The usual events in Paris, The fine weather, the extraordinary food… the city of light. People going about their daily business and tourists looking around, trying new things, some in groups while others in pairs or alone.
Cordelia could remember how it smelt like, it was different from every other country she'd been to. She knew exactly where Drella would be.
The opera house.
Jacob kissed her hand and smiled. "You'd do well, mon chéri", he said and she smiled broadly, planting a kiss on his sealed lips.
"Tu fais un bon gentleman" ( you make a fine gentleman) she said, caressing his cheeks as they called her out.
None shall sleep,
None shall sleep!
Even you, oh Princess,
In your cold room,
Watch the stars,
That tremble with love
And with hope.
Cordelia watched the beautiful Opera singer, Drella as she performed, her skin alluring and radiating. And the aura of a strong and independent woman.
But my secret is hidden within me,
My name no one shall know,
No... no...
On your mouth, I will tell it,
When the light shines.
And my kiss will dissolve
the silence that makes you mine!
The chandelier was slowly moving as the pianist played, the other instrumentalist joining in the beautiful harmony of the music.
(No one will know his name
and we must, alas, die.)
The chandelier fell on the pianist breaking his neck as blood spilled everywhere.
Vanish, o night!
Set, stars! Set, stars!
At dawn, I will win!
I will win!
I will win!
Drella screamed, she remembered this event as clearly as day. She looked up expecting to see a beast or Iris. Maybe she came because Jacob had been ignoring her calls, instead she saw someone she never wanted to see.
Cordelia.
She stared in horror as everyone screamed running out, Drella looked at Jacob and back at Cordelia.
"You remember this scene, don't you, love", she said and Jacob stood up looking at her.
"You weren't in Paris, what in the world are you doing here?!" He said angrily yet surprised and scared… a mixed feeling.
"I came back because I missed you", she said, smiling sinisterly.
"Bitch!" Joseph snarled. Cordelia smirked and snapped her fingers, the building started coming down quickly and the fire… . Drella coughed, she was going to burn down the building killing everyone.
"Joseph! Let's take everyone out, they'd die" she screamed at him because he was blinded with rage.
They brought everyone out and wiped their memories and went after Cordelia into an open space.
"Where are you, bitch!" He said in English. "Right here, love", she whispered and he turned. The wind started blowing.
"This is Jayson's ability, how did you get it?!" He asked, trying to manipulate her mind, but it wasn't working, the fox was too strong.
"The same way I'd take yours!" Her eyes flashed as she threw wolfsbane at them. Drella multiplied and then using her speed he dodged the poison.
"You're getting stronger, singer"
"You're getting all the more annoying". She scoffed.
Cordelia seized Jacob's breath while trying to fight off the huge army Drella had made. Jacob found his chance and manipulated her mind and she fell to the ground with a thud. Drella using her speed punched her non stop till the point that the old fox would die.
But she didn't.
Instead, Cordelia was healing as quickly as ever with every punch.
"You have Ling's ability too", he muttered quite surprised. Then he realised that she had probably done something to them "Drella, I think we need to leave"
" Like now!" He ordered and she nodded.
Cordelia multiplied making clowns of herself as they ran.
Jacob manipulated people to cause confusion as they fled. Suddenly they entered a cage and it shut. It was silver.
"Fuck!" Drella screamed, going to break the cage. "Mon Cheri no!" He said but it was too late, she touched the cage and screamed.
"You bitch! What are you up to". Jacob screamed at Cordelia as she appeared before them.
"A lot, I'm just lazing about till the blood moon", she said
" It was easy catching you two cunning foxes"
"You'll never find my master". Jacob said, gritting his teeth. " I've already found her", she said, blowing him a kiss.
Things were going as planned.
***
"How's she?"
"How's who?" Iris asked as she put the rice in the rice cooker. "Cordelia"
"You don't need to worry about her", she said, reassuring her that she'd not let her hurt her.
"Just Incase you go out on a business trip or something else and she comes after me". Lucy was worried but didn't know why, there was a lot in her stomach which was making her uncomfortable.
"She's a snivelling fox with no other ambition but to take everything that's mine and destroy me", she said putting butter into a pan.
"Fuck you. I meant how she looks, is she beautiful like a goddess or ugly like Rapunzel's step mother when she doesn't sing to her hair"
"She's still beautiful without singing to the hair, she just wanted to be a bit younger", Iris said, trying hard to change the subject. "She's still ugly. I'm just saying you should tell me if this so called Cordelia is…"
"Don't talk about her. I told you she won't find us… at least not until after a hundred years!" She snapped, her canines growing . she stirred the vegetables she added into the butter.
"I'm sorry", Lucy said, though taken aback, she sighed. She needed not to worry, but to trust her with everything she had. This was her maker, she wouldn't abandon her when evil came.
"Sorry about what I did, I just don't like talking about her". Iris shrugged, adding a little pepper. "It's nothing"
"She ruined my life after my mom died. I've been running for years while still trying to build myself and if she came here, it would be war… Nestle lake, everything you ever loved would be destroyed. But I won't let that happen. I promise, Lucy", she said, her tone low and sad.
Lucy knew she had struck a chord. A sad one at that.
"Fuck Cordelia, I'm hungry!" She said and Iris laughed.
"Fuck her!" she screamed.
"Fuck Cordelia!"
"Fuck sister Cordelia!" Lucy screamed and they laughed. "How did you know we called her that?" She asked.
"You do? The name suited it", she said chuckling.
"Whatever, fuck her!"
"The food's burning!" Lucy shrieked as Iris ran over to the pot, it was burnt to a level that it wasn't meant for eating.
"I crave pizza", she said staring into space.
"Me too"... .