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The witch had settled in quite nicely. She'd unpacked the few things she'd brought with her for her stay as well as returned Arya to her usual charming self rather than a rampaging monster like she'd been lately. This was mostly due to her new charm bracelets though; she'd been to the local art store and worked with the witch running the shop to craft the snakes. As long as the newborn wore them, they were perfectly under her control without her having to focus her energy on maintaining the spell. It had been rather amusing actually to work with another witch like that, especially since she had struggled finding a clever solution until she realized that a witch who crafted custom charmed jewelry as a hobby would figure out the perfect solution.

Bringing Amelita with her to the grill, Antonette wanted to have a girl's night out. One where the vampiress could forget about her cravings for one night and just have fun like a normal person. She wouldn't force her to do anything unless she started to misbehave. After all, being as fresh as she was she might not always be in control over her desire for blood, so the witch made it all go away for one night.

Walking her over to the bar, the brunette ordered drinks for both of them. "To new friendships," she said with a giggle, toasting with the other. "To new friends," Gale responded with a chuckle of her own and gladly toasted with the other. She knew they were going to have a great time just being out of the house for once.

Damien had come home from work, he had lunch with Marcus but the man had to run off somewhere for business. He really wanted to at least have dinner with his new boyfriend, but he understood that Marcus business was highly important to him.

He hadn't talked to Arya or Amelita since he practically dumped the new born on his sister. He hadn't even met the newborn that Marcus had took in and wasn't really sure if he even wanted to....considering he had thought that the boy and Marcus had a sexual relationship and didn't want his jealously to reek havoc on anyone.

Still dressed in his business suit, he parked his car out in-front of the grill and walked in. As soon as he walked in, he sense Amelita was there with a unknown witch. He cocked an eyebrow at this and walked to the bar, not saying anything to either females and ordered his usually. He sat down at the bar, casting his blue eyes over to the pink haired new born and the unknown witch to watch them for a moment.

It didn't take a genius to figure out that Amelita knew the vampire sitting not too far away form them. She really seemed to want to go over there and say something. Smirking slightly, Antonette ran a hand over her bracelet and Gale seemed to forget all about wanting to go over there. He was hot, too bad she wasn't there to look for someone to bring home with her.

"You're not here to obsess over guys," she chuckled and sipped her margarita glancing up at the stranger. "Lonely are we?" Gale said rather innocently and sipped her own drink. It appeared that it was a bad thing to upset the witch. The next thing she knew, she crippled over in pain. It was over as quickly as it had started and she looked up at her supposed friend in shock. "Come on, I'll introduce you," she said quietly, accepting her newest order without hesitating. Obvious the witch was curious as to how she knew Damien.

Sticking strictly to Antonette's side and hugging Damien like she wanted to, Amelita brought her drink with her as well as the witch. "Anonette, meet Damien, my sire," that being said, she kept to the background, standing perfectly still as she watched the witch smile at Damien. "So you're the guy that has poor Gale so utterly under a spell," the witch said quietly. "Go act your age," she told the vampiress and watched as the pink haired vampiress emptied her drink and went to talk to some strangers. Turning her attention back to Damien, she absentmindedly ran a finger across her bracelet again to make sure Amelita didn't get in any kind of trouble.

Who was this witch? He didn't know that Amelita was even allowed out of the house without Arya or Marcus being around. Maybe she was learning better control. Amelita noticed him immediately and had that school girl crush look on her face before it quickly disappeared. He did noticed that Amelita had that pained look on her face as if something was causing it....like a pet dog would have if they were to have a electric collar.

He frowned at this, not wanting to just accuse the witch of maybe having something to do with it, but had a very big hunch. He hugged Amelita back and gave the newborn a small smile before turning his icy blue eyes to the witch when Amelita had left to talk to some strangers.

How do you know Amelita? He asked, cocking an eyebrow at the witch.

Making sure Amelita didn't get in trouble wasn't really that hard since she'd suppressed her blood lust at the moment, but Ana didn't quite trust the newborn yet. In the end though, she had convinced Arya without much difficulty that she could keep her under control and keep her out of the house for a few hours. Poor woman needed just one night of peace without the house being full of teenagers.

At the question, the witch merely smiled and sipped her drink. Now how exactly was she supposed to respond to a question as complex as that? Maybe she should just be truthful about it and hope that he'd somehow found a way to break the bond between him and the newborn, that certainly would make it easier not having to fight Amelita's desire to be near the vampire constantly.

"Amelita is my new roommate in a way," she said cryptically before she finished her drink. "My employer brought me in to help with his newborn situation, and to solve a property dispute, but that's about handled." Ordering another drink, she watched as Amelita seem to try to follow someone outside. Frowning, she made the girl double over in pain before making her walk back to stand quietly next to her. "Would you rather I just tell Marcus you can't be taught? I can't keep an eye on you if you disappear on me," she said quietly, shaking her head in disappointment. Quirking an eyebrow at the vampiress, she couldn't help but chuckle some at how lost she looked. "What's wrong love?"

"Nothing," Amelita replied sounding rather sullen for some reason. It seemed it wasn't enough to make the girl feel like she was a regular human for a night, so the witch ordered her another drink as well. Gale looked at Damien though with pleading eyes. Don't let her too close... I know she's a friend of Marcus' but she's mean...

Although Damien hadn't want to take responsibility for Amelita, he didn't like that she was being controlled by pain like this. He wondered if Marcus or Arya even knew about this, knowing how the two were about their pets.

He stayed quite, keeping his attention on both Carolyn and Amelita. When she went to follow Amelita and heard Marcus's name, he visibly stiffen for a moment before relaxing now and disliked that Amelita wasn't her normal and bubbly self.

I am assuming Marcus doesn't know about this method she is using.... He said back to Amelita.

He finally got up from the bar stool and stood practically hovering over the witch with a clear dislike for her now. You do know that Amelita is Arya's pet....not yours......I am sure that she wouldn't like that your harming the girl....I know my sister all to well and my boyfriend who is your 'friend' wouldn't like this method either. He added, making it clear that Marcus and him were actually together.

Running a hand absentmindedly over her bracelet, Amelita nodded very subtly. It was such a small movement that the witch didn't seem to notice, which was good. Marcus had no idea as far as she knew at least. And she was terrified what the witch would do if he ever found out. Then again, maybe he already knew and wasn't doing anything about it because he was busy with other things or maybe he didn't even care.

"Arya lent her to me for the night, she knew what I had in mind. And your sister loves what I do, when I do it to her. You know how she is with pain," chuckling slightly, she couldn't help but smile at the memory of her first night in town. One of the first things Arya had done was to have her use her magic on the vampiress to balance her out again. It had been highly amusing for the brunette and certainly had made Arya quiet a lot calmer.

"To be perfectly honest, I don't think my employer and your boyfriend even knows Amelita is out of the house for once. He wanted a handle on the newborns, I'd say they are pretty much under control for the time being," looking up at Amelita for a moment, Antonette couldn't help but chuckle. The girl looked absolutely devastated when she learned Damien was with Marcus and the witch couldn't help but ease up on her control to let the girl be more her usual self for a moment, curious as to what would unfold.

"Does he make you happy?" she asked with a slight pout, hurt that no one even bothered to tell her. "That would explain why he seems so much happier," she said and grinned at Damien, glad that they had found each other. From the way Marcus had looked at her when they returned from London, it was obvious that there was something going on there. It seemed whatever Damien had done that the witch was letting up some of her control and she couldn't help but smile at him. You don't know her? She's too old to be so young... Amelita had really thought Damien would know the witch, it certainly seemed like Arya had known her for quite some time...

Well guess that didn't work out to well. He just pinched the bridge between his nose and kinda wondered if maybe he should have just taken Amelita in. Unlike his sister, he didn't really find pain to be all that of a turn on, but he would have inflicted it if Amelita stayed to go all uncontrollable on him....but she wasn't doing anything wrong in his opinion and felt that the witch was just abusing her power over Amelita.

Amelita looked really upset over the news of Marcus and him being together, but ignored it for the time being. Well I am sure that I will relay this information to him when I see him next. He told Amelita.

Yes...he does... He said with a small smile.

He turned his blue eyes to witch and frowned. So your the one that Marcus had called in, great, leave our problems to a sadistic witch who is abusing her power over someone weaker than her. He snarled.

It seemed Damien didn't like her too much, not that it mattered. Marcus had hired her to do a job, and that was exactly what she was doing. If he had a problem with how she was handling the situation, he could take it up with her instead of sending one of his boy toys after her. "Damien, right? You're the annoying little brat that never seem to be far from Marcus's mind aren't you? The golden boy..." Chuckling slightly at how annoyed he seemed at her methods, Carolyn simply couldn't resist letting go of her control over the younger vampire for a moment. She had a point to prove after all.

The moment Amelita was free, she could literally hear people's beating hearts and want nothing more than to rip them out and drink every last drop of their blood. She hadn't even realized she was thirsty before and quickly knocked back her second drink to occupy herself so she wouldn't be tempted. "I'm glad you're happy," she murmured and giggled some. The thirst wasn't staved off for long though as she looked hungrily at the bartender, her eyes darkening as she struggled not to jump over and feed on him

As suddenly as her blood thirst had returned, it was gone again and that familiar numbness filled her instead. "Marcus knew what he was getting from me. I was called in to do a job, and I'd say I've got it covered. It's a work in progress, but Amelita is a fast learner. Did you really think I'd take a newborn out without having a way to control her thirst? Honestly, I wasn't born yesterday." Damien might have a point though, Marcus might not be too happy if he learned that she was causing Amelita pain. He did seem to have a soft spot for this one as well as the new boy he'd brought in.

"Just my luck though, having to deal with a telepath at work until your little property dispute is settled or the man is six feet under." Sighing softly, Carolyn couldn't help but wonder what exactly was in store for her during her stay other than babysitting. So far she hadn't exactly been able to do much work.

He just scowled at what she said about his relationship with Marcus. To him, she was practically making fun of it and she was abusing her power when it came to Amelita.

He didn't say anything though, deciding that it would only fuel the evil witch.

"Whatever." He said and ordered another vodka, now deciding to just ignore the witch and stepped away to call Marcus. He expressed his dislike of the witch and what she was doing to Amelita.

She honestly didn't know what Damien had expected when Amelita had been allowed outside without Arya or Marcus that could outmatch her when it came to strength if it was necessary. Unlike the vampires, all she had was her powers; she didn't have their enhanced senses or their inhuman speed and strength, so she needed to rely on her powers of manipulation to keep fledgeling cravings under control and said vampire from getting out of hand.

Carolyn stopped paying attention to Damien when he stepped away and turned her attention back to Amelita. The vampiress seemed agitated by something and the witch wanted to know what it was. Not that she was going to use force to learn the truth this time. Instead she was just watching the girl, looking for any clues as to what was going through her head. Finally she couldn't take it any more and ordered another drink for them both. A chuckle escaped her at how Amelita seemed so completely calm for once, just sitting there and sipping her drink.

Marcus was just finished with what he was doing when Damien called and he was happy to hear his boyfriend's voice. Until he heard what he had to say. He practically growled into the phone and cut the conversation off before he went to the grill himself to pick up the girls. Feeling bad for the way he'd ended the phone call though, the first thing he did when he arrived there was to find Damien and kiss him passionately. "I have one more thing to deal with, then I'm yours for the night," he murmured when he broke the kiss, making sure Damien knew it wasn't him that he was mad at.

Placing an arm over the witch's shoulders, he guided her out of earshot of both the younger vampires and asked her straight out what it was she was thinking about. He could understand the need to use her powers to keep Amelita's bloodlust in check, but causing her pain for the thrill of it was not her job. He'd expected nothing less really, after all he had helped her learn more about her powers so he knew her pretty well. "You can use your powers on the bloodlust, but punishment is for Arya or myself to decide unless she tries to hurt you." He couldn't be too harsh on her though, least not in public.

Bringing the witch back to Amelita, he pulled simple necklace with a silver cross on it. Helping the newborn put it on, he muttered to her that she should never take it off around the witch and moved to Damien, wrapping an arm around his waist. "Thanks for calling," he said, kissing his hair lovingly. "I'm sorry I didn't warn you about Antonette.."

He waited for Marcus to get there, hoping that it wouldn't take his boyfriend long to get there. He sigh softly, waiting for the man to arrive and smiled once he saw him. He kissed him back, wrapping his arms around him and didn't want to let him go. He waited patiently for Marcus to get done talking with the witch that he had clearly disliked and felt bad for Amelita, but figured that maybe since she knew now that Marcus and him were together, she would have to just move on from him because it wouldn't have worked.

He smiled once Marcus returned to him, wrapping his arms around the mans neck and kissed him deeply. It's fine...I am just glad that you are here now..... He said, running his hands over the mans chest and leaned forward to kiss him passionately.

Her resentment towards Damien only increased when it became clear he'd called Marcus and rattled on her. It was only too obvious from the way Marcus had pulled her aside and told her she wasn't allowed to cause the youngling pain to keep her in live. How else was she supposed to make sure Amelita learned that some things were bad if she couldn't show her the consequences for her actions. Even worse, when he gave the newborn that silver cross, her powers wouldn't work. At least not the pain part, she'd still be able to control the girl due to the bracelets and as far as she'd understood that was perfectly legal still.

Amelita couldn't hide the fact that she was still hurt over the fact that Damien and Marcus were together. Still though, she did her best to stay quiet, only smiling in thanks when Marcus gave her the necklace, making it clear that she wouldn't be in pain unless she'd actually done something wrong. She knew it never would've worked out with Damien anyway though, so in a way, seeing the pair together was good for her as it truly made her realize she needed to move on and find someone of her own rather than moon after someone she'd never have.

Marcus was more than happy to be back in his boyfriend's arms after both working late and having to sort the witch out. He returned the kiss and wrapped his arms around Damien as well. "Things took a little longer in the office than I'd expected, but it'll run a little smoother now that we've got our very own witch on the case," he said and added quietly so only Damien could hear him: "Just be sure to wear something silver or a cross at all times at work, so she can't try anything with you." He didn't think Antonette was stupid enough to try to do anything to Damien after making it perfectly clear that they were together like that, but it never hurt to be on the safe side.

"What do you want me to do about her? Take her home, let her stay? Arya wanted a few hours to herself..." Since Marcus was there, it never hurt to ask him what he wanted her to do with it all. Looking at Damien, Marcus silently asked his lover what he thought they should do about the former hunter.

He gave Amelita a small smile, hating that she was being controlled this way and wondered if it was really that difficult for the witch to control her blood thirst. He did wonder now about the other new born, Alec. Before he asked Marcus on the status of his new found brother, he nodded at the little warning before glaring at the witch who now had more resentment towards him since he told on her.

He looked to Marcus when it was really up to him to decide on what became of Amelita for the night and said. I think she should go home.... He said and asked. Is Alec's blood thirst under control? He asked.

The way things were now, Amelita was thankful that the witch was there. Her every action wasn't dictated by the witch and she was free to process what she needed without the cravings hanging over her constantly. In fact, right now she felt almost like normal. She'd felt a change the moment the silver had touched her skin and it was clear the witch had to work harder with it there to keep her hunger at bay.

"Then home we will go," Antonette muttered and gestured for Amelita to get her stuff together. Pulling out her phone, she called for a cab and waited with the pink haired lady by the door until it arrived to take them home. At least back at the mansion she didn't have to control Amelita at all and they could continue their "night out" inside, maybe include Juliette as well to give Arya her time off. If she kept the girls occupied with liquor, the mistress of the house would hardly notice them being there.

"Alec won't feed from anything but a bag, so I think he'll get there faster than the girls to be honest. He's doing rather well already, without any threats of punishment," kissing Damien on the neck rather teasingly, he couldn't help the chuckle that escaped him. "Even Arya's kind to the boy and Gale really is easier to keep around when she has company. I think they'll teach each other as much as we'll teach them."