Chapter 11 Damon walked into Moon Dance with Michael with a single purpose. He’d made up his mind and this time he wasn’t going to help them behind their backs… he’d do it to their faces. He looked around at the group that had gathered and inwardly took stock of them. He’d seen them all before at various places and after the graveyard battle, but most of them had never seen him. He supposed it was time to fix that. Damon wanted them to know just who was going to take Alicia away from them. Warren looked up from the blueprints spread out across his desk when he heard the door open. Seeing Michael and Damon enter he didn’t need an introduction… Michael and Kane were the only two people he’d ever known with amethyst eyes and the man with Michael could be none other than Damon. Just in case the others in the group weren’t as intuitive as he was, Warren stepped around the desk and held his hand out to Damon in a friendly gesture. “It’s good to finally meet you, Damon,” Warre

Chapter 13 “How many do you think you’ll kill tonight?” Devon asked good-naturedly. “That depends on how many we find.” Quinn answered. “It sounds as though Micah and Titus are getting their piece of the action tonight.” “I wouldn’t have minded joining them,” Devon said after a moment. Dean shook his head, “We need to stay with the plan Warren arranged. Only by doing it this way can we have any chances of finding Misery tonight.” “And we get to knock off a few soulless vampires while we’re at it.” Quinn finished. “I’m going to say I'll kill four, maybe five, tonight.” Devon said after a moment. Quinn smirked, “Would you care to make a wager on that?” “Don’t do it!” Nick exclaimed over the comlink. “If you do make sure Dean is the one counting because Quinn cheats.” Devon chuckled softly making Quinn look at him. “What’s so funny?” Dean asked. “Nick just told me to make sure you count how many we kill tonight each because he’s convinced Quinn

Chad started firing his gun and mentally breathed a sigh of relief when the bullets Nick had given him not only knocked two vampires off their feet but they also had a chemical that made the creatures explode. A blast of heat made him take a step to the side and raise his arm to protect himself when Zachary formed a fireball in his hand. “Tone it down, Human Torch,.” Chad complained. Zachary looked over at him with a wide grin. “Aw, that’s the nicest thing anyone’s ever said to me.” The grin vanished when a vampire grabbed Zachary by the collar of his jacket. Zachary merely placed his flaming hand on the vampire’s forehead then stood back as he was set ablaze. The creature ran around in large circles around them trying to put himself out. Finally he stumbled and fell to the ground, rolling around in agony before all movement stopped. Zachary had already set three more on fire by that time and was searching his pockets for something. “I know I put them somewhere.” Zachar

Alicia tossed in her sleep, reliving the last few seconds with the werewolf in her dreams. She looked directly into his golden eyes and heard the gunshot go off at close range. Alicia cried out and her eyes flew open. She was breathing heavily and looked around the room she was in. It took a few moments to realize the furnishings were familiar… she was in Damon’s penthouse bedroom. Looking down at herself, she was laying on her back in the huge bed with an arm across her waist holding her gently and a leg thrown over hers. Moving carefully, Alicia turned her head and felt her heart start to pound heavily in her chest. Damon was awake and looking at her with unreadable eyes… she never thought she would see him again in this life. Damon had given Alicia a thorough sponge bath to remove any dried blood left on her skin before laying down next to her while she slept. He had refused to sleep in case she woke up. He would never admit it to anyone but he wanted to be the first thi