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Heading inside he assumed that it was probably his better luck to catch Astrid while she was working. Not that he didn’t wonder how this would go. “Hey, you got a second?” In hand as promised a time before was a couple coloring books and a few boxes of crayons.

Logan wasn’t sure which goodbye was truly the most difficult. Chester was a great friend and perhaps in another time it could have been something else. Who knew? Arriving at the other’s he knocked and anxiously waited.

Maddie: Oo better send me a gift 🙋🏻‍♀️

Maddie: That’s her sister? The one with the kid? Yeah I can do that

Logan: I'll send you one of those cheesy keychains

Maddie: Don’t really blame you, where are you heading to?

Maddie: Will do my best 👀

Logan: California first. I'll see what catches my eye after that

Logan: Hey so....I'm gonna be leaving town. I was gonna try and start fresh after Aila left but it's not the same

As the warlock gave him confirmation of it being doing, he offered him a smile. “Thanks.” now that this was set, he’d soon be thinking about reaching Aria. “And you can lift it when I ask you to?” he questioned him, because that was the most important part for the vampire. “Can’t tell you have long that’ll be, but I’ll let you know when I do.” Marcel planned on being in the apartment with Aria, so he needed to hear Logan’s word, because if not or if he didn’t follow through, he’d have to resort to other methods to get himself out. Hazel’s friend or not. 

“Of course. I’ll be here when you need it,” Logan promised. Not as if he was up to anything else. He’d either be at the hotel or drinking. Both of which were not all that interesting of choices but that was the routine as of late. “Hope it works out for you.”

“She what?!” Chester almost choked a little on his drink in surprise. If anyone could go the distance and deserved it in his eyes, it was Logan so to here it didn’t work how he thought was more than shocked. And that’s just to him. He couldn’t imagine how Logan was feeling. He was married to her. “And here I am whining like a baby bout Tristan ending with me. As if hasn’t put me off him for years” Him and Tristan would always be complicated but Chess was happy because they’d been in the best place they’d ever been. “She say why? Or just jet? You spoken to Astrid?” 

“Hey you have every right to be upset,” Logan pointed out. They both had very valid reasons for wanting to drown out their worries in this case. It sucked all the way around. “Some wolf thing and she wanted it handled on her own. Said she was letting me go. Exact words. Bullshit if you ask me. I’m kinda in that anger stage about it I guess.” Another swig while he nodded. “I had to tell Astrid. She didn’t tell her.”

He didn’t even reply as he opened the door, loud music playing in the background. Half eaten kebab on his living room table and a bottle of vodka in his hand he shoves to Logan’s chest one Chester had seen him. “This has your name on it.” He tapped his arm before dancing across the room drunkenly back to his spot on the living room floor. “Want some mixer? Or you alright drinking in straight.” He had sodas and juices surrounding his spot on the floor too.

Logan took the bottle that was given to him as he shut the door behind himself after. Chess was definitely a few ahead of him at this point. “I’ll take it straight. Judging by all this-” He gestured a arm around before he went over and took a seat beside his friend. “You get at least a little of how I feel right now. Aila left town.” With those words leaving a bad taste he took a swig from the bottle.

“I’m handy with a lot of things.” which was a fact for her, but she didn’t need to boast. “Yeah? That’s a good idea. What are you doing for the now though?” she asked, figuring if he had destroyed the starter home he was doing up, he clearly didn’t have anywhere else to go. But she was looking for confirmation of that. “Two? Wow spoil me why don’t you.” she chuckled, trying to go with the more lighter side to this whole situation, because she didn’t really know what the right words were to tell him. She had said that he’d be okay eventually, but what else could she say? She wasn’t good with words.  

“I don’t doubt it.” Logan would misjudge a few people he was sure but if he knew anything it was that Maddie wasn’t all she appeared to be. He’d known her a year basically now.  No way he could guess wrong at this point he figured. “Ah come on. Everyone’s gotta be spoiled at some point right? Or do you have someone who already does that for you?” He grinned as he gave her a nudge seeing if she caught on or not. Jokes were always a nice cover for however shit he was feeling. 

“No. You’re not listening.” Astrid frowned further. She understood what Logan was telling her but she was telling him, her sister would not leave like this. Even though she had, the hybrid wasn’t going to accept it so easily. “Wh-w-” She froze, at first. Whatever word she was trying to say was halted when he hugged her. To be honest, she thought maybe he needed it more than she did so after a couple seconds, her arms clasped around him. “You don’t have to be sorry.” Astrid sucked in a breath. He might just accept this, but she wasn’t going to. How could she? How could he? “I have to know, though.” She leaned back. “I need to know why. I need to know where she is. Something happened. Something made her do this. Don’t you think? Logan, why aren’t you questioning this more? Locating her? Fighting for her? What if she’s in trouble? You’re just, what? Giving up?”

“I am listening, Astrid. I want her here too but she left. She decided whatever it was she could handle herself and she left. That’s all there is to it.” Logan’s denial was fueld in part by anger. Anger mainly at himself for trusting another human being with his heart in that manner. It was all for none. “We don’t get to know and it fucking sucks.” He sighed, hoping Alice wasn’t somewhere in ear shot as the word spilled out of his mouth. He was so irritated he didn’t consider that at first. “You think I want to give up? She was my wife. I...I stayed in this town for her. I changed for her. I did everything I did for her and it was for nothing. Nothing.”

Logan’s time was seemingly divided by either favors or drinking lately. He left the hotel room that was now home and headed for Chester’s just needing the friend and the distraction. Judging by the text he figured they both had something to share. “Open up. It’s me-” He called after he knocked.

Chess: just got in, yeah?

Chess: wait. what.

Chess: i have vodka. come tell me everything dude.

chess: i'm sad and single aniga:(

chess: think i've had toomhc to drink dud. join me? i mis u logi. don't leave me too pal.

Logan: You too huh?

Logan: I was going to get a drink anyway so why not? You're plenty ahead of me though apparently.

“Well, you were a dick so..” she knew what he was like before, she had caught him murdering his own species and yet, she was still beside him. She knew what that said about him, but her? “You will. She’s gone, it’ll fucking hurt but you’ll be okay and if you want company destroying anything else, I’m pretty handy with a crowbar.” she was joking, as well as not. “It is, as long as I get burger I’ll be there all night.” she had literally just finished work, after all. She figured he wanted or even needed company, considering he was sitting outside waiting for her.

“I know that.” He rather did like who he was now. Even if the influence toward it was gone he still appreciated who it helped him end up being in the end. “I mean you were gonna be handy with a paintbrush so may as well. I’m going to end up getting a apartment or something. I can’t live there,” he returned as he walked with her. “I’ll buy you two burgers.”

“No.” She shook her head. No? No what? “I don’t accept it. Aila wouldn’t just pack up and leave. She doesn’t run.” Astrid felt adamant about it. Aila never ran away, she wouldn’t leave without explanation. Something felt wrong. “I didn’t know.” But that wasn’t a surprise to her. “You’re a witch, can’t you locate her?” The King sisters had major issues but Astrid wasn’t one to just accept the fact she was gone without a word. “She… She built a life for herself.” Her voice had lowered significantly as the dread set in. What could possibly be dangerous enough to make Aila leave her whole life behind? “And the last time I spoke to her, I told her to stop coming around.” Next stop, guilt. She didn’t want that to be the last thing she ever said to her own sister. 

“I didn’t think she would either,” Logan reasoned. He never in a million years would ever think she would and if she had to go then why wasn’t he asked to come? What had he done wrong? “She doesn’t want that, Astrid. She left.” He knew that would be counterproductive. She didn’t want to be there and there was nothing anyone could do about that. Sadly enough. He wasn’t sure if she’d appreciate it or not but he still took a step forward to hug her. “I’m sorry.”

“Left town?” Shaking her head, she stepped aside to let him in. Surely he meant only for a short period of time? Though there wasn’t much hope in her bones given how dreadful he looked, confirming her suspicions with his next sentence. “I don’t- I don’t understand.” Astrid frowned. “A wolf thing? What wolf thing? Why does it mean she won’t be coming back? Did she say where she was going?” The questions spilt from her lips quicker than she could really process them. 

Logan stepped in as he tried to hold himself together. Astrid had questions and yet he couldn’t come up with good answers for her. “I don’t understand either. She never elaborated or anything. That’s all I got and she packed up and she’s gone. I--I didn’t think you knew and you have the right to know.” He hated telling her but it was fair. Fair that she knew at least.

“Thinking of your head, my friend.” meaning that if Aria got a whiff of a spell brewing, as well as the warlock responsible, it wouldn’t be hard for her to tell somebody to kill him. Walking through the building, they soon made their way to his apartment, to which Marcel opened the door for Logan to step through, whilst he stayed put outside. He wasn’t going to be standing inside the walls he would be spelling, Marcel couldn’t be trapped inside until the time was right. “You’ll find everything you need or might need inside, let me know if there’s anything else.”

“Much appreciate it.” Logan didn’t need the drama right now of all things. There was a bit too much happening for all that. He gave a nod as he stepped inside and got himself aqainted with his surroundings. Like Marcel said he had everything he needed so it was fine. “I got this.” He set to work on the needed boundary spell to ensure that this rogue vampire wasn’t going to be getting out. It took him a bit but he eventually got every little nook and cranny sorted out. When he was done he wiped his palms on his jeans and gave Marcel a nod of confirmation.