"what?" A confused Flora asked, hearing Devora mutter something.
"oh uhm nothing" Devora mindlessly muttered and walked out into the locker room to work there, knowing she would sink deeper into work there.
Thiago walked forward after Miranda spotted the vampire they were looking for.
"Mr Balorwe" He clamped his hand on the man's shoulder, his gaze cold. Despite the dark room and the sunglasses, the man felt intimidated by Thiago's stare.
His tipsy brain cleared immediately after feeling the strong aura oozing from Thaigo.
"R-r-r right this way sir" Balorwe quickly scurried to the Locker room, knowing very few people had access to it a d it probably meant more money for him.
"This will cost higher than normal sir" Balorwe said, licking his lips and forgetting how he felt a few moments ago.
'greedy vampire' Thiago thought to himself. "I came here to see you actually." Barlowe gulped at the tone of Thiago's voice.
Barlowe started to panic. he knew he'd got the land by illegal means. It once was in the care of a witch he'd killed after making her sign over the papers to him. "I believe this was Martha's place right?" John asks from behind Thiago.
Barlowe tries to make a run for it but Miranda had locked the door which Devora also noticed. She had been so immersed in cleaning, she didn't hear them come in.
Devora suddenly gasped at the thought that they followed her and since no one in that room was human, they all heard her.
Barlowe, upon seeing someone lower than him, opened his mouth
" What are you doing here?" he barked, relieved to still have some authority.
"You asked me to clean this place earlier" Devora slightly glared at him, she didn't want any trouble that night.
"And you're only just remembering? I don't know why I keep you, you incompetent foo-" Ezra, who'd just been observing, cleared his throat since Barlowe's voice had gotten louder and he didn't like the tone he was using on Devora.
"Let's skip the formalities, this is my land and I've come here to reclaim it. you'll do well to co-operate or you won't be doing anything at all" Thiago firmly stated. His mind suddenly reminded him of a purple haired human he'd seen earlier and he turned, deciding to meet her.
he noticed Ezra was distracted so he ordered Miranda and John instead
"Both of you, take care of him, I need to check something back there"
Thiago walked back into the main bar, not minding the immediate silence, his eyes glazed over the place, In search of a certain purple haired pixie.
He found her talking to two men but as he got closer, hearing the conversation, he realized it wasn't a conversation.
"I wonder why the boss still keeps you, you're fucking useless!" A male bartender was scolding her and Thiago heard sniffling.
"Awww, look at that, she's about to cry" The second one taunted.
" honestly, sometimes, I wonder if you're a grown woman" The first man continued to insult her.
Thiago walked up to behind her and she not expecting it, turned around only to walk straight into him at an attempt of running away.
She fell back, startled and quickly stood up. "I'm sorry" She mumbled, her eyes glassy as the tears were about to fall.
The men snickered and Thiago hissed under his breath
"Immature"
These men were vampires with slightly better hearing and despite the music, they heard him.
"Who the fuck are you?" the first one questions, not happy about the degrading insult.
"And why the hell are you wearing sunglasses inside. Take it off! " the second one demanded while mouthing the word 'Freak' to his friend.
Thiago sighed and took off his sunglasses, making the men freeze and start to look worried. They'd heard of the Alpha with red eyes who could end any vampire with a snap of his fingers.
Flora tried to walk away quickly to avoid further embarrassment but Thiago grabbed her arm. She stopped as he grabbed her but immediately yanked his hand back with a strained hiss.
"Impossible!" he almost yelled and Flora thought he deemed it impossible for her to walk out on him.
Devora, noticing how the woman was handling Barlowe, quickly slipped out of the locker room, forgetting Ezra had his eyes on her.
"Shit! Shit! Shit! Shit! How could I not realize that was what they were warning me about? Despite him invading my dreams! How the hell could I forget?!" She screamed to herself as she walked out the backdoor and into the alleyway.
Normally, no sane human would walk in there at 11pm but Devora's brain was wired differently. She kept walking but she lowered her voice, knowing someone could and would be listening.
"Devora" she froze "It's been long, hasn't it?" The relief in his voice had her cursing all the stars that brought them together. She wanted to pull out her hair and scream to the universe but she stood still.
Even though it'd been two decades since they last saw each other physically. Ezra had developed the habit of invading her dreams, just to see her.
It was sweet at first, but Ezra became clingy and it annoyed the crap out of Devora.
"Hello Ezra" She gritted her teeth. Since her Eighteenth birthday, she'd discovered away to block him out and had momentarily forgotten about him, leaving Ezra to obsess about her even more.
"I finally found you" He sounded like a lovesick high school child and Devora wanted nothing but for him to leave.
"Why are you here?" Devora's voice shook as and Ezra thought she was just in shock and not angry to see him.
"well, we came here to reclaim Thiago's territory" He started and Devora mouths and in audible 'fuck!'
Ezra's ears picked up a sound from behind Devora and quickly rushed forward to catch the flying knife that she already dodged.
"You chose the wrong night's to pass here Devora. You even brought an innocent man here" someone said from the shadows and Devora let out a string of curses.
"give me that" She hissed and snatched The knife from him without looking at him "No, you chose the wrong nights to disturb me when I'm in a fucking terrible mood! " She yelled and threw the knife. It hit something and someone fell down. devorah walk towards the person, stepping on their chest "go back and tell them to never bother me again" she pulled the knife out of their shoulder and kicked the person.
" Dev-" she held up her free hand
" I don't know what you came here for and I do not care so please go away and leave me alone!" She yells and Ezra smiles, suddenly apparating from the spot.
Deborah suddenly lost all the energy in her body and started to sway
'my life is in chaos again' she thought as she sank to the floor.
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