North

Within the Northern vicinity of the city, the wealthy gather behind meticulously trimmed hedges and high-class architecture. The pristine streets are paved with stone and the storefronts are brightly lit and inviting - for the right clientele. In the North, every establishment is eager to cater to the rich and the wealthy. Many such places are used to the sometimes peculiar requests of the otherworldly but here there is little that money cannot buy - whether it happens to be illegal or merely involves looking the other way. Vampires and Dark Hunters are often found upon these Northern streets, their long lives often contributing to their sizable wealth which allows them the luxuries that the North provides.

What You'll Find Here

Eternity
The VooDoo Room
The Witchery

Not always what you expected


Posted on February 16, 2023 by Kit Marks
North


I wasn't usually one to advertise the after-hour hobbies of my brother and I, and it's not like I couldn't have just ran with Audette and played the victim. I guess a part of me wanted to play hero again. It had been so long since I'd been on a hunt with my brother. He's been so wrapped up in wedding preparations and I was distracted with thoughts of the baby I helped create s between the two of us, suddenly there was too much at stake. Yet a part of me missed it. Missed the feeling of overpowering something evil and knowing that because of me, it no longer walks the streets and terrorizes. Yet with the way Audette is looking at me after the vampire is gone....I wonder if I should regret doing that, at least in front of her. At her question, I decide to be honest since it's not like she'll believe that I just acted on impulse and got off lucky. Everything was too calculated and I believed her too smart to fall for that.

I wait patiently for her to shake her head and call me crazy, but instead she admits that she's surprised and impressed. I run a hand through my hair and shake my head. "Not much to be impressed with. Stupid is what it is. Instead of running from the danger like most of our kind which is probably the reason fae have survived for as long as they have, we run toward the darkness. I've seen a lot of my kind snuffed out by that same darkness. It's part of why I do it, but even then I know it's not the smartest decision." I remember when I used to give Troy that lecture about what we do in my efforts to make him give it up. Back when I was ready to turn my back on the hunter life and live a semi normal one, at least as far as fae lives go. Yet Troy was stubborn and he liked the rush too much. Plus he was the one who saw our mother get drained and it was personal to him. He wanted vengeance. I was always the reluctant tag-along, the support, but at least I knew I was good at it. I could deduce and plan traps where Troy was too impulsive. Together, we were effective.

She falls into step with me and I smirk when she brings up me saving her life again. "Naw ah, remember last time you patched me up so I count that as a save in itself. I was bleeding, after all." Okay, so maybe the bullet had just grazed me, but I didn't want her to think she did nothing but need saving.


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  • you never are - By audette rousseau on February 25, 2023 at 3:48 PM