[Evil Tink]

Jaelynn appeared moment later, her arms crossed over her chest, "That," she paused,"was uncalled for." She narrowed her ice blue eyes. "He only did what anyone else would've. We had no idea that you could've possibly survived. You have no--"

"Jaelynn! Enough! I underst--"

"Annemarie is a very nice little girl. So her mother is some other vampire, it doesn't mean he loves you any less. You know as well as I that he could never love anyone like he does you." She stepped over, grabbing Serus and pulling her from the bench, forcing Serus to look at her, "You should be happy for him, that he was capable of being happy again. I've always known you were a bit selfish and self-centered, but I never imagined it would be to this degree."

She narrowed her eyes, letting Serus's face go and turned so her back faced the woman, "You either apologize, or I will expose you to the Council."

Serus's mouth dropped, "You wouldn't dare! You'd damn my coven for his sake?"

Jaelynn whirled around, shoving Serus back down onto the bench, "No, Serus. My coven. I can always lie about how you were changed to save my coven. I will not allow you to hurt him like that. He'd surrender his life for you without a thought. You cannot possibly be so vain that you honestly can't be civil for him and his daughter for the sake of his happiness?" She let out a growl, then teleported to Seth's house in Washington.

Serus was forced back onto the bench, but quickly got up, clenching her fists. Before she could say anything, Jaelynn was gone. She yelled out in frustration, her power lashing out and slicing her bed into pieces.