Dangerous Souls by AJC

4

I dreaded today before it began, I knew that I had to confront Daemon about Leon, yesterday was awkward enough, I had to sit in a car with him on our way to bring Cade to the witches' court. I can't hold it in anymore, last night I couldn't even sleep cause all I could think about is what I had done. The other day with Leon was amazing and when he kissed me I knew I should've stopped him, I should have told him no, but in that moment, I knew I would be denying only myself if I denied him. all that kiss did was confirm everything I have been trying to conceal deep inside me since Emma merged with me. I know now how I feel and I know what I have to do, even if it's not something I want to do, I have to confront Daemon with these feelings and pray that he's understanding. Natalie was already gone she left with Lorenzo this morning to start preparing for tonight, she's still having issues controlling her thirst, but once she gets a handle on her magic she will be able to control everything, she tried to make a pot of coffee this morning but ended up accidently setting the coffee pot on fire with her mind, Jake doesn't remember what happened the other day when Natalie attacked him but she's been on edge since she did that to him, which in turn causes her magic to go all screwy. I grabbed my keys off the island and walked out the door and headed to Daemon and Leon's to talk to Daemon praying that I won't bump into Leon.

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I have been on edge all day since everything that happened with Alice, it was the best night of my life the feeling of her lips pressed against mine felt right as if everything in that moment was supposed to happen. I knew that eventually Daemon had to know, I felt like a horrible friend to him for kissing the love of his life, but I couldn't help how I feel about her. I had to go see Kassidy today because she requested that we go out for coffee today because I've been avoiding her for the last few days. I knew that I was being forced to be with her but I also knew that with Alice being the enchantress that I wasn't going to be put to death and I couldn't continue to lead Kassidy on anymore. I made my way downstairs and Daemon was standing in the kitchen drinking his normal whiskey and reading the newspaper. " so what's on your agenda for the day?" I asked as he put the newspaper on the table " Alice want's to come over so we can talk" I started to feel guilty but I didn't let it show " oh yeah? What about?" He shrugged " no clue all she said is that she wanted to talk" I nodded trying to seem inconspicuous " well, I hope everything goes well" I said grabbing a blood bag sucking it down as I walked toward the door " where are you going?" I stopped, I couldn't tell him I was going to break things off with Kassidy because it would seem suspicious " I'm going to see Kassidy" which wasn't a lie " you mean your forced girlfriend?" I chuckled " yeah we have a lunch date" he nodded " alright see ya later" and with that I walked out the door.

Ever since I woke up this morning I already knew today was going to be a bad one. Alice called me telling me that she wanted to talk to me, truth is I already know what she was about to tell me, I already know the betrayal of my most once loyal friend. The pain it's self is too much to bear. Little do they know I was there, I was there when he kissed her and even worse I was there when she kissed him back. As I stood in the kitchen talking to my friend I tried my best to conceal my feelings, even though I wanted more than anything to rip his heart out of his chest as he has done to me. With in the last few days I had tried to come up with a way to confront her about this, I tried to keep it in but it's only killing me more.

Alice arrived within moments after Leon left," hey" she said shakily I took in all her beauty as she walked inside knowing that today could possibly be the last time I would lay my eyes upon her face." Hey?, would you mind if we talk in the parlor?" She nodded I could tell she was nervous we both sat down on the couch so that we were side by side. "so, what did you want to talk about?" I asked even though I already knew.