Royce's pov
Once Red leaves I can't help but feel defeated. I'm horrible at this whole protecting thing. I sit at the table and sigh in frustration. Mariah brings Ray over and sits in front if me. "Trouble in paradise?" She jokes and I just give her a straight face. "Sorry trying to lighten the mood...what's wrong?" Mariah puts Ray in his car seat and starts to lay out hair equipment. Since the cops and the council are on my eyes I need to change my look they only know me for my hair, if I change my hair and identity then they can't touch me. As for red, I just gotta do what I can to keep her safe. I wish I could shape shift like the rest of my family but I was born without the ability, just like Mirra so this is the best I got.
"Xavier's back and he's taking red out on a date." I glare.
Mariah is silent. If you think I'm bad Xavier is worse. He only gets a pass because he's the head of the councils son. Red probably can't see it but Xavier is no where near human. He may be able to fool her but he's well known among ghouls. Mariah actually knows him very well.
She used to date the bastard.
"The poor girl...she'll be dead before the nights over." Mariah clutches the scissors and I close my eyes. I really hate the thought of Red dying tonight. I just pray that Aaron and Tommy are as protective as the seem to be.
"That sounds like a her problem. If she dies it means Royce is off the hook because she's outta the picture, problem solved." Riley comes in and sits on the couch. I huff. That is true as long as someone kills her I'm off the hook. But the thing is I don't want her to die.
"Riley." Mariah glares and Riley just shrugs. "Maybe she'll be fine, we need to worry about making you look different." Mariah picks up the scissors and I take a deep breath. Its been a while since my hair was cut short and I went back to my original color. As she cuts I can't imagine how different I'll look. Red will probably hate it. Ugh, why do I even care? She wants to run off toward that dangerous pretty boy. Why is she so dumb? And pretty....shit.
"Royce can you not break the scissors?" Mariah asks and I notice I had bent them slightly. "Sorry, Xavier just pisses me off." I grumble setting the scissors back on the table. "Yeah he pisses me off too." Mariah sighs. "Ditto." Riley raises her hand and I smirk some. I sigh again and Mariah begins combing my hair. "Look after, I'm done, you can go run after her okay?" Mariah says and I feel a smile creep along my face. I couldn't wait to see that bastard and punch his face in a billion times.
"Alright done." Mariah claps excitedly and I go to the bathroom to see. Not bad. She had cut it into a fade and dyed the ends turquoise and blue. "You think Red will like it?" I ask as the door opens. Mariah comes to my side and ruffels my hair some. "If she doesn't then I'll eat her on the spot." She laughs. "Go on go get your girl." She slaps my back and I roll my eyes.
"She's not my girl." I reply heading back to the living room and kiss Ray on the for head.
"Not yet." Mariah teases as I grab my coat. "Oh and if you see that son of a bitch Xavier please...rip off his dick and feed it to dogs." Mariah gives me a sinister smile and I actually feel frightened. Damn, when did she become so scary?
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A/N soory so short guys! Really wanted to get to the next chapter quickly because so much more drama happens!!!
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