[Evil Tink]

Solomon frowned, "Holden..you.." He stood as Seth grabbed him, picking up something was not right.

Mystic jumped in front of Azriel, blocking her path to the vampires, and vise versa. He held up his hands, "S-Seth you have to let me e-explain. Y-you all know how dangerous spirit manipulation is...a-and when you three first met..Azriel, she wasn't under the best influence...at the time.." He coughed, twiddling with his cravat a bit, "A few years befo--"

Azriel looked down to Holden with a smile and a wink, "Thank you very much~" She looked back up to Serus and Jaelynn as Seth snatched a boy, "That was rude," she said with a frown. She then interrupted Mystic by covering his mouth with her leather gloved hand, "Mystic..just take care of the circle. Okay?" She smiled a bit as he scurried off. She set her helmet down on the end table, placing her hands on her hips, "A few years before I was contacted to kill you three, I had an attachment go horribly wrong...you remember Ariel..correct?"

Serus almost lunged, but Mystic blocked her path. She narrowed her eyes with a hiss, but remained, even as he moved away, "I do."

"I won't go into the details of the attachment, but in the end, she ended up being much stronger than Mystic or I had anticipated. Shortly after she was brought back, the body she was attached to rejected her...and..as per our instructions, she was not allowed to be in the Ethereal Realm, and I attached her to something I knew couldn't reject her; a Marionette doll."

Jaelynn shook her head a bit, "Wait...so..you're implying that she..possessed you or something along those lines, correct?"

Azriel shrugged, her armor clanking a bit as she did the motion, "Along those lines yes. I still had most of my free will, but a lot of influence did come from her...and from there you know the story. A few years later; after 'leaving' the demon world, I-we were contracted to kill the three of you by your council so that they could appoint their own leaders and rule as they have been..."

It only took Mystic a second to get the circle ready. He remained silent, sitting on the floor 'pretzel' style as he listened. When she was finished, he spoke up, "You have to trust me you three, she is not here to harm you."