In the pitch of night: When He Finds You

Chapter 45

Waking up Maxius stretched. There was no warm vampire demon beside him. Cracking his eyes opened he scanned the room. She was nowhere to be seen. Where the hell is my little hybrid, he thought. God damn her. They needed to talk before they started the day.
"The Parents. The really?" He heard Thyme voice through the door. "We want to meet the them."
"Shh, Maxius is still asleep. We have to be quiet." Was Thalia's reply. "And you can meet them soon. Well once Maxius gets his sleepy butt up.
Getting out of bed he threw on a pair of shorts and headed for the door. With what he hoped looked like a truly angry face he threw open the door and snatched Thalia right off her feet and pressed a kiss to her cheek. She let out a little squeak. 
"Why did I wake without a hybrid in my bed?" he said growled teasingly. "Come here. We will be out shortly guys. Go get some breakfast."
Then he threw Thalia across his shoulders and packed her back into the room.
"Hey put me down." she said play punching his back. "You big ogre." then she was laughing.
Then he slapped her on the butt. "Calm it, princess. You must be saved from the evil imps." When they were in the room by the bed he placed her on her feet. "Not that you need much saving." he teased.
Looking her over she looked better than ever. She had her long raven hair pulled into a high ponytail. She was clad in black leather pants and a black leather halter. She had a knife on one hip and a coil of chain on the other. Then down her forearms she had her throwing knives. She looked sexy as hell. On her feet she had a pair of combat boots on. Then here he was in a pair of basketball shorts.
"How long have you been up?" she asked.
"Not long as you can tell. Let me take a shower then we will talk before we start our day. We have a lot to do." Then he rushed for his clothes and headed for the shower like he said.
The shower was quick and he dressed even quicker. When he came out he was dressed in a pair of leather pants and a black t-shirt. He hadn't put his boots on yet they were by the door. Walking to the door he bent over and grabbed his boots. Once he was bent over though Thalia was there slapping him on the ass.
"Nice ass." she said.
Spinning around he grabbed hers from behind and said. "Not as nice as yours."
When he bent down again he was able to grab his boots then he headed to sit down on the bed. First he put on his socks.
"What do we need to talk about?" Thalia asked.
"I think we should talk about some of the questions you have? If there are any I can answer for you." Like me keeping you. He added to himself. He bet she didn't even remember asking.
"Well. I know you knew I was part demon from the beginning. But I never asked how you feel about it. Does it bother you?"
How could that be a question on her mind. He thought. "Come here Thalia." When she walked over he placed his hands on her hips and looked up into her eyes. "Nothing will ever make me see you any different than I do now. You mean the world to me."
"You mean the world to me too. What does being a hybrid mean for me? Like I know I am still the same as I have always been, but what if people start to treat me differently when they find out?"
"Then we will handle it. I doubt anyone will. They might treat you specially. I think that is the only thing that will change. Especially when they find out who your great great grandparents are. They were great rulers. Well I don't know for sure but that is what I have always heard."
"I still can't believe they were once the rulers of Salem. How cool is that. I can't wait to learn more about them."
"Thalia, I have something I want to tell you."
"Hmm."
"Thalia, I love you. And when we go back to Colorado I want you with me. We can live wherever you want. As long as you are with me I don't care."
Then she straddled his lap. "Oh Maxius. I love you too. I wanted to tell you last night. I really did. I didn't have the courage though."
How should he put the next part he thought. Should he just blurt it out. Maybe he should wait to tell her the last part later. They did have a lot to do today. He wanted to get her home as soon as possible. He hoped her parents would come with them. They could set them up in either the cabin or the ranch. It didn't matter to him. He just wanted her family with them. He didn't want to take her from them. They have just been reunited.
"Well we have a lot to do. Are you taking the imps to see your parents? I need to go back to the cells. We still need to know who was keeping Ezekiel updated on our whereabouts."
"Yeah, I am taking them with me. I think my parents are just going to love them. Hell they might trade me in for my parents. You never know."
"Well I will see you later. Have fun with your parents and tell them I will come see them soon."
Then they kissed goodbye and both headed for the door. Once in the hallway they met up with the imps.
"The Maxius. You the sleep a lot." Tryx said.
"No it is just early. And you don't sleep enough. You guys have fun."
Then they rode the elevator down to the infirmary. Thalia was the first to get off the elevator. Then Maxius was headed towards the cells on the bottom floor. Xavier was supposed to meet him down there. Surely he would be there already. Then he was getting off the elevator and heading for the back of the corridor. Once he was half way down he saw a group of people gathered around Ezekiel's cell. What the hell. There had to be about five people standing there looking in.
"What the hell happened?" Maxius said walking up to them.
When he saw what was going on he cursed under his breath. Someone had worked Ezekiel over all but good. Who the hell did this? He thought. Ezekiel looked like he had a broken cheekbone. He had two black eyes. And a busted mouth. But he was still trying to talk to Xavier. Xavier was the only one in the cell with him. Now they were going to have to figure out who attacked him. And there were plenty of people that would. Hell that was the reason he had come down here. He wanted to torture him some. However someone got to him first. He would still get a turn though. Once he healed that was. He didn't want him to die yet.
"Has he told you who attacked him?" Maxius asked Xavier while entering the cell.
"No he is staying tight lipped. He won't answer that question. All he keeps saying is we are all going to pay when he gets free. What he fails to understand though is if he gets free he won't have any followers. I made sure of that." Xavier answered.
What the hell did that mean? Hell he should have paid closer attention to the other cells on his way down here.
"I will get free." Ezekiel murmured. His mouth wasn't working too well. "You'll see. I will get free. No one can hold me."
"Highly doubt that one." Xavier said. "You will never get free. I won't allow it."
"Aren't there cameras in here?" Maxius asked. "We can watch the video to see who did this."
"I want to hear it from his own mouth. If after awhile he won't tell us we will watch the videos. I have a good idea who did this. Plus all we have to do is look at our people's hands." Xavier said.
"That is true. I have some questions for him though. I need to know who kept him informed of our whereabouts. It is really important. We need to know if there is a traitor amongst us. If there is, there may be a way he can get out."
"You can question him all you like. I doubt he will answer though. He is keeping his mouth closed very well."
Then Maxius was turning towards Ezekiel. He couldn't wait to hit him. He needed to. He wanted to. Walking up to Ezekiel he grabbed him by the chin and made him look at him. "I want answers and I want them now." he growled. "Who kept you informed on our whereabouts?"
All that came out of Ezekiel's mouth was a laugh.