#xviolentdelights

It was at an overgrown, abandoned garden where Malbonte had let his mask slip -- a place that was left for nature to take over, their once vibrant leaves and flowers now slowly withering and dying in the presence of the warlock whose power had taken too much of a toll today; funnily enough, that was something the person he locked eye's with would know all about. Wilhelmina Astor... Malbonte knew her, knew of her and her family and had never once spoken a word to her, until today, until now as blackened eyes began to fade, their now only being dead flowers and foliage around him. "It's Billie, right? Or do you prefer Wilhelmina?" was all he could muster for now as beads of sweat formed on his forehead, eyebrows firmly pressed together as he immediately suppressed his power in her presence; she wasn't exactly someone that could be trusted, after all. "It seems stupid to not know each other's names now." This was the equivalent of walking in on someone naked, after all.

He felt strange. He still felt cold to the bone which was weird because Cooper never felt cold, given his wolf nature he always felt hot. He didn’t know that Maddy could do something like that and truthfully he didn’t think she would do anything like that. He didn’t know what had caused her to do it, they were just talking like they usually did. He was moving slowly as he made his way out of his room and down into the kitchen where he was going to get food, but he ended up sitting down at the kitchen table. He heard Wren come into the room and raised his head to look at her, offering her a weak smile. “I was going to make us some lunch but this is as far as I’ve got.” 

The blonde held up her hand to examine her nails as she settled back into the massage chair to prepare for the pedicure. Every two weeks, like clockwork. “So I think I want to have another thing on my dad’s yacht,” she announced to her friend, teeth skimming over her bottom lip, “I don’t want to call it a party since those seemed to be cursed in this city these days.” She turned to Wren and shot her a smile, “Obviously you’re invited. Come on - hot tubs, cocktails, guys drooling over you in a bathing suit.”

            “Hey” Asher tapped her brother on the shoulder, thankful that he was now home and in one piece. August could take care of himself, always had and always would, but that still didn’t shake the gross feeling turning her stomach every time he was away dealing with something potentially dangerous. “You know, I could start helping you with pack things .. I’ve been training you know, and I’m super strong and fast. Probably kick your ass” a few playful punches landed on August’s shoulders before her smile started to waver. “I was told the scream .. it was Aspen.. did you, um - did you see him, Aug?”      Private starter for -  August @x-violentdelights      @ - The Wolf Estate

cami: you better be alive or I'll kill you

She needed a drink. That was the first thought in her mind as Ariel stepped out of the elevator and into the vampire-owned club from the Nygaard penthouses above. To his credit, Kensley had shown great patience in waiting to talk to her and hearing about the events of the masquerade from the great victim herself. She stopped at the bar and ordered her drink, disinterested gaze looking around the crowd of Vervain, drifting until meeting the yes she could’ve sworn she had already felt on her. What compelled her to pick up her drink and start walking towards the Viking vampire was mainly impulse. “We still have some unresolved business,” she said as she approached Ivar, “You still owe me for that locator spell.” One corner of her lips started to turn upwards slightly. “May I?” she looked around them and then gestured to a chair at a nearby table and then at the floor just off of the platform where he sat on his throne, asking if she could join him. 

“You have to come out tonight. There is going to be a massive pool party and everyone I don’t know is going. I could show up by myself, but with my best girl with me? The night will be a blast.” Of course there was this stupid fundraiser her mother wanted her to go to, but Camila wanted to skip it, so the party was the perfect opportunity for her to do that. 

You couldn’t really surprise Rune or sneak up on him. And you couldn’t really call him to tell him to let you past his protections but him being well... Rune, he always knew when she was waiting. Dark eyes caught a glimpse of the area he used to let her keep as her garden. And there may have been a slight look of longing in her eyes. It has been a long time since she had time with just her and the Earth. “I didn’t really know what to get someone who helped bring me back to life,” she looked around and then offered the warlock a smile, “Let alone a warlock who has everything. But -” She presented the pot with the flower, at the peak of it’s life, “It’ll never wilt and Ivy helped, actually, she infused it with my blood so the magic is always active. It’s the first healing plant I mastered” She felt like it seemed kind of stupid but something had her thinking Rune might enjoy it. Her smiled dropped a little bit and she cleared her throat, “It’s not just for helping Maddox but also - what you did for the coven that night.” The small way her lips flattened indicated what was unspoken, that she was there. But she quickly smiled again and set the flower down on a table.