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"Sounds like a good idea, and I will explain a bit more of myself to you since you're helping us out so much." Hearing a jingle from something like dishes being offset Isaac looks behind him after picking Amelia up in his arms. "And it seems like Faye would like a drink, can one of you two get her a bowl to drink out of? I think a cup would be a bit small, they are in the cabinet that's my height near the cold box." Carefully he makes his way to Amelia's room, not wanting to be rude and take of her clothes and instead just take off her dress and shoes, leaving the slip and petticoat on, then pulls the blanket over her.

When he returns he gets himself settled on a seat near Faye so that he can pet her head since she seems to enjoy the attention. He takes a deep breath before looking to Alice and Arden, "There's some things I need to tell you two that I'd prefer if you didn't tell anyone, just because I don't want anyone's sympathy and its not really others' business to know anyways. Normally there is a place vampires meet up to discuss things and make small talk while getting 'food'. I've never been to these, nor do I ever plan to because, as I've already mentioned, I was turned against my will but was also ripped from my family because the vampire that turned me killed them. Then I was basically her plaything for a long time, I didn't know how much time passed during that time, but discovered later on it had been about fifty years before I was able to trick my master and consume her. Once I had done that I had knowledge of powers far beyond some of the most renown vampires, such as Dracula. If anything, Dracula was like a baby brother to my master, both in age and power. But I also was able to learn where she kept her fortunes that she had massed over the years, the only reason why this house is this size is because of Faye, I wanted to make sure she had plenty of room that she could grow and plenty of places to explore. If it wasn't for Faye I would be living in a smaller home, but what I do myself is publish medical journals for things I've learned and discovered over the years. I'll be five hundred in a couple years, not that it matters anymore since I don't celebrate my birthday anymore, not since I was turned."

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Arden went to get the bowl since he really didn't want to be alone with Faye, he didn't know what to say to her at the moment and thought she wanted someone to talk to her. It wasn't long before he came back and poured the water into the bowl and sat it down. "I wonder if I was just as pathetic looking when I was turned." He thought to himself out loud. He didn't mean to insult her if she took it that way, but she just looked so unhappy being a wolf, just like he was. His world was turned upside down since the day his ex-love came into his life. Though he might have loved her, it didn't compare to the love he felt for his mate, his one and only true mate. He loved his girlfriend when he was human, she was very nice but that didn't mean she was his true mate, he was human so he really didn't have one. "Faye, I will tell you this once, and only once. If you come across someone who you think may possibly be your mate, don't hesitate to follow that. But you will know for sure who's your mate and who's not. When you're with your mate, it's such an indescribable feeling. I have never met anyone who had a second mate, even if the first one died, so cherish every moment you have with that person as if it will be your last." He told her which made Alice tear up because he wasn't the type to really talk about that sort of thing. Faye barked show that she was listening to him and then went back to drinking until the water was gone. Alice poured more just in case she wanted more.

They listened to his story and horror appeared on both of their faces as they might have realized who he was talking about. "W-what was her name if you don't mind us asking. S-she isn't the one known to kill us wolves, is she?" Alice questioned with slight fear in her voice. She held tightly onto Arden as tears began to well up in her eyes. "It's ok dear." He comforted her. "So that's what happened to her. Good,now she can't hurt us again. My family has finally been avenged. And to think, a newborn outwitted her." She found solace in that fact.

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"I wouldn't celebrate just yet, there's a chance she could come back, a prospect I'm not happy with. If I let my anger get the better of me and go into a rage she'll take her chance and consume me." His eyes glow red as he becomes angry at the thought, "I've been doing research to see if there's a way to completely seal her, but thus far I have failed. And I wouldn't even think of asking other vampires, I would think consuming your master is not something they shake your hand for if you get my meaning. That woman you saw when your son tried to take Faye was her, and I suspect that the first thing she'll do if she does come back is try to kill your pack. I figured it was better to warn you, but I also don't want you to think I intend you harm. If anything I'd rather avoid conflict even if it is inconvenient for myself as Faye can tell you. Well, when she can anyways." More relaxed now his eyes turn back to their normal silver color as he lays down on the bench, staring up at the moon.

"All I ever wanted to was lead a peaceful life helping people, but we can't always have what we want sadly." Suddenly he sits up, cough a few times, then looks at the ground with a confused expression. "That's never happened before, I didn't think vampires could get sick, or maybe I'm not used to drinking mixed blood or Amelia might be sick? This is bazaar..."

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Faye felt her heart throb at his story even though she had heard it before. he just wished there was something she could do. She yawned and rested her head on his lap as he sat down on the bench. She wanted his attention and was going to get it

Alice squeezed his shoulder gently. "What about going to see a witch? Can they not help? Sure you will have to pay a price but if it's to seal her away would it not be worth it? It's just a suggestion though." She felt sorry for Isaac, she could see the pain in his eyes even when they weren't glowing red. "If anything happens to you, we will take Faye in, show her the pack life. And we will have to make sure she never smells like a vampire, they will not take too kindly to that." She stated as she rubbed Faye's head. "But like I said, maybe a witch could help. At least go to talk to one."

Faye jumped up to Isaac's side as he cough. Never in her life had she ever heard him cough. Looking up at him, she whined as she placed a paw on him to comfort herself more so than him since she was really worried about him. he really hoped that it was because of her blood since she didn't want Amelia to be sick, which was the other option. She felt a knife stab her in the chest straight to the heart because it pained her to think that he wouldn't be able to rink her blood anymore unless there was another eason he just didn't mention.

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"I'm alright Faye, it was just a cough. And no, I haven't spoken to a witch, I actually haven't the slightest clue where to find one to be honest. It's not like I know many people to talk to about such matters, I've always just hid as much as possible. And I was lucky getting silver eyes when I turned, gold are red eyes are hard to hid when trying to blend in." He had not thought about asking a witch back when he first consumed Lilith, he didn't realize she could return until much later on down the road, when all the witches she knew were dead.

He begins scratching Faye behind her ears, finding it very soothing to do. Now that he thinks about it, when he was a kid he did want a dog at one point, but his family couldn't afford it obviously. It's not like his family did much hunting unless they needed food during the winter.

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Faye stared at Isaac as he said that he would be ok. She wasn't too sure about that but hoped that what he had said was true. She didn't want anything to happen to him because she just loved him so much, he had taken care of her all this time, if anything happened to him she would have no family left. Alice and Arden seem nice but she didn't want to have to constantly be in fear if the others find out that she was also a vampire. She loved being here because she didn't have to hide either side and being a fledgling, it would be even more difficult to hide.

"I know where you can find a witch. There's a coven of witches nearby. They usually pass themselves off as fortune tellers or something like that. So if you go to one, just let them know that you know the are a witch. They may deny it at first, but usually they will tell you." Alice explained. "In fact, I can introduce you to one." She offered.

Faye began to kick her hind leg as Issac began to scratch her behind her ear. The second she realized what she was doing, she tried to stop but couldn't until Isaac stopped. It just felt really good but she was utterly embarrassed.

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Thinking for a moment to himself while scratch Faye's ears, he figures that having Alice with him would be better. He nods his head in agreement, "That would probably be best since you know who they are and they know you. It would be awkward for someone who has lived here for a few years to suddenly begin talking to one of the witches out of the blue." Looking at the moon he looses himself in thought for a while, enjoying the white light that it reflects onto their world.

Getting up he smiles at his guests, "I have a bit of a present for you two, give me a moment and I'll be able to present it to you." Heading back into the house he makes his way to the cellar where his lab is, opening the secret door to his chamber. There's a large trunk near his coffin that he goes over to, unlocking it and opening it, dust falling off of it. Reaching in he pulls out a violin case of a very old, but well taken care of violin. Then he heads back upstairs to the garden, setting down and opening the case to reveal the chestnut furnished violin. He hadn't played it in years, the instrument Lilith had forced him to learn in order to play for her, but he wanted no more bad memories attached to it, so now was probably the best time to do that.

A bit rusty at first, then he picks up his old skill, playing different songs that when he had learned were not originally on the violin. Most of it was soothing Celtic inspired songs, of the forest and life.

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Alice and Arden looked at one another as they pondered on what the gift could have been. They had only met but was it customary for vampires to do that? They never met one before and Alice mostly, felt awkward for not have bringing a gift with her.

As Isaac came back with some strange device, though Arden knew what it was, Alice smiled at the lovely sounds. She listened intently as he played so beautifully. Faye had her ears perked up as she watched him play. Was that the reason he was intent on her playing the piano? So they could play together? She would never be as good as him, granted he had lived for hundreds of years but still. She jut continued to find out more and more about him that made her realize just how different and far apart they truly were. There was pain shooting all throughout her heart like someone had stabbed her over and over. What was this pain? Why was she hurting?

Once he was done, the two clapped. "Wonderful! What is that? I never seen anything like that before!" She told him. "But I guess that's too be expected since I never really left the pack. This is the first in such a long time that I actually came to a human town. Most things I know about humans are what was said around the pack and from Arden. We usually stick to ourselves." She explained. "But that was beautiful!"

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"Thank you, this is a violin, an instrument for making music that humans use. My master loved music and it was one of the things she made me learn while under her control. I haven't payed in a good two hundred years, mostly because it brought on painful memories. But I don't want those memories to control me anymore, so I wanted to make some happy ones with it. Now is as good a time as any though. I'll play some more songs like that, they are very soothing to me, why I don't know. Maybe I should compose music instead of doing medical research." He laughs as he begins playing another song, playing well into the night until the sky begins to lighten, foretelling the coming sun.

"I think now me and Faye should head to bed." He bids his guests farewell, not wanting to keep them any longer from their pack.

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Alice and Arden bowed to Isaac before finally leaving and going back home. Faye yawned. Her body then began to crack painfully loud as it moved and bent unnaturally until she was reconstructed into a human. She wrapped her arms around herself from the pain. Tears streaming on down her cheek as she cried. She tried to stand up but every time she did, her body would shake and fall back to the floor. She was in too much pain and felt too weak to get up and walk to her bedroom. She just gave up and laid down where she was. She was shivering from the cold and just wanted to go inside. "Isaac, h-help me please." She said softly, her voice was shaky and scratchy. As the wind began to blow, she picked up a scent that smell familiar. She couldn't tell who it was but she felt like she knew this person. "Isaac, someone I know is out there!" Somehow that gave her the strength to talk a bit better. Her ears were perked up as she looked out to the forest. Her eyes widen as she looked like she had just seen a ghost from the past. It looked like an older version of her brother but when she blink he was gone along with his scent which really disappointed her. But how could it have been her younger brother when he died so many years ago?

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Hurriedly Isaac takes off his jacket and wraps Faye in it, picking her up and holding her to his body to try and keep her warm. "Someone in the woods? I highly doubt it was Amelia...maybe it was the one who turned you or one of his friends? You might not remember it but they did try to take you back to their village after Arden and Alice's son bite you. I actually can't tell much different between werewolves, my nose is not as good as their's, but I can you many things about a human by the smell of their blood."

"So I was right in thinking you vanished because you could tell I was pregnant before anyone else knew." Amelia had risen early to prepare to leave, shaking her head when she sees the conditions Faye is in. "Well, don't just stand there, get that girl inside before she gets whatever werewolves and vampires get for a cold!" She heads back in, making herself breakfast and cleaning up the mess from the night before.

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Faye shook her head. "No, it's not any of them." She told him in her soft voice. "Just forget about it." She knew that what she was was an older version of her brother, it couldn't have been anyone else. "It feels good to be human though." She smiled. Faye could hear and smell Amelia coming before she even arrived so she wasn't one bit surprised that she was here. "Thank you for looking out for me but I don't think I can get colds anymore Amelia." She gave her a warm smile. She was feeling like her family was growing. Amelia seems like a grandmother and Arden and Alice seem like parents she never had before and Isaac...He was...someone special. Though she didn't know what part of the family he was in, whether it was a brother or uncle, she didn't know but he didn't feel like a brother or an uncle, he felt like something more. His scent was intoxicating, she loved being in his arms even if she was naked in his arms with only his jacket around her. he continued to smell his scent as it enveloped her. Her head moved closer and closer to his neck before opening up wide to bite down only to stop a split second before finally chomping down on him. Terror welled up in her eyes as she moved from his neck and covered her nose. "S-so um, Isaac..I-is that why you want me to play the piano? So we can play together or because your master forced you now you're forcing me?" She asked trying to get her mind off of what was about to happen. She knew that it wasn't her vampire side wanting to feed. That was something with her wolf wanting to bite and why, she didn't know.

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He thinks to himself for a moment as he carries her down into the cellar where his lab is. Isaac doesn't mind her nuzzling against him, feeling her breath on him. For some reason he wanted her to bite him, but he was completely confused as to why, but didn't say anything about that. Going over to the bench he sets her down on the bench, "Faye, music is supposed to be something for people to enjoy, not have nightmares about. I want to bring happiness to the idea of playing a violin, so why not have someone be my partner to enjoy playing music with? That is the best way to chase away one's nightmares, have someone there by your side." Brushing a lock of hair behind her ear, he takes the end in his hands and gently rubs them together before heading back upstairs.

"I'm going to get you night clothes to change into along with some blankets and pillows. If you want my coffin you may use it, I can always sleep on the floor. Or the bench out here if you'd rather be by yourself."

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Faye looked up at Isaac. A part of her could feel his wanting of her to bite down but he probably thought that she just needed to be fed, even though she didn't feel hungry, or well thirsty. "I will love to play with you. So then I promise to learn how to play the piano just for you. I don't want you to play alone anymore." She really didn't think she could play and even if she did, she didn't think she could play not even a quarter as good as Isaac. He lived for centuries to practice, shes only been at it for a few months now. All she would be doing was making his beautiful playing turn bad if she joined in with him. "Isaac, Do you really think that I will even be able to play? I'm on the farthest side of being good while you're on the complete opposite side. I will never be able to catch up to you, I will just be bringing you down and everyone will know it." She told him.

She looked around the lab and thought it looked rather weird. She had never been down here, she was always told not to come down and he always looked scary whenever he would tell her that so she would never disobey him on that. "How about we sleep together? You always had to sleep in my bed when I got scared, I never got to sleep in yours, so now's my chance. And I feel like I'm living some sort of nightmare so you have to lay in there with me." She pointed out with a soft smile on her face. She looked very tired, her eyes looked heavy as though she could fall asleep at any second now.

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He returns with some nightclothes for her, and some blankets and pillows piled in his arms. He smiles when he hands her the nightclothes, "I'll just play along with the songs are are confident at playing, no need to stress yourself out with how skillful you are. It will come in time, something we have plenty of now." He puts some of the pillows down on the bench and pulls on the lamp next to the bench. One of the bookshelves swings open towards them, showing that the stone wall was not as thick there and can be walked through.

"As for sleeping together, that might be a bit hard because my coffin is only big enough for one person. I can sleeping on the floor next to you. I'll work on something for you tomorrow so that you can sleep once we've spoken with a witch. I'd feel better if we did since I don't want Lilith to come back." In the room was a simple work desk, another bookshelf, an old trunk, and the simple wooden coffin. The inside of the coffin however was cushioned and had velvet lining.

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Faye put on her clothing and ended up ripping a hole big enough for her tail to let it out. She made sure that the hole was big enough for her tail to slip through and for it to be comfortable. "But, you're so good, you won't mess up and make a mockery of it. That's what everyone would think when they would hear me play, that I'm just making a mockery out of the song, the instrument, everything if anyone ever heard e play. I will never get up to your standards." She told Isaac. There really wasn't much for her to do except practice. "And now I will have to sleep during the day, right? Or does that not matter? She asked him hoping it really didn't matter because she wanted to stay up during the day, not at night. "So do I have to stay up all night now and sleep during the day?" She asked him. She stood up and walked over to the bench. "You can sleep in your coffin, I will sleep here ok?" She smiled up at him as she took his place on the bench.

Faye began thinking about all sorts of different things. he thought about the image she thought she saw of her brother and wondered if it was actually real or if it was a figment of her imagination. Sure her brother was dead but it all just seemed so real. Or could it be that he just looked and smelled like him. Even as a human child she could smell this certain smell that always came off on him that was very light and hardly noticeable. he smelled it again when she saw that man so maybe they just look like and smell alike. Would that even be possible? "Isaac, I'm really bothered by that person I saw in the woods who looked like an older version of my brother. He was a wolf, he had the ears like me...what if that was more than just my imagination?" She asked Isaac.