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Post by Dr. Whale/Victor Frankenstein on May 11, 2013 8:59:25 GMT -5
Victor wrapped his arms around her slim waist. He knew it was a thin suggestion... but if Red believed they had a fighting chance with it, he would have been all for it in a heart beat. Her doubt made his heart sink.
"Red... I don't know what we should do... if there's anything we CAN do..." He imagined an instant defeat if they stood up to the rest of the pack. "I know you don't want to hear this... but... IF I die- no Red, listen to me..." He held her face gently, making her meet his blue eyes. "...If I die tonight... don't, PLEASE DON'T, avenge me. Don't give them a reason to turn on you too. There's... there's no sense in BOTH of us dying. Not when one has a fighting chance..."
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Post by Red Riding Hood/ Ruby on May 11, 2013 20:32:54 GMT -5
That was when she broke, she pressed her tear-stained cheek against the side of his neck. She shuddered as she sobbed, how could it have come to this? She wanted so desperately to believe there was a way out, that someone could come in and save them- that SHE could keep her mate safe.... but what could she do against an entire pack?
"I.... I don't think I can..." She whimpered, if Tobias was going to take her mate from her- how could she let that go? Only by Victor's request," I'm so sorry, I love you, I should have never brought this upon you," She squeezed him tight," I can't live without you"
Even if it was in small, broken up fragments, spouted out in hysterical tears, she had to tell him how she felt at least once more.
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Post by Maria Barnes/ Delilah on May 12, 2013 13:31:47 GMT -5
Delilah stood outside leaning against a tree and puffing on yet another cigarette. Now, was she actually considering fighting Toby for Alpha? She wasn't sure but since Ruby mentioned it she hadn't been able to drive it from her mind it was there clawing at her forcing her to deal with shit she pushed away for years.
Would she win? Could she even try? She thought about her moments with Tobias back before he was mated with Anita they would just talk in the woods and she liked him probably more then she'd ever admit. If she was being honest he was so different then what he had become now. Though Anita did have a way of messing even the kindest souls up and twisting them until they were either what she wanted or she would grow bored and move on. Suddenly Delilah was angry with what Anita did to Toby to make him this way. She had been dead for years and he was still her puppet.
Delilah tossed her cigarette to the ground and stomped on it. She took out her keys and jumped on her bike pealing out of the woods. She needed time to think being on her bike was a good a place as any it helped in the past anyway. She needed to stop this not sure if she could live with herself if Toby killed a innocent man for his own gain, if he went that route there was no bringing him back she'd lose him.
For reasons she didn't understand that bothered her no this was wrong, Anita wasn't here this wasn't their world and killing him just to take his mate well that was not a pack Delilah wanted to be a part of. Damn it it meant only one think she would have to fight him and win. Dee slammed on her breaks and slid into a stop breathing heavy. Her mind was made up she flipped around and raced back to where the cabin was.
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Post by Titus Gray/ Tobias on May 13, 2013 8:27:02 GMT -5
More sweat poured down his back as the heat in the factory intensified. He had the upper part of his jumpsuit pealed back, revealing a soiled tank top beneath. He had his protective goggles on and his dark hair tied back as he brought the saw back down against the next sheet of aluminum. It was base, repetitive work, up and down, bringing that saw up and down, until his abs were sore...
But it paid the bills on his ridiculously over-priced hole in the wall that was considered an 'apartment'. Not that he really needed it anymore... staying out under the stars was much more to his liking; open and free. Besides, while it was not complicated work, it still gave him time to think about other things in depth... such as how to night would go down: Red would be forced to change her mate... and while it was common courtesy to let a newly changed wolf until the next Wolf's Time to challenge them... Tobias didn't really care to follow that custom. The twit was going to lose no matter how much time he was given.
He was lost in thought. Didn't even notice when some of the workers looked up from their work to either give cat-calls or yell for the outsider stalking towards Tobias to leave. Not until enough saws were turned off so that he could pick up on them.
He picked up on Delilah's scent before he even turned to face her. A refreshing pine forest and evening rain...wafting gently through offensive manly musk and B.O.
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Post by Maria Barnes/ Delilah on May 13, 2013 13:42:26 GMT -5
Delilah ignored all the cat calls and stares she got from the men as she walked into the cannery. "We need to talk?" She told Tobias reaching him. He wouldn't be pleased seeing her there but she didn't care at this point she was going to plead with him to change his mind.
He would regret it if he didn't or she would die fighting him. Well there was something to be said about dying for what you believe in wasn't there? She hoped so if she lost it would be all she had left. Though with out being to sure off herself Delilah was Fairly confident she could win after all she had been a wolf longer then him. At any rate it was going to be one hell of a fight.
Delilah took one look at his face and knew he would start screaming at any minute. "Outside, lets not have you lose your job." She turned on her heels and headed for the door.
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Post by Titus Gray/ Tobias on May 13, 2013 18:13:55 GMT -5
"I'm sure it's too late for that..." Tobias glanced up at the manager's office in the upper level of the factory; the man was glaring down at Tobias. So what... he hated this damn place anyways...
Once they were outside, he pushed up his goggles, taking a handkerchief from his pocket to his face before meeting her gaze. He didn't look amused. "Something on your mind, Beta?" He didn't call her her nickname. He wanted to remind her of her place.
He had not forgotten how she had spoken out against him in front of other packmates. It was as if they could sense a storm was coming between the two. Some even went as far as to kiss up, majorly, feeling that a beta position would be opening up very soon...
But he had no intention of replacing Delilah. But... damnit, why did she have to go be all defiant to the Alpha... it sent the wrong message.
"Well... let's have it, then..." He crossed his defined arms and leaned his back against a tree.
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Post by Maria Barnes/ Delilah on May 13, 2013 19:59:47 GMT -5
"Look I'm just gonna be straight with you. I think what your going is wrong. I think you sending the wrong message about who we are as a pack just so you can get your jolly's off on Ruby and I don't want hear shit about Anita plan for her its bull shit. If you think Ruby wont turn on us once you kill her mate your full of it. I'm tired of it this isn't a pack I want to be in one that kills just to kill. What the hell happened to you?" Delilah was fuming mad at him this wasn't going the way she planned.
"I'm telling no I am begging you change your mind let Red come to us don't do this you will not only lose the respect of a lot of the pack members but your going to lose me. Please Toby I know your better then this I know you are but if you don't stop now then your going to lead the pack into Darkness. Don't make the same mistakes Anita did you saw how that ended." Delilah took a step back she had said her piece and if he didn't agree then it was going to be a major shock to him when she stood up to challenge him.
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Post by Titus Gray/ Tobias on May 14, 2013 16:08:03 GMT -5
Tobias stared Delilah down with his dark gaze, standing up to his full height. It mimicked a primal warning, of an Alpha telling it's rival to back down or else... She had some nerve... or perhaps it was stupidity.
He spoke slower, guarded, to keep the fury in check. "It is out of respect for our past friendship that I don't beat you down for the out of line bitch that you are RIGHT NOW." He growled, circling her. "You know NOTHING of love, or honoring oaths... so I will forgive your stupidity... but if you ever... EVER speak ill of my mate again, the woman who saved me from death, who breathed life anew in me, and saw fit to give me her heart in exchange for mine... I won't hesitate to kill you." His eyes were locked with hers. "You have no heart, speaking ill of a woman who took you in when no one else would..."
He turned his back on her, daring her to attack him... to give him a reason to fight back, make her pay for what she had said. "Red is part of my oath, yes. And it may take time for her to understand that what I do is for her own good. She may hate me... but it's what I believe I MUST DO. At least I believe in something...and my passion has seemed to be enough for this Pack. Anyone may challenge me... but they don't. They follow."
"And if anyone DID challenge me..." He said, turning back towards her. "They will die."
A silence passed between them, and a change in the winds between them. He no longer saw her has a loyal friend, the woman who he could take comfort in, emotionally and physically... she was a threat. "Perhaps you shouldn't be in this pack. No one is stopping you from leaving." He said. "Maybe you should ponder WHY that is... You say I am being selfish... but you have always been the lone-wolf, never letting anyone in. I don't think you have the CAPACITY to give a shit about anyone other then yourself."
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Post by Maria Barnes/ Delilah on May 14, 2013 16:51:41 GMT -5
Delilah met his eyes, maybe she was out of line she didn't think so. Delilah wasn't blind or stupid she knew just how Anita ran her pack and it was cold and harsh. Of course that was in a different world with its own set of rules.
She took a painful breath his worlds hurt but not as much as the rage in his eyes. He would kill Victor make Ruby his mate and then what? Ruby and Victor were in love even Dee who had never actually loved anyone could see that. For reasons she didn't fully understand she didn't want to see that ruined.
"If that's the way you run your pack then I'm gone. I may not understand love but I know enough to know if you take it away from someone they will never be the same. You would kill everything that makes Red who she is if that's the price of your oath then so be it. I wont be around to watch it all burn to the ground." Delilah turned away from him and walked to her bike.
This was much more painful then it she ever imagined. She was done she would wash her hands of the pack and everything that was associated with it. She really was a lone wolf and now she would be even more. Though she could cross the line and let go of all of it. She would be Maria again that happy go lucky college student who loved the woods.
Delilah started up her bike and drove off. She was done being his partner his second beta the title she fought so damn hard for and now she was giving it up like it didn't matter because maybe if Tobias wasn't there it wouldn't matter anymore. She couldn't watch it see him turn into nothing but a killer.
She reached the line faster then she expected she looked at it. Freedom a way out of all this shit life handed her. Was it worth it? Delilah had always cared only for herself she wanted one thing out of life it was being Beta and now that she had it she wasn't sure she wanted it anymore.
As she was about to get back on her bike and forget about everything Dee realized something. She had to go back to fight for something that was right. Tobias was wrong and she couldn't let him fall down this path. If he killed her in the battle then she would die fighting for what she believed in and not what someone told her to believe. She would die trying to save him and true love it was almost laughable. Her fighting for true love and Tobias's what? Soul? It was more then that the pack his future it all rested on her. That thought made her want to vomit.
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Post by Titus Gray/ Tobias on May 14, 2013 20:43:55 GMT -5
Tobias watched her walk away, convinced that he was done with her. But as he walked back towards the factory... he was... unsettled. He stopped in his tracks. There was something missing. Something that could be replaced...maybe... but it was missing right now... just now...after mentally dismissing her from the pack. Sure... they followed him... but it was more out of fear and respect...not genuine loyalty.
And those times with her... when it was just them... there were brief moments when he sensed that she cared for him. In the way that she talked acted when she thought he didn't notice...and then immediately backtrack with coarseness. He shook his head.
Screw the factory. He headed towards his car in the parking lot instead. He'd take a quick shower, get something to eat before heading over to the cabins.
He knew he shouldn't expect to see Delilah there.
...But a part of him hoped she would be there...
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Post by Dr. Whale/Victor Frankenstein on May 14, 2013 21:19:30 GMT -5
Victor looked over at Red, shrouded in sheets. She had said that she didn't want to fall asleep; that if this truly was their last day together, she didn't want to miss a second. But they had taken each other so passionately that exhaustion had won out. He pulled her closer to him kissing her forehead. She began to stir.
"It's 7:45." He informed her. Her eyes widened with horror. He kissed her forehead. "It's fine... it's better this way." He held her so tight in his arms, kissing where he could. He felt... oddly at peace about everything. He was sure that fear would take over in the moment... when... but this was now... and now belonged completely to his mate. His fiance. "I love you...so much..."
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Post by Red Riding Hood/ Ruby on May 15, 2013 9:13:22 GMT -5
Red bit her lip and cuddled close to his chest,"I love you too, more than I thought anyone was capable of...."
She kissed his shoulder, needing to take in his scent just one more time. She didn't know when the pack would be here exactly but there was a part of her that believed maybe if clung to him, hid her face in his chest and away from the world, time would stop. They could just rest in each others arms like this forever. Even if Victor was at peace in these moments Red had a tiny pang if guilt still buried deep in her heart- she suspected she'd live with it the rest of her days.
"Victor.... There's still do much I wanted for us," she whispered," things I'd only want with you...." She'd already apologised enough today, even if she felt she could never say it enough it wasn't what needed to be said," I love you, I'd sell my soul for just another moment with you"
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Post by Dr. Whale/Victor Frankenstein on May 15, 2013 10:23:52 GMT -5
Victor calmed her, sealing her lips with his. He pulled away, but kept his hand against her cheek. "I know... Red." It was as if he could feel the talons of imminent death coming for him... after a long blissful day. That dark time had seemed so far away that morning...
He kept talking, to sooth her... and perhaps himself. "I will try to make my appeal before Tobias... but if it goes south... I want you to know that I don't regret any of it. ANY of it." He said firmly, searching her hazel eyes with his. "My life... wasn't worth anything... until you came... and though it may have been for a short while..." His voice actually broke. He ducked his face against the warm skin of her neck trying to collect himself. He finally raised his head again to meet her glistening glace. "...I'm so glad that I spent it with you. Loving you... and feeling loved by you...it's more then I ever expected or deserved..."
He lowered himself against her. Taking in slow shuddering breaths. It was getting darker outside.
"We.. have to get up..." He said flatly.
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Post by Red Riding Hood/ Ruby on May 15, 2013 13:13:06 GMT -5
Red gave a soft whimper, but nodded, They got dressed- or rather Whale did, Red still only had her lingerie and coat,there were a few things she had bought a night ago before the bonfire but they were in the backseat of her car- and for a moment after Red was at a loss.
But it was only for a moment, She pcked up the scent of the pack members closing in- Tobias leading them in- Red's heart jumped into her throat, all at once she wanted to barricade the door, kiss Victor passionately, punch someone in the face and hide under the covers of the bed.
She looked to her mate, taking his hand in hers.
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Post by Titus Gray/ Tobias on May 15, 2013 18:49:53 GMT -5
Tobias clutched his arm, backing away, fright filling him, as Anita reverted back to her human form. She had called him, beckoned him into her bed as she had so many times in the past several weeks...making Quinn, incredibly jealous.
He had won the position of Beta... Quinn still licking his wounds from the defeat. Tobias had nearly closed his jaw down on his opponent's throat, sure to kill him, when Delilah called out to him frantically. He never understood why she did that, but the desperate tone of her voice made him pause. And then Anita declared him the victor of the match. Quinn lived... sparing Tobias from having taken another life intentionally... for the time being.
Now he huddled on the furs, clutching his arm that had been torn into by Anita in her wolf state. He shot her a fearful look... he didn't understand... and yet he did... the primal part of him whimpering out to her... sensing what she sensed... feeling what she felt. It was instant... the marking, because he was already wolf.
"Why... why did you do that?" He choked, trying to stop the crimson from flowing.
"You know why... just open yourself up to it." She gently straddled him, attempting to sooth him with caresses up and down his lean front. "You feel it, don't you?" She closed her eyes, opening herself up to what he was feeling. "Don't fight it... you belong to me now... my mate..."
Tobias' eyes fluttered... he could feel it... but she had turned on him, without warning, almost enjoying watching him panic and squirm. "It hurts..." He said, eyes watering. "It... it doesn't feel right..." "It will... you'll see..." Anita brushed his dark hair away from his youthful face. "It is a tough lesson to learn... but it is for the best... you'll see, Tobias..." She leaned forward, kissing him. His heart fluttered... believing her attentions to be born of love. They HAD to be... he was beginning to feel that hurt and love where hand in hand at times... and sometimes hurt more then love.
She wouldn't have done it if she hadn't loved him. If she didn't care...
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Tobias halted the pack members trailing behind him. Others seemingly morphed from out of the woods, expecting a show. They would be sure to get one.
He knew that Red could see him from inside the cabin, so he waited for them to come out.
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