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“Who is it?” Karaline yelled, not wanting to be bothered.
“Kara, is that you?”
Karaline sat up as quick as possible, with Erik’s strong arms around her. “Wait a moment!” at first she was confused as to who might be at the door, but now she knew. No one called her Kara. No one but Karolee. Karo wa alive!”
“Couldn’t you have picked a better time?”
The look on Karo’s face was one of genuine surprise, like this was the best time to visit a friend. At 2 am. She spent too much time ‘working’ with night people. “What time is it?”
“2 in the morning.” Karaline answered.
“Oh, sorry. i’ve been sticking to the night time schedule for the last 5 years.”
“Karo, do you want to come in.?”
“Ya, thanks.” Karo answered, used to be called by her nickname.
“So what are you doing here?” Kara asked her sister. "I mean people usually stay hidden after disappearing for 5 years.”
“My boyfriend moved in and swore he saw me walking around. I’ve come to prove him wrong.”
“That sounds like you
“So what've you been up to kara?”
Karaline winced hearing that name. When Karo first disappeared she went into a blind range whenever anyone called her that. Eventually everyone learned to avoid using the name her twin called her. But this wasn’t just anyone, It was Karo. Her twin. Her sister. in the flesh. After 5 years.
“This is so weird.: Karo said.
“You read my mind.”
“We’re twins, its what we do.”
“Wow, its been a long time,”Kara said siting on the couch.
“Ya, it has.” Karo said siting next to her twin. “Can i use your phone? My boyfriend will be wondering why i haven’t called yet.”
“Sure.”
Karo went over to the phone and dialed a number. The phone ringed 3 times and then the answering machine came on “I don’t answer my phone. You probably got the wrong number. Just in case leave a message after the beep.”
“Hey, Arric it’s me.” she started. “i’m at my sister’s house. see you soon.”
“Your boyfriend’s name is Erik?”
“Ya, but it’s spelled A-R-R-I-C.”
“My boyfriend’s name is Erik, it’s spelled the normal way.”
“Wow, we really are alike,”
“No kidding.” Kara said.
When the twins lived together they were exactly alike. They thought the only similarity was their looks.”
“Hey, Arric it’s me.” she started. “i’m at my sister’s house. see you soon." he heard the message, but by the time he got to the phone it was too late to pick up, so he continued pacing.
“She kills some of the most powerful vampires and is still safe. She constantly kills witches without so much as breaking a sweat and fights beings who can become cats and bears and birds and snakes. Yet the second she goes after a human I’m scared for her. Can i be more messed up?” Arric muttered under his breath.
“Though of course with this human being her twin it can’t be much more messed up” he continued. “I mean she’s being paid to kill her sister. Not only that her identical twin! Who would kill their sister, even for one million dollars. i wouldn’t!
“I shouldn’t be worrying so much. She won’t be hurt. Oh, please don’t let her be hurt! She constantly goes on suicide missions and survives. I’ve never worried. never!” he rambled
“i can’t believe i’m falling in love with someone i can’t trust. you’re a hunter first, mercenary second, assassin third. Boyfriend last. It’s the same for her. Once i start trusting her, truly letting my guard down she’s going to get tired of you and get rid of you. If we get in a fight she’ll win. She’s never lost, not even her first fight.
“She won’t get rid of me. We’ve been together for 3 years! If she didn’t feel something between us she would have already killed me. She can’t be after my money i has nothing compared to her.
“God, what if she got hurt! if she comes home with so much as a bruise i’ll kill her sister, or whoever hurt her and the person who hired her and whoever else knew about the job.” Arric fumed, going on, and on and on.
“Karo, are you ok?” Kara asked her sister.
“Fine.” she answered through gritted teeth, still clutching her head.
“Do you want some advil?”
“I’m fine Kara, just back off.”
“You’re worse than I remembered.” at that moment someone knocked on the bedroom door. Kara said “Come in Erik.”
Karo gasped.
Erik came in and sat on a chair opposite Karo. ”You weren’t kidding about having a twin sister.”
“Get away from me you leech.” Karo spat, clearly knowing Erik.
“What did i do?” he said innocently.
“Maybe this will jog your memory.” she said throwing off her jacket.
“Oh. My. God.” Kara said running to her sister. “What the hell happened?”
“Ask your boyfriend.”
Kara looked at him her eyes filled with horror.
“i didn’t do it i swear.”
“Ya, you just stood there and let your sister carve her name into my arms. At least you let me stick a knife in her afterwards.”
“i couldn’t stop her.”
“i’m leaving.” Karo said replacing her jacket. “if i find out you take a drop of her blood a knife will find your heart.” then she turned to her sister. “More than vampires are after you, and I can’t stop them. I’m a hunter. I mainly hunt vampires, Erik. I also hunt witches and shapesifters. One of my employers wants you dead.”
“But why would you? Vampires? Witches? Shapeshifters? Who the hell are you?”
“The Karolee you knew is dead. it’s Karo now. i’ve been trying to find the vamp sitting on your couch for five years.”
“You’re not my sister.”
“Yes she is.”
“Erik, what is she talking about?”
“The truth. She’s the best hunter to ever live. And it started 5 years ago when she killed my sister.”
“But why?”
“You’re sister was strong, even at such a young age. My sister knew that and wanted to change her when the time was right. To ensure that my sister made her marks so no one would touch her.”
“Oh my god.” she said stepping away from both her twin and boyfriend. “Why didn’t you tell me?”
“It wasn’t my business. I’ve been avoiding vamps, witches, and shifters since then. I hardly knew about Karo the mercenary.”
“You could have told me what happened to my sister!”
“Ha, why should he tell a human that her sister is being hunted by almost every vampire, witch and shapeshifter on the planet? Why would anyone tell someone that her long lost sister kills almost every other day? Why in the world would he tell his girlfriend that her thought to be dead sister gets paid to kill and was even paid to kill you?”
“What?”
“You’re no longer human. You’re a witch and he knows it. Some vamps want me to kill you because my twin is getting power, power that endangers them. What better way to ensure your safety than with a bit of entertainment. pay the hunter a million dollars because her sister as much a danger to them as her.” She explained. But a car pulled up in front of the house. “Arric, why are you here?”
Arric walked up and wrapped his arms around Karo. Then looked up and glared at Eric “Looks like our world found you again.” his voice was carefully empty of emotion.
“Kara, this is Arric.” Karo introduced.
“Erik, what’s going on?”
“I think we should go inside.”
Karo pulled away from Arric. “I’m going back to Burgandy.”
“all right.” he said opening the door for her.
Instead she shoved him in and went over to the drivers seat “What the hell are you doing here?”
“I missed you.”
“Give me something other than crap.”
“I was worried.”
“She’s a human.”
“No she’s not, I’ve never seen a more powerful witch.”
“She doesn’t believe in magick, do you think you can use it? She didn’t even know her boyfriend wasn’t human, let alone her.”
“Karo, I don’t want you to get hurt.”
“I can take care of myself, and if I recall correctly it was you, not me that needed saving 4 years ago.”
“I love you.”
Karo was backing out of the driveway as Arric let slip his feelings, and she stopped dead in her tracks. Then she looked over at him “What?”she said.
Faey Master · Sat Apr 12, 2008 @ 04:05am · 0 Comments |
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