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I look at everything Cindy has bought for me, and am pleased when I find a new iPhone 6 plus along with a few very nice and expensive looking leather jackets…and the essentials…like jeans, t-shirts…button up long sleeve shirts, boxer briefs and socks.

"They're all the right sizes?" I ask Cindy as she smirks at me dreamily, "Yes Master, I've admired you thoroughly." Cindy replies at me and bats her blue eyes at me.

"You performed your task, come here." I reply to Cindy as I bite into my wrist and offer it to Cindy who eagerly bounces on her knees on the bed, while looking at me like an excited puppy.

"Drink." I command Cindy who eagerly starts sucking on my wrist, 'Seems like she's had enough.' I say in my head and move in a blur snapping Cindy's neck.

"Haa, why am I bothering with making a baby vamp?" I sigh and ask myself aloud as Gar pads into the room and noses Cindy.

Gar makes a noise and tilts his head, looking at me quizzically, "Don't you start with me…she can be your personal groomer for all I care…but it's on you to keep her in line." I tell Gar who lets out a big breath of air and flops to the ground in mock exhaustion making me giggle like a little kid.

'Haa, better put her out on the roof so she doesn't become a wrecking ball as she's forced out of the house.' I mentally sigh as I pick Cindy up off the bed and carry her outside of my apartment inside of June's manse, the one that Neal Caffery would have lived in had he arrived before me, looking at the view offered by the terrace unceremoniously dropping Cindy to the ground.

"Wonder if you'll wake up before sunrise." I humm softly as I pull out a chair and sit down at the sitting table on the terrace.

I catch Izzy's scent on a light breeze, which makes me stand up and walk over the tooled stone work railing, I look down and see Izzy walking down the sidewalk dressed up to the nines, though her body language is that of a predator on the hunt, rather than a young beautiful woman going out to enjoy herself, which makes an urge to follow her rise up inside me.

'Heh, bet not even Edweird…had it this bad for Bella.' I joke in my head as I jump over the railing and land silently on my feet, I start shadowing Izzy as she skillfully dodges every human on the sidewalk that don't seem to notice her.

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My heart rate starts to increase and I no longer feel like I'm on a routine patrol…but rather that I'm being stalked by a predator, whether demonic or not I don't know, all I know is I start to feel excited…as most patrols are boring.

'Let's see if whatever it is can keep up.' I whisper in my mind my mental voice sounding both amused and excited.

'Maybe I'll run into Vidar tonight.' My mind rebelliously whispers to me and I can't help the smile that quirks up the corners of my lips at that thought.

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I can hear the tempo of Izzy's heartbeat increase and smile, 'That's my girl.' my mind traitorously whispers to me, making me pause for half a second mid stride but I do my best to shake it off and catch up to Izzy who is now moving at speeds beyond what any normal human could…causing a thrill of excitement to run through me at a chase.

A smile spreads across my face as Izzy leads me into an empty warehouse, and I come up behind her grab both of Izzy's wrists and lock them behind her back, my eyes are drawn to Izzy's neck where I can see the veins pulsing with hot blood just underneath her skin.

I feel the back of a heel impact my nuts and flinch in pain but don't let go.

"That was not very nice Miss Isabelle Lightwood…here I thought we just had a nice game…" I say with a groan in my voice as I try to be teasing, stalling Izzy's foot that was just about to make second contact with my balls, freezes in place...as I release a mock dramatic sigh.

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'Oh for heaven's sake, I just kicked Vidar in the balls twice…damn he's big.' I curse in my head before a naughty thought enters my mind as I remember the heavy mass that pressed against the back of my leg.

"Vidar, why didn't you just text or call me?" I ask Vidar, my voice coming out as some pouty little brat, even though the smile on my face more honestly reflects my feelings.

"Wait, never mind…you're not living here are you?" I shout softly and ask while feeling worried about Vidar's living situation.

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A feeling of…not quite happiness but something pleasant runs through me at hearing Izzy's honest concern for me as I release her wrists resisting the urge to bury my fangs in her neck and taste that divine blood once again.

"No, I found this nice and sweet lady named June who opened her home to me…and is allowing me to stay with her…she's quite nice but old by human standards." I reply to Izzy who kind of leans back against me and my arms encircle her waist of their own accord…but I don't pull away because it feels so natural and leaves me awash in Izzy's scent.

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I feel a surge of jealousy run through my heart at Vidar's smile for another woman, and a budding interest in meeting this "nice and sweet lady named June" to make sure she doesn't take advantage of Vidar. 

'By the angel Izzy, he said she was an old lady…there's no reason to be jealous.' I curse at myself before giving myself a light mental chastisement. 

'I should apologize to Vidar for falling asleep on him when he was talking about his past to me like I asked him too.' I continue to talk to myself in my head while I turn around to face Vidar with his arms still around me, I find myself starting to get lost in my admiration of Vidar's form…who now looks much healthier than before…his big strong arms wrapped around me fill me with a sense of peace and security I haven't ever felt before.

"I'm sorry I fell asleep while you were talking about your past…maybe after my patrol is complete…we can go get you something to wear…that isn't a silk bathrobe…though you really do pull it off and maybe get something to eat…I know where a vampire bar is here in Brooklyn." I feel myself start to ramble after my initial apology to Vidar that makes his partial smile turn into a full one that makes me gulp…as my heartbeat soars.

"Don't concern yourself over it…I quite enjoyed just having someone to talk to other than Garmr even if she was snoring…" Vidar replies to me with a softness in his voice that makes me happy before he turns teasing and makes me pout.

"I don't snore." I mutter in a soft petulant voice that makes Vidar laugh a light relaxed laugh that makes me blush.

"Oh, you do trust me…you're louder than Gar." Vidar continues to tease me and I rest my head against his chest pressing my ear over his heart as my arms encircle his midsection.

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I feel myself becoming more and more relaxed around Izzy especially as she turns around in my arms and looks up at me with those big brown eyes.

I can't help the urge to tease her, not that I actually want to, 'I shouldn't let my guard down around her…I-I could hurt her.' I mutter in mind as I force us out of our shared embrace and gently remove Izzy's arms from around my midsection.

The flash of insecurity in Izzy eyes I know matches my own but before either of us can confront one another we hear this strange clicking sounds…that almost sounds like high heeled shoes but hundreds of them all clacking at once.

"Shax demons." Izzy says and it comes out sounding like a curse as I spot…something that looks like a mix of a scorpion and a lobster with an inky black carapace and dozens of eyes which is quickly joined by dozens more.

"Stay behind me." Both Izzy and I try to command one another at the exact same time, making us both look at one another in surprise, and we both seem to roll our eyes at each other in sync with one another as Izzy's whip slides into her hands and she tosses me an active seraph blade that I catch out of the air and spin on my hand as I say close to Izzy to protect her.

"Try not to get their blood on you. It's like acid and carries with it demonic corruption that kills Mundanes painfully and within seconds." Izzy says to me as her whip cuts one of the demons in half making it explode into a cloud of dark ash and orange cinders.