Crescent Moon

Part 23

 "He said what!" Sarah and Sidra yelled at the monitor the next morning. They were skyping a stressed out Hope who was upset about Tyler. "Think about things from his perspective Hope" Gia cut in, she had been sitting in the corner playing chess with Enzo. "He's like a child experiencing life for the first time. He's been an animal and limited to the bayou his whole life, this kind of living is new to him. He's human, helping run an empire and realizing he has to share you" Gia added. "You have to have a real conversation because from where I sit you bark orders and he helps make sure they're followed. He needs to realize that it will never just be the two of you and you need to give him credit for handling things as well as he has considering the circumstances. You, Henrik and Sidra were prepared for this, you were taught and trained, he wasn't" Gia finished out. Hope was silent, he hadn't adjusted yet and she wasn't giving him time to. "Remind Tyler that Marcel and Diego have been with you since you were born, you grew up with them, love them... BUT you left them every night for three years to shift and be with him" Sidra commented. "I can't wait for you guys to come home, especially you Gia" Hope said catching her off guard. "We haven't had the chance to get to know each other with the circumstances. I look forward to it" Hope smiled then said goodbye to everyone. Taking deep breaths she called Tyler who was out on patrol to come back to the hotel that night. Hope had also had the nightwalker's hotel remodeled and she had a huge suite; so after her duties she showered and threw on a tshirt and boy shorts and waited nervously. Tyler took his time and went straight to the shower once he showed up, after putting on pants he sat on the bed across from her stoically. "I'm sorry Tyler. Everything between us has been flying by so fast; I'm used to things changing in a nanosecond but you aren't and I forgot that" she whispered staring him the face. "I can't lie and say what I feel for you hasn't changed... It has but n--"

"Hope!" The two heard Marcel yell from somewhere in the house, a second later he was bursting through the door panicked. "Diego's dying" he said speeding away with her on his heels in nothing but a t shirt and her boy shorts ending up at Diego's flat where he was covered in sweat and almost completely grey. She sat on his bed trembling as she looked him over finding a tiny hole in the side of his wrist. "We gave him Klaus' blood but it didn't work" Marcel said adding that he'd found him earlier that day, gave him blood and left him to recover and was coming to check on him. "Why didn't you tell me!" Hope screamed tearing open her wrist pressing it to his mouth but he didn't respond it only ran down his face. "Diego!" she began screaming and crying. "You can't be dead! How dare you think you can leave me" she sobbed straddling his waist shaking him and sobbing. "Wake up" she whispered biting her hand again trying to save him but again nothing. "Dammit Diego! Wake up!" she screamed slapping him as hard as she could and she along with their audience heard the weak intake of breath. "D" Hope gasped biting her her lip hard enough to draw blood filling her mouth then leaned in pressing her lips to his and seconds later he responded, kissing her back. His hands wound in her hair in attempt to keep her there though if she wanted she could easily break his hold. Their audience was in awe at the site as his hands slid down her waist and rested on her hips Marcel, Henrik and Tyler included; Diego began to go limp, his hands fell now resting in her thighs while he continued sucking her bottom lip greedily until he passed out. "Get Out... All of you" Hope said harshly still sitting on Diego. Hope held his wounded wrist to her mouth sucking gently until her eyes began glowing yellow and she faced Tyler. "Rik get him out of here" she growled throwing her head in Tyler's direction. "Hope pleas-"

"I said get out! Especially you, You nearly killed him!" Hope screamed at Tyler with tears in her black and yellow eyes so Rik grabbed his arm and sped them away. "It's not what you think" Henrik said as Tyler turned to stalk off. "My sister is complicated; she won't tell you what she feels because like our mother she puts her feelings aside for everyone else, she bottles up her emotions and gives everyone the completely calm and well controlled facade you've grown accustomed too, she learned that magnificent poker face from Uncle Lijah" Henrik explained while he walked with Tyler back to the hotel. "Hope like anyone has her breaking point and when she's unhinged she could probably put our father to shame" Henrik sighed loudly. "I get that this is all new to you and it's a lot to handle but you need to either grow some balls and deal or leave here now. Hope is strong but she's getting tired of always having to be and you're insecurity issues will be the straw that breaks the camel's back" Henrik snapped pinning Tyler to the wall by the throat and baring his fangs. "Our family is divided, our father is running around blindly and could get himself killed, she has new hybrids to whip into shape, Sidra's gone so she's also trying to protect the witches all the while continuing to run a city"

"That doesn't make her kissing Diego okay!" Tyler shouted shoving Rik off. "She was saving his life!"

"So she needed to be half naked and sitting in his lap to do it?" Rik grabbed Tyler's arm roughly swinging him into a wall and plunging his hand into Tyler's chest while letting out a murderous growl. "If you ever again insinuate that my sister is some kind of whore I will tear your heart from your chest and gladly suffer the consequences" Rik spat pulling his hand away from Tyler's heart. "Our mother is dead, temporary or not she died right in front of us, Aunt Kat is dead, Taj, Micah, not to mention the vamps Rayna slaughtered ALL DEAD. Stop being selfish and think about how she feels, everyone she loves is dying. One of her best friends was dying because you can't seem grasp the fact that she chose you, you've got nothing else to prove you won!" Henrik screamed trying to put a cap on his anger. "Why are you two blaming me when there are plenty of stray wolves in the quarter" Tyler huffed. "Marcel gave Diego some of Klaus' blood already, when it didn't work that meant the wolf that bit Diego was from Hope's sire line and the reason she drank from the wound was to find out who did it" Henrik went on to explain that Hope has only ever sired hybrids, that they couldn't turn regular vampires because of their DNA. Hope's hybrids were sired to her and the first rule given to them was that fighting amongst species was forbidden, Marcel and Diego along with Davina and Monique were family and were not to be touched; there were only three hybrids in New Orleans that weren't sired to Hope and that was Henrik, her father and Tyler. "I'd stay away from her until she calms down. Let her find you when she's ready to and stay away from Diego completely, don't wanna provoke the beast" Rik smirked before leaving Tyler dumbfounded. 

*** I'm Sorry, so much has been going on I just haven't had time to sit down and write ***