirt for once and my gray hoodie. My hair was still dyed the color of Alex’s eyes, and my nails were…

By the time I finished the paperwork for Naomi, Emerson and the Dragon, conveniently leaving out Trix, Val and the baby vamp who were all colluding with Ye Pan. I couldn’t forget that Matthew Haskins was there with The Dragon, or the the viking looking fellow who had the strange magic. I made a note…

The little red laser lights stayed steady over the sensitive areas of my body – my heart, my head and one playfully danced at my groin. I knew exactly who that was and Walker smirked as I looked at him with a sideways grin. It was my father who stepped between me and the lights…

I dropped the veil as I stepped inside the room. I knew two of the faces. “One was Ye Pan, the man I’d followed, the second I didn’t know but he was from the second car that had followed Ye Pan into the building, the viking. The third was Matthew Haskins – headmaster to the…

I followed the little dot on my phone back to the dock district and watched as his limo pulled into the warehouse Sage had said he was in. A second car followed him in from the other direction and I wondered who it was. I wished for Dorian’s memory and tried to catch the license…

I headed in the direction of the River. I didn’t see directions yet. But eventually I looked at my phone where Sage had a map with a glowing dot blinking at me. My best friend was so helpful. I should get him in on this more often. He wasn’t at a warehouse any longer, he…

“Sage, you there man?” I said into my headset without thinking if I looked crazy or not. “Yeah. What’s up Nox?” “You need me down there?” I asked. “Nah, food arrived Trix is flying through the Dragon’s firewalls. She’s trying to get at his schedule, and his business locations that aren’t on public record. I’m…

As I headed down to the Infirmary, I sent a call to the cafeteria. The same guy picked up who answered the last time. “How can I help you?” “I need a pizza, some chocolate bars and mountain dew sent to the fish bowl.” “Nox?” I laughed at the response. “Yeah, it’s me again.” “Are…

Sage and Trix were in communication. And if I knew Sage well enough, and I did, he was hard wired into the Venatori system and had remote wifi and access and he was setting up a back door so that he could get in anytime he wanted. And under normal circumstances I probably would have…

I got Walker to the Infirmary with little incident. He looked better, and there was no blood except what was on his clothes, but I insisted. Walker only half agreed when one of the nurses rushing towards us was a hot little number he was awed. I rolled my eyes as Walker turned back to…

With the vampire gone I looked at the girl strung up on the door and smiled. “I’ll be with you in a moment.” I looked at Walker and he grinned. “You okay?” “It’s just a little bite.” Walker said softly. His voice strained from the blood loss. “Come on. I’ll help you walk.” I wrapped…

We walked in relative silence after that. Walker coming along for what I didn’t know. I didn’t really care. We hopped on the subway and got off at the closest stop and finished the walk in silence. Walker checked his gun at his side and I just shook my head. Guns were the first thing…