The pair was lucky Kai had arrived when he did. Smoke billowed from Ghost's car, and Kai could see flames beginning to rise from the undercarriage as he wrenched the passenger door open to see a panicking, flailing Plum. When he reached in to try to grab her, one of her nails nearly caught him in the eye. His face twisted in anger, he shouted at her. "OI! CALM THE FUCK DOWN!"<br/>That seemed to stop her, at least long enough for him to unbuckle her seatbelt and pull her out, cradling her like a child. "You should know better than to panic like that, Plum. Nice bite on your neck, by the way." The shifter smirked, handing her off to a paramedic. In seconds, the first ambulance was gone.<br/><br/>"Now you," Kai said, bodily dragging Ghost from the car, showing none of the gentility he had shown with the night nymph. "Are a fucking moron. What the actual fuck were you thinking, Ghost? How the fuck did Plum end up in your car anyway?" When Ghost just lay there wheezing, the shifter kicked him in the side, eliciting a rough, hacking cough. "Come on,<span style="font-style: italic">mutt</span>. Spill the fucking beans."<br/><br/>Ghost glared at him with all the fury he could muster, but Kai's impassive face told him he wouldn't be able to get out of this one. "Plum is my mate. I went after her on a job."<br/><br/>The shifter was very still for a long moment, before pulling out his pistol and crouching down to the wheezing wolf, pressing the barrel roughly into his temple. "You did<span style="font-style: italic">what</span>?" He seethed. "I should kill you right fucking now, Ghost. You know that? By all the fucking gods. You<span style="font-style: italic">mated</span>her, and then botched her job?"<br/><br/>"How...do you know...it was botched?" Ghost spat out between breaths. Kai gave him an are you fucking kidding me? look, gesturing at the orange light now reflecting on the pitch black smoke that billowed from what had once been Jaminson's home. With a sigh, he stood, kicking Ghost one last time before allowing the paramedics to take him away.<span style="font-style: italic">What a goddamn idiot.</span><br/><br/>-----<br/><br/>Silas could only smirk at his wife. "You want me to get you pregnant so you can go on the run again?" He shrugged. "As you wish." Leaning in, the elf mad as though to kiss his wife's neck, his arms wrapping around her middle. He paused, murmuring against her ear, his lips brushing it just slightly. "Then again, now is not the time." He pulled back, satisfied with his teasing.<br/><br/>After a few moments of silence, he frowned. "Do you ever think of Jansel, sheill? Of what happened to him?"<br/>Silas had tried not to think of their son since they had been displaced. It was simply too painful. It was cruel of fate to give them such a short time together, and that was one of the few things that Silas regretted deeply. Not that they could have known of Jansel, not until that man had brought him to them. They had simply assumed him dead in the attempt on Kallista's life.<br/><br/>-----<br/><br/>"You two...know each other?" Mallow asked, disbelief clear on his face. His sister ignored him in favor of answering the vampiress' inquiry about Raz. "No." She shook her head, looking a little sad. "I heard what happened to Afterglow, though. I'm guessing he's nowhere to be found?"<br/>It was Mallow's turn to shake his head. "Nah, but there was no body in the club, so who knows where he went? Let's get inside, quick."<br/>Cocoa knew that tone and pulled Cherry inside, leaving the thief to follow with a roll of his eyes.<br/>"So," The girl said, sitting Cherry on an old but comfortable couch and busying herself making tea while Mallow reclined next to the vampiress. "On the run, and you dragged Cherry into your shit this time." Her words should have sounded angry, but Cocoa only sounded amused. "Always knew both of you were trouble." She giggled.<br/>"Nope, just keeping her safe from some dogs." Came Mallow's smooth reply.<br/>"Dogs?" Cocoa sighed. "You know I don't understand your underworld shit Mal."<br/>Mallow laughed. "I hope you never do."