Satan's Duplicity

:Chapter 10:

:Dalton:

I was sitting in my dorm room going over papers from college. They had step-by-step instructions on how to start a big business. Of course it wouldn't work for all businesses. One woman in my class planned to open her own bakery business.

'She was quite plain about it though.' I nodded in agreement as the door opened and Nico walked in. "Classes over?" I asked. "Yeah also had to go check on Angel. Make sure she is doing good." Nico said with as small smile on his face. I nodded as I moved the papers.

"So what is it you wanted to talk to me about?" Nico asked as he set down his bag. "Oh yeah. I caught a scent in Isabella's room. A hybrid's scent." I told him. "What was more strong the werewolf or the hellhound?" Nico asked as he took out a binder.

The binder had a whole bunch of drawings glued on and in big decorative letters it read Nico's Crimes. "It was weird. Both the scents were even. The scent also wasn't craved like most hybrids we have met." I told him. 'It was weird and unnatural to me. Hybrids are just unnatural in general.'

'Yes they are.' Nico nodded before taking out a piece of paper and begin to write things down on it. "Rory told me to give this to you." Nico said handing me a piece of paper. I accepted it before looking at it. A Halloween party. Rory did mention it in the summer.

With more reading I discovered it was a costume party. Guess I would be looking for costumes to wear. But of course I should find out what Isabella is wearing. 'My bet is Harley Quinn.' 'Probably. That would leave us with finding a DC costume she'd like.'

I smiled at that as I put the invitation away underneath my pillow. "Where is Isabella?" I asked. "She went with Derik somewhere. Apparently they had someone they had to meet up with to discuss something." Nico said as he got off my bed and to his own bed.

I nodded. I was curious to who she was meeting up with. Maybe one of her brothers came down to meet with her after what they heard about Derik? I mean my mom did send us a big care package full of homemade snacks and some food that was fresh of course.

We had a nice thing of lasagna last night. After we warmed it up in the oven of course. Because Andrew, Nico and Orchid decided to make some bagel bites but changed their mind once I found some lasagna in the care package. It was good and make a perfect dinner.

It's a shame Isabella didn't bring Flimur with her. We'd have great meals daily. But Angel told us she'd learn how to cook basic things so Isabella didn't live off of microwaveable meals. Or anything you could make in the microwave. I had no doubt she'd do that since she couldn't cook to save her life.

That's what she told me. 'I think we should learn how to cook for when Isabella and us move in together.' 'She'll have Flimur to do all the cooking when that happens.' 'Oh.' Ash didn't seem to remember that. 'Well we can at least help out around the house.'

I nodded. 'But Isabella says Flimur is really picky about who he lets help him so we'd have to get him to let us first.' 'Challenge accepted. After college of course.' Ash then went back to his daily business as my wolf doing who knows what.

I put down the papers before leaning back. "Rory says this weekend he's going on a run with Rodney." Nico said. "A run sounds nice." I told Nico. "The pack who owns the woods says we can use them." Nico said. I knew that my mom made sure we had somewhere to run the moment Rodney said he was living in the dorms.

NYC was a neutral territory but the woods near it belonged to a neighboring pack near NYC. But in NYC you could find a mostly vampires and a few werewolves. Werewolves only came if they had too.

Werewolf preferred more wooded areas out in middle of nowhere. The reason why Black Crescent Moon had that side of Greenburg. Greenburg was a big town but close knit. There was the more city town then wooded part of town where the werewolves, fae and occasional witches lived while vamps lived in the city.

'Werewolves like the woods as they are half wolf. Witches have more access to being a witch in the woods. And fae are the wild themself.' Every supernatural that lived there had a reason. Isabella's duplex was on werewolf territory of course. Right next to Kadan's house of course.

With the forest behind them. That's where all the werewolves ran. But now we had to be a little more careful here. I mean according to Rory the forest had a fence but a gate that opens but there are always those stupid teens out there that jump the fence and become idiots.

'Most of them end up injured or dead one day.' I nodded. "Well we could go running tomorrow or on the weekend if you have time." Nico said. "There is always time for a run." I told him as I got out my iPhone 7 as a text message went off from Isabella.

I got some books on hybrids.

Simple but had so much good information. I told her good and of course asked her to stop by for two reasons. On I wanted to see her and two it might help Nico help us with this whole hybrid thing.

Isabella thankfully said sure meaning she'd be over here. 'We can also ask who she had gone to see with Derik.' 'Now we sound obsessed.' 'It's called curiosity.' I nodded. "What has you smiling like an idiot. Win the lottery?" Nico asked. "Isabella is coming over. . . with hybrid books." I added.

"I wonder where she got them from. I don't think the local library has books about hybrids laying around." Nico said. "I believe one of the headquarters for The Organization is here. Maybe she went there with Derik." I said as my head calculated reasonable plans on what could be happening.

"Isabella did show us that huge futuristic library when we came here for winter break." Nico said. "Feels like such a long time since then." I said. "Nearly two years." Nico said. To believe I had known Isabella for two years and she had been here for two years.

It felt like yesterday was the day we ran into each other in the hallways during junior year. 'But in reality it has been two years.' Two years of chasing Isabella around for her affection. 'Two years and now we are at least friends now.' And we kissed her a few times.

But I knew I was putting chinks in that armor of hers she wore as proudly. I'd wait an entire decade to have Isabella fall in love with me in the end. But I knew she was now considering it since the night Ash kissed her at the end of The Gathering.

She glanced at me and when my gaze met hers she dashed off looking embarrassed and angry. But once she was focused on something else she was a lot more calm. She had likeable and unlikeable traits after all. It was what made her human. Isabella got flustered very easily.

But once concentrated on something else she was very calm and under control. Like our little cookie dough date. I honestly didn't think she'd accept it that fast. But she did and then off we were to get some cookie dough. 'Cookie dough might be the way to Isabella's heart.' I smiled. Kindness was. With a bit of cookie dough too.

1303. Sorry bout' the late update. Hope you enjoyed this so far. Until next time dough marshmallows.