Page 54 of Raijin
Meeting Raijin stare, she walked after them as they entered the building. She felt a wave of unease, how many of her kind had walked past those very glass doors and failed to return home.
Her eyes narrowed, on the man who greeted them in the large and nearly empty lobby. His hair was an ashen grey color. His brilliant golden eyes glanced at her before he returned his attention to Raijin, his posture spoke of power and control.
The tail, that was slung over his shoulder; told her that he was a fox demon. His ears twitched as he spoke, “The nun has set up the room on the seventh floor, but she’ll need her to be cleansed first.” This time, he looked at Sabina, his expression was warm, but that warmth didn’t reach his eyes.
He motioned the men behind him forward, both wore the blue uniform all Blue Jay wore. Both looked barely able to hold back from violence.
“These two will escort you to the fifth floor, and you’ll be sent to the seventh floor after.” Tiller continued.
“And once the curse is read, and secret is known I can return to my normal life?” She asked, expecting him to fob her off with some lie. Not that she wouldn’t know it was lie.
He shrugged, as if her life in its entirety didn’t matter either way to him. Typical behavior of one who worked for the Council, “It depends solely on your survival and what the secret is.”
She was baring her teeth at him before she realized it, quickly lowering her head she averted her eyes. “At least you’re being honest.”
“Don’t worry with this you should be done with dealing with us for a time,” Raijin’s voice intruded.
He said it, as if he’d offered her a bone of greatness. Instead of screaming at him like she wanted too, she bit her lip and gave the group her back following the two silent men from the foyer. She hated this hollow feeling she felt as she left him, and the others behind.
They weren’t friends, but that thing that existed between she and he couldn’t be ignored. Yet, to face it could cause repercussions she wasn’t ready to deal with.
She pulled her strappy purse around, to pull out a piece of gum to kill the irritation gnawing at her as she got on the elevator that the two guards had opened for her not noticing her pocket watch falling out of her purse. Once on the elevator, she occupied herself with searching her purse for another piece of gum, so she didn’t notice them press the button for the third floor.
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“You’re suspicions I prayed over and over they weren’t right, but shit it turns out they are.” Tiller said to Raijin. “The Unseelie have a particular type of Magical register and we went to the site where your men claim to have met one and there were traces of Unseelie magic left behind.” His lips tightened at the corners, “So, for now we’ll keep this news out of the ears of those on the Council. It would be hindrance more than help, if they knew.”
Scoffing, Raijin didn’t look away from the slim form that was now digging in her purse. This would probably be the last he’d see her. He would put it down as fate showing him a glimpse of something he could have if he’d been born without sin.
In this world of monsters, and beasts of the night, he’d crawled his way to its pinnacle. His hands were caked with blood that could only be seen by those like him.
“Even if you hide it,” his eyes drifted to the upper floor where a few workers stood looking down at them with both curiosity, and suspicion. “Someone we’ll know something isn’t right, which is why I wanted to know if I could make an offer to others.”
Tiller smirked, a look of disbelief coming to his features. “You want me to request more dog passes?” he released a short laugh, “You’re really pushing it, aren’t you Ogre.”
“No more than you pushed us all those years ago.” He smoothly rebutted, turning his head in time to see something silver fall form Sabina’s purse. He frowned, “I’ll be back.”
“Don’t mind me, I’m only your owner.” Tiller said sarcastically, as Raijin walked away from him.
He could feel the eyes of his men, as he left them to chase after her. He was being foolish; he’d never have done this before. He stopped before the elevator, and bending picked up the pocket watch, straightening he looked at the numbers only to tighten his hold on the pocket watch till the metal creaked.
“Alek.” He yelled.
The vampire appeared by his side immediately, “You called.”
“How quickly can you break to the third floor?” He demanded, his eyes narrowing on the numbers of elevator that had stopped on the third floor.
Following his line of sight, Alek clicked his tongue, “A few seconds, the floor barriers are tough.”
“Do it now.” Raijin commanded, grabbing his hand.
Alek gave a slight nod.
“What? What’s going on?”
Castian demanded, running over to them he tripped his hand grabbing onto Raijin shoulder. Malcolm who’d been following him, crashed into him. All four of them disappeared from sight.
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