Ghost File (Bk1) Incubus Project | By : Salariel Category: Anita Blake > Slash Views: 1370 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0 |
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"So you are from Paris?" the pale blonde asked.
"Oui" Asher nodded.
"My gran was from Paris." the pale blonde swung a bag over his shoulder, unlocking the door, "I do apologize ahead of time for my neice. She's a bit rambunctious."
"As all children are"
"Yeah, well most children don't have a sniper's aim with a nerf gun."
"Uncle Sebastian, you're home!" a little girl rushed toward them, her strawberry blonde pigtails bounced as she moved jumping into his arms, "I missed you Uncle Sebastian. Ms. Holly called and said you were bringing a friend home." she looked to Asher, "Hi"
"Hello" Asher smiled.
"He's pretty" the little girl whispered in her uncle's ear.
"I'm so sorry Sebastian, she escaped me." a petite Hispanic woman approached in a pair of jeans and a white t-shirt with Care Bears on it.
"It's alright Arianna, she is a bit of a handful. I hope she didn't give your mother any trouble."
"Never, sir, Zoe is an angel." an older woman came in , "Arianna, help our guest get settled in so Sebastian can take Zoe to bed. It is well past her bedtime."
"Yes, mama" Arianna led Asher up the staircase, "Mr. Whistler already had all your things set in your room."
"Merci" Asher followed her, "How long has your family worked for the Sebastian?"
"Generations, Sofia practically raised me and my brother, Rafael, and Arianna is like a sister to me." Sebastian answered.
"Our families have been raised together, hunters and witches, since Sebastian's great great grandfather and my great great great grandmother saved people from a kiss that was moving through the country slaughtering cities."
"A vampire hunter, working for a Master vampire, a novel concept" Asher chuckled.
"I’m on contract with several City masters. They call me when we have to worry about exposing the darkest parts of our world to neutralize the threat to the survival as a whole."
"When he is away mama and I take care of Zoe" Arianna led the way down the hall to a bedroom door, "here we are."
She led Asher into the room, opening the doors to the balcony which looked to the back end of the massive estate. "There is an automatic sensor which locks down all the windows and doors outside when the sun begins to rise that will block out the daylight." she pushed a button next to the doorway triggering a set of steel shutters over the windows and the balcony doors, pressing it again and the shutters opened.
"He has vampiric guests often?"
"Because of his line of work, Sebastian tends to spend much time with vampires both in his work and private life."
"So this is not the only room in the house with feature?"
"Every room, even Zoe's, has this feature. In her case it creates more of a panic room. If there is danger in the house it shuts her in, and others out until a member of the house comes for her."
"I cannot imagine Sebastian having time for relations of any sort with his work and a child at home. " Asher seemed inquisitive.
"That is a matter you would have to discuss with him." she smirked, "The closet is a walk in, a full bathroom with all the luxuries. If you need anything I'm usually up pretty late, my brother Lance oversees the house when mama is in bed for the night. "
"Thank you" Asher nodded, as she went to leave.
"You are most welcome," Arianna stopped for a second, "may I say something without seeming too forward?"
"You may"
"You would look so much better …" she approached, raising her hand to push back his hair, "If you wouldn't hide such a pretty face."
Asher pulled away, shaking his hair back into place, turning away from her before she could get a good look at his scars. "There is not much left of beauty."
"You are Belle's Asher, are you not? The beauty she shunned after that horrid night , that was you?" she looked surprised.
"It is" Asher's voice turned cold.
"Do not mistake me" Arianna tried again, "you are still beautiful. She is a fool to let such a creature walk away from her. My cousin works on an estate for a member of her line. She told me that Belle's golden beauty had passed through their home, that her master sent you here because there was someone who could help you. She told me that his Dark Mistress threatened to punish any of her children who helped you disobey her."
"I know of this decree. It was made soon after I left."
"She cannot control the acts of servants." Arianna took an envelope from the drawer, "When Sebastian told me who was coming I suspected it was you. This is from my cousin." she handed it to him with a wink before leaving.
**Zoe's room**
Sebastian gently set the little girl on the bed, sitting down as she crawled under the blankets, taking hold of her teddy bear. "Will you tell me a story, Uncle Sebastian?" she yawned.
"A story, my dear it's late and you are sleepy." he chuckled.
"Please" she pleaded.
"Okay, what story would you like to hear?"
"I wanna hear the one about how mommy and daddy met." she looked at the picture of her parents on the nightstand.
"Very well my dear, it all began…" Sebastian began to tell the story.
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