Vampire High Brotherhood (Tay's Characters)

"Before King Jarico and Queen Raven and everyone else came along Michael was the only family I had left so yeah celebrating his birth is very important to me because without him..." she trailed off as a bit of sad nostalgia set in and then she shook it off, and turned back to him.

She'd seen how everyone else seemed to let him be when they were around everyone at the mansion and some of the newer people of the house hold seemed to be a little intimidated by him but she'd never been intimidated or scared of him, he'd always made her feel... safe, odd right, especially since they'd never spoke other then him barely giving her a second glance or a grunt when she tried to talk to him. Raelynn gave a half smile, her eyes meeting his, "You. You are what took so long. I tried to introduce myself, to talk to you, a couple times and you just gave me some nonchalant grunt, half wave and went on as if there was some pressing business to get to. So, I left you alone." she reminded him.

Alex was so close to her as he came to claim the beer she held out to him that she could feel the heat from his body and smell his intoxicating scent that was all him, there was a faint scent of something close to her brother's scent but different too, she guessed that Alex was one of the pack her brother belonged to, which is why there was that 'other' scent clinging to the two. Something about his scent made her heart pick up pace and made her want to move closer, wrap her arms around him and bury her face against him and it was all she could do to hold herself back.

When he said she had him all to herself, her eyes, which she didnt realize had been closed, flew open, heat flamed her cheeks a bit and she had to clear her throat and step back before she gave in to temptation, "Great, well, um... she glanced around at her kind of small kitchen, suddenly realizing how small the space seemed with him in it, then said, "Are you hungry? I can throw together something I am sure." She moved a little farther away to the fridge to start looking for something to eat, giving her a much needed few minutes to collect her self, the cool air from the fridge cooling her flushed cheeks and calming her suddenly racing pulse.

Alex Fierro

She wasn't too surprised that Michael had talked about her but in some ways she was. Raelynn gave a soft chuckle as he admitted he wasn't used to people, that was obvious. She winced slightly about reason behind being nice to her, she didn't want him to be nice just because she was his packmate's sister she wanted him to be nice because he wanted to be, "My lineage shouldn't count towards being nice or not. I always think you should treat someone nice because you want to not because of who they are or who they are related to." she said as she pulled out hamburger meat, buns, lettuce, tomato, and several different condiments. She put the stuff on the counter then moved to collect a skillet for the meat, she pointed to a cabinet and said, "There's chips in the cabinet there, take out which ever kind you want." she offered as she started cooking the meat.

She smiled at him over her shoulder, "Mike didn't tell me much about his trips, at least not the ones he took with others. What did you two do on this trips?" she asked, trying to keep conversation going and help him feel comfortable.

Alex Fierro

"Oh I didn't say it was a bad thing. I just don't want to be liked or treated special because Mike is my brother." she stated, but her tone was still friendly and conversational. "Though I am glad that with you it means you trust me." she thought she remembered her Michael saying that wolves could tell when people were lying so she made sure truth was all she gave Alex, at least to a point. She could never tell him exactly how much it meant to her when he indicated he trusted her.

She was surprised when he started assisting her with preparing something for them to eat. Michael always worked with her when he was there long enough to have food. Alex was a guest and she didn't expect him to help make his meal, but it felt nice to have him working beside her. Since Vampires were opposite of humans this was pretty much breakfast/lunch. It seemed they worked well together, almost moving in sync around the space as they talked, "That sounds like fun. I am glad to know it wasn't all work and no play." and she could just imagine the kind of 'play' her brother would have gotten into, she didn't want to think about Alex in that capacity because it gave her a wave of unexpected jealousy to think about him in a woman's arms. She bit the inside of her lip as an image tried to form of him with another woman. Why did she suddenly want to rip a mystery woman's neck open and drain her?

Alex Fierro

Raelynn's looked at him just as he turned to her their eyes meeting and locking and she smiled at them then quickly looked back to her hamburger patties, she flipped one then slid one over to the plate she'd sat to the side of her stove to put the meat onto as it finished making. She was making several because if he was anything like her brother he could put away twice what she would eat and her max was two sometimes three. She like hers medium well, but she made some that were well done and some medium rare as well as her medium wells.

"I learned to make quilts, crochet blankets, painting, and started working on becoming a counselor, not like a lawyer type thing, like a school counselor. I am focusing on suicide prevention, and abused women and children." she said as she flipped the stove eye off and started setting the table. When he asked about the bathroom Raelynn nodded in the direction of the hallway, "Down the hall first door on the left." she directed.

Alex Fierro

Raelynn took a breath and paused for a moment as she thought over his question, "I once witnessed my neighbor, not here mind you, out in their yard, they were having a cook out, their son was playing with a neighbor and, I can't remember exactly what happened but it pissed the dad off what ever it was, and he went off and starting hitting his kid with the spatula he'd been using on the grill. The mom stepped up to stop him and he swung back and knocked her out. Several of us were on the phone with the police. Once I realized so many had called it in I hung up and rushed over to help." she stopped talking for a moment and closed her eyes to breathe for a moment because talking about it always put her in a mix of anger and sadness.

Her face was controlled and anger was a little more dominate in her eyes than sadness but both emotions were still there, "The mom had brain trauma, she'd hit her head on a rock as she went down plus the blow the man had given her. The boy had burns, bruises and a fractured wrist and sprained ankle where he'd twisted it while trying to avoid the blows. The friend who'd been over to play ran home screaming for his mother, thankfully he wasn't hurt."

She brought the hamburger plate over and sat it down harder than she intended to, "After I graduate I want to open a sanctuary for abused women and children and counsel them. They need a safe place to go." she turned away swiping away a tear as she did. Raelynn cleared her throat, "Come, sit, make yourself at home. Before you ask, no, Michael doesn't know what happened. I never told him and I don't plan on it. All he knows is that I didn't like or trust the neighbor and if I stayed there I'd likely kill the man. It's why I moved here, that and to be closer to Michael."

Alex Fierro

The tingle that rippled up her arm at his touch shocked her and made her insides melt at the same time, her eyes dropped to their hands and then traveled up from their joined hands up his arm to his strong chest and then on to his eyes, their eyes locking and connecting as if their souls touched, soft echoes of 'mine' bounced through her head the moment he made the first contact, keeping her eyes on his she swallowed, unable to form words. Her eyes had softened, almost heated, as they held gazes. His compliment made her blush a bit and she dropped her eyes back to their hands again with a smile. "Thank you." her tone was soft.

Raelynn nodded at his beer question, making a mental note to find out his drink of choice if he planned to come around more, and she really hoped he did. When he came back to the table with his beer she said, "How could you anger me? You didn't hit the kid with a hot spatula or knock the woman out." she said with a shrug as she sat down and started preparing her burger. She chose her preferred patty and fixed up her bun with a small amount of lettuce, mayo and ketchup and a piece of cheese with a pickle on the side. "Some men shouldn't have children." she said as an after thought to his comment about some men shouldn't be on this earth.

Alex Fierro

She smiled at that, she and her brother could get pretty scary when pissed off, though she didn't think she was as bad as Michael. It all depended on what had set her off and it took a lot to set her off in some sense. Raelynn shook her head, "No matter who had brought the subject up I would have had the same reaction. I think the dad knew how pissed I was at the time. He backed off rather quickly when he tried to come between me, the boy and his mom. I just looked at him and he backed away, his eyes wide." this time there was pride mixed with amusement mixed in her voice as she spoke of the moment and her eyes flickered with mischief. The faintest color change flickered in her eye as she thought about the look she'd given the father, it suggested an underlying power she held inside. The moment was fleeting and she took a drink of the beer Alex had handed her to help conceal it as well.

"Thanks. It's old family recipe I learned a while back. It's a secret blend of seasonings we use in the meat." she said with a smile more relaxed than the other ones indicating she liked talking of her family and that family meant a lot to her. "That's something else I hope to bring to the sanctuary, cooking with family, handing down family recipes or starting new ones." She suddenly realized they'd been talking mainly about her and nothing about him. "Well I've told you all about my dreams and my haunted past. What about you? You got a dream?" she asked with a smirk.

Alex Fierro