A Face Made For Daylight

Bonus scene: From The Ritz To the Rubble

Guys!!!!!
This is a bonus scene I've been building up that will set the tone for the next chapter. 

Nathaniel and kid have been acting strange for a few chapters so this is the bonus scene 👀👀👀
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Nathaniel sat at the cabaret next to Kid trying to process what he was telling him about last night.  The sounds of construction from the other side of the stage didn't bother them as the subject weighed on them.

Nathaniel furrowed his brows. "Who else knows?"

Kid shook his head. "No one. Nathaniel—" Kid scratched at his beard as he sighed. " I was out on my motorcycle and Marie had all these witches cast a spell on me. She compelled me to forget it all."

"I've never seen anything like this. It genuinely scares me what lengths Marie will go through to get Al—- or in this case kill him —-so no one else can have him."

Nathaniel furrowed his brows. "And you're okay? I mean other than the bumps and bruises you healed from."

Kid nodded. "Marie thinks I don't know anything." Kid furrowed his brows watching Nathaniel look behind him. He began to turn when Nathaniel stopped him.

"Don't turn around. Alistair is looking at us. Don't worry I protected the conversation no one can hear. Come to my room later we can talk before the party."

Nathaniel left the lounge avoiding eye contact with Alistair who watched him suspiciously. Jackson came running down the hall to deliver news of the hospital burning.

Alistair furrowed his brows looking away.  "Thank you.  I'll give Dr. Stoker a call and if I don't get him today, I'll go down there tomorrow." 

Jackson nodded and returned to his duties.  Alistair felt a strange shift, his intuition was telling him something was wrong.  He turned his head to see Kid on the sofa watching him.

"Have you been down here since this morning?" Alistair narrowed  his eyes walking towards Kid.  

"We —-had much to discuss." Kid spoke of Nathaniel. He turned his attention to the crew in red jumpsuits putting up displays around him.

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Nathaniel and Kid weren't able to continue their conversation as Stella interrupted in her flapper costume.

Stella changed the subject feeling the awkward tension. "Oh--when I came in you guys looked busy talking, did I interrupt anything?"

Nathaniel shot a look to Kid who furrowed his brows. "No we ---just had much to discuss. Nothing to worry about doll." He cleared his throat. Stella wasn't entirely convinced and felt a strange tension.
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After Stella fainted, Kid laid her in bed as him and Nathaniel continued their conversation.

"Let's go outside." Kid felt Stella stir in bed.

As they stood outside Nathaniel folded his arms. "It has to be the ring. I've looked at every possible reason as to how you weren't compelled —and by black magic! I'm telling you Alistair asked me for this favour but I don't think he knew what it meant and neither did I."

Kid stood with his arms folded across his chest leaning against the railing of the stairs outside his trailer.  He twirled his finger over his Death Ramps ring.

"Alistair asked you to watch over me. Why?"

Nathaniel sat by the stairs. "Alistair loves you whether he wants to admit it or not. He was worried when he saw you drink heavily and use again. So he came in with your ring—-which by the way he held onto for decades —-and he asked me to shield it. To put a protection spell on it in case anything were to happen to you—-"